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Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in our industry. If you have...

We’re building up towards both Christmas and the Awards season right now, and that gives plenty of opportunities for fund raising,...

The bid by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors to re-establish itself as a trusted body continues with the naming of...

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...

Prices in prime central London have risen for the past two quarters, prompting a tentative claim that the market may be...

One of the property market's leading names has welcomed young people into its company for work experience through a partnership with...

The police investigation into the Savills agents who allegedly racially abused England players on Twitter after the Euros 2020 final is...

The Savills member of staff who allegedly racially abused England players online after the Euros 2020 final has been sacked. The Metro...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

Savills has revised its price forecasts for prime property market across the UK, but when it coms to prime central London...

Savills has reported a bounce back after the Covid-hit performance in 2020. The agency has substantial overseas and commercial property and consultancy...

NAEA Propertymark says there’s no appetite that it can see amongst its representatives across the UK for charging people £30 for...

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...

One of the leading housing market analysts says some of the extreme house price rises seen this year could unwind during...

The already-high fall-through rate for transactions is likely to be supercharged by the impending end of the tapered stamp duty holiday...

Propertymark says a new pay-per-viewing service is “interesting” but warns agents to protect themselves by abiding by consumer protection regulations. The warning has come following...

London’s super prime residential market has recorded its strongest half year in volume and value terms since the rush to beat...

HM Revenue & Customs has warned of what it calls the “negative impacts” of the pandemic on the latest property transactions...

Greater Manchester Police have arrested the Savills estate agent who allegedly posted a racist tweet about black England football stars after...

A prominent London estate agency owner wants an industry anti-racism campaign to counter what she describes as the “discrimination and prejudice...

There is growing criticism of Savills on social media following the controversy over a racist tweet apparently sent from the personal...

The police have now received complaints about the tweet believed to have been sent from a personal account of a Savills...

High end agency Savills is conducting “a full investigation” into a racist tweet posted overnight. A Savills statement posted on Twitter this...

Veteran agent and property consultant Dominic Grace, who recently left Savills after 37 years, is to take up a new role...

High end agency Savills says prime central London remains “relatively subdued” ahead of the return of foreign travel and overseas buyers. PCL...

For many, paying money to use an estate agent is primarily because that company has a database of buyers or tenants....

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....

One in 10 buyers say they will seek to renegotiate on the price of their chosen home if they miss the...

The row over whether agents should be allowed to vet people who view properties on the basis of their wealth has...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

A traditional problem for agents has been ‘tyre kickers’ who come to view a home out of curiosity with little or...

Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...

A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies.  This is despite Purplebricks this...

Welcome to another working week and with it, our regular update on appointments and moves within our industry. Please let us know...

London’s super prime residential market shows signs of recovery with more £5m-plus sales recorded in the first four months of 2021 than...

Two leading agencies and an agent network have signed up to the UK’s first dedicated portal for those finding, researching, buying...

Hello and welcome to another working week, and the latest on jobs and staff movement across our industry. You can be part...

One of the industry’s leading consultants has calculated staff turnover rates at the country’s leading estate agencies. Christopher Watkin, the consultant who...

The annual report of a major estate agency has revealed that its chief executive took two large cuts to bonus payments...

Boutique estate agency D S Churchill is to open a countryside office serving the Cotwolds, Oxfordshire and surrounding counties. D S Churchill...

Yopa has instructed two companies to help with its brand building as it battles with other major online players. It’s appointed M.i. Media...

Hello, and as we near the first Bank Holiday of the year (and a little light at the end of the...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock has hit a record £7.56 trillion despite the pandemic. The calculation - by Savills,...

Agents have been warned they are likely to require PropTech assistance to cope with a surge in transactions expected this year. The...

If it’s Monday, it’s jobs news day on EAT - welcome to the latest update. Want to be featured in our next...

Another leading research team in a major agency has revised upwards its forecast for the 2021 market. Savills revised its predictions recently...

Over the last year, the majority of the UK workforce will have spent some time working from home as a result...

Transactions and house price forecasts for the mainstream housing market are being revised upwards by Savills following the Budget. The new predictions follow an...

Savills has upgraded its house price and transaction forecasts following the Budget - and prime London, especially the centre, is tipped to...

Hello and welcome to this edition of Property Jobs Today, a chance to catch up with who’s moving where in the...

Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...

Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...

While the property industry has suffered far less than other sectors during the past year, it would be short of the...

The speed and success of the Coronavirus vaccine programme holds the key to the housing market rebounding in the second half...

Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...

The pandemic has reignited the flagging country house market and boosted demand for larger homes with gardens, claims Savills. Larger country houses...

A £17.8m pre-tax loss has been reported by Yopa in its latest financial statement filed at Companies House. Figures lodged just before...

The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...

A petition has been launched demanding a stamp duty holiday extension. The online petition is the idea of Jonathan Steel - a layperson...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and evenings that get darker earlier.  As winter approaches we’re continuing to bring you...

Savills says the shape and size of the housing market in the coming months will be determined by the capacity of conveyancers...

Sales of £1m-plus homes have surged since lockdown as affluent buyers seek more space and lifestyle changes.  An average of 868 £1m-plus...

Savills has boosted its forecast for housing transactions this year because the stamp duty holiday has been such a success at...

Share prices for many quoted estate agencies and property portals fell in trading as fears grew about Coronavirus. London-focussed agency Foxtons was one...

A highly-experienced former Savills agent has launched his own buying agency focusing on the prime country market in Surrey. The new company,...

A buying agency targeting what it calls the “prime and super-prime” London market is offering clients not only a sourcing service, but also...

Knight Frank has launched an auction business to give vendors a wider range of sale options as market uncertainty remains because...

Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...

In the week the Nationwide recorded the UK’s highest ever average house price, high-end agency Savills has forecast that prime markets...

In another sign of the buoyant housing market, estate agency Savills is breaking tradition by staging its first ever August auction...

Controversial Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, tipped by some for sacking when the Cabinet is reshuffled next month, appears to be confident...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT - we know some agencies are reshaping their structures and downsizing but this...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

The UK residential activities of high-end agency Savills suffered a 54 per cent reduction in profits and an eight per cent...

Savills has held its fourth remote auction, raising some £32m with an 82 per cent success rate - making it the...

A new analysis of corporate estate agencies’ social media followings and websites shows the big winners to be Savills, Foxtons and...

Agents Do Charity - as the summer heat is on… It’s hotting up outside and while this is set to be a...

Savills has revised its market forecast for the enclaves of prime central London and now says prices will fall by 2.0...

A brand and marketing strategic who also ran one of the country’s most successful lettings agencies for a decade has said...

Savills has revealed the measures it has taken to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on its activities and balance sheet. The...

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...

If it’s Friday it’s our regular round-up of fund-raising by and involving the property industry, and it’s remarkable how much is...

Strutt & Parker is the latest agency to attract hundreds of prospective vendors and buyers to a ‘keep in touch’ webinar. Last...

Savills is donating over £800,000 to nominated charities across the UK. Following a commitment to Land Aid’s Covid-19 campaign for youth homelessness,...

Savills has given the industry an insight into how buyers’ and sellers’ priorities may change as the industry returns to work...

Savills has kept in touch with almost 2,000 of its vendors and prospective buyers through two mass webinars. Entitled ‘What COVID-19 means...

The controversial Help To Buy scheme looks likely to be expanded in breadth and extended in duration to help kick-start the...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

Savills has withdrawn its planned dividend to shareholders but says it could declare an "enhanced" payout at an unspecified later date. Only...

Two auctions held behind closed doors have been deemed a success, and evidence that the property market can still function despite...

The human cost of the Coronavirus crisis is growing and devastating, but behind that businesses are being badly hurt too. Many consider...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

Countrywide shares fell by just over 30 per cent yesterday as the stock market blood-letting continued for property stocks. The value fell 30.86...

Hello and as it’s Monday it’s PJT Day - and there are plenty of people moving jobs in our industry even...

Almost all quoted agencies and portals have suffered as a result of stock market investors being spooked by Coronavirus, with some...

Savills is the latest agency to warn about the possible threat of Coronavirus to its business activities and success this year. In...

Keller Williams has announced another new market centre, and this time its operating principal is a former Purplebricks territory owner.  JP Downes...

There’s a growing trend for estate agents to quit big-name corporates and either go independent or join US-style brokerages, a top...

A second prominent agent has broken cover to say Coronavirus is slowing the market. Jess Simpson - an ex-Savills and ex-Strutt and...

Agents and senior industry figures fear Coronavirus may derail the strong start to the  2020 housing market. One of the country’s leading...

Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry - and it’s March already. If there...

The threat of Coronavirus is beginning to make an impact in the world of property. The Cushman & Wakefield agency announced overnight that...

Rupert Sebag-Montefiore has this morning been named as a non-executive director of OnTheMarket. He will also serve as chairman of the portal’s...

Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...

Savills has smoked out another money-making opportunity with a new enterprise which it claims has “enormous growth potential.” The property consultancy is teaming...

Another former Savills agent has joined freelance agency operation Keller Williams, the second in recent weeks. In January it was revealed that...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week - and it’s been a frantic seven days since the last...

A new market centre operating as a hub for freelance agents has opened in Glasgow. Called KW Evolve it is a Keller...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...

One of the country’s leading housing market research experts has been poached from Knight Frank to join Zoopla. Gráinne Gilmore - a...

Keller Williams UK is opening a new Market Centre, this time in Oxfordshire - and it has signed a senior Savills...

Welcome to the first February PJT. As the year progresses the industry embarks on more appointments, especially with a market that’s...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock hit £7.39 trillion in 2019, a new record high. The claim, in an analysis...

Savills says the decisive General Election result appears to have suddenly turned the market around and gave “a strong close to...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

For the stock market generally, 2019 has been a positive year - but a few high profile agencies and associated companies...

An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...

An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where and why across our...

It’s only five weeks to the New Year and new decade and the first agents have started making predictions for the...

OnTheMarket’s share price slumped to an all-time low just before the end of trading last week. The price fell to 69.0p during trading on...

An estate agency has been fined £30,000 for waiting until minutes after the sale of a flat was completed to tell...

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...

Yopa – launched in 2015 as part of the new breed of hybrid operators seeking to shake up the industry –...

One of the legends of property journalism, Anne Ashworth, has left her position as editor of The Times’ highly regarded Bricks...

Savills, Knight Frank, Cushman & Wakefield and JLL are the main estate agencies now working with a review website allowing buyers...

One of the first so-called ‘hub’ hybrid estate agencies using self-employed freelances instead of staff says it’s moving to bigger premises...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

Two former directors of Savills in Cornwall have set up their own agency based near the county capital, Truro. Shore Partnership has been...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on key moves within the industry. Everyone mentioned here...

Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...

Savills says it’s not commenting on whether it will list on Zoopla in the future. Last week Knight Frank - which in...

Savills, once a safe bet for year-on-year growth, has seen its underlying UK residential profits plunge 44 per cent with economic...

LSL Property Services, parent firm of Your Move and Reeds Rains, says the company’s branch closure programme was a success with profits...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new Property Jobs Today column, bringing you the industry’s...

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your Monday catch-up on all the key appointments news in the industry. Please...

The practices of competitive bidding and sealed bids have made a 'surprise return' to the Prime Central London (PCL) property market,...

Demand for shared ownership properties will rise by over 15,000 units a year when Help To Buy comes to an end...

Hello - it’s that time of the week again when we celebrate the agency industry’s fantastic fund-raising. We were delighted that our...

Like many good agencies, Savills understands that selling a long-loved family home can be tough for a vendor. So it was with...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the destination where you can catch up with the key moves announced in the...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - because of the flurry of Bank Holidays at this time of year, it’s...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - your final chance before the Easter break to catch up with the key...

The recent ARLA Propertymark conference featured a hugely interesting line-up of speaks and session during a watershed time for the lettings...

Savills has been named the winner of the real estate agents/advisor league table in the UK Business Superbrand list for the...

By the time you read this article, I’ll be in Nigeria. My first ever visit to the continent of Africa. Sitting here...

Purplebricks has been named one of Britain’s ‘most relevant’ brands to consumers. The agency came in 13th in a list of...

Savills, which in the past has been restrained in its critique of Brexit’s effect on the housing market, now says that...

Savills has this morning talked up its investment in onliner Yopa, which it claims is the sixth largest estate agency in...

Just when you thought it was all Brexit doom and gloom, a major index shows that house prices in February grew...

Savills has declined to comment on whether it will follow in the footsteps of LSL Property Services and write down its...

The chief executive and founder of a developer and property investment group says Purplebricks is “an excellent business” but its recent...

The Daily Telegraph has gone public with City speculation that Chicago-based real estate consultancy JLL may be interested in buying Savills. Both...

The UK’s second-largest online estate agency, Yopa, is this month launching a new advertising campaign under the title ‘Smooth Move’. The agency...

The Property Ombudsman’s annual conference is to hear from the chair of the government’s ‘Property Agents Working Group’ - just days...

Formal consultations have started concerning the job losses and branch closures for Your Move and Reeds Rains, revealed yesterday by their...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT.  Everyone here let us know about their jobs news by emailing press@estateagenttoday.co.uk - please do...

High-end agency Savills says London’s super-rich are now buying and selling more actively than a year ago.  The agency says London’s so-called...

There’s been another raft of movers and shakers in the industry in recent days, so this is a busy Property Jobs...

While even agents of the calibre of Savills struggle in today’s market - see the agency’s figures here - it’s a...

Savills’ residential business grew market share last year in the UK despite what it calls “challenging conditions.” In a trading statement to...

There may be a cloud over the economy right now but growth of 2.7 per cent in house prices last year...

Purplebricks has tightened its vice-like grip on the online market according to a new analysis - but the race is on...

If you thought Christmas Eve meant no more news in terms of industry movers and shakers…well, think again - we’ve one...

An analysis of property branding by more than 200 companies suggests that Purplebricks and OnTheMarket are two of the big winners with...

If your New Year’s resolution is to move to a four bedroom home in London or the south of England, you...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - and while it may be just days to Christmas, there’s still plenty of...

Savills has snapped up an independent London estate agency in what is likely to be one of the last deals of...

Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause of genuine sadness when people lose their jobs - close proximity...

Has no one told the industry that it’s December and things are supposed to be slowing down? This week’s Property Jobs...

A long-standing independent agency on the south coast is to rebrand after being snapped up by a Winkworth franchisee. Humphreys & Orr,...

It’s not just the Cabinet and the government where jobs are in flux - there are plenty of moves to announce...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

He’s got a fax machine for PropTech, he’s got an answerphone so he’s open 24/7, and he’s got 2.5 per cent...

Savills has issued its forecast for the housing market for the next five years, and while it highlights some bright spots...

Hello and welcome to a bumper edition of Property Jobs Today, your weekly insight into the key moves within our industry. Everyone...

Hello and welcome to PJT, our weekly round up of key moves within the industry. Let us know what’s going on with...

Savills is warning that heightened uncertainty around Brexit negotiations will delay recovery in the prime central London housing market for up...

Google celebrated its 20th birthday last month. Yes, it might be hard to recall a time when it wasn’t integral in...

A website has officially launched this morning, aiming to push the concept of US-style For Sale By Owner online property marketing...

Yopa - the online agency with huge financial backing from Savills - has attracted a Knight Frank agent to become its...

Yopa - the online agency enjoying large-scale financial backing from Savills and LSL Property Services, the owner of Your Move -...

Yopa, which says it is the second largest hybrid agency when measured by listings, has received a major new £20m investment. Savills -...

Lucie Hirst and Delphine Colombo, two of Prime Central London’s most high profile sales agents, have combined forces to set up Hirst...

The Property Redress Scheme says it’s recruited another 1,750 members following the shake-out last week when one of its rival redress...

High-end agency and international property consultancy Savills has reported strong half-year figures for its UK business - but warns that Brexit...

The parent company of Your Move, Reeds Rains and other agency brands has succeeded where Foxtons yesterday did not - in...

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...

Figures from Savills suggest that there’s currently an average 1.14 price adjustments per sale across the prime regional markets of the...

The Welsh estate agency Jeffrey Ross has opened its fourth branch in Cardiff, with a former Savills agent as its head....

The stock market and at least one City analyst have shrugged their shoulders at the claim by Purplebricks that it is...

An outspoken high-end London estate agent says millionaire foreign buyers purchasing “cheap” properties in the capital represent what he calls “the...

Two more price reports from high-end agencies make grim reading about the prime London housing market. New data from Savills suggests that...

Hello, and welcome to this week’s regular Monday summary of all the major jobs moves in our industry.  Despite summer and the...

A leading digital analyst says online agency Yopa has doubled its listings this year and is fighting the merged Emoov-Tepilo operation...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today, the regular Monday round-up of moves and changes in our industry. Do please let us...

Savills has suggested that it may be time for a fundamental review of what’s left of the flagship policy of Margaret...

Major online agencies appear to be unaffected by yesterday’s Supreme Court decision over workers' rights in the so-called 'gig economy'.  Yesterday’s case concerned...

The online agency shake-out and consolidation continues apace. Former YOPA director Russell Humphrey has been named as the managing director of estate...

Cluttons - which a year ago was bought out of pre-pack administration by a so-called ‘turnaround’ business, RCapital - has now...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - and just because it’s half term, don’t think the industry has...

Welcome back to Property Jobs Today - EAT's weekly roundup of all the big moves going on in our industry. If you...

A study of estate agencies and portals floated on the London Stock Exchange suggests that digital companies have shown much better...

The rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...

Countrywide’s Group Operations Director Paul Creffield - one of three figures now at the top of the organisation - says he...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Let us know what’s...

Foxtons says its long-term branch expansion programme is now “largely complete” and it is shifting its attention to using technology to...

A buying agent says a higher proportion of Britain’s rarified country estates market is now being sold off-market. Jess Simpson, an ex-Savills...

Only one local authority in England and Wales has an average house price below £100,000 - while in every London borough...

High-end international estate agency company Savills claims Yopa, in which it has invested substantial sums, is now the UK’s 10th largest...

Savills has reported good figures for 2017 although most of its strongest performance was outside the world of residential property. In a...

LSL Property Services - parent company to 12 brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and London’s Marsh & Parsons - has...

A 1.0 per cent interest rate rise would add £930 a year to the cost of servicing the average mortgage, according...

The death of traditional TV – where viewers sit down together to watch shows at defined times – has been much...

The other day I met with two agents who have 30 years of property sales experience between them, and yet also...

Yopa, the online agency with financial backing from Savills and LSL Property Services, is the latest online firm to launch a...

Most listed agencies and portals suffered share price falls yesterday, creating a challenging landscape for Agents’ Mutual which launches on the London stock exchange...

Hello and welcome to our latest Property Jobs Today; if you missed the launch last week, each Monday we will provide...

Harding Green, an agency with a business model based on freelance associates earning commission of up to 70 per cent, says...

Savills has amended its website concerning auctions after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The complainant challenged whether the listed guide...

Hello and welcome to our first Property Jobs Today, a weekly round-up of key job moves within estate and letting agencies...

Analysts have given a frosty reception to the announcement by Agents’ Mutual that it is going to float shares priced at...

The Financial Times has identified that 10 of the 21 tables at the notorious Presidents Club dinner last weekend were sponsored by...

ZPG, which operates Zoopla and PrimeLocation as well as owning the Property Software Group, has signed more long-term marketing deals with a...

According to The Branding Journal, a brand is “a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's...

High end agency Savills has this morning revealed that Jeremy Helsby will retire as chief executive of the group at the...

More price falls have been recorded across areas of prime London according to Savills.  The pattern is not uniform - the agency...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

The operators of a new website which earlier today claimed to have 500,000 property listings appear to have now removed the...

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...

A former Hamptons International and Savills agent is the first to join a ‘freelance agency’ set up in prime central London. In...

The Advertising Standards Authority has intervened following a complaint about a mailshot from the high profile online agency Yopa. The ASA says...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond.   From today,...

Winter seems to be firmly with us now, if the plunging temperatures are anything to go by. After a ridiculously mild...

Savills has given a pessimistic outlook for the mainstream housing market for the next five years.  It says average house prices across...

The Savills-backed online estate agency YOPA has found itself in glittering company amongst 25 firms listed by business media site LinkedIn...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

After some months of speculation within the industry, high-profile supplier Reapit has confirmed today that it is the subject of a...

Figures in the property industry have sharply criticised the announcement made at the Conservative party conference to pump an estimated £10...

As those of us in the industry know, there is a fine balance to strike between disruptive technology – and the...

Savills has revised its forecasts for the housing market and says that uncertainty over the impact of Brexit points to two...

Harrods Estates has recruited an ex-Savills sales negotiator with 10 years of experience working in prime central London. Michael Harte, who will work...

A former Savills agent and a former Sotheby’s and Knight Frank agent have joined forces to launch a new property consultancy...

I’ve been in France for the past few days and depending on your viewpoint, I made a spectacularly good or singularly...

Online estate agency YOPA - well known recently for advertisements featuring the Village People - is this evening launching a new...

It’s been quite a week, much of it concerning the technology that increasingly underpins our industry.  A glut of fund-raising and relaunching...

LSL Property Services has announced that it has invested £20 million into hybrid agency YOPA. News of the investment broke on Friday...

Savills is remaining silent on the issues surrounding the apparent filing of a High Court order that may oblige the agency...

Savills has apologised to a potential client who accidentally received emails between agents saying one was “lumbered” with an enquiry about...

The stock exchange seems to be on everyone’s lips at the moment. There’s Agents’ Mutual seeking to float on the Alternative Investment...

Savills has reported strong figures for the first half of 2017 across its worldwide activities, but its UK residential divisions have...

After my article last week predicting that Agents’ Mutual would likely seek to raise external capital, including possibly on the public markets,...

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...

I hate to be the guy to say ‘I told you so’…but I told you so! It seems that my predictions...

Agents’ Mutual has confirmed that it proposes to form a new company, OnTheMarket plc, to list on the AIM market of...

Independent high-end estate agency Galbraith, which operates mostly in Scotland, says local knowledge is key to good customer service - and might...

Sky News is reporting that OnTheMarket is to demutualise and list on the Stock Exchange.    The portal made much of its mutual...

A data analytics firm that has studied over 2.7m visits to UK property company websites claims that once a visitor arrives...

High end estate agency Savills says the credit crunch - roughly 10 years old next month - is still having an...

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...

Prime London house prices are now 5.3 per cent lower than at the time of the EU referendum admits Savills, following...

Hybrid estate agency YOPA has launched a recruitment campaign suggesting that agents have “the chance to make between £6k and £12k per...

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...

Hybrid estate agency YOPA has announced a successful Series B round of funding in which it raised a total of £15...

It has emerged that global property firm Savills won a case in the Court of Appeal, entitling them to claim an...

Think ‘fake agents’ are no threat to your business? Think again. The rise of online agents - dubbed by some as...

The next few weeks leading to the General Election on June 8 are likely to have “a short term adverse impact...

Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...

It’s that time of year again – peak conference/event season. And, while Brexit and a shock snap general election are dominating...

A record number of over 300 agents have so far signed up for next week’s FUTURE: PropTech conference, the largest event...

The snap General Election on June 8 adds to uncertainty but does not significantly worsen the market for prime properties in...

The aftermath of Easter and shock announcement of a snap General Election have done little to stop the industry making plenty...

The new chief marketing officer of online estate agency YOPA is a figure with over 20 years experience with brands such as...

Savills has acquired Granville Residential, an independent agency covering the high-end Marlow, Maidenhead, Bourne End and Cookham areas in Berkshire and...

Land Registry data shows that homes across the UK have risen in price by an average 5.8 per cent in the...

Savills is warning that while low interest rates will probably keep house prices relatively static, transaction volumes are likely to remain...

High-end agency Savills has produced a few notable house price figures in its time but its latest measure takes some beating...

The number of new homes built in London will reach record levels in 2017, according to high-end agency Savills - but...

Savills has revealed relatively strong figures for 2016 in its report to the City this morning, with group revenue up 13...

An online estate agency which says it could be the next Purplebricks says prejudice against internet property transactions is waning  “With Neil...

LSL Property Services - which owns high street agency brands Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - is the...