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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...

The man behind YOPA - the online agency that last year secured investment from high end traditional company Savills - says...

An analysis of estate agents quoted on the London Stock Exchange suggests that almost all the traditional firms have suffered since...

Organisers of the Future:PropTech2017 conference on May 4 have revealed new sponsors involved with the event - including Angels Media, publisher...

An analysis by Savills shows that so-called ‘additional homes’ - that is, those carrying a three per cent stamp duty surcharge...

Two reports produced by Savills suggests continuing struggles for high-priced properties in prime locations to combat economic uncertainty and the deterrent...

No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...

Richard Addington has switched from being Savills’ head of office in Exeter to joining Jackson-Stops & Staff’s branch in the same...

A surge in sales of London properties to overseas buyers taking advantage of the Pound’s post-referendum collapse has helped Savills exceed...

Confusion surrounds the timing of the government’s eagerly-anticipated White Paper on housing. Respected property industry weekly magazine Estates Gazette has tweeted that...

Savills has acquired Guernsey-based company Montagu Evans Channel Islands Limited to create the company’s first presence on the island, and to...

Sales of homes in prime central London improved towards the end of 2016 says Savills - but only after prices were...

One of the earliest entrepreneurs to found a website to allow for-sale-by-owner property listings back in 2000, predicts current online agents...

The head of a new ‘disruptive’ online mortgage service says 2017 will see more major estate agency and other property businesses...

This is the final Estate Agent Today until Tuesday January 3 2017, so everyone at Angels Media sends all good wishes for...

Home ownership rates among 25-year-olds have plummeted by more than half in 20 years, council leaders have warned.  New analysis for the...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

House prices will rise 2.0 per cent in 2017, below the rate of inflation and just under half the rise predicted...

Share prices for both Foxtons and Countrywide took a significant tumble yesterday as news of the ban on letting agents’ fees...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

Good branding is absolutely crucial to any successful business or product, even more so in a world of social media, instant...

Some sectors of the industry have been giving their initial reactions to the shock Donald Trump victory in the US presidential election.  Camilla...

Although Brexit, portal juggling and portal wars have stolen property industry headlines in recent months, there's been one story almost constantly...

Savills is the latest estate agency to warn that economic uncertainty following the Brexit vote will trigger two years of low...

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...

YOPA, the online agency that recently had an extensive TV campaign, has amended the content of its website following a complaint to...

I hate to be a party-pooper, but one of the agency industry’s coming-up-to-Christmas traditions is going to be particularly hard to undertake...

Suzy Lamplugh was just 25 years old when she disappeared whilst working as an estate agent in London in 1986. She’d...

Three decades after 25-year-old Suzy Lamplugh disappeared on a house viewing, the charity set up in her name is calling on...

There has been widespread scepticism from many within the industry that the government will miss its latest house building targets, despite...

One of the world’s leading financial institutions, UBS, says any sustained economic recession triggered by Britain’s departure from the EU could lead...

Hybrid estate agency YOPA is today launching a nationwide TV advertising campaign starring The Village People, the band best-known for the...

Viewers of ITV’s prime-time drama Victoria will have noticed last evening that another estate agency has started to advertise on TV...

Later on, the title of this piece should become clearer (at least I hope so). First, though, a few bits and...

The credit crunch may have been the economic backdrop against which much of the housing market performance of the past 10...

A campaign has been launched to make Bristol the colour capital of the UK by ensuring that more homes are painted...

Fiona Stewart, formerly head of marketing and communications at Strutt & Parker, has taken up a newly created role in the...

YOPA, the online agency which now has financial investment from Savills, says its instructions have risen five-fold since February. It also says...

It’s a headline from an Australian business journal this week but it has a familiar ring to it: “Estate agents’ attempts...

Foxtons has removed its listing for the sale of a property on an estate in Walthamstow after concerns expressed by nearby...

Online agency YOPA has launched a recruitment campaign via social media. Tweets began appearing over the weekend and the latest, posted yesterday,...

It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. When the idea behind the world wide...

Savills residential fee income rose 10 per cent in the first six months of 2016 but the firm warns that it’s...

YOPA, the online agency which recently won financial backing from high end consultancy Savills, is on the look out for an...

Swiss bank UBS has given an upbeat assessment of online estate agencies in the changing housing market - but it warns...

One of the first major pieces of research to come from an estate agency following the EU referendum suggests the short-term...

The chief executive of Savills says “the sale of homes will move more and more online” - justifying the recent investment...

With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...

Countrywide says it is too early to say whether the stamp duty surcharge introduced in the spring has had any significant...

Referendum uncertainty - even before the shock Brexit vote itself - led prime central London prices to drop 1.4 per cent...

Agency and other property shares that have been buffetted in the past two trading days have now stabilised - in most...

A small estate agency is spelling out why it has taken the unusual step of scrapping its established High Street office...

Cashing in on the publicity surrounding the share price of Purplebricks and recent entries into hybrid estate agency by Countrywide and...

The influential consumer property body HomeOwners Alliance says Purplebricks-style hybrid estate agencies may be “the future”. In a blog on the HOA website,...

Forgive the footballing headline – perhaps inevitable now that Euro 2016 has started – but several decisions and statements across the...

There has been a muted response from the City to the announcement just before the weekend that high-end estate agency Savills...

It’s nearly June – June! – already. Seriously, where has this year gone? This means summer is nearly upon us, with a...

Last time out I spoke about the beginnings of a PropTech revolution, with two major London-based events in the offing over...

Strutt & Parker won the UK Sales Agency of the Year award at the annual RESI Awards event, organised by Property...

A report using data from Savills and property consultancy Dataloft claims that luxury private residential towers can dramatically increase the values of...

Leaked emails dating from 2013 and seen this week by Estate Agent Today appear to show a number of estate agencies...

One of the directors of Agents’ Mutual, parent body of portal OnTheMarket, has told Estate Agent Today that his firm does...

It almost goes without saying that PropTech is a hot topic these days - this year alone we’ve seen multi-million pound...

A former head of Savills’ buying arm says well-heeled overseas buyers are unphased by the recently-increased stamp duty on high value...

It’s all too easy to look sleazy in the eyes of a sceptical world, and there’s a danger right now that...

One of the leading financial advice websites in the country has said that Rightmove’s “significant market share” and “insanely high margins”...

Savills says prices of homes in prime areas of London dipped in the first quarter of 2016 because of economic uncertainty...

Two property professionals who in the past have worked for Savills and Hamptons International, have launched a hybrid estate agency. Founded by...