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14 December 2019
From: Features

OnTheMarket’s TV advert, promoting its ‘New & exclusive’ feature, will be back on screens from Boxing Day ahead of what it calls a...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Data scientists have released a study into the characteristics of homes and how they give away the likely voting intentions of...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Congratulations from everyone at Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today to all those who triumphed at the Relocation Agent Network...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A report from Countrywide says the proportion of homes in Great Britain bought with cash fell to a mere 28 per...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A shock prediction from a property management firm suggests that around 10 estate agencies have gone bust every week in Britain...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

This morning’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the worst - that the market is in...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Two separate former High Street estate agents have sung the praise of switching to the hybrid business model. Appleby’s in Gloucestershire is...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

One of London’s leading estate and lettings agents has criticised the government over what he calls its “pitiful” record on affordable...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Zoopla is continuing its aggressive expansion of listings and services to agents with news this morning that it has added a...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A small online agency which in six months of trading has secured around 140 sales says it’s on course to be...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News

There has been a surprise, but small, increase in the market share of online estate agents according to the latest survey. Business...
15 October 2019
From: Breaking News

There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s the...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello, welcome to the new working week and the latest PJT. Before we kick off, a reminder to please let us know...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Of all the UK properties for sale over the last year, 59% would have been exempt from any type of transaction...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News

An estate agency based in Cumbria has rebranded to Hunters following a management buyout. Cumberland Estate Agents has been purchased by its...
09 October 2019
From: Breaking News

New research shows that three bedroom homes are the quickest selling property type this autumn. After a series of sluggish house price...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on key moves within the industry. Everyone mentioned here...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of new property listings in the UK fell by a whopping 13.2 per cent in August according to online...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

New figures produced by Zoopla’s research team shows for the first time the huge scale of regional variations in terms of...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency EasyProperty has been acquired by a firm with the backing of Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. easyProperty has been sold by the eProp...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

British homes have increased in value by an average of £11 per day since the beginning of the year, but with...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Some estate agents are charging as much as 2.9 per cent commission according to a survey by comparison website GetAgent. While the...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The trade headlines may be dominated by a revolution proposed for how agents are regulated, licensed and trained but one thing...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s more bad news for online estate agencies this morning as a survey reveals that they have only a seven per cent...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading agent has suggested that some parts of the UK would face “a property exodus” if Boris Johnson’s proposals for...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...
06 July 2019
From: Features

Increasing legislation and regulation has arguably been the biggest talking point in the private rented sector (PRS) over the last few...
29 June 2019
From: Features

The number of cash buyers in London has recently plummeted by very nearly a fifth - and every other part of...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks is the “Official Estate Agent Of Team GB” for the build-up to and completion of next summer’s Olympics in Tokyo. It is going...
20 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Too many sellers are wedded to the idea that prices will rise after a Brexit deal is resolved, says one of the...
20 June 2019
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services’ Land & New Homes division says it’s set a record by selling 50 per cent of the units...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Over 80 per cent of home owners say they expect house prices to rise in their area before the end of...
11 June 2019
From: Breaking News

With summer in full swing (will someone tell the weather?) we’re having bumper editions of Agents Do Charity, and this weekend’s is...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Like many good agencies, Savills understands that selling a long-loved family home can be tough for a vendor. So it was with...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

New research suggests it takes, on average, six months and 24 days to buy a home. The study, for PropTech virtual tours...
28 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The average time on the market for a property is soaring across the UK thanks to Brexit uncertainty, according to the...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News

With a mere matter of weeks until the Tenant Fees Act comes in to effect, I can’t help but wonder just...
11 May 2019
From: Features

Fresh analysis by Zoopla has revealed Britain's fastest moving property markets with the lowest number of average days for a seller...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A new snapshot of market share claims that online agents accounted for 7.0 per cent of all exchanges in the first...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - your final chance before the Easter break to catch up with the key...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...
13 April 2019
From: Features

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...
06 April 2019
From: Features

Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...
30 March 2019
From: Features

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...
23 March 2019
From: Features

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...
16 March 2019
From: Features

Savills has this morning talked up its investment in onliner Yopa, which it claims is the sixth largest estate agency in...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Latest data from property platform Home suggests that instruction numbers across the UK as a whole are down four per cent...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has become the major partner with a leading Australian rugby league team, Melbourne Storm. "Purplebricks is reshaping the real estate market...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Agency Express says that following a strong start to the year there’s a been a slowdown in the number of properties...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...
09 March 2019
From: Features

Hello and here we go with yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly opportunity to herald the unsung efforts of our...
08 March 2019
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket will be “blanketing the commercial radio landscape” as well as engaging in sports and agency industry sponsorship programmes over the...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Nobody likes change. It makes people feel threatened, undermines their confidence, and makes them worry about the future. But regardless of...
27 February 2019
From: Features

Both major portals have this morning revealed more evidence of a gently slowing housing market. The average time to sell a property...
27 February 2019
From: Breaking News

As the sales market across much of Britain appears to be mired in political and economic uncertainty, figures from Scotland appear...
21 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Government figures show the UK’s annual house price growth now being down to 2.5 per cent - the lowest rate since...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...
11 February 2019
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket is to continue its TV advertising campaign throughout February - and this time it’s ad is also going to be...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News

As eagle-eyed readers may have discovered over weekend, Purplebricks is the new back-of-shirt sponsor of the Scotland national team throughout the...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News

When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent. The more...
26 January 2019
From: Features

The share of the market taken by online agencies in the final quarter of 2018 slipped from last summer’s high of...
18 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The auction firm that purchased the property listings left stranded by the collapse of Emoov is now offering partnership opportunities to...
17 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A Scottish estate agency has changed its website following a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The complaint relates to West Property...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to another PJT, your regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Please keep us informed of...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A new property management firm claims that an average of nine estate agencies have gone bust each week since 2010. Apropos -...
11 January 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s time to think about planning the 2019 events calendar. This year, there are more PropTech conferences scheduled than ever before,...
09 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Ilchester Place in London’s Holland Park may be the most expensive residential street in Britain - but it’s cheaper than a year...
31 December 2018
From: Breaking News

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...
29 December 2018
From: Features

Fine & Country’s annual conference in the New Year is to have former England rugby player Matt Dawson MBE as the...
27 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...
01 December 2018
From: Features

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...
17 November 2018
From: Features

New build property values are rising at a much greater rate than existing property values according to a study by DJ Alexander. The...
15 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Price growth in the housing market is slow across the UK but London is again the most troubled region, seeing an...
15 November 2018
From: Breaking News

We’re used to recent stories about transaction dips and price stagnation as Brexit uncertainty and stamp duty take their toll on...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

New data from Barclays Mortgages suggests Britons are now likely to stay in their homes for almost 19 years between house...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Savills has issued its forecast for the housing market for the next five years, and while it highlights some bright spots...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News

It is a sobering thought that 40 years have slipped by since I first ran a tape measure across the inside...
27 October 2018
From: Features

A city’s housing market that suffered badly because of the collapse in North Sea oil prices is now likely to rebound...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to PJT, our weekly round up of key moves within the industry. Let us know what’s going on with...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

It seems a lifetime ago but in fact we’re approaching just the first anniversary since the government triggered its Call for...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to our weekly catch-up on the major moves within our industry. Remember, you can let the rest of the...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The perils of property competitions and raffles have once again been demonstrated, this time with the Advertising Standards Authority upholding three...
26 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...
22 September 2018
From: Features

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...
15 September 2018
From: Features

Owning a home has become almost impossible for many public sector workers across Britain, according to research from the union UNISON. Getting...
13 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A downstairs bathroom could knock up to 6% off the value of a property, according to estate agents. Having a family bathroom...
03 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A warning to people selling their homes to beware of internet-based scams offering cut-price surveys has been sounded by a leading...
30 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A property management company is warning that some areas of the UK could be in line for a price correction this...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest quarterly house price report published by property portal s1homes reveals that properties across Scotland sell on average at six...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of properties withdrawn from the market in the second quarter of this year was greater than the number of...
07 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the place where you find all the key agency industry moves over recent days. Please...
30 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Figures from Savills suggest that there’s currently an average 1.14 price adjustments per sale across the prime regional markets of the...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News

With the weather scheduled to get a little cooler this weekend, fund-raising is clearly still a hot topic in the industry...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News

If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...
20 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content

There’s more gloomy reading for vendors from a new report by website Home, which says the volume of properties slashing their...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello, and welcome to this week’s regular Monday summary of all the major jobs moves in our industry. The industry is still...
09 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A major hybrid agency says there is a huge ‘reality gap’ between the typical asking price of homes on sale and the...
21 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Savills has suggested that it may be time for a fundamental review of what’s left of the flagship policy of Margaret...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Summer is traditionally the time of the year when the property market slows down, with people going away on their holidays...
19 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content

The average asking price of newly marketed property continues to rise according to Rightmove - and this is despite a dip...
18 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Government figures are the latest to show that house prices are still going up - but with a reduced rate of...
14 June 2018
From: Breaking News

More stock and longer times on the market are combining to create a surge in asking price reductions according to a...
13 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A PropTech startup which claims to revolutionise the speed at which property transactions can be processed has officially launched this week. When...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Average property prices fell in all but one English region during March, according to the latest official UK House Price Index. Overall,...
24 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Property sellers in Scotland are profiting from buyers' willingness to pay above asking price for a home. This is according to portal...
22 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Given the level of resource and energy being put behind upping the number of first-time buyers in the UK, you might...
28 April 2018
From: Features

Scottish high-end agency Galbraith has revealed how one of the smallest and most exclusive property sectors in Britain - Scottish country...
23 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has returned to the fray after recent controversies with a claim that home owners saved themselves over £140m in commission...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest mortgage snapshot from e.surv has reinforced recent claims from other sources that London’s housing market remains the most difficult...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Demand is down for the 12th successive month according to the latest market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. New...
12 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Agency Express, which reported a muted housing market in February, says the pace picked up considerably last month. The board company, which...
12 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The boss of an electrical company has set up a new estate and letting agency with the help of six-figure funding...
28 March 2018
From: Breaking News

House prices have taken a spring leap in the north of England as the market improves - but it’s a different...
19 March 2018
From: Breaking News

There has been a 19.9 per cent increase in new property listings, with some locations seeing as many as 80 per...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...
05 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Scottish portal s1homes.com has reported that the average property in Scotland sold for £10,000 higher than its asking price during the...
20 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Scotland is considering giving first time buyers relief or exemption from Land and Buildings Transaction Tax - the replacement for stamp...
19 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Thanks once again for your contributions to this weekly round-up of agents’ good works; we love covering these stories which show...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Despite a string of property pundits suggesting the market is slowing down, new figures from the Office for National Statistics show...
14 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Traditional solicitor estate agents north of the border have a higher success rate than any other estate agency model. The claim comes, perhaps...
12 February 2018
From: Breaking News

We seem to be getting more and more contact from agents and others in the industry who are doing great work...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

An overwhelming 86 per cent of RICS members questioned in a survey claim they have seen no increase in interest from...
18 January 2018
From: Breaking News

New analysis by credit and comparison service Totally Money has revealed the districts where the controversial Help To Buy initiative is...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Buyers spent £9.7 billion on moving house in 2017 with the average individual move costing £9,580 according to comparison website Compare...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Figures out this morning from the Nationwide show the first annual fall in London-wide house prices for eight years - and...
04 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A Happy New Year to all our readers and their families - and all the very best for a successful, profitable...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Two families have bought each other’s homes in what an online estate agency says is the first ever example of a...
19 December 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...
16 December 2017
From: Features

Keller Williams UK is launching its third office in the UK. It’s in Glasgow and the new market centre - the term...
14 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The housing market remains flat as it heads towards 2018 according to the latest snapshot survey by the Royal Institution of...
14 December 2017
From: Breaking News

There’s been no let up with your generous sharing of your Christmas decorations - thanks for sending so many in. With under...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond. From today,...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Members of the Relocation Agent Network are celebrating after a successful annual awards event in London, combined with keynote conference sessions...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today can reveal that the ‘peace talks’ between the AllAgents review website and Purplebricks now involve the agency’s chief...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a downbeat snapshot of the current housing market with "subdued sales trends" across...
09 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A new portal has been launched aimed at marketing ex-council properties for sale or to let through agencies. Ex-Council.com says it is...
06 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...
28 October 2017
From: Features

London house prices are stuck in neutral according to the latest figures from property consultancy Hometrack, which says values in the...
25 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Another week, yet more consultations - the agency industry can’t complain about not being asked for its views recently. The latest were on...
21 October 2017
From: Features

With the Budget just over a month away, the steady stream of ‘leaks’ continues to grow as journalists and the industry...
21 October 2017
From: Features

Leamington Spa in Warwickshire has been named as the happiest place to live in Great Britain in Rightmove’s 2017 Happy at...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Like many of Labour’s recent policy proposals, its call for rent controls leaves more questions than answers. There has been widespread criticism...
07 October 2017
From: Features

The average cost of moving home in the UK has increased by £628 over the past year from £10,966 to £11,624...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The housing market remains mixed across different parts of the UK but London and the south east remain the weakest areas...
14 September 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s been quite a week, much of it concerning the technology that increasingly underpins our industry. A glut of fund-raising and relaunching...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

easyProperty has unveiled details of its relaunch, declaring itself to be the UK’s second largest hybrid estate agency - second only...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Over the past few months, hundreds of agents across the UK have been improving their photography skills by taking part in...
01 September 2017
From: Sponsored Content

Really? The first day of autumn? Well yes, according to weather professionals who say September 1 is the start of meteorological...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Independent high-end estate agency Galbraith, which operates mostly in Scotland, says local knowledge is key to good customer service - and might...
04 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Let’s start with a quick fire quiz. How many more leads do you think you’d get with photos that have been...
01 August 2017
From: Sponsored Content

Purplebricks has released more details of expansion plans to recruit hundreds of additional Local Property Experts. The recruitment drive was launched yesterday...
12 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A man who stole envelopes containing keys from an estate agents’ office by using a pole projected through the letter box...
06 July 2017
From: Breaking News

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...
03 July 2017
From: Sponsored Content

The start of Wimbledon means we’re reaching peak summer - even if the weather suggests otherwise. But distractions like sporting events...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Average prices in prime central London remained flat in May but are down 6.6 per cent on the year according to...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Analysis of over 120,000 sales valuations has revealed some of the UK's most expensive and cheapest property regions. Central London's 'W' postcode...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Scottish estate agency and solicitors firm McEwan Fraser Legal has announced a deal which will see it become the sponsor of...
09 June 2017
From: Breaking News

As the nation goes to the polls today, industry boards supplier Agency Express reports that the property market picked up in...
08 June 2017
From: Breaking News

An estate agency is offering to radically extend its marketing approach for each of its vendors’ properties to include a high...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Barclays Bank has given an optimistic view of the housing market over the next five years, with a prediction that across...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...
27 May 2017
From: Features

Scotland already has the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax instead of stamp duty - now Wales is following suit, with a...
26 May 2017
From: Breaking News

In November 2016 when the Autumn Statement was delivered by Chancellor Philip Hammond, the announcement was made to ban letting agent...
20 May 2017
From: Features

A ‘disrupter’ estate agent says the English housing market operates in a way that is far less efficient than Scotland’s -...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Local media in Scotland suggest an agency in Motherwell is continuing as normal despite the owner of the business having been...
04 May 2017
From: Breaking News

In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...
08 April 2017
From: Features

Ten years ago this month (April 2007) tenancy deposit schemes were first introduced in England and Wales. You need to go a...
08 April 2017
From: Features

At the end of a week dominated by grim news, it is worth remembering our capacity for good far outweighs rare...
24 March 2017
From: Breaking News

House prices in the UK increased by 6.2 per cent in the year to January according to government figures. The Office for...
23 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Former clients of a Scottish estate and letting agency and mortgage company are being asked by a corporate insolvency firm to...
17 March 2017
From: Breaking News

I had a very interesting chat with the man behind a new portal the other day. He was John Dixon, the portal...
04 March 2017
From: Features

A Scottish property portal now ‘live’ and claiming to list almost all the homes for sale north of the border, says...
01 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman’s office has defended a change to its code of practice which, according to a national newspaper, means agents...
06 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...
14 January 2017
From: Features

The founder of one of the largest independent agencies in the East Midlands is to step down, over 27 years after...
11 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter predicts as many as four in 10 owners or renters in one part of the UK would struggle...
05 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The introduction of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax to replace stamp duty in Scotland is having an “eye watering” impact...
22 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The latest housing market confidence index measured by agency Knight Frank says householders in every region of the UK expect their...
21 November 2016
From: Breaking News

House prices were unchanged in October according to the latest Nationwide house price index, but a typical home now costs six...
03 November 2016
From: Breaking News

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...
28 October 2016
From: Features

Auction rooms across the UK are filled with people looking to buy property, from bargain hunters to seasoned investors, ensuring that...
22 October 2016
From: Features

The huge consequences of the EU referendum, and the impending Brexit negotiations, have drawn into sharp light the consequences for a...
22 October 2016
From: Features

Several estate agencies have announced new appointments and strategic moves - underlying speculation that the housing market remains relatively stagnant. CKD Galbraith, a...
04 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The pace of annual house price growth slowed to 5.3 per cent in September from 5.6 per cent in August according...
03 October 2016
From: Breaking News

House prices increased by 0.4% between June and July, according to the latest UK House Price Index. The data for July, the...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today has received a list of around 60 Countrywide Group estate agency offices expected to close in the next...
02 September 2016
From: Breaking News

For many people buy-to-let continues to look an attractive income investment at a time of low saving rates and stock market...
26 August 2016
From: Features

There has been a marked slowdown in house price growth in major UK cities in the past three months - led...
26 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Average house prices across the UK rose 8.7 per cent in the year to the end of June - so including...
17 August 2016
From: Breaking News

EweMove Sales and Lettings, which describes itself as the UK's first hybrid estate agency, has opened four new branches, taking its...
16 August 2016
From: Breaking News

If you want an indicator that the United Kingdom isn’t so united any more, have a look at Right To Buy. The...
12 August 2016
From: Features

Britain’s gathering Olympics medal haul is heart-warming, but our heroes in Rio are not the only ones doing great work and...
12 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Wales has confirmed that it is to scrap the former flagship Thatcherite policy of Right To Buy. Since 1980, 138,423 homes have been...
09 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Right To Buy - the controversial sell-off of council and housing association homes initially introduced as a flagship of Margaret Thatcher’s...
01 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The Registers of Scotland is the latest barometer to suggest the market has performed well in the second quarter of the...
28 July 2016
From: Breaking News

There has been a gloomy response to the latest Knight Frank measure of house price sentiment - the first of its...
25 July 2016
From: Breaking News

House prices in Scotland rose 0.9 per cent in May, taking the average value to £172,119 - still down on a...
20 July 2016
From: Breaking News

With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...
15 July 2016
From: Features

What a month it has been. By the time you read this, we'll have a new Prime Minister, a new Cabinet,...
15 July 2016
From: Features

The property website Home is warning that some regional house price rises are unsustainable. It says that prices in the East of...
23 June 2016
From: Breaking News

With more house-hunters than ever now starting their search for a new home by typically looking online on one of the major...
17 June 2016
From: Features

There has been an 11 per cent increase in sales in Scotland over the past year - and one major agency...
15 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A new e-conveyancing platform has been launched in Edinburgh ahead of a roll-out across all of Scotland. This system, Altis, is the...
13 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The old and eternal debate over whether or not tenant fees should be banned continues to rumble on. It’s a major concern...
10 June 2016
From: Features

The government is launching the new official UK House Price Index - to be known in short-form as the UK HPI...
09 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A Scottish estate agency has announced the details of a unique sponsorship with two football clubs. McEwan Fraser Legal is now the...
23 May 2016
From: Breaking News

House prices across the UK increased by 9.0 per cent in the year to March, showing a significant rise from the 7.6...
18 May 2016
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The government is staying tight-lipped about it for the moment but there may be a major shake-up in house buying on...
11 May 2016
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This week, as the title suggests, I turn my attentions to the world of deposit protection schemes. Landlords have been legally obliged...
15 April 2016
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House prices rose by 7.6 per cent in the year to February, according to the government’s Office for National Statistics. This is a...
13 April 2016
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The number of property sales in Scotland during January was the highest recorded since 2008, according to figures from Your Move. The...
16 March 2016
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OnTheMarket, the property portal founded by Agents' Mutual, has announced its launch in Northern Ireland. The website is aiming to go head-to-head...
15 March 2016
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Another Friday, another impressive array of agents doing superb work for causes close to their hearts. Every week we salute agents helping communities...
11 March 2016
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The arrival of a single official house price index comes one step closer later this month with a so-called ‘user event’...
10 March 2016
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There are to be significant increases in council tax paid by the owners of the most expensive homes across Scotland, in...
03 March 2016
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Uncertainty before the EU Referendum could lead to fewer house sales and reduce the number of new homes being built warns...
01 March 2016
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And so it begins. Four months and counting before we vote to leave or remain. For a country apparently so divided about...
27 February 2016
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New research shows that the north-south divide over house prices is not only continuing but is getting significantly worse. High-end agency Savills,...
22 February 2016
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The number of UK properties worth at least £1m is expected to more than triple between now and 2030. A report from...
18 February 2016
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17 February 2016
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Scotland’s Land & Building Transaction Tax - its more radical replacement for stamp duty which still applies throughout the rest of...
03 February 2016
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Only months after the collapse of the Veyo system aimed at creating a conveyancing portal for England and Wales, the Law...
29 January 2016
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Zoopla has confirmed that its next date for announcing its agency membership totals - part of its ongoing rivalry with OnTheMarket...
22 January 2016
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Both Zoopla and OnTheMarket have ramped up their long-standing rivalry. As we reported yesterday afternoon, Zoopla has revealed what it calls a...
21 January 2016
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With the portal wars ratcheting up ahead of OnTheMarket’s first anniversary, Zoopla has revealed what it calls a “record number” of...
20 January 2016
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The latest government house price index from the Office for National Statistics shows that house prices across the UK rose by...
20 January 2016
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Your Move claims the higher end of the Scottish housing market is recovering from the introduction of Land and Building Transaction...
20 January 2016
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A Strutt & Parker senior partner has dismissed speculation that the residential arm of his agency is about to be taken...
18 January 2016
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Edinburgh city council is seeking the permission of the Scottish Government to introduce a local mansion tax through new bands of...
18 January 2016
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A major estate agency is demanding urgent clarification on a three per cent tax levy - a ‘mini-me’ version of the...
14 January 2016
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The Arbon Trust is allocating £10,000 to help past and present NFOPP members in financial difficulties as a result of flooding...
11 January 2016
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House prices ended the year with strong growth of 0.8 per cent in the month of December according to the building...
31 December 2015
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Rettie & Co. is opening a branch at Jesmond in Newcastle, hot on the heels of the firm’s recent new office...
23 December 2015
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Property sales in Scotland for first-time buyers and home movers are increasing three times faster than the rest of the UK...
17 December 2015
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The Scottish finance minister John Swinney is to introduce a three per cent surcharge on the full purchase price above £40,000...
16 December 2015
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The director of two major agencies says George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge and stock at an “historically low level” will force...
10 December 2015
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You might recall a collective sigh of relief emitted by stakeholders in the housing market and private rental sector back in...
04 December 2015
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Hybrid online estate agency Purplebricks is expected to start trading on the Stock Exchange on December 17. It has already raised £58.1m...
04 December 2015
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There are just three weeks before Christmas (and a well-deserved break for agents). But in the meantime there are plenty of opportunities...
04 December 2015
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Purplebricks has launched in another region of the UK as speculation continues over the date of its expected flotation. It has now...
24 November 2015
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There are 16,547 businesses registered as estate agencies in the UK according to figures obtained from Companies House - the equivalent...
19 November 2015
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LSL Property Services plc has announced another lettings acquisition, this time in Elgin and Inverness. The agency they have bought, PHP Lettings,...
17 November 2015
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News from the Halifax this week that the combined values of the residential properties in London amounts to £1.13 trillion, virtually...
13 November 2015
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An insurance company claims that around 60 per cent of estate agents do not check with their vendor clients about disputes...
10 November 2015
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Scotland’s home building industry says at least 100,000 homes of all tenures are needed by the end of the next Scottish...
05 November 2015
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Data from the Registers of Scotland shows a marked increase in transaction levels – up 23 per cent in one year,...
29 October 2015
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Don’t forget there’s an extra hour in bed on Saturday night - a chance to get some extra stamina for your...
23 October 2015
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Franchise agency chain HomeXperts is expanding as a result of a £250,000 loan. HomeXperts has 27 franchisees in England from Thirsk in...
20 October 2015
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There is still no word on when a police investigation will report on alleged irregularities said to involve the buy to...
12 October 2015
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The largest of the three government-approved redress schemes, The Property Ombudsman, has updated its codes of practice to include new legislation...
02 October 2015
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An estate agency analyst has queried whether the £2 billion spent on the equity loan Help To Buy scheme in England...
30 September 2015
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Paralympian Libby Clegg has set out recommendations that may provide food for thought for agents showing properties to buyers with visual...
22 September 2015
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OnTheMarket has queried the listings inventory detailed in Zoopla’s half-year trading statement. Zoopla Property Group reported that its listings inventory had increased...
24 August 2015
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Annual house price inflation as an average across the UK increased slightly in June to 5.7 per cent according to government...
19 August 2015
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The average value of homes across Britain rose by 2.7 per cent or almost £7,000 during the first six months of...
23 July 2015
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The first annual report from Property Redress Services, one of the three government-approved redress schemes applying to both the sales and...
22 July 2015
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Scottish house prices may have risen 10.3 per cent since May 2014 – twice that of England & Wales - but...
16 July 2015
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There’s still life left in the housing market according to the government’s Office for National Statistics, which say house prices across...
15 July 2015
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People buying or selling property in Scotland would be better protected if the regulation of estate agency was devolved to the...
07 July 2015
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Knight Frank says the high-end market in Scotland has slumped as buyers and sellers allow the new Land and Buildings Transaction...
01 July 2015
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The property centre in the middle of the latest controversy surrounding the Competition and Markets Authority says it is still waiting...
01 July 2015
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The Competition and Markets Authority is reported to have received two complaints about a property centre, accusing it of breaking anti-competition...
30 June 2015
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There is yet more opposition to proposals for the reform of land and estate ownership in Scotland, put forward by the...
25 June 2015
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There has been a strong reaction against proposals to reform the ownership of estates and other substantial land holdings in Scotland. The...
24 June 2015
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Scottish house prices have seen their sharpest fall in six years as the ‘transaction tax boom’ has come to an end...
18 June 2015
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Shepherd Direct, the UK operator of Century 21 estate agency franchises, has bought a minority stake in Stonebridge Group, the mortgage...
18 June 2015
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London’s housing market slowdown is the chief reason UK house price growth has eased in the year to April, according to...
17 June 2015
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Online franchise agency EweMove has 'expanded its flock' after opening four new branches. The latest franchises to open their doors are located...
01 June 2015
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In what would have been an unimaginable trend just a year ago, house prices are now rising faster in Scotland than...
22 May 2015
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UK house price growth accelerated to an annual rate of 9.6 per cent in the year to March, according to the...
20 May 2015
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The new chair of trade body Homes for Scotland wants the Scottish Government to ‘evolve’ its Help to Buy shared equity...
19 May 2015
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Ian Wilson, the head of Martin & Co, recently threw his hat into the ring regarding Labour’s stated intention to cap...
04 May 2015
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Two rival redress schemes applying to sales and lettings agents are claiming increased business. A press release from the Property Redress Scheme...
30 April 2015
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Agency sales figures and data from the Registers of Scotland show a surge in the value of property sold north of...
30 April 2015
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With another hung parliament looking increasingly likely, the so-called ‘challenger parties’ look set to have a major say in who forms...
23 April 2015
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The Liberal Democrats want local authorities to have the power to charge 200 per cent council tax on second homes. Party leader...