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The issue of agency qualifications has finally been mentioned in the Houses of Parliament, almost three years since the landmark Regulation...

Agents have heralded the beginning of the house price slowdown. The latest Land Registry House Price Index yesterday showed values increased by...

Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...

There are signs that properties are starting to take longer to sell. A lack of stock in recent months has meant agents...

The number of areas where the average house sale price exceeded £500,000 has surpassed 15% of Great Britain for the first...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...

Property data and estate agent prospecting platform Homesearch is expanding north of the border. After three years of operation in England and...

A new estate agency has been launched in the west of Scotland by property services firm Bowman Rebecchi. The new business, named...

The shortlists for this year’s much-coveted ESTAS awards will be revealed from the end of this week. The ESTAS Customer Service Awards,...

In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...

One of the biggest names in agency has been appointed as chairperson of the board at BidX1, one of Europe’s leading...

Agency stock is shifting faster and buyers who hesitated last year are now finding it harder to afford similar priced properties,...

House price growth hit a five-month high in February, according to Land Registry data but there are warnings that this will...

Knight Frank has issued a stark warning that house price growth is set to slow. House price indices from lenders such as...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

The introduction of a register of land owners has triggered concern from the agents’ trade body Propertymark.  A Register of Persons Holding...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity, the weekly round up of fund-raising in our industry. Once more our thoughts are...

Earlier this month, the government’s energy regulator Ofgem announced a record 54 percent increase to the energy bill price cap. Combined...

Pacitti Jones, the Glasgow-based estate agent and legal firm, has acquired RGM Solicitors. RGM currently operates in Linlithgow and Grangemouth, and all its staff...

A 20 year old estate agent who admitted being four times over the drink driving limit has been fined and banned...

The government is considering seizing British property owned by Russian oligarchs on the sanctions list without paying compensation. The Financial Times says Housing...

It is claimed by Propertymark that the government’s Economic Crime Bill - to be debated in the House of Commons today -...

The Chartered Institute of Housing, set to unveil its latest annual housing review next month, has indicated that to no one’s...

Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...

A consultation exercise on government proposals for its business rates review is totally “underwhelming” according to property agency Colliers. The consultation ends...

A leading agent and market commentator says he has identified one part of the UK where the current stock shortage is...

The government’s heavily publicised Levelling Up initiative could benefit the UK’s overall property market by approaching £96 billion, it’s been claimed. Some...

One of Scotland’s leading legal and estate agency, Pacitti Jones, is continuing to expand. This week it has snapped up Tip Top...

Rightmove is running a series of webinars this month focused on legislation affecting agents. Tomorrow the former ARLA Propertymark supreme David Cox...

The Bank of England has increased the base rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. This means a typical tracker...

The total value of all UK homes broke the £8 trillion barrier in 2021 according to Savills - and London is...

The average age at which someone buys their first home has risen to 32, up from 29 in 2011 and is...

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...

Barely three weeks into the new year and we’re already talking about plans to raise tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of...

The Bruce brothers’ new portal Boomin has given its first statistics regarding usage following the launch of a new marketing campaign...

One of the founding partners of the well-known agency Slater, Hogg and Howison has died at the age of 76. It was...

A prominent agency chief is warning that record house prices could lead to a housing bust if lending gets out of...

Another day, another house price index record. The latest, from the Halifax, shows that typical house prices increased by over £24,500 in...

House prices in the UK have ended the year of yet another record high. The Nationwide says annual house price growth increased...

Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national...

Top Scottish agency Galbraith says key parts of the country saw some buyers snapping up properties this year without even visiting...

The Lomond Group, reported over the weekend to be in talks to buy high-end London agency Chestertons, has this morning announced it’s...

Rightmove has revealed the UK’s property hotspot of 2021 - where prices have risen 31 per cent in just a year. The...

New data from Rightmove has analysed millions of supply, demand and pricing data points across the property market, to assess activity...

House prices will rise next year says Rightmove - but it warns that tax hikes will curb price rises, particularly later in...

A housebuilding-led mortgage indemnity scheme called Deposit Unlock has now been launched nationally with 17 major developers taking part. Nationwide is the...

High house prices relative to average earnings make raising a deposit a big barrier for first time buyers, a new study...

Rightmove claims to have found the happiest place in the UK - and it’s in Northumberland. The market town of Hexham has...

We’re delighted to have received images of another agency’s fantastic - should that be Santa-stic? - Christmas decorations.  These images are from...

A high-speed internet connection is the second most important factor for buyers after property size, a survey claims. And the study -...

The market may be soaring in most of the country but there are still locations where significant numbers of properties sell...

Annual house price growth increased to 8.1 per cent in October according to the Halifax.  The average UK property price is now...

Despite the roaring housing market, a new report says that no fewer than 70,500 real estate and property businesses are showing...

An online intelligence platform has started ranking agencies in terms of their SEO and Google searches. The platform - Industry Alerts, which...

House price inflation accelerated to 10.6 per cent in August, up from 8.5 per cent in July as buyers rushed to...

Over-65s saw their property wealth increase by £800 a month recently thanks to frenzied demand during the stamp duty holiday, an equity release...

Best and Final Offers should be scrapped - and a property expert claims that would be good because they do a massive...

The hybrid agency Paton & Co is moving into new territories in Berwickshire and Northumberland. The company has been Borders-based since launching...

The first agency to give its market forecast for 2022 and beyond has suggested an upbeat performance next year.  Hamptons says the...

New figures from HM Treasury have revealed that businesses, including a number of major agencies, have returned £1.3 billion in furlough...

Forget en-suites and garden rooms, could you boost viewings with the postcode of a property? Research by comparison website Money.co.uk has identified...

A Borders estate agency business, Hastings Legal and Property, has invested in Halo Digital Signage – hailed as ‘the new generation...

Rightmove claims to have identified the dream home for buyers. A survey of more than 2,000 visitors to the portal’s website has...

Scotland and the south west of England have been identified as cash buyer hotspots. Analysis by Barrows and Forrester, found 27 per...

Forget London, Scotland is now the fastest-moving market for million-pound properties. Analysis by Rightmove has found that million-pound homes are selling 25...

Over the last three years there has been a quiet revolution in the tenant referencing market. Starting with the 2019 tenant...

The lifestyle changes triggered by the pandemic are likely to have a lasting effect on the housing market, pushing property prices permanently...

Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...

A plea has been made to the government to help small companies and stop letting online firms off the hook. The Federation...

Scotland was the first UK nation to scrap the equivalent of its stamp duty holiday, yet already the official economic monitor...

An unexpected claim was made over the weekend - that the long-running stamp duty holiday was not, after all, behind the...

Every so often it comes around – the argument that stamp duty should be reformed/removed/replaced (delete as appropriate). But why? Where’s the...

Awful isn’t it? Where was that sunshine? Well, the clouds have parted when it comes to fund-raising as the industry continues...

Average house prices increased by 13.2 per cent over the year to June - the highest annual growth rate since November...

Connells-owned Hamptons says it’s calculated that no fewer the 117,500 sellers this year have chosen to rent before buying their next home.  The...

Yet another housing market snapshot is reporting the stock of property for sale plummeting further downwards.  Property website Home says that while...

Hello and welcome to another round-up of our industry’s wonderful work for good causes. Before we salute this week’s heroes, our usual...

Referral revenues shared between agents in a major industry trade group has hit over £1.35m.  Daniel Pepperell, regional director at The Guild...

A report claims the flurry of transactions over recent months has been down mostly to families moving into larger homes and...

There’s already plenty of talk about autumn - depressing huh? - with agents pondering how the housing market will respond to...

Here’s a new way to encourage house moves - pay the potential vendor £50,000. The Scottish Government is launching an official consultation...

A much higher than usual proportion of homes on sale in the current market have successfully found a buyer, according to...

Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...

Keller Williams - which says it’s the UK’s leading business-owner or ‘self-employed’ firm with twice the agents of any direct rival -...

New research from Zoopla appears to show that buyers typically move further away for larger homes rather than smaller or same-size...

There are currently 341,419 homes across England, Scotland and Wales that have been vacant for at least six months.  Collectively, these homes...

Have you recovered yet?  We don’t mean the hangover, but the shock from the fact that England never gave their fans cause...

It was never going to be easy for Scotland - and there was no sense of jeopardy for an already-through England. Yet...

For a match between two great rivals, the England-Scotland 0-0 draw on Friday may have brought both nations together. After all it’s...

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has given his personal backing to the newest recruit of online agency easyProperty - even though...

Average house prices in the year to the end of April increased by 8.9 per cent according to the government’s Office...

Welcome to our second Euros Agent Match Report, when we get leading agents’ and suppliers’ takes on the matches featuring England and Scotland.  Today...

Hello and welcome to our first Euros Agent Match Report, a really engaging piece on England's triumphant campaign start yesterday. Our thanks go to...

With just hours to go to the start of the Euros, we can announce our squad for writing Agents Reports on...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

We’re only a little over a week away from the Euros, happening at last a year later than scheduled because of...

The average price of a property in a British seaside town is now £265,978, a leap of 10 per cent -...

The apparent plight of first time buyers hits the headlines frequently but new research shows that second steppers face a wide...

An online platform claims each agency branch in the UK has benefited from the stamp duty holiday by over £120,000. WiggyWam says...

The end of the week is always charity day here on EAT, and this week we have a typical cross section...

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

New figures from Zoopla today emphasise just how frenzied the housing market remains. Here are the figures: - so far in the first...

The average UK house price has risen 8.6 per cent - that’s typically £20,000 - in the past year. This is the...

The market share of hybrid and online agents has remained at eight per cent, according to property industry consultancy TwentyCi. This figure...

From today buyers will be able to purchase properties worth up to £600,000 with just a five per cent mortgage, under...

Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...

The Property Franchise Group, which earlier this year completed a buy out of franchise rival Hunters, has expanded its senior management...

While lengthy lockdowns have caused many to re-evaluate their homes, the apartment lifestyle remains an ambition for many. That’s the view of...

A high flying agent with experience at a string of top end companies has set up an online business with his...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

Another house price index shows a super-charged housing market with prices rising 7.5 per cent in the year to January according...

A new licensee at Fine & Country is taking the brand into a new territory with a sales patch 170 miles wide...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to offer a formal agency qualification as it goes increasingly on the offensive in a...

Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...

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

Legal firm Anderson Strathern has announced a merger with Lerwick-based Neil Risk Solicitor and Estate Agent. The Shetland firm's practice areas focus on residential...

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

Varying decisions across the country means the dreaded stamp duty cliff-edge will hit the market at different times in different UK...

Another week and another frenzy of news, culminating in the Budget and the extension of the stamp duty holiday. A cliff edge...

Affordability across the housing market is at its worst for 10 years according to an analysis by a London agency. Benham and Reeves...

Almost a year ago the government announced that estate and lettings agencies were to be included in the business rates relief...

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

Covid-19 has caused the number of new homes registered by UK house builders to fall 23 per cent in 2020. The NHBC...

A large majority of estate agents fear a surge in 'failed sales’ as the stamp duty holiday cliff edge gets ever-closer. The latest National...

By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...

Some 70 per cent of first time buyers in 2020 took out mortgages in excess of 25 years, says the Nationwide. A decade...

Both Rightmove and Zoopla have issued new data showing how the market is changing as buyers’ aspirations alter. Zoopla has looked at where...

A housing index says the market continues to defy Coronavirus and Brexit worries with asking prices up 4.9 per cent in...

The housing market remains open in Scotland, despite tighter restrictions announced yesterday by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The only significant difference specific...

An estate agency is being criticised for marketing properties as second homes in an area reportedly suffering a housing shortage. Local media...

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

There’s a call this morning for estate and letting agents to regard the physical viewing of any property on sale or...

Agents are sharply split over how they should operate during the current phase of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a poll of almost...

Agents and the housing market in England are still in business even during the third national lockdown which begins on Wednesday and...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...

He’s gone from Downing Street but the legacy of Dominic Cummings lives on in Rightmove’s top searches of 2020. Barnard Castle -...

Propertymark has told the government that it needs to introduce overarching regulation of agents now, because existing piecemeal provisions are unmanageable...

The shock and almost immediate increase in stamp duty on additional homes in Wales has prompted one question in the industry...

Another day, another index, another record - house prices rose 5.4 per cent annually in October according to official figures from the Office...

NAEA Propertymark has written to the Scottish Government demanding it extend the current Land and Buildings Transaction Tax holiday - the...

If you fear the market will slow after Christmas, think again - Rightmove is expecting several months of frenzied transactions to...

Hello and welcome to our latest doffing of the cap in honour of those in our industry fund-raising for great causes....

The sales market is currently strong but the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a warning about a slowdown next...

The UK has topped the rankings for the highest property taxes as a percentage of overall taxation in the developed world...

The design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low, according to a new report by academics.  The...

It now takes an average 12 days longer to complete a sale in Britain compared to a year ago - but...

The high profile Yorkshire agency chain Dacre, Son & Hartley has been appointed by the largest charity care provider for older...

Zoopla’s research team is anticipating the first quarter of next year will see the current boom continue as 100,000 additional sales...

Agents should know in the next 36 hours how new Coronavirus restrictions will affect how they work. The Prime Minister is announcing...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

It’s Halloween time, and while this year’s festivities may be muted there’s plenty to celebrate as far as agents’ good deeds...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

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

Some 713 estate agency branches have failed to reopen following the spring lockdown according to a business consultancy. TwentyCi says that is the...

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...

Hello and at the start of another working week, welcome to our regular jobs slot announcing who’s moving where within the...

The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...

Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...

The Property Franchise Group has named high-profile industry veteran Eric Walker as managing director of Martin & Co (South and Scotland).  Walker...

A family-run agency which last year asked people to “make an offer” to buy a franchise is now claiming it will...

The strong house price growth experienced in recent months could soon be 'marred' by oversupply, according to Home.co.uk. The property website says...

Rightmove is warning of a conveyancing log-jam that may delay sales, despite the ongoing frenzy of activity and faster transactions for...

With estate agents increasingly offering auction options to vendors, new research makes interesting reading - and suggests that homes sold via...

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

With the UK officially in what has been described as the single worst national recession in the world, one agency has...

A prominent industry figure says the current stamp duty holiday could effectively be a trap to lure in buyers who will...

The supply of homes coming to the market could struggle to meet the demand from buyers shown in recent weeks, with...

The number of people moving home dropped by almost a third in the first half of 2020, as the global pandemic...

Estate agents’ offices have been explicitly mentioned by the Scottish Government as locations where face masks must now be worn by...

Asking prices are up again for a third consecutive month in all English regions and across Scotland and Wales.  The measurement, from...

It’s probably not a surprise but new research has revealed where people want to move to - as well as where...

The chief executive of the UK operation of a US-owned brand says his agency its the fastest growing in this country...

Zoopla's Research and Insight Director Richard Donnell writes: Just over a fortnight on since the Chancellor announced the Stamp Duty holiday and...

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom that was existing even before the stamp duty holiday - enough to propel average asking prices...

The latest monthly index suggests that the average asking price in England and Wales has jumped 1.5 per cent in the...

A think tank says the stamp duty holiday introduced a week ago is understandable and may be helpful to the housing...

The new thresholds for the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty come into effect today - a week after the SDLT holiday...

Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...

The threshold at which Scotland’s Land and Buildings Transaction Tax is paid by purchasers is to be raised from £145,000 to...

At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...

It looks like the stamp duty holiday for England and Northern Ireland, already in effect following yesterday’s announcement, is unlikely to...

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of  branches closing - but there are...

We recently issued our Zoopla House Price Index, which analyses the latest real-time trends from the sales market. In our analysis, we...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign says the portal has merely kicked the fees can down the road, deferring a long-term...

In the latest of a recent flurry of consumer-facing research exercises by Rightmove, a league table of the most popular seaside...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have announced that they are extending their cut-price fees deals, introduced because of Coronavirus. This morning Rightmove says: "We have...

Video tours, heralded as the next big thing just a few weeks ago, are being abandoned by buyers and dismissed as...

It’s been confirmed by the Scottish Government that the housing market north of the border resumes for business - and house...

Two estate agency directors have been disqualified by the Competition and Markets Authority after taking part in an illegal price fixing...

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...

Beleaguered Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is under growing pressure to explain his part in a planning decision - now deemed illegal...

The latest sentiment snapshot produced by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the trend that the market is still improving...

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

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,...

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...

An economic consultancy predicts house prices will fall by a sixth as unemployment grows across Britain this year. The consultancy, Cebr, says...

The government has been called upon by one of the industry’s most respected bodies to announce a stamp duty holiday to...

The Nationwide says government measures mean the impact of Coronavirus on the housing market may be “much less” damaging than many...

There has been broad support and relief amongst property industry players following announcements from several lenders that they would grant mortgage...

Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year - a significantly higher figure than 12...

By now, most letting agents and landlords will have heard about the draft legislation laid in Parliament concerning a mandatory minimum...

A survey suggests that 77 per cent of first time buyers do not purchase their initial property in the same town...

A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites - especially Rightmove - are contributing to estate agencies...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week, which always means a round-up of our industry’s good work for charity....

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

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

A leading property lawyer is urging sellers not to use online agents because to do so would be “a gamble”. Gillian Wright...

Hello and welcome to a new week, and a new edition of PJT. If you’re on the move or your firm has...

Government figures suggest that the number of second homes in the UK has dropped two per cent in the eight year...

A veteran agent says the new government’s Budget, expected in the next few weeks, should not provide too much help to...

Bristol is the location outside London most searched for on Rightmove this year, by both buyers and renters. The average asking price...

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...

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

Data scientists have released a study into the characteristics of homes and how they give away the likely voting intentions of...

Congratulations from everyone at Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today to all those who triumphed at the Relocation Agent Network...

A report from Countrywide says the proportion of homes in Great Britain bought with cash fell to a mere 28 per...

A shock prediction from a property management firm suggests that around 10 estate agencies have gone bust every week in Britain...

This morning’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the worst - that the market is in...

Two separate former High Street estate agents have sung the praise of switching to the hybrid business model. Appleby’s in Gloucestershire is...

One of London’s leading estate and lettings agents has criticised the government over what he calls its “pitiful” record on affordable...

Zoopla is continuing its aggressive expansion of listings and services to agents with news this morning that it has added a...

A small online agency which in six months of trading has secured around 140 sales says it’s on course to be...

There has been a surprise, but small, increase in the market share of online estate agents according to the latest survey. Business...

There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s the...

Of all the UK properties for sale over the last year, 59% would have been exempt from any type of transaction...

An estate agency based in Cumbria has rebranded to Hunters following a management buyout. Cumberland Estate Agents has been purchased by its...

New research shows that three bedroom homes are the quickest selling property type this autumn. After a series of sluggish house price...

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

The number of new property listings in the UK fell by a whopping 13.2 per cent in August according to online...

New figures produced by Zoopla’s research team shows for the first time the huge scale of regional variations in terms of...

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...

British homes have increased in value by an average of £11 per day since the beginning of the year, but with...

Some estate agents are charging as much as 2.9 per cent commission according to a survey by comparison website GetAgent. While the...

The trade headlines may be dominated by a revolution proposed for how agents are regulated, licensed and trained but one thing...

There’s more bad news for online estate agencies this morning as a survey reveals that they have only a seven per cent...

A leading agent has suggested that some parts of the UK would face “a property exodus” if Boris Johnson’s proposals for...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

Increasing legislation and regulation has arguably been the biggest talking point in the private rented sector (PRS) over the last few...

The number of cash buyers in London has recently plummeted by very nearly a fifth - and every other part of...

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...

Too many sellers are wedded to the idea that prices will rise after a Brexit deal is resolved, says one of the...

LSL Property Services’ Land & New Homes division says it’s set a record by selling 50 per cent of the units...

Over 80 per cent of home owners say they expect house prices to rise in their area before the end of...

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

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

New research suggests it takes, on average, six months and 24 days to buy a home. The study, for PropTech virtual tours...

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...

The average time on the market for a property is soaring across the UK thanks to Brexit uncertainty, according to the...

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

Fresh analysis by Zoopla has revealed Britain's fastest moving property markets with the lowest number of average days for a seller...

A new snapshot of market share claims that online agents accounted for 7.0 per cent of all exchanges in the first...

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

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

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

Latest data from property platform Home suggests that instruction numbers across the UK as a whole are down four per cent...

Purplebricks has become the major partner with a leading Australian rugby league team, Melbourne Storm. "Purplebricks is reshaping the real estate market...

Agency Express says that following a strong start to the year there’s a been a slowdown in the number of properties...

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...

Hello and here we go with yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly opportunity to herald the unsung efforts of our...

OnTheMarket will be “blanketing the commercial radio landscape” as well as engaging in sports and agency industry sponsorship programmes over the...

Nobody likes change. It makes people feel threatened, undermines their confidence, and makes them worry about the future. But regardless of...

Both major portals have this morning revealed more evidence of a gently slowing housing market. The average time to sell a property...

As the sales market across much of Britain appears to be mired in political and economic uncertainty, figures from Scotland appear...

Government figures show the UK’s annual house price growth now being down to 2.5 per cent - the lowest rate since...

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...

OnTheMarket is to continue its TV advertising campaign throughout February - and this time it’s ad is also going to be...

As eagle-eyed readers may have discovered over weekend, Purplebricks is the new back-of-shirt sponsor of the Scotland national team throughout the...

When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent. The more...

The share of the market taken by online agencies in the final quarter of 2018 slipped from last summer’s high of...

The auction firm that purchased the property listings left stranded by the collapse of Emoov is now offering partnership opportunities to...

A Scottish estate agency has changed its website following a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The complaint relates to West Property...

Hello and welcome to another PJT, your regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Please keep us informed of...

A new property management firm claims that an average of nine estate agencies have gone bust each week since 2010.  Apropos -...

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

Ilchester Place in London’s Holland Park may be the most expensive residential street in Britain - but it’s cheaper than a year...

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

Fine & Country’s annual conference in the New Year is to have former England rugby player Matt Dawson MBE as the...

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...

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

New build property values are rising at a much greater rate than existing property values according to a study by DJ Alexander. The...

Price growth in the housing market is slow across the UK but London is again the most troubled region, seeing an...