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The perils of property competitions and raffles have once again been demonstrated, this time with the Advertising Standards Authority upholding three...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

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

Owning a home has become almost impossible for many public sector workers across Britain, according to research from the union UNISON. Getting...

A downstairs bathroom could knock up to 6% off the value of a property, according to estate agents.  Having a family bathroom...

A warning to people selling their homes to beware of internet-based scams offering cut-price surveys has been sounded by a leading...

A property management company is warning that some areas of the UK could be in line for a price correction this...

The latest quarterly house price report published by property portal s1homes reveals that properties across Scotland sell on average at six...

The number of properties withdrawn from the market in the second quarter of this year was greater than the number of...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the place where you find all the key agency industry moves over recent days. Please...

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

With the weather scheduled to get a little cooler this weekend, fund-raising is clearly still a hot topic in the industry...

If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...

There’s more gloomy reading for vendors from a new report by website Home, which says the volume of properties slashing their...

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

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...

A major hybrid agency says there is a huge ‘reality gap’ between the typical asking price of homes on sale and the...

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

Summer is traditionally the time of the year when the property market slows down, with people going away on their holidays...

The average asking price of newly marketed property continues to rise according to Rightmove - and this is despite a dip...

Government figures are the latest to show that house prices are still going up - but with a reduced rate of...

More stock and longer times on the market are combining to create a surge in asking price reductions according to a...

A PropTech startup which claims to revolutionise the speed at which property transactions can be processed has officially launched this week. When...

Average property prices fell in all but one English region during March, according to the latest official UK House Price Index. Overall,...

Property sellers in Scotland are profiting from buyers' willingness to pay above asking price for a home.  This is according to portal...

Given the level of resource and energy being put behind upping the number of first-time buyers in the UK, you might...

Scottish high-end agency Galbraith has revealed how one of the smallest and most exclusive property sectors in Britain - Scottish country...

Purplebricks has returned to the fray after recent controversies with a claim that home owners saved themselves over £140m in commission...

The latest mortgage snapshot from e.surv has reinforced recent claims from other sources that London’s housing market remains the most difficult...

Demand is down for the 12th successive month according to the latest market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. New...

Agency Express, which reported a muted housing market in February, says the pace picked up considerably last month. The board company, which...

The boss of an electrical company has set up a new estate and letting agency with the help of six-figure funding...

House prices have taken a spring leap in the north of England as the market improves - but it’s a different...

There has been a 19.9 per cent increase in new property listings, with some locations seeing as many as 80 per...

Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...

Scottish portal s1homes.com has reported that the average property in Scotland sold for £10,000 higher than its asking price during the...

Scotland is considering giving first time buyers relief or exemption from Land and Buildings Transaction Tax - the replacement for stamp...

Thanks once again for your contributions to this weekly round-up of agents’ good works; we love covering these stories which show...

Despite a string of property pundits suggesting the market is slowing down, new figures from the Office for National Statistics show...

Traditional solicitor estate agents north of the border have a higher success rate than any other estate agency model. The claim comes, perhaps...

We seem to be getting more and more contact from agents and others in the industry who are doing great work...

An overwhelming 86 per cent of RICS members questioned in a survey claim they have seen no increase in interest from...

New analysis by credit and comparison service Totally Money has revealed the districts where the controversial Help To Buy initiative is...

Buyers spent £9.7 billion on moving house in 2017 with the average individual move costing £9,580 according to comparison website Compare...

Figures out this morning from the Nationwide show the first annual fall in London-wide house prices for eight years - and...

A Happy New Year to all our readers and their families - and all the very best for a successful, profitable...

Two families have bought each other’s homes in what an online estate agency says is the first ever example of a...

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

Keller Williams UK is launching its third office in the UK. It’s in Glasgow and the new market centre - the term...

The housing market remains flat as it heads towards 2018 according to the latest snapshot survey by the Royal Institution of...

There’s been no let up with your generous sharing of your Christmas decorations - thanks for sending so many in. With under...

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

Members of the Relocation Agent Network are celebrating after a successful annual awards event in London, combined with keynote conference sessions...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that the ‘peace talks’ between the AllAgents review website and Purplebricks now involve the agency’s chief...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a downbeat snapshot of the current housing market with "subdued sales trends" across...

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...

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

London house prices are stuck in neutral according to the latest figures from property consultancy Hometrack, which says values in the...

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

With the Budget just over a month away, the steady stream of ‘leaks’ continues to grow as journalists and the industry...

Leamington Spa in Warwickshire has been named as the happiest place to live in Great Britain in Rightmove’s 2017 Happy at...

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

The average cost of moving home in the UK has increased by £628 over the past year from £10,966 to £11,624...

The housing market remains mixed across different parts of the UK but London and the south east remain the weakest areas...

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

easyProperty has unveiled details of its relaunch, declaring itself to be the UK’s second largest hybrid estate agency - second only...

Over the past few months, hundreds of agents across the UK have been improving their photography skills by taking part in...

Really? The first day of autumn? Well yes, according to weather professionals who say September 1 is the start of meteorological...

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

Let’s start with a quick fire quiz. How many more leads do you think you’d get with photos that have been...

Purplebricks has released more details of expansion plans to recruit hundreds of additional Local Property Experts. The recruitment drive was launched yesterday...

A man who stole envelopes containing keys from an estate agents’ office by using a pole projected through the letter box...

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...

The start of Wimbledon means we’re reaching peak summer - even if the weather suggests otherwise. But distractions like sporting events...

Average prices in prime central London remained flat in May but are down 6.6 per cent on the year according to...

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...

Scottish estate agency and solicitors firm McEwan Fraser Legal has announced a deal which will see it become the sponsor of...

As the nation goes to the polls today, industry boards supplier Agency Express reports that the property market picked up in...

An estate agency is offering to radically extend its marketing approach for each of its vendors’ properties to include a high...

Barclays Bank has given an optimistic view of the housing market over the next five years, with a prediction that across...

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...

Scotland already has the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax instead of stamp duty - now Wales is following suit, with a...

In November 2016 when the Autumn Statement was delivered by Chancellor Philip Hammond, the announcement was made to ban letting agent...

A ‘disrupter’ estate agent says the English housing market operates in a way that is far less efficient than Scotland’s -...

Local media in Scotland suggest an agency in Motherwell is continuing as normal despite the owner of the business having been...

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

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

At the end of a week dominated by grim news, it is worth remembering our capacity for good far outweighs rare...

House prices in the UK increased by 6.2 per cent in the year to January according to government figures. The Office for...

Former clients of a Scottish estate and letting agency and mortgage company are being asked by a corporate insolvency firm to...

I had a very interesting chat with the man behind a new portal the other day. He was John Dixon, the portal...

A Scottish property portal now ‘live’ and claiming to list almost all the homes for sale north of the border, says...

The Property Ombudsman’s office has defended a change to its code of practice which, according to a national newspaper, means agents...

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

The founder of one of the largest independent agencies in the East Midlands is to step down, over 27 years after...

Campaigning charity Shelter predicts as many as four in 10 owners or renters in one part of the UK would struggle...

The introduction of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax to replace stamp duty in Scotland is having an “eye watering” impact...

The latest housing market confidence index measured by agency Knight Frank says householders in every region of the UK expect their...

House prices were unchanged in October according to the latest Nationwide house price index, but a typical home now costs six...

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

Auction rooms across the UK are filled with people looking to buy property, from bargain hunters to seasoned investors, ensuring that...

The huge consequences of the EU referendum, and the impending Brexit negotiations, have drawn into sharp light the consequences for a...

Several estate agencies have announced new appointments and strategic moves - underlying speculation that the housing market remains relatively stagnant. CKD Galbraith, a...

The pace of annual house price growth slowed to 5.3 per cent in September from 5.6 per cent in August according...

House prices increased by 0.4% between June and July, according to the latest UK House Price Index. The data for July, the...

Estate Agent Today has received a list of around 60 Countrywide Group estate agency offices expected to close in the next...

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

There has been a marked slowdown in house price growth in major UK cities in the past three months - led...

Average house prices across the UK rose 8.7 per cent in the year to the end of June - so including...

EweMove Sales and Lettings, which describes itself as the UK's first hybrid estate agency, has opened four new branches, taking its...

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

Britain’s gathering Olympics medal haul is heart-warming, but our heroes in Rio are not the only ones doing great work and...

Wales has confirmed that it is to scrap the former flagship Thatcherite policy of Right To Buy. Since 1980, 138,423 homes have been...

Right To Buy - the controversial sell-off of council and housing association homes initially introduced as a flagship of Margaret Thatcher’s...

The Registers of Scotland is the latest barometer to suggest the market has performed well in the second quarter of the...

There has been a gloomy response to the latest Knight Frank measure of house price sentiment - the first of its...

House prices in Scotland rose 0.9 per cent in May, taking the average value to £172,119 - still down on a...

With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...

What a month it has been. By the time you read this, we'll have a new Prime Minister, a new Cabinet,...

The property website Home is warning that some regional house price rises are unsustainable. It says that prices in the East of...

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

There has been an 11 per cent increase in sales in Scotland over the past year - and one major agency...

A new e-conveyancing platform has been launched in Edinburgh ahead of a roll-out across all of Scotland. This system, Altis, is the...

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

The government is launching the new official UK House Price Index - to be known in short-form as the UK HPI...

A Scottish estate agency has announced the details of a unique sponsorship with two football clubs. McEwan Fraser Legal is now the...

House prices across the UK increased by 9.0 per cent in the year to March, showing a significant rise from the 7.6...

The government is staying tight-lipped about it for the moment but there may be a major shake-up in house buying on...

This week, as the title suggests, I turn my attentions to the world of deposit protection schemes. Landlords have been legally obliged...

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...

The number of property sales in Scotland during January was the highest recorded since 2008, according to figures from Your Move. The...

OnTheMarket, the property portal founded by Agents' Mutual, has announced its launch in Northern Ireland. The website is aiming to go head-to-head...

Another Friday, another impressive array of agents doing superb work for causes close to their hearts.  Every week we salute agents helping communities...

The arrival of a single official house price index comes one step closer later this month with a so-called ‘user event’...

There are to be significant increases in council tax paid by the owners of the most expensive homes across Scotland, in...

Uncertainty before the EU Referendum could lead to fewer house sales and reduce the number of new homes being built warns...

And so it begins. Four months and counting before we vote to leave or remain. For a country apparently so divided about...

New research shows that the north-south divide over house prices is not only continuing but is getting significantly worse.  High-end agency Savills,...

The number of UK properties worth at least £1m is expected to more than triple between now and 2030. A report from...

House prices in the UK rose by 6.7 per cent in 2015, down from 7.7 per cent in the year to...

Scotland’s Land & Building Transaction Tax - its more radical replacement for stamp duty which still applies throughout the rest of...

Only months after the collapse of the Veyo system aimed at creating a conveyancing portal for England and Wales, the Law...

Zoopla has confirmed that its next date for announcing its agency membership totals - part of its ongoing rivalry with OnTheMarket...

Both Zoopla and OnTheMarket have ramped up their long-standing rivalry. As we reported yesterday afternoon, Zoopla has revealed what it calls a...

With the portal wars ratcheting up ahead of OnTheMarket’s first anniversary, Zoopla has revealed what it calls a “record number” of...

The latest government house price index from the Office for National Statistics shows that house prices across the UK rose by...

Your Move claims the higher end of the Scottish housing market is recovering from the introduction of Land and Building Transaction...

A Strutt & Parker senior partner has dismissed speculation that the residential arm of his agency is about to be taken...

Edinburgh city council is seeking the permission of the Scottish Government to introduce a local mansion tax through new bands of...

A major estate agency is demanding urgent clarification on a three per cent tax levy - a ‘mini-me’ version of the...

The Arbon Trust is allocating £10,000 to help past and present NFOPP members in financial difficulties as a result of flooding...

House prices ended the year with strong growth of 0.8 per cent in the month of December according to the building...

Rettie & Co. is opening a branch at Jesmond in Newcastle, hot on the heels of the firm’s recent new office...

Property sales in Scotland for first-time buyers and home movers are increasing three times faster than the rest of the UK...

The Scottish finance minister John Swinney is to introduce a three per cent surcharge on the full purchase price above £40,000...

The director of two major agencies says George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge and stock at an “historically low level” will force...

You might recall a collective sigh of relief emitted by stakeholders in the housing market and private rental sector back in...

Hybrid online estate agency Purplebricks is expected to start trading on the Stock Exchange on December 17. It has already raised £58.1m...

There are just three weeks before Christmas (and a well-deserved break for agents).  But in the meantime there are plenty of opportunities...

Purplebricks has launched in another region of the UK as speculation continues over the date of its expected flotation.  It has now...

There are 16,547 businesses registered as estate agencies in the UK according to figures obtained from Companies House - the equivalent...

LSL Property Services plc has announced another lettings acquisition, this time in Elgin and Inverness. The agency they have bought, PHP Lettings,...

News from the Halifax this week that the combined values of the residential properties in London amounts to £1.13 trillion, virtually...

An insurance company claims that around 60 per cent of estate agents do not check with their vendor clients about disputes...

Scotland’s home building industry says at least 100,000 homes of all tenures are needed by the end of the next Scottish...

Data from the Registers of Scotland shows a marked increase in transaction levels – up 23 per cent in one year,...

Don’t forget there’s an extra hour in bed on Saturday night - a chance to get some extra stamina for your...

Franchise agency chain HomeXperts is expanding as a result of a £250,000 loan.  HomeXperts has 27 franchisees in England from Thirsk in...

There is still no word on when a police investigation will report on alleged irregularities said to involve the buy to...

The largest of the three government-approved redress schemes, The Property Ombudsman, has updated its codes of practice to include new legislation...

An estate agency analyst has queried whether the £2 billion spent on the equity loan Help To Buy scheme in England...

Paralympian Libby Clegg has set out recommendations that may provide food for thought for agents showing properties to buyers with visual...

OnTheMarket has queried the listings inventory detailed in Zoopla’s half-year trading statement. Zoopla Property Group reported that its listings inventory had increased...

Annual house price inflation as an average across the UK increased slightly in June to 5.7 per cent according to government...

The average value of homes across Britain rose by 2.7 per cent or almost £7,000 during the first six months of...

The first annual report from Property Redress Services, one of the three government-approved redress schemes applying to both the sales and...

Scottish house prices may have risen 10.3 per cent since May 2014 – twice that of England & Wales - but...

There’s still life left in the housing market according to the government’s Office for National Statistics, which say house prices across...

People buying or selling property in Scotland would be better protected if the regulation of estate agency was devolved to the...

Knight Frank says the high-end market in Scotland has slumped as buyers and sellers allow the new Land and Buildings Transaction...

The property centre in the middle of the latest controversy surrounding the Competition and Markets Authority says it is still waiting...

The Competition and Markets Authority is reported to have received two complaints about a property centre, accusing it of breaking anti-competition...

There is yet more opposition to proposals for the reform of land and estate ownership in Scotland, put forward by the...

There has been a strong reaction against proposals to reform the ownership of estates and other substantial land holdings in Scotland. The...

Scottish house prices have seen their sharpest fall in six years as the ‘transaction tax boom’ has come to an end...

Shepherd Direct, the UK operator of Century 21 estate agency franchises, has bought a minority stake in Stonebridge Group, the mortgage...

London’s housing market slowdown is the chief reason UK house price growth has eased in the year to April, according to...

Online franchise agency EweMove has 'expanded its flock' after opening four new branches. The latest franchises to open their doors are located...

In what would have been an unimaginable trend just a year ago, house prices are now rising faster in Scotland than...

UK house price growth accelerated to an annual rate of 9.6 per cent in the year to March, according to the...

The new chair of trade body Homes for Scotland wants the Scottish Government to ‘evolve’ its Help to Buy shared equity...

Ian Wilson, the head of Martin & Co, recently threw his hat into the ring regarding Labour’s stated intention to cap...

Two rival redress schemes applying to sales and lettings agents are claiming increased business.  A press release from the Property Redress Scheme...

Agency sales figures and data from the Registers of Scotland show a surge in the value of property sold north of...

With another hung parliament looking increasingly likely, the so-called ‘challenger parties’ look set to have a major say in who forms...

The Liberal Democrats want local authorities to have the power to charge 200 per cent council tax on second homes. Party leader...

House sales and buyer enquiries flat lined in March, while the number of properties coming onto the market fell for the...