Estate agents have listed an average of 7.3 homes for sale per branch during 2022, research suggests- down 12.5% annually. Agency comparison...
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Following a rigorous process, Lifesycle has been chosen as the software provider for By Design, a new high-end network brand for independent...
18 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Agency stock has reached its highest level for 12 months, OnTheMarket claims. The portal’s latest Property Sentiment Index revealed that there has...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark’s partnership with MoveIQ has already attracted attention from more than 250,000 consumers and potential property buyers and sellers. The agency trade...
16 August 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest research from Rightmove has revealed that the price of property coming to the market has witnessed its first fall...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News

PropTech platform Gazeal, which specialises in digital reservation agreements and upfront seller information, has announced that it now has an app available...
11 August 2022
From: Breaking News

The entirety of the property market could be enhanced by embracing all-in-one moving and streamlining processes, according to The ValPal Network. This,...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News

A property expert has warned that the Bank of England’s gloomy economic forecasts and last week’s rise in interest rates could...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News

The auction industry could end up taking advantage of the upcoming downturn in the property market, because it provides the quickest...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Sellers are always looking for ways to improve the value of their home, and according to new research agents may just...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Dye & Durham says it could potentially appeal the decision by the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) to effectively disallow its acquistion...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News

A compliance expert has warned that even though most agents will have robust anti-money laundering (AML) checks and processes in place,...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News

A property purchasing specialist has revealed how the UK’s home sellers are now paying £793 more in estate agent commission when...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Smart conveyancers are making themselves indispensable to estate agents by doing their due diligence for them. Until now, estate agents and conveyancers...
01 August 2022
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Agents are being urged to discuss pricing with vendors after research shows 52% of listings have been on the market for...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News

For some time, LinkedIn was seen – fairly or unfairly – as stodgy, dull, corporate and formal. The uncool uncle to...
30 July 2022
From: Features

Thanks to a relentless market, the property market has enjoyed a purple patch over the past few years. But now that...
30 July 2022
From: Features

As uncertainty continues to prevail across the industry, aided by a government in crisis, the challenges in the months ahead feel...
29 July 2022
From: Sponsored Content

As UK temperatures soared last week, potential property buyers and sellers were even too hot to enquire about homes. Data from live...
28 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Homeowners are getting as much as 16% extra on average when selling their properties if the energy performance certificate (EPC) rating...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News

With so many benefits including lower fall-through rates and quicker sales, it is no surprise that selling a property via auction...
23 July 2022
From: Features

Agents are currently achieving 99.4% of the asking price on listings, research shows. The figure, calculated by agency comparison website GetAgent based...
21 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Automation is the direction the industry is moving in and it’s gathering pace every day. Forward-thinking agents are using automation and...
20 July 2022
From: Features

More than a third of England’s regions have seen buyer demand fall over the previous quarter, research claims in the latest...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has upped its house price forecasts for this year as new stock supply fails to keep up with demand. The portal...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News

More properties went under offer in June 2022 than during the same month of the stamp duty holiday rush of last year,...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Anti-money laundering (AML) software provider SmartSearch is warning of a rise in financial crime, particularly targeting smaller property firms. A survey of...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Former Fine & Country chief executive David Lindley has teamed up with other industry heavyweights to launch a network of independent...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Estate agents are being urged to be supportive after a LinkedIn post highlighted the current pressures that conveyancers are under to...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News

New research suggests agents can win more business by making better use of video content. A survey of 2,000 home sellers by...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News

The number of prospective sellers contacting estate agents to have their home valued has hit its highest level since January, Rightmove...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Connells Group has rolled out a new service to help homeowners, sellers and landlords boost the energy efficiency of their properties. Its...
05 July 2022
From: Breaking News

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...
02 July 2022
From: Features
02 July 2022
From: Features

Propertymark has announced an extension of its working relationship with property expert and TV presenter Phil Spencer. The agency trade body will...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Technology continues to enhance the way estate agents work, from improving efficiencies, reducing admin time, and ensuring your team remains highly...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Increasing numbers of women are being flagged during anti-money laundering (AML) compliance checks. AML platform Credas Technologies suggests the main reason for...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Better LGBT representation is needed among property professionals, both in the workplace and in marketing, campaigners claim. LGBT property networking group Freehold...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Changes to Google’s algorithm may be impacting how agency websites appear in search results, firms have been warned. Google released its latest...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The government is being urged to tailor its housing market reforms beyond solely focusing on first-time buyers. It comes as new analysis...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News

There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following the publication of DLUHC’s Levelling-Up white paper and National Trading Standards...
25 June 2022
From: Features

House price growth may be slowing but a senior industry figure has said it is incorrect to speculate that this means...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Images can have the ability to paint a vivid image, but video content can take this to the next level if...
22 June 2022
From: Marketing & Social Media

Homeowners in England and Wales overvalue their properties by an average of 8%, research suggests. Property buying firm Quick Move Now compared...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Fewer sellers have cut prices over the past months but agency instructions have dropped, figures suggest. Analysis by property data and estate...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Online agent 99home is planning to go international. The brand, which lets sellers pay to list their property on the major portals...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News

New data suggests the prime London market has a new lease of life as buyers and sellers look to beat the...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The economic turmoil of the past two years has done little to deter people from buying a property, research suggests. Buyers and...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Relationships between conveyancers and estate agents have improved since the manic stamp duty-holiday driven days of the pandemic, but it is...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News

If there’s not a book called ‘The Art of Collaboration’ then there should be. Update: a quick Google search shows there...
11 June 2022
From: Features

Mortgage down valuations are being driven-up by sellers trying their luck and ignoring their estate agent’s advice, a broker claims. Analysis by...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The balance of power in the property market may be shifting back to buyers. It comes as Halifax data showed annual house...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The lack of agency stock for sale has pushed the gap between asking and sold prices to record lows, research claims. Research...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Estate agents and sellers could be set to benefit from fewer fall-throughs this year but the costs of a collapsed sale...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Hybrid estate agent ZOOM 995 has relaunched its website and logo as part of a rebrand. As part of the change, the...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Record numbers of homes are being sold off-market and for a premium due to the property supply shortage. Off-market sales are traditionally...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News

When was the last time you updated your website? New consumer research suggests 81% of sellers will not contact an estate agent...
04 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The chance of a vendor selling a property is at its highest level for a decade, research claims. The continuing imbalance between...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Why the urgency? Because the appetite is strong. Research by the Conveyancing Association reports that 98% of consumers are overwhelmingly in...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Rural areas are dominating the boost in property supply. Agents have reported an improvement in sales stock in recent weeks. Analysis by Knight...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News

AllAgents has revealed the 10 worst rated agency brands on its customer review platform, with Purplebricks leading the worst performers. The reviews...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Cash buyers may no longer be king in the property market. The level of demand and lack of supply in the current...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...
28 May 2022
From: Features

There are many myths about using virtual tours to sell or let properties. The most common perceptions are that virtual property...
28 May 2022
From: Features

Oakfield Estate Agents is marking a quarter-century in business with a major rebrand and a pledge to donate £50 to a...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Agency listings appear to be on the rise with major brands seeing a spike in valuations and instructions. Data from national agent Jackson-Stops...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Homeowners may have become less willing to pay upfront fees to sell their home. Despite efforts by online-only brands such as Purplebricks...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Google rather than the portals is the starting point for sellers finding an estate agent, a survey claims. A survey among 2,000...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Scottish estate and lettings agent Stonehouse has sealed a new partnership deal with Aberdeen Football Club. Stonehouse, an Aberdeen-based sister brand to...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...
18 May 2022
From: Features

More than 30 agents and property firms such as auction houses and valuers were reprimanded by HMRC for anti-money laundering breaches...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Agency proptech supplier Muuvo has partnered with Canopy to provide its RentPassport and RentTracking products. Muuvo provides software for agents to help...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News

There are signs that properties are starting to take longer to sell. A lack of stock in recent months has meant agents...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Buyers and sellers should focus on the Bank of England’s actions rather than words when it comes to the housing market,...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A senior industry figure has called for upfront information changes to move faster to boost market confidence amid the cost of...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A County Down-based estate agent has acquired a local rival and launched a new “stop-gap” accommodation service for buyers and sellers...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The prime country market outside of London appears to be booming again in a rush to beat a slowdown in house...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Former Hamptons and Countrywide executive Phil Tennant has joined US-style fast buy firm UPSTIX. Tennant has been recruited as chief operating officer...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News

There seems a consensus amongst agents, analysts and amateur pundits alike that the market will stay relatively strong for some months,...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...
07 May 2022
From: Features

In this guest piece, Colum Smith, a property expert at law firm Taylor Rose MW, sets out why speedier transactions could...
07 May 2022
From: Features

Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

An online auctioneer has hit out at exclusive partner agreements between agents and traditional auction houses. Stuart Collar-Brown, co-founder and director of...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

In this video interview – part of a regular monthly series – Homesearch’s Sam Hunter speaks to Angels Media’s Lee Dahill...
04 May 2022
From: Features

A third of first-time buyers have had to reduce their budgets as a result of recent interest rate hikes and the...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

I attended a forum in London a couple of weeks ago, which for the first time brought estate agents and conveyancers...
30 April 2022
From: Features

April looks set to go down as the busiest month for house sales of the year. And with record numbers of properties predicted...
30 April 2022
From: Features

Property portals are preparing to support agents in complying with a new era of upfront material information. From the end of May,...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The debate within estate agency on upfront information rumbles on and now there are calls for greater levels of transparency from...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents are being offered a free video that could help persuade homeowners who are unsure about listing their property. Industry trainer and...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Buyers are happy and ready to pay for more upfront material information when it comes to purchasing a property. It comes as...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The proportion of offers accepted at or above asking price has hit a record high, research shows. The latest Propertymark Housing Report,...
26 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A ‘quick buy’ service launched by veteran proptech innovator Giles Mackay is now looking to help fix broken chains. UPSTIX, which launched...
26 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Record numbers of buyers are now purchasing homes chain-free research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that an increase in the share...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News

From the beginning of April, long-awaited rules from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) came into effect....
23 April 2022
From: Features

In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News

More than half of those working within the property sector are suffering from higher levels of fatigue or stress, due to...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A well-known Yorkshire estate agency has expanded into another of its prime locations after striking a major acquisition deal. Linley & Simpson...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A new ‘local and independent’ boutique estate agency has been founded in the heart of Wimbledon Village, with a vision of...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The vast majority of property professionals would like to see HMRC act more proactively to deter money laundering, as almost a...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A new survey by interior experts Hammonds Furniture has outlined how important interior style is to potential buyers, with 40% of...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The government has insisted it is still committed to introducing agency qualifications and minimum standards in the sector. It is almost three...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Online agent Strike is preparing to name a home seller who will be reimbursed the equivalent of an estate agent fee...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A property expert has predicted that mortgage applicants are likely to find it 'much harder' to be approved for loans as...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Netflix addicts may have come across Selling Sunset, an American series focused on the drama of US real estate agents selling...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

All regions of the UK remain in a seller’s market as the traditional spring selling season begins for agents. Housing market consultancy...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The Ukraine conflict and cost of living crisis is likely to but a dent in the spring market for agents, an...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News

An industry expert has questioned the fairness of a “two-tier system” that has emerged between new builds and second-hand homes when...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News

You’re probably up to your neck at the start of a busy spring market but I’d hope there’s one thing most...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The typical time taken to sell a property has got so long that people could learn a language before a transaction...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Estate agency veteran Robin Paterson has joined new ‘quick buy” service UPSTIX. Paterson, a former chief executive of Hamptons and managing director...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A government aim to improve the home buying process by making Local Land Charge search results instantly available is well underway,...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...
02 April 2022
From: Features

A French billionaire who made his money from estate agency is promising to transform the UK property industry with his unique...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A number of pro-active conveyancers are joining a new conveyancing directory being set up by one of the leading figures in...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has created a league table to identify where new buyer competition is hottest across the UK housing market. Across the country...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News

In a new column, solicitor Colum Smith, an expert in combating fraud at Taylor Rose MW Solicitors, explains why those looking...
26 March 2022
From: Features

A prominent industry supplier has produced startling statistics about the numbers of fall throughs in just the first 10 weeks or...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News

There is a danger that some agents forget to undertake basic activities after a lengthy period of a super-strong market. That’s the...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Buyers are already tightening their belts and choosing not to borrow as much as they could, but instead calculate what they...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s been a remarkable 1.7 per cent increase in the average asking price of homes coming to the market in just...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The path from agent to developer is not easy, but it is a relatively straightforward one, if you are willing to...
12 March 2022
From: Features

Despite a backdrop of the Ukraine crisis, soaring fuel bills, rising interest rates and high inflation, buyer sentiment remains strong according...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A new ‘quick buy’ service has been announced which would mean that sales could be completed in a week, providing a...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Of the many industry buzzwords, I suspect “upfront information” was up there as one of the most widely used in 2021....
05 March 2022
From: Features

The market’s likely to slow this year as the rising cost of living saps some buyer confidence, so agents are understandably...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A popular myth suggesting 50 per cent of homes sell with a second agent, is simply untrue. That’s the claim from property...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Yesterday we reported on how the Chartered Institute of Taxation was warning of problems with new HMRC stamp duty rules to...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Well-known property expert and video interviewer Chris Watkin independently investigates how one piece of software is having such a big effect...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News

We know that agents rely heavily on property software solutions to run their agency, particularly to ease the burden of administrative...
01 March 2022
From: Sponsored Content

Some agents say they have as many as one in 10 vendors taking their properties off the market and seeking to...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...
26 February 2022
From: Features

In the last two years digital Property Logbooks for our homes have moved from concept to reality with almost a quarter...
26 February 2022
From: Features

There’s been another large rise in fee earnings for Rightmove this morning, as the portal softens the blow by announcing a...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A bid to regulate second home ownership in part of the UK through changes to planning policy will add complexity and...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has inked a deal with Kremer Signs to supply agents with Smartboards to be added to For Sale signs -...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The overwhelming majority of vendors do not choose their estate agent based on fees, but on wider market expertise. That’s the finding...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A lead generation platform that boasts Leaders, EweMove and Northwood amongst its clients says it’s expanding into mortgages. Rentround, now in its...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Industry figures have come out in favour of the long-term programme of new compulsory information to be contained on property listings. From...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform claims its “unique” features will help its subscribers get a 1,500 per cent return on investment by the...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Rightmove - which issues its annual figures to shareholders later this week - has released a bullish snapshot of the housing...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A financial analyst says there could be tough times ahead for the housing market, despite another upbeat set of figures regarding...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Fall throughs remain a significant problem with transaction collapses costing buyers and sellers a wasted £880m in 2021 according to new...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News

An agency is warning some house hunters that they face a more competitive time this year following a “truly remarkable” change...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The number one portal is making a big marketing and research push to get reluctant owners to put up the For...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket says buyer and seller confidence has not been adversely affected by the first base rate rise in more than three...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Without doubt, 2021 was an exceptional year in the property market, with the stamp duty holiday and favourable market conditions helping...
05 February 2022
From: Features

As debate rages over levelling up and a north/south property divide, in the first of a new monthly column, property expert...
05 February 2022
From: Features

Rightmove has revealed a major rise in visits to its site and app as the housing market boom shows no sign...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that claims it can radically simplify home purchasing, has revealed that PropTech...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The average home sale in England and Wales in 2021 achieved 98 per cent of the asking price - slightly improved...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News

An estate agency has brought cheer - or should that be cheers? - to the local community by brewing a beer. Neil...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The supply of new properties coming to the market is up on this time last year in every single region of...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Was Purplebricks right to delist a property from its website when it discovered the vendors - a Christian couple - were opposed...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News

In this guest piece, the team at Lifesycle discuss a recent experiment they did with AI and estate agents' data and...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s been huge sale price inflation in the rarified high-end country estate market according to a buying agent. Jess Simpson, who runs...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks’ decision to de-list a property after the Christian vendors made anti-gay comments has won widespread support from industry figures, including...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The market share of hybrid and online agents has fallen again, this time to 6.7 per cent. That figure - taken at...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Three of Martin & Co’s most prominent branches in the north of England are under new ownership. The Saltaire, Keighley, and Thackley...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A survey suggests that an overwhelming proportion of estate agents believe the government should make the provision of upfront property information...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s been a surge in the number of sellers who resort to using quick buy firms, according to the sector’s trade...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A High Street estate agent on Merseyside has criticised online rivals for creating nightmares for vendors who are then obliged to...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents finding it difficult to persuade potential vendors to come to the market this early in the year have new ammunition...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News

An online auction company executive has been appointed to the National Association of Valuers and Auctioneers committee for Propertymark. Stuart Collar-Brown, co-founder...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket chief executive Jason Tebb is warning that we might be near the top of the market. His portal’s latest sentiment index...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s first housing market report of 2022 starts when last year’s ended - on a high. The average price of property coming...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The iamproperty group’s auction service, iamsold, says it’s raised over £804m in capital value from properties sold by the Modern Method...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A new survey of people who have sold their home in the past six months has given a strong backing to...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Strong house price growth since the pandemic began has boosted seller gains with the typical vendor who bought two decades ago...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

It’s the last call for agents to sign up to a ‘Battle For Listings’ webinar to be held tomorrow (10am-11am) by reservations...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A new agency service has been launched seeking to attract vendors of second-hand residential park homes. Quickmove Properties has partnered with park industry...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A hybrid agency that charges no fees to vendors but instead relies on referral fees for income has officially rolled out...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News

An extensive online training programme has been devised to help properly professionals identify and treat Japanese Knotweed. A programme of 15 videos...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech entrepreneur with a lengthy pedigree as an estate agent says agents should use more technology in a bid...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Rightmove claims its visits over the Christmas period were its busiest ever with what it calls ‘buyer demand’ up 23 per...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest figures for mortgage approvals show demand as being relatively unchanged - a development welcomed by agents. House purchase mortgage approvals...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark’s chief executive has rejected claims that his organisation’s housing market data inaccurately states the numbers of prospective buyers for each...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The surge in Omicron cases and possible future restrictions are set to hit the housing market in 2022 - and may...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News
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Government regulation and reform of house buying should see the process made faster and easier in 2022, it’s been predicted. Lloyd Davies - managing...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A webinar in mid-January will help agents get an edge on securing leads and ensuring transactions are not lost. That’s the claim...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News

This year, Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency Hamptons, shows that...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A housing market forecast based on conveyancing instructions says average prices will dip this month. Average prices will fall by 1.1 per...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News

As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...
22 December 2021
From: Features

A property finance expert is telling buyers to sit on their hands and not commit to purchases - as he believes...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Only one in eight sellers use the estate agent through which they purchased their home to begin with. That’s a staggering loss of...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Christmas - time for a much-needed rest for our industry after getting through a workload which reached almost unprecedented levels in...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has identified the UK’s strongest sellers’ market - and it’s in Easton, Bristol. Four of the top 10 sellers’ markets are...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A good website is no longer optional for estate agents, as no single aspect of marketing to new customers is more...
13 December 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News

EAT readers may have seen a piece in Friday’s property section of The Times about the long-running Simplify saga, which has...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News

You’ve heard me bang on about the wonder of reservation agreements for some time now, but it’s definitely the case that...
11 December 2021
From: Features

OnTheMarket has revamped its website in a bid to shed the final connections with the portal’s failed leadership and strategy of...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A survey of sellers shows that 61 per cent of them visit the agent’s website before instructing them. According to respondents the...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News

With 2022 swiftly approaching, businesses in the property industry are likely to be reflecting on the trials and tribulations that have...
04 December 2021
From: Features

In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...
20 November 2021
From: Features

Guy Leaning, a former high street agent who has now moved into working in the hybrid model of agency, outlines why...
20 November 2021
From: Features

It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...
17 November 2021
From: Features

As we all know, the sector is constantly evolving and as we start to get to grips with the changes, another...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Cluttons has given its market snapshot for the sales market in central London - and it’s echoing the familiar story of...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Boomin has launched a new tool - Chainmaker - which it claims cuts fall throughs and introduces agents to ‘hot buyers’. The software...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The average asking price of homes coming to the market has dropped by over £2,000 in the past month - the...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest update on the prime central London market from agency Knight Frank warns that it’s still not business as usual,...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News

PropTech has seen a surge in uptake over the last few years for several reasons – be it the Covid-19 pandemic...
13 November 2021
From: Features

Rightmove will launch its latest outdoor campaign on Monday, with advertisements in over 1,000 roadside and rail locations remaining in place...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket says it delivered a record number of instant valuation enquiries last month, beating its previous best period in June of...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News

PropertyHeads, a platform describing itself as a social network for house buyers and sellers, has a new PropTech partnership. It’s linked with...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker has revealed where it believes the housing market will see the largest demand in 2022, outside of London. The...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has revealed the strongest markets for sellers and buyers this autumn. Grays in Essex has topped the list of the strongest...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Auction House London says the Coronavirus pandemic has proved that the power of livestream sales far outweighs the impact of earlier online...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank says it’s already being contacted by prospective vendors wanting their homes to be listed for sale next spring. James Cleland,...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading agency predicts that prime central London house prices, so long in the doldrums throughout the pandemic, will bounce back...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The challenge of selling a property that has been garishly decorated over the Christmas period is one many agents will be familiar...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Reservation Agreements provide agents with absolute certainty that both sellers and buyers are being honest. “If they’re lying or… shall we say,...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark says more buyers are now looking at online auctions, making this a more viable route to sale than before. The latest...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

New research suggests estate agents earn some of the lowest basic salaries of all sales professions. Nested, an online agency promoting the...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The average time for home-movers to get through the conveyancing process has dropped by 27 days since the summer, according to Rightmove. The...
02 November 2021
From: Breaking News

We have all heard the terrible forecasts and listened to Sir David Attenborough’s speeches on the environment and the “we still...
30 October 2021
From: Features

The Nested online agency, which recently revamped its business model to attract more self-employed agents, is expanding outside London for the...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News

As you are no doubt aware, building mutually beneficial relationships with conveyancers in your local area can not only make your...
27 October 2021
From: Features

There’s been another step to make house sales more secure and speedier, with a pilot scheme starting next month. Five major identity...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News

PropTech is booming, and its rise was only accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the real estate industry – as...
26 October 2021
From: Sponsored Content

An agent is warning the government it must manage Covid and not simply react ‘too late and too little’. He’s suggesting some...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says sellers who have upgraded their Energy Performance Certificate rating to a C - from a D, E or F -...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News

With soaring property prices, supply continuing to be outstripped by demand and overworked and overtired industry professionals; we’re seeing the sector...
23 October 2021
From: Features

Rightmove is warning that it’s “highly likely” interest rates will rise in the near future. The portal believes this now seems inevitable...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News

2021 redefined what it meant to offer exceptional customer experiences for consumers across multiple industries, but particularly for the residential property...
13 October 2021
From: Features

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...
13 October 2021
From: Features

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...
09 October 2021
From: Features

Best and Final Offers should be scrapped - and a property expert claims that would be good because they do a massive...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The telecoms solutions company behind "Phone-in-a-Phone" (PiP) now brings property professionals the UK's first mobile-only business phone system in an app...
07 October 2021
From: Sponsored Content

An agency says individual agents operating as self-employed can earn up to £64,000 more per year than fully-employed counterparts. Nested says the average UK...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News

British homebuyers take an average of 25 seconds to decide whether a house is right for them, according to Purplebricks. As a...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Fledgling portal Boomin says its new SmartVal tool has received over 10,000 requests since launching in early September. SmartVal is powered in part by...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Like most industries, estate agency is changing. A general trend to a more hybrid model, accelerated by the pandemic has resulted...
06 October 2021
From: Features

Estate agents, even before Covid-19 reared its ugly head, were flexible, hybrid workers. It is a job that requires a significant...
02 October 2021
From: Features

One of the leading figures in trade body Propertymark wants stamp duty to be reformed, and claims that the success of...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has given details of the PropTech it uses to help improve leads and business decisions. The agency, which has some 50 offices...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate agency that charges buyers not sellers is proposing to roll out nationwide. FreeAgent247.com, has been set up by Daniel Lewis...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....
25 September 2021
From: Features

The latest easyProperty franchise has landed in Luton, the spiritual home of the easy brand as it’s the place where budget...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate agent has been ‘marketing properties so well’ in a Worcestershire town that it has temporarily ‘sold out’ of all...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News

With the competition for new listings between agents as fierce as ever, it can sometimes feel like a race to the...
18 September 2021
From: Features

Being able to show proof of funds in a quick, transparent and simple way is more crucial than ever to keep fall-throughs...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The worst of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be firmly in the rear-view mirror as we move into the last quarter...
15 September 2021
From: Features

Exchanges of properties in prime central London, following the end of the largest part of the stamp duty holiday, suggest the...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Day in, day out, I see how good estate agents really are. Whether it’s in my day job on Location, Location, Location...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News

We are living in the age of information. Our working and personal lives are underpinned by software, data and technology to...
04 September 2021
From: Features

Parts of Britain are so short of homes for sale they have only half the number of listings to be expected...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Mortgage approvals declined over the last month as the tapering stamp duty holiday deterred home purchases, according to data from the...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News

It may be the final day of August but Propertymark has first out of the blocks with advice for agents to...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News

House sales slumped nearly two thirds last month as the main deadline for the stamp duty holiday passed. HM Revenue and Customs...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman says there’s been a big increase in enquiries to its service in recent months, despite the pandemic. In its...
24 August 2021
From: Breaking News

An agent has gone on record saying how he has progressed from being a photocopier boy at a Connells branch to...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Things can change. For those who remember, it’s no secret that I became one of the industry's strongest critics of OnTheMarket (OTM). My reasons...
21 August 2021
From: Features

Every so often it comes around – the argument that stamp duty should be reformed/removed/replaced (delete as appropriate). But why? Where’s the...
21 August 2021
From: Features

Last month it was reported that up to 500,000 people had been ‘pinged’ by the NHS in a week. While the...
18 August 2021
From: Features

My neighbour had been seeking to move home for some time. Suggestions that he wanted to get away from his neighbours...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Three property agents feature on the latest list of businesses in trouble for failing to comply with money laundering regulations. The list...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The average asking price, as recorded by Rightmove, has fallen for the first time this year. In another sign that the market...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate agency is celebrating its 21st anniversary by launching a new ‘realtor’ franchise model based on enhanced technology and personalised...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Yet another housing market snapshot is reporting the stock of property for sale plummeting further downwards. Property website Home says that while...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A new survey suggests the majority of vendors remain wary of allowing too many unknown people into their home during viewings. Some...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has this morning confirmed that it’s ending its self-employed Local Property Experts operation and is moving to “a fully employed model...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A major agency is predicting that the imbalance between supply and demand, which has characterised the housing market for all of...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Viewings are in the news right now and with good reason. As the impact of the stamp duty holiday fades, and transaction...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark says the supply of homes on the market has dwindled almost continuously since the start of the year, with 40...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has issued a data-heavy statement on its services for agents - just days after Boomin criticised it for being over...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A prominent advocate of a reformed transaction process says more secure moving systems can help agents maintain high business levels when...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A recent news story will have set alarm bells ringing for agencies up and down the country, when it was revealed...
31 July 2021
From: Features

Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...
31 July 2021
From: Features

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...
31 July 2021
From: Features

Available residential property listings across the country are at historic lows according to property data firm Homesearch. The company, which focuses its...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Annual house price growth remains above 10 per cent despite a small monthly dip in July according to the Nationwide. A 0.5...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate agency which at one time hoped to be operating nationwide this year has now revised its target. Hortons says it...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark says a new pay-per-viewing service is “interesting” but warns agents to protect themselves by abiding by consumer protection regulations. The warning has come following...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...
24 July 2021
From: Features

Remember the early days of lockdown when there was a general panic? Perhaps the hot demand for toilet rolls was a sign...
24 July 2021
From: Features

The first stamp duty holiday deadline has now passed, and we can all sigh a slight relief after the sheer numbers...
24 July 2021
From: Features

Keller Williams - which says it’s the UK’s leading business-owner or ‘self-employed’ firm with twice the agents of any direct rival -...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Ben Ridgway gives his views on the current market, material information and PropTech for agents. What is your current view of the...
21 July 2021
From: Features

New research suggests that the number of owners enquiring to sell across Greater London has increased by 68 per cent since...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News

It may be ‘Freedom Day’ but it looks certain that many estate agents will still wear masks in offices today and...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Let it never be said that this column isn’t here to help out agents directly. In this week’s Natter, I speak...
17 July 2021
From: Features

The market share of the online and hybrid agencies combined has risen to 8.1 per cent in the second quarter of...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...
10 July 2021
From: Features

Agents should use a mixture of next-generation 3D style technology and traditional, old-school estate agency to allow them to thrive. That's...
10 July 2021
From: Features

Like many of you, I have watched a lot of football recently and I’ve enjoyed every minute. It has been an...
07 July 2021
From: Sponsored Content

The chief executive of Purplebricks says research into pricing strategies has suggested around a third of sellers at least consider using...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Jamie Cooke, Co-Founder and Managing Director of iamsold, part...
06 July 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...
03 July 2021
From: Features

By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...
03 July 2021
From: Features

All eyes on Rome this weekend as England face Ukraine on their way - we hope - to winning Euro 2020. Some...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech entrepreneur is urging agents to maximise their training on existing PropTech to ensure they optimise its effectiveness. Anton Babkov, chief...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...
01 July 2021
From: Sponsored Content

A third of owners would consider moving more regularly if the stamp duty holiday on the first £500,000 of a purchase...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Back in April, leading portal Zoopla launched a new multi-million-pound marketing campaign, its biggest ever, to help agents capitalise on the...
30 June 2021
From: Features

No fewer than seven estate and lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme today. Most of them are now...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Average house prices have risen by £29,000 over the course of the stamp duty holiday as house price annual inflation hits...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A company supplying data to conveyancers and other property professionals warns that Japanese Knotweed is a bigger headache than usual this summer. A wet and frosty spring,...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Price renegotiations are underway between buyers and sellers in danger of missing Wednesday’s stamp duty holiday deadline, says Knight Frank. The agency...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Data from Rightmove shows that no less than 37 per cent of homes early this year sold for the asking price...
25 June 2021
From: Breaking News

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News

New research has thrown light on how much buyers must pay on average to trade up to a property with one...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News

In the first of a two-part special with the presidents of the UK’s largest property trade organisation, we carry out an...
19 June 2021
From: Features

The property market is currently in a unique position where the number of house hunters looking for their next home is...
19 June 2021
From: Features

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has given his personal backing to the newest recruit of online agency easyProperty - even though...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents should prepare for a surge in fall throughs and collapsed sales thanks to the first stamp duty holiday period expiring...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Auction House has announced its highest-ever monthly sales total, with its sales in May just topping £70m. The firm sold 397 properties...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The current housing market frenzy would be easier to deal with if upfront buyers’ packs were available, improving transparency and cutting...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Amro Partners, the Build to Rent and student accommodation operator, has launched a venture capital arm investing in PropTech and FinTech. Amro...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A senior estate agent says even if the restrictions easing lockdown, still formally scheduled for June 21, are delayed by several...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News

An industry supplier is urging agents to dust off old prospects to build their pipeline and keep the market boom going...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate agent has been accused of charging prospective clients to view a property. The claim has been made on Twitter by...
10 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50% of home movers selected their estate agent because they liked them....
09 June 2021
From: Features

New research shows that UK estate agents are amongst the best value in the world. Using data from the Global Property Guide...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...
05 June 2021
From: Features

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...
05 June 2021
From: Features

OnTheMarket has announced new functionality in a direct bid to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. The functionality, to go live within the...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Tech is a fantastic enabler but should never be a complete replacement for the human interactions that add real value to...
29 May 2021
From: Features

Movebutler, the digital onboarding platform from online auction specialist iamproperty, says it has some 900 agency branches signed up. These include Martin...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News

An anonymous conveyancer has admitted increasing fees to deter buyers and sellers in the frenzied housing market during the stamp duty...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A new survey of some 700 estate agency customers show that they want to get traditional services like High Street branches,...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Before you read on, ask yourself, how many times did you hear “we want to move, but just we can’t find...
26 May 2021
From: Features

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News

An unusual price forecast based on conveyancing quotes suggests the housing market is to continue busy over the summer with more...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Free to list portal Residential People has launched a market intelligence platform called Prospr. This has been developed with the aim of...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A report by the Office of Tax Simplification on Capital Gains Tax has called for a series of changes. They include extending...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News

EweMove says it’s has just recorded its best-ever month for new enquiries from sellers. In April the hybrid - which is part...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies. This is despite Purplebricks this...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News

In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...
19 May 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Three of the leading portals have made major announcements as the fierce rivalry between the big players continues apace. Firstly Zoopla claims its latest...
19 May 2021
From: Breaking News

An agency says sellers should improve the attractiveness of their properties for sellers - so it's linked with a florist to offer...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A London agency is rejecting the suggestion that sellers are heading to the countryside - instead, it says they’re likely to move...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Some sellers are suffering cash flow issues as a result of glitches in the Capital Gains Tax reporting system, according to...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
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We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...
13 May 2021
From: PropTech & Innovation

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak to someone who has made an excellent impression on the property industry in...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A new home buying platform set up by a challenger portal will donate £100 to charity for every transaction it fails...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A league table of the most important issues facing vendors places the scale of estate agents’ charges at the bottom - and this...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A row has blown up over a house raffle where the property prize was withdrawn and a cash alternative offered because...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Changes to the way the property market operates over the last year - with increased flexibility and remote interactions - has...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A company which was once an early adopter of using a central resource for self-employed agents working under its name, says...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest Coutts Prime Property Index has revealed that activity in this sector of the market - based mostly in London...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Property owners who play it cool when it comes to marketing their home find their frustration soon becomes overheated. The constant we...
08 May 2021
From: Features

A leading industry supplier says there’s been a jaw-dropping 495 per cent year-on-year increase in digital spend from agents - and that...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

An agent has contacted Estate Agent Today to issue what he calls “an urgent alert” about the risk of Capital Gains...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The Prime Central London pain throughout the pandemic can be seen by new figures just released by an investment consultancy, showing...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Parts of the UK property market face a supply shortage with a quarter fewer properties listed for sale in England and...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the world’s leading analysts of portals has warned Boomin, OnTheMarket and others challenging Rightmove - millions have been spent...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The private treaty process has been in need of modernisation for a long time. When we open an account with a...
28 April 2021
From: Features

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...
24 April 2021
From: Features

I was not surprised when I came across an industry article recently citing that over half of home buyers never visit...
24 April 2021
From: Features

As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...
21 April 2021
From: Features

A leading agent says that for every house he puts on the market, he has over 40 requests for viewings -...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla today begins a new marketing drive - the latest move in the fierce battle between Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket and Boomin. Zoopla is...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News

If someone broke into your house and took a video of lots of personal information, like photos of family and pets,...
17 April 2021
From: Features

Rightmove’s new Modern Method of Auction service launches on Monday. The service - which Rightmove calls Online Conditional Auctions - will involve...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News

New research shared with Estate Agent Today suggest that in areas of the country almost four in 10 homes for sale...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...
15 April 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Zoopla has unveiled a subtle rebranding plus new features and functionality - and says it wants to be number one, not...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News

An agent in part of the UK with the strongest seller’s market claims the stock shortage is the worst he’s seen...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has so far this year recorded 20 of its busiest ever days for visits to the site as the current...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A survey of 5,000 agents suggests the slow house selling and buying process is one of the biggest challenges facing the...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News

One in three property sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2021. The 32 per...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Chancellor’s decision to extend the stamp duty holiday has “put a spring in the step" of the housing market according...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks is this summer starting a £7m campaign in a bid to to increase market share, using a new media partner. The...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading conveyancing industry chief says the one factor that would help improve the slow house buying process today would be the...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A new survey suggests 53 per cent of buyers never actually visit an estate agent’s office during the course of their...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A mortgage firm specialising in high net worth clients says the stamp duty holiday cliff edge will not impact the most expensive...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The UK property market is always evolving but never as quickly as it is now. Traditional estate agents are seriously questioning...
07 April 2021
From: Features

A surveyors group has launched a new ‘Home Review’ service which it claims will identify structural problems which create an immediate...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents have contacted Estate Agent Today to say they fear the new MatchMaker service on the Boomin portal could be used...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...
03 April 2021
From: Features

Estate agents play a key role in identifying tax savings that can benefit all parties. If a purchaser can benefit from...
03 April 2021
From: Features

First off, happy Good Friday to all our readers. Here’s to a great, if still slightly different, long Easter bank holiday...
02 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Annual house price growth remains strong but it has slowed significantly according to the Nationwide. Prices dropped 0.2 per cent on average...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A company in the German Axel Springer publishing empire - which also invested in Purplebricks in the past - has put...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents who use cheap PropTech could end up spending a lot more than they expect, according to an industry expert. Anton Babkov,...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Bank of England figures reveal that in February there were 87,700 mortgage approvals - down from a peak of 103,700 in...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News

We recently launched our state of the property nation survey – a two-minute poll designed to give estate and letting agents...
27 March 2021
From: Features

The stamp duty holiday frenzy has reduced the gap between asking and sale prices according to new research. Before the start of...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Data from Rightmove suggests a sharp increase in the number of chain-free properties on the market because sellers are increasingly willing...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News

On Monday, we launched our state of the property nation survey – a 14-question poll designed to give estate and letting...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Residential transactions totalled 147,050 last month according to HMRC - that’s 23 per cent higher than the previous month and an...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Will Rightmove still be the dominant portal by 2030? Will Boomin really shake up the industry as Purplebricks did before it?...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has completed its purchase of PropTech firm Glanty - a deal which began 15 months ago. OTM took an initial 20...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks is now part of the mainstream landscape of British estate agency. There - I said it. An agency whose whispered name...
20 March 2021
From: Features

On Monday next week, Estate Agent Today will launch its state of the property nation survey, a 14-question poll for UK...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Later this year, on October 22, the ESTAS 2021 will take place in London. The glittering ceremony will welcome property professionals...
17 March 2021
From: Features

One of the companies at the heart of the campaign to provide more upfront information to prospective buyers has struck a...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News

An industry group charged with trying to make house buying simpler and quicker says it’s made a breakthrough on ‘upfront’ information...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A prominent estate agent has warned buyers and sellers about the perils of the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA is now...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...
13 March 2021
From: Features

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the market should prepare itself for a glut of new supply thanks to the...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The increasingly common live-streaming of property viewings is becoming a source of lead generation according to an industry supplier. The creators of...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...
10 March 2021
From: Features

As a property agent, fancy marketing terminology such as ‘omnichannel’ might not hold too much interest for you right now. We’re in...
06 March 2021
From: Features

A panel of estate agents recently participated in a webinar to discuss the benefits of livestream open house viewings. The webinar, part...
06 March 2021
From: Features

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jake Field - Area Sales Manager What is lets bid Property...