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Another agency has teamed up with an auction company to allow it to offer vendors the choice of both in-room and...

A PropTech firm has adopted the unusual position of claiming some agencies deliberately over-value properties in a bid to win instructions. Agent...

When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...

New property listings in July were down 6.0 per cent across the UK and down no less than 12.7 per cent...

We may be well into August but there’s little sign of a holiday for our industry, with a string of big...

Making my way to our London office on a busy commuter train, my mind got busy thinking about the new do-it-yourself...

With all the recent change and upheaval in the rental sector it may be time to consider how letting agencies will...

An equity release consultancy says the result of its survey of estate agencies suggest an increase in interest from prospective downsizers. The...

A leading buying agency is warning about asking prices that are higher than those acceptable to mortgage companies who therefore down-value...

The latest market snapshot released by the National Association of Estate Agents’ shows the challenges faced by the industry right now. The...

The price per square foot for homes in central London is currently £1,194 - that’s 16.9 per cent below its 2014...

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...

Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work?  Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...

With the continued indecision surrounding Brexit and the final divorce settlement still months away, it seems property buyers are choosing to...

‘Up’ is the key word in Rightmove’s figures for the first half of 2018, released to the City and to shareholders...

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

A businessman who’s just entered the estate agency industry says he’s got the secret behind Purplebricks’ success - even though he...

Traditional estate agencies should make their work appear more of a luxury and even showcase the prices of individual elements that...

Purplebricks has told the Press Association it wants to secure over 10 per cent of the agency market share in the...

The former head of Rightmove’s lettings division has blasted High Street estate agencies for “living in the past, charging exorbitant fees...

Japanese Knotweed remains a major problem for a property sale - and that’s despite a recent study suggesting that the growth...

Agents are being offered a new way to capture details of prospective clients thanks to a partnership between The ValPal Network...

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

The creators of a website using market data to define postcodes as hosting a seller’s market or a buyer’s market have...

Rightmove claims that homes with sea views attract an average price premium of 29 per cent. The analysis - aimed at publicising a...

A new digital product claims to help agents estimate which of their past customers are statistically most likely to move again...

Asking prices are at a virtual standstill as the summer lull kicks in, according to the latest Rightmove index. New seller asking...

Over 15,000 households have exchanged after listing with an online agent in the second quarter of 2018 - that’s eight per...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

The stock market and at least one City analyst have shrugged their shoulders at the claim by Purplebricks that it is...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

Wary buyers reluctant to risk buying a premium-priced property in the volatile prime central London market are adopting a perhaps-surprising tactic...

Another Purplebricks ad has been stamped down on by the Advertising Standards Authority following a complaint by Hunters Property Group - but...

Total mortgage approvals by the main High Street banks increased three per cent in May over the same month last year...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

In recent weeks, you could have been forgiven for thinking that you’re not actually in the UK.  Flash floods aside, the...

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

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

So what did you think of the match? A deserved 2-1 win or a lucky victory snatched from the jaws of...

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

An auction house says it was “scoffed at” four years ago when it began offering online options to customers - but...

Prices grew at a faster than expected rate last month according to the Halifax House Price Index, which has reported a...

May saw the highest number of new sellers list their properties in any single month for at least 18 months, claims...

Last time out I looked at the growing importance of content, social media and design – but these should only form...

The housing market has swung back in favour of property sellers, according to the latest data from estate agents. NAEA Propertymark's Housing...

Property sellers in the South of England are having to accept asking reductions in order to achieve a sale.  Data from Hometrack...

In an era when we are never far away from our phones, tablets or laptops, buying and selling property is benefitting...

To demonstrate the lengths some buyers will go to make sure their offer is accepted, NAEA Propertymark has asked its agent...

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

The latest data from Rightmove indicates that the average national asking price has reached another all-time high of £308,075 following a...

Akshay Ruparelia, the teenager who set up the Doorsteps online estate agency only 18 months ago, is now reported to be...

The Court of Appeal has overturned controversial fraud decisions which have a bearing on agents’ and conveyancers’ responsibilities for checking buyers’...

Online estate agencies are the centre of attention right now - but one of them seems to be seeking publicity in...

One in five sellers suffer a fall-through costing them an average £2,700 - but many lose £5,000 or more. These are the...

Purplebricks is reported to have hired a new advertising agency to handle a “multi million pound” media campaign. The advertising industry weekly...

Strutt & Parker has repeated its warning that the market in prime central London could see a typical house price fall...

Estate Agent Today understands several major national agencies and some smaller operators are involved in a project to understand why transaction...

Here’s some good news to take into the Bank Holiday weekend.  Research undertaken by Estate Agent Today suggests that fees charged by...

Several agencies operating under different brand names in south east England have been retitled under just one, called Alexander & Co.  This...

I have sold hundreds of lettings businesses over the last twenty-five years. Based on this experience, these are the mistakes that you...

Only one property in every eight sold in the current market succeeds in achieving its asking price - while no fewer than...

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

Coutts bank has issued a starkly pessimistic snapshot of prime London’s housing landscape, reporting price falls, valuation mark-downs and slower sales...

Leading housing analyst Kate Faulkner says the current low transaction level is “a little scary” because with so few sellers, buyers...

An umbrella body representing search organisations says searches “are very rarely the cause of delays” in transactions. The Council of Property Search...

The average number of viewings received by properties before a sale is agreed has risen from 11 in 2015 to 19...

Stubbornly high house prices and concerns over leasehold-related charges top the list of worries amongst the public about the housing market. That’s...

The Henley Business School is often identified with cutting edge forecasts - but now it has revealed the history of what...

Estate agent licensing will reduce competition, make buying and selling homes more expensive, and add another layer of red tape to...

As the estate agency business in England moves towards being more robust with professional qualifications and higher standards being introduced, there...

Online agency HouseSimple has become a completely No Sale No Fee agency - and is thought to be the only online...

A proposal by HMRC to speed up HMRC Capital Gains Tax payments for residential property sales could create a “compliance nightmare.” The...

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

The Conveyancing Association has backed the government’s calls for extensive reform of the buying and selling process, announced at the weekend. The...

There were 43 per cent more new properties listed for sale than in the same month last year according to online...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Awais Ahmad - Founder and CEO of Hystreet (I don’t...

The number of house sales falling through pre-completion during the first quarter of 2018 reached its highest level for this time...

The conveyancing industry regulator has thrown its weight behind the government’s proposals to improve the buying and selling process.  Stephen Ward, director of strategy...

  More details have emerged of the government’s proposals to enhance estate agency regulation, regulate referral fees, offer guides for buyers and...

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home.  A floor...

In the modern marketplace – where people live their lives on their smartphones and tablets, social media has a bigger influence...

As always seems to be the case with Purplebricks, the hybrid agency has had a good week...and a bad one. Undeniably impressive...

As the Easter sales weekend kicks off, the head of a prominent buying agency says estate agents confuse the true valuation...

Purplebricks has given details of how it intends to use some of its new investment, and in particular is spelling out...

  An assessment of nine online agencies undertaken by a property website has seen Emoov come out on top after being analysed...

A buying agent says a higher proportion of Britain’s rarified country estates market is now being sold off-market. Jess Simpson, an ex-Savills...

One of London’s leading estate agents is advising sellers to consider giving the negotiator who sells their property a bonus, and...

Online agency Emoov has amended its website following the intervention of the Advertising Standards Authority.  The authority says the agency’s site included...

New research appears to show that Purplebricks, HouseSimple, Yopa and other prominent online agencies are most popular with vendors selling in...

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...

High-profile buying agency Black Brick has highlighted the scale of reductions now being made by sellers of some trophy properties in...

A survey by Lloyds Bank has revealed that the average ‘first time seller’ requires very nearly £136,000 to bridge the gap...

The operation of ‘online estate agencies’ has changed substantially in the relatively short few years of their existence: I have spotted...

Firstly, a huge thanks to everyone who shared and commented on my first blog and for all those that emailed me...

The National Association of Estate Agents says a new tool just launched will make it easier for agent members to comply...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the year has started with a boom as demand from prospective house-hunters increased by...

A new report by the residential property team of a legal firm has found widespread criticism of online agents’ over their...

Brexit uncertainty and weakening consumer demand are likely to hit house prices this year, according to a survey of 33 housing...

A former president of the National Association of Estate Agents has attacked “irresponsible agents” for over-valuing asking prices in London in...

Agents have welcomed more data suggesting the 2018 market is enjoying a robust start. Last week Rightmove reported a record number of...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Rightmove says it has enjoyed its highest ever monthly number of visitors - 141 million in January. They spent a total of...

“Are we there yet?” In the same way that these words can drive you to distraction (any parent who has endured the...

House Network, which describes itself as the UK’s first online estate agency, is using TV advertising to promote a new "20-point...

Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...

There has been a 40 per cent increase in new vendors registering their properties for sale according to an online estate...

Between October and December 2017, some £822 million worth of UK residential property was sold at auction, according to the Essential...

A law firm says the problems with housing transactions lie not with issues like fall-throughs but with “people’s general lack of...

Former estate agent Nick Ferrand has gone public with a new website which says home owners decide when and to whom...

An analysis of one month’s listings on Purplebricks by City consultancy Jefferies concludes that it sold 51.6 per cent of its...

A new ‘quick buy’ property company claims it will make an offer on any home within 24 hours of the vendor...

Homes for sale in some parts of inner London are seeing price discounts of up to 10 per cent says Hometrack...

A senior figure at the UK arm of American agency Keller Williams has suggested that Purplebricks won’t succeed in the New...

Auction House says it has maintained its number one industry ranking, selling 3,485 lots last year – four per cent up...

Here’s how the LetsBid Property team is helping them do it. A new property platform called LetsBid has launched in the...

Andrews & Robertson, one of the UK’s highest profile auction houses, has been taken over by Ireland’s BidX1 and is set...

Japanese knotweed, the invasive plant brought over to Britain in the Victorian era, threatens millions of pounds worth of property transactions...

New research from the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents reveals that no fewer than...

A poll of over 2,500 first time buyers suggests that on average they pay £5,300 less than the asking price -...

Hunters is partnering with a PropTech firm to allow homes on the market and still awaiting buyers to be short-let for...

Rightmove says its visits so far in January are running over nine per cent higher than the same period a year...

In a sign of how technology has become a mainstream part of the house sales process. the consumer group Which? has...

While there is a distinct market for flats held on particularly short leases, there is a middle ground where flat owners...

Two UK online estate agencies have been named in a list of the world’s top 50 real estate start-ups to watch...

Estate agents are making buyers and sellers feel pressured into paying for additional services so as not to miss out on...

December saw the fewest number of people put their homes on the market than in any month in 2017, according to...

A senior figure in another regional estate agency group has expressed scepticism about the popularity of online choices for vendors. Last week...

Estate agents are facing the biggest industry changes seen in decades. The rise of online and hybrid agents alongside more traditional...

A website called Roofoveryourhead has launched which threatens to bypass estate agents and allow vendors to sell for free. The site uses language similar...

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers says it is worried that HM Land Registry’s decision to publish details of apparent errors in...

Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...

An online intermediary platform called OpenMoov has been set up which instructs agents on behalf of sellers and tenants - and...

In 2017 the average seller sold their home for £92,466 more than they paid for it, having owned the home for...

No fewer than 85 per cent of properties sold for less than the asking price in November, the highest seen since...

A major industry supplier has reminded estate and letting agents that they have to check their responsibilities and systems ahead of...

A conveyancers’ trade body has told the government that it wants the house buying process to be modernised by having estate...

One of prime London’s most senior estate agents says stamp duty is “strangling the residential property market” in areas of the...

A new book written by a PropTech expert and assessing the state of the industry has hit the Amazon best sellers’...

Rightmove is warning that the asking price of property coming to market has fallen by 2.6 per cent in the past...

Financial analysts over the weekend have been giving their view on Purplebricks, which later this week issues its figures for the...

The average home in England and Wales now sells for very nearly four per cent under its original asking price - a...

The first residential transaction has taken place under the so-called Conveyancer’s Code for Completion - a new procedure in which the...

Online agency Settled is introducing a deposit scheme which it claims will assist sellers and buyers reach completion faster - and...

The London-focussed estate agency Cluttons says chains in central London are becoming increasingly fragile thanks to general uncertainty in the wider...

A survey suggests that over 10 per cent of existing homeowners have been deterred from selling thanks to the recent interest rate...

An online agency which claims to be the first in the world to be dedicated to sealed bid property sales, is...

The average UK property takes 96 days to sell, according to a new report. The survey, by Post Office Money and the...

Auction House says it sold more properties in October than during any other month in the company’s 10 year history. The firm...

easyProperty, the online agency, says stamp duty should be paid by sellers and not by first time buyers. The online firm’s head...

The RE/MAX estate agency has withdrawn a claim in one of its promotional leaflets that its representative was "the only person"...

Countrywide's decision to 'pause' the roll-out of its online option for sellers and landlords is "unforgivable and dumbfounding" according to a...

Former National Association of Estate Agents president Simon Gerrard is renewing his campaign for the government to adopt two innovative reforms...

Sellers have launched "their own sale" in response to the stagnating market by slashing asking prices according to Rightmove - but...

Fine & Country is to offer auction sales options to vendors in its 200 offices from next year. “The modern method of...

A new website which completely by-passes all kinds of estate agents and allows vendors to upload details of their own properties...

The raffle-a-home gimmick appears to be gaining strength with the arrival of a new website - Rafflemyhouse.com - which will also...

The government's call for evidence from agents and others in a bid to improve the house buying process has pushed some...

The Bank of England has raised the base rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. The Bank’s monetary policy committee was...

An influential consumer group has responded to the government’s commitment to reform the house buying process by advocating legally-binding reservation agreements...

Crowdfunding is nothing new. As I pointed out in a previous Natter, it dates back centuries, playing a part in the...

Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, has launched a consultation on proposals to reform the house buying...

The government should take a close look at gazundering as well as gazumping in its review of the house sales process,...

The Guild and Fine & Country are launching what they call “an automated prospecting service” to enable members to target sellers...

Innovative London agency Nested has raised an additional £36m in funding - brining the total behind the company to almost £50m. Nested,...

Conveyancers and the speed of local council searches have come in for criticism as details have emerged of the government’s consultation...

A breakdown of data from over 4,100 agents has revealed that it takes on average 201 days to move home, from...

The government has launched a consultation this weekend calling for evidence on how to make the home buying process “cheaper, faster...

Pressure is continuing to build on the government to reform stamp duty in next month’s Budget. Firstly a group of senior financial...

A new online property competition platform has launched that gives entrants the opportunity to win a home for £2 - but...

Asking prices have risen by an average of 1.1 per cent or £3,432 in the past month according to Rightmove.  This is...

A minister has floated the idea that stamp duty could be reduced on homes where sellers have improved energy efficiency. Climate Change...

The latest RICS market survey shows that buyer enquiries and transactions slipped back last month with expectations pointing to “a subdued...

Conservative MP John Stevenson is the latest to throw his weight behind switching the burden of stamp duty from the buyer...

The decision by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to fine five estate agents for engaging in a price fixing cartel has...

UK estate agency commission levels are amongst the lowest in the world according to a league table compiled by an international...

Figures just released by the National Association of Estate Agents suggest that the number of house hunters registered at agencies dropped...

As those of us in the industry know, there is a fine balance to strike between disruptive technology – and the...

The vast majority of sellers surveyed by a consumer group say rapport with branch staff in a locally-based office is important...

Hunters says it will not be following other traditional-style estate agencies by offering online-only services to sellers - but it will...

The agent behind a new online service covering off-market homes in part of prime central London says his service will expand...

It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...

Simon Gerrard, a past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has called on the government to switch the burden...

Rightmove’s monthly price index says the average asking price of homes coming to the market has fallen 1.2 per cent in...

How has the world of estate agency changed in the last few decades? That’s the question this week’s Natter is going...

Online review organisation Trustpilot has issued an open letter regarding its Purplebricks reviews. In it, the review company - which is often...

One of the world’s leading property technology experts, who at one time was head of strategy at a property portal, says investing...

Government figures suggest house prices are still rising by 5.1 per cent a year, with the average property value in the...

An online platform that allows the public to compare the services and fees of traditional estate agents in their areas has...

The Daily Telegraph claims that what it calls “dodgy practices” are leaving customers “thousands of pounds out of pocket.” The article quotes...

Hunters’ figures for the six months to the end of June show small rises in income and turnover but a substantial...

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

With party conference season around the corner and the next Budget just a couple of months away, more industry players are...

Arun Estates reports that it has netted an additional £350,000 in fees thanks to a scheme designed to woo vendors using online...

An estate agent who is campaigning for boards to be banned in his local area says they should be 'confined to...

Stock levels for estate agents at the height of summer were their lowest for at least 15 years according to the...

Property consultancy Hometrack says London’s 12 month market slowdown has bottomed out with the annual growth rate rising to 2.8 per...

Research in the United States shows that traditional full-service estate agencies achieve better sale prices than the biggest alternative in that...

The number of existing home owners moving house fell two per cent in the first six months of 2017 compared with...

One of the founding figures behind OnTheMarket, which currently bans listings from online agencies, now says bricks and mortar agencies that...

Purplebricks’ share price has now recovered all of the value it lost after being criticised on two BBC consumer programmes and...

Marsh & Parsons will be opening a new office in Islington on September 4 - defying many analysts who say the...

The Guild of Professional Estate Agents and Fine & Country are offering agent members the option to have in-person reviews and...

Purplebricks’ share price this afternoon dropped to a recent low of 406.50p before recovering to close down about five per cernt...

  You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the property industry and consumer media in the coming days: early August...

Purplebricks’ well-publicised attempt to break into the Australian market with a similar model to the one being used here has come...

Speculation is growing over whether figures to be released by Countrywide on Thursday may prompt another fall in the troubled company’s...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

A third of ‘quick sale’ companies - those that buy homes in bulk at discounted prices - say the rise of...

The buying agency Black Brick says 38 per cent of its transactions the first half of the year were off market...

The housing market is approaching something of a standstill as the summer holiday season begins according to a downbeat report from...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

A traditional estate agency has launched a new online package to give vendors the opportunity “to save thousands.” FranKeys in Lincoln has...

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint over a Purplebricks website statement featuring testimonials from clients; the complaint was made...

Supporting the adoption of technology does not mean we have to stop protecting the core values of the property industry. In...

One of the country’s leading buying agents says over six million people are living in the wrong property because they are...

The Guild of Property Professionals and Fine & Country have launched a new referral system app which allows its members to...

The chief executive of Purplebricks, often criticised by detractors for failing to reveal completion rates as opposed to listings, says his...

Another senior industry analyst says the time is fast approaching for Rightmove to either shift its focus to take account of...

Few things provoke argument within the industry more than the online v traditional agency debate - and within that debate, nothing...

A new PropTech venture aims to do what the ill-fated Veyo system failed to achieve -  creating an online platform bringing...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the General Election led to a drop in the number of registered house hunters...

The new anti-money laundering regulations introduced this week will delay the routine buying and selling of homes, a lawyer warns -...

Over 500 members of the Guild of Property Professionals have requested an easyProperty licence following the merger between the two organisations.   The...

A gathering of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has called on the industry to unite and improve the buying and selling process...

The Property Ombudsman’s annual report reveals a significant increase in the number of formal complaints resolved by the scheme and a...

A consumer group says it is giving what it calls “the top 1,000 estate agents in England and Wales” badges to...

TV property expert and online agency owner Sarah Beeny says there will always be some sellers who prefer to use traditional...

The managing director of lettings at Foxtons says Brexit and domestic political uncertainty have become ‘the new norm’ in the London...

Any good estate agent knows that they have to be available for customers when they need them. But many forget that...

Online estate agency Settled has raised £1.2 million in funding to further develop its product. Settled describes itself as a 'powerful digital...

Just 27% of property valuations in May were requested by prospective home sellers, according to the latest data from Connells Survey...

A new online estate agency is offering vendors a sales package for just £24.99. MoveSelf, which is based in Manchester, allows vendors to...

The housing industry has responded with shock, joy, and jitters, after Theresa May’s snap general election went catastrophically wrong, leaving her...

Calls made to estate agents to book property valuations increased by 26% this spring, according to telephone answering service Moneypenny. Enquiries made...

Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of...

As we approach Thursday's General Election, more property professionals have criticised stamp duty and called for the Government to make changes...

A distinctive boutique estate agency that describes itself as a hybrid between traditional and online operators, and which set up a...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

Any good estate agent knows that they have to be available for customers when they need them. But many forget that...

A study described as the biggest of its type seeks to explain why vendors choose - or avoid - online agents. The...

A consumer group which has consistently promoted online agencies says they achieve closer to sellers’ original asking price than the national...

The number of house hunters registered per estate agency branch fell last month to 381 - well down on its figure...

The banning of letting fees levied on tenants has dominated the industry headlines in recent months but this election campaign suggests...

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...

A conveyancing expert is calling for sellers to complete and return their property information questionnaire to their conveyancer before there have...

Baroness Diana Warwick (below right) has been appointed chair of The Property Ombudsman scheme’s independent council. A life peer for the past 18...

The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...

News headlines talk more and more about a slowdown in the property market, a drop in house prices and the need...

Almost half the agents in London surveyed by LonRes say that 10 per cent or more of their vendor clients intend...

Home buyers borrowed £11.2 billion in March - down on the ‘stamp duty bonanza‘ period at the same time last year...

Viewber, the outsourced property viewing service and brainchild of high-profile former estate agent Ed Mead, says its network of 'Viewbers' now...

Think ‘fake agents’ are no threat to your business? Think again. The rise of online agents - dubbed by some as...

Is it the Brexit triggering of Article 50, the snap General Election or the cold weather we have had until recently?...

Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...

Trevor Abrahmsohn, one of London’s best known estate agents and a founder of OnTheMarket, says stamp duty should be split between...

Even some of the most successful professionals from other professions fail to grasp the most important point when it comes to...

The number of properties available to buy on agents’ books decreased to 39 last month - the lowest amount recorded for...

The snap General Election on June 8 adds to uncertainty but does not significantly worsen the market for prime properties in...

A firm is claiming to be allow high street agents to offer vendors an online sale services as well, without the...

I wrote last month about how the Government, in introducing a 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes, had scored an...

Estate agents have been broadly supportive of the decision by Prime Minister Theresa May to push for a snap General Election...

The industry has broadly welcomed the shock announcement of a June 8 General Election as a chance to end long term...

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...

Purplebricks’ advertising is very negative and critical of the competition. They talk about 'commisery', trying to make potential sellers feel ripped...

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

It’s easy to be dismissive of the value of local newspapers for advertising residential property but things are never as straightforward...

Purplebricks has stepped up its attack on what it calls “Britain's antiquated method of buying and selling homes” by describing it as...

More than one in three house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2017,...

Countrywide’s share price, which just over three years ago was riding high at just above 685p, has hit a new low...

The Advertising Standards Authority has given the green light to an circular which provoked complaints suggesting it deliberately did not appear...

A firm that offers online, hybrid and traditional estate and lettings agency services says the digital side of its business is...

A year ago, we were days away from the introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes – a...

Hunters has boosted its office network over the 200 mark through the acquisition of Besley Hill, one of the longest established...

Nested, the chain-breaking estate agency that offers vendors a guaranteed sale of their property within 90 days, has secured a new...

A survey of over 2,000 sellers who used online agency eMoov reveals that review websites were the overwhelmingly largest driver of...

The average asking price rise for homes coming to the market in the last month has been a chunky 1.3 per...

Earlier this week it was Dads4Daughters Day – a campaign that strives to promote gender equality in the workplace.  I have three...

Estate agency is a tough business, no doubt about it. It’s probably tougher now to win a listing and tie up...

Some big news in the agency world last week won’t have escaped the attention of many in the industry. Last Thursday news...

Countrywide has revealed that in 2016 it spent over £8.1m on redundancies, some £7.4m on contract costs relating to closed premises,...

Only one in nine customers of estate agents regard face-to-face contact as the most important element of the process to determine...

Purplebricks' entry into selective areas of the US market comes just as new evidence suggests the use of estate agencies by...

Jeremy Leaf, the London estate agent and former RICS residential chairman, is the latest industry figure to call for the government...

A new London-based online estate agency called Nested says it has had a “superb start” to trading, using its unusual business...

An estate agent and a building society have both advocated radical moves to reform stamp duty - and want Chancellor Phillip...

So, Property Week has announced its Property Awards shortlist for 2017. Looking at the entries for PropTech Company of the Year, I'm surprised...

Rightmove secured over 131m visits last month, an all-time high for January. The 131m total was some three per cent above January...

The consumer body Which? claims that 19 per cent of properties sold in the year to September went for prices five...

Welcome to February! It means that 2017 is well under way and we’re edging closer to Spring – a time when...

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