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As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

Foxtons has this morning announced that it’s selling off the sales wing of a rival London agency that it bought just...

A new survey of people who have sold their home in the past six months has given a strong backing to...

Do you have an 'open API'? We use 'X' who have an 'open API' so we would need you to integrate with...

Estate Agent Today understands that the civil servant who has been at the heart of plans to reform the house buying...

A new agency service has been launched seeking to attract vendors of second-hand residential park homes.  Quickmove Properties has partnered with park industry...

The last two years have been dramatic and decisive for many people and many businesses. Both have reassessed their work approaches...

A hybrid agency that charges no fees to vendors but instead relies on referral fees for income has officially rolled out...

A survey of agents suggests the majority believe the process of buying and selling residential properties will be fully digital or...

The online agency Strike - which has a business model selling homes for free and relying on referral fees for revenue...

This year, Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency Hamptons, shows that...

A probe by the Competition and Markets Authority has led housebuilder Taylor Wimpey to make changes for the benefit of leaseholders.  Taylor...

Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...

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

A consultancy specialising in data protection issues has sharply criticised the Simplify Group for its ongoing lack of communications over its...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

There’s lots of talk of people moving over within estate agency to be self-employed so they can chase the dream of...

A regional estate agency that markets homes without charging the vendor is set to expand next year. Midlands-based Chosen Home explains its...

One part of the UK is to get a taste of the mandatory estate agent regulation that many want to see...

A good website is no longer optional for estate agents, as no single aspect of marketing to new customers is more...

Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...

EAT readers may have seen a piece in Friday’s property section of The Times about the long-running Simplify saga, which has...

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

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on all aspects of our lives, but undoubtedly one major negative side effect...

The company selling new homes in a London development has added a new twist to our celebration of Christmas 2021 -...

In a first for the Natter, this week's interview is a video affair, with me posing the questions to Stephen Brown,...

With 2022 swiftly approaching, businesses in the property industry are likely to be reflecting on the trials and tribulations that have...

Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Estate Agents: “We’re on a mission to revolutionise the traditional concept of estate agency.   We don’t have...

Let’s begin with total transparency from this author: I believe there’s a place for Build To Rent in the wider portfolio...

Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in terms of leasehold reform – although we are calling upon the...

In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...

Trust has always been vital for building and nurturing good relations between an agent and their customer. Maintaining trust will keep...

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

The push for greater sustainability, energy efficiency and generally being ‘green’ has existed in the agency world for several years -...

The average asking price of homes coming to the market has dropped by over £2,000 in the past month - the...

PropTech has seen a surge in uptake over the last few years for several reasons – be it the Covid-19 pandemic...

We have been speaking with many agents over the past months and the story appears the same with them all. There...

A comparison website dealing with estate agency charges says commission varies hugely across 20 major cities of the UK.  GetAgent looked at...

The challenge of selling a property that has been garishly decorated over the Christmas period is one many agents will be familiar...

A few weeks ago the ESTAS took place at the Grosvenor House hotel in London - the first chance for many...

Purplebricks' share price tumbled a remarkable 34 per cent this morning when trading opened on the London Stock Exchange. The price crashed...

There’s been a huge rise in references to electric car charging within property listings submitted to Rightmove. The number of homes listed...

An online test that allows agents to immediately get a clear picture around three key areas of their business, and start to...

The Nested online agency, which recently revamped its business model to attract more self-employed agents, is expanding outside London for the...

The proportion of properties selling above asking price has dipped according to Propertymark - a likely sign the market is softening at...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget did not ignore Capital Gains Tax after all.   For those selling UK residential property the deadline to file...

As you are no doubt aware, building mutually beneficial relationships with conveyancers in your local area can not only make your...

The average cost of buying and selling a home in England this year has soared from £6,877 before the end of...

PropTech is booming, and its rise was only accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the real estate industry – as...

Too few lorry drivers, hospitality staff and care home assistants - and now too few auctioneers, too. Propertymark says a surge in...

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

The ESTAS – often known as the property world’s version of the Oscars – returns as an in-person event this Friday...

A small property portal has accused Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket of listing properties with asking prices far in excess of market...

Spicerhaart - which is radically reshaping its structure to encourage hybrid operations and working from home as part of a new...

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

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

An estate agent who has now gone self-employed after working on the staff of Connells and Spicerhaart says her move is...

TV property personality Amanda Lamb has been named as the presenter of the first ever allAgents Annual Customer Experience Awards in...

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

A leading business consultancy is warning that supply chain shortages as a result of Brexit and the pandemic will push up...

A property company is offering its employees in the UK and overseas a day’s leave later this month to mark World...

House prices rose by the most in almost 15 years in September ahead of the end of the stamp duty holiday.  The...

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...

Rightmove - which for some time has linked solely with iamsold to provide the controversial Modern Method of Auction system to...

Living close to family and friends is a top priority for nearly four in 10 people according to a survey of...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? As Chief Business Development Officer I am responsible for Simplify’s...

The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...

An estate agency that charges buyers not sellers is proposing to roll out nationwide. FreeAgent247.com, has been set up by Daniel Lewis...

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

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....

Purplebricks is launching its biggest advertising campaign in five years this evening. The multichannel campaign kicks off with a 60-second spot on Channel 4’s...

The latest easyProperty franchise has landed in Luton, the spiritual home of the easy brand as it’s the place where budget...

An estate agent has been ‘marketing properties so well’ in a Worcestershire town that it has temporarily ‘sold out’ of all...

It’s certainly the case that awareness of part exchange isn’t very high in the property and agency world, despite the potential...

Strike chief executive Sam Mitchell has hailed the online agent’s no-fee model after reaching £5 billion worth of sales. The agency, previously...

The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) has become the latest body to welcome the decision by Countryside Properties to scrap the requirement to pay...

Being able to show proof of funds in a quick, transparent and simple way is more crucial than ever to keep fall-throughs...

One of the biggest campaign groups calling for leasehold reform has welcomed the action taken by the Competition and Markets Authority...

The property market over the last 18 months has seen unprecedented activity - as a result of changed priorities, the stamp...

In what will be seen as the latest win for leaseholders across the UK, it’s been revealed that – following action...

Demand from buyers is set to be strong for the rest of 2021 as the stamp duty holiday unwinds but uncertainty...

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

The UK’s biggest property auctioneer is considering whether to bring its sales back into the auction room in the near future. Managing...

Day in, day out, I see how good estate agents really are.  Whether it’s in my day job on Location, Location, Location...

Tech, as has been shown more than ever during the pandemic, can be a wonderful thing – bringing people closer together,...

Mortgage approvals declined over the last month as the tapering stamp duty holiday deterred home purchases, according to data from the...

The very strong housing market seen throughout this year is set to extend into 2022 as a stock shortage is forecast...

Zoopla-owned Proptech platform Yourkeys has launched what it calls a first-of-its-kind sales progression service for new-build shared ownership properties. It works like...

Auction service Iamsold says a small-sample survey it conducted of agents suggests that increasing numbers are looking favourably on auctions as...

I’m sorry to break this to you but in 10 days’ time it will be autumn - and we will have...

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

An estate agency is celebrating its 21st anniversary by launching a new ‘realtor’ franchise model based on enhanced technology and personalised...

A new survey suggests the majority of vendors remain wary of allowing too many unknown people into their home during viewings. Some...

Apart from a buoyant market, high transaction levels, and consumer confidence in the property market, one considerable additional benefit which has...

Viewings are in the news right now and with good reason.  As the impact of the stamp duty holiday fades, and transaction...

The House of Commons Library has published what may be the definitive record of estate agency regulations issued in recent years...

Propertymark says the supply of homes on the market has dwindled almost continuously since the start of the year, with 40...

A deep dive into Rightmove’s data by the portal itself has discovered that there’s one sector where homes sell 20 days...

For over 20 years, Reapit's CRM software has been the obvious choice for any self-respecting estate agency business. Used today by...

A young franchisee with hybrid agency EweMove is expanding into another area just over nine months since launching his agency. Chris Wells,...

Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside of the capital in the first half of 2021 - and many of those buyers...

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

Hello and welcome to another Property Jobs Today, your chance to see the latest moves in our industry. Why not be a...

Agents have been told in new government guidance that the liftings of some Covid restraints in wider society “does not mark...

LSL Property Services has told Estate Agent Today that the company did not agree to a potential sale of its mortgage arm at...

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...

Remember the early days of lockdown when there was a general panic? Perhaps the hot demand for toilet rolls was a sign...

The first stamp duty holiday deadline has now passed, and we can all sigh a slight relief after the sheer numbers...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have another industry big-hitter and one of the most high-profile female leaders in property...

Ben Ridgway gives his views on the current market, material information and PropTech for agents. What is your current view of the...

An announcement by Foxtons this morning says it is considering future options for its mortgage business, Alexander Hall. The announcement - made...

The biggest challenge facing many agents in the current climate is the general shortage of stock, both for sales & lettings. Let’s...

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

I want you to ask yourself a question, what is your reputation? By that I mean your personal reputation and your...

Property auctioneer Auction House has recorded its best first half results in its 14-year history, and says it’s going to continue...

OnTheMarket, which until now has lagged behind the leading two portals in terms of consumer-facing housing market information, has today launched...

A property that used to house one of London’s best known prostitutes - and which carries a blue plaque celebrating her...

At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...

The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Jamie Cooke, Co-Founder and Managing Director of iamsold, part...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

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

The property market was expected to struggle to recover after the first lockdown, but, thanks to the stamp duty holiday and...

For the second time in two working days, a report suggests that ever-higher numbers of buying are paying over the asking...

The government has thrown its weight behind the concept of Unique Property Reference Numbers as a way of speeding up transactions. UPRNs...

Data from Rightmove shows that no less than 37 per cent of homes early this year sold for the asking price...

There’s been a dramatic slump in instructions for online agencies, particularly Purplebricks, according to data produced by one online firm itself. 99Home...

As agents, we’ve finally got used to the word PropTech - some of us even like it! What’s more, PropTech has,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Thom Hudson, photographer at Meyers Estate Agents What is Meyers...

A consultation into the draft New Homes Quality Code has been published with a consultation period for the industry ending on...

The Oxfordshire-based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients.   Peter Grant, Managing...

The possible introduction of higher levels of Capital Gains Tax for the sale of buy to let, holiday homes or even...

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

The frantic growth in house prices is showing its first sign of slowing down, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly market snapshot,...

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

Around 18 months ago, just a few months before the pandemic hit, I did a Natter with the team at software...

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

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

The finance arm of a leading estate agency has taken the unusual step of warning about delays in the conveyancing process. “The...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

Swiss investment bank UBS has advised investors to sell their Purplebricks shares as the market share for the controversial agency appears...

Amro Partners, the Build to Rent and student accommodation operator, has launched a venture capital arm investing in PropTech and FinTech. Amro...

Right now it seems that another day means another house price record, an all-time high for transactions, and a conveyancing log-jam...

Michael Jones & Company celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year and, in an effort to both celebrate the work of local...

“A hybrid offering, which serves customers of all needs and capabilities, is what we should all be working towards.” Following Aconveyancing opening...

An estate agency says it expects a 40 per cent boost in its turnover this year, its 10th in business. Croft Residential,...

A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50% of home movers selected their estate agent because they liked them....

New research shows that UK estate agents are amongst the best value in the world. Using data from the Global Property Guide...

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

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US - says it now has 200 self-employed agents operating under its...

Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...

Tech is a fantastic enabler but should never be a complete replacement for the human interactions that add real value to...

A new survey of some 700 estate agency customers show that they want to get traditional services like High Street branches,...

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

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...

A firm has agreed to amend its claim that it was the number one selling agent in its town in 2020,...

The number of transactions is scheduled to reach 1.52 million this year - way above the norm of between 1.0 and...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

EweMove says it’s has just recorded its best-ever month for new enquiries from sellers. In April the hybrid - which is part...

A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies.  This is despite Purplebricks this...

Three of the leading portals have made major announcements as the fierce rivalry between the big players continues apace.  Firstly Zoopla claims its latest...

A new boutique estate agency is to open in London, run by a former director of both Dexters and Hanover Residential. Jeremy...

Gathering and analysing feedback at all stages in the customer journey is highly important. So, where do we begin? For many estate...

Over the next few years, the property sector is set to change for the better – all thanks to PropTech. While the...

The number of properties coming on the market is still not meeting the huge demand from buyers, but the level of...

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...

In the first of our revamped PropTech Today series - which will see six industry experts discussing a range of issues...

A league table of the most important issues facing vendors places the scale of estate agents’ charges at the bottom - and this...

A company which was once an early adopter of using a central resource for self-employed agents working under its name, says...

The latest Coutts Prime Property Index has revealed that activity in this sector of the market - based mostly in London...

Property owners who play it cool when it comes to marketing their home find their frustration soon becomes overheated. The constant we...

A leading agency says the stamp duty holiday is not a big influence on the current housing market frenzy - and...

You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...

As an estate agent, you should of course be performing robust Know Your Customer (KYC) checks as part of your Anti-Money...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity as we are on the threshold of May why not get on to the...

Britain’s second largest estate agency has outlined radical new plans to shift direction, making financial services and not sales or rentals...

The private treaty process has been in need of modernisation for a long time. When we open an account with a...

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

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

A leading buying agent says the phenomenon of ‘buying unseen’ is the most dramatic property trend to have emerged from the...

International investment bank UBS has double-downgraded Purplebricks from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ - and that could be good for independent agents, a...

Two leading agencies and an agent network have signed up to the UK’s first dedicated portal for those finding, researching, buying...

As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...

A major agency is reporting a “frenzy” with branches inundated with enquiries as soon as homes are listed. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of...

Zoopla today begins a new marketing drive - the latest move in the fierce battle between Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket and Boomin. Zoopla is...

Hello and welcome to another working week, and the latest on jobs and staff movement across our industry. You can be part...

Another week begins, another record tumbles - Rightmove this morning reports a monthly price surge of 2.1 per cent has propelled...

An analysis of the average time taken for properties from 10 leading estate agency brands to complete shows a significant increase...

Rightmove’s new Modern Method of Auction service launches on Monday.  The service - which Rightmove calls Online Conditional Auctions - will involve...

A PropTech firm says its new tool allows comprehensive upfront property information to be shared instantly with all parties in a...

New research shared with Estate Agent Today suggest that in areas of the country almost four in 10 homes for sale...

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

An online agency that already operates in the lettings field is spreading into sales - and pledges to give most of...

An agent in part of the UK with the strongest seller’s market claims the stock shortage is the worst he’s seen...

A survey of 5,000 agents suggests the slow house selling and buying process is one of the biggest challenges facing the...

The founder of Zoopla has returned to the property market with a new proposal to disrupt how agents buy and sell homes. Alex...

Today is the day that non-essential retail reopens as part of the government's roadmap out of lockdown. For the majority of the...

The ESTAS Group has named a new headline sponsor for its 2021 Forum and Awards, taking over from Zoopla with immediate effect. It’s...

A leading conveyancing industry chief says the one factor that would help improve the slow house buying process today would be the...

With increasing numbers of portals battling for membership and revenue, Zoopla has revealed that all Carter Jonas’ residential branches will list until...

Boutique estate agency D S Churchill is to open a countryside office serving the Cotwolds, Oxfordshire and surrounding counties. D S Churchill...

The UK property market is always evolving but never as quickly as it is now. Traditional estate agents are seriously questioning...

A surveyors group has launched a new ‘Home Review’ service which it claims will identify structural problems which create an immediate...

We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...

The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...

A new property board game called Gazumped aims to rival Monopoly but reflect a much more realistic view of how the house...

Annual house price growth remains strong but it has slowed significantly according to the Nationwide. Prices dropped 0.2 per cent on average...

With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...

A company in the German Axel Springer publishing empire - which also invested in Purplebricks in the past - has put...

A new survey says 80 per cent of homeowners believe the process of buying a house has remained largely the same or...

Agents who use cheap PropTech could end up spending a lot more than they expect, according to an industry expert. Anton Babkov,...

Unsurprisingly it’s been a busy few months in the property market so far this year, and a busy few months in...

Data from Rightmove suggests a sharp increase in the number of chain-free properties on the market because sellers are increasingly willing...

Stamp Duty receipts for the year to the end of February fell just six per cent despite the high profile SDLT...

Two of Britain’s largest house builders have reacted sharply to calls by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and the Competition and Markets...

There is growing speculation that a raft of tax proposals to be unveiled next week will include reform of Capital Gains...

The Competition and Markets Authority has written to two top house builders ordering them to change their leasehold terms. In September the...

A new estate agency says it aims to sell homes within 30 days - and dismisses the idea of a traditional...

There’s a warning this morning that possible tax reforms to be unveiled next Monday could wreak huge damage on the property...

An industry group charged with trying to make house buying simpler and quicker says it’s made a breakthrough on ‘upfront’ information...

A prominent estate agent has warned buyers and sellers about the perils of the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA is now...

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

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

Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...

A PropTech firm says the public wants an easier way to buy and sell property.  A survey of 672 existing home owners...

Recently I heard the stat that over 50% of property is sold with the second agent, which was backed up by...

The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...

Automatically changing the main marketing photo on a portal listing can attract up to 40 per cent more traffic, it has...

One of the biggest TV hits of lockdown has been the Netflix show Call My Agent! It’s a surprise success, perhaps, because...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property What is LetsBid and...

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

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...

In this tips article, the experts at GoodMove provide expert insight into the remortgage process. Remortgaging is the process of changing your...

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

Propertymark has named a veteran industry figure as interim chief executive - and says it has a "new strategy." Nathan Emerson has some...

An agency says it now sells more prime London properties than any of its rivals. Chestertons makes the claim based on figures...

This week’s In Conversation Today interviewee needs no introduction. One of the property industry’s most recognisable names, she has been a...

Estate agents might be expert at advising on buying and selling properties on their books but when it comes to buying...

Agents should put as much emphasis on ensuring a house move actually happens as on winning the instruction to begin with,...

The government has given details of two new taxes to provide funds to address the cladding problem on high rise tower blocks...

One of the early operators of the self-employed agency model has launched a scheme under which its agents receive shares in the...

Property porn as a popular pastime is as big in the US as it is here, as fans of shows like Netflix’s...

Scams are rife in the quick house buying sector with many companies seeking to take advantage of sellers in desperate situations. That’s...

Pressure is building for widespread property tax reform beyond short term issues regarding stamp duty. Many MPs in this week’s 65-minute special...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

Property portals remain an essential marketing tool for estate agents and their value is clearly appreciated by consumers. However, with a...

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am the General Manager of Ravensworth, which is what...

It now looks likely that Hunters will be taken over by The Property Franchise Group after several months of talks, subject...

Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...

The last few months have seen property agents work hard to continue delivering quality client communications and maintain an increasingly digital...

A hybrid agency is appealing to corporate estate agents to jump ship and try its self employed business model. Mr & Mrs...

Another group of independent estate agents have launched a portal - a rival to a similar project launched by other agencies...

A new estate agency listing historic houses is to have “a select group of creatives and thinkers” that will assist in the...

A PropTech company has won a grant for a project to improve ID verification in the buying and selling process, via...

The Northern Research Group, which has the backing of over 50 Conservative MPs in the north of England, wants the Chancellor...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

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

A customer due diligence training webinar is being held for Rightmove members next week. This is the third anti-money laundering training webinar...

Just a week ago, I thought it was all over. Christmas and New Year had gone, as had the passionate calls...

To kick off 2021, we have a Q&A with one of the most high-profile – and, it has to be said,...

1. How would you say Century 21 franchisees have adapted to the challenges during 2020?  If someone had told me at the...

Countrywide’s former management seriously damaged the company’s share value and status by adopting a flawed business plan - and then executing...

Following a turbulent 2020 in which the property market and the professionals working within it excelled in the face of unprecedented...

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

Many agents have been operating under Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions for some days, but today sees another 20 million residents in...

An auction house that's made a transition from ballroom operations to online streaming is to publish all fees for all lots -...

ZPG, parent company of Zoopla, is to buy another comparison website business, in addition to running its existing Uswitch service. Insurance group...

One of the country’s most exclusive agencies, UK Sotheby’s International Realty, was the subject of a Channel 4 documentary last evening. The...

High end agency Hamptons has quantified the trend of Londoners quitting the capital in the light of the pandemic. It says that...

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

The largest company involved in the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it’s producing a “disruptive digital market campaign to address...

At the start of December 2020, a select handful of agents attended a private online event to see the latest news...

The proportion of sales that fell through at the worst point of this year was 52 per cent it’s been claimed. However...

Figures from Zoopla suggest there’s a Christmas present being unwrapped by agents across the country - a far busier housing market tha this...

The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...

Around half of all estate agencies selling homes for £5m or more have not even registered for anti-money laundering processes, and/or...

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

Described on this site as a ‘powerful disruptor’ in March 2020, few would deny that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on...

Hello - and here we are nearing the end of the strangest of years.  With agents and industry suppliers rushed off their...

The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...

A prominent London agency says cash buyers are securing substantial discounts in prime areas of the capital. The biggest cash discount currently...

A leading property consultancy is suggesting that a possible increase in Capital Gains Tax could end up losing money for the...