Time on the market for property listings has hit a five-year high, according to Rightmove. Data from the portal shows it is...
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Lots of things change in the property sector - but one thing always seems to stay the same. For buyers and sellers,...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
MPs have launched an inquiry on improving the home buying and selling process in England. The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC)...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
In the first of a short series of articles, David Beaumont, managing director of Compliance Matters, casts a professional eye over...
23 March 2024
From: Features
Vendors could end up spending hundreds of pounds more when selling their home due to Trading Standards material information rules guidance,...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Spring Budget missed the mark when it comes to boosting current market conditions, agents have claimed. A survey of 833 UK...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The property market is awash with data. A quick Google search and any prospective buyer can find property prices, listing history,...
13 March 2024
From: Features
Now the dust has settled on what many described as an ‘underwhelming’ Budget, we take a look at what two business...
09 March 2024
From: Features
The CEO of leading Scottish property portal ESPC, Paul Hilton shares why a discerning pricing strategy can improve the prospects of...
09 March 2024
From: Features
Much of the focus may have been on the Spring Budget this week but a variety of charities have received support from...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark updates Property Information QuestionnairePropertymark has updated its Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ) in light of the latest part B and C...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Property professionals have called for the Government to allocate its promised £3m towards improving the home buying and selling process to...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The CEO of leading Scottish property portal ESPC shares why a discerning pricing strategy can improve the prospects of your property...
02 March 2024
From: Features
The complexities of the government’s leasehold reform proposals affecting millions of homeowners came under the spotlight at a seminar organised by...
02 March 2024
From: Features
Properties favoured by first-time buyers are typically selling for an average of 8% or £20,300 below the local market average, Zoopla...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A quarter of sellers have been gazundered in the past 12 months, research has revealed. Analysis by quick-buy firm Open Property Group,...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The UK timeframe for selling a property has been branded as “embarrassing.” New research shows the UK ranks as the slowest country...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A senior estate agent has described the Government’s pledge to compel councils to cut red tape in favour of development as...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
It’s taking an average of 17.61 weeks to sell a property across Greater London, with some parts taking up to 147 days on...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Reading the news on Estate & Letting Agent Today every day (as I’m sure you all do, too), there appears to...
17 February 2024
From: Features
The housing market is "turning a page" with fewer price reductions and higher achieved prices, Hamptons claims. A January market activity update...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Most agents agree that providing upfront information at the very start of the homebuying process would improve the buying and selling...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Back in 2013 the posh head of PR of a posh estate agency took me to a London restaurant (yes, posh)...
10 February 2024
From: Features
Knight Frank has launched a bespoke customer portal after 18 months of development. Coined ‘My Knight Frank,’ the firm says it is a digital customer experience platform, accessible...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
With a combined value surpassing £7.4 trillion, the UK’s 29 million residential properties represent a vital national asset, and for homeowners,...
08 February 2024
From: Sponsored Content
Annual house price growth hit a 12-month high last month as values rose for the fourth consecutive month but future drops...
08 February 2024
From: Breaking News
UK property professionals should look to Norway when assessing how to improve the home buying process, a housing minister has claimed. Speaking...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Buyers in Scotland took advantage of the high levels of competition in the market between November January, research suggests. Analysis by Scottish...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
In 1999 (yep) I set up some websites thinking I could generate leads from everyone in the world. I had an...
03 February 2024
From: Features
Estate agents sold a record-breaking number of properties via online auction in 2023, research suggests. The latest Online Auction Index from iamproperty...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has welcomed a move by the Government to lift restrictions on development along the abandoned HS2 route. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket has a “puncher’s chance” of displacing Rightmove after the challenger portal was taken over by CoStar but needs to persuade...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Buyer confidence remained flat – or consistent depending on your view of the property market in December – while seller sentiment...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Everyone’s a pundit these days, aren’t they? And January is pundit season – when a New Year starts, out come the...
20 January 2024
From: Features
Paul Hilton, CEO of leading Scottish property portal ESPC Homeowners who are considering moving on to a new property in 2024 are...
20 January 2024
From: Features
Fintech firm Phoebus has joined UK trade body the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) as an associate member. The brand provides systems and...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A joint venture between Sheldon Bosley Knight (SBK) and conveyancing firm Jephson Legal (JL) that aimed to rationalise the residential sales...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Specialist buying agency Recoco Property Search has appointed former director of Strutt & Parker’s country house department Andrew Cronan to strengthen...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A record 50% of homes sold in England & Wales last year were purchased following a price reduction, Hamptons analysis has revealed. The...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Extra tax and rising costs drove agency acquisitions last year and more are expected in 2024. Agency broker Atomic Consultancy has said...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The news in September that Birmingham City Council (‘Europe’s largest local authority’) had been forced to issue a Section 114 notice...
06 January 2024
From: Features
Property brand and auctioneer Bond Wolfe has recorded total sales revenues of more than £178 million for 2023. The auctions division raised...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents should be more picky about their listings during 2024 and focus on sellers that will help speed up sales by...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
We’re now just 2 days away from the end of 2023 and what a year it’s been for the property industry....
30 December 2023
From: Features
Increasing numbers of auction sales are at risk of failing in 2024 if vendors don’t adjust their expectations, an auctioneer claims. Stuart...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Energy efficiency and “transaction niggles” are predicted to be key themes of 2024 for agents, buyers and sellers. Buying agent Stacks Property...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Off-market property platform Invisible Homes is confident of hitting its target of 1,000 listings by the end of this year. Originally launched...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has unveiled plans for the next phase of its marketing campaign, aiming to take advantage of the so-called Boxing Day...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The factor most likely to influence the housing market next year is entirely outside the industry’s control: the General Election. Knight Frank...
16 December 2023
From: Features
The 2023 Autumn Budget, amongst its considerable 110 growth measures, contained an important announcement for the property sphere, with £3 million...
16 December 2023
From: Features
When almost all agents and developers use the tried and tested formula of floorplan, professional photography and a well-crafted description, what can be...
13 December 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Go back a hundred years and property transactions were a much simpler affair. A group of people could get together in...
13 December 2023
From: Features
A former director of Southampton-based property brand White & Guard has launched his own estate agency in Hampshire. Rob Rowe has unveiled Rowe...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks has shifted to a free pricing model and will replace the Strike brand. It follows Strike’s acquisition of Purplebricks earlier this...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The number of agents reporting listings selling for under asking price has hit its highest level this year as Propertymark warns...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Reservation agreement provider Gazeal has partnered with Optimus, Landmark’s panel of conveyancers to offer its services as an option for home...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
It may be a measure of the government’s incompetence in the area of housing that two recent major announcements were sorely...
02 December 2023
From: Features
SmartSearch looks at the importance of incorporating Source of Funds checks into KYC processes It is no secret that the UK property...
29 November 2023
From: Features
The Autumn Statement ended up being silent on Stamp Duty reforms and direct housing market stimulus but there were some nuggets...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Sellers are still being lowballed by their buyer having previously accepted a higher offer, research suggests. A survey of more than 1,000...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has expanded its executive committee with the appointment of Nick Chadbourne from conveyancing panel provider LMS. The...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The role of a residential landlord has changed considerably over the years. What was once a relatively straightforward means of generating...
18 November 2023
From: Features
A former Hamptons agent has moved into staging after finding she was spending much of her time helping vendors in this...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Right now, it feels like we are living in a housing market full of contradictions. Despite the best endeavours of Liz Truss,...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Three firms run by the same family have merged to create one of Derbyshire’s largest independent estate agency brands cope&co. Husband and...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Nationwide has cautioned property market commentators about being too optimistic as its own house price index showed average prices surprisingly rose...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Estate agents sold a record number of properties via online auction between July and September, figures from proptech firm iamproperty have...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Simon Jackson is Managing Director of SDL Surveying If we look at the latest data, it looks like there is something of...
28 October 2023
From: Features
By Kevin Shaw, National Sales Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group As the cost-of-living crisis continues to impact the UK, many of us...
28 October 2023
From: Features
For almost as long as any of us can remember, we’ve had an unpaid colleague getting sales over the line for...
27 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Fewer buyers are purchasing at auctions despite more sellers resorting to them. Quick buying firm House Buyer Bureau analysed auction stock that...
27 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A fifth of all homes sold so far this year in London have been for over £1m. London estate agency Benham and...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Jackson-Stops has boosted its presence across the Cornish coast, with the hiring of three new directors, Richard Holder, Dean Lonergan and Daniel...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
After a steady increase in mortgage rates, concerns about house prices have been rising too. The Financial Times reported in mid...
21 October 2023
From: Features
Off-market property platform Invisible Homes has added three more boroughs to its tool. Originally launched in 2018 by former prime London estate...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The proportion of listings going under offer within 30 days has dropped from 53% last year to 37% in September 2023,...
17 October 2023
From: Breaking News
UK consumers are feeling financially worse off than they were a year ago but this sentiment isn’t necessarily reflected when it...
16 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Proptech – it’s a people thing. It might seem like a strange thing to say but the best of tech is a...
14 October 2023
From: Features
The stats on the slowing market are widely known, but a slowdown is by no means doom and gloom – it’s...
14 October 2023
From: Features
Homeowners are largely unconcerned about cooling house prices, research suggests. Instead, they are more concerned about having their own home than sitting...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Jake Gann and my business card says...
10 October 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) is seeking feedback from agents on proposals that it feels will “revolutionise moving home...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The Able Agent has added further modules to its Wellbeing in the Workplace course. The training platform has collaborated with KILN Associates,...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices fell for the sixth consecutive month in a row during September and dropped at the fastest rate since August...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Self-employed estate agency platform iad has launched in Florida. The firm described it as another key expansion effort to compliment its recent...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents are securing sales closer to asking price but properties are taking longer to sell, new data suggests. Analysis by Hamptons, using...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Falling Stamp Duty and survey fees have pushed down the cost of moving. Comparison website reallymoving analyses the cost of moving home...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
As much of the country battened down the hatches for the first storm of the season, there may have been a...
30 September 2023
From: Features
A fifth of homeowners are considering moving somewhere cheaper due to the cost of living crisis, KPMG has revealed. The firms latest,...
29 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Rising numbers of property owners are dropping the asking price of their homes in a bid to secure a quick sale. Latest...
29 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Referral fees for estate agents could be back in the sights of industry regulators. It was reported last week that the National...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
In his latest column Jonathan Rolande reacts to the shock but much-needed pause in interest rate rises. I suspect you, like me,...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Build to Rent (BTR) is the UK’s fastest-growing sector and this trend looks set to continue throughout 2023 and beyond. The...
23 September 2023
From: Features
The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched a new document to help firms benefit from the range of digital services available to...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Welcome back to the second instalment of our blog series on social media marketing tips for estate agents! In part one,...
19 September 2023
From: Marketing & Social Media
In his latest column Jonathan Rolande explains how those working in the property can best navigate the challenges the market is...
18 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Agency fees account for 81% of upfront home selling costs on average, research suggests. Industry comparison website GetAgent has used its My...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The slower sales market has started hitting high-profile agency and property brands. Agency franchise brand Winkworth’s half year results yesterday showed network...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Despite a 15-year peak in interest rates, one of Glasgow’s leading estate agents, Corum, has reported a 10% surge in viewings...