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Sales agreed among Propertymark members hit a four-month high in February but the agency trade body has warned of a quieter...

MPs have launched an inquiry on improving the home buying and selling process in England. The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC)...

A senior estate agent has described the Government’s pledge to compel councils to cut red tape in favour of development as...

As much of the country battened down the hatches for the first storm of the season, there may have been a...

The market is shifting to more serious buyers and sellers as the level of stock hits a 12-month high, Propertymark claims. It...

Well as week’s come and go, this one’s been a bit of a downer but it is always worth remembering that...

Hamptons’ head of London private office has questioned why video has not become more widely-used in listings as he suggests more...

Buyers and sellers remain confident about getting moving in the property market but homes are taking longer to shift, OnTheMarket data...

According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...

Agents may hate portal fees but have ranked property websites such as Rightmove and Zoopla as their most important digital asset. A...

Agency website designer and marketing provider is starting to use artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT in the products it provides agents. ChatGPT AI...

New research from GetAgent has outlined where the UK’s best-performing estate agents are currently located when it comes to the price secured...

Self-employed agencies are currently outperforming other agency types when it comes to price secured, according to new research from data firm...

Properties that are slow to sell are typically commanding a discount of up to 17% off England’s average house price, research...

There has been plenty of movement in the property jobs market this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

Agents continued to report a buoyant market in May despite cost of living concerns. The latest Housing Market Report from trade body...

Estate agents use their experience, knowledge, and connections to help people to sell properties at the best prices. Working in this field...

The market’s likely to slow this year as the rising cost of living saps some buyer confidence, so agents are understandably...

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

The PropTech network Coadjute, which says it will ultimately slash the time it takes to move house by as much as...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A regional wing of Fine & Country has reported a record month - and puts it down to the self-employed ‘associate’ business model...

Online agency Purplebricks says an absence of technology in property details is one of the biggest turn-offs for potential buyers. A survey...

A quick buy firm which typically purchases homes from sellers at below market levels has accused estate agents and the private...

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

A quick buy firm boasting it has ‘sold’ a home within six days also says it now takes 140 days on...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

It must have been a close thing on Friday as to whose faces were looking the most glum - those at...

The online estate agency Settled appears to have ceased trading with its customers refunded. It was launched in 2014 by former Google...

EweMove is this week hosting a webinar in a bid to win recruits to its hybrid model from agents who may...

One of the few agents anywhere in the British Isles who has returned to something like normal working has revealed new...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

A website has slammed the idea that there is a surge of interest in buying homes on Boxing Day, describing the...

A leading estate agent has urged others in the industry to follow his example and make local TV programmes to build...

There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...

A north of England estate agency is marking its 160th anniversary with the pledge to announce an acquisition by the end...

Online estate agency Housesimple has appointed a company to handle its public relations and social media as it rolls it its...

Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...

Homeowners will be able to extend properties more easily instead of moving home. In a surprise announcement this morning - less than...

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...

It’s no secret that the UK’s housing sector is in crisis. Headlines scream about the shortage of new-build homes. TV pundits...

Customer experience (CX) will largely determine the future of estate agency in the UK. This is now a key battleground for...

High-end agency Harrods Estates is not content with selling homes in London’s infamous challenging market - now it’s marketing a box...

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

An online auction platform which works with estate agents says this method of selling homes works, with four sales in one...

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...

An estate agency is pioneering a new business model in which it charges no commission whatsoever to the vendor. Freeagent247, an online...

The former head of Humberts’ country house department, who has spent 30 years selling homes, has switched to buying. Jeremy Campbell-Harris was...

The new owner of Humberts says he would consider acquiring or working alongside existing agencies who want to be part of...

The Welsh estate agency Jeffrey Ross has opened its fourth branch in Cardiff, with a former Savills agent as its head....

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

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

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

The other day I met with two agents who have 30 years of property sales experience between them, and yet also...

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

A former director at London agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has taken a swipe at agencies that have made knee-jerk changes...

It’s been a trend developing in the past few months - estate agents increasingly flirting with the idea of selling homes...

Horton Estate Agents - a hybrid agency which nonetheless claims to have ‘offices’ - says it will expand into 15 new...

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...

It’s not happening here (yet) but several articles on US websites have started talking up the possibility of Amazon going into...

It’s that time of year again – peak conference/event season. And, while Brexit and a shock snap general election are dominating...

The average cost of moving home in the UK was £9,472 in 2016 according to a survey by the Centre for...

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

The bitter war of words against Purplebricks waged by the fledgling Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents reached a new...

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

A City consultancy has noted every property advertised on Rightmove in recent months and will track them throughout 2017 in a...

The Keller Williams franchise agency, one of the largest in the world, is relaunching in the UK on Wednesday with the...

No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

Agents selling homes at the high end of the market have generally welcomed the Daily Telegraph campaign to persuade the Chancellor...

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

Some of this week’s headlines - ‘Firms must list foreign workers’ and ‘NHS to no longer rely on foreign doctors’ -...

An equity specialist has warned that shareholders may now choose this is the time to sell their stakes in Purplebricks because...

More estate agents are using – or at least considering using – virtual reality viewings as part of their services. But what...

With almost a fifth of house sales in Britain collapsing every year, it’s now more vital than ever that we –...

As I sit and write this piece, even with the FTSE 100 back up and sterling having recovered some of its...

One of London’s most outspoken estate agents claims the prime minister who succeeds David Cameron could appoint a chancellor who will...

eMoov has announced that it has secured a loan of £500,000 to help it expand into lettings, international transactions and license...

I started work in 1966 in Exeter with Fox & Sons then moved to a local company in Honiton soon after....

First of all, welcome back everyone. Hope everyone had a great and relaxing break for Christmas and New Year. (Is anyone...

Online estate agent Purplebricks has now completed its pre-Christmas IPO with shares initially valued at £240m. It’s the latest news that...

After a week of criticism from some parts of the industry, OnTheMarket has released a series of testimonials from agents who say...

Like many people these days I rarely make a significant purchase without first checking out online reviews.   Whether it’s for a...

It’s always interesting when Which? produces a report that includes estate agency. It asked 1,990 people their views on buying and selling...