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![TPFG acquires Fine & Country and The Guild](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Fine & Country and The Guild of Property Professionals have been revealed as the next acquisition for The Property Franchise Group...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Unintended consequences of 'rushed' leasehold law](/upload/images/5%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Unintended%20consequences%20of%20rushed%20leasehold%20law%20By%20Mark%20Chick.jpg)
In what are some of the biggest changes to the residential leasehold sector in the last 21 years since the Commonhold...
01 June 2024
From: Features
![After delays, departures and disruption, Renters (Reform) Bill finally runs out of steam](/upload/images/3%20--%20After%20delays%20departures%20and%20disruption%20RRB%20runs%20out%20of%20steam.jpg)
The Government’s controversial Renters (Reform) Bill has fallen victim to Rishi Sunak’s election announcement and has been shelved. The legislation – which...
25 May 2024
From: Features
![Agents do Charity - walking the walk](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...
24 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Latest Rightmove and FCS Compliance AML webinar announced](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_AML-400x310.png)
Rightmove has revealed details of its latest anti-money laundering (AML) webinar. The next event, in partnership with FCS Compliance, is titled 10...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Expert tips on how conveyancers can mitigate risk of negligence claims](/upload/images/3%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Weekend%20feature-%20Expert%20tips%20on%20how%20conveyancers%20can%20mitigate%20risk%20of%20negligence%20claims%20By%20Jonathan%20Stebbings%20.jpg)
The vast majority of negligence claims against conveyancers are for relatively low sums of money, but the financial and reputational costs...
20 April 2024
From: Features
![Key actions conveyancers must take to protect against fraud risk](/upload/images/5%20PROOFED%20Conveyancers%20urged%20to%20increase%20vigilance%2C%20risk%20assessment%20and%20safeguarding%20measures%20to%20protect%20against%20fraud%20By%20Jonathan.jpg)
Fraud poses a significant challenge for residential conveyancers, with criminals often attempting to exploit the transaction process for money laundering purposes. The...
13 April 2024
From: Features
![Connells Group becomes first estate agency to be NHQB accredited supplier](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Connells Group has become the first estate agency brand to be named an accredited supplier by the New Homes Quality Board...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Connells Group boosts affordable housing offering](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
Connells Group has boosted its affordable housing offering after appoint Roy Hind as a director. Hind has been named affordable housing director...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Optimism in residential housing in Scotland as the market proves its resilience](/upload/images/3%20Optimism%20is%20Scottish%20property%20market%20-%20weekend%20feature%20by%20John%20McHugh%2C%20Managing%20Partner%20of%20DM%20Hall%20Chartered%20Surveyors_.jpg)
Stress tests are a valuable tool for measuring resilience and the Scottish residential property market was put through a fairly gruelling...
30 March 2024
From: Features
![How estate agents can help win the war on financial crime](/upload/images/4%20--%20Proofed%20--%20How%20estate%20agents%20cn%20help%20with%20the%20war%20against%20financial%20crime%20-%20weekend%20feature.jpg)
Financial crime within the property sector is on the rise and the stats are alarming. According to data from Apex Bridging,...
23 March 2024
From: Features
![Common Pitfalls: Avoiding Fines in UK Property Transactions](/upload/images/6%20%20Proofed%20--%20Common%20pitfalls%20avoiding%20fines%20By%20Gary%20Hemming%2C%20Finance%20Advisor%2C%20ABC%20Finance.jpg)
As you begin the process of property transactions in the UK, it's important to understand potential pitfalls that may result in...
16 March 2024
From: Features
![Property expert slams 1% mortgages as Government considers introduction](/upload/images/1%20Property%20expert%20slams%201%25%20mortgages%20weekend%20feature%20By%20Charlie%20Davidson.jpg)
The Government’s proposal to introduce a new 1% deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder is unworkable...
24 February 2024
From: Features
![More than 3,000 estate agents at risk of fines and prison for failing to register with HMRC for AML supervision](/upload/images/3%20--%20Cameron%20--%20EAT%201%5EJ000%20feature%20Feb%202024%20non%20compliance%20(002)%20by%20Martin%20Cheek.jpg)
Digital compliance specialist SmartSearch can help estate agents comply quickly and efficiently Around one in five estate agents are not registered for...
24 February 2024
From: Features
![Warm words and cold comfort on the menu for Budget Day](/upload/images/3%20Warm%20words%20and%20cold%20comfort%2C%20by%20Rollo%20Miles.jpg)
Last weekend, Levelling Up and Housing Secretary, Michael Gove wrote in the Sunday Times that the nation’s housing crisis was so...
17 February 2024
From: Features
![Brownfield building sites ‘not silver bullet’ to solve housing crisis - warning](/upload/images/shutterstock_769272595.jpg)
Building on brownfield sites may not be the silver bullet it is made out to be, the government has been warned. Housing...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent hails success of conveyancing referral partnership](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Recruitment-400x310.png)
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
![Homebuyers postpone purchase plans after ‘disappointing’ Autumn Statement](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Around half of homebuyers will continue to postpone plans to purchase a property after the Autumn Statement failed to provide sufficient...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - I feel the need. The need for speed-ier house purchases](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
It was actor Charlies Sheen who said: ‘I have one speed. I have one gear. Go!’ The same might not be said...
25 November 2023
From: Features
![Agent sacked by eXp after TV allegations](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Self-employed agency brand eXp has terminated the contract of agent Ian Wyn-Jones following allegations about his working practices. Wyn-Jones, who joined eXp...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Client money accounting made easy with PayProp](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp_SC_Oct23.png)
A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...
26 October 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Connells’ David Plumtree celebrates 35 years of service](/upload/images/shutterstock_576245266.jpg)
David Plumtree, group chief executive, estate agency at Connells Group is marking 35 years with the business this week. He joined the...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Party leaders quiet on PRS at conferences](/upload/images/2%20Party%20leaders%20quiet%20on%20PRS%20at%20conferences%20-%20PayProp%20PR%20Op-ed%20by%20Neil%20Cobbold.jpg)
Housing supply rather than the private rented sector (PRS) made the headlines during the Conservative and Labour Party conferences this year...
14 October 2023
From: Features
![Agency recruiter expands into financial services](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Agency recruitment firm Rayner Personnel has launched a financial services division. It will be led by Daniel Clow, who has held senior...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Check-out Report Shortcuts Every Letting Agent Should Know](/upload/images/__thumbs/3%20IH%20Check%20Out%20Report%20Shortcuts%20Article%20by%20Richard%20Abbots%2C%20Inventory%20Hive.jpg/3%20IH%20Check%20Out%20Report%20Shortcuts%20Article%20by%20Richard%20Abbots%2C%20Inventory%20Hive__400x225.jpg)
The end of a tenancy can be busy and stressful. As the letting agent, you’ll have many plates spinning to move...
02 September 2023
From: Features
![Marketing expert: House of agency brands strategy is ‘inefficient’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
An industry marketing expert has questioned the strategies of ‘house of brand’ agencies. Writing exclusively for Estate Agent Today, Simon Leadbetter, former...
01 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Jonathan Rolande: Are we set for a day dedicated to home ownership dreams?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Uncertainty over interest rates continues to dominate the thoughts of many working in the property sector. Here in his latest column property...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Housing market still in doldrums despite mortgage rate cuts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Mortgage lenders are at last cutting their rates on some deals, confident that the Bank of England’s base rate may rise...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![The Growing Risk of Summertime Overheating](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Sava/EAT%20image%20(4)(1).png)
It is no secret that our climate is getting warmer. 2022 was one of the six warmest years on record globally,...
31 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![It’s Do-or-Die for housing market tomorrow - new warning](/upload/images/shutterstock_1888304338.jpg)
The publication of inflation figures by the government tomorrow will be a Do-Or-Die moment for the housing market, it’s been claimed. At...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Estate agents need to know: How can digital ID tools help you with AML?](/upload/images/1%20Software-400x310.png)
Tackling economic crime is part of the day job for estate agents. But how can the latest digital ID tools help...
12 July 2023
From: Features
01 July 2023
From: Features
![Details revealed for latest Rightmove AML webinar](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_AML-400x310.png)
Anti-money laundering (AML) specialist FCS Compliance has unveiled the latest in its series of collaborative webinars with Rightmove. The next session on...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Don't be the restaurant that doesn’t turn the a/c on in the summer…](/upload/images/__thumbs/3%20ESTAS%20June%20Thought%20Leadership%20article%20FINAL_20_06_23%20by%20Simon%20Brown%20Founder%20The%20ESTAS%20Group.jpg/3%20ESTAS%20June%20Thought%20Leadership%20article%20FINAL_20_06_23%20by%20Simon%20Brown%20Founder%20The%20ESTAS%20Group__400x226.jpg)
It’s a brave business owner who actually invites criticism. I speak from the personal experience of asking the opinions of the...
24 June 2023
From: Features
![Interest rate rise: Agents warn of weaker demand and forced sales](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
The latest interest rate rise has heightened the risk of forced sales and buyers shying away from the market, agents have...
23 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Connells boss announces retirement plans](/upload/images/shutterstock_102146080%20(1).jpg)
Connells group chief executive David Livesey has announced his intention to retire during 2024. Highly respected throughout the industry, Livesey joined Connells...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Former housing ministers slam Government for scrapping housebuilding targets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Two former housing ministers have criticised the Government for scrapping housebuilding targets. The Government officially watered-down proposals for mandatory local housebuilding targets...
07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons viewings hit five-year high despite first quarter sales decline](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
Foxtons completed the highest number of viewings for five years during the first quarter of 2023, giving it hopes of a...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![RICS: Sales market remains downbeat but stability is returning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
The property market remains weak but there are long-term signs of stability, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) claims. The latest...
13 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![8 common survey issues and how to resolve them](/upload/images/Blog%20Image%20-%20Couple%20Keys.png)
As an estate agent, you know that securing the sale is just step one of a successful journey. But with issues...
01 April 2023
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
It has been a busy first quarter of the year for property industry job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Condensation mould – a black mark for property](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Sava/360x280%20heading%20image%20-%20black%20mould.png)
Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...
24 February 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Charity proposes buyer bans and Stamp Duty overhaul](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty_400x310.png)
A high-profile charity is calling for a Stamp Duty overhaul, local buyer restrictions and extra charges on property purchases by landlords...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Connells Group honours its top achievers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy_EstateAgent-400x310.png)
Connells Group held its annual management conference and awards ceremony recently at MK Dons Stadium in Milton Keynes where it unveiled...
16 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla’s Valentine’s offers for agents who love to hit business targets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy_EstateAgent-400x310.png)
Zoopla has launched a six week promotion aimed at helping agents meet business objectives - and there’s a special Valentine’s deal...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![UK Government has vowed to use ‘all the tools’ to expose the ‘criminals and corrupt elites’ using the UK property market to clean their dirty cash](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AML_400x310.png)
AML experts SmartSearch warn estate agents that, with so many firms still hiding behind ‘opaque corporate structures,’ proper due diligence has...
11 February 2023
From: Features
![Most agents missed a pay rise last year - report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
Only 11% of property businesses including estate agencies increased staff pay last year, a new report officially launched next week claims. Property...
06 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Don’t leave AML checks to your accountant, agents advised](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AML_400x310.png)
Agents are being urged to keep an eye on their HMRC Government Gateway Account to ensure they don’t miss messages and...
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Discover Why YouTube Ads to Grow During 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Social%20Media/video400x310.jpg)
Being owned by Google, YouTube is the world’s 2nd largest search engine, you can find all the logical reasons online, just...
14 January 2023
From: Features
![Removal of mandatory housing targets has ‘economic consequences’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseMarketCrash-400x310.png)
The removal of housing targets risks a deeper recession and high house prices for generations to come, a planning expert has...
29 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why you need a contingency plan within your marketing strategy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/contingency%20plan400x310.jpg)
What are you going to do when something unplanned, unexpected, and unpleasant hits your brand and business? There’s no point avoiding it...
14 December 2022
From: Features
![Agents facing ‘difficult few months’ as property market dips – claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousingMarket_400x310.png)
Estate agency branches are bracing themselves for “a very difficult few months,” the National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB) claims. The NAPB...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Connells agency director reveals retirement plans](/upload/images/Logos/ConnellsGroupWhiteLogo-400x310.jpg)
Connells Group estate agency operations director Simon Arnes is set to step down next year after marking 50 years with the...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Spray foam warning issued for sellers amid new Eco scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EcoHome-400x310.png)
The Government is being urged to exclude spray foam insulation from its new Eco+ scheme aimed at improving the energy efficiency...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Elon Musk and Blue Ticks - why Twitter matters to the industry](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Social%20Media/TwitterLogo-400x310.jpg)
I’ve been on Twitter for a decade and have 23,500 followers - a gratifying number and of those a couple of...
12 November 2022
From: Features
![Landlords prepare to be buy-to-let losers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/openpropertygroup400x310.jpg)
Mortgage rate hikes have already halved landlord profits according to latest research, and a base rate rise to 2.5% will see...
02 November 2022
From: Features
![Agents must take AML seriously after huge HMRC crackdown](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/AML400X310.jpg)
Dozens of estate agents have been fined a combined total of £519,645 for failing to meet their obligations under anti-money laundering...
02 November 2022
From: Features
![Connells Group chairman announces retirement](/upload/images/Logos/ConnellsGroupWhiteLogo-400x310.jpg)
Connells Group chairman Stephen Shipperley is set to retire at the end of 2022. It comes as he marked his 45th anniversary...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![The end for Help to Buy - but who has it helped?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Buyers have until 31 October to reserve a new-build and apply for Government-backed finance before the government’s Help to Buy Equity...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Country market could avoid ‘cliff edge moment’ – Knight Frank](/upload/images/Logos/KnightFrank_NEW(red)2022_400x310.png)
There are positive signs that the country market could avoid a housing downturn, Knight Frank claims. Analysis by the agent found while...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide boss: 'Help to Buy will be missed'](/upload/images/Logos/CountrywideImage-400x310.png)
A senior new-build property professional has warned that the Help to Buy scheme will be “sorely missed” by first-time buyers once...
12 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid agent easyProperty set for new owner](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/HandshakeSuit-400x310.jpg)
Former Evolve staff are being offered £2,000 ex-gratia payments by the easyGroup after its ownership of easyProperty ended. Jason Bull, national sales...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![As HMRC reveals almost half of those falling foul of AML regulations are property firms, estate agents are urged to get their compliance in order or face the consequences](/upload/images/Back-link-images/EAT%20-%20August%20Sponsorship%20Image%20360%20x%20280.jpg)
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) recently published a list of firms that have received penalty notices for failure to meet their...
17 August 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![How to submit an offer and exchange contracts](/upload/images/library/KeysExchangeImage-400x310.jpg)
Stipendium, the platform that simplifies life’s complex events, has compiled a guide to submitting an offer and exchanging contracts, to help buyers...
26 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Opinion: Bank of England rate rises are nonsense and will increase inflation](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Bank-of-England400x310.png)
The Bank of England’s continued rise in interest rates – the latest being a shift up to 1.25% - is, in...
25 June 2022
From: Features
![Connells rewards its ‘top achievers’ with Valencia trip](/upload/images/Logos/ConnellsGroupWhiteLogo-400x310.jpg)
More than 200 “top achievers” from across the Connells Group enjoyed a four day all-expenses paid trip to Valencia earlier this...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buyers ‘worried about looking stupid’ to estate agents](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/TenantsLandlordTalking-400x310.png)
First-time buyers have admitted to feeling overwhelmed or scared to talk to estate agents about the homebuying process. A study of 2,000...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Booming sales market creates busiest ever financial year for conveyancers](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Boards-Row-400x310.jpg)
Conveyancers have had their busiest year on record, industry data shows. Search Acumen’s latest Conveyancing Market for the first quarter of 2022...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why fraud becomes a major problem in rentals during a UK recession](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Tenancy-fraud400x310.png)
We are all acutely aware of the surge in demand for rental properties in and around the capital in the months...
01 June 2022
From: Features
![Extending Right to Buy won’t fix the housing shortage](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he is considering extending Margaret Thatcher’s Right-to-Buy scheme, that gives council tenants the chance to...
14 May 2022
From: Features
![Right To Buy - what on earth is government playing at?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Mortgage-House-Keys-400x310.jpg)
What a difference two months and some local elections make. Cast your minds back to March 9 and the annual report of...
07 May 2022
From: Features
![Exclusive interview: Ex-Purplebricks agency trainer joins easyProperty](/upload/images/Logos/easy-property400x310.png)
An industry veteran who helped train Purplebricks agents has partnered with easyProperty to foster its franchisee talent. The online hybrid agent is...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why Rental Reform Is Becoming More Important By The Day](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/UKHouses2-400x310.png)
It’s easy to overestimate the importance of something in one’s own industry or work, but there seems good reason for believing...
23 April 2022
From: Features
![Fall Throughs - are mortgage lenders to blame in part?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Bridging%20finance695x400.png)
A survey of 700 borrowers by a high net worth lender suggest almost four out of 10 have lost a mortgage...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Energy squeeze threatens financial nightmare for tenants and landlords](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyLightbulb-400x310.png)
It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for...
26 March 2022
From: Features
![Russian attempts to buy property - legal warning over sanctions](/upload/images/Locations/russia%20ukraine.png)
A legal expert has warned that everyone is theoretically at risk of committing a breach of sanctions against Russia - but...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Double-digit annual house price growth now in seven UK regions](/upload/images/library/Clock-400x310.png)
The market boom goes on, for now at least. In February, house prices rose at their fastest since June 2007 according to...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Predictions 2022 - an interview with Simon Shinerock](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Plans-400x310.png)
Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...
05 March 2022
From: Features
![War and inflation may kill 2022 housing market - agents warned](/upload/images/library/interest-rate-warning-24715.png)
An analyst is warning that the latest buoyant house price figures could be the last hurrah before a significant depression. The Nationwide’s...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Affordability is the issue of the rent control argument](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CoinsHouses-2019-400x310.jpg)
The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...
02 March 2022
From: Features
![HMRC Stamp Duty Crackdown ‘may make home buying even slower’](/upload/images/library/StampDuty-2020-400x310.jpg)
HM Revenue & Customs has been warned by financial experts that its latest crackdown on stamp duty abuse could make the...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Reform of properties listings welcomed by industry leaders](/upload/images/library/OnlinePropertySearch-400x310.jpg)
Industry figures have come out in favour of the long-term programme of new compulsory information to be contained on property listings. From...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![A Lesson for Agents from the Ukraine Crisis](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/ParliamentView-400x310.jpg)
If the UK and its allies have been played by Russia over the Ukraine ‘invasion’, and it’s beginning to look that...
19 February 2022
From: Features
![Short term lets - what’s the extent of the problem?](/upload/images/Logos/Airbnb-Alt-400x310.jpg)
Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...
19 February 2022
From: Features
![“Underwhelming” business rates review is slammed by agency](/upload/images/library/interest-rate-warning-24715.png)
A consultation exercise on government proposals for its business rates review is totally “underwhelming” according to property agency Colliers. The consultation ends...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government threatens developers over cladding payments](/upload/images/library/PayingBills-400x310.jpg)
The government is threatening to deny planning consent to developers who refuse to pay towards the removal of unsafe cladding on...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight - an estate agents’ guide to AML](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-20-400x310.jpg)
The UK property industry has long been a target of fraudsters due to the low levels of transparency and the fact...
12 February 2022
From: Features
![Property Natter – my predictions for the property market in 2022](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...
15 January 2022
From: Features
![Banned: Developer kicked out of Help To Buy because of Grenfell link](/upload/images/library/CladdingScandal400x310.jpg)
A company linked to the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower is being excluded from the government’s Help to Buy scheme, pending the outcome...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive: Spot Checks on agents by Propertymark as ‘semi-regulator’](/upload/images/library/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark conducts spot checks on agents to ensure they are compliant - but perhaps gives too little publicity to its role. The...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Boris in a slump? Things WILL get better…](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
Every year we at EAT are impressed by the pleasingly political festive cards sent out by the STANLEY Chelsea agency -...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![How my predictions on agency and PropTech from recent years have come true](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HouseSearch-400x310-min.jpg)
The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...
04 December 2021
From: Features
![Estate agents urged to assess compliance procedures after sloppy AML checks lead to man’s house being stolen](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Smartsearch/EAT%20-%20Image%20.jpg)
Estate agents are being urged to ensure their compliance procedures are up to scratch after fraudsters stole a man’s identity and...
02 December 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![First Time Buyer Crisis: finding a deposit seems harder than ever](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialTenants-Tablet-400x310.jpg)
High house prices relative to average earnings make raising a deposit a big barrier for first time buyers, a new study...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Challenges facing the housing market in 2022](/upload/images/library/RowOfHouses-400x310.jpg)
It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...
17 November 2021
From: Features
![Bottled It! Sigh of relief as Bank of England keeps base rate unchanged](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has defied expectations by keeping base rate at its historic low of 0.1 per...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![HMRC uses Rightmove and Zoopla to snoop on tax payments](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
It’s been revealed that HM Revenue & Customs scours the listings on both Rightmove and Zoopla to assess whether property investors...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today - the importance of additional revenue streams for agents](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
I recently took part in a webinar hosted by ICG (The Innovation Collaboration Group) – titled ‘New estate agency revenue streams...