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![Agents Do Charity - bikes, hikes and megabytes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla named data partner for Channel 4 property show](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Zoopla has been named as the official data partner of the latest series of popular Channel 4 programme ‘Worst House on...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Keep Up! - agents group promotes networking (and net-walking)](/upload/images/shutterstock_2452709507.jpg)
The Guild of Property Professionals is trying to encourage more networking between its members. A series of local meetings are being hosted...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![‘Disappointing’ number of agents selling homes within 30 days - research](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
Just 14% of properties currently listed for sale within the last 30 days have found a buyer, new research suggests. Agency comparison...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent celebrates eight-day contract exchange](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Redbrik Estate Agents is celebrating exchanging on a transaction in just eight days. The milestone was achieved using its SecureMove service, which...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the best city for First Time Buyers today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
A new analysis of the housing market has assessed 50 cities in the UK to establish which is best for first...
26 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Northern cities are UK property hotspots, says new report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/A%20surveyor's%20guide%20to%20finding%20a%20profitable%20HMO.jpg)
The cities of Liverpool, Nottingham and Manchester have enjoyed the biggest house price rises since pre-Covid. Despite interest rates at a 13-year...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Former TPFG training lead takes on two branches](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
Martin & Co’s Sheffield and Worksop branches are under new ownership, with former The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) training expert Dean...
04 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents losing almost £500 per month due to lower house prices - claim](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/TenancyDeposit-400x310.png)
Cooling house prices are resulting in the average estate agent losing around £441 of per month, research suggests. Hybrid agent Nested has...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents sold an average of 5.3 homes per month in 2022](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousingMarket_400x310.png)
Estate agents across Britain sold 5.3 homes on average each month in 2022, new research suggests. Analysis by Nested has found there...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Only 41% of homes in England meet recommend energy rating](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC6-400x310.png)
New 2023 research from Open Property Group found that just 41% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate...
29 March 2023
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - kindness towards the kids](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
Agents haven't let the festive season get in the way of supporting good causes, and there is a big focus on...
16 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Regional agent launches cost of living guides to support buyers and sellers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy_EstateAgent-400x310.png)
South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire estate agency Redbrik has launched a campaign to help the public cope with the rising cost of living. The...
24 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight – where are the nation’s best-performing estate agents?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
New research from GetAgent has outlined where the UK’s best-performing estate agents are currently located when it comes to the price secured...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![‘Slow to sell properties’ command discounts of up to 17% - research](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Balance-400x310.jpg)
Properties that are slow to sell are typically commanding a discount of up to 17% off England’s average house price, research...
12 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed! The regional hotspots where agents are using virtual tours](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/VirtualViewing-CoreLogic-400x310.jpg)
Adoption of virtual tours among estate agents remain low but new data suggests they could boost sales. Industry analysis shows just 4%...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed! Where agents sold homes above asking price last year](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertySold-400x310.jpg)
Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![A smart acquisition: Vouch and Goodlord 18 months on](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransaction-400x310.jpg)
In July 2020, two leading lettings technology disruptors - Vouch and Goodlord - announced that they were going into partnership. Now,...
02 April 2022
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - never too early in the year to fund-raise…](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
Welcome to 2022 and the first Agents Do Charity of the New Year. We’re all learning to live with Covid a little...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![How to promote fruitful relationships with your local conveyancers](/upload/images/library/Millennials-Handshake-400x310.jpg)
As you are no doubt aware, building mutually beneficial relationships with conveyancers in your local area can not only make your...
27 October 2021
From: Features
![Are agents’ fees falling because of increased competition?](/upload/images/library/OpenSign-400x310.jpg)
An analysis of estate agencies in 21 major cities suggests a big rise in competing companies, prompting risks of fee wars between...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents have sold seven in every 10 homes in current market](/img/default/eat.png)
A much higher than usual proportion of homes on sale in the current market have successfully found a buyer, according to...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty cliff-edge means price renegotiations underway](/img/default/eat.png)
Price renegotiations are underway between buyers and sellers in danger of missing Wednesday’s stamp duty holiday deadline, says Knight Frank. The agency...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Cities and Flats are Back! Demand switches from rural to urban](/img/default/eat.png)
An analysis of over 1.6m listings by Rightmove shows a big return to normality - demand for smaller city centre properties...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Desire for apartment living remains strong, insists property firm](/img/default/eat.png)
While lengthy lockdowns have caused many to re-evaluate their homes, the apartment lifestyle remains an ambition for many. That’s the view of...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Holiday has been a con, suggests property firm chief](/img/default/eat.png)
The stamp duty holiday has backfired and buyers almost everywhere are paying more for homes, rather than less. StripeHomes analysed house price...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Estate agency opens click and collect coffee shop](/img/default/eat.png)
A Sheffield estate agency is pioneering a new form of branch office - one that sells homes at the same time...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - more appointments news from across the UK](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![A flat white and a flat please: Agency opens branches with coffee shops](/img/default/eat.png)
A north of England agency is opening two new branches which will also have coffee shops and deli counters. Redbrik’s two new...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![How can PropTech adapt within an uncertain market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Ever since the initial ripples of innovation in the 1990s, PropTech has proceeded to reshape our market beyond recognition; going on...
19 December 2020
From: Features
![10 days to go - more Christmas pictures and a video here](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the final full working week before Christmas 2020. With everyone pre-occupied with Covid, the festive season has crept...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Where will agents find the most lucrative housing markets?](/img/default/eat.png)
New research attempts for the first time to identify the most lucrative property markets in the country - with surprising results...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Commercial office space of the future](/img/default/eat.png)
With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Where do you appear? New league table shows listings per branch](/img/default/eat.png)
A new league table shows how many listings exist per agency in 23 different cities across the UK. The analysis looks at the...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Average sale price is £13k below asking, new survey shows](/img/default/eat.png)
The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Leading online agency Housesimple rebrands with immediate effect](/img/default/eat.png)
The online agency Housesimple has rebranded to become 'Strike' with immediate effect. The news comes as a surprise given the apparent success...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents give better treatment to buyers with British accents - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A new study of British agents suggests that buyers with accents from most of the rest of the world receive less...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property supply and demand - what's the latest and what's in store?](/img/default/eat.png)
We recently issued our Zoopla House Price Index, which analyses the latest real-time trends from the sales market. In our analysis, we...
04 July 2020
From: Features
![House prices to rise further over next three months - Zoopla](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agency spurred on by crisis to complete acquisition in weeks](/img/default/eat.png)
A regional agency says the Coronavirus crisis was the opportunity for it to complete a takeover of a rival company in...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove says vast majority of buyers will go ahead after lockdown](/img/default/eat.png)
A study by Rightmove suggests that 94 per cent of buyers and sellers currently in the market are determined to go...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Average sale price was 4% below asking in pre-Boris bounce period](/img/default/eat.png)
Sellers in the past 12 months accepted an average of 96 per cent of their asking price according to new research. Comparison...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - from Down Under to the London Marathon…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the end of the week…which must mean Agents Do Charity. There’s plenty to admire in this week’s entries;...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Two-tier system can produce winners if landlords are prepared to move](/img/default/eat.png)
After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...
01 February 2020
From: Features
![Boris Bounce means buyer demand soaring across the UK](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla’s Hometrack data research arm says the start of 2020 has seen buyer demand up 26 per cent compared to the...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Online firm Housesimple claims it’s second largest agency in part of UK](/img/default/eat.png)
Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands. The offer is...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit: industry at loggerheads over its impact on the market](/img/default/eat.png)
Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Flying the nest - average age of first-time buyer revealed](/img/default/eat.png)
The average age of a first-time buyer in the UK is 27, according to research from Nested.com. The online estate agency says...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Homes sell for 96 per cent of asking price in England and Wales](/img/default/eat.png)
Sellers across England and Wales achieve an average 95.94 per cent of their asking price according to research from estate agency...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the worst location in the country for gazumping](/img/default/eat.png)
Gazumping is alive and well in much of the country, despite the slowdown in the property market, according to new research...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agency to sell all homes for free: is this the future or a stunt?](/img/default/eat.png)
Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - your weekly round-up of the big moves](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your weekly chance to catch up on major moves in our industry. Everyone here has...
11 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - your one-stop-shop for the industry's jobs news](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...
11 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons could blossom 'by moving beyond London and going online' - Quirk](/img/default/eat.png)
The former chief executive of Emoov says he has the answer to Foxtons’ current downbeat performance - it should exploit its...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![£7.29 TRILLION - amazing value of UK’s fast-growing housing stock](/img/default/eat.png)
There may be a cloud over the economy right now but growth of 2.7 per cent in house prices last year...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Buyers warned: Don’t cut corners by trying DIY conveyancing](/img/default/eat.png)
Hard-pressed buyers who try to minimise house moving costs by doing their own conveyancing have been warned of the disastrous consequences...
15 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - £1m to £1...it's all hugely appreciated](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another chance to hear about the remarkable fund-raising done by our...
28 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today: what's the latest industry employment news?](/img/default/eat.png)
As the property market gears up for a busy autumn period, agents and property firms have been equally busy bolstering their...
10 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity – from Sheffield to Monte Carlo, via Aylesbury](/img/default/eat.png)
As summer turns to autumn over the next few weeks, that won't stop the nation's agents and property professionals from raising...
31 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks: interview gives insight into LPE recruitment structure](/img/default/eat.png)
An interview in an online magazine aimed at the small business sector lifts the lid on some of the structure surrounding...
18 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![NIMBYs tell government: We won't be bribed over new homes](/img/default/eat.png)
The government has published the findings of research which suggest that very few local opponents to new homes will be bought...
21 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property auctions market round-up Q1 2017](/img/default/eat.png)
Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...
06 May 2017
From: Features
![New independent housing research unit to launch this summer](/img/default/eat.png)
A substantial new research body is to be launched this summer with a remit of looking at six overlapping aspects of...
12 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![The world is your oyster! Q & A with AIPP’s Peter Robinson](/img/default/eat.png)
Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...
01 April 2017
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - the half term edition...](/img/default/eat.png)
Let’s not be distressed that we’re already over 10 per cent of the way through the year - yes, really -...
17 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Eastern promise! Focus on Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire](/img/default/eat.png)
The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...
11 February 2017
From: Features
![Property auctions market round-up Q4 ‘16](/img/default/eat.png)
No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...
21 January 2017
From: Features
![University claims top house builders enjoying soaring profits](/img/default/eat.png)
A university claims house builders are securing “soaring profits” despite the worsening housing shortage across the country. Research by Sheffield Hallam's Centre...
17 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: online agents – where are they now?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. When the idea behind the world wide...
19 August 2016
From: Features
![Does Brexit mean the end of the Northern Powerhouse?](/img/default/eat.png)
Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...
29 July 2016
From: Features
![Sheffield is primed for growth: explains why Chinese will invest £1bn](/img/default/eat.png)
Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...
22 July 2016
From: Features
![Agency amends website after first time buyer complaint to watchdog](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agency has amended its website after being contacted by the Advertising Standards Authority following a complaint from a member...
29 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Unpicking the new world of estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s official; the estate agency business is tougher than ever. Contrary to perceptions that may exist amongst observers and even clients, the...
24 June 2016
From: Features
![Three branch agency announces return to Zoopla](/img/default/eat.png)
A three branch estate agency has announced that it has returned to Zoopla from OnTheMarket. Staves Estate Agents, which has offices in...
17 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sheffield: an example of how a local authority can enforce compliance](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been nearly a year since all lettings and property management agents have been legally required to join a redress scheme...
25 September 2015
From: Features
![Gazumping is not all bad news](/img/default/eat.png)
We’re all familiar with 'gazumping' – most us have been 'gazumped' or indeed been the perpetrators of this practice, for it...
11 September 2015
From: Features
![Gazumping on the decline, says eMoov](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of buyers being gazumped has fallen by 40% since October 2014, according to online estate agent eMoov. The agency surveyed...
25 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - the bumper edition...](/img/default/eat.png)
We’re always happy to publicise your agency’s efforts to help those who cannot help themselves, and we’re delighted that this week’s...
07 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![North-South house price divide deepens, warns Hometrack](/img/default/eat.png)
UK house prices have increased by an average of £11,500 over the last 12 months to May - but seven cities...
26 June 2015
From: Breaking News
![Can we panic yet?](/img/default/eat.png)
When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...