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Two of the most outspoken agents in the industry have criticised those calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday...

A national newspaper is today launching a campaign for the stamp duty holiday to be extended. The Daily Telegraph says its campaign...

Independent agents inspired by the Say No To Rightmove campaign are to launch a rival portal next month. Wearethemarket is a portal...

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

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...

Countrywide, which is thought to have closed over a fifth of its branches in recent years, has opened a new office...

The second England-wide lockdown is here. The good news is that this time round, the property market remains open for business,...

Aspire, the six-branch south west London agency, has dropped its previous franchise structure and reverted to being owned outright by its...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

A reassessment of an independent agency’s activities during the Coronavirus crisis has led to it merging with a local franchise operation. Maison...

One of the victims of a notorious estate agency price fixing cartel has spoken out against one of the offenders.  Christina Davis...

Zoopla has been awarded £50,000 of premium ad space with the Telegraph Media Group in recognition of a campaign to help the UK...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

Steve, his name was. Steve, the board man. A rather frightening man, if truth be told. When I started at Foxtons, he used...

A branch of London agency Foxtons has been targeted by a group of political agitators called Beyond Politics, which says it’s...

Two estate agency directors have been disqualified by the Competition and Markets Authority after taking part in an illegal price fixing...

A mystery group, believed to consist of high-level former agents and suppliers, is asking the industry for its feedback on current...

Strutt & Parker is the latest agency to attract hundreds of prospective vendors and buyers to a ‘keep in touch’ webinar. Last...

Over the past few weeks, estate agents have been forced to close high street branches and adapt to working from home,...

In normal times, the Winkworth team based at their Notting Hill office in west London would head to the fashionable Walmer...

Industry…we salute you. We thought we may have no good deeds to pass on to readers this week because of the...

The stamp duty surcharge for non-resident investment buyers announced in yesterday’s Budget is dwarfed by discounts they receive thanks to the...

Sellers who failed to mention a motel and diner being constructed nearby have been ordered by a court to pay £285,000...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

Annual house price growth increased to 4.1 per cent in January, up slightly from the end of 2019, according to Halifax...

Following on from the second half of the last decade, the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit mad...

A law firm has spoken out about two possible problems in the government’s much-publicised idea of considering Reservation Agreements as a...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

Recent Zoopla reports stating that first-time buyers are deciding against purchasing one-bedroom flats came as no surprise to me, or I’m...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...

If you haven’t noticed, it’s November already - a month where it’s increasingly popular for men to grow moustaches for charity....

Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...

The Advertising Standards Authority has clamped down on misleading claims made by the organisers of a property raffle. The controversy surrounds an...

There’s been an encouraging increase in property transaction volumes according to new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. The total number of...

Yopa – launched in 2015 as part of the new breed of hybrid operators seeking to shake up the industry –...

In a revival of the Natter’s day in the life of series, I catch up with Rajeev Nayyar, managing director of...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

A new online estate agency has attacked the industry for being “largely cloaked and ambiguous” - and says that of all...

Akshay Ruparelia, the 21 year old who founded the online agency Doorsteps while he was still in sixth form, has called for...

This week, you find me in Italy. Now that we’ve entered that languid month of August, where all of real estate...

Keller Williams continues to drive culture, mentality, and process transformation by partnering with DocuSign to enable electronic signatures. It’s another lesson in...

Some estate agents are charging as much as 2.9 per cent commission according to a survey by comparison website GetAgent. While the...

Estate and letting agents are being urged to check that they are signed up with an approved redress scheme that covers...

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...

The PropTech era is changing the way in which employees decide where they are going to work. As CBRE has discovered in...

Jamie Lester, the London estate agent who starred in The Apprentice almost a decade ago, has set up a property industry...

This week, I want to take a look at the Israeli startup, Venn, an urban revitalisation firm which has recently received...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

Research from OnTheMarket shows that 40 per cent of London homes costing around £1m have only two bedrooms or fewer. And only...

Property developing is an incredibly diverse and exciting career choice, and something that many people aspire to do in the UK.  I...

The Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally found that four agencies broke competition law by taking part in a price fixing...

Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policy that was implemented in 2012 was designed to make staying and residing in the UK as...

A new service which aims to provide estate and letting agents with what it calls “game changing” access to property data...

NAEA and ARLA Propertymark have launched an initiative called Propertymark Inspire to promote training and compliance awareness amongst agents.  A statement says the...

It’s not often we can enjoy beautiful sunshine on bank holidays, but I suppose this one was a particularly blessed weekend,...

By the time you read this article, I’ll be in Nigeria. My first ever visit to the continent of Africa. Sitting here...

Four high-profile industry figures have sent an open letter urging agents to think about what they call “smarter marketing” in a...

Hello and here we go with yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly opportunity to herald the unsung efforts of our...

Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...

Are you a real Doctor? Not in the conventional sense no, sorry to disappoint! I’m Tom Durrant and I’m the Creative Director...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

For my final EAT contribution of 2018, I’ve put together a list of Christmas gifts that you could buy your PropTech-loving...

It is something of an understatement to say that we are in challenging times. BREXIT is unresolved and we wait with...

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...

A senior figure in the Knight Frank agency says those buyers who may be expecting Brexit-inspired bargains in the so-called ‘super...

He’s got a fax machine for PropTech, he’s got an answerphone so he’s open 24/7, and he’s got 2.5 per cent...

New data from Barclays Mortgages suggests Britons are now likely to stay in their homes for almost 19 years between house...

It’s the most obvious visual medium high street agents have at their disposal, and for many decades has been absolutely pivotal...

One of the founders of Purplebricks is on course to create what the BBC calls “one of the biggest game-changers in...

One of London’s highest profile and most outspoken estate agent chiefs has scolded ‘Maybot’ Theresa May on the day she is to...

Those of you who receive (and read) my Sunday PropTech Review will know that, by far and away, the most shared...

Young adults rather than the older generations are driving demand in the waterside living market, according to Strutt & Parker. The agent's...

The new owner of Humberts is to ultimately close many of the traditional branches and move to what he is calling...

The dream may be over but the return to reality can at least be staged in the spirit of an England...

The dream goes on, and as England eases into the World Cup semi-finals, our agents’ reviews of their games continue -...

Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...

An outspoken estate agent has given the government a clear message - get off our backs , ease the red tape...

The Court of Appeal has overturned controversial fraud decisions which have a bearing on agents’ and conveyancers’ responsibilities for checking buyers’...

Four estate agencies have opened new branches, either as a result of expansion or because of acquisitions. Homes4u has opened a futuristic...

Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - it’s a bumper edition with plenty of fantastic fund-raising going...

Welcome to another edition of Agents Do Charity, the weekly round-up of fund-raising from across our industry. With spring looking like it’s...

The comparison site Reallymoving, which allows users to get online quotes for conveyancers, surveyors and removal firms, has acquired the property...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

Online estate agent eMoov recently set itself apart by directly addressing the issues of openness and transparency that have long dogged the online business...

One of the more puzzling questions in London's estate agency industry has been resolved - how a company which appears to...

I’ve written before about the impact of headlines on the property industry. Interest rate speculation.   Market booms and busts. Demand...

When a tenant failed to pay any rent after the first month his tenancy last year, the landlord did not expect...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says more women should enter estate agency and other property sectors across the land and...

Mortgage broker The Mortgage Hut has signed distribution deals with Century 21, Taylor Hill & Bond, Aspire Estate Agents and Wayne...

MPL Interiors has not one but two brilliant things to give away this summer. We want to encourage as many estate...

Given the shift change in the estate agent world at the moment, with online models becoming more prevalent (think easyProperty’s £60...

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

To give you a nice distraction from the post-election madness, here’s an interview with Charlie Wright, founder of CIELA (or The...

Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of...

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...

The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...

Over 250,000 non-homeowners appear to have given up on the dream of owning their own property in the past year alone,...

What does it say on your business card? Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman, The World Property Network, www.twpn.com  and TheWorldPropertyNetwork.com                                  What is The World Property Network...

Jamie Lester, the former Apprentice reality TV star who ran a high-profile estate agency in London until last autumn, has resurfaced...

Humberts - until now known as an agency operating predominantly in market towns across southern England - is opening a Mayfair office in...

By Wednesday April 19th, a UK citizen, on an average income, had earned £7,789 from their day job so far this...

It’s been a week dominated by an embarrassing U-turn in political circles. But when it comes to fund-raising, agents aren’t for...

Let’s not be distressed that we’re already over 10 per cent of the way through the year - yes, really -...

At least one estate agency and one letting agency have been listed on a ‘name and shame’ roll-call of companies not...

A post-Christmas treat this week, as I carry out a Q & A with one of the leading figures in property,...

Each year the London Stock Exchange lists 1,000 firms in a league table entitled ‘Companies To Inspire Britain’ and for the...

Listening to all the coverage of the tenant fee ban, all I hear is consumer groups talking about how some agents...

One of Britain’s most respected veteran estate agents, Hugh Dunsmore-Hardy, is urging new recruits to the industry to join what he...

Data just released from the Land Registry shows that the average price of a property in the UK is now £218,964...

Thanks so much for a bumper selection of charity deeds this week - as an industry we can be proud of...

The Labour Party claims there has been a strikingly large reduction in the number of under-45s who own a home -...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

JLL and CBRE are the joint sole agents for Spire London, which at 771 feet and 67 storeys is to be the...

The sales website Home claims that London house prices have dropped an average of 1.2 per cent in the past four...

Estate Agents may say they are different. They may even believe they are different. But, the perception of many vendors is that...

Britain’s gathering Olympics medal haul is heart-warming, but our heroes in Rio are not the only ones doing great work and...

It’s the height of holiday season but despite the rival attractions of traffic jams and airport delays, many agents are still...

A client recently told me how much their estate agency spends on advertising and marketing every year.  It wasn’t pennies, and even...

Rightmove’s latest house price index, covering two weeks either side of the EU referendum at the end of June, suggests average...

The haemorrhage of Labour spokespeople now includes the party’s respected shadow housing minister John Healey. His letter to party leader Jeremy Corbyn...

It's great to hear how new proptech is being embraced by a number of front line agents in order to network...

The summer term – rounders, cricket and hayfever. It's also the last dash before the housing market supposedly closes down for...

Government figures claim almost 50,000 households in council and other forms of social housing have taken up their Right To Buy...

When, during his budget speech, George Osborne announced Capital Gains Tax (CGT) was going down to 20%, I experienced a mix...

Yet another agency is opening a new office in Greater London - this time it is Century 21 UK which has...

Aspire estate agency has opened its ninth office in south west London at Raynes Park, SW20. It is “doing a Foxtons” by...

In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given the opportunity to give their views on proposed...

The founder and co-owner of hybrid estate agency EweMove has written to the chief executive of the OnTheMarket portal, lavishly praising...

It’s Halloween weekend but the spirit that burns in many estate agents is a force for good not evil - as...

Stephen Moss, CEO of Pring.co.uk the UK’s leading property investment search engine, takes a look at the impact of ‘Corbynmania’ on...

Agents' Giving: No less than £20,000 has been raised at the Agents Giving Ball where Phil Spencer and 240 of the...

So, has everyone been enjoying the fine summer weather we’ve been experiencing? Oh, wait…fear not, I will attempt to inject a...

Lord Sugar is to work with former TV Dragon and interior design guru Kelly Hoppen to design luxury apartments in the...

The huge publicity surrounding the high prices of parking bays that have been sold in some parts of prime central London...

The government claims that over 36,000 new home owners have been created through Right to Buy since 2012. Figures released by the...

Poldark, a period drama recently on the BBC, has inspired a new trend dubbed the 'Poldark Effect'.  Rather than an increase in...

If the first few hours of the new government’s approach to housing are anything to go by, it could be a...

Two estate agencies have closed on the island of Guernsey in recent months, blaming ‘crisis’ market conditions.  Property Link closed earlier this year...

Thanks to everyone for keeping our readers updated on what’s happening in the world of estate agency charity fund-raising. This week’s updates...

HAVING revolutionised the face of telephone answering and outsourced switchboards in the UK, Moneypenny has launched its pioneering service in the...

Gareth Styles of Grants Independent Estate Agents, Woking writes: When considering opening a new office in Woking Surrey I met with several...