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Some 83% of estate agents are proud of their profession, says a new survey. The poll of 1,728 estate agents, commissioned by...

New data from one of Britain’s largest mortgage lenders shows that nearly one in five first-time buyers are now aged 40...

The jargon and complicated house moving process is deterring as many as 2.2m owners from entering the market, claims Zoopla.  The portal...

Plans to set ground rents at a ‘peppercorn rate’ are reported to have been dropped amid opposition from freehold campaigners and...

The Keller Williams UK (KWUK) brand is facing yet another restructure with its leadership in the country effectively removed. KWUK spent much...

Foxtons is set to close and consolidate some Ludlow Thompson branches as part of plans to save £3m this year. A trading...

CoStar has defended its operations after a third open letter from OnTheMarket critic Brett Stone attempted to derail the US property...

Trading Standards has insisted it is still on track to introduce parts B and C of material changes rules for property...

UK estate agents are paid one of the lowest commission rates in the world, according to a spokesperson for a leading...

The Government’s First Homes Scheme is set to be the first state-backed initiative to use digital property logbooks. It comes after a...

And suddenly it’s autumn. It’s just six weeks before the clocks change, days are getting shorter and - the real sign...

Purplebricks staff are facing job cuts just months after the takeover by Strike. A spokesperson for Purplebricks has confirmed rumours that it...

The most highly-rated agents in the UK have been revealed. Comparison website allAgents has unveiled the winners of its 2023 People Awards. These...

Labour says it will reform how land is valued under Compulsory Purchase Order powers in a bid to increase house building...

Purplebricks is marketing itself as a way for homeowners to save money while selling their home amid the cost of living...

The Government’s latest Housing Minister Lucy Frazer brings plenty of property experience as a landlord and has also indirectly received donations...

It has been a busy week for food bank collections as the temperature drops. Here are some of the ways property professionals...

Auctioneers claim they are benefiting from a sales market slowdown as buyers rush to make use of mortgage offers and sellers...

Estate Agent Today has been told that Lecram Holdings – the investment vehicle of Adam Smith which last week increased its...

Who would be in the shoes of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng? I don’t mean who would like their power, pay and...

A new proptech platform that is building online property profiles for the UK’s 28m residential properties so owners and potential buyers...

Keller Williams’ (KW) Warwick Market Centre has closed, prompting a blame game between its former owners and the franchise brand. KW Warwick has...

Housing Secretary Greg Clark, who is also the Levelling Up Secretary, has been caught up in the storm surrounding Rishi Sunak...

Portals are aiming to boost consumer awareness of new material information rules rather than refusing non-compliant listings. Agency listings have been required...

Four estate agents have had their anti-money laundering (AML) registrations cancelled by HMRC so far this year. The taxman has published its...

More than 30 agents and property firms such as auction houses and valuers were reprimanded by HMRC for anti-money laundering breaches...

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Online agent Strike is preparing to name a home seller who will be reimbursed the equivalent of an estate agent fee...

Hundreds of former Purplebricks agents have now signed up to a potential legal claim against the firm. Contractors For Justice, known as...

Zoopla has unveiled a Sales Advisory Board in an attempt to give agents a greater say in how the portal is...

A new service launched in the UK this week selling one-eight to one-half ownership of luxury holiday homes insists it is...

A so-called Climate Innovation District is to be constructed in central Leeds with low carbon homes at its heart. The developer Citu...

The international reviews service Trustpilot has batted away criticism from a property website that it ignores breaches of its guidelines. Last week,...

Momentum is building up in support of the government’s probe into whether the London homes of oligarchs on the sanctions list...

A webinar this week is set to see the release of more details of changes to property listings being demanded by...

An estate agency is running a competition to encourage residents to photograph badly-located For Sale and To Let boards. The Basingstoke branch...

Purplebricks has this morning said that a newspaper report over the weekend, claiming part of the business is to be sold...

A British estate agent working in Florida has been shot dead while preparing to show a property. Sara Trost, 40, was from...

The leader of the organisation proposing a class action against Purplebricks says there’s been a “phenomenal” response to his request for...

There’s been a huge rise in references to electric car charging within property listings submitted to Rightmove. The number of homes listed...

A claims firm wants to commence proceedings against online estate agency companies such as Purplebricks and Yopa. It's on behalf of thousands...

In this latest exclusive video interview, EAT’s video reporter Chris Buckler – an agent himself – chats with Peter Grant, chairman of the board at...

Industry-wide adoption of Unique Property Reference Numbers could be one step closer after an announcement by a major trade body. The Conveyancing...

Media reports suggest the government is considering offering grants to local authorities to purchase private family houses which are larger than...

Estate agents have gone on the record to say the flow of purchasers from London to country and market town locations...

A nationalist party has blasted a Labour government in one national region of the UK for its lack of intervention in...

The controversial proposal by a PropTech start up to charge potential viewers of properties to let or for sale has been...

The Competititon and Markets Authority says it’s to look into reviews on Google and Amazon, and see whether the online giants...

The Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 exposed the dangers of inflammable cladding on residential tower blocks, and what has come...

A firm has agreed to amend its claim that it was the number one selling agent in its town in 2020,...

It’s great to enjoy hospitality inside now...but it’s even better to fundraise, perhaps outside in the spring and summer weather. It’ll...

Labour’s new housing spokesperson is the experienced MP Lucy Powell, who until the weekend was shadow business and consumer affairs minister.  She replaces...

The veteran estate agent who led criticism of Countrywide’s former management is turning his glare on Foxtons. The London estate agency has...

Purplebricks has removed advertising claims which suggested it sold homes for a higher sum, on average, than rival agencies. The Advertising Standards...

Online agency Yopa says it will change a claim on its website that appears to suggest no fee will be charged...

An agency has changed a property listing on its website following an intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority. The agency was Campbell...

First time buyers with just a 10 per cent deposit - for long almost excluded from the mortgage market - now...

The new chief executive of Propertymark has declined to answer questions relating to the resignation of the NAEA president only half...

NAEA Propertymark President Kirsty Finney has quit just six months into her year in office. An email was sent to the association's members...

One of the country’s most popular tourist destinations may ban the sale of new builds to second home buyers. The council in Padstow -...

An estate agency has issued an abject apology for calling the Covid pandemic “a blessing in disguise.” There was a huge social...

Zoopla saw a record 70.5 per cent increase in traffic on Boxing Day as signs suggest the pre-Christmas boom is set...

A report commissioned by the government suggests a doubling of Capital Gains Tax on profits from the sale of second homes. The government -...

I wanted to take this opportunity to write an advice piece on what we here at Angels Media have found important...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

Listings from an agent who ended his contract with Rightmove were not removed as he expected - instead, he is accusing...

Conveyancing search provider Searchflow has amended its website after an intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority. A claim on the site stated:...

Purplebricks Local Property Experts are asking sellers who are not allowing agents into their homes during the virus crisis to draw...

The three leading portals have rejected an appeal to give the industry a payment holiday to help firms through the Coronavirus...

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...

It’s been revealed that the branch closure programme by Your Move and Reeds Rains last year resulted in 460 lost jobs...

Countrywide is remaining silent over the stalled sale of its commercial arm. The troubled agency group’s share price dropped over 3.5 per...

Countrywide is declining to explain why due diligence on the sale of its commercial arm did not catch a problem which...

The big question for the industry at the moment is the cost and future of portals.  This is especially key for agents...

Since I started working with Zero Deposit for me the market leader in deposit replacement alternatives, the most common question I am...

Of all the UK properties for sale over the last year, 59% would have been exempt from any type of transaction...

The tech publication WIRED has conducted an in-depth analysis of Purplebricks’ reviews on the Trustpilot site and suggests the agency may...

OnTheMarket’s selective fee freeze for agents has been challenged by a new portal which asks agents: ‘Why pay at all?’ OTM revealed...

A London council admits that it typically takes 50 working days for a search - which means a Local Land Charge...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint made against a listing on property website Houser.co.uk. In January, the complainant notified...

Estate Agent Today has been given details of the new National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team - the body...

A new website is offering to contact owners of homes that are not for sale, on behalf of people who would...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

It is now known that at least 32 formal complaints have been received by the crowdfunding platform that helped Emoov raise...

OnTheMarket has issued an upbeat statement about the Court of Appeal setting a date to hear Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman's challenge to a ruling...

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Foxtons says its use of technology allows it to increase the reach of its branches - and claims this is behind...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld one of two complaints made against OnTheMarket's TV and print advertising. The complaints refer to...

As our minds turn to autumn, here’s a reminder that Estate Agent Today is on hand to help with your agency’s...

An OnTheMarket sales rep - who now no longer works for the company - wrote a critical review of an independent estate...

Labour says stamp duty receipts and other tax income from properties in the capital should go to the Mayor, Sadiq Kahn,...

Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work?  Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...

Purplebricks says it completely rejects any claim of bullying its representatives in Australia. The Australian Financial Review, which last week reported the...

National estate agency Jackson-Stops claims that the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional homes is still confusing buyers, despite being in...

Respected industry spokesperson Kristjan Byfield is continuing his fightback against the negative coverage of the agency industry in the mainstream press...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of the industry’s best known research experts, Johnny Morris, has left Countrywide.  Morris joined Hamptons...

An estate agency has been the subject of a complaint over website wording which appeared to suggest that it had a...

The Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents says Purplebricks is still not complying with a ruling made by the Advertising...

Another member of Countrywide's top table is leaving the company. Kate Brown, Countrywide’s human resources chief with the responsibility for implementing what...