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Yesterday we covered the story of self-employed estate agency brokerage eXp revealing three new agencies to have taken on the corporate...

Sky News is reporting that up to 30 Conservative MPs are threatening to rebel against the government’s approach to ground rents...

North East estate agency group My Property Box has welcomed Nicola Nicholson, Georgia Greenstreet and Georgia Richardson to its team following...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss how the digital realm is transforming Estate Agency.   The...

It’s tempting to think that Michael Gove’s proposed clampdown on Airbnb-style short lets is a uniquely British form of small-mindedness, part...

It’s taken eight years but one of London’s highest profile estate agencies says the value of its Under Offer pipeline has...

Regulated firms across all sectors will be well aware of Know Your Customer (KYC) checks and their importance in combatting financial...

Savills has strengthened its residential sales team in Hertfordshire with the appointment of a new director to lead its Rickmansworth office. Steven...

SPRING cleaning is an annual ritual for many households, but firms in the property sector would do well to spend some...

OnTheMarket (OTM) has signed a listing agreement with Rettie, one of the UK's largest independent property services firms operating in Scotland...

There’s no question that trust is the bedrock of any longstanding client relationship. It is built on delivering on your promises...

Branches may be closing but the number of estate agency businesses has increased by 2% across the UK over the past...

Parliamentary news may have been dominated by the fallout from the Rwanda Bill yesterday but another important piece of legislation also...

Lomond has strengthened its foothold in the Midlands with its 50th acquisition since launching just three years ago. Through its John Shepherd...

Specialist buying agency Recoco Property Search has appointed former director of Strutt & Parker’s country house department Andrew Cronan to strengthen...

A record 50% of homes sold in England & Wales last year were purchased following a price reduction, Hamptons analysis has revealed. The...

Savills has strengthened its European residential network with the acquisition of Verbier Hospitality SA, which trades as Verbier Location. Founded by Jürgen...

The news in September that Birmingham City Council (‘Europe’s largest local authority’) had been forced to issue a Section 114 notice...

House prices increased for the second consecutive month in November, according to Halifax. The lender’s latest House Price Index recorded monthly growth...

Agency brand Anthony Pepe has announced the acquisition of Chamberlains Estates in Enfield. The former owners of the Chamberlains business, Andrew Ryde...

Finders Keepers has acquired Flowers Estate Agents in Woodstock bringing the brand’s total number of branches to nine.  The lettings team at...

Dexters has entered the Asian property market with the acquisition of LiFE Residential. The deal strengthens Dexters position in London and also...

Spicerhaart’s HR director has been promoted to the company’s Board after being credited with helping to foster a high-performance culture and...

By Dawson Scott, CTO of Reapit. As the Chief Technology Officer of Reapit, I have always held the view that the privacy,...

Andrews Lettings Director Angharad Trueman has identified two priorities for her forthcoming term as President of the Association of Lettings Agents. Known...

Lomond has launched a new leadership development programme. Working with coaching brand FranklinCovey, the scheme aims to develop the finest leadership talent...

Tackling economic crime is part of the day job for estate agents. But how can the latest digital ID tools help...

Two all-party groups of MPs and Peers have called on the government to act to turn empty buildings into good quality,...

Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has launched a strategic partnership with proptech supplier nurtur.group.  Under the agreement, nurtur.group will become the exclusive...

Whether you know them as sold-in-your-area campaigns, sold-on-your-road postcards or 20:20s, the practice of prospecting 20 doors up and 20 doors...

By Michele Gettins, Chief Marketing Officer at iamproperty Data is a powerful tool and understanding how to successfully identify and utilise reliable...

Prestige and Village, the premium property agency firm, are continuing their drive to recruit more estate agents as part of their...

Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has acquired Liberty Gate, a Nottingham-based residential lettings and sales business which operates one branch in Nottingham...

Property supply has improved during the first quarter of 2023 following house price corrections and a settling of interest rates, according...

The acquisition will boost the group’s presence in South London, and both branches will be re-branded to Portico. John Chase, director at...

Savills has strengthened its European residential network with the acquisition of real estate company Beliving in Italy.  Founded by Danilo Orlando in...

It has been a busy first quarter of the year for property industry job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news...

Belvoir is seeking more acquisitions this year, the agency franchise brand has revealed. The company revealed in its annual results yesterday that...

The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) has formed a new member panel that will be chaired by senior industry figure Eric Walker. The...

New year, old worries: what’s happening in the housing market? We’ve asked experts and collated forecasts, 15 in total. On the one...

House prices fell for the fourth consecutive month in December, the worst run since 2008, according to Nationwide. The lender’s final House...

The housing market is struggling to regain momentum following the mini-Budget but a ‘soft landing’ is possible, Nationwide suggests. The lender is...

Confidence among sellers has dropped sharply amid a slowdown in the housing market, data suggests. OnTheMarket’s (OTM) latest Property Sentiment Index shows...

The latest measures for property the Chancellor included in his Autumn Statement may not have been dramatic, but has it given...

Self-employed estate partnership brand The Agency UK (TAUK) has launched a series of roadshows to attract agents to its offering. The company...

Over the last few months, The Letting Partnership has seen an increase in calls from agents who are struggling to open...

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

With the Treasury and the Bank of England stepping in to try and calm the markets, talk of an emergency interest...

Tenants are becoming more discerning – not just about the properties they choose to rent but who they rent from too. With...

Purplebricks has recruited Helen Martin to the newly created role of group director of risk and compliance. It comes as the beleaguered...

The Agency UK – which was set up by three ex-employees of Purplebricks – has strengthened its team with the arrival...

PropTech brand nurtur.group has announced the appointment of Clive Beattie as its new Chief Financial Officer. As we revealed in Estate Agent...

The historic Chestertons brand, one of London’s largest and oldest estate agents, has today announced the appointment of John Ennis as its new...

Yesterday’s publication of Purplebricks’ annual results – which made for very difficult reading for the troubled brand – came as part...

People in prominent positions in the housing industry aren’t always perfect role models. After all, Chris Pincher was housing minister for...

Sales and lettings board provider Agency Express has launched a strategic partnership with The Key Safe Company. The partnership provides a bolt-on...

Purplebricks is to increase its pricing and drop its money back guarantee. In one of the first acts by new chief executive...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove and minister Stuart Andrew are set to be grilled by MPs on their property market plans today. The...

House price growth may be slowing but there is still plenty of movement in the property jobs market. Here are some of...

For years, the issue of phone etiquette created tension between estate agents and the legal profession, the former claiming lawyers won’t...

Proptech firm Gazeal is working on buyer-focused product that can be used to show a seller they are serious about a...

The Queen’s Speech has unveiled proposed overhauls on planning, consumer and economic crime laws that could all have an effect on...

Estate agency marketing tool Spectre is planning to boost its data science team as it predicts greater use of artificial intelligence...

The Property Franchise Group has reported record like-for-like revenue for 2021. The umbrella property brand, which incorporates well-known names such as EweMove,...

In this weekend feature, inventory expert and chair of the AIIC, Daniel Evans, sets out why rental reform changes will make...

Leaders Romans Group, which is fast becoming one of the UK’s largest agencies, has acquired another firm. It’s the first purchase of...

There’s been another large rise in fee earnings for Rightmove this morning, as the portal softens the blow by announcing a...

The Chartered Institute of Housing, set to unveil its latest annual housing review next month, has indicated that to no one’s...

An estate agency in the Home Counties has made two more acquisitions, taking the total number to seven independents it has...

The sales arm of independent Leicester agency Fothergill Wyatt has been sold to fast-growing local business Hortons. Fothergill Wyatt was established in...

From first-time buyers to serial investors, no two days are ever the same for a Sales and Investment Consultant at Walton...

The Lomond Group, reported over the weekend to be in talks to buy high-end London agency Chestertons, has this morning announced it’s...

OnTheMarket has revamped its website in a bid to shed the final connections with the portal’s failed leadership and strategy of...

RICS has appointed Lord Michael Bichard to lead a wide-ranging independent review into the governance and purpose of the institution. The review...

Estate agents and other workers in Northern Ireland are being urged to work from home "where possible" in a bid to...

The government should reset planning policy and scrap proposals for thousands of new homes in high-risk flood areas. The think-tank Localis, in...

I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...

There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive. As real estate agents you are responsible for administering and addressing...

OnTheMarket has signed an exclusive commercial partnership with business coaching specialists, Property Academy.  OTM will provide full fee-paying customers with free access...

Hunters, now part of The Property Franchise Group, has announced its first so-called ‘Personal Agent’ signing - and says it’s ideal...

Belvoir’s chief executive haas taken to Twitter to hail his company’s latest results as “superb” - with sales for the franchise agency...

Rightmove has reported a dramatic bounce back in its fortunes - and it’s making more money from agents even than before...

A call has gone out for Property Logbooks to receive official recognition as “digital assets” by the Law Commission: the move...

“A hybrid offering, which serves customers of all needs and capabilities, is what we should all be working towards.” Following Aconveyancing opening...

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...

As an estate agent, you should of course be performing robust Know Your Customer (KYC) checks as part of your Anti-Money...

The land and new homes division of Sequence has signed a deal to offer fully-funded part exchange and home buying services...

Data from agency Knight Frank suggests the number of UK exchanges last month was the highest in 10 years - well above...

A business that calls itself the UK’s first 24/7 home-based estate agency has announced a new franchisee.  Dorset-based Meyers Estate Agents was...

Some 30 tax documents have been released by HM Treasury this afternoon - a mix of responses to past consultations, proposals...

Legal firm Anderson Strathern has announced a merger with Lerwick-based Neil Risk Solicitor and Estate Agent. The Shetland firm's practice areas focus on residential...

It might be tempting during the pandemic to focus simply on the business, yet many agents have been turning their attention...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...

Dexters, which last week secured a reported £130m in new investment for the coming years, has snapped up the historic Roy...

It’s been revealed that some far reaching changes to property taxes may not be unveiled at Wednesday’s Budget and may wait...

Agency websites supplier Property Webmasters has secured a substantial but undisclosed cash injection to expand internationally. The investment comes from Net Ventures...

OnTheMarket says it’s going to increase investment in new products and services, and invest further in ‘internal website development resources’. In a...

A new body which says it will “champion better outcomes for buyers” is described as independent but is to be chaired...

Connells Group, now on the threshold of taking the ailing Countrywide empire under its wings, has signed a five year partnership...

It now looks likely that Hunters will be taken over by The Property Franchise Group after several months of talks, subject...