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Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...

A former sales agent with a historic property name and heritage has launched his own buying agency after becoming 'frustrated' with...

Prime Central London’s average prices remain 20 per cent below their 2014 peak according to high end estate agency Strutt &...

Savills says it’s not commenting on whether it will list on Zoopla in the future. Last week Knight Frank - which in...

One of the agencies most active in the creation of OnTheMarket is trialling a return to listing on Zoopla after an...

Some branches of one of London’s largest agencies, Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, have returned to Zoopla after dropping it just over four...

The Daily Telegraph has gone public with City speculation that Chicago-based real estate consultancy JLL may be interested in buying Savills. Both...

Strutt & Parker says transaction levels in Prime Central London, already at a low ebb, plummeted a further nine per cent...

Strutt & Parker says the housing crisis - in the shape of too few homes and their stubbornly high prices -...

Hello and welcome to another PJT, your regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Please keep us informed of...

Hello and welcome to this year’s first edition of Property Jobs Today, reporting on the first industry moves of 2019. We’re told...

Estate agency Strutt & Parker says that despite Brexit and the economic and political uncertainty accompanying it, house prices in the...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

Experts suggest that overseas buyers are likely to act quickly to take advantage of a delay in any stamp duty surcharge on...

Strutt & Parker is bucking the trend on High Street offices by opening a new one - and in this case,...

Strutt & Parker is offering free Virtual Viewings to 1,000 new clients, and says it's the first national agency to offer such...

A website has officially launched this morning, aiming to push the concept of US-style For Sale By Owner online property marketing...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that it now has signed listing agreements with more than 11,000 estate agency offices - over...

Experts suggest that overseas buyers are likely to act quickly to take advantage of the delay in any stamp duty surcharge...

Humberts - which when it was operating jointly with Chestertons was a prominent supporter of Agents’ Mutual and OnTheMarket - has...

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

The Property Redress Scheme says it’s recruited another 1,750 members following the shake-out last week when one of its rival redress...

The London market continues to produce unexpected results with two high end agencies reporting contrasting fortunes.  Half year figures released by Chestertons...

Another OnTheMarket founding estate agency - Strutt & Parker - has rejoined the Zoopla and PrimeLocation portals. Some months ago the London...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that a new property firm is being launched specialising solely in the sale of off-market homes...

Strutt & Parker has repeated its warning that the market in prime central London could see a typical house price fall...

A buying agent says a higher proportion of Britain’s rarified country estates market is now being sold off-market. Jess Simpson, an ex-Savills...

In its first release of performance figures under the ownership of BNP Paribas, the UK agency Strutt & Parker says it...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today; this is the latest of our weekly round-ups of key job moves within estate...

Hello and welcome to our first Property Jobs Today, a weekly round-up of key job moves within estate and letting agencies...

According to The Branding Journal, a brand is “a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

Andy Martin, the popular and respected senior partner at Strutt & Parker from 2009 to earlier this year, has been appointed...

Strutt & Parker is warning that Prime Central London prices could drop as much as five per cent in 2018 -...

The housing market may appear sluggish at best in many areas but data from Rightmove suggests it’s now quicker to sell...

Strutt & Parker has revealed its new board following the takeover by the real estate arm of French bank BNP Paribas.  The...

Figures in the property industry have sharply criticised the announcement made at the Conservative party conference to pump an estimated £10...

There is growing concern that online agents who do not chase-up on behalf of clients are leading to delays and fall-throughs...

Agents’ Mutual has confirmed that it proposes to form a new company, OnTheMarket plc, to list on the AIM market of...

Independent high-end estate agency Galbraith, which operates mostly in Scotland, says local knowledge is key to good customer service - and might...

The latest market snapshot by high-end agency Strutt & Parker reveals more bad news for London - despite the agency itself...

The real estate division of French bank BNP Paribas has exchanged on the acquisition of Strutt & Parker, bringing together some...

The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...

In their election rhetoric all the political parties informed us that the UK is experiencing a ‘housing crisis’, with all promising...

A research report compiled by Strutt & Parker in partnership with Octopus Healthcare has revealed what the baby boomer generation expects...

The housing industry has responded with shock, joy, and jitters, after Theresa May’s snap general election went catastrophically wrong, leaving her...

Transaction levels in Prime Central London (PCL) increased for the third consecutive quarter during Q1 2017, according to Strutt & Parker. However,...

A well-informed industry article on the possible sale of Strutt & Parker to French bank BNP Paribas suggests that the deal,...

A former partner of Strutt & Parker in prime central London has set up his own firm to provide what he...

Both Strutt & Parker and the French bank BNP Paribas are declining to comment on speculation that the finance house is...

The Financial Times is reporting this afternoon that BNP Paribas, the largest bank in France, is in talks to acquire high-end...

Organisers of the Future:PropTech2017 conference on May 4 have revealed new sponsors involved with the event - including Angels Media, publisher...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

Strutt & Parker has seen a fall in revenue and profits for the year ending April 30 - and it puts...

Knight Frank is the latest agency to cut staff on the prime London sales side because of the downturn. In an announcement...

Estate agents have spent the weekend finalising their wish-list and lobbying MPs and government ahead of Wednesday’s Autumn Statement. Top of the...

It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...

The latest forecast for the housing market in 2017 and beyond includes a warning that Brexit uncertainty will create a slowdown...

Strutt & Parker says both the volume of sales and the sum of the selling prices of homes in Prime Central London...

Strutt & Parker says it has achieved record annual sales figures from its latest National Open House day on October 8. It says...

I hate to be a party-pooper, but one of the agency industry’s coming-up-to-Christmas traditions is going to be particularly hard to undertake...

More than 900 sales branches will be taking part in the UK's 'largest open house weekend' later this week.  The event, which...

Fiona Stewart, formerly head of marketing and communications at Strutt & Parker, has taken up a newly created role in the...

The managing director of an agency operating in prime central London and other high-value locations in southern England says the Open...

Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...

It’s nearly June – June! – already. Seriously, where has this year gone? This means summer is nearly upon us, with a...

Last time out I spoke about the beginnings of a PropTech revolution, with two major London-based events in the offing over...

Strutt & Parker won the UK Sales Agency of the Year award at the annual RESI Awards event, organised by Property...

The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered its final few days, and like never before, housing is the...

Leaked emails dating from 2013 and seen this week by Estate Agent Today appear to show a number of estate agencies...

One of the directors of Agents’ Mutual, parent body of portal OnTheMarket, has told Estate Agent Today that his firm does...

Strutt & Parker is to open a new agency office in South Kensington on June 1, despite ongoing uncertainty over the...

Savills has been named the UK Business Superbrand for the eighth consecutive year, beating rival high-end firms CBRE, BNP Paribas Real...

Every Friday we aim to publicise the often-ignored good work done by our industry and this week is no exception with...

Agents’ Mutual, the parent company of OnTheMarket, has released another testimonial from one of its directors striking the same tone as...

Scotland’s Land & Building Transaction Tax - its more radical replacement for stamp duty which still applies throughout the rest of...

Several agencies have announced expansion plans and new personnel as they gear up for 2016. Strutt & Parker is announcing that Giles...

A Strutt & Parker senior partner has dismissed speculation that the residential arm of his agency is about to be taken...

The directors of Agents’ Mutual say they have “every confidence” in OnTheMarket as the portal approaches its first anniversary on January...

The scores are in: Estate Agent Today has collated forecasts from 10 of the leading estate agency corporates and major business...

The scores are in: here are the top 10 high-end agencies and property analysts' predictions for what 2016 has in store...

The possibility of agents having to keep offices open until 7pm from next summer to accommodate late key releases has put...

Knight Frank has issued housing market predictions for 2016 roughly in line with all those issued by rival high end agents...

Humberts says property values across the south east of England have seen robust growth of almost eight per cent over the...

Strutt & Parker is early off the marks with its forecast for 2016 and beyond, predicting the strongest market growth in...

Marsh & Parsons has expanded its residential development and investment department with the appointment of David Duke as Director of Residential...

Strutt & Parker has acquired Edwards & Elliott, a Surrey and Berkshire-based sales and lettings agency with offices in Ascot, Sunningdale...

We’ve enjoyed a bit of an Indian summer this week. Not sure it makes up for one of the coldest and...

The march of the high-end national agency chains continues with news that Strutt & Parker has snapped up the two-office Buckinghamshire...

The high-end market in parts of prime central London is in the doldrums because of a glut of £2m-plus homes put...

A review of 30 prominent property sales websites undertaken by a digital marketing company demonstrates, perhaps predictably, a huge lead for...

It’s over at last. But while the property market has been awaiting the outcome of the closest poll in years, many...

“More than 1 in 3 agreed property deals in England & Wales fall through… Gazeal is a new system for property sales,...