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Forget the Oscars, the biggest even in town last week was the Fine & Country International Annual Conference and Awards Gala. The...

Potential self-builders are struggling to find suitable plots and many are planning to turn to estate agents for support. A survey by...

Savills has kicked off 2024 with two key external hires and an internal move into its country house team. James Toogood has joined...

Buyer demand across England crept up during the final months of 2023 but remains down annually, research has revealed. Analysis has revealed...

A new self-employed estate agency says it’s signed-up 30 new recruits in four months. iad - which had 20 recruits until recently...

Spicerhaart has boosted its senior team with the appointment of a new managing director within its estate agency division.  Tommy Taylor is...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...

As another round of property firms is fined, named and shamed for breaching anti-money laundering rules, it feels like the road...

Anti-money laundering specialist SmartSearch has reached 1,000 clients in the property industry. It comes amid increased scrutiny of money laundering amid sanctions...

Many agents will remember the nerves and jubilation of their first property sale. Estate Agent Today has launched a new video series...

A coroner says there is insufficient evidence to determine the cause of death of a 23-year-old estate agent found on a...

Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...

The number of locations where average house prices still stand at below £150,000 has shrunk by 28 per cent in recent...

The self-employed partnership known as The Agency UK - founded by three refugees from Purplebricks - has announced a major expansion. The...

Parts of Britain are so short of homes for sale they have only half the number of listings to be expected...

Hello and welcome to our final Property Jobs Today before the start of autumn - and it’s good to see people...

New research shows that the surge in house prices this year has taken homes in at least 25 areas of England...

Franchise giant Winkworth has launched a new property podcast to boost its marketing. The Property Exchange podcast will air monthly, with the...

As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...

Savills has upgraded its house price and transaction forecasts following the Budget - and prime London, especially the centre, is tipped to...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, the regular round-up of industry good work. Whatever the cause, it’s great to publicise agents’...

He’s gone from Downing Street but the legacy of Dominic Cummings lives on in Rightmove’s top searches of 2020. Barnard Castle -...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...

An insurance firm claims estate agents are taught not to quote VAT in fees until the final bill. A statement from Admiral...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT - we know some agencies are reshaping their structures and downsizing but this...

Is that a headline appropriate for Brexit Day? Surely not. No, instead it’s a description of the results of a survey...

A PropTech company that monitors search times for transactions says only just over two thirds of them are now completed in...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your regular weekly column giving all the key appointments news in the...

Winkworth has a new office in its network, in the fashionable Suffolk town of Southwold. Independent agency Halford Wetmore has been acquired...

Two local estate agencies are entering a strategic partnership to market properties together, allowing them to list the properties on the...

A new estate agency has come up with a novel way of taking prospective purchasers around its patch - by using...

  Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - a thinner than usual edition as the industry enjoys the last of the...

Rightmove claims that homes with sea views attract an average price premium of 29 per cent. The analysis - aimed at publicising a...

As we move towards another Bank Holiday Weekend, there is no shortage of phenomenal fundraising efforts from those in our industry.  If...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, our regular Monday round-up of moves around our industry. Please let us know what’s happening...

Essex and Suffolk-based estate agency and chartered surveying firm Fenn Wright is opening a new branch - its fourth in the...

One of the country’s oldest estate agencies is celebrating 250 years in business.  Essex and Suffolk agency Fenn Wright has roots back...

Rightmove has revealed the top 10 locations outside London where asking prices grew most and where homes sold fastest - and...

Despite growing concern about the health of the housing market, a string of estate agencies have made appointments this week. Connells Residential...

Properties located directly on the seafront attract a price premium of 33%, according to new research. A study of 30 prime seaside...

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

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

Two friends have launched a new estate agency with a High Street office but charging vendors flat fees instead of a...

HomeXperts, the network of franchise agents operating from their homes and covering sales and lettings, has announced three new franchisees. They are...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

Best Estates, named New Agency of the Year at the recent Negotiator Awards, has opened its third office which aims to...

Rentplus, a business providing Rent To Buy homes, has announced that it has new funding of £20m - on top of...

Beresfords, which describes itself as the largest independent estate agent in Essex and Greater London, is strengthening its country property portfolio...

A prominent Conservative activist is calling for a strict clampdown on estate agents’ boards which she describes as “a form of...

An online estate agency is accusing a High Street agent of trying to “sabotage” a transaction by sending a touting letter...