Foxtons founder Jon Hunt’s wealth fell in 2023 but he still managed to move up the Sunday Times Rich List, the...
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![Clarity needed on Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill report](/upload/images/3%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Weekend%20feature%20-%20Clarity%20needed%20By%20Mark%20Chick%2C%20Director%20of%20ALEP.jpg)
Last weekend a story by The Sunday Times’ Deputy Political Editor indicated that the Government is proposing implementing a £250 cap...
27 April 2024
From: Features
![Foxtons could sell to Dexters for £300m - press speculation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A shareholder of Foxtons believes the agency could be worth £300m if sold today - substantially above its existing market capitalisation...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons’ share price rises on sale rumours](/upload/images/shutterstock_1699913221.jpg)
Foxtons’ share price got a mini boost on Monday morning after rumours that the agency brand is preparing for a sale. The...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Ground rent reform set for scrapheap - reports](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Plans to set ground rents at a ‘peppercorn rate’ are reported to have been dropped amid opposition from freehold campaigners and...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Best places to live revealed! Is your patch on the list?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
North Berwick in East Lothian, has been named the best place to live in the annual Sunday Times Best Places to Live...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warm words and cold comfort on the menu for Budget Day](/upload/images/3%20Warm%20words%20and%20cold%20comfort%2C%20by%20Rollo%20Miles.jpg)
Last weekend, Levelling Up and Housing Secretary, Michael Gove wrote in the Sunday Times that the nation’s housing crisis was so...
17 February 2024
From: Features
![Housing Secretary suggests homebuyer support is coming](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given the strongest hint yet that housing measures could be included in the Spring Budget. Chancellor Jeremy...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mr Bates, the Post Office, and Property Industry Marketing](/upload/images/1%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Industry%20Views%20-%20Mr%20Bates%20the%20post%20office%20and%20property%20industry%20marketing.jpg)
Like so many I’ve been infuriated by the injustice meted out to sub-postmasters and postmistresses over many years. I was aware of...
13 January 2024
From: Features
![Shareholders call for Foxtons to be sold](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Foxtons shareholders are reportedly putting the board under pressure to put the agency brand up for sale Two shareholders who own a...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Who Has The Energy To Reform EPCs?](/upload/images/1%20Who%20Has%20The%20Energy%20To%20Reform%20EPCs%20-%20Industry%20views%20by%20Graham%20Norwood.png)
There is much debate about energy efficiency right now and about expected changes to minimum EPCs for private rental properties and...
12 August 2023
From: Features
![Agent named among UK's fastest growing firms](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
An estate agency has been named among the fastest growing firms in the UK. The North Property Group was named in the...
03 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla founder falls-off UK Rich List](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_542055781.jpg)
Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman has fallen out of the 2023 Sunday Times Rich List while Foxtons supremo Jon Hunt has seen...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket named among UK’s top workplaces](/upload/images/workplace.jpg)
OnTheMarket Group has been named among the top places to work in the UK. The property website was included in last weekend’s...
16 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gove criticised for “unhelpful” leasehold pledges amid reform delays](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has been slammed for “unhelpful” comments about abolishing leasehold after it emerged that there may not be...
12 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fine & Country honours 'outstanding agents'](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
Hundreds of property professionals from international premium estate agency Fine & Country gathered in London for the brand’s annual conference and...
17 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Housing Secretary commits to leasehold reform before election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has committed to leasehold reform and fixing cladding issues before the next election. It comes as the Government...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Major agency vows to be ROPA ‘early adopter’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
Agency brand Knight Frank has pledged to be one of the first adopters if minimum standards and qualifications are introduced in...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Self-employed firm welcomes new Partner to strengthen network](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/TeamSelection2-400x310-min.jpeg)
The Agency UK – which was set up by three ex-employees of Purplebricks – has strengthened its team with the arrival...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
There has been plenty of movement in the property jobs market this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tom Cummuskey, Sales & Marketing Manager at Kremer Signs](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/Kremer%20Signs/400x310%20tom.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Tom Cummuskey, I am the Sales & Marketing...
29 June 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
![Will Ukraine, Interest Rates and Energy Prices hurt housing market?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HouseSearch-400x310-min.jpg)
One of the UK’s leading economic experts is to be the speaker at a Rightmove seminar this week, considering whether events...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Kirstie Controversy - newspaper has corrected my comments, says TV star](/upload/images/Property%20People/KirstieAllsopp-400x310.jpg)
Kirstie Allsopp says the Sunday Times has amended its report of an interview in which she says first time buyers may...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Maldives over Benidorm – hybrid says ‘we do not want to be the biggest’](/upload/images/Back-link-images/Can_%20a_%20tenant_%20withhold_%20rent_%20over_%20a_broken_%20boiler_%20.jpg)
A Hertfordshire-based hybrid agency has released a surprising and some might argue refreshing message, saying it’s not interested in size as...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![RICS scandal - more details expected to be revealed today](/upload/images/Logos/RICS-logo400x310.png)
A news conference today is expected to reveal more details of the governance scandal which has engulfed the Royal Institution of...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![RICS scandal - chief executive in talks to stand down](/upload/images/Logos/RICS-logo400x310.png)
The chief executive of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Sean Tompkins, is in talks to step down according to an...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons - “too aggressive and too nasty” admits former boss](/upload/images/Logos/Foxtons-logo400x310.png)
The man who admits he was “the acceptable face of Foxtons” in its golden period says he finally left because it...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![RICS Fraud Risk Controversy - QC delivers 400 page report](/upload/images/Logos/RICS-logo400x310.png)
The independent QC asked to prepare a report into the financial conduct row at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![RICS governance scandal - another delay before report appears](/img/default/eat.png)
The publication of a report following a controversial RICS investigation has been pushed back another month. Last month it was announced that...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![RICS governance crisis - Leading lawyer wants your views](/img/default/eat.png)
The independent review into the governance of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is calling for comments. Earlier this year RICS was the...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Open up economy says Boomin boss as Covid appears to ease](/img/default/eat.png)
Boomin co-founder Kenny Bruce says the UK economy should now be opening up thanks to the success of the Coronavirus vaccines. In...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![London agency uses cash injection to hit acquisition trail](/img/default/eat.png)
Dexters, which last week secured a reported £130m in new investment for the coming years, has snapped up the historic Roy...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![RICS in dramatic U-turn after newspaper allegations](/img/default/eat.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors last night announced a dramatic U-turn in the controversy over a report by an independent...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Dozens of Tory MPs demand stamp duty extension from Sunak](/img/default/eat.png)
The Northern Research Group, which has the backing of over 50 Conservative MPs in the north of England, wants the Chancellor...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![MPs to debate stamp duty as Chancellor considers extension](/img/default/eat.png)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering an extension to the current stamp duty holiday according to media reports today - and the...
17 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![RICS finance controversy: Surveyors’ chief insists action is being taken](/img/default/eat.png)
The president of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors insists that the organisation is acting on recommendations of a probe into...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![RICS finance controversy - new allegations made by newspaper](/img/default/eat.png)
The Sunday Times has made new and detailed allegations regarding the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. For some weeks the newspaper has...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - latest news on the movers and shakers](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Solve this NOW! Campaign to make cladding flats sell-able again](/img/default/eat.png)
Survivors and bereaved family members from the Grenfell Tower fire have joined forces with residents trapped in allegedly dangerous flats in...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide Civil War: company hits back at shareholder’s claim](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide has rejected a claim by one of its biggest shareholders that it does not engage with investors over future strategy...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide “may not survive” warns one of its biggest investors](/img/default/eat.png)
An investment manager who has a 7.8 per cent stake in Countrywide, is warning that the agency group may not survive...
12 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tragedy as property industry titan dies suddenly](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the highest profile and most widely respected figures in the British property industry has died suddenly. He was 72. Tony...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing Secretary Jenrick may be sacked shortly, says newspaper](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - currently at the centre of a planning controversy - could be sacked in a September Cabinet reshuffle. The...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Death of revered estate agent after amazing 6,000 house sales](/img/default/eat.png)
The death has been announced of Colin Lowman, a veteran south London estate agent who had a 64 year career in...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Independent agency owner makes it to Sunday Times Rich List](/img/default/eat.png)
Veteran estate agency owner Paul Rooney has again featured as the most wealthy individual agency owner in the annual Sunday Times...
18 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Nick Lyons, CEO of No Letting Go](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does it...
10 March 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
![Agent repays ‘non-returnable’ reservation fee after property row](/img/default/eat.png)
An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agency is one of the best to work for - for the sixth year!](/img/default/eat.png)
Regional estate agency chain Ashtons has been listed in the Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work for, for the...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Joanne Tattum, Channel Manager of Moneypenny](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Joanne (Jo) Tattum. Channel Manager - Property What is Moneypenny and...
14 February 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
![Property Academy star quits hybrid agency after just eight months](/img/default/eat.png)
Nicky Stevenson, formerly the managing director of the Property Academy, has quit hybrid agency Keller Williams UK after just eight months. Stevenson’s...
07 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Inspirational story of agent ‘going it alone’ with new venture](/img/default/eat.png)
We’re nearing the end of another year in which many agents have faced challenging times and a frustrating market hit by...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks execs see off shareholder revolt over bonuses and pay](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks' senior management avoided a shareholder revolt yesterday during the company's Annual General Meeting (AGM). Last weekend, it emerged via the Sunday...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks share price dips ahead of today's AGM](/img/default/eat.png)
The Purplebricks share price dropped by 1% to 108p yesterday as investors prepare for today's Annual General Meeting. The hybrid agency's market...
03 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks facing shareholder revolt over top brass bonuses](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks is reported to be facing a shareholder revolt this coming week at its annual general meeting because of bonuses paid...
29 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Crowdfunding site used by agents claims “it’s business as usual”](/img/default/eat.png)
A newspaper claims that a crowdfunding site used by some estate agencies and other property industry companies has suspended trading on...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Countrywide complainers ‘betray those who stayed loyal’ - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
Former Countrywide employees who take to social media or the mainstream press to criticise the company are betraying those who remained...
02 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide now “beyond salvation” says former chief executive](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide is now “beyond salvation” according to former chief executive Harry Hill. The industry veteran, who also founded Rightmove, made the remark...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Commonhold in action – one small builder’s attempts to change the system](/img/default/eat.png)
So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...
18 May 2019
From: Features
![High-profile ex-Zoopla director joins ‘insight’ firm used by many agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
Mark Witherspoon, well known in the agency industry as the former data services director of Zoopla, has joined the TwentyCi company. TwentyCi...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Owner complains about home listed on Zoopla when it wasn’t for sale](/img/default/eat.png)
The owner of a home for sale has complained to the Advertising Standards Authority after seeing it marketed on Zoopla -...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![US estate agency reveals UK expansion plans for more ‘hubs’](/img/default/eat.png)
The US estate agency Keller Williams says it is on course to have 10 hubs, called market centres, across the UK...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Newspapers are in freefall - what does it mean for agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been an interesting week of contrasts when it comes to online replacing ‘the old school’. Data from that clever consultancy The...
12 January 2019
From: Features
![Property Natter – A to Z of the property market for 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...
22 December 2018
From: Features
![Canny or downright desperate? Online agency slashes fee to just £1](/img/default/eat.png)
Online agency Doorsteps is slashing its flat fee to just £1 with no commission charge - but for only 48 hours. The...
19 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: estate agency on a bus](/img/default/eat.png)
No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...
20 October 2018
From: Features
![OTM branch total hits 11,000 - but founder pushes 'three portals' idea](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket has this morning announced that it now has signed listing agreements with more than 11,000 estate agency offices - over...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![New stamp duty surcharge to be imposed on foreign buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
The government has used this week’s Conservative party conference to announce a new stamp duty tax of one per cent to three...
30 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide bosses blasted over ‘unequal’ rescue plan](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide is under fire again over the controversial rescue plan it announced last week. On Friday the troubled agency group’s share price -...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![We're not trying to disrupt agents insists market website chief](/img/default/eat.png)
The creators of a website using market data to define postcodes as hosting a seller’s market or a buyer’s market have...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Can Viewber become an essential part of the agent toolbox?](/img/default/eat.png)
What a big week for PropTech! With the very first MIPIM PropTech conference, taking place in Paris today and tomorrow, comes...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![‘Unknown' online agency has 2,500 listings and best-ever month](/img/default/eat.png)
The young entrepreneur behind Doorsteps, the estate agency that deliberately avoids the huge marketing razzamatazz of other online companies, says his...
14 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Controversial Labour MP says property better than pensions for retirement](/img/default/eat.png)
A Labour MP who has in the past been fiercely critical of estate and lettings agents now says that property is...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Worth a cool £16m - the teenager running an online agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Akshay Ruparelia, the teenager who set up the Doorsteps online estate agency only 18 months ago, is now reported to be...
17 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Double whammy! Two top Property Press Awards for EAT's editor](/img/default/eat.png)
Graham Norwood has scooped two accolades in the prestigious Property Press Awards for his work on Estate Agent Today and Letting...
17 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Pssst! Derek! Now you can get your home marketed for free...](/img/default/eat.png)
Online estate agencies are the centre of attention right now - but one of them seems to be seeking publicity in...
15 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: Day in the life of…a property journalist](/img/default/eat.png)
Ever wondered what it’s like to be on the frontline of property journalism? Well, wonder no more, as our very own...
05 May 2018
From: Features
![Social media 'may be better than reviews to assess some estate agents'](/img/default/eat.png)
Emoov founder Russell Quirk says that in some cases social media might give a more accurate picture of an estate agency’s...
04 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agency appeals against court 'commission' verdict favouring vendor](/img/default/eat.png)
London estate agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward says is reported to be appealing against a court’s decision about commission payable by...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Budget to reveal massive housebuilding programme ... again](/img/default/eat.png)
Another Budget, another pledge of new house building: it appears from statements made over the weekend by Chancellor Phillip Hammond that...
20 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Government to hold housing summit tomorrow as it scrambles for ideas](/img/default/eat.png)
It has been revealed that the beleaguered government of Theresa May is to hold a summit at 10 Downing Street tomorrow...
16 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Traditional agents blame onliners for chain delays and fall-throughs](/img/default/eat.png)
There is growing concern that online agents who do not chase-up on behalf of clients are leading to delays and fall-throughs...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Sell Purplebricks shares, urges writer as sales data mystery remains](/img/default/eat.png)
The Sunday Times made uncomfortable reading for Purplebricks yesterday as the newspaper raised more questions about the number of homes the...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![5 steps to golden customer service](/img/default/eat.png)
Walk in your customers’ shoes Experiencing your business as your customers do would be our number one rule. How often do you...
13 April 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Zoopla founder in list of 100 key British business disruptors](/img/default/eat.png)
ZPG chief executive Alex Chesterman has been named in a list of 100 British businessmen regarded as the key disruptors of...
27 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![PropTech guru James Dearsley writes for Estate Agent Today](/img/default/eat.png)
James Dearsley, founder of The Digital Marketing Bureau and arguably the best known figure in the fast-emerging property technology sector, is...
07 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Fine & Country beefs up marketing and 'random audits'](/img/default/eat.png)
Fine & Country says it is to return to the small screen with another round of TV advertising, building on its...
31 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agencies opening, expanding, acquiring - crisis, what crisis?](/img/default/eat.png)
Despite Brexit and economic uncertainty, there is still confidence from many agencies that are expanding, opening and acquiring even this late...
25 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![More growth for agency group as it makes third acquisition in 12 months](/img/default/eat.png)
SDL Group, which already owns the 54-branch Century 21 UK franchise, has now announced its third business acquisition in 12 months. Humphreys...
05 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Why agents will always need portals](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s a headline from an Australian business journal this week but it has a familiar ring to it: “Estate agents’ attempts...
26 August 2016
From: Features
![Online agency's £1m investment includes cash from Silicon Valley firm](/img/default/eat.png)
Settled, which was set up in 2015 and earlier this year announced it was hunting for an additional £1m in funding,...
18 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Online agency has halved the time it takes to sell a house - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
Online agency Settled has been described by a major national newspaper as having “halved the time it takes to sell a...
04 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Portal juggling: now the public start passing complaints to NTSEAT](/img/default/eat.png)
A member of the public has submitted a complaint on portal juggling to the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team following...
16 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Hold the front page? Don’t bother – no one reads it any more](/img/default/eat.png)
I wish it were otherwise, but there’s a crisis just beginning to sweep over newspapers – with, a bit beneath the...
06 May 2016
From: Features
![Property entrepreneurs dominate the top 1,000 in The Rich List](/img/default/eat.png)
Property has dominated many of the entries in the Sunday Times’ much-respected Rich List, which names the 1,000 wealthiest individuals with...
25 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Countrywide chief joins board of central London estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate Agent Today can reveal that Bob Scarff, the head of Countrywide’s estate agency business until last May, has become a...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Huge increase in property crowdfunding websites, warns authority](/img/default/eat.png)
There has been a surge of new crowdfunding platforms aimed at people who either cannot afford to purchase their own buy...
07 March 2016
From: Breaking News
!['Estate Agency of the Year' reveals recruitment and training plans](/img/default/eat.png)
Karl Tatler Estate Agents & Lettings - recently annointed at Estate Agency of the Year at the Sunday Times annual awards...
25 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![North-South house price gap grows much bigger in 10 years](/img/default/eat.png)
New research shows that the north-south divide over house prices is not only continuing but is getting significantly worse. High-end agency Savills,...
22 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Major portals awash with resales of landmark London flats, claims paper](/img/default/eat.png)
A newspaper article claims that Rightmove and Zoopla are “awash” with what it calls “the unofficial resales of flats in developments...