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Will he stay or will he go? You don’t need me to say who ‘he’ is - it’s the only story...

Rightmove’s first housing market report of 2022 starts when last year’s ended - on a high.  The average price of property coming...

London’s super-prime residential market has recorded its strongest year since 2013, according to high end agency Savills. In total, there were 522...

Soaring inflation means that house price growth in much of the country is being wiped out, according to a leading housing...

When we all thought that the Covid-19 pandemic was coming to an end, the virus decided to throw another curveball and...

OnTheMarket agents are to have access to the prospecting tool SmartMail, produced by data firm Sprift. SmartMail is a canvassing and prospecting...

Mortgage lenders serving the housing market are set for a quieter 2022 after the unprecedented levels of activity seen in 2021,...

Another day, another house price index record. The latest, from the Halifax, shows that typical house prices increased by over £24,500 in...

At the risk of mixing my metaphors, any mention of energy has become something of a blue touch paper in the...

The latest figures for mortgage approvals show demand as being relatively unchanged - a development welcomed by agents. House purchase mortgage approvals...

Planning delays, labour shortages and the surging price of building materials are combining to sharply cut the number of new homes...

A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...

The surge in Omicron cases and possible future restrictions are set to hit the housing market in 2022 - and may...

Zoopla’s chief operating officer says the portal has made progress for agents in 2021 but recognises there’s more to do next...

As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...

The last Propertymark housing market snapshot for 2021, based on date from the end of November, finds that there is an...

UK house prices have reached an all time high - but 2022 will see a more normalised housing market thanks to...

Rightmove has revealed the UK’s property hotspot of 2021 - where prices have risen 31 per cent in just a year. The...

As 2021 draws to a swift close, there is much speculation about what 2022 will have to offer. Despite the emergence of...

There’s lots of talk of people moving over within estate agency to be self-employed so they can chase the dream of...

Rightmove has identified the UK’s strongest sellers’ market - and it’s in Easton, Bristol. Four of the top 10 sellers’ markets are...

Demand will continue to outpace supply well into next year.  That’s the view of the Reallymoving House Price Forecast, based on an...

There’s been yet another month of declining property listings according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market snapshot. Those responding...

Increasing numbers of commentators are forecasting that the Bank of England will not, after all, raise the base rate next week. It...

A leading agency has admitted that the uncertainty over the effects of the Omicron Covid variant has thrown forecasts for the...

The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I can’t remember the last time I had a business...

New data from Rightmove has analysed millions of supply, demand and pricing data points across the property market, to assess activity...

While the Christmas season is usually heralded by an influx of terrible Christmas adverts, the launch of Starbucks’ gingerbread lattes, Adam...

Propertymark has criticised the government over poor house building figures. New figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show...

The chief executive of Propertymark says the number of homes on sale has fallen to an average of just 21 per branch. “Figures from...

By the end of 2021, one in 16 homes will have changed hands, making it the busiest property market since 2007...

Let’s begin with total transparency from this author: I believe there’s a place for Build To Rent in the wider portfolio...

Just as city centre traffic is reminiscent of life before the pandemic, the rental market in central zones of UK’s largest...

It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...

The average asking price across the UK is now £43,000 higher than it was in late 2019 according to data and...

The latest update on the prime central London market from agency Knight Frank warns that it’s still not business as usual,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Ruddock – Partner and Head of Residential Sales Operations...

Strutt & Parker has revealed where it believes the housing market will see the largest demand in 2022, outside of London. The...

Rightmove has revealed the strongest markets for sellers and buyers this autumn.  Grays in Essex has topped the list of the strongest...

Knight Frank says it’s already being contacted by prospective vendors wanting their homes to be listed for sale next spring. James Cleland,...

Annual house price growth increased to 8.1 per cent in October according to the Halifax.  The average UK property price is now...

The Property Franchise Group, the agency industry’s largest franchise operation, has reported strong performance in recent months. Chief executive Gareth Samples has...

Purplebricks' share price tumbled a remarkable 34 per cent this morning when trading opened on the London Stock Exchange. The price crashed...

The average price of a house in the UK has hit £250,000 for the first time as the  market shows no...

At first glance, Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech earlier this week didn’t offer much from a property perspective. But digging down a little...

The housing market is on track to record its strongest year since 2007 for transactions and house price inflation says Zoopla.  The...

New figures from Knight Frank show that price growth in the high end country market moderated in the third quarter of...

As a character from a fairly well-known TV show once said, winter is coming and we’re all contemplating where 2021 has...

With soaring property prices, supply continuing to be outstripped by demand and overworked and overtired industry professionals; we’re seeing the sector...

The ESTAS – often known as the property world’s version of the Oscars – returns as an in-person event this Friday...

Another market snapshot has identified low supply as the chief characteristic of the sales landscape this autumn. Landmark Information Group’s latest Property...

A part of the Connells Group is telling the new Housing Secretary that he and his government “must do more” to...

There’s a rising number of over-65s but a short supply of suitable affordable properties for them, Propertymark has told government. The agents’...

Despite increasing public debate and media spotlight on energy efficiency, the issue appears relatively unimportant to seven out of eight buyers according to...

Rising inflation triggered by the supply chain crisis following Brexit and the pandemic may undermine recent house price gains according to...

Remarkably, just 11 per cent of property sales fell through in the third quarter of this year as buyers raced to beat...

The  housing market is not immune from the supply shortage hitting the economy, according to Knight Frank - with London the...

The ESTAS Forum scheduled for the morning of the annual awards ceremony on October 22 has been postponed - but the...

There were 13 new buyers for every property listed for sale in the UK in September according to Knight Frank.  Over the...

A leading business consultancy is warning that supply chain shortages as a result of Brexit and the pandemic will push up...

House prices rose by the most in almost 15 years in September ahead of the end of the stamp duty holiday.  The...

An interesting demand has been made of Chancellor Rishi Sunak - to consider reforming stamp duty with thresholds revised to reflect...

A leading market commentator is warning that transactions and prices will fall without the stimulus of the stamp duty holiday. Karen Noye,...

The stamp duty holiday which finally ends later this week might have a lasting legacy - encouraging more agents to use...

Zoopla has calculated how much the average house price has risen every single day since the start of the pandemic in...

A leading planning consultancy has claimed that ‘the myth’ that housing developers are hoarding land after gaining planning consent in order...

Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...

It’s certainly the case that awareness of part exchange isn’t very high in the property and agency world, despite the potential...

Being able to show proof of funds in a quick, transparent and simple way is more crucial than ever to keep fall-throughs...

The property market is unlikely to enter a last-minute rush before the final stamp duty holiday ends in October, research claims. Analysis...

Demand from buyers is set to be strong for the rest of 2021 as the stamp duty holiday unwinds but uncertainty...

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

A surprise statement from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the stamp duty holiday, which goes on until the end...

Exchanges of properties in prime central London, following the end of the largest part of the stamp duty holiday, suggest the...

Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Estate Agent Today stories)?  Who are these people and...

Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...

The first house price index for August suggests they rose 2.1 per cent in just a month - despite forecasts that the...

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

The very strong housing market seen throughout this year is set to extend into 2022 as a stock shortage is forecast...

A new survey of online and hybrid agents claims that they are now taking a 13 per cent share of the...

Proposals to resuscitate the self-build housing sector have been welcomed by the government. Conservative MP Richard Bacon has published an independent report...

Like most aspects of life since the pandemic hit, the employment arena has been hit hard. But not just with uncertainty...

Average house prices increased by 13.2 per cent over the year to June - the highest annual growth rate since November...

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

The average asking price, as recorded by Rightmove, has fallen for the first time this year. In another sign that the market...

Yet another housing market snapshot is reporting the stock of property for sale plummeting further downwards.  Property website Home says that while...

Hello and welcome to another round-up of our industry’s wonderful work for good causes. Before we salute this week’s heroes, our usual...

The market slowdown continues with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reporting that new buyer enquiries have reduced for the first...

Apart from a buoyant market, high transaction levels, and consumer confidence in the property market, one considerable additional benefit which has...

A major agency is predicting that the imbalance between supply and demand, which has characterised the housing market for all of...

House prices in July rose after falling in June, according to the Halifax. They were 0.4 per cent higher than in June,...

Propertymark says the supply of homes on the market has dwindled almost continuously since the start of the year, with 40...

There’s already plenty of talk about autumn - depressing huh? - with agents pondering how the housing market will respond to...

If you were hoping for a summer lull during August, think again. That’s the messages from Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine...

The Fine & Country network has added another agency to its network - this one in the west country city of...

The number of Energy Performance Certificates issued for new build homes in England rose 16 per cent in the year to...

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...

With stock remaining perilously short for most agents, the industry has been advised to use data to identify those existing owners...

Available residential property listings across the country are at historic lows according to property data firm Homesearch. The company, which focuses its...

One of the leading housing market analysts says some of the extreme house price rises seen this year could unwind during...

Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...

“There is an average of 19 buyers for every available property on the market” according to Propertymark’s latest market snapshot for...

A surge in activity ahead of June’s stamp duty deadline and tight supply saw price growth in the country house market...

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...

A leading industry personnel expert says agencies must do more to attract new staff, including adapting how they work to compete...

The busiest first half of a year ever recorded by Rightmove has led to a raft of new records for the...

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...

The end of a largely-forgotten mortgage initiative connected with the pandemic could end up derailing the current strong housing market, agents...

The housing market across the country shows little or no sign of cooling despite the end of the main stamp duty...

At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...

The son of an Oscar winner has been named as the latest estate agent working under the easyProperty banner. Damian Wanstall is...

A leading agent says the supply of homes coming to the market is still insufficient to match demand. London estate agent Jeremy...

The Halifax is reporting a 0.5 per cent monthly drop in house prices, plus a fall in the annual rate from...

A conveyancing services firm is warning that buyers are making “hasty rather than considered” decisions over properties because they feel under...

A bankrupt builder from Devon persuaded pensioners to pay him £271,000 to construct a home - but his poor workmanship has...

Average house prices have risen by £29,000 over the course of the stamp duty holiday as house price annual inflation hits...

An online agent operating in the Midlands says the idea of flipping property is a thing of the past thanks to...

A new analysis claims Help To Buy has improved building volumes and has not been a drain on taxpayers. The scheme which...

A company supplying data to conveyancers and other property professionals warns that Japanese Knotweed is a bigger headache than usual this summer. A wet and frosty spring,...

For the second time in two working days, a report suggests that ever-higher numbers of buying are paying over the asking...

Last weekend we spoke with Liana Loporto, NAEA Propertymark’s president, in an exclusive interview. Here we follow that up with an...

There’s been a dramatic slump in instructions for online agencies, particularly Purplebricks, according to data produced by one online firm itself. 99Home...

New research has thrown light on how much buyers must pay on average to trade up to a property with one...

It was never going to be easy for Scotland - and there was no sense of jeopardy for an already-through England. Yet...

The frantic growth in house prices is showing its first sign of slowing down, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly market snapshot,...

The property market is currently in a unique position where the number of house hunters looking for their next home is...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its monthly sentiment measure of house prices is at its highest level since 1988. A...

An industry supplier is urging agents to dust off old prospects to build their pipeline and keep the market boom going...

The editor of the legal publication the Law Gazette has taken an estate agent to task for daring to suggest that...

Annual house price inflation is now at its strongest level in nearly seven years, says the Halifax House Price Index. The average...

There are now more mortgage products available than at any time since the start of the pandemic in March 2021. Data from...

Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

A gradual increase in the supply of homes coming to the market means the stellar price rises of recent months are...

The MP who chairs one of the most important committees in the House of Commons has urged the government to increase...

The Bank of England will intervene if it considers soaring house prices will affect the inflation rate says Sir Dave Ramsden,...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the government’s First Homes initiative, describing it as “creative” and saying it’s a sign of...

The number of transactions is scheduled to reach 1.52 million this year - way above the norm of between 1.0 and...

An unusual price forecast based on conveyancing quotes suggests the housing market is to continue busy over the summer with more...

Agents’ views are being sought by Propertymark on how best to improve the housing supply in Northern Ireland. The province’s Department for...

One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest...

A London agency is rejecting the suggestion that sellers are heading to the countryside - instead, it says they’re likely to move...

The asking price of a typical home in the UK has hit a third of a million pounds for the first...

It’s been quite a week for the rental sector. Lettings agents and landlords have had such a torrid time in recent years...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Christopher Keen and Company Director  What is ‘company name’ and what...

The number of properties coming on the market is still not meeting the huge demand from buyers, but the level of...

A relatively modest interest rate rise could trigger a crash in the housing market according to the housing analyst behind the...

The so-called race for space as the pandemic drives buyers to reconsider their lifestyle options has led to prices for prime...

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...

Mortgage lending has shown the biggest net increase on record according to the Bank of England.  Mortgage borrowing in March rose by...

Parts of the UK property market face a supply shortage with a quarter fewer properties listed for sale in England and...

House prices are 7.1 per cent above their level a year ago as the boom continues. The latest house price index, from...

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

One in six properties sold for over the original asking price last month, higher than the proportion in February and another sign...

New figures from Zoopla today emphasise just how frenzied the housing market remains. Here are the figures: - so far in the first...

A prime London estate agency is going global - not only with a new office in the UK capital but with...

Around 30 people spent all night queuing outside an estate agent ahead of 14 homes going on sale - the most...

A leading buying agent says the phenomenon of ‘buying unseen’ is the most dramatic property trend to have emerged from the...

A major agency is reporting a “frenzy” with branches inundated with enquiries as soon as homes are listed. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of...

Rightmove has so far this year recorded 20 of its busiest ever days for visits to the site as the current...

The shortage of supply compared to demand, which has characterised the housing market in recent months, could soon be a thing...

Earlier this month, Fixflo held a webinar with David Cox, legal and compliance director of Rightmove, to discuss key government policies...

With just days before the launch of new portal Boomin, Rightmove says it’s hit a record 9.1m visits in a 24...

Another house price index shows a super-charged housing market with prices rising 7.5 per cent in the year to January according...

The London housing market is enjoying the end of the lull before the storm, according to a leading buying agent. Sara Ransom...

The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...

Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the market should prepare itself for a glut of new supply thanks to the...

Foxtons says it's set for radical new investment and further takeovers following the acquisition of rival London agency Douglas and Gordon. In...

When I joined Zoopla, I took the same approach that I always take whenever I enter a new sector: I was...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Franchising What is Meyers and what...

Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...

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

The acquisition of Countrywide by Connells might just be the deal of the century in the British estate agency industry. That’s the...

We’re now well into the third national lockdown and as the nation’s thoughts start to focus on how and when we’ll...

A leading estate agent says fear of strangers coming into people’s homes is leading to a fall in supply of properties...

Agents and conveyancers are expressing doubt over whether a possible six week extension to the stamp duty holiday will be enough...

As we move towards the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the first lockdown, it is a good time to reflect...

An estate agency says 10 per cent of its sellers have already dropped their asking prices to keep buyers on board,...

After high levels of publicity for Zoopla and Boomin in recent weeks, Rightmove has struck back with figures suggesting it’s enjoyed...

As we now find ourselves in the UK’s third national lockdown in 10 months, what tenants want, and need from their...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am the General Manager of Ravensworth, which is what...

Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...

The Prime Minister this afternoon stated that lockdown will remain in effect until early March at the earliest. He told the House...

A housing index says the market continues to defy Coronavirus and Brexit worries with asking prices up 4.9 per cent in...

The average UK house price is now a record £253,374 according to the Halifax - but the rate of growth is...

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...

House prices surged in December to post their fastest growth in six years, according to the Nationwide.  Prices rose 7.3 per cent...

Figures from Zoopla suggest there’s a Christmas present being unwrapped by agents across the country - a far busier housing market tha this...

Another day, another index, another record - house prices rose 5.4 per cent annually in October according to official figures from the Office...

The sales market is currently strong but the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a warning about a slowdown next...

MPs lobbied by agents to extend the stamp duty holiday are staying firmly on the fence with standard answers and no...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

NAEA Propertymark has renewed its warning that a cliff-edge threatens housing market stability as the stamp duty holiday ends. The organisation’s outgoing chief...

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...

The housing market in England and Wales is stabilising, according to analysis of web traffic from a property advice site.  Valuation requests...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has resisted changing any property taxes in the short term, but has used his Spending Review statement to...

Zoopla’s research team is anticipating the first quarter of next year will see the current boom continue as 100,000 additional sales...

The Home website, which publishes a detailed monthly snapshot of the market, has raised the alarm over London because of a...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...

With a new President elected and the old one reluctant to move out, this is a good time to see how...

Property is considered to be a safe investment. The buy-to-let market is booming, fuelled by a generation unable to get on...

Residential People, one of many free-to-list platforms in the hectic portal marketplace, is set to launch which it calls its “AI...

The Competitions and Markets Authority is to probe the proposed merger of two crowdfunding sites used by numerous property industry companies. Crowdcube...

The London sales market is slowing as Christmas nears but no significant impact has been caused by the second wave of...

There are 140,000 more buyers waiting to complete on their properties right now than there were this time last year. The claim, by...

There is no doubting that 2020 has been a challenging year for all industries, with the lettings market being no exception. Following...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is taking credit for saving thousands of agency jobs through increased transactions prompted by the stamp duty holiday. A...

Conveyancers are sending a blunt message to estate agents: transactions will take longer than usual and don’t chase us with queries and...

New instructions almost doubled across prime areas of London in September compared to the same period a year ago, while the...

A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...

Mortgage approvals for house purchases have soared to a 13 year high according to Bank of England figures up to the...

Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that in August, some 13 per cent of properties sold for more than the original asking...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

The government claims its stamp duty holiday has supported nearly 750,000 jobs thanks to the ripple effect in the economy. A statement from HM...

I’m sure I speak for most in the property industry when I say that back in March and April I had...

The strong house price growth experienced in recent months could soon be 'marred' by oversupply, according to Home.co.uk. The property website says...

The property market experienced a slowdown last month as a result of more people going on summer holidays, according to the...

A leading agent says the government’s new Coronavirus clampdown from Monday will push more home owners to sell. Caspar Harvard-Wills, a partner at...

If yet more proof were needed of the housing boom this summer, NAEA Propertymark says its sales agreed data suggests a...

Figures from Zoopla quantify how Coronavirus is changing the market, with houses selling significantly faster than flats. The latest market report from...

Data from Rightmove shows that demand is up 61 per cent compared to the same period last year - and the...

The supply of homes coming to the market could struggle to meet the demand from buyers shown in recent weeks, with...

Rightmove’s latest house price index shows the highest number of sales agreed in a month for over a decade. It’s 20 per...

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

Asking prices are up again for a third consecutive month in all English regions and across Scotland and Wales.  The measurement, from...

The latest market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns the current boom may not continue as government support measures...

The Zoopla Rental Market Report, published this week, mentioned a two-speed rental market, but what does that mean? We are seeing two...

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...

Strutt & Parker is warning that in a worst-case scenario house prices in some locations could drop 10 per cent this...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

Zoopla says while there may be speculation about people fleeing London and big urban areas for the countryside, the evidence suggests...

The housing market is still booming according to data released by the National Association of Estate Agents Propertymark - although the...

As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...

Zoopla's Research and Insight Director Richard Donnell writes: Just over a fortnight on since the Chancellor announced the Stamp Duty holiday and...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

Knight Frank has reported a remarkable set of figures for June showing how the housing market has bounced back with a...

The latest monthly index suggests that the average asking price in England and Wales has jumped 1.5 per cent in the...

You have to feel for Rishi Sunak - well, at least a little. Leave to one side that he carries more presentational...

An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...

There’s more confirmation this morning that the housing market is enjoying a short-term bounce - and that’s before the effect of...

Mortgage enquiries in June surged to double the rate of the previous month according to the latest halifax house price index. Although...

We recently issued our Zoopla House Price Index, which analyses the latest real-time trends from the sales market. In our analysis, we...

With the UK housing market now largely open - there are still restrictions in some areas on home moves to occupied properties...

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...

A former City analyst best known for his scathing criticisms of Purplebricks has launched a PropTech platform that he describes as...

Few figures for the housing market can be truly representative in the current circumstances but NAEA Propertymark’s latest snapshot is showing...

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...

There’s been a big rise in demand for new-builds since the lockdown according to figures from Knight Frank - but the...

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...

A market commentator says it will take up to three months before the housing market stabilises into the ‘new normal’ after...

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...

There’s been a strong rebound in demand for homes and an “unprecedented” bounce in new sales agreed according to Zoopla. The portal...

Social distancing will be part of our daily routine moving forward for the foreseeable future and if you run an estate...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

Rightmove says it enjoyed 5.3m visits on Tuesday of this week - up four per cent on the comparable day of...

The number of full property details viewed on Rightmove - a key indicator of market health - is already stronger than...

Savills has given the industry an insight into how buyers’ and sellers’ priorities may change as the industry returns to work...

Since my last column in April, one could argue that very little has changed for agents in terms of the market...

There’s going to be a 35 per cent drop in the number of new homes delivered this year because of the...

We are all operating in peculiar times. Times of great upheaval. Our lives are both in a complete state of flux...

Today is the final day that agencies can register with the government scheme offering furlough pay on April 30. The furlough programme...

The peak of the 2020 sales market is likely to be September instead of the usual early summer - but that...

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with...

Two auctions held behind closed doors have been deemed a success, and evidence that the property market can still function despite...

It seems an eternity ago but the housing market in February - that’s only last month - was in rude health...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

Hello and welcome to a special Agents Do Charity, given over entirely to a wonderful effort to coordinate the industry’s response...

A senior figure in the industry has spoken out against the shock sackings and branch closures announced by Spicerhaart. Jon Cooke, chief...

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus early-warning statements like that from Foxtons indicate the anxiety in the...

By now, most letting agents and landlords will have heard about the draft legislation laid in Parliament concerning a mandatory minimum...

New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents show a big surge in demand despite the winter weather since the...

A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites - especially Rightmove - are contributing to estate agencies...

In another positive sign for the housing market, every region of the UK has seen a price rise according to the...

For several years the regular monthly RICS market snapshot has made depressing reading - now, for there second month in a...

Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today for its monthly decision on whether the move base rate - and...

Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...

The housing market appears to have ended 2019 on a positive note according to the National Association for Estate Agents. Its latest...

Some buying agents have batted away the many signs of an improving housing market but one says the Boris Bounce is...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows tax receipts from stamp duty fell a further 5.2 per cent between 2018 and...

In its latest State of the Property Nation report, which questions over 650 agents and 6,000 consumers, Zoopla says 55 per...

As I look towards this year, I am sure that my thoughts are the same as many within the industry. I am...

At the end of a strong week for housing market indicators, the latest survey from the website Home suggests a major...

The Property Franchise Group - which operates five High Street agency brands and the EweMove hybrid - has set up a...

Savills says the decisive General Election result appears to have suddenly turned the market around and gave “a strong close to...