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PropertyHeads has relaunched its valuation and insights tool as Mouseprice Pro in the UK after a period of major investment and...

In the third part of this exclusive series with Homesearch’s chief operating officer, Sam Hunter, Angels Media’s Lee Dahill questions him...

Estate agents use their experience, knowledge, and connections to help people to sell properties at the best prices. Working in this field...

The digital transformation of the property industry is not a new chapter, but an ongoing journey in which the winners are...

Energy efficiency, gardens and garages as well as speedy sales are top of buyer’s wishlists, Zoopla claims. The portal has published the...

A survey earlier this week may have shown the older generation feel younger people’s spending habits are destroying their chances of...

Rising property prices in the UK mean that occupiers are renting long past their forties. According to the government’s last English...

Today’s consumers judge a business not just on the quality of its products, but also on their experience in using them....

First-time buyers have admitted to feeling overwhelmed or scared to talk to estate agents about the homebuying process. A study of 2,000...

The economic turmoil of the past two years has done little to deter people from buying a property, research suggests. Buyers and...

This question is not as flippant as it sounds because over recent years the status of the private landlord has taken...

Agents were busy marking the Platinum Jubilee over the past week but there was still time for fundraising exploits including tree-planting...

Estate agents and sellers could be set to benefit from fewer fall-throughs this year but the costs of a collapsed sale...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched its 2022 Lender Survey to identify where the industry can collaborate to improve the mortgage...

When was the last time you updated your website? New consumer research suggests 81% of sellers will not contact an estate agent...

We are all acutely aware of the surge in demand for rental properties in and around the capital in the months...

WhatsApp is being predicted to become a key messaging tool for estate agents in the coming years. Messaging provider SMS Speedway analysed...

Buyer issues have been cited as the main cause of fall-throughs, according to new research. A survey of more than 940 agents,...

There are many myths about using virtual tours to sell or let properties. The most common perceptions are that virtual property...

LSL has reported a 16% drop in estate agency residential exchange income but says it is sales pipeline is at record...

Agents and property professionals are travelling far and wide to raise money for charity, plus there is a new way to...

Stanley Michael Brecker, an iconic and revered figure on the London commercial property scene for more than 60 years has died...

A survey among home movers has revealed support for making first-time buyers fully exempt from stamp duty and replacing the stamp...

Estate agents are being urged to reassess their fee structure and not be afraid to reflect the time and level of...

Homeowners may have become less willing to pay upfront fees to sell their home. Despite efforts by online-only brands such as Purplebricks...

Agents have heralded the beginning of the house price slowdown. The latest Land Registry House Price Index yesterday showed values increased by...

Google rather than the portals is the starting point for sellers finding an estate agent, a survey claims. A survey among 2,000...

Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned that it may block the merger of two property search firms as it...

Almost half of buyers would be willing to pay more for a property with a high energy efficiency rating, research suggests. It...

A lack of mortgage knowledge could be holding buyers back, research claims. A survey of more than 1,000 consumers by Nottingham Building...

The limited amount of property stock continues to push up house prices despite cost of living concerns, surveyors claim. The latest RICS...

Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...

PropTech company Gazeal has launched a new product to help agents secure a sale at any point. The new product is called...

Agents remain positive about the prospects for their business and the property market despite talk of slowing house price growth and...

Surveyors have revealed the key issues coming up in reports that could stifle sales or reduce offers. The most common issues over...

Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly are due to be held on 5 May and agents are hoping that housing remains...

A third of first-time buyers have had to reduce their budgets as a result of recent interest rate hikes and the...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

You can tell that spring is in the air as this week's Agents Do Charity is full of outdoor fundraising pursuits...

Property blockchain network Coadjute has launched a research project to identify ways estate agents and conveyancers can improve their working relationship. It...

The proportion of offers accepted at or above asking price has hit a record high, research shows. The latest Propertymark Housing Report,...

In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...

One of estate agency’s biggest groups yesterday announced the start of a share buyback programme for a tranche of up to...

More than half of those working within the property sector are suffering from higher levels of fatigue or stress, due to...

The vast majority of property professionals would like to see HMRC act more proactively to deter money laundering, as almost a...

A new survey by interior experts Hammonds Furniture has outlined how important interior style is to potential buyers, with 40% of...

New research from Bluestone Mortgages has shown that 'non-vanilla' customers are being turned down for financial products and services. More than two...

The supply shortage may be coming to an end. That is the view from the latest RICS Residential Market Survey. The research among...

PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...

You’re probably up to your neck at the start of a busy spring market but I’d hope there’s one thing most...

The pandemic may have helped first-time buyers get on the property ladder sooner but are they paying too high a price? Research...

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

A survey of 700 borrowers by a high net worth lender suggest almost four out of 10 have lost a mortgage...

An agency specialising in Nigerian clients has opened its first international office in London. Jide Taiwo & Co’s office will open next...

In a new column, solicitor Colum Smith, an expert in combating fraud at Taylor Rose MW Solicitors, explains why those looking...

House sales in February were around a fifth lower than the same month in 2021, according to HM Revenue and Customs...

The LSL Property Services group - which is increasingly focussing activities in the mortgage and personal finance world - has issued...

A veteran estate agent who set up his own business in one of Britain’s most popular locations is being mourned after...

The path from agent to developer is not easy, but it is a relatively straightforward one, if you are willing to...

Despite a backdrop of the Ukraine crisis, soaring fuel bills, rising interest rates and high inflation, buyer sentiment remains strong according...

The market boom goes on, for now at least. In February, house prices rose at their fastest since June 2007 according to...

Welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s going where and why in...

Of the many industry buzzwords, I suspect “upfront information” was up there as one of the most widely used in 2021....

The findings of a new survey may make worrying reading for agents who have taken the self-employed route as agency business...

The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...

For all sales and letting agents, accelerating your business to new heights is a number one priority. You can’t be losing time...

A leading surveyor in London says the likely introduction of a register of overseas property ownership and sanctions making it difficult...

In the last two years digital Property Logbooks for our homes have moved from concept to reality with almost a quarter...

A leading property lawyer says some agents will struggle to meet the demand for more ‘material information’ put forward by Trading...

The overwhelming majority of vendors do not choose their estate agent based on fees, but on wider market expertise. That’s the finding...

An average home appreciated more in 2021 than its owner will have earned, according to Savills. The agency says that with annual...

It’s feared one of the country’s oldest estate agencies may have entered receivership. The Drew Pearce company of agents and chartered surveyors...

Fall throughs remain a significant problem with transaction collapses costing buyers and sellers a wasted £880m in 2021 according to new...

I’m sure most readers would agree with me that cyber-security is vitally important for almost any business, particularly those businesses like...

Selling a home - the period from listing to completion - is now back to its pre-pandemic levels of 16 weeks...

Features often overlooked by agents and buyers now, such as double glazing and insulation, are likely to become high up on...

Savills has welcomed its first intake of residential apprentices with seven individuals hired by the business to study and work within...

The majority of homeowners and homebuyers believe Stamp Duty Land Tax is outdated and needs reform. The mortgage lender Butterfield commissioned an...

The estate agent known to his thousands of followers on Twitter as Mayfair Guru is predicting a ‘Roaring 2020s’ for the...

Some regional property markets are perilously close to running out of any stock to sell. That’s the news from property data...

A poll of Conservative voters shows strong majorities for higher taxes on second homes and empty properties, and tougher demands on...

Rightmove is running a series of webinars this month focused on legislation affecting agents. Tomorrow the former ARLA Propertymark supreme David Cox...

Research suggests there are substantial numbers of older Londoners using too-large properties but unable to downsize because of a lack of...

A study suggests that 70 per cent of buyers would be willing to pay more for a property with good indoor...

For an unregulated industry, agents have an awful lot of regulations to deal with. For example, there’s the mandatory membership of a...

The level of house price growth is at a 17 year high at 11.2 per cent according to the Nationwide. The annual...

OnTheMarket has signed a deal with Brickflow, a new comparison site for development finance.   The portal says the partnership will provide member...

Research based on questioning almost 1,000 estate agents suggests that around 70 per cent are set to expand their business this...

Bowmark Capital is selling its Leaders Romans Group, one of the UK’s largest property services groups, to another private equity operator, Platinum...

Barely three weeks into the new year and we’re already talking about plans to raise tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of...

A survey suggests that an overwhelming proportion of estate agents believe the government should make the provision of upfront property information...

Fears that the housing market may be seriously damaged by the worsening economy led to share price falls for Rightmove and others...

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

A new survey of people who have sold their home in the past six months has given a strong backing to...

Estate Agent Today understands that the civil servant who has been at the heart of plans to reform the house buying...

The objective of estate agents in 2022 must be to cut their business costs and employ technology to replace - and...

Propertymark is reiterating its view that energy efficiency and EPC changes being considered by government must take account of property age...

It’s often said that agency is a people business, and I can see no reason to disagree - agents dealing face-to-face...

A survey of agents suggests the majority believe the process of buying and selling residential properties will be fully digital or...

An extensive online training programme has been devised to help properly professionals identify and treat Japanese Knotweed. A programme of 15 videos...

For the first time since before the global financial crisis of 2008, the number of first-time buyers is estimated to have...

A new survey suggests two thirds of current or potential home owners would accept the idea of a mortgage interest rate...

Prime Central London’s attraction to multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers appears to have soared during the pandemic. High end agency Beauchamp Estates says...

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

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

Almost exactly two thirds of buyers questioned by Savills say their choice of home to purchase was a case of ‘love...

As agents return to work after the Christmas break, here’s an insight into possible new instructions. A quarter of owners apparently think...

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

Boomin is launching a new ad campaign from Boxing Day, December 26 - the date previously associated with record visits to...

A surveyors’ trade body claims as many as 250,000 homes could find themselves impossible to sell or secure a mortgage on...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

As the UK housing market faces an ongoing boom, there’s one profession that’s certainly rushed off its feet — estate agents....

Three quarters of estate agents work more than an eight hour day at least once a week - and over half...

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

A survey of sellers shows that 61 per cent of them visit the agent’s website before instructing them. According to respondents the...

In a first for the Natter, this week's interview is a video affair, with me posing the questions to Stephen Brown,...

The government’s plan to put Energy Performance Certificates at the heart of its bid to reach Net Zero has hit a stumbling...

A new survey by Leaders Romans Group shows a significant majority of buyers wanting homes to be more energy efficient -...

The head of a small hybrid firm that describes traditional agencies with offices as “antiquated” says property professionals working for corporates...

Some 14 trade bodies in the estate agency, conveyancing, property management and surveying industries have jointly launched new upfront documents which...

Trust has always been vital for building and nurturing good relations between an agent and their customer. Maintaining trust will keep...

A survey of 100 agents commissioned by industry supplier Landmark suggests most believe the current onboarding process is ripe for simplification.  Some...

A high-speed internet connection is the second most important factor for buyers after property size, a survey claims. And the study -...

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

The phrase ‘time is money’ is particularly pertinent for estate agents. Since the stamp duty holiday ended, the forecast drop in...

A website called The Changing Face of Property has been launched to encourage young people planning their careers to consider our...

There’s been a significant rise in buyer interest in the energy efficiency of properties - but so far it’s making no...

OnTheMarket says it delivered a record number of instant valuation enquiries last month, beating its previous best period in June of...

In this article, the team at The Lettings Hub - which aims to offer tech-driven solutions for the rental market - outline...

There’s been a very low expression of interest in Commonhold, despite the government pushing the new tenure as an alternative to...

In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...

The average cost of buying and selling a home in England this year has soared from £6,877 before the end of...

A new survey by property consultancy TwentyCi shows that the market share of online and hybrid agents in the third quarter...

New research shows that despite media attention and new government policies, better energy efficiency is not a key issue for the...

Rightmove says sellers who have upgraded their Energy Performance Certificate rating to a C - from a D, E or F -...

Business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown is predicting house prices will still rise, even after a possible hike in interest rates later this year or...

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

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

A portal says many buyers feel disappointed when viewing a property becuase it is typically smaller than agents’ photographs suggest.  MoveStreets claims...

The bid by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors to re-establish itself as a trusted body continues with the naming of...

2021 redefined what it meant to offer exceptional customer experiences for consumers across multiple industries, but particularly for the residential property...

Some two thirds of agents and other property professionals who have worked alone have suffered an incident endangering their safety, according to...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is trying to win back respect within the property industry with new Rules of Conduct...

The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...

British homebuyers take an average of 25 seconds to decide whether a house is right for them, according to Purplebricks. As a...

Living close to family and friends is a top priority for nearly four in 10 people according to a survey of...

The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...

The governing council of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a public apology to the whistle blowers whose actions...

The Halifax claims that homes with the highest energy ratings are worth up to £40,000 more on average compared to less...

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....

There are a huge array of products and services covering the entire journey of lettings, from prospecting all the way through to...

The pandemic has led to many people ditching more formal wear as they work from home on a more regular basis,...

First-time buyers are shifting to online-only banks to help get a mortgage. A survey by personal finance website NerdWallet found that with...

With the competition for new listings between agents as fierce as ever, it can sometimes feel like a race to the...

A cloud-based software provider has claimed that agents need to prepare for the future – and a very different working day...

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

Almost a million tenants have built up rent arrears since March 2020, according to research by National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA)....

Rightmove claims to have identified the dream home for buyers. A survey of more than 2,000 visitors to the portal’s website has...

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...

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

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another edition of good will and cheer generated by the industry’s fund-raising heroes. It’s...

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...

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

A news conference today is expected to reveal more details of the governance scandal which has engulfed the Royal Institution of...

The chief executive of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Sean Tompkins, is in talks to step down according to an...

A survey conducted by a bank suggests that over half of the self-employed sector of the economy believes its financial position...

Jackson-Stops, which currently has 42 branches across the UK, has revealed it’s going to have another 20 by the end of...

We are living in the age of information. Our working and personal lives are underpinned by software, data and technology to...

A small survey commissioned by a PropTech firm appears to show that a majority of respondents believe estate agents lack expertise...

Many Britains are apparently under-estimating the impact of furlough on their ability to get a mortgage and buy a property. A new...

A new survey shows that there’s just a 1.7 per cent house price premium on homes with EPC ratings A or...

An agency claims that across the UK there have been very nearly 400,000 property transactions down valued in the last year...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

A sentiment survey amongst wealthy international buyers suggests the affluent sector of the western world is seeing similar house buying frenzy...

An estate agency comparison website has conducted research into how much it costs to simply keep an average home in a...

There’s a lot being said about how the workforce will operate in the post-pandemic world. We’re still largely remote at Homesearch but as...

House sales slumped nearly two thirds last month as the main deadline for the stamp duty holiday passed.  HM Revenue and Customs...

Auction service Iamsold says a small-sample survey it conducted of agents suggests that increasing numbers are looking favourably on auctions as...

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

A  mortgage expert says surveyors should improve their standard services to cover the threat of climate change.  This comes after a summer...

A company says it’s gathering £500m in funding to purchase properties for a “gradual home ownership” scheme - a variation on...

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

A director of Essex estate agency Beresfords has announced his retirement after 40 years with the company - and after being...

A bulk quick buy company has surveyed purchasers who have been deterred from continuing their transactions to discover what the biggest...

The average size of homes in England has plummeted by over 10 per cent in the past four decades. Research from ElectricalDirect...

Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...

The independent QC asked to prepare a report into the financial conduct row at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has...

A new survey suggests the majority of vendors remain wary of allowing too many unknown people into their home during viewings. Some...

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

Guided by our philosophy of being open and connected, at MRI we are constantly evolving and developing relationships and partnerships with...

A survey suggests that almost half of first time buyers have at some time pulled out of deals because of environmental...

Trust the process: subscribe your landlords and tenants to Task Plans and receive automated prompts when it’s the right time to...

Are you experiencing Estate Agent burnout? As The Stamp Duty Holiday has begun to tail off, it didn’t bring the relaxation in...

LSL Property Services - parent company of Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - has reported record figures as...

Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...

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

Students at a high school have been given an insight into the career opportunities in the property sector. The sixth formers from...

Around 2.66 million landlords were operational in Great Britain in 2019, according to data estimations previously released by Hamptons International. Of those...

The already-high fall-through rate for transactions is likely to be supercharged by the impending end of the tapered stamp duty holiday...

Remember the early days of lockdown when there was a general panic? Perhaps the hot demand for toilet rolls was a sign...

A bank’s latest study suggests that self employed people are increasingly pessimistic about the chance of them being able to get on...

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

Properties with professional marketing packs sell up to 48 per cent quicker than those without, according to an experiment conducted by...

OnTheMarket, which until now has lagged behind the leading two portals in terms of consumer-facing housing market information, has today launched...

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

The industry is braced for more anti-money laundering compliance processes according to a risk consultancy. LexisNexis Risk Solutions claims its survey shows...

By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...

A third of owners would consider moving more regularly if the stamp duty holiday on the first £500,000 of a purchase...

The government has thrown its weight behind the concept of Unique Property Reference Numbers as a way of speeding up transactions. UPRNs...

A rush to beat next week’s stamp duty holiday deadline has caused a 200 per cent increase in demand for removal...

Working from home used to get a bad rap. With the phrase mocked as ‘shirking from home’, homeworkers were often seen...

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

One in 10 buyers say they will seek to renegotiate on the price of their chosen home if they miss the...

In the first of a two-part special with the presidents of the UK’s largest property trade organisation, we carry out an...

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...

Amro Partners, the Build to Rent and student accommodation operator, has launched a venture capital arm investing in PropTech and FinTech. Amro...

Buyers are not told the true scale of flood risk in many properties - and the rush to beat the stamp...

The government has dismissed a call for reform of the stamp duty system, which would have meant the tax would apply...

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

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50% of home movers selected their estate agent because they liked them....

Despite the vast amount of publicity given to the concept of virtual viewing, a survey suggests relatively few properties on sale...

LSL Property Services, which owns YourMove and Reeds Rains amongst other industry brands, has created an employee forum to help increase...

In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...

There are over 700,000 homes marked Sold Subject to Contract and going through conveyancing right now, according to a new Rightmove...

An estate agency says disgruntled and delayed property buyers are fast falling out of love with the stamp duty holiday, which...

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s on the move. Let us know...

New research has found that homebuyers would prioritise buying a home with superfast broadband over being close to a good school.  A...

Zoopla says just over half of current home owners say they are stuck in a property that’s unsuitable for their needs...

An online agency has issued an outlandish statement that it, and other online agencies, have made the profession more trusted amongst...

The government is to answer a call made in an online petition for stamp duty to apply when contracts are exchanged,...

A new survey of some 700 estate agency customers show that they want to get traditional services like High Street branches,...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

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

An assessment by a risk solutions firm shows that estate agents are on average just 53 per cent of the way...

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

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

We recently conducted a survey and discussion session with estate and lettings agencies called Agency panel - Cut through the noise...

A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies.  This is despite Purplebricks this...

Three of the leading portals have made major announcements as the fierce rivalry between the big players continues apace.  Firstly Zoopla claims its latest...

The Trading Standards agency team has outlined to Estate Agent Today the process it will follow to improve what it calls...

The controversial demands of Trading Standards for more “material information” to be provided upfront in property details have been criticised by...

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

In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...

Whilst it was once seen as a way to sell niche or run-down properties, auction is now a mainstream method of...

One one in five first time buyers have been able to get a mortgage on the first attempt over the past...

The independent review into the governance of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is calling for comments. Earlier this year RICS was the...

Britain’s second largest estate agency has outlined radical new plans to shift direction, making financial services and not sales or rentals...

Propertymark is staging a webinar today tackling the challenging issue of conveyancing - just as the market is at its busiest...

A new petition has been launched asking the government to make the stamp duty holiday apply when contracts are exchanged, rather...

An increased focus on the provision of financial services has helped boost the trading figures released today by LSL Property Services,...

Two leading agencies and an agent network have signed up to the UK’s first dedicated portal for those finding, researching, buying...

Momentum is building for agents to provide more information on property details and portals - not wait until a prospective buyer...

Some 45 per cent of people who had their home valued by an agent or sold it in the past three years discovered it...

National Trading Standards wants agents, portals and industry groups to come up with ways to provide basic essential material information ‘upfront’.  The National...

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...

Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...

A survey of 5,000 agents suggests the slow house selling and buying process is one of the biggest challenges facing the...

A new survey suggests 53 per cent of buyers never actually visit an estate agent’s office during the course of their...

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

A surveyors group has launched a new ‘Home Review’ service which it claims will identify structural problems which create an immediate...

The sizes and numbers of gardens in London are reducing because stamp duty is encouraging more extensions as an alternative to moving. That’s...

Estate agency offices in Wales, closed for many weeks as part of that country’s lockdown, will reopen from next Monday, April 12. The...

First off, happy Good Friday to all our readers. Here’s to a great, if still slightly different, long Easter bank holiday...

A new property board game called Gazumped aims to rival Monopoly but reflect a much more realistic view of how the house...

A new survey says 80 per cent of homeowners believe the process of buying a house has remained largely the same or...

First the good news - estate agents are trusted more than politicians and no less than bankers. Now the bad news:...

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

We recently launched our state of the property nation survey – a two-minute poll designed to give estate and letting agents...

Unsurprisingly it’s been a busy few months in the property market so far this year, and a busy few months in...

On Monday, we launched our state of the property nation survey – a 14-question poll designed to give estate and letting...

Will Rightmove still be the dominant portal by 2030? Will Boomin really shake up the industry as Purplebricks did before it?...

On Monday next week, Estate Agent Today will launch its state of the property nation survey, a 14-question poll for UK...

A quarter of agents say they intend to recruit new staff in the next 12 months, following on from the surge...

The findings of the new ‘Thriving in a Pandemic’ report, recently published by tmgroup and mio, have highlighted that the market...

With much attention on those at risk of repossession or running up rent arrears, it's emerged that many others have actually used...

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...

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

A broker has launched the UK’s longest-ever fixed rate mortgage, with no early repayment charge or exit fees - the first product...

A PropTech firm says the public wants an easier way to buy and sell property.  A survey of 672 existing home owners...

Paul Creffield, a veteran figure at Countrywide involved in a controversy over bonuses, is staying on to “support” the transition into new...

Connells Group, which is of course acquiring Countrywide, has announced it's snapped up another agency - albeit a much smaller one. It...

No fewer than 79 per cent of people want the stamp duty holiday extended according to a survey conducted by an...

Honesty is a concept that journalists will tell their readers is non-existent for estate agents. Yeah, right! But as the end...

New research from Propertymark suggests a typical fall through costs an agent £4,123.  The association says that if the stamp duty holiday...

Connells Group says it is the UK's largest estate agency group by market share - and that's before the Countrywide acquisition...