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

Even before the pandemic, the estate agency sector was evolving considerably as a younger generation started buying, selling and letting homes,...

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...

Targeting the specialist student rental market can be rewarding for letting agents and landlords if they take the right approach. The current...

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...

Over the last year, the majority of the UK workforce will have spent some time working from home as a result...

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...

Some 12 per cent of buyers will pull out of their transaction if it does not complete in time for their stamp...

Propertymark has slammed government energy efficiency proposals as being “unrealistic, too simplistic and could deter people from moving home.” A formal consultation...

High net worth individuals are struggling when it comes to successfully applying for a mortgage, according to a lender.  Research by Butterfield...

A survey of portal usage shows a low level of trust and customer satisfaction from agents, and a majority of agencies saying they...

Estate and letting agencies are the best performing businesses for low call waiting times in the UK. A survey of 1,000 people...

The government has given details of two new taxes to provide funds to address the cladding problem on high rise tower blocks...

Some 100 new apprentice estate agents are to be recruited in London. Dexters, which has 70 offices across the capital including 12...

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...

A new survey suggests online agents are favoured by only three per cent of sellers. The study involved a modest sample -...

One of the country’s most popular tourist destinations may ban the sale of new builds to second home buyers. The council in Padstow -...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

As part of our third PayProp Special Report on COVID-19 rental arrears in the UK, we surveyed over 600 agents, tenants...

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

A new working group on mental health in the agency industry is being set up following a poll revealing 62 per cent...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors last night announced a dramatic U-turn in the controversy over a report by an independent...

The New Year lull is well and truly over and this week’s Agents Do Charity show fundraising is back in business despite...

The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...

Revenues for LSL Property Services - owner of Your Move and Reeds Rains - dropped last year by 15 per cent. Although...

The online petition calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday is set to pass 100,000 signatures today. This means the...

The speed and success of the Coronavirus vaccine programme holds the key to the housing market rebounding in the second half...

Even the prospect of a stamp duty holiday is not enough to persuade many buyers and sellers to enter the market...

A leading business consultancy says the level of working-from-home in the UK by 2025 will be five times that before the pandemic. Estate...

Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...

The Federation of Independent Agents says a survey of member agencies suggests only around a fifth per cent would definitely be listing...

The president of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors insists that the organisation is acting on recommendations of a probe into...

Sir Kier Starmer has told the government it should look again at whether estate agents’ viewings of properties for sale and...

The Sunday Times has made new and detailed allegations regarding the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. For some weeks the newspaper has...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...

Just a week ago, I thought it was all over. Christmas and New Year had gone, as had the passionate calls...

There’s growing optimism that an extension to the stamp duty holiday - thought to be off the agenda just days ago...

Agents have been outlining how they have beefed up their measures to combat the risk of Coronavirus, especially during property viewings. “We...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

The largest company involved in the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it’s producing a “disruptive digital market campaign to address...

The proportion of sales that fell through at the worst point of this year was 52 per cent it’s been claimed. However...

Pressure is building on the government to agree a tapered end to the stamp duty holiday, even if a full-blown extension now...

Down valuations could leave some surveyors liable to professional negligence claims, a law firm says. Nelsons law firm says down valuations have...

A survey conducted by charity Agents Together suggests a large majority of industry people would like to see more focus on...

Revenues have slumped by 18 per cent at LSL Property Services, the corporate which boasts Your Move and Reeds Rains and...

A study of 2,000 home owners shows that over a third have felt pressured by an agent into use its in-house mortgage...

A not-for-profit group of government and insurance industry representatives wants a Flood Performance Certificate to be issued for every home. The group,...

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

Another day, another house price record as the bull market continues. The latest Halifax index shows prices surging 7.6 per cent to...

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

A petition has been launched demanding a stamp duty holiday extension. The online petition is the idea of Jonathan Steel - a layperson...

The private equity company which wants to take control of Countrywide has issued a statement saying it now has the support...

A leading conveyancing sector spokesmen says some mortgage lenders are making the current delays in the house buying process worse. Rob Hailstone,...

A new survey of prime London property shows 21 per cent of homes on sale have had their asking prices cut...

After you. No, after you. That is often how innovation seems amongst the real estate elite. And this week I see it...

Public sentiment over the housing market remains stable despite the Coronavirus crisis and the possibility of a No Deal Brexit. That’s the conclusion...

The Property Ombudsman has joined calls for greater disclosure of referral fees by agents.  The issue has become a hot topic in...

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

What’s the happiest place in Britain? Rightmove has the answer. In a new ‘Happy At Home’ index calculated by the portal and...

A survey of completion times for house sales over the past four years suggests that the worst performing local authority area...

Safety checks which are apparently now preventing thousands of owners selling flats are to be eased - but there is confusion...

Tenants, landlords, agents, and house buyers all breathed a sigh of relief on Halloween when the government announced that home moves...

It’s no secret that the recent pandemic has forced more businesses to operate remotely, but the shift for estate agents has...

The advertising watchdog has told the agency industry to clean up its act on four issues, with clarity over fees being...

Just when you thought the housing market was beginning to calm down... along comes a likely vaccine for Coronavirus. One of the country’s...

According to the annual Property Week PropTech survey, almost 48% of property businesses had tested new technology because of the COVID-19...

A law firm wants the government to agree that properties that have exchanged but not yet completed can definitely benefit from the...

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

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors review of sales and rentals, often amongst the most pessimistic of analyses, says Covid 19...

The first monthly market monitor to show activity in the housing market tailing off has appeared - and it says momentum...

As you may have seen over the weekend, the long-running Property Natter column – penned by Angels Media chief executive, Nat...

A survey of people currently buying property suggests as many as a quarter may pull out if they know they’ll miss...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its new Home Survey Standard will be implemented from March and will represent a...

A relaunched home buying service says it wants to partner with agents to unlock sales if the housing market deteriorates. The service...

A leading firm of conveyancers will this week tell new clients that their property purchases are likely to miss the stamp...

While England’s national lockdown exempts the housing market and allows agents to operate normally, it’s not been the same in Wales...

Strike, the firm previously known as HouseSimple, has launched another attack on the charges levied by High Street agents. This time it is...

Over a fifth of key businesses say they do not trust any element at all of automated anti-money laundering checks and...

A new survey has been launched by the Residential Property Surveyors Association. The RPSA - which wants to rival the RICS as...

Buyers in around 30 per cent of English cities are almost certainly already too late to complete a purchase by March 31...

The national lockdown beginning on Thursday makes the case for an extension to the stamp duty holiday, according to a tax...

A London agency says it's discovered the five key priorities that buyers want, following a survey of its own database. “Lockdown and...

The mandatory qualifications expected of agents have not been forgotten and will come into effect in two or three years. That’s the...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been told to avoid a stamp duty holiday cliff-edge next March at any price - because it...

A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

A new survey reveals the uphill struggle first time buyers appear to be having in securing a mortgage. A study of 1,000...

It’s no surprise to hear that the property market has seen a lot of change across 2020, with ups and downs...

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....

In recent years, the extent and role of the private rented sector (PRS) in the housing market has seen significant changes. The...

Savills says the shape and size of the housing market in the coming months will be determined by the capacity of conveyancers...

Some 713 estate agency branches have failed to reopen following the spring lockdown according to a business consultancy. TwentyCi says that is the...

Most agents' branches in Wales are expected to close for just over two weeks from 6pm this Friday, October 23 - moving...

A Bank of England survey suggests it may be more difficult for prospective buyers to get a mortgage later this year. In...

Online agency Purplebricks says an absence of technology in property details is one of the biggest turn-offs for potential buyers. A survey...

A PropTech platform wants to find out agents’ views on a range of industry issues - and that includes whether they...

In early September, mio achieved an industry first with the release of the mio chain view API. Now, all the parties...

A security company says it is “disappointing” the estate agency industry is only around 55 per cent through preparations to cope...

National chartered surveyor firm Bruton Knowles has acquired long-established Herefordshire based John Amos & Co Ltd. The move is part of Bruton...

A new survey of the market share split between High Street and online agencies shows that Purplebricks remains the digital market...

Stamp duty specialist consultancy Cornerstone Tax claims some 120,000 buyers in the UK may be owed SDLT refunds. It says that in...

A survey says many people under-estimate the costs of moving with conveyancing and mortgage fees often higher than expected. Some 54 per cent of...

It’s about this time of year, pandemic or not, that agents may be asked one particularly awkward question by a vendor...

The latest government rules combined with the Prime Minister’s recent address to the nation is clear – tougher measures are required...

Customers must be told about third party referral fees when buying or selling a home says the National Trading Standards Estate...

Almost half of the country’s first time buyers say their plans have been delayed - or worse - thanks to Coronavirus,...

Are agents swimming upstream against the Electrical Safety Regulations? 3 months on from the introduction of the ‘Electrical Safety Standards in the...

Consumer group Which? says the stamp duty holiday has cut more than £4,000 from the average cost of moving home -...

A quick buy firm which typically purchases homes from sellers at below market levels has accused estate agents and the private...

Two reports this morning suggest that activity in the most expensive sectors of the housing market is doing as well as...

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

Figures drawn up by a property industry recruitment guru show that estate agents work only two thirds of the hours they...

A survey of over 2,300 home owners across the UK suggests market sentiment is mixed, with most doubting house prices have risen. The...

Almost two fifths of property buyers don't know what conveyancers and solicitors do, according to new research. My Home Move Conveyancing's survey...

A new PropTech startup is giving prospective buyers the opportunity to receive due diligence at a fraction of the time and...

The scale of the problems facing many prospective buyers has been set out in a survey showing as many as one-third...

Hello and welcome to the new working week. Here’s the latest information on key hires across our industry: if you have similar...

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...

A new league table shows how many listings exist per agency in 23 different cities across the UK.  The analysis looks at the...

A sentiment survey conducted amongst 585 estate agents by the OnTheMarket portal suggests fewer than half have witnessed price rises since...

The Residential Property Surveyors’ Association appears to be taking on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in a battle for authority...

It’s no surprise the mainstream news remains dominated by coronavirus - not so much the actual effect of it right now,...

Research by Zoopla has revealed the scale of the mistakes by and regrets for disillusioned home buyers. For large numbers of people...

A self-employed agent has gone public to lavish praise on the mentoring scheme which is part of the Agents Together charity. Cameron Carter,...

Record house prices recorded this week by the Nationwide index are set to go higher still according to a leading agent. Nationwide...

From December, the new RICS Home Survey Standard will become mandatory for all RICS professionals undertaking home surveys. The below article explains...

A specialist property lender says transactions are being delayed by key staff being furloughed. Gareth Lewis, commercial director of property lender MT...

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

With access to finance being such a hot topic at the moment, more and more estate agents are turning to commercial...

A new study reveals that two thirds of property professionals expect a pay rise in the next 12 months, despite Coronavirus and the recession. Of 1,100 professionals questioned...

The networking organisation Women in Residential Property has grown to over 300 members - its highest ever total.  Launched three years ago...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

One of the most prominent companies involved in identifying and treating Japanese Knotweed has recruited a new member of the team...

A digital resource hub for estate agents claims to shorten transaction times. Sort Move, which has been operating since late 2019,...

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

A home office set up in a dedicated room apparently adds £17,500 to the value of a property. Direct Line Insurance has...

Property raffles are a legal minefield and many are too good to be true, according to a leading lawyer. There has been...

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...

It’s probably not a surprise but new research has revealed where people want to move to - as well as where...

The chairman of LSL Property Services - Simon Embley - says he is “increasingly optimistic” about the outlook for the market,...

A survey of estate agents’ market share post-lockdown indicates significant advances for independent agencies and online operators. TwentyCi, a data consultancy, says...

The Nationwide says annual house price growth has recovered to 1.5 per cent. Its July house price index says the fall in...

One of the main points I’ve had reinforced to me from agent after agent over the last year of hosting a...

A new study confirms the growing trend of buyers wanting good broadband links - and the possibility that homes without them...

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...

Steve, his name was. Steve, the board man. A rather frightening man, if truth be told. When I started at Foxtons, he used...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...

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

The hunt is on for a new boss of Countrywide according to news reports. Sky News says the company has recruited professional...

The new code of conduct for estate agents has been dismissed as “a waste of time” - and the senior industry...

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

The advertising and sponsorship links between Purplebricks and Team GB have won the agency a silver medal according to a leading...

At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...

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...

Let’s face it sales progression is difficult and frustrating: 1)The process has never been properly joined up - the average chain has...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

A personnel company wants agents to tell them how much they earn in another anonymous online survey. Rayner Personnel - which recently...

A survey of 2,000 prospective movers by Zoopla shows the vast majority still intent on buying - but younger purchasers’ plans...

Propertymark is calling in the government for agents to be trained in the use of software operating the Unique Property Reference...

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 new estate agency Code of Practice is to be written by a group set up by the Royal Institution of Chartered...

Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...

With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...

As we emerge from lockdown, quickly progressing sales to completion is vital to replace lost commission income.  What role can mio...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

The latest sentiment snapshot produced by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the trend that the market is still improving...

A survey of estate agents conducted through trade publications has revealed that market uncertainty and the handling of transactions within government...

A survey of 2,750 buyers and tenants has revealed the aspects of online property listings which they find most annoying. The single...

The latest in the recent surge of consumer information publicised by Rightmove suggests that demand for flats has fallen significantly as...

The housing market is set for long-term recovery, despite dips in the road on the way.  That's the message from the latest house...

A quarter of vendors and buyers contacted by a high-end agency say the lockdown and the Coronavirus crisis have made them...

PropTech supplier mio says it now has over 1,000 agency branches using its sales progression platform - and it’s recruited Countrywide...

A senior property lawyer is to set up a franchise agency which he describes as embracing the best of the High...

A survey of sellers by a high-end agency suggests that around a third expect price falls of six per cent or...

A well-known saying in estate agency is that first-time buyers are the sellers of the future. If we believe this to...

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...

Over the last few years, there have been a number of high-profile court cases in which renters took action against letting...

Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, and there is a great deal of positive things to be said about a...

A mystery group, believed to consist of high-level former agents and suppliers, is asking the industry for its feedback on current...

Research from Zoopla suggests that demand from buyers across England surged 88 per cent shortly after the housing market reopened -...

A specialist legal advisory service is urging conveyancers to use the reopening of the housing market as an opportunity to increase...

Letting agents up and down the country have undoubtedly felt the financial strain added by the outbreak of COVID19. Whilst this will continue,...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has revised its Anti-Money Laundering guidance in the light of Coronavirus. It says the scale of...

The Bank of Ireland UK is the latest mortgage lender to resume physical valuations of properties in England, subject of course...

A survey of agents’ attitudes which two weeks ago showed a big majority of agents wanting to work as self employed...

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

A series of polls taken by Estate Agent Today suggest substantial numbers of agents remain uncomfortable about returning to trading even...

High end London agency Beauchamp Estates has been selected to join the Bank of England’s advisory panel of companies and senior directors, and to...

The online estate agency Settled appears to have ceased trading with its customers refunded. It was launched in 2014 by former Google...

Over the past few weeks, estate agents have been forced to close high street branches and adapt to working from home,...

A large majority of property professionals polled by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors say a stamp duty holiday would be...

The second part of a survey which has already thrown up shock results has been launched with an appeal for agents...

Domestic cleaners can now re-enter private homes under new Coronavirus return-to-work guidelines - the very guidelines which appear to stop estate...

Details being presented to Parliament today may include information on how agents can return to work in some sort of ‘new normal.’ A 50...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

Three more property players have been in touch to share what they're doing to help their staff during lockdown - there...

A third of agencies say at least some of their staff will be working from home permanently when the Coronavirus pandemic...

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

Countrywide has added its weight to the campaign asking the government to allow agents to get back to work - and...

A study by Rightmove suggests that 94 per cent of buyers and sellers currently in the market are determined to go...

Housing minister Chris Pincher is drawing up guidelines which could allow agents to return to something like normal working in the near...

The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...

The scandal over Business Interruption Insurance policies is hotting up, with class actions being discussed against insurance firms and the Financial Conduct Authority announcing...

LSL Property Services, parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rain, has named a new chief executive officer taking the helm...

A major consumer survey of existing home owners and potential movers has resulted in a plea to government to allow house...

Rightmove, Zoopla and even OnTheMarket could make money even if they did not charge agents anything at all to list properties....

Business consultancy TwentyCi is the latest to try to put a value on the potential losses to the property industry and...

Only 33 per cent of agents want to return to working the same way as before the Coronavirus crisis, according to...

A property law firm is the latest to back a call for a stamp duty holiday to help kick-start the housing...

A regional agency has thrown its weight behind an independent report which says estate and lettings agents could lead the economy...

House sales edged down only slightly in March compared with February according to HM revenue & Customs, despite the lockdown in...

Another west country tourist hotspot looks set to ban any future new-build home being sold as a holiday or additional property. Bigbury...

One of the industry’s top recruitment gurus wants to check the pulse of the industry - and that includes whether furloughed...

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...

This month saw the introduction of the final stages of the Section 24 tax changes, first introduced in April 2017. Whereas buy-to-let...

Another body is calling for a stamp duty holiday to help resuscitate the housing market following the Coronavirus standstill. The Royal Institute...

The government has been called upon by one of the industry’s most respected bodies to announce a stamp duty holiday to...

A leading estate agency says it has observed that some banks previously opposed to accepting remote and desktop valuations have started...

One of the first analyses of portal listings since the start of the Coronavirus crisis shows that new listings have plummeted...

Two agents have quit Rightmove and taken to social media to give their reasons. One is the 12-branch Andrew Craig agency which...

One of Britain’s leading agents says online viewing and interest in videos for homes on sale continues to be relatively strong...

What is thought to be the first survey of sellers since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak suggests that they anticipate...

Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where...

Based on our historical data over twenty years of nationwide operation and a survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, we estimate...

Purplebricks Local Property Experts are asking sellers who are not allowing agents into their homes during the virus crisis to draw...

The boss of controversial estate agency Dexters has hit out at social media reports and press articles about company staff working...

LSL Property Services says one of its measures to “rightsize” the organisation during the Coronavirus crisis will be to put agents...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

A PropTech start-up led by a prominent commentator has become the latest part of the industry to take a pop at...

A mortgage broker that’s just become a partner of OnTheMarket is warning that house prices are likely to fall 10 per...

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

The current market crisis caused by Coronavirus should present OnTheMarket with an opportunity to pause its existing strategy, talk to agents...

A surveyors’ firm has been wound up after courts declared that it had misled clients over the success of its core...

Estate Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...

Sales in February grew, for the third consecutive month, according to the latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered...

The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in the base interest rate to shore up the economy during the Coronavirus...

LSL Property Services says the Coronavirus crisis has led to a softening of "lead sales indicators" - and it warns of...

Prominent agency industry analyst Anthony Codling is asking agents whether the board of OnTheMarket did the right thing by firing Ian...

An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later...

The agency behind a poll showing one in six buyers putting plans on hold because of Coronavirus is warning that if...

Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year - a significantly higher figure than 12...

The head of a firm that has been creating digital property log books for well over a decade says the house-moving...