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We all know that first-time buyers have had a tough time of it lately. Mad mini-budgets resulting in higher interest rates...

A report in the Times newspaper says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is planning a stamp duty cut in the early autumn. The paper...

The times, they are indeed a-changin’. But what Dylan may not have appreciated, however, was how fast that change would be...

The Labour Party has proposed introducing 25-year fixed term mortgages should it win the next General Election. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves suggested...

Like so many I’ve been infuriated by the injustice meted out to sub-postmasters and postmistresses over many years.  I was aware of...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLHUC) has hit back at media claims about its housebuilding targets. The Times newspaper...

The chance for estate agents to control their own industry has been lost for good, OnTheMarket founder Trevor Abrahmsohn has claimed. Writing...

On Halloween eve, Safestyle decided to give everyone a real fright and announced the company had gone into administration. This has...

All new houses in England and Wales will have to be sold as freehold properties under government plans to phase out...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Graham Paterson. If I had a business card it would probably...

Portals such as Rightmove and Zoopla need to adapt to keep up with younger generations, agents have said. The latest Agents MVMT...

Everyone at Estate Agent Today is delighted to announce that our Editor, Marc Shoffman, has won the prestigious Headlinemoney freelance journalist...

Now more than ever, property professionals across the sector need to pull together and collaborate more closely to make business gains,...

So much has changed in the world of property of late that it’s easy to be behind the times - and...

It’s a tough old road for today’s first-time buyers, with house prices and mortgage interest rates much higher than they were...

Savills and OnTheMarket are among property brands set to deliver a webinar next week aimed at helping buyers to understand what...

Labour leader Keir Starmer took to the airwaves yesterday, promising to "back the builders not blockers" when it comes to homeownership. Speaking...

100% mortgages are rumoured to be making a comeback. The products were blamed as a cause for the 2008 financial crash, with...

A well known critic of stamp duty has returned to his long-standing theme of querying whether buyers have paid too much...

The auction market has changed drastically with many business owners accepting that face to face auctions are in some cases, no...

It turns out even estate agents have to go off-market when finding their own homes. Paul Clarke, of Belvoir-owned self-employed agency brand...

Two thirds of economists expect house prices to fall by more than 4% this year while others are expecting a more...

Purplebricks is working on ways to diversify its revenue stream to be less susceptible to the whims of the housing market,...

We spent some time with Lucy Noonan, Founder and CEO of Atomic Consultancy, to pick her brains about the many moving...

In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...

A former senior journalist for The Times and Zoopla head of research Gráinne Gilmore has joined Cluttons as head of research. She will...

Market activity has shifted back from sales to lettings, Belvoir has reported. Half-year results from the agency franchise network show the “race...

Jacob Rees-Mogg is reportedly being lined up as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities should Liz Truss win...

Another ‘prestigious’ London location has been added to the Fine & Country roster, with Teddington the latest to open a branch...

Interest rates made their biggest leap in 27 years yesterday, rising by 0.5% from 1.25% to 1.75%. It was the biggest...

Cash buyers may no longer be king in the property market. The level of demand and lack of supply in the current...

For years, the issue of phone etiquette created tension between estate agents and the legal profession, the former claiming lawyers won’t...

An anonymous ex-estate agent has revealed how poor pay and high pressure forced them to quit the profession. The mystery agent said...

The outgoing chief executive of Rightmove has claimed he has a good relationship with the portal’s customers. It was announced this week...

Mortgage brokers have warned that an increase in downvaluations is starting to hit the property market. Lenders and their valuers are cutting...

I attended a forum in London a couple of weeks ago, which for the first time brought estate agents and conveyancers...

This week, you will have all seen the sad news that Graham Norwood is stepping down as editor of Estate Agent...

Estate Agent Today is to have a new editor from April 4. He is award winning journalist and podcaster Marc Shoffman who...

A new ‘quick buy’ service has been announced which would mean that sales could be completed in a week, providing a...

The outcome of the Ukraine crisis is far from certain, but one thing has become abundantly clear. The long-overdue Economic Crime...

Strike, formerly known as Housesimple, is the latest online agency to claim it’s going to secure a 10 per cent market...

Location Location Location co-presenter Kirstie Allsopp has fought back after her comments on first time buyers were sharply criticised oil social...

Outspoken TV property expert Kirstie Allsopp has told first time buyers they may have to sacrifice lattes, Netflix and gym membership...

Was Purplebricks right to delist a property from its website when it discovered the vendors - a Christian couple - were opposed...

Work patterns and the employee experience have changed dramatically because of Covid, with a substantial rise in home, flexible and hybrid...

EAT readers may have seen a piece in Friday’s property section of The Times about the long-running Simplify saga, which has...

Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Estate Agents: “We’re on a mission to revolutionise the traditional concept of estate agency.   We don’t have...

In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...

Guy Leaning, a former high street agent who has now moved into working in the hybrid model of agency, outlines why...

The Nested online agency, which recently revamped its business model to attract more self-employed agents, is expanding outside London for the...

In a day of unexpected drama, Boris Johnson carried out a surprisingly brutal and widespread Cabinet reshuffle which saw a number...

Robert Jenrick has been sacked from his post as Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary. He was the third major name to...

The government is reportedly planning to abandon its next stage of planning reforms. The proposals, previously under consultation, would have given councils...

The chairman of the Commons housing, communities and local government committee has criticised the institutional bulk-buying of existing homes for denying...

Media reports suggest the government is considering offering grants to local authorities to purchase private family houses which are larger than...

NAEA Propertymark says there’s no appetite that it can see amongst its representatives across the UK for charging people £30 for...

The platform behind a controversial proposal to charge prospective buyers and renters £30 or more to view a property on the...

The controversial ViewRabbit service, which proposes to charge prospective buyers and tenants for viewing properties, may seek international investment. The site has...

A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...

Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and strategist Sir Lynton Crosby - the architect of many Conservative election campaigns -...

The possible introduction of higher levels of Capital Gains Tax for the sale of buy to let, holiday homes or even...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

International investment bank UBS has double-downgraded Purplebricks from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ - and that could be good for independent agents, a...

The ESTAS Group has named a new headline sponsor for its 2021 Forum and Awards, taking over from Zoopla with immediate effect. It’s...

One of the most outspoken campaigners against stamp duty has been fined for avoiding tens of thousands of pounds in … stamp...

The MP leading a new parliamentary committee on the housing market says a radical reform of tax would help more people move...

One of the biggest TV hits of lockdown has been the Netflix show Call My Agent! It’s a surprise success, perhaps, because...

OnTheMarket has hit out at a newspaper claim that it is just “limping along.” Patrick Hosking, a prominent financial columnist at The...

Today’s Budget is the most eagerly-anticipated for many years, as it juggles to shore up the economy with the longer-term issue...

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

A radical way to end the current stamp duty holiday has been suggested by three different legal bodies. The Society of Licensed...

With just two days to go, it's fair to say the property industry is eagerly awaiting Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget statement...

A leading agent says the worst thing that could happen with Wednesday’s Budget is if the Chancellor does not deliver on...

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

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will extend the stamp duty holiday deadline until the end of June - a three month extension. The lead...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

Criticism of the management of Countrywide has reached new levels of derision as the mainstream media have attacked the chaos surrounding...

As we embark on another nationwide lockdown, the team at SDL Auctions are keen to help agents ride the storm, beat...

Two agencies have announced the opening of offices in out-of-town-centre locations with easy parking. In Loughborough, well-known local agency Andrew Granger &...

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

Ed Mead has joined a growing chorus demanding government action on the cladding crisis. He is one of the industry’s leading figures from...

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

The Times has revealed new allegations concerning the behaviour of Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick. The Cabinet member has been under the spotlight...

Hefty increases in taxes on the purchase and sale of holiday homes and buy to let properties are expected in the...

It is widely expected that Purplebricks will shortly reveal the result of an experiment with a number of different pricing strategies. The...

The Black Lives Matter debate has reached the property industry with some agents dropping the term ‘Master bedroom’ from descriptions. The Times...

Controversial Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is the subject of a harshly critical cartoon in The Times which depicts “pigs in the...

If you are an established UK estate agent, the status quo dictates that you will most likely work for ‘the man.’ Corporate...

The Financial Conduct Authority is reported to be considering offering homeowners up to 12 month’s mortgage holidays. Currently 1.2m mortgage payment holidays...

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

The last five years have seen unprecedented changes to the property market and agents and their clients have never faced such...

There has been scepticism across the industry as to the motives behind an unspecified number of lay-offs and permanent branch closures...

We live in uncertain times. That I do not need to say to anybody. I am writing this piece aboard my...

The mystery of why Countrywide’s crucial sale of its commercial arm has failed to go through as scheduled deepened over the...

Unsourced stories in a number of newspapers over the weekend - all likely to have come from government off-the-record briefings -...

The high-end estate agent who has quit his post after being found to have posted pictures of clients’ houses on Instagram...

Following on from the second half of the last decade, the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit mad...

He’s a young and very wealthy up-and-coming MP in his 30s, a Cambridge graduate who also studied in the US and...

There’s a warning today that Rightmove could be vulnerable to losing its number one portal status because it has such a...

Nicky Stevenson, formerly the managing director of the Property Academy, has quit hybrid agency Keller Williams UK after just eight months. Stevenson’s...