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With one of the world’s most successful vaccine rollout programmes under way in the UK, the chances of a complete lockdown...

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...

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...

An open letter from Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce shows how fierce the competition is going to be in the portal field...

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

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

A conveyancing trade publication wants those involved in residential transactions to be kind to each other - especially as the stamp duty...

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

Transaction totals took a tumble last month for the first time since last summer as HMRC figures suggest the stamp duty...

Zoopla says it has so far delivered almost £80,000 in agent fees through its access to the Modern Method of Auction. MMA...

Conveyancing volumes rose 27 per cent in just one month as the sector attempts to cope with huge demand prompted by...

OneDome says it’s seen a surge in consumer activity in 2021, culminating in its two websites growing to a combined visitor...

Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...

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

The Law Society for England and Wales says it wants action now to prevent tens of thousands of  transactions collapsing at...

London still dominated the league table of locations with the highest volumes of sales by value in 2020, despite the apparent...

The Chancellor’s rumoured six week extension to the stamp duty holiday has been backed by Rightmove. Over last weekend the Daily Telegraph,...

A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...

A new forecast suggests 70,000 buyers will miss the March 31 stamp duty holiday deadline. Zoopla has undertaken a new analysis to...

The Chancellor is considering extending the stamp duty holiday for a short period according to a newspaper report this morning. The Daily...

You can always tell when Budget day is approaching. There’s lots of comment from every imaginable quarter about what the Chancellor of...

Agents should put as much emphasis on ensuring a house move actually happens as on winning the instruction to begin with,...

One of the chief figures behind Brexit and Boris Johnson’s role as London Mayor is now advising that stamp duty should be...

House price growth is running out of steam ahead of the stamp duty holiday cliff-edge. That’s the suggestion from the Halifax; its latest...

Pressure is building for widespread property tax reform beyond short term issues regarding stamp duty. Many MPs in this week’s 65-minute special...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

Agents can win more instructions by using text messages to prospective sellers as part of a short term ‘nurture’ campaign, according...

New government figures show that stamp duty transactions in the final quarter of last year were 43 per cent higher than in...

We are now over four weeks in to our third national lockdown in the UK. Although the property market remains open,...

Estate agents have kept up the pressure on the Westminster government to consider some kind of tapered ending to the stamp...

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...

Today’s the day when Parliament debates a possible extension to the stamp duty holiday beyond its March 31 cliff edge deadline...

Property portals remain an essential marketing tool for estate agents and their value is clearly appreciated by consumers. However, with a...

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we evaluate our lives and, looking more specifically at the property market, it...

Boomin has denied that it will ever allow direct property sales, cutting out estate agents. Founder Michael Bruce says the new service...

Properties are currently taking 29 per cent longer than average to sell once under offer, according to research by a home...

A large majority of estate agents fear a surge in 'failed sales’ as the stamp duty holiday cliff edge gets ever-closer. The latest National...

Zoopla's latest figures suggest 70,000 transactions are likely to miss the stamp duty holiday deadline of March 31.  And the portal says: “The...

A PropTech supplier says the conveyancing process is “antiquated” and buyers and sellers would be better served if they were ’shadowed’...

Well, what a start to 2021! None of us thought things would change as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s...

A leading analyst is questioning whether buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holiday because demand has purshed up prices far...

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

The government may be stopping MPs debating an extension to the stamp duty holiday - despite a pledge they would do...

An estate agent has shut both branches of his business for safety reasons and wants tighter Coronavirus restrictions on the industry.  ITV...

London buyers have been by far the biggest winners from the stamp duty holiday according to new research. The Keller Williams UK...

A PropTech company has won a grant for a project to improve ID verification in the buying and selling process, via...

The latest Rightmove analysis shows it now takes 126 days from the time an offer is accepted until legal completion -...

A PropTech firm claims its new interactive property reports are “the most comprehensive on any UK property” and reduce the need...

One of the housing market’s senior analysts says the end of the stamp duty holiday on March 31 would not be...

Hello and welcome to the end of a busy, busy week for agency news.  It’s easy to assume the agency business is...

A national newspaper is today launching a campaign for the stamp duty holiday to be extended. The Daily Telegraph says its campaign...

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

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

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

The UK outlet of Warren Buffett's estate agency empire is launching its first TV advert in this country.  Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kay &...

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

London’s largest independent estate agency, Dexters, suggests that the stamp duty holiday ending in 12 weeks time will have relatively little...

A trade body has called on House Secretary Robert Jenrick to intervene over the growing problem of delays in councils providing...

Anthony Codling, the City analyst who made his name as a scourge of Purplebricks, says Brexit may be good news for the...

Following a turbulent 2020 in which the property market and the professionals working within it excelled in the face of unprecedented...

There’s been a shock one per cent increase in the Welsh equivalent of stamp duty on second homes, coming into effect...

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

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

Agents and property experts have reacted angrily to the government's refusal to extend the stamp duty holiday. The government has told campaigners that...

Fall throughs which could be avoided by Reservation Agreements have cost agency branches an average £10,000 per month. That’s the claim from digital...

NAEA Propertymark has written to the Scottish Government demanding it extend the current Land and Buildings Transaction Tax holiday - the...

It is the end of my column for another year, my 4th if I am not mistaken.  This year has seen a...

The Property Ombudsman says there have been more complaints lodged about agents so far in 2020 than in 2019. This is despite...

A cyber-attack on a London council has caused some transactions to fall through and others to be significantly delayed. The attack occurred...

If you fear the market will slow after Christmas, think again - Rightmove is expecting several months of frenzied transactions to...

Solicitors’ leaders say members of their industry are suffering mental health problems as a result of the workload to meet the...

A leading property consultancy is suggesting that a possible increase in Capital Gains Tax could end up losing money for the...

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...

As we approach the most unusual of festive periods, many property professionals will already be thinking about the January market and...

Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...

‘Many are in complete denial about the time it takes and still think it’s eight to 10 weeks.’ I won’t tell you...

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

A digital resource hub for estate agents launches a new product today, claiming to shorten transaction times.  Sort Move, which has been...

It now takes an average 12 days longer to complete a sale in Britain compared to a year ago - but...

Countrywide has this morning rejected an £80m offer made for it by Connells Group. On November 23 Connells announced that its due...

Annual house price inflation is now running at 6.5 per cent according to the latest Nationwide index after a 0.9 per...

We are on the threshold in December with the pandemic still dominating but we’re delighted there is still positive jobs news...

Property sales take a seriously long time to complete. There are a number of reasons for this, although often delays are...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Vicky Quinn-Campbell – Sales and Marketing Director What is ‘company name’...

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

Online network love2move - which gives partner High Street agents an option to offer vendors an online sales service - is...

So, we’re back to where we were in the spring, more or less. England is in a national lockdown again to...

You probably don’t have to listen closely to hear estate agents across the country starting to cheer. It’s been a big...

The Guild of Property Professionals is urging the industry - all agents, not just its own members - to lobby MPs...

Two prominent suppliers have teamed up to offer customers instant visibility of chain lengths, details of agents connected to properties being...

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

The mixture of the stamp duty holiday and generally fast-rising house prices has led to a resurgence of flipping. Data released this...

Searches that are bound by the Search Code, protecting the seller, buyer and lender, are property and not client specific. As...

The director of a conveyancing technology company has hit out at what he calls “an over-reliance on outdated processes” and “age-old...

Transactions appear to be edging higher than in 2019 for the first time this year - despite lockdowns and concerns caused...

One of the country’s top buying agents is advising purchasers and vendors to avoid online agencies and 'bucketshop' conveyancers. Edward Heaton - founder...

Estate agents can stand out from the crowd and help consumers through lockdown by providing a more secure sales process, a...

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

A prominent PropTech supplier wants agents to hand over much more information to conveyancers to allow them to make faster progress on...

Asking prices are down for the first time in many months. It’s a small drop - an average of 0.5 per cent...

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

One of the industry’s leading commentators says an unintended consequence of a possible Capital Gains Tax increase could be a bonus...

A PropTech platform that says it halves the time taken for transactions has just completed a multi-million pound investment round. Coadjute - which...

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...

A London property investment consultancy says 22 per cent of properties it’s advised overseas purchasers on this year have been bought sight-unseen. London...

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

We can all agree that the recovery of the property market since May has been outstanding. The latest data from Zoopla...

Figures just released from HM Revenue & Customs show just how much stamp duty buyers pay, at least before the current holiday...

Recent figures emanating from the mortgage and housing market suggest that – since lockdown was ended in mid-May – transaction levels...

The housing market boom looks set to continue for some months yet as mortgage approvals for home purchases hit their highest...

A trading statement from Foxtons this morning provides a rare piece of good news for the troubled London agency. It says business...

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

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

One of Britain’s most respected agents is suggesting Chancellor Rishi Sunak could ‘taper’ the stamp duty holiday to avoid a cliff-edge...

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

The outgoing chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning that the sales system continues to struggle with...

The Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday has been a hot topic of conversation for many in the residential property industry –...

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the way every industry operates and the property sector is no exception. Following an enforced seven-week...

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

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

Integration, collaboration and connected platforms – some great buzzwords, but what do they actually mean and do they really help agents? One...

Boomin, the still-to-launch portal created by the founders of Purplebricks, has named another 10 founding member agencies. Like the initial 10 they...

I had a wry smile when I read the article on Monday from the conveyancers complaining about people getting off their...

The country producing the largest number of buyers of prime London properties is not China, nor from north America or the...

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

When letting agents are preparing to migrate from one piece of client accounting software to another, it can sometimes seem like...

2020 has definitely been a year of change. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the day-to-day operations of almost every industry...

The government has issued new guidance to estate and lettings agencies on their obligations regarding money laundering issues - and online...

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

With many transactions now delayed by up to three weeks by slow searches, a body representing local search providers is urging...

A platform which signs up vendors and allocates their sale to a high-performing local agent says it sells property two months...

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

The latest review by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team into referral fees places the outdated practice of...

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

New figures released this morning give weight to calls for the complete scrapping of stamp duty.  The dats shows there have been...

House prices in September were 7.3 per cent higher than a year earlier – the highest house price inflation since June 2016. The Halifax...

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...

Savills has boosted its forecast for housing transactions this year because the stamp duty holiday has been such a success at...

A veteran agent with 38 years experience of the industry - much of it at Countrywide - has become the head...

The first leading agency to make a 2021 forecast says the market should be stable next year - so long as...

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

Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...

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 green light for a vacant office building in the capital to be redeveloped into residential housing has been given after...

A tax expert says that there is 'zero likelihood' of the government changing its mind on stamp duty changes for overseas...

Knight Frank says its analysis of the whole housing market across the UK shows that transactions in the final full week...

Rightmove is warning of a conveyancing log-jam that may delay sales, despite the ongoing frenzy of activity and faster transactions for...

The new president of NAEA Propertymark says one of her key objectives for the year ahead is to prepare the industry...

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

Two City consultancies instructed by OnTheMarket have talked up the company’s fortunes after the appointment of its new chief executive.  Shore Capital, which in...

Recent speculation that the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad would be playing a reduced role in the housing market has...

One of the most experienced British estate agents says the new portal Boomin - expected to launch next month, October -...

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

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has given a thumbs up to the new Boomin listings service created by the brothers...

The scale of the market bounce back after lockdown is made clear in new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. It registers...

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...

An online agency says it’s offering its customers a kind of ‘fall-through insurance’ after over 100 deals collapsed between mid-March and...

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

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

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

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

The Guild of Property Professionals is relaunching its online auction brand - Guild Auctions - even though it has already successfully...

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

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

A housing market snapshot for prime London shows a fall of over half in the number of £1m-plus properties sold so...

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

A PropTech platform that aims to lock-in sellers and buyers via a mutually agreed reservation agreement system is being offered free...

Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...

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

Zoopla has entered into a partnership with an online platform to promote the so-called Modern Method of Auction option to estate...

The new thresholds for the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty come into effect today - a week after the SDLT holiday...

A property law firm is calling on the government to backdate the stamp duty holiday to include those buyers who completed...

The ESTAS Group says it will combine its awards events for agents, conveyancers and mortgage brokers in one ceremony in May...

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

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...

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...

The number of offers agreed on homes priced below £1m since mid-May is a healthy 41 per cent higher than the...

The Andrew Grant regional estate agency brand is “very much alive” despite the firm which bore the name losing 54 jobs...

The property market has been reopen for almost eight weeks now and during that time demand from prospective buyers has soared. Rightmove...

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

In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...

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

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...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

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

Over 50 jobs have been lost as a result of a Midlands regional estate agency falling into administration. The Shropshire Star reports...

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...

The post-lockdown surge in housing market activity has continued into its sixth week, as at least one agency’s indicators hit record...

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Darren Loftus and it says Commercial Director on...

Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...

Tuesday mornings at 6am is usually my time to review all the latest PropTech news. This fires off ideas for my...

The devolved government in Wales - where the housing market is still officially closed - has urged agents to report rivals...

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

A working party of property professionals is being set up to look at whether and how property logbooks could help speed...

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

Covid-19 has placed a spotlight on the impressive variety of fundraising platforms and technologies available – and not often in places...

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

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...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

Lets Bid works in partnership with a variety of Estate Agents across the Uk from big franchise brands like Winkworth /...

Agents’ declining income - the result of the lockdown and the collapse in transaction volumes - has been revealed for the...

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...

A taxation institute is urging the government to delay Capital Gains Tax changes relating to housing transactions until the virus crisis...

Leading estate agents are warning that the sharp fall in house prices reported by the Nationwide may be just the first...

UK house prices fell by 1.7 per cent in May, after taking account of seasonal effects – this is the largest...

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

Zoopla’s head of research says a stamp duty holiday could encourage more home owners to move which in turn could help...

The government is jeopardising the success of the housing market relaunch through the inflexibility of the furlough scheme, claims a group...

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...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Tom Harrington and I’m the founder and...

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

During March, the coronavirus pandemic put the brakes on the property market with an enforced period of shutdown. However, almost two...

A respected estate agency has revised downwards its price forecast for the housing market for the second time since the start...

The government has temporarily suspended its official house price index as a result of the Coronavirus crisis. In a long and far-reaching announcement...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...

Virtual viewings are here to stay and will continue long after lockdown eases according to the head of a PropTech group. Babek...

There could be a wave of legal disputes as off-plan buyers seek to get out of purchase deals after the lockdown...

The housing market is likely to rebound relatively strongly after the Coronavirus lockdown eases, according to the Nationwide. House prices grew at...

NAEA Propertymark has today launched a campaign for the government to introduce what it calls a Property Sector Support Package. This would...

The online agency network love2move has won a new agency client despite the Coronavirus lockdown. Pinkerton - which covers the North Down,...

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

There’s a warning today that the housing market could face a wave of legal disputes if buyers of off-plan new builds...

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...

Estate agents in one small part of the British Isles are reopening their offices this weekend. Agents on the Channel Island of...

PropTech big names Reapit and ViewMyChain are joining up to try to accelerate transactions when the lockdown finally ends and the...

The Property Ombudsman’s office is still receiving 40 to 50 calls a day from the public, even though most transactions with...

One of prime central London’s most respected estate agencies is warning that it could take until spring 2021 for the luxury...

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

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

The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...

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

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...

An estate agency says it’s using so-called Covid Clauses in contracts to keep transactions on course. Knight Frank says it’s writing ‘Coronavirus...

A high number of agents across the country have been furloughed in recent weeks and are now at risk of losing...

A trade body has reported some council search departments to the government for refusing to provide email details and forcing search...

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

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...

A PropTech firm is reporting a surge in demand for its remote ID verification software products during the virus lockdown. The software,...

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

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

I won't be the first or last person to say that society and the property industry in which we operate is...

The latest market forecast comes from Knight Frank which says that by the end of the year there will have been...

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

The Nationwide says government measures mean the impact of Coronavirus on the housing market may be “much less” damaging than many...

One of the industry’s leading automated valuation services says it’s running at approaching 1,000 leads a day for agents even during...

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

One of the country’s best known high-end independent estate agencies is marketing a home for £22.5m and hopes it finds a...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

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

New sales agreed have already plummeted by 15 per cent and over the next three months there’s going to be a...

The Law Society says there is still some possibility that those home movers scheduled to complete in the near future might...

Advice to removal companies from their main trade body has put a stop to most transactions not already at a very...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column . Before we get on with it, a reminder to...

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 two major portals have unveiled their discounts and deals for agents facing a dramatic loss of business because of the...

A trade group wants councils and search companies to co-operate more closely during the virus to minimise delays to the remaining...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

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

The three leading portals have rejected an appeal to give the industry a payment holiday to help firms through the Coronavirus...

Savills is the latest agency to warn about the possible threat of Coronavirus to its business activities and success this year. In...

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

A property portal is making the controversial claim that the Coronavirus has led to an increase in online interest in UK...

Analysis by an online valuation and lead generation service shows that requests from prospective sellers and landlords are increasingly happening in...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

Keller Williams has announced another new market centre, and this time its operating principal is a former Purplebricks territory owner.  JP Downes...

The right wing political magazine that Boris Johnson used to edit has called on him to cut stamp duty. The Spectator says...

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...

Foxtons is warning that 2020 will be yet another difficult year for the agency despite the so-called Boris Bounce helping the...

A PropTech website has broken down the sales recorded by HM Land Registry in 2019 into property types - and apartments...

The property management industry is evolving at a rapid pace, thanks almost entirely to the rise in PropTech. Hundreds, if not thousands...

There’s been a significant rise in the number of transactions recorded in January - another sign of an improving housing market...

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...

A conveyancing firm has launched what it claims to be one of the first ever apps for vendors and buyers in...