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01 March 2021
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A radical way to end the current stamp duty holiday has been suggested by three different legal bodies. The Society of Licensed...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

With just two days to go, it's fair to say the property industry is eagerly awaiting Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget statement...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading agent says the worst thing that could happen with Wednesday’s Budget is if the Chancellor does not deliver on...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...
27 February 2021
From: Features

An open letter from Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce shows how fierce the competition is going to be in the portal field...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News

New research from Propertymark suggests a typical fall through costs an agent £4,123. The association says that if the stamp duty holiday...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A conveyancing trade publication wants those involved in residential transactions to be kind to each other - especially as the stamp duty...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Connells Group says it is the UK's largest estate agency group by market share - and that's before the Countrywide acquisition...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Transaction totals took a tumble last month for the first time since last summer as HMRC figures suggest the stamp duty...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla says it has so far delivered almost £80,000 in agent fees through its access to the Modern Method of Auction. MMA...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Conveyancing volumes rose 27 per cent in just one month as the sector attempts to cope with huge demand prompted by...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News

OneDome says it’s seen a surge in consumer activity in 2021, culminating in its two websites growing to a combined visitor...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...
20 February 2021
From: Features

We’re now well into the third national lockdown and as the nation’s thoughts start to focus on how and when we’ll...
20 February 2021
From: Features

The Law Society for England and Wales says it wants action now to prevent tens of thousands of transactions collapsing at...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News

London still dominated the league table of locations with the highest volumes of sales by value in 2020, despite the apparent...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The Chancellor’s rumoured six week extension to the stamp duty holiday has been backed by Rightmove. Over last weekend the Daily Telegraph,...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...
16 February 2021
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A new forecast suggests 70,000 buyers will miss the March 31 stamp duty holiday deadline. Zoopla has undertaken a new analysis to...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The Chancellor is considering extending the stamp duty holiday for a short period according to a newspaper report this morning. The Daily...
13 February 2021
From: Breaking News

You can always tell when Budget day is approaching. There’s lots of comment from every imaginable quarter about what the Chancellor of...
13 February 2021
From: Features

Agents should put as much emphasis on ensuring a house move actually happens as on winning the instruction to begin with,...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the chief figures behind Brexit and Boris Johnson’s role as London Mayor is now advising that stamp duty should be...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Pressure is building for widespread property tax reform beyond short term issues regarding stamp duty. Many MPs in this week’s 65-minute special...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents can win more instructions by using text messages to prospective sellers as part of a short term ‘nurture’ campaign, according...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News

New government figures show that stamp duty transactions in the final quarter of last year were 43 per cent higher than in...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News

We are now over four weeks in to our third national lockdown in the UK. Although the property market remains open,...
03 February 2021
From: Features

Estate agents have kept up the pressure on the Westminster government to consider some kind of tapered ending to the stamp...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Today’s the day when Parliament debates a possible extension to the stamp duty holiday beyond its March 31 cliff edge deadline...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Property portals remain an essential marketing tool for estate agents and their value is clearly appreciated by consumers. However, with a...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...
30 January 2021
From: Features

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we evaluate our lives and, looking more specifically at the property market, it...
30 January 2021
From: Features

Boomin has denied that it will ever allow direct property sales, cutting out estate agents. Founder Michael Bruce says the new service...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Properties are currently taking 29 per cent longer than average to sell once under offer, according to research by a home...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech supplier says the conveyancing process is “antiquated” and buyers and sellers would be better served if they were ’shadowed’...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News

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

A leading analyst is questioning whether buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holiday because demand has purshed up prices far...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News
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The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...
20 January 2021
From: Features

The government may be stopping MPs debating an extension to the stamp duty holiday - despite a pledge they would do...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate agent has shut both branches of his business for safety reasons and wants tighter Coronavirus restrictions on the industry. ITV...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

London buyers have been by far the biggest winners from the stamp duty holiday according to new research. The Keller Williams UK...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company has won a grant for a project to improve ID verification in the buying and selling process, via...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest Rightmove analysis shows it now takes 126 days from the time an offer is accepted until legal completion -...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm claims its new interactive property reports are “the most comprehensive on any UK property” and reduce the need...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the housing market’s senior analysts says the end of the stamp duty holiday on March 31 would not be...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the end of a busy, busy week for agency news. It’s easy to assume the agency business is...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A national newspaper is today launching a campaign for the stamp duty holiday to be extended. The Daily Telegraph says its campaign...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The average UK house price is now a record £253,374 according to the Halifax - but the rate of growth is...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Just a week ago, I thought it was all over. Christmas and New Year had gone, as had the passionate calls...
09 January 2021
From: Features

The UK outlet of Warren Buffett's estate agency empire is launching its first TV advert in this country. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kay &...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s growing optimism that an extension to the stamp duty holiday - thought to be off the agenda just days ago...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

London’s largest independent estate agency, Dexters, suggests that the stamp duty holiday ending in 12 weeks time will have relatively little...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A trade body has called on House Secretary Robert Jenrick to intervene over the growing problem of delays in councils providing...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Anthony Codling, the City analyst who made his name as a scourge of Purplebricks, says Brexit may be good news for the...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Following a turbulent 2020 in which the property market and the professionals working within it excelled in the face of unprecedented...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been a shock one per cent increase in the Welsh equivalent of stamp duty on second homes, coming into effect...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Pressure is building on the government to agree a tapered end to the stamp duty holiday, even if a full-blown extension now...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Figures from Zoopla suggest there’s a Christmas present being unwrapped by agents across the country - a far busier housing market tha this...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents and property experts have reacted angrily to the government's refusal to extend the stamp duty holiday. The government has told campaigners that...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

NAEA Propertymark has written to the Scottish Government demanding it extend the current Land and Buildings Transaction Tax holiday - the...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman says there have been more complaints lodged about agents so far in 2020 than in 2019. This is despite...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A cyber-attack on a London council has caused some transactions to fall through and others to be significantly delayed. The attack occurred...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

If you fear the market will slow after Christmas, think again - Rightmove is expecting several months of frenzied transactions to...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Solicitors’ leaders say members of their industry are suffering mental health problems as a result of the workload to meet the...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading property consultancy is suggesting that a possible increase in Capital Gains Tax could end up losing money for the...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

MPs lobbied by agents to extend the stamp duty holiday are staying firmly on the fence with standard answers and no...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A petition has been launched demanding a stamp duty holiday extension. The online petition is the idea of Jonathan Steel - a layperson...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

As we approach the most unusual of festive periods, many property professionals will already be thinking about the January market and...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...
05 December 2020
From: Features

‘Many are in complete denial about the time it takes and still think it’s eight to 10 weeks.’ I won’t tell you...
05 December 2020
From: Features

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
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A digital resource hub for estate agents launches a new product today, claiming to shorten transaction times. Sort Move, which has been...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

It now takes an average 12 days longer to complete a sale in Britain compared to a year ago - but...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has this morning rejected an £80m offer made for it by Connells Group. On November 23 Connells announced that its due...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Annual house price inflation is now running at 6.5 per cent according to the latest Nationwide index after a 0.9 per...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

We are on the threshold in December with the pandemic still dominating but we’re delighted there is still positive jobs news...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Property sales take a seriously long time to complete. There are a number of reasons for this, although often delays are...
28 November 2020
From: Features

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Vicky Quinn-Campbell – Sales and Marketing Director What is ‘company name’...
27 November 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

The housing market in England and Wales is stabilising, according to analysis of web traffic from a property advice site. Valuation requests...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Online network love2move - which gives partner High Street agents an option to offer vendors an online sales service - is...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News

So, we’re back to where we were in the spring, more or less. England is in a national lockdown again to...
25 November 2020
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You probably don’t have to listen closely to hear estate agents across the country starting to cheer. It’s been a big...
25 November 2020
From: Features

The Guild of Property Professionals is urging the industry - all agents, not just its own members - to lobby MPs...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Two prominent suppliers have teamed up to offer customers instant visibility of chain lengths, details of agents connected to properties being...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of completion times for house sales over the past four years suggests that the worst performing local authority area...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The mixture of the stamp duty holiday and generally fast-rising house prices has led to a resurgence of flipping. Data released this...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Searches that are bound by the Search Code, protecting the seller, buyer and lender, are property and not client specific. As...
21 November 2020
From: Features

The director of a conveyancing technology company has hit out at what he calls “an over-reliance on outdated processes” and “age-old...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Transactions appear to be edging higher than in 2019 for the first time this year - despite lockdowns and concerns caused...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s top buying agents is advising purchasers and vendors to avoid online agencies and 'bucketshop' conveyancers. Edward Heaton - founder...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Estate agents can stand out from the crowd and help consumers through lockdown by providing a more secure sales process, a...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Just when you thought the housing market was beginning to calm down... along comes a likely vaccine for Coronavirus. One of the country’s...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent PropTech supplier wants agents to hand over much more information to conveyancers to allow them to make faster progress on...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Asking prices are down for the first time in many months. It’s a small drop - an average of 0.5 per cent...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A law firm wants the government to agree that properties that have exchanged but not yet completed can definitely benefit from the...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the industry’s leading commentators says an unintended consequence of a possible Capital Gains Tax increase could be a bonus...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform that says it halves the time taken for transactions has just completed a multi-million pound investment round. Coadjute - which...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A relaunched home buying service says it wants to partner with agents to unlock sales if the housing market deteriorates. The service...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading firm of conveyancers will this week tell new clients that their property purchases are likely to miss the stamp...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The national lockdown beginning on Thursday makes the case for an extension to the stamp duty holiday, according to a tax...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News

We can all agree that the recovery of the property market since May has been outstanding. The latest data from Zoopla...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Figures just released from HM Revenue & Customs show just how much stamp duty buyers pay, at least before the current holiday...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Recent figures emanating from the mortgage and housing market suggest that – since lockdown was ended in mid-May – transaction levels...
31 October 2020
From: Features

The housing market boom looks set to continue for some months yet as mortgage approvals for home purchases hit their highest...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A trading statement from Foxtons this morning provides a rare piece of good news for the troubled London agency. It says business...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

There are 140,000 more buyers waiting to complete on their properties right now than there were this time last year. The claim, by...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s most respected agents is suggesting Chancellor Rishi Sunak could ‘taper’ the stamp duty holiday to avoid a cliff-edge...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...
27 October 2020
From: PropTech & Innovation

The outgoing chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning that the sales system continues to struggle with...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday has been a hot topic of conversation for many in the residential property industry –...
24 October 2020
From: Features

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the way every industry operates and the property sector is no exception. Following an enforced seven-week...
23 October 2020
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak is taking credit for saving thousands of agency jobs through increased transactions prompted by the stamp duty holiday. A...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Savills says the shape and size of the housing market in the coming months will be determined by the capacity of conveyancers...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Integration, collaboration and connected platforms – some great buzzwords, but what do they actually mean and do they really help agents? One...
21 October 2020
From: Features

Boomin, the still-to-launch portal created by the founders of Purplebricks, has named another 10 founding member agencies. Like the initial 10 they...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

I had a wry smile when I read the article on Monday from the conveyancers complaining about people getting off their...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The country producing the largest number of buyers of prime London properties is not China, nor from north America or the...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Conveyancers are sending a blunt message to estate agents: transactions will take longer than usual and don’t chase us with queries and...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

When letting agents are preparing to migrate from one piece of client accounting software to another, it can sometimes seem like...
17 October 2020
From: Features

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

The government has issued new guidance to estate and lettings agencies on their obligations regarding money laundering issues - and online...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

With many transactions now delayed by up to three weeks by slow searches, a body representing local search providers is urging...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A platform which signs up vendors and allocates their sale to a high-performing local agent says it sells property two months...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform wants to find out agents’ views on a range of industry issues - and that includes whether they...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest review by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team into referral fees places the outdated practice of...
10 October 2020
From: Features

In early September, mio achieved an industry first with the release of the mio chain view API. Now, all the parties...
10 October 2020
From: Features

New figures released this morning give weight to calls for the complete scrapping of stamp duty. The dats shows there have been...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News

House prices in September were 7.3 per cent higher than a year earlier – the highest house price inflation since June 2016. The Halifax...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Savills has boosted its forecast for housing transactions this year because the stamp duty holiday has been such a success at...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A veteran agent with 38 years experience of the industry - much of it at Countrywide - has become the head...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The first leading agency to make a 2021 forecast says the market should be stable next year - so long as...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A quick buy firm which typically purchases homes from sellers at below market levels has accused estate agents and the private...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...
26 September 2020
From: Features

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...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News
19 September 2020
From: Features

The green light for a vacant office building in the capital to be redeveloped into residential housing has been given after...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A tax expert says that there is 'zero likelihood' of the government changing its mind on stamp duty changes for overseas...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank says its analysis of the whole housing market across the UK shows that transactions in the final full week...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is warning of a conveyancing log-jam that may delay sales, despite the ongoing frenzy of activity and faster transactions for...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The new president of NAEA Propertymark says one of her key objectives for the year ahead is to prepare the industry...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist property lender says transactions are being delayed by key staff being furloughed. Gareth Lewis, commercial director of property lender MT...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Recent speculation that the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad would be playing a reduced role in the housing market has...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the most experienced British estate agents says the new portal Boomin - expected to launch next month, October -...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...
29 August 2020
From: Features

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has given a thumbs up to the new Boomin listings service created by the brothers...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The scale of the market bounce back after lockdown is made clear in new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. It registers...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The networking organisation Women in Residential Property has grown to over 300 members - its highest ever total. Launched three years ago...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

An online agency says it’s offering its customers a kind of ‘fall-through insurance’ after over 100 deals collapsed between mid-March and...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s latest house price index shows the highest number of sales agreed in a month for over a decade. It’s 20 per...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...
15 August 2020
From: Features

The latest market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns the current boom may not continue as government support measures...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...
05 August 2020
From: Features

The Guild of Property Professionals is relaunching its online auction brand - Guild Auctions - even though it has already successfully...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the main points I’ve had reinforced to me from agent after agent over the last year of hosting a...
01 August 2020
From: Features

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...
01 August 2020
From: Features

A housing market snapshot for prime London shows a fall of over half in the number of £1m-plus properties sold so...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...
28 July 2020
From: Sponsored Content

A PropTech platform that aims to lock-in sellers and buyers via a mutually agreed reservation agreement system is being offered free...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...
18 July 2020
From: Features

Zoopla has entered into a partnership with an online platform to promote the so-called Modern Method of Auction option to estate...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The new thresholds for the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty come into effect today - a week after the SDLT holiday...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A property law firm is calling on the government to backdate the stamp duty holiday to include those buyers who completed...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The ESTAS Group says it will combine its awards events for agents, conveyancers and mortgage brokers in one ceremony in May...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News

At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...
11 July 2020
From: Features

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...
11 July 2020
From: Features

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...
11 July 2020
From: Features

An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s more confirmation this morning that the housing market is enjoying a short-term bounce - and that’s before the effect of...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of offers agreed on homes priced below £1m since mid-May is a healthy 41 per cent higher than the...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The Andrew Grant regional estate agency brand is “very much alive” despite the firm which bore the name losing 54 jobs...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The property market has been reopen for almost eight weeks now and during that time demand from prospective buyers has soared. Rightmove...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...
04 July 2020
From: Features

In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...
04 July 2020
From: Features

We recently issued our Zoopla House Price Index, which analyses the latest real-time trends from the sales market. In our analysis, we...
04 July 2020
From: Features

Propertymark is calling in the government for agents to be trained in the use of software operating the Unique Property Reference...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

With the UK housing market now largely open - there are still restrictions in some areas on home moves to occupied properties...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...
01 July 2020
From: Features

Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...
30 June 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Over 50 jobs have been lost as a result of a Midlands regional estate agency falling into administration. The Shropshire Star reports...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News

With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...
27 June 2020
From: Features

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...
27 June 2020
From: Features

The post-lockdown surge in housing market activity has continued into its sixth week, as at least one agency’s indicators hit record...
25 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Darren Loftus and it says Commercial Director on...
18 June 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...
17 June 2020
From: Features

Tuesday mornings at 6am is usually my time to review all the latest PropTech news. This fires off ideas for my...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The devolved government in Wales - where the housing market is still officially closed - has urged agents to report rivals...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News

As we emerge from lockdown, quickly progressing sales to completion is vital to replace lost commission income. What role can mio...
15 June 2020
From: Sponsored Content

A working party of property professionals is being set up to look at whether and how property logbooks could help speed...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...
13 June 2020
From: Features

Covid-19 has placed a spotlight on the impressive variety of fundraising platforms and technologies available – and not often in places...
13 June 2020
From: Features

A survey of estate agents conducted through trade publications has revealed that market uncertainty and the handling of transactions within government...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...
06 June 2020
From: Features

Lets Bid works in partnership with a variety of Estate Agents across the Uk from big franchise brands like Winkworth /...
04 June 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Agents’ declining income - the result of the lockdown and the collapse in transaction volumes - has been revealed for the...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...
03 June 2020
From: Features

A taxation institute is urging the government to delay Capital Gains Tax changes relating to housing transactions until the virus crisis...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Leading estate agents are warning that the sharp fall in house prices reported by the Nationwide may be just the first...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News

UK house prices fell by 1.7 per cent in May, after taking account of seasonal effects – this is the largest...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...
30 May 2020
From: Features

Zoopla’s head of research says a stamp duty holiday could encourage more home owners to move which in turn could help...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The government is jeopardising the success of the housing market relaunch through the inflexibility of the furlough scheme, claims a group...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Research from Zoopla suggests that demand from buyers across England surged 88 per cent shortly after the housing market reopened -...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist legal advisory service is urging conveyancers to use the reopening of the housing market as an opportunity to increase...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Tom Harrington and I’m the founder and...
26 May 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has revised its Anti-Money Laundering guidance in the light of Coronavirus. It says the scale of...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News
During March, the coronavirus pandemic put the brakes on the property market with an enforced period of shutdown. However, almost two...
21 May 2020
From: Sponsored Content

A respected estate agency has revised downwards its price forecast for the housing market for the second time since the start...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has temporarily suspended its official house price index as a result of the Coronavirus crisis. In a long and far-reaching announcement...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...
05 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Virtual viewings are here to stay and will continue long after lockdown eases according to the head of a PropTech group. Babek...
05 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There could be a wave of legal disputes as off-plan buyers seek to get out of purchase deals after the lockdown...
05 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The housing market is likely to rebound relatively strongly after the Coronavirus lockdown eases, according to the Nationwide. House prices grew at...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

NAEA Propertymark has today launched a campaign for the government to introduce what it calls a Property Sector Support Package. This would...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The online agency network love2move has won a new agency client despite the Coronavirus lockdown. Pinkerton - which covers the North Down,...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Business consultancy TwentyCi is the latest to try to put a value on the potential losses to the property industry and...
29 April 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a warning today that the housing market could face a wave of legal disputes if buyers of off-plan new builds...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...
25 April 2020
From: Features

Estate agents in one small part of the British Isles are reopening their offices this weekend. Agents on the Channel Island of...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech big names Reapit and ViewMyChain are joining up to try to accelerate transactions when the lockdown finally ends and the...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman’s office is still receiving 40 to 50 calls a day from the public, even though most transactions with...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News

One of prime central London’s most respected estate agencies is warning that it could take until spring 2021 for the luxury...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News

House sales edged down only slightly in March compared with February according to HM revenue & Customs, despite the lockdown in...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The peak of the 2020 sales market is likely to be September instead of the usual early summer - but that...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...
18 April 2020
From: Features

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...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A high number of agents across the country have been furloughed in recent weeks and are now at risk of losing...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A trade body has reported some council search departments to the government for refusing to provide email details and forcing search...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The last five years have seen unprecedented changes to the property market and agents and their clients have never faced such...
15 April 2020
From: Features

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm is reporting a surge in demand for its remote ID verification software products during the virus lockdown. The software,...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading estate agency says it has observed that some banks previously opposed to accepting remote and desktop valuations have started...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s leading agents says online viewing and interest in videos for homes on sale continues to be relatively strong...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

I won't be the first or last person to say that society and the property industry in which we operate is...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest market forecast comes from Knight Frank which says that by the end of the year there will have been...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Based on our historical data over twenty years of nationwide operation and a survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, we estimate...
04 April 2020
From: Features

The Nationwide says government measures mean the impact of Coronavirus on the housing market may be “much less” damaging than many...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the industry’s leading automated valuation services says it’s running at approaching 1,000 leads a day for agents even during...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s best known high-end independent estate agencies is marketing a home for £22.5m and hopes it finds a...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...
28 March 2020
From: Features

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

New sales agreed have already plummeted by 15 per cent and over the next three months there’s going to be a...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Law Society says there is still some possibility that those home movers scheduled to complete in the near future might...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Advice to removal companies from their main trade body has put a stop to most transactions not already at a very...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column . Before we get on with it, a reminder to...
24 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A mortgage broker that’s just become a partner of OnTheMarket is warning that house prices are likely to fall 10 per...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus early-warning statements like that from Foxtons indicate the anxiety in the...
21 March 2020
From: Features

The two major portals have unveiled their discounts and deals for agents facing a dramatic loss of business because of the...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A trade group wants councils and search companies to co-operate more closely during the virus to minimise delays to the remaining...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The three leading portals have rejected an appeal to give the industry a payment holiday to help firms through the Coronavirus...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Savills is the latest agency to warn about the possible threat of Coronavirus to its business activities and success this year. In...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in the base interest rate to shore up the economy during the Coronavirus...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A property portal is making the controversial claim that the Coronavirus has led to an increase in online interest in UK...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Analysis by an online valuation and lead generation service shows that requests from prospective sellers and landlords are increasingly happening in...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...
07 March 2020
From: Features

Keller Williams has announced another new market centre, and this time its operating principal is a former Purplebricks territory owner. JP Downes...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The right wing political magazine that Boris Johnson used to edit has called on him to cut stamp duty. The Spectator says...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....
29 February 2020
From: Features

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Foxtons is warning that 2020 will be yet another difficult year for the agency despite the so-called Boris Bounce helping the...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech website has broken down the sales recorded by HM Land Registry in 2019 into property types - and apartments...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The property management industry is evolving at a rapid pace, thanks almost entirely to the rise in PropTech. Hundreds, if not thousands...
26 February 2020
From: Features

There’s been a significant rise in the number of transactions recorded in January - another sign of an improving housing market...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...
22 February 2020
From: Features

A conveyancing firm has launched what it claims to be one of the first ever apps for vendors and buyers in...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...
15 February 2020
From: Features

The government has been told that raising the stamp duty threshold would both trigger more house moves, and bring the tax...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Annual house price growth increased to 4.1 per cent in January, up slightly from the end of 2019, according to Halifax...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Now we’re well into the second month of the year, we have reached a crucial point in the ongoing plans to...
08 February 2020
From: Features

The Law Society is telling prospective house purchasers to probe flood risks in the light of a new practice note it...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...
06 February 2020
From: Sponsored Content

The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading property lawyer is urging sellers not to use online agents because to do so would be “a gamble”. Gillian Wright...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Property portals generate revenue from estate agents regardless of the outcome of the transaction. This relationship has resulted in a fundamental...
25 January 2020
From: Features

Some buying agents have batted away the many signs of an improving housing market but one says the Boris Bounce is...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...
22 January 2020
From: Features

The number of residential transactions rose by 6.2 per cent in December - an unseasonal increase - according to data from...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Figures released this morning by data firm LonRes provide the latest evidence of a so-called Boris Bounce with the market improving...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News

In its latest State of the Property Nation report, which questions over 650 agents and 6,000 consumers, Zoopla says 55 per...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A new analysis from a financial services trade body shows that gross mortgage lending is expected to rise significantly in the...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Whisper it quietly but the housing market could be significantly stronger in 2020 than in recent years. Two key indicators in the...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Winkworth says it’s achieved a big jump in London sales market share despite “an uncertain and difficult year that was dominated...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Estate agents and others in the property industry have much more to do to deter money laundering. That’s the view of a security...
15 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of readers of Estate Agent Today suggest that the majority believe the Chancellor will fail to honour a pledge...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Yesterday (January 10 2020), the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) became law. It forms part of ongoing international efforts to tackle...
11 January 2020
From: Features

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager for the South West of...
07 January 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...
04 January 2020
From: Features

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A new year dawns - but will 2020 bring new change for the agency industry now that the market appears to...
28 December 2019
From: Features

The number of residential sales rose 1.9 per cent to 102,050 in November compared to the same month last year, the...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Prices in Prime Central London dipped again in November according to the property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio. Monthly average prices fell...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A website has slammed the idea that there is a surge of interest in buying homes on Boxing Day, describing the...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...
21 December 2019
From: Features

A law firm has spoken out about two possible problems in the government’s much-publicised idea of considering Reservation Agreements as a...
17 December 2019
From: Breaking News

As part of its commitment to promoting and enforcing high standards, RICS has launched its Home Survey Standard, which will become...
14 December 2019
From: Features

House prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the next three months according to a price index produced...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Here’s the final part of our questioning of the three portals based on comments and queries from our readers - thanks...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that the UK housing market is still on hold, pending...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio What is mio and what...
10 December 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...
07 December 2019
From: Features

The Fifth Money Laundering Directive becomes law in the UK on January 10 2020, strengthening the responsibilities placed on private companies...
07 December 2019
From: Features

An online agency which is free to list for vendors says it wants prospective buyers to stay in the property they...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Another estate agency has provided evidence of the problems that continue to hurt the prime central London housing market. Strutt & Parker,...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The man who founded Zoopla is now a second hand car salesman - but with a digital difference. Alex Chesterman, who founded...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest figures from investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests new build sales have plummeted in prime areas of the capital...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...
27 November 2019
From: Features

A PropTech company says the majority of transactions now involve chains and that the issue is becoming more problematic for agents...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Winkworth says the central London market has picked up from its lows of a year or more ago, but warns that...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Data from HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that residential property transactions have increased by 4.3 per cent year-on-year. In October 2019...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm has calculated the different delays that lead to transactions taking an average 120 days (and often much longer)...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been a significant drop in the number of housing transactions dealt with by conveyancers in the first nine months of...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A new Home Survey Standard is being launched today in a bid to improve and speed up the house moving process. The...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company that monitors search times for transactions says only just over two thirds of them are now completed in...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

love2move, an online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has teamed up with the Mortgage...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot of prime central London suggests that homes there are now 15.2 per cent cheaper than five years...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Buyers and sellers changing their minds lie behind almost a third of fall-throughs - the single biggest reason why transactions collapse,...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A survey undertaken for estate agency Jackson-Stops reveals that 55 per cent of people do not believe housing is a priority...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...
02 November 2019
From: Features

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Milton Rodosthenous, Director of Equity and Capital & LetsBid Property. What...
01 November 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

London Central Portfolio, the investment consultancy which saw signs of an upturn in the prime market in the capital this autumn,...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Another estate agency has come out in favour of reservation agreements. High-end agency Chestertons says transactions currently fall through too frequently and the...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A former 10 Downing Street adviser says stamp duty on house sales should be scrapped or at least slashed in order...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of prime residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past two decades and even in the past five...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

It has been said time and time again that the uncertainty around Brexit is causing, well, uncertainty. As I write this, the...
26 October 2019
From: Features

There’s been an encouraging increase in property transaction volumes according to new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. The total number of...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News

One month on from introducing sales progression and communication tool, mio, to her branch in Chippenham (Wiltshire), Michelle Hallas, Residential Sales...
21 October 2019
From: Sponsored Content

First details have emerged of the information vendors may have to provide up-front In future transactions if government house buying reforms...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade body has sharply criticised HM Land Registry for its slow progress on digitising local searches after a promising start...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Stories with good news about the prime central London market seem few and far between but the latest figures from B2B...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

An equity release specialist says the scrapping of stamp duty for so-called last time buyers would lead to more downsizing, freeing...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest figures from Halifax show annual house price growth has dipped to a six-year low. Average property price growth in...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The property market in prime central London showed some impressive signs of recovery during the summer months, according to Knight Frank. The...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Case study: Connells reaping the time-saving benefits of new sales and communication tool Since adopting mio in September 2018, Josh Lally, Senior...
07 October 2019
From: Sponsored Content

There’s no doubt that we live in politically charged times and every day appears to bring something new to the ‘party’. For...
05 October 2019
From: Features

A new estate agency, which claims to only hire property experts, has announced a new investment as well as the recruitment...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks - which is at the centre of a string of controversies - has joined the growing campaign for stamp duty...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Although property transactions have, unsurprisingly, recently seen a decline which is almost certainly in part due to the ‘B-word’, this doesn’t...
28 September 2019
From: Features

Stamp duty won’t take centre stage at the Conservative Party conference - that’ll be Brexit, quelle surprise. But if the government...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The annual number of property transactions edged down slightly according to the figures released applying to August. However, buyers and sellers email...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Robert Anderson, Branch Manager at William H Brown in Leicester shares how sales progression and communication tool, mio, has created a...
23 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News

An estate agent is linking a drop in transactions of as much as 20 per cent with the stamp duty increases...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Earlier this year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working group announced the initial details of plans for mandatory qualifications and...
18 September 2019
From: Features

A report by the influential Public Accounts committee of MPs has been highly sceptical of the effectiveness of Help To Buy. It...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Continuing political uncertainty over Brexit and now a significant chance of an autumn or winter General Election makes the case for...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The Guild of Property Professionals has welcomed government steps to provide buyers and sellers with greater transparency in transactions - and...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A free-to-list portal says it’s an ideal way to capture potential leads so as to augment agents’ client databases that have...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Fox and Sons goes digital and improves their sales progression with mio Lucy Luxton, Branch Manager at Fox and Sons, Tiverton (Devon)...
09 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Professional client account solutions for modern letting agents Letting agents will need to come up with new ways to manage client money...
05 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Knight Frank has expanded its residential London network with the addition of a new South Bank office. While many agencies have shut...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A housing market monitor that for some months has been pessimistic about London and the rest of the England and Wales...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading London estate agent has written to The Times dismissing MPs who have been squabbling over Brexit and a possible...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Pressure continued to mount on the government to clearly address the issue of stamp duty as a leading business consultancy suggested...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s been quite a week for news so you might have missed this story - there is yet another boost for...
31 August 2019
From: Features

A company operating the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it is trying to improve the sector’s image after a series...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A well-respected agent who was president of the NAEA just five years ago has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Since first meeting the mio team at The Negotiator Awards back in November 2018 – and being presented with no less...
26 August 2019
From: Sponsored Content

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...
24 August 2019
From: Features

The former Countrywide chief executive Grenville Turner says it is an option for online estate agency Yopa to go to an...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The international estate agency Engel & Volkers is closing its single prime central London office - despite past claims that sales...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Residential property transactions totalled 86,630 in July, representing a monthly drop of 8.5 per cent and an annual fall of 12.4...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading estate agents is leading the calls on Chancellor Sajid Javid to sort out the government’s stamp...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A sales progression tool is urging property professionals and consumers alike to do more to speed up typical transaction times, and...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Prime Central London’s average prices remain 20 per cent below their 2014 peak according to high end estate agency Strutt &...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Prime London subscription-based property platform LonRes has launched an off-market service for its subscribers. It says that as transactions across prime London...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A London council admits that it typically takes 50 working days for a search - which means a Local Land Charge...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Carl Hemming, Director from Ginger in Balsall Common explains how mio has quickly proven to be a cost-effective way to simplify...
12 August 2019
From: Sponsored Content

House prices fell unexpectedly for the second month in a row in July according to the Halifax - but the mortgage...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged to go further with property tax reform and not just stop at reducing stamp...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Despite optimistic reports on prime London’s housing performance from some sources in recent weeks, figures from subscription service LonRes paint a...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of stamp duty suggests that a cut of around a third in SDLT could produce a 40 per...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...
03 August 2019
From: Features

Seemingly-endless uncertainty over Brexit and now speculation over whether there will be an easing of stamp duty on transactions is making...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

When an industry disruptor enters a marketplace the impact on existing operators can be significant. It has been seen most notably...
31 July 2019
From: Features

There may be signs that the gloomy housing market which has hit Prime Central London for some years may finally be...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Housing experts have expressed their concerns that speculation about a radical stamp duty reduction to be introduced by Boris Johnson’s government...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Matt Nicholson, Sales Progressor at Edwards & Co in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, explains how adopting sales progression and communication tool, mio, has...
29 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Rightmove’s half year figures this morning continue to show strong growth in profits and revenue - but there are the first...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Some 115,000 house moves are delayed annually because of funds not being cleared on time or because sellers have not vacated...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Data from UK Finance, which represents most of the country’s lenders, shows that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in...
25 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Transactions in the troubled prime London market have actually increased year on year according to Knight Frank’s latest market snapshot. The agency...
25 July 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s most respected agents has advised the agency industry to treat Boris Johnson’s pledges with real caution. Black Brick buying...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

London and South East England are to see house price falls this year and only “very modest” growth in 2020 -...