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They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...

Recently a number of politicians and charities have been calling for the introduction of rent controls or rent freezes in the...

The former Countrywide chief executive Grenville Turner says it is an option for online estate agency Yopa to go to an...

We daren’t mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday before…well, Christmas.  Let’s hope agents and suppliers have an opportunity to...

The international estate agency Engel & Volkers is closing its single prime central London office - despite past claims that sales...

Global free-to-list property portal Residential People has announced it’s almost at its next milestone of 800,000 listings within its first six...

Rightmove’s blog suggests that pro-standard photos can increase enquiries by up to four times, but how do you make great photos? You...

Online estate agency Housesimple has appointed a company to handle its public relations and social media as it rolls it its...

An estate agent has been jailed for 19 months and will have to be on the sex offenders’ register for the...

New compulsory qualifications for estate agents will not only offer more transparency for customers but will help recruit better staff into...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launching its second tour of 2019 with an added bonus - a free training session...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Phil Smith - mio Account manager What is mioi and what...

Hello and welcome to the final PJT before September - yes that means summer is almost over.  Yet even during the holiday season...

Brexit is not deterring first time buyers this year according to an analysis by the Yorkshire Building Society. It says that despite...

It’s that time again. Each year I take a look at newspaper readership - not from the angle of journalists, but...

A sales progression tool is urging property professionals and consumers alike to do more to speed up typical transaction times, and...

Richard Rawlings’ annual roadshow opens on September 3 with the first of 17 stops across the UK, each giving a three...

The property website Home has identified the four regions of the UK where it says the current market slowdown is at...

What a credit to the industry so many agents, surveyors and suppliers are: this week’s ADC shows the diverse range of...

A free-to-list property portal says that contrary to opinion within parts of the agency industry, the more portals there are the...

The teenage daughter of the co-founder of telephone answering service Moneypenny has been found dead on holiday on Mallorca. Sky News reports...

Average house prices in the UK increased by a mere 0.9 per cent in the year to June - the lowest...

Akshay Ruparelia, the 21 year old who founded the online agency Doorsteps while he was still in sixth form, has called for...

Prime Central London’s average prices remain 20 per cent below their 2014 peak according to high end estate agency Strutt &...

Some homes in the UK are now worth 44 per cent less than they were a decade ago, claims the estate...

This week, you find me in Italy. Now that we’ve entered that languid month of August, where all of real estate...

Carl Hemming, Director from Ginger in Balsall Common explains how mio has quickly proven to be a cost-effective way to simplify...

Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...

The number of owners' properties being repossessed jumped 15 per cent year on year in the second quarter of 2019. There were...

With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...

One of the most experienced and high profile figures in the industry says individual agents working for online companies are typically...

Savills, once a safe bet for year-on-year growth, has seen its underlying UK residential profits plunge 44 per cent with economic...

A distinctly autumnal storm seems to be gripping the UK for the early part of the weekend but as ever, nothing...

One of the largest surveys of housing concerns amongst consumers suggests that agents fees - once a major issue - is...

House prices fell unexpectedly for the second month in a row in July according to the Halifax - but the mortgage...

The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that last month’s optimistic assessment of the housing market has...

It is now over two months since the introduction of the ban on fees charged to tenants, leaving letting agents with...

A record £8.2 billion was paid in Capital Gains Tax in 2017/18 - over £1 billion more than the year before.  The...

I wrote last week about Keller Williams and how their leader, Gary Keller, is doing an admirable job of driving innovation through...

Speculation surrounding whether Boris Johnson will honour his pledge to reduce stamp duty risks bringing the housing market “to a grinding...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Lino Goncalves – Area Sales Manager What is Lets bid property...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged to go further with property tax reform and not just stop at reducing stamp...

A PropTech start up says its new free tool allows prospective sellers and buyers to get an automated valuation of their...

Hello and welcome to PJT, breaking you in to the working week every Monday with news of the movers and shakers...

Outsourced viewings firm Viewber now handles viewings for more than 50 per cent of all UK auctioneers. The claim is from Essential...

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...

With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...

If you’d asked me at the start of the year how I thought the political landscape might look now, I wouldn’t...

Connells Group has repeated its claim, made in recent months in the light of trading figures, that it is now the...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee - which meets monthly to set the base rate on which the costs of...

It’s another Friday so it’s another Agents Do Charity - of course! It’s August and the height of the holidays but as...

Seemingly-endless uncertainty over Brexit and now speculation over whether there will be an easing of stamp duty on transactions is making...

When an industry disruptor enters a marketplace the impact on existing operators can be significant. It has been seen most notably...

In a trading statement this morning, Countrywide says it has “a new covenant package with lenders provides the financial flexibility to...

Connells Group has this morning announced a profits dip for the first six months of the year.  Its pre-tax profits were £26.2m...

Keller Williams continues to drive culture, mentality, and process transformation by partnering with DocuSign to enable electronic signatures. It’s another lesson in...

A note sent out by OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has suggested that the way estate agents work may directly lead...

1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...

Matt Nicholson, Sales Progressor at Edwards & Co in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, explains how adopting sales progression and communication tool, mio, has...

Countrywide is now “beyond salvation” according to former chief executive Harry Hill. The industry veteran, who also founded Rightmove, made the remark...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new Property Jobs Today column, bringing you the industry’s...

British homes have increased in value by an average of £11 per day since the beginning of the year, but with...

An equity release provider says there is now £382 billion worth of equity available within older homeowners’ properties following recent house...

Nicky Stevenson has had a very varied and interesting career in property. She started out as a lettings negotiator for Nicholas...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Eric Woodhams F.N.A.E.A. mio Account Manager What is mio and what...

Rightmove’s half year figures this morning continue to show strong growth in profits and revenue - but there are the first...

Some estate agents are charging as much as 2.9 per cent commission according to a survey by comparison website GetAgent. While the...

One of the earliest property websites, nethouseprices.com, has been acquired by fledgling property portal OneDome.  Nethouseprices was set up in 2004 and...

Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather.  Yet...

Estate and letting agents are being urged to check that they are signed up with an approved redress scheme that covers...

Data from UK Finance, which represents most of the country’s lenders, shows that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in...

Sometimes having prior knowledge of a stressful event can be more stressful than the event itself, just look at Brexit for...

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...

I feel I am in a fortunate position. I have been central to the PropTech movement for a number of years,...

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

‘Property ghosting’ is a problem that nearly all estate and letting agencies will face at one time or another. Ghosting, which is...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

The fledgling Federation of Independent Agents has revealed a list of agents which have joined the scheme.  The very latest is Oakwood...

High end London estate agency Aston Chase says there’s already been a surge in interest in property in the UK capital...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your regular weekly column giving all the key appointments news in the...

Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise, has changed its name - at least slightly - from Belvoir Lettings to Belvoir Group.  In...

The number of UK residential mortgages approved with a term of 40-years or more jumped over 20-fold in 2018. London estate agency...

The industry press has given substantial space to recommendations from the Regulation of Property Agents, the government’s working party which has...

In a marketplace as competitive as the property industry, you may think that generating leads is the most important focus for...

The government has published its response to an MPs’ committee’s comments on overseas buyers of properties in the UK - and...

The trade headlines may be dominated by a revolution proposed for how agents are regulated, licensed and trained but one thing...

A recent study has revealed what the biggest moving home fails are in the UK, including damaged furniture, scratched walls and...

Trade organisations including the National Association of Estate Agents have welcomed today’s publication of the report of the Regulation of Property...

Agents have put a brave face on official government figures which have shown a shock fall in London house prices and...

A leading London estate agency with US connections says there has been a surge in high net worth American buyers in...

A trade association of agents selling properties overseas has launched a new feature which it claims will give buyers greater security...

The introduction of technology to an industry can be daunting, due to changes in executing daily tasks, and also a fear...

There’s more bad news for online estate agencies this morning as a survey reveals that they have only a seven per cent...

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...

Connells Group-owned Sequence UK has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority to update Rightmove listings more promptly after properties are...

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...

All new-build homes could soon be fitted with an electric car charging point. The government has issued a consultation on the move,...

Home, the property platform that often produces downbeat market forecasts, now says there are signs of improvement in London at least.  It...

A leading agent has suggested that some parts of the UK would face “a property exodus” if Boris Johnson’s proposals for...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your Monday catch-up on all the key appointments news in the industry. Please...

It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...

The city of Norwich has become the sixth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...

Now could be the time to buy shares in Purplebricks and Foxtons if one stock market pundit turns out to be...

A new global free-to-list property portal says it has secured 800 new property enquiries for estate agents in the last four...

Auction companies have issued statements boasting of their own performance as old school companies and new entrants vie for market share. Firstly...

Once a year you might be perfectly justified in putting your feet up for a weekend and enjoying some great sport...

A more stable trend is now emerging in the UK housing market, according to the latest results for the RICS UK...

If agents ran their databases more efficiently, the property portals might find themselves redundant. Controversial opening statement aside, the reality is that...

Two Countrywide brands have joined forces to launch Airspace Exchange – a service to push the idea of constructing homes and...

The PropTech era is changing the way in which employees decide where they are going to work. As CBRE has discovered in...

Century 21, the global estate agency franchise, has opened its latest high street branch in Cheltenham.  The franchise, Century 21’s 49th in...

Property portal Rightmove has confirmed that it is trialling an option which allows buyers of commercial properties to submit offers online...

Stories of a slow property market due to an ongoing lack of supply and Brexit woes have been well-documented in recent...

Welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today. It's the time of the week when you can catch up with...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card?             Becky Howes, mio Account Manager What...

The police have opened an investigation after a number of complaints have been made about the financial affairs of a sales...

The new owners of Emoov have confirmed that 70 previous customers have opted to re-list their homes with the firm since it...

The practices of competitive bidding and sealed bids have made a 'surprise return' to the Prime Central London (PCL) property market,...

The summer market momentum building thanks to warmer weather and reduced Brexit uncertainty took a hit in June, according to new...

Friday is Agents Do Charity day and as the country enjoys the delights of Wimbledon and rues the Lionesses' departure from...

The new chief executive of Purplebricks believes hybrid agents could win '20-30% market share' in the UK. Vic Darvey, who replaced Michael...

The average British homeowner stays in their property for 20.8 years, according to new research by Zoopla. The property portal analysed the...

It’s likely that your agency or one of your clients has recently fallen foul of an old-fashioned trend which has been...

Fine & Country, the international network of prime estate agencies, has this week announced the opening of two new offices. The first...

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

Purplebricks has revealed its annual results for the year ending April 30 2019.  The hybrid agency has posted an operating loss of...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint made against a listing on property website Houser.co.uk. In January, the complainant notified...

A survey of property sellers has revealed that 'achieving the asking price' (43%) and 'selling properties quickly' (35%) are the most...

 – use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...

Hello and welcome to both this week’s PJT and welcome to July. It may be summer and Wimbledon time, but there’s no...

An estate agent in the west country has died, aged just 28. Adam Reed worked for the Smart Estate Agent, a fixed-fee...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

Increasing legislation and regulation has arguably been the biggest talking point in the private rented sector (PRS) over the last few...

Purplebricks’ former chief executive Lee Wainwright has made a stout defence of the controversial agency’s sales progression process and its local...

The latest report commissioned by the Labour party to resolve the UK’s housing problems would crash the housing market rather than...

Purplebricks’ founder Kenny Bruce has promised that his departure from the firm does not mean he won’t be heard of again. Kenny - whose brother...

Hello there - if it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity, and as we prepare for a hot weekend for Glastonbury revellers...

Purplebricks has released figures which appear to show it is one of the most successful agencies - or perhaps THE most...

Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...

A PropTech firm which claims its products offer “industry-leading” response times says agents lose a majority of their leads due to slow...

The income required for first time buyers to purchase in the three most expensive UK cities has fallen slightly according to...

The modern method of auction is proving to revolutionise the way properties are bought and sold across the UK.  By putting the...

MyBid4It is an online auction platform which has been developed to partner with Estate Agents and revolutionise the way properties are...

The number of cash buyers in London has recently plummeted by very nearly a fifth - and every other part of...

I want to take the time this week to look at an area of PropTech and real estate which is seeing...

The former chief executive of Purplebricks UK says the agency completes on over 80 per cent of the homes it lists...

The free-to-list property portal Residential People says it now has over 740 independent agents in the UK on board - and...

London Central Portfolio, a respected property consultancy that has been pessimistic about the market in prime areas of the capital, says...

A national newspaper claims that the 20 millionth domestic EPC in the UK is set to be issued in the next...

The weekend is over all-too-quickly but at least if it’s Monday, it’s Property Jobs Today - your weekly catch up with...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

Recent figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have revealed a rather worrying landscape for small business owners across the...

An online auction service which only came into existence in September last year claims to have 150 partner estate agents already,...

Purplebricks has hired the Weber Shandwick PR firm to handle much of its non-investment related public relations. Weber Shandwick has its global...

If it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity day - and we’ve got another bundle of good work for you this week,...

Purplebricks is the “Official Estate Agent Of Team GB” for the build-up to and completion of next summer’s Olympics in Tokyo. It is going...

An interesting analysis of Rightmove’s performance on the stock market has led to questions about the long-term profitability and viability of...

Too many sellers are wedded to the idea that prices will rise after a Brexit deal is resolved, says one of the...

Facebook is set to enter the cryptocurrency business with the big reveal of its formal plans scheduled for some point this...

Research from OnTheMarket shows that 40 per cent of London homes costing around £1m have only two bedrooms or fewer. And only...

LSL Property Services’ Land & New Homes division says it’s set a record by selling 50 per cent of the units...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today - the Monday slot where you can catch up with...

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

Property developing is an incredibly diverse and exciting career choice, and something that many people aspire to do in the UK.  I...

The founder of Zoopla has explained how the portal got its name and branding, and the philosophy behind it when it...

Sorry about the weather everyone…miserable isn’t it, and the summer is supposed to be well underway? But we’re not allowing our fund-raising...

Figures released from OnTheMarket this morning suggest that its conversion programme for agents shifting from free deals to paid membership is...

Knight Frank says Brexit-related uncertainty has curbed trading activity across all UK residential markets over the last 12 months - and...

Zoopla has taken a swipe at OnTheMarket by conducting a poll of sellers’ views about having properties listed exclusively on just...

It’s London Tech Week, everybody! The sprawling city-wide event taking in dozens of conferences, events, workshops, panel debates and so on,...

Instant online valuation service The ValPal Network has revealed a conveyancing partner which it says will help agents boost referral fees.  The...

Sellers are back with a vengeance according to figures from online agency HouseSimple.  It claims the Brexit date extension has given sellers...

A PropTech firm has repeated claims it first made in March about allegedly inaccurate floorpan measurement and says a new initiative...

Fine & Country has a new office in Hampshire as a result of an independent which has joined its network. Hampshirewide is...

There seems no end in sight for the share turmoil going on at Purplebricks, with several new developments on Friday before...

Hello and here’s another PJT to start the week: we hope it’s your first port of call when you want to...

Average UK house prices rose 0.5 per cent in May according to the latest Halifax house price index as the long...

Four years ago, as we approached the general election, Andrews Property Group held a roundtable debateon the impact the election might have...

Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policy that was implemented in 2012 was designed to make staying and residing in the UK as...

My experience in marketing over the last 10 years has been an interesting journey, however I don’t want to bore you...

OnTheMarket claims monthly visits to its website hit a record 25.4m in May - but the portal’s latest update gives no...

A veteran of three online estate agencies has been named as the first UK head of a US real estate operation...

A review website set up by a former estate agent says £1m of new funding will allow it to roll out...

With summer in full swing (will someone tell the weather?) we’re having bumper editions of Agents Do Charity, and this weekend’s is...

A recent survey conducted by comparison website GetAgent found that traditional high street agents have been given a firm thumbs up...

A new service which aims to provide estate and letting agents with what it calls “game changing” access to property data...

The estate agency industry is at a crossroads. A turbulent market, unstable political situation and a chronic lack of public confidence has...

Purplebricks has announced that it is to give a trading update and the result of its review of its US activities on...

“You say tomato, I say tomato” is a line in a famous film score way back in the 1937 film Shall...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is running a Certified Property Measurer course aimed at training agents and others in the...

A TV production company is looking for family-run estate agencies to be considered for a possible reality TV show. Curve Media -...

Sharp-witted marketing advisers for Marsh & Parsons have done it again with a clever poster and social media campaign to mark...

Purplebricks’ most influential investor says there is “opportunity aplenty” for the company but says it would back the closure of the US...

Welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - because last week there was a Bank Holiday, we have a bumper edition...

In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...

In recent years, estate and letting agents have been faced with a series of tough challenges to absorb and react to. There...

Three ultra-high-value London properties cannot be sold while a money laundering investigation continues. The houses have not been identified but were most...

Hello - it’s that time of the week again when we celebrate the agency industry’s fantastic fund-raising. We were delighted that our...

A recently-launched free-to-list portal says it’s uniquely positioned to attract overseas buyers and investors interested in purchasing in major UK cities. Residential...

Like many good agencies, Savills understands that selling a long-loved family home can be tough for a vendor. So it was with...

In today’s crowded property marketplace, the needs of tenants have changed. With a greater emphasis on quality of living, tenants are increasingly...

New figures released to Estate Agent Today show that a net total of 284 agents’ offices closed down in 2018. This number -...

NAEA and ARLA Propertymark have launched an initiative called Propertymark Inspire to promote training and compliance awareness amongst agents.  A statement says the...

One of my biggest concerns in all of my writing, speaking and influencing around PropTech is that for the people we...

The number of mortgages approved by High Street banks increased 5.4 per cent to 44,000 in April. Data from trade body UK...

The gap between average asking prices and average selling prices has increased in recent months according to Zoopla. Its latest study of...

New research suggests it takes, on average, six months and 24 days to buy a home. The study, for PropTech virtual tours...

There’s been a mixed response to the government’s surprise announcement that it would make permanent the right of home owners to...

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...

Earlier this month we celebrated the 16th annual ESTAS Awards, once again hosted by TV property expert Phil Spencer.  The glittering ceremony...

What a great time to be a letting agent. In decades, never has there been so much change. As you’re well aware,...

In recent years click & collect has become a popular way for retailers, supermarkets and online shopping sites such as Amazon...

The Property Ombudsman says its members must in future disclose referral fees in a bid to make previously-hidden costs open and...

A firm supporting leaseholders across the UK says the ongoing Competition and Markets Authority probe should “punish” what it calls “rip off...

Ultra slow broadband speeds could knock a quarter off the value of a property according to research undertaken by online agency...

Hello there and we’re at the start of another Bank Holiday weekend - but no rest for you lot, working hard...

House prices have remained roughly stagnant according to the latest figures produced by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land...

An agent with over 29 years of experience has taken over as  chief executive officer at Humberts - just as the...

As we move closer to the halfway point of 2019, property market conditions for agents and their clients remain challenging. Brexit may...

Purplebricks’ share price yesterday plunged to 90.5p at one point - well below the 100p level at which the company originally...

A homeowner in London has won a legal case against a chartered surveyor who failed to identify Japanese knotweed during a...

We’ve reached the final instalment of my market transformation do’s and don’ts.  In previous articles, we’ve looked at: Do encourage, don’t deter;...

A new sales progression tool that claims to have been hugely successful over an 18-month pilot is being rolled out across...

The number of residential property transactions across the UK fell very slightly last month according to new figures from HM Revenue...

A Parliamentary committee has claimed that 160 properties in the UK are owned by “high corruption-risk individuals” and wants more to...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the destination where you can catch up with the key moves announced in the...

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...

The UK property market can be seen by criminals as an effective vehicle to conceal the proceeds of economic crime. Criminally...

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

A survey undertaken by the respected Economist Intelligence Unit and a risk solutions company suggests that estate agency may be one...

The founder of franchise giant Belvoir, Mike Goddard, has now stepped down as chair of the company, two years after quitting...

Agents have reacted gloomily to the release of figures showing that the number of new mortgages offered to both movers and...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - yet more examples of stupendous fund-raising by our industry (and a lot of...

With the Tenant Fee Ban obliterating a key income stream, letting agents should be looking at ways they can increase the...

The average time on the market for a property is soaring across the UK thanks to Brexit uncertainty, according to the...

“I’m Russell Quirk, and I’ve failed” - with those words, the former chief executive of Emoov has begun to explain how...

New free-to-list portals Residential People and Commercial People are aiming to secure one million property listings by Q4 2019. The portals -...

Home movers from the European Union have become less interested in moving to the UK, according to new research. Analysis of over...

Further details of Countrywide's closure and consolidation programme, first revealed by Estate Agent Today on Friday, have emerged over the weekend. A...

The scores have been counted and the results are in for the 2019 ESTAS Awards, sponsored by Zoopla. On Friday, over 1,000...

Welcome back to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today (PJT) after a Bank Holiday break. Each week, we round up...

With a mere matter of weeks until the Tenant Fees Act comes in to effect, I can’t help but wonder just...

London agency Chestertons is launching a franchise offering which will allow businesses outside of the capital to operate under the Chestertons...

Thousands of homeowners listed their properties for sale in the days following the latest Brexit delay on April 12, new research...

For the industry's football lovers, the notable achievements and never-say-die attitude of both Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur on the European stage...

An industry veteran is launching a new hub-based hybrid agency and is offering to sell 50 homes for free to raise the...

Fresh analysis by Zoopla has revealed Britain's fastest moving property markets with the lowest number of average days for a seller...

Two PropTech suppliers have this week announced new partnerships and products with the aim of helping estate agents.  Firstly, sales progression and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jake Gready Managing Director NEXA Bristol What services do you provide? buying - selling...

In a world where people want instant gratification, it’s important to find ways to connect and engage with customers when they...

Following yesterday's surprise news that founder Michael Bruce is leaving the business and its Australian operation is closing down, Purplebricks encountered...

I hope you had another wonderful Bank Holiday weekend; only three weeks to hold on until the next one. Personally, it...

OnTheMarket has revealed several agents have signed up to the portal on long-term contracts and stopped listing properties on Rightmove. The agencies...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has launched its long-awaited ‘How to sell a home’ and ‘How to...

Landmark Information’s online valuation tool SmartVal is being retired by the company, with agents who use it being advised to switch to...

The UK PropTech Association, set up in early 2017 with the objective of promoting engagement between tech business and the property...

During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...

1989 was a significant time for the property industry: it marked the beginning of the end of a period of unprecedented...

Trading in OnTheMarket’s shares was subject to two so-called Price Monitoring Extensions - temporary freezing of transactions because of erratic movements. The...

Hello and welcome to another one of those great long weekends that come along often at this time of year -...

A new and comprehensive analysis of the housing market shows a jaw-dropping collapse in stamp duty revenue going to the Treasury...

A new analysis suggests that sales of more than four out of five homes in the UK are taking at least...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

There’s a silver lining to another set of stodgy housing market figures - at least one sector, for those buying their...

The organisers of next week’s ESTAS Estate & Letting Agent Awards, the biggest and glitziest event on the industry calendar, have...

With the UK population spending longer in rental accommodation, due to the upfront expense of buying a home, their time and...

Countrywide has named a senior businesswoman as chair of its controversial remuneration committee which was at the centre of a row...

It’s an eye-catching combination - former professional rugby players turn estate agents, set up in converted shipping containers, and promise in time-honoured fashion...

My article last week has sparked some really great engagement, which I’m delighted about!  Thank you to everyone who commented or dropped...

Proceedings against an estate agent at the centre of a fees cartel case have been dropped following his agreement not to stand as...

OnTheMarket has applied to the London Stock Exchange for the release of over 528,000 new shares to agents who have signed...

Respected investment consultancy London Central Portfolio is warning that “sales go on falling and falling” across the capital, fuelled by Brexit...

Mark Witherspoon, well known in the agency industry as the former data services director of Zoopla, has joined the TwentyCi company.  TwentyCi...

A property listings platform has revealed what it describes as ‘the best places to sell a home’ in England and Wales. The...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - because of the flurry of Bank Holidays at this time of year, it’s...

The head of the new Trading Standards authority regulating estate agents says Online firms are treated exactly the same as High...

The trade body for ‘home stagers’ says that properties that have been dressed sell three times faster than those that have...

The London Marathon may be just one of literally thousands of fund-raising events but we know it’s a favourite with many...

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...

Humberts, the agency which was one of the first to ditch High Street offices in favour of fewer larger hubs, has...

For the second day in a row Countrywide was subject to two so-called Price Monitoring Extensions - temporary freezing of trading...

Research  by HouseSimple suggests that over 31 per cent of homes currently on sale in major UK towns and cities have...

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The soon-to-launch Federation of Independent Agents has announced that its latest supplier partner is to be outsourced viewing service Viewber. Graham Lock,...

We’re accustomed to tech firms promising disruption in how homes are bought, let, sold and rented: now one is pledging to...

A PropTech analyst insists that the tumbling share price of Purplebricks on the London Stock Exchange does not indicate that the...

It’s London Marathon week, always a great event in the calendar and - we’re sure - an event that attracts a...