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The number of house sales falling through before completion is on the increase according to data collated by a home buying...

The last couple of weeks’ articles were penned very much for a specific agent readership, something I am trying to be...

Figures from the mortgage lenders’ umbrella group, UK Finance, suggest the government desire to see more first time buyers and fewer...

A city’s housing market that suffered badly because of the collapse in North Sea oil prices is now likely to rebound...

Purplebricks says its performance in the UK “is currently showing double-digit growth year-on-year in monthly instructions.” In a brief UK trading update...

Doorsteps, the online agency founded by a teenager, has raised over £700,000 - that’s 175 per cent of its original £400,000 target,...

Hello and welcome to PJT, our weekly round up of key moves within the industry. Let us know what’s going on with...

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the government’s move to ensure most future new-build houses are sold as freehold...

It’s time to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to overseas buyers of property. If you listen to Theresa...

I’ve spoken many times before of my desire to see government take property more seriously. For more than just lip service...

One of the brokers working with OnTheMarket says the portal will not be profitable until 2021, but predicts that its target...

Savills is warning that heightened uncertainty around Brexit negotiations will delay recovery in the prime central London housing market for up...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity - your opportunity to salute those in our industry working hard for great...

OnTheMarket’s trading figures for the six months to the end of July show, as predicted, losses while the company is building...

Purplebricks’ share price dropped yesterday to barely over 200p - its lowest level for some 18 months and reflecting a near...

Foxtons says its use of technology allows it to increase the reach of its branches - and claims this is behind...

When Professor Andrew Baum’s PropTech 3.0 report was first published, a small event was held to celebrate the very first academic...

OnTheMarket plc, the company which operates the OTM portal, gives its first formal stock market figures tomorrow morning, for the six...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Foxtons has closed another London agency office - this time at Barnes in the borough...

Knight Frank appears to have shrugged off the problems hitting the high end of the housing market, reporting a 14 per...

The Competitions and Markets Authority says the result of its latest probe into estate agencies’ possible infringement of the Competition Act...

One estate agent has described the latest price fall announced by the Halifax as “quite a retreat” for the housing market...

Hello and welcome to a new working week, which means your chance to catch up on the key moves in our...

“Do we really need another tax?” - that’s the question from a new buying agency, querying why the government wants to...

Several agents have asked me whether they should consider ditching their high street offices and move to an out of town...

Google celebrated its 20th birthday last month. Yes, it might be hard to recall a time when it wasn’t integral in...

When Facebook first announced it would be entering the property listings market a few weeks ago it sent shockwaves across the...

The head of a leading Chinese property portal has taken the unusual step of commenting on a British tax policy -...

It seems a lifetime ago but in fact we’re approaching just the first anniversary since the government triggered its Call for...

The latest assessment of supply across the housing market undertaken by online agency HouseSimple claims that the number of new properties...

Hello and welcome to another weekly update on the industry’s good work - and a chance for us to show that...

An accountancy trade body has revealed that last year it briefed MPs - including the Prime Minister and Housing Minister of...

Transactions in prime central London have dropped nine per cent in the year to the end of August according to Knight...

An insurance company is launching a policy which it says will protect consumers with comprehensive cover in the event of a...

One of the industry’s best respected trainers and consultants has outlined six key reasons why agents should keep offices on the...

Purplebricks has been the subject of another complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority - and the issue has again been categorised...

Last week, the first of a new kind of industry event took place; an open debate between agents and PropTech suppliers. Strong...

One of London’s highest profile and most outspoken estate agent chiefs has scolded ‘Maybot’ Theresa May on the day she is to...

A website has officially launched this morning, aiming to push the concept of US-style For Sale By Owner online property marketing...

Agents have continued to express their shock and opposition to the announcement by the government that it wants a stamp duty...

Hello and welcome to our weekly catch-up on the major moves within our industry. Remember, you can let the rest of the...

The government has used this week’s Conservative party conference to announce a new stamp duty tax of one per cent to three...

From where I’m standing there’s a lot in common between the debate between online and traditional agents, and the argument over...

Increasingly cash-strapped traditional estate agencies should consider abandoning their High Street offices and work from serviced offices or similar lower-profile and...

A statement to the London Stock Exchange by eProp Services has cemented its role primarily as a PropTech firm. This is in...

London has been identified as one of a number of ‘bubble risk cities’ in a report by Swiss bank UBS. In a...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another chance to hear about the remarkable fund-raising done by our...

The latest figures from Purplebricks, contained within the agency’s annual report released this week, claim that 81 per cent of its...

Zoopla has once again released its list of the costliest streets in the UK - but for the second year running...

The income first-time buyers need to purchase a home in the UK’s largest cities has shot up by 18 per cent...

Today’s long-awaited debate staged by fledgling PropTech platform Best Agent will address the issue of how the agency industry can most...

The perils of property competitions and raffles have once again been demonstrated, this time with the Advertising Standards Authority upholding three...

I am a patient man; a pacifist. Yet there is little in life right now that would satisfy me more than...

We’ve all heard the comments - the countryside is being covered in concrete, new houses are springing up everywhere, our green...

The rise and rise of Equity Release continues with a more-than-doubling of the number of product options on the market in...

An estate agency comparison website claims the rise of online and hybrid estate agencies has obliged traditional agents to be more...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, the latest weekly catch-up with moves within and across our industry. A quick...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

The shock immediate closure of Hatched, the online agency heavily invested in by Connells, has raised question marks over the online...

We’re well and truly back from summer with a flurry of fund-raising to report on this week: thanks to each and...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that it’s signed up the north east of England regional agency Pattinson, which has 27 branches...

Shareholders in the ailing Countrywide agency group appeared to remain largely indifferent to the news that their executive chairman Peter Long...

The Land & New Homes Network has announced a part exchange and assisted move collaboration with Relocation Agent Network in a...

Estate agents say the continuing gentle slowdown reflected in the latest government house price figures will be the story of the...

Over the last 10 years, so much has changed within the marketing sector, including the surge of mobile use, the way...

HM Land Registry says the full roll-out of its Local Land Charges digital register could take up to seven years, with...

Those of you who receive (and read) my Sunday PropTech Review will know that, by far and away, the most shared...

A buying agency says it has secured a prime London property for one of its clients at almost 40 per cent...

The old cliche about statistics may be cruel but the government has perhaps left itself open to its use after announcing...

With the news that Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to sellers, is this something...

Purplebricks has introduced its second price rise of the year so far in Australia, and is pioneering a model under which...

A London estate agent who works closely with High Net Worth overseas buyers has hit out a proposed law which he...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your chance to catch up on the major moves in the agency industry over...

This may not be a great way to start the week but a survey suggests that estate agents are Britain’s least...

“Baton down the hatches. Stockpile the food cupboard. Brexit is coming and it’s little more than six months away!” I jest, but there is...

Bank of England governor Mark Carney says a no-deal Brexit exit could lead to a 35 per cent house price crash. The...

A government minister has made a pointed jibe at estate agents who appear not to regard cash purchases of high-value properties...

Yes, there’s no getting away from it - although the autumn has only just begun, charity work is firmly aiming at...

What are the magic ingredients for building a strong brand, attracting new customers and building trust with your target market? Gareth Helm,...

House prices fell further this month as the slowdown tightened its grip according to he latest data from property platform Home. It...

New data reveals that new property listings have fallen for three successive months - and that includes a huge 17.1 per...

The raison d'être for estate agents everywhere is to get their properties noticed! It’s as simple as that. These days you’re likely...

EweMove is the country’s fifth largest online agency group based on transactions, and continues to make a profit according to its owner,...

Humberts - which when it was operating jointly with Chestertons was a prominent supporter of Agents’ Mutual and OnTheMarket - has...

DISCLAIMER: The author of this article retains no responsibility for any reader discomfort experienced when recalling the seemingly endless horrors of...

A housing academic claims that while popular belief has it that homes are getting smaller, the typical living space in England...

Another eight EweMove franchisees have been appointed in just one month - but controversially, some of them have no estate agency...

Viewber has announced that it’s just completed its 35,000th outsourced viewing, reflecting a jaw-dropping 460 per cent rise in just a...

There’s been a huge vote of no-confidence in online reviews, often used for marketing by many online agencies and some traditional...

OnTheMarket today launches a new TV advertising campaign which aims to highlight its 'New & Exclusive' marketing feature. Agents listing with the...

The Property Ombudsman has urged the government to bring the new homes build sector under consumer redress. New builds are not currently...

The property market remained slow and stunted in August as the number of For Sale and Sold boards across the country...

As the property market gears up for a busy autumn period, agents and property firms have been equally busy bolstering their...

Fake news has become the popular catchphrase of a certain orange-tinted president in recent years. And everyone, from tech giants like...

This week may have marked the landmark moment of Facebook entering the UK property market but as the industry prepares for...

An upcoming event will see a panel of well-known agents and suppliers appeal for better collaboration between industry stakeholders, particularly CRM...

Technology is transforming the way we comply with Anti Money Laundering (AML) regulation. It is providing a consistent approach, reliable outcomes...

Hybrid agency Emoov has released research in which it claims consumers rank high street estate agency commission fees as the second...

Last week, I wrote about the speed of innovation in the Far East. This week I’d like to do the same...

An estate agency which operates nationally has agreed to amend its website following a complaint made to the Advertising Standards Authority...

One of Countrywide's major investors has significantly reduced its holding in the troubled estate agency group. Oaktree Capital yesterday lowered its stake...

The online auction platform BidX1 has announced a strategic investment which will be used to accelerate its growth. The investment comes from...

The latest house price index from Nationwide shows a monthly fall of 0.5% in August, the largest decline recorded since July...

Following a break for last week's final Bank Holiday before Christmas, we're back with a bumper edition of Property Jobs Today. We're...

A downstairs bathroom could knock up to 6% off the value of a property, according to estate agents.  Having a family bathroom...

Following the first day of trading its new shares yesterday, Countrywide's share price finished at 12.52, down almost 4%. The new shares were...

Fine & Country is claiming to be the fastest growing premium estate agency brand in England and Wales over the last...

As summer turns to autumn over the next few weeks, that won't stop the nation's agents and property professionals from raising...

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what the practical...

In 2014 The Properties Misdescriptions Act was repealed and replaced with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, otherwise known as...

Countrywide may have enjoyed the overwhelming support of its major institutional shareholders for its controversial rescue plan, but the wider financial...

OnTheMarket has signed up an estate and lettings agency firm run by a family and with 11 offices across west Devon...

A few stories caught my eye this week from China, all of which announce the arrival of cutting-edge technological innovation in...

OK, so the headline has drawn you into the story - but you’ll enjoy the video we have below. It’s the...

Countrywide’s eagerly-awaited General Meeting for shareholders takes place today and is widely expected to back the ailing agency group’s controversial rescue...

A property management company is warning that some areas of the UK could be in line for a price correction this...

House prices in a quarter of the UK’s largest cities are struggling to recover to the level they were at during...

Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...

For too long the private rented sector has been complacent towards customer satisfaction. In the changing rental landscape, the smartest letting...

The former head of Humberts’ country house department, who has spent 30 years selling homes, has switched to buying. Jeremy Campbell-Harris was...

Dare we mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday weekend of the year before Christmas - so what a...

The online agency acquired by Purplebricks in Canada has started facing the same criticisms that its parent company have faced in...

Lucie Hirst and Delphine Colombo, two of Prime Central London’s most high profile sales agents, have combined forces to set up Hirst...

After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in 2005, I took careful consideration over my career moves and prospective...

Data from the buying agency Black Brick reveals just how big an impact has been made by the additional homes stamp...

In our previous blog, we looked at the definitions outlined by the CPRs. In our next blog we’ll look at the...

The brief but troubled history of individuals and companies attempting to raffle homes as prizes has received another blow as a...

Independent review website allAgents says its ultimate ambition is to be a serious rival to existing portals like OnTheMarket. Unveiling a new...

Countrywide appears to have backtracked on a move which could have seen its three most senior executives receive some £20m in...

The team behind a new ‘open platform’ targetting smaller agencies in need of Proptech support have revealed a heavyweight line up...

  Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - a thinner than usual edition as the industry enjoys the last of the...

Were it not for climate change, I would be very close to predicting that the summer is close to being over,...

Why do we choose to engage with one application more than another, or find ourselves returning to the same piece of...

The chief executive of the newly-expanded Emoov group has been giving details of the merger with Tepilo and the possibility of...

More than 420,000 people have now used the government’s Help to Buy schemes to get themselves on to the housing ladder...

As our minds turn to autumn, here’s a reminder that Estate Agent Today is on hand to help with your agency’s...

The estate agent who is refusing to abide by a decision of the Advertising Standards Authority is now demanding details of...

The UK division of US-based estate agency Keller Williams says agents need access to internal training if service levels across the...

House prices are rising at their slowest rate for nearly five years as London suffers its largest decline in prices since...

The buy-to-let sector, which has been under sustained pressure for a number of years now thanks to tax changes designed to...

My eye was caught yesterday morning by news that PropTech company, Agent Software, is claiming that ‘some agencies deliberately over-value properties...

The investment bank Jefferies says Foxtons’ long-running share price slump is a reflection of Brexit uncertainty “until we find out what...

Rumours abound over the future of Countrywide, which lost further share value on Friday, closing very slightly down on the day...

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - and as ever we have a breakdown of key moves within our industry. To...

The chairman of LonRes says online estate agents have only a one per cent share of the market in prime central...

When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...

Next week ludlowthompson celebrates its 25th anniversary. Here, I catch up with Stephen Ludlow, co-founder and now executive director of the...

When you are starting up a new business, it is unlikely that you will already have enough capital to invest. Taking...

Research by Estate Agent Today reveals that there have been 12 different stamp duty regimes in the UK since the Millennium. What’s...

There’s been another drop in mortgage arrears and possessions for owner occupiers - although an increase for some elements of the...

The heatwave is gone and summer is in its closing stages (sorry!) so it comes as no surprise that there’s already...

The Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse has slashed its target share price for the company from 77p to only 17.2p.  The reason...

High-end agency and international property consultancy Savills has reported strong half-year figures for its UK business - but warns that Brexit...

New property listings in July were down 6.0 per cent across the UK and down no less than 12.7 per cent...

The EY ITEM Club, regarded as one of the most influential groups of economists in the UK, says it’s still “dubious”...

Running an effective property business in today’s market relies on the clever use of technology.  The right technology will make your agency...

One of London’s leading estate agents says Brexit has had at worst a neutral effect on the housing market and may...

OnTheMarket has signed up 12-office regional agency Robert Oulsnam and Company.  The firm, which handles sales and lettings, has 12 offices in...

In a surprise announcement, house prices picked up in July with the annual rate of growth rising from 1.8 per cent...

Hello again from Italy. Only another week or so left out here, working every day from the same table at my...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

Home is where ? - Recently moved actually, live in a lovely house that looks over the Thames Estuary. I love...

Countrywide is under fire again over the controversial rescue plan it announced last week. On Friday the troubled agency group’s share price -...

Outspoken property commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has made a scathing attack on some of the main house price indices. In...

The government has revised its guidance to agents over redress schemes - amending it to take account of the fact that...

We may be well into August but there’s little sign of a holiday for our industry, with a string of big...

It was interesting to see the recent story on Estate Agent Today about OnTheMarket (OTM) raising its fees after signing up...

With all the recent change and upheaval in the rental sector it may be time to consider how letting agencies will...

The newly-appointed Group Managing Director of Countrywide says rumours of Hamptons International or other ‘crown jewels’ being put up for sale...

Most estate agents have tried to dismiss the impact of the Bank of England’s base rate rise, which came following a...

Our glorious endless summer has a return visit to many areas this weekend - but it’s still not too hot for...

Gazumping is the biggest irritation in the property market to the general public according to a survey of over 2,000 people.  Respondents...

In a world increasingly obsessed with all things digital, it's no surprise that many estate agents are choosing to experiment with...

Data prepared for the BBC and shared with Estate Agent Today gives a snapshot of how estate agencies, lettings agencies and...

The Financial Times this morning says that Countrywide suffered a failed bond issue earlier this year, forcing it to rely on...

The former deputy chief executive at online agency Tepilo is launching a new training, recruitment and consultancy business for estate agents.  Catherine...

An analyst for business data consultancy Bloomberg has some news for Foxtons - he says its swashbuckling days are over and...

There have been two stories dominating the PropTech headlines over this past week. As WeWork places a gentle arm around the...

The new owner of Humberts says he would consider acquiring or working alongside existing agencies who want to be part of...

A leading legal firm has given broad approval to proposals from the Law Commission aimed at improving the conveyancing process and...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the place where you find all the key agency industry moves over recent days. Please...

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...

Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work?  Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...

With the continued indecision surrounding Brexit and the final divorce settlement still months away, it seems property buyers are choosing to...

‘Up’ is the key word in Rightmove’s figures for the first half of 2018, released to the City and to shareholders...

Figures from Savills suggest that there’s currently an average 1.14 price adjustments per sale across the prime regional markets of the...

With the weather scheduled to get a little cooler this weekend, fund-raising is clearly still a hot topic in the industry...

OnTheMarket has now signed listing agreements with UK estate and letting agents with a total of over 10,000 offices - but...

The new owner of Humberts is to ultimately close many of the traditional branches and move to what he is calling...

The agonisingly painful decline of Countrywide continues, with no one sure whether it is the darkest hour before the dawn or...

Since January 2018, nine of the UK’s biggest banks have allowed competitors direct access to customer data as part of the...

One of the country’s largest regional agencies is moving into the sale of homes overseas despite Brexit uncertainty and concern over...

Countrywide, the troubled estate agency group thought by some to be near collapse, has delayed issuing its interim figures which were...

A report out today shows a 19 per cent rise in the number of property businesses classified as being in “significant...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

It’s being suggested that Countrywide’s rights issue, previously expected to be announced this week, may now be delayed. The Times says the...

Purplebricks has told the Press Association it wants to secure over 10 per cent of the agency market share in the...

Countrywide has not made any official statement about speculation over the weekend that it was about to seek an additional £100m investment. Estate...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday feature, Property Jobs Today. There’s plenty going on despite the summer holidays beginning for many...

We are currently engaged in consultations with our members to help to find a practical solution to the concern of the...

With the shelf life of recent housing ministers being on a par with football managers, it's perhaps little surprise that we're...

As you probably know, I have been no fan of OnTheMarket (OTM) over the years. You may see this admission as...

If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...

A disciplinary investigation by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has blown the lid on the infamous fee-fixing cartel scandal involving estate...

HM Land Registry calculates that 125,000 buyers will benefit from just the first phase of its digitisation programme for Local Land...

It’s holiday season shortly and we’ve got just the weather for it - good news for some, perhaps less so for...

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team has this morning issued a warning to agents that they must be signed up to...

Foxtons share price hit a new low yesterday, dropping to only 46p early in the afternoon: it eventually closed narrowly up...

Agents appear to be getting more pessimistic over the housing market as the latest government figures show prices still growing - but...

The Advertising Standards Authority has today issued a three-point guidance note for estate agents, including controversial interpretations of what constitutes a...

Peter Long, executive chairman of Countrywide, has resigned from another boardroom to focus on saving the troubled estate agency. Long has chosen...

Emoov’s latest crowdfunding campaign has now gone well over £1.5m, making it already 50 per cent over-funded already from its original...

One of three schemes with government backing to offer redress for complaints about estate and letting agents has reignited the debate...

Before I get into the nitty gritty of the government (well, one of its startup accelerator schemes) giving away £20,000, let...

A new market snapshot shows how there’s now a two-tier market with homes in London taking substantially longer to sell than...

Carter Jonas has doubled the footprint of its UK headquarters in prime central London. It’s added a further 6,760 square feet of...

One of the top PropTech analysts in the world, Mike DelPrete, says Purplebricks deserves more credit for its performance in the...

The UK division of Keller Williams, the world's largest estate agency, says it can help entrepreneurial agents to set up their...

Humberts’ new owner has issued a statement saying he is on “a personal mission to revolutionise the industry and become the...

House prices in London are projected to fall in the short-term, down by two per cent by the end of 2018...

There’s a new twist in the row between a Cornish agent and the Advertising Standards Authority. The row revolves around a tweet...

A new digital product claims to help agents estimate which of their past customers are statistically most likely to move again...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - a slim edition given how quiet the industry is at the...

It may not be a good idea for a journalist to be personal about a politician, so I write about our...

First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...

Amid the headline-grabbing political manoeuvring over Brexit, a policy proposal which could have serious ramifications for private landlords, and those who...

A property software guru says he wants PropTech firms to join with him in an ‘open platform’ which would allow smaller...

There’s more gloomy reading for vendors from a new report by website Home, which says the volume of properties slashing their...

The battered prime central London market is now suffering from the UK’s wider political volatility, the lack of stability of the...

The dream may be over but the return to reality can at least be staged in the spirit of an England...

The Advertising Standards Authority says its compliance team is considering its next steps following the refusal of estate agency PDQ Estates...

“They think it’s all over ... it is now.” The refrain that haunts England fans returned last night, not in a good...

Automated search companies have heaped praise on HM Land Registry following the digitisation of local land charge data - the LLC1...

As any agent will know, the task of ordering, erecting and maintaining boards can be time- consuming and cumbersome. While ultimately working...

An agent from Cornwall who has waged a long-running campaign against online agencies in general and Purplebricks in particular has been...

Locations in the capital dominate a league table of locations where the largest numbers of so-called ‘high risk’ mortgages are taken...

A leading agency chief says the frequent churn of housing ministers means there is only one answer if our industry wants...

A left-leaning think tank is urging the Bank of England to manipulate the housing market to ensure house prices don’t rise...

A new free-to-list portal is to be launched - and it is to be ‘voice led’.  The PropTech firm Triplerr says it...

A hybrid estate agency has launched in Bury, one of the first of its kind to operate in the UK on...

Leading PropTech guru Mike DelPrete has revealed that he was involved in Purplebricks’ latest expansion, entering the Canadian agency market via the...

Industry groups have welcomed Kit Malthouse as housing minister - but make little effort to hide their frustrations, disappointment and disillusionment. Malthouse was announced...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

A PropTech company boss says evidence given to MPs confirms the need to improve anti-money laundering processes through greater automation and...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

The dream goes on, and as England eases into the World Cup semi-finals, our agents’ reviews of their games continue -...

Hello, and welcome to this week’s regular Monday summary of all the major jobs moves in our industry.  The industry is still...

One of the UK’s leading group of economic experts has repeated its warning that housing market is not going to see...

The stock market and at least one City analyst have shrugged their shoulders at the claim by Purplebricks that it is...

Hello and welcome to this week’s hat-tip towards those in our industry doing so much to help others in need. Summer fund-raising...

  Purplebricks says it enjoyed an 81 per cent growth in revenue in the UK the year to the end of April and...

Part of the South Hams area, a popular tourist hotspot in south Devon, has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a ban...

Another update from OnTheMarket this morning claims the portal is now listing over 550,000 UK residential property listings, in excess of...

Any fingernails left after last night’s thriller? It was a cracker of a game, particularly the last 45 minutes...and then the...

By now we’ve all seen news about the long-term decline in property sales and competition from online alternatives leading to ‘more...

If agents want to get into what looks like a guaranteed growth sector, retirement properties might just be the one if...

A new website has been set up specifically to help leasehold flat owners who have been served a Section 5 Notice...

Purplebricks is reported to be set to reveal increasing losses when it issues its full-year financial results to the London Stock...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

PayProp clients power through their monthly invoicing, collections, settlements and payouts in just a few clicks – whether they're managing 1...

An insolvency firm claims 153 estate agencies have gone bust in the past year with more than 7,000 “showing signs of...

A decade ago we were still years away from Purplebricks, Countrywide was a colossus in the industry, no one had thought...

Hello, and welcome to this week’s regular Monday summary of all the major jobs moves in our industry.  Despite summer and the...

We all need to lighten up from time to time, especially at the start of another working week at the height...

Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...

One of the country’s best know estate agents, Marc Goldberg, has joined London agency Dexters. Goldberg spent some 30 years at Countrywide’s...

Hometrack says other cities are now closing the gap on London in terms of house prices and market value. The latest Hometrack UK...

Boy it‘s hot out there, with little end in sight yet. That’s the good news. Now the even better news -...

A leading digital analyst says online agency Yopa has doubled its listings this year and is fighting the merged Emoov-Tepilo operation...

The UK arm of the US-based estate agency Keller Williams says it is making a specific bid to recruit more women...

The vast majority of estate agents say dressing a property for sale improves its chances of a sale by leaving a...

Chestertons has announced two changes to its management team in order to, in its own words, “help lead the business into...

House prices rose at their slowest annual rate in five years in June according to the latest indicator of this summer’s...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Tom Cummuskey Sales & Marketing Manager … Fast approaching double...

Total mortgage approvals by the main High Street banks increased three per cent in May over the same month last year...

Senior management at Countrywide came in for a pasting on Twitter yesterday as TV market commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor...

Purplebricks says it completely rejects any claim of bullying its representatives in Australia. The Australian Financial Review, which last week reported the...

Transactions across Greater London have plummeted - they were down 7.9 per cent over the past three months and a whopping...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

The head of London’s largest estate agency brand has hit back at a council in the capital which wants enhanced powers...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

What a weekend for British sport! In F1 there was Lewis Hamilton’s dominant win at the French Grand Prix, and the big...

The three per cent stamp duty additional properties surcharge is to blame for tumbling house prices in some of Britain’s holiday...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today, the regular Monday round-up of moves and changes in our industry. Do please let us...

To say this is a turbulent time for UK politics would be something of an understatement. As I write, the Brexit...

It’s no secret that technology has changed the way businesses operate, in all sectors. With that has come changes to the...

In recent weeks, you could have been forgiven for thinking that you’re not actually in the UK.  Flash floods aside, the...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Keller Williams, the US-led firm that has 170,000 agents worldwide, is to open its fourth...

If World Cup 2018 appeared to be low profile at the start, it didn’t last long. Following this week’s Harry Kane goals...

A major hybrid agency says there is a huge ‘reality gap’ between the typical asking price of homes on sale and the...