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In this guest editorial, experienced property solicitor Lorraine Richardson argues that reservation agreements - designed to reduce the number of fall-throughs in...

The government has been warned that its much-talked about levelling up agenda is ‘doomed to fail’ without major reform of the...

The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) has become the latest body to welcome the decision by Countryside Properties to scrap the requirement to pay...

The end of the stamp duty holiday, which was introduced in July 2020, is now only a few weeks away. The upcoming...

In what will be seen as the latest win for leaseholders across the UK, it’s been revealed that – following action...

Proposals to resuscitate the self-build housing sector have been welcomed by the government. Conservative MP Richard Bacon has published an independent report...

A long-standing critic of OnTheMarket, who was once excluded from a presentation by the portal’s leadership, has spoken enthusiastically of the...

Things can change. For those who remember, it’s no secret that I became one of the industry's strongest critics of OnTheMarket (OTM). My reasons...

Like most aspects of life since the pandemic hit, the employment arena has been hit hard. But not just with uncertainty...

The lack of progress on the much-anticipated government reforms of the leasehold system is leaving thousands of homeowners stranded, according to...

A nationalist party has blasted a Labour government in one national region of the UK for its lack of intervention in...

Guided by our philosophy of being open and connected, at MRI we are constantly evolving and developing relationships and partnerships with...

Trust the process: subscribe your landlords and tenants to Task Plans and receive automated prompts when it’s the right time to...

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...

Propertymark has welcomed the move by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to help make certain leasehold flats more attractive to would-be buyers...

Let it never be said that this column isn’t here to help out agents directly. In this week’s Natter, I speak...

OnTheMarket, which until now has lagged behind the leading two portals in terms of consumer-facing housing market information, has today launched...

High end agency Savills is conducting “a full investigation” into a racist tweet posted overnight. A Savills statement posted on Twitter this...

As we slowly ease out of lockdown and back to something closer to normality, some legacies of the pandemic will be...

A bankrupt builder from Devon persuaded pensioners to pay him £271,000 to construct a home - but his poor workmanship has...

In the world of football – very topical at the moment, as we all enjoy the Euros – there is an...

By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...

The property market was expected to struggle to recover after the first lockdown, but, thanks to the stamp duty holiday and...

The Competition and Markets Authority has struck a deal with house builders over leasehold abuses. Aviva has committed to remove certain terms...

As agents, we’ve finally got used to the word PropTech - some of us even like it! What’s more, PropTech has,...

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

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

The long running saga of insurance firms failing to honour agents’ Business Interruption claims appears to be making progress at last. A...

A home within 500 metres of a tube or railway station in London will carry a massive premium compared to a...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...

The Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 exposed the dangers of inflammable cladding on residential tower blocks, and what has come...

As estate agencies are covered by Money Laundering Regulations, agents are legally obliged to take customer due diligence measures to limit...

The head of one of the UK’s largest conveyancing legal practices is warning the property market could “fall off a cliff...

We recently conducted a survey and discussion session with estate and lettings agencies called Agency panel - Cut through the noise...

A report by the Office of Tax Simplification on Capital Gains Tax has called for a series of changes. They include extending...

The government has set up a committee to push forward ideas on the collective form of homeownership known as commonhold. Housing Secretary...

The number of properties coming on the market is still not meeting the huge demand from buyers, but the level of...

Thousands of sales are at risk because slow searches by councils may prevent deals completing by the next stamp duty deadline. With just under...

A row has blown up over a house raffle where the property prize was withdrawn and a cash alternative offered because...

Boomin founder Michael Bruce says his new site has enjoyed a stronger start than any other portal in terms of visits, viewings,...

In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...

Hello and if it’s the end of the week it’s time for Agents Do Charity -  your opportunity to respect all...

We have more regulations controlling the sector than ever before and we have more ‘regulators’ involved in controlling the sector than...

You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...

The estate agency industry is besotted with digital canvassing to try to win business - but that’s the wrong approach to take...

The TDS annual review 2020 indicates that deposit disputes have remained low over the last year, at around 1%. This is...

Agents are being urged to push through their pipelines before the upcoming stamp duty deadlines. The plea comes from Simply Conveyancing, which...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

The founder of Zoopla has returned to the property market with a new proposal to disrupt how agents buy and sell homes. Alex...

The property market has performed strongly in recent months  as the impact of the pandemic has encouraged more people to move...

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

The stamp duty holiday has backfired and buyers almost everywhere are paying more for homes, rather than less. StripeHomes analysed house price...

Targeting the specialist student rental market can be rewarding for letting agents and landlords if they take the right approach. The current...

The Chancellor’s recent announcement that the stamp duty holiday would be extended for another three months was undoubtedly great news for...

A new campaign to urge whistleblowers to come forward with evidence of wrongdoing has been launched by the Financial Conduct Authority. This...

Welcome to Agents Do Charity, the weekly fund-raising catch up - as ever, even during challenging times, it’s great to see...

Uncertain market means additional revenue streams are more important than ever The last year has been an uncertain period for many business...

A prominent estate agent has warned buyers and sellers about the perils of the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA is now...

Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...

Recently I heard the stat that over 50% of property is sold with the second agent, which was backed up by...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

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

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the stamp duty holiday on properties up to £500,000 will be extended from March 31 to June 30; from...

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

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

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

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

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

A new study suggests that the end of the stamp duty holiday should not significantly dent the purchasing pattens of buy...

The Bruce brothers’ latest project, Boomin, is “ready to launch” some two months after it was expected to see the light...

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

Hello and welcome to Friday, the day when we highlight agents’ great work to raise funds for good causes despite the continuing...

A survey of portal usage shows a low level of trust and customer satisfaction from agents, and a majority of agencies saying they...

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

An agent is challenging the insurer Hiscox over its interpretation of whether to honour a Business Interruption Insurance policy. A standard letter...

Rightmove is the latest portal to forge a link with the controversial Modern Method of Auction service being offered to agents. A...

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

Agents and a wide range of property experts have demanded yet more government funds to end the cladding crisis that is...

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...

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

A 10-point ’must have’ list of demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget on March 3 has been issued by NAEA Propertymark. It’s...

A newspaper claims that thousands of customers’ financial details held by Foxtons Group are being freely accessed on the so-called dark...

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

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

Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...

As we now find ourselves in the UK’s third national lockdown in 10 months, what tenants want, and need from their...

Just as the new chief executive of Propertymark holds interviews across the industry, so The Guild of Property Professionals is coming out...

Despite the booming housing market the whole property sector - a key indicator of the economy's performance - has seen 11,000...

There's good news for thousands of estate agencies awaiting pay outs under Business Interruption Insurance schemes. The agents are amongst 370,000 businesses whose...

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

In the not-too-distant future, it will be possible to order a driverless car to collect you and then drive you to...

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

The Supreme Court will give its judgment on the long-running Business Interruption Insurance case on Friday. In November a Supreme Court appeal...

Boomin has announced another 15 independents as members of the site, which is expected to launch in the near future. “The latest...

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

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

To kick off 2021, we have a Q&A with one of the most high-profile – and, it has to be said,...

Millions of leaseholders will be given the right to extend their lease by a maximum term of 990 years at zero...

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

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

The hundreds of estate and lettings agencies involved in various Business Interruption Insurance policies must wait even longer to find their...

The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...

A London estate agency chief executive says agents "have become good at pretending that they are qualified and regulated when the...

A petition has been launched demanding a stamp duty holiday extension. The online petition is the idea of Jonathan Steel - a layperson...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

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

It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has been and gone and the run-up to Christmas is well and truly...

Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce has batted away a stinging attack on him made by allAgents, a review website. allAgents has set up...

NAEA Propertymark has renewed its warning that a cliff-edge threatens housing market stability as the stamp duty holiday ends. The organisation’s outgoing chief...

Rezi’s integration with Zapier has transformed the way in which estate agents can now save time, money and resource. Agents are...

Moving home is emotionally fraught. Buyers and sellers will get upset and unfortunately some people will take it out on you....

The soon-to-launch Boomin portal has signed up a national firm and now claims to have recruited 40 per cent of the...

Agents anxious to know if they will receive a payout from their Business Interruption Insurance will have to wait still longer...

Safety checks which are apparently now preventing thousands of owners selling flats are to be eased - but there is confusion...

It may make little difference to agents but a leading analyst suggests thousands of buyers have effectively lost money on their purchase...

A new report funded by high profile consumer champion Martin Lewis says the government must do more to help ‘mortgage prisoners’. These...

The Business Interruption Insurance saga, involving hundreds of agencies awaiting pay-outs on policies, enters its next and final stage later this month. An...

The housing market’s recovery will be threatened with drastic consequences for buyers and sellers if the stamp duty holiday isn’t extended beyond...

It’s Halloween time, and while this year’s festivities may be muted there’s plenty to celebrate as far as agents’ good deeds...

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

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...

They’ve got it covered - the charitable arm of Propertymark is offering free face coverings to member agents. The Arbon Trust is...

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

Shorter days and darker nights deflate the spirits, especially in today’s challenging circumstances, but there’s some bright news - a large...

A tax expert says his research suggests some buyers of homes with annexes may have paid too much stamp duty on...

One of the industry's senior agency leaders says it would be a mistake for agents to be stopped from working in...

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

An estate agent in Liverpool has adopted the unusual technique of urging vendors to sell now “before prices crash.” Clearly unworried about...

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

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

The many agents believed to be awaiting pay-outs on their Business Interruption Insurance will have some consolation in knowing that the...

Are agents swimming upstream against the Electrical Safety Regulations? 3 months on from the introduction of the ‘Electrical Safety Standards in the...

Survivors and bereaved family members from the Grenfell Tower fire have joined forces with residents trapped in allegedly dangerous flats in...

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, better known as the furlough scheme, was introduced by the chancellor Rishi Sunak in March to...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has encouraged people to complain if they are unhappy about working conditions and thousands of complaints...

Another regional agency group has returned to Zoopla, attributing the move to the portal's “receptive audiences” amongst the house buying and renting...

The pandemic and the way the government has reacted to the private rental sector (PRS) has got me thinking about the...

The result of a test case over Business Interruption Insurance involving agents has been handed down by the High Court. It has...

Agents involved in a test case over their Business Interruption insurance will know the result next Tuesday morning. The test case concluded...

The Competition and Markets Authority is today opening enforcement cases focusing on the sale of leasehold homes by four leading housebuilders. They...

The battle between portals is hotting up again with Zoopla repeating its offer of free listings until January for agents committing...

Data from Rightmove shows that demand is up 61 per cent compared to the same period last year - and the...

A developer working in collaboration with Silverstone race circuit is creating homes inside the track, near one of the motor racing...

Over £73,000 has been stolen from a Countrywide branch by two admin staff making false travel claims and issuing fake invoices. The crimes...

Controversial Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, tipped by some for sacking when the Cabinet is reshuffled next month, appears to be confident...

A leading expert on estate agency and the housing market in Australia has lifted the lid on how Purplebricks failed down...

It’s hotting up out there as a beautiful summer’s weekend beckons - an ideal time for some fund-raising in the sun,...

A PropTech firm that regularly claims London homes are mis-measured in property descriptions has taken a swipe at Purplebricks. Pupil, a spatial...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

Agents are awaiting the outcome of a test case regarding Business Interruption Insurance, which may determine whether they receive thousands of...

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...

A new website that describes itself as an estate agency says it wants to “empower people to sell their own home”...

There’s a record number of property industry companies, including agencies, in financial distress according to the latest Red Flag alert monitor. The...

As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...

An eight day court hearing kicks off this morning as the Financial Conduct Authority begins a test case regarding Business Interruption...

Conferences, events and awards dinners are a hugely important part of the property calendar, bringing the great and the good of...

The estate agency industry has been sharply criticised for its record on protecting staff and customers during the Coronavirus crisis. The compliance...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 - which require increased electrical testing in rental properties...

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

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

Evidence is pouring in that the stamp duty holiday introduced 48 hours ago has already produced huge levels of interest from...

Unnamed government sources quoted in many newspapers today suggest stamp duty reforms may be announced later this year. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is to...

Hello and welcome to our latest ADC, with more evidence that fund-raising goes on even with communal activity at a premium...

Government figures show the 218,975 properties within Greater London have Chinese owners - and two agents say there will be more...

As we adjust to a life post-Covid-19, letting agents, landlords, and tenants are thinking - ways to speed up the process...

There was a big spike in the use of live chat across all agency sectors during lockdown - no doubt spurred...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

The phrase ‘game-changer’ has been hugely overused. But when applied to how Covid-19 is changing the way estate agents will work...

A successful property newspaper has collapsed after one of its former directors turned computer hacker and deliberately deleted over 5,000 files...

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

Beleaguered Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is under growing pressure to explain his part in a planning decision - now deemed illegal...

More details have been released about a test case being brought by the Financial Conduct Authority about the ongoing Business Interruption...

There’s no doubt we’re in a less-than-rosy phase of the property cycle. This, however, is not another doom and gloom piece:...

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

PropTech supplier mio says it now has over 1,000 agency branches using its sales progression platform - and it’s recruited Countrywide...

A group representing 600 tax experts working in UK legal and accounting firms is warning buyers not to purchase a new...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - accused by some of breaking the lockdown some weeks ago - is now in more hot...

Letting agents up and down the country have undoubtedly felt the financial strain added by the outbreak of COVID19. Whilst this will continue,...

Housing Minister Chris Pincher and Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick stayed well clear of the Dominic Cummings row over the weekend -...

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

The surge in consumer activity encouraged by the government's decision to reopen the property market last week led to two portals...

A free to list portal has blasted Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for using agents' data to boost their profits.  Christopher May, chief...

The UK operation of the US-led estate agency Keller Williams is to hold two free online sessions tomorrow aimed at explaining...

With a lengthy lockdown already behind us one might think that fund-raising was a step too far - but not for...

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

Zoopla has confirmed that it’s to extend its ‘three months free’ plan to five months of free portal usage for agents...

The Police and Crime Commissioner for an area with thousands of holiday homes wants their owners to make them available to...

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

Countrywide has strongly denied claims made to Estate Agent Today that some people have felt obliged to work at an admin...

The boss of controversial estate agency Dexters has hit out at social media reports and press articles about company staff working...

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

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

The head of the longest-established agency personnel consultancy in the UK says caution should be exercised over the use of Artificial...

There’s been widespread outrage amongst agents at Rightmove’s offer to allow some agents a deferred payment scheme operating for just three...

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

Purplebricks banked more than £18m in fees for thousands of homes it did not sell last year according to this morning’s...

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

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - a sure sign that it’s the end of the week and time to...

A woman claims she had no idea that her husband stole almost £1.5m from two high-profile employers - one of them...

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

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

As residential sales and lettings professionals we are conditioned to adapt to change, it’s the nature of the profession. However, developments...

The new housing minister is Christopher Pincher, who for the past decade has been Conservative MP for Tamworth having had a...

Another weekend, another storm: it’s hard to put a smile on your face when winter goes on this long but the...

The government has announced its First Homes scheme - a policy under which it says some new homes will see their...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

The war of words between estate agency review website allAgents and consumer review service Trustpilot continues apace. Trustpilot has hit back, describing allAgents’...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

A BBC Radio probe into quick-sale firms claims some of them can lose sellers many thousands of pounds. It says Trading Standards...

Welcome to this week’s charity round-up, where we include a possible kick-start to your fund-raising efforts for 2020. Whatever you’re doing this...

A leasehold reform campaigner claims estate agents face “growing calls to be held accountable for mis-selling leasehold properties.” Louie Burns, managing director...

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

Six common ‘crimes of modern-day call handling’ are blighting UK estate and letting agencies and hampering their growth, reputation and profitability. These...

An online estate agent is awaiting sentence after being found guilty of a £5,000 fraud  Claire Ainsworth, who worked for the agency...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...

An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...

Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today before Christmas - and yes, there are still plenty of people moving...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

When we launched Reapit’s Foundations Platform as a Service (PaaS) in November, it may have seemed like a recent development in...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that as of December 2, over 3,000 more offices had been signed under new paying contracts...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Hinkins and I’m a Sales Consultant...

No one would argue that unfair fees and practices by rogue landlords is a problem that should be ignored, but the...

It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...

There’s bad news peak-time TV shows this evening like DIY SOS and Coronation Street - it looks likely that viewers will...

Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today for November - the festive month of December is just around the...

A PropTech firm has calculated the different delays that lead to transactions taking an average 120 days (and often much longer)...

Rightmove is this morning reporting a huge fall in the number of new sellers coming to the market - a drop...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

Well there’s little doubt that after this week’s weather winter is well on the way - the perfect time for fund-raising...

The Property Ombudsman scheme is increasing its fees in January for the first time in six years - and it’s implementing...

An estate agency has been fined £30,000 for waiting until minutes after the sale of a flat was completed to tell...

Until now General Election pledges of stamp duty reforms were restricted to the Conservatives - but now a tax consultancy says...

The phrase ‘death of the high street’ can be found in nearly any publication in any given week. And for fair...

Reservation Agreements may require bigger financial penalties than the £500 to £1,000 currently envisaged if they are to work. That’s the view...

Countrywide has this afternoon released a statement suggesting it has, in its eyes, settled the controversy over unclaimed lettings funds being...

It was in this very column, back in July, when I wrote about how the British government was starting to take...

The latest Rightmove asking price index indicates a smaller than usual autumn bounce - that’s a sign, the portal says, of...

The police are looking for witnesses or anyone who can help identify the burglars accused of an extensive spray-paint attack on...

As the country nears a Brexit deal (maybe… perhaps… possibly) there’s time to reflect on a quite contrasting process - the no-nonsense...

A few weeks ago, I came across a couple of really interesting articles which I immediately thought worth writing a piece...

We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting agents dearly, with an estimated loss of £300 million paid to...

A sales and lettings agency which has entered insolvency is reported by a local newspaper to have offered vendors cut-price fees...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...

A free-to-list portal says it’s an ideal way to capture potential leads so as to augment agents’ client databases that have...

A fraudster who claimed to be an estate agent has been jailed for four years after conning vulnerable women into giving...

An estate agent in Cardiff has come up with a marketing wheeze in a bid to win more instructions - but...

Former Purplebricks US chief executive officer Eric Eckardt is seeking some £6m in funding from across the world for his latest...

Technology will drive the lettings and property management industry in the future. There is already a plethora of various software and other...

Residential property transactions totalled 86,630 in July, representing a monthly drop of 8.5 per cent and an annual fall of 12.4...

A property company chief has been banned from being involved in any company for five years following a case involving over...

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

Advertising on Zoopla is a must-have for most sellers but for Susan Tate in Anglesey it meant she ended up in...

The typical new real estate agency forms when an entrepreneurial high performer quits their job at a leading chain and sets...

As the founder of Jupix, I worked in the property industry between 2008 - 2014. I had the privilege to lead...

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

A leading figure in urban design is urging new Prime Minister Boris Johnson to stand up for the pioneering space standards...

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

Former Countrywide employees who take to social media or the mainstream press to criticise the company are betraying those who remained...

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

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

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

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

A leasehold reform campaigner says government proposals risk creating a two-tier market and do nothing to assist leaseholders already hit by...

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

Gazumping is alive and well in much of the country, despite the slowdown in the property market, according to new research...

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

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

When employing a new member of staff there are a lot of checks and balances put in place by any business...

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

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...

It’s easy to understand why people are hesitant towards processes becoming digital. It is the fear that the digital world is...

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

Rightmove says its data quality team is to conduct “a full review of the current customer” after an allegation about a...

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

Traditional High Street estate agents have been given the thumbs up by sellers in a new survey of over 5,000 vendors...

Countrywide’s shares took another battering yesterday as they plummeted below the psychologically-painful 5p mark - reflecting a 95 per cent loss of...

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...

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

Zoopla is today unveiling what it calls “a new direction” for its software division and the creation of “market-leading agency CRM...

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

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the commitment by the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the mis-selling of...