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From medieval castles to Elizabethan manor houses, Georgian townhouses and Victorian terraces, the UK’s historic buildings are central to our country’s...
10 February 2024
From: Features
While Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, may have announced a u-turn on Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) plans in September, we continue to...
16 December 2023
From: Features
A former lawyer has used her own experiences of trying to buy a home to launch a platform that matches homebuyers...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Old Conduit House in Hampstead Village, a beautifully restored Gothic Grade II* Listed 5,054 sqft (470 sqm), six bedroom home, built...
17 June 2023
From: Features
Another ‘prestigious’ London location has been added to the Fine & Country roster, with Teddington the latest to open a branch...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
April looks set to go down as the busiest month for house sales of the year. And with record numbers of properties predicted...
30 April 2022
From: Features
Hello and welcome to the weekend, and another ADC - our chance to pay tribute to fundraisers throughout our industry. Want to...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News
This is our first Property Jobs Today column of 2022 and it’s testimony to how busy our industry is right now...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to our latest fantastic festive display from an agency - this time, Dawsons. The agency’s senior partner Chris Hope...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to a new week - and even as Christmas approaches there remains plenty to report about people moving...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
An estate agent has been ‘marketing properties so well’ in a Worcestershire town that it has temporarily ‘sold out’ of all...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...
09 September 2021
From: Marketing & Social Media
A long-standing agency says it’s proud that some of its most successful recent recruits have absolutely no industry experience. Felicity J Lord...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A property that used to house one of London’s best known prostitutes - and which carries a blue plaque celebrating her...
13 July 2021
From: Breaking News
No fewer than seven estate and lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme today. Most of them are now...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The rise and rise of portal listings and changing consumer habits during the pandemic may mean the death of the High...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News
In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Justin and Victoria Bhoday - a married...
06 February 2021
From: Features
Another US real estate agency wants to follow Keller Williams, Berkshire Hathaway and others by opening in the United Kingdom. Nest Seekers International...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A vendor who suffered a fall-through on the sale of his five bedroom home in West Yorkshire is now trying to...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...
01 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The online agency network love2move has won a new agency client despite the Coronavirus lockdown. Pinkerton - which covers the North Down,...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Estate Agent Today understands that the Knight Frank agency has been hit by a large number of branch office heads quitting...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News
An estate agent has sold a home off-market by posting teaser photographs on Instagram. The buyer - who was in the French...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Another hub-based agency has launched in the capital, following in the footsteps of operations like Harding Green, Orchards and Keller Williams. Mariel...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News
[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Three former online estate agency founders - including the controversial Russell Quirk - are going into mainstream full fee agency. They are...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News
During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...
04 May 2019
From: Features
Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...
02 February 2019
From: Features
Estate Agent Today can reveal that US-owned franchise agency Keller Williams has ‘soft-opened’ two new market centres in the south of...
02 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - and while it may be just days to Christmas, there’s still plenty of...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Savills has snapped up an independent London estate agency in what is likely to be one of the last deals of...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News
No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...
20 October 2018
From: Features
Auction House London raised more than £15m in its latest auction, where it saw the biggest catalogue in its history go...
25 September 2018
From: Breaking News
South east agency RH & RW Clutton is marking its 275th year in business, with the claim that it is thought...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News
JLL has opened a new ‘virtual’ office with dedicated sales and lettings staff to serve the Westminster and St James’s areas...
15 August 2018
From: Breaking News
A leading buying agency is warning about asking prices that are higher than those acceptable to mortgage companies who therefore down-value...
31 July 2018
From: Breaking News
The debate over alleged ‘down-valuing’ by mortgage lenders has flared again with one leading agent claiming that surveyors are just “covering...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Here’s some good news to take into the Bank Holiday weekend. Research undertaken by Estate Agent Today suggests that fees charged by...
04 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Four estate agencies have opened new branches, either as a result of expansion or because of acquisitions. Homes4u has opened a futuristic...
25 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks has increased its charges in Australia by up to 33 per cent. The Australian Financial Review reports that the 33 per...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News
Japanese knotweed, the invasive plant brought over to Britain in the Victorian era, threatens millions of pounds worth of property transactions...
20 January 2018
From: Features
It’s been a big week for property news - controversies surrounding Purplebricks, merger discussions between big franchise operators, and another government...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News
Zoopla is launching a new advert as part of its ongoing TV and radio campaign - and it stars those hermit...
18 September 2017
From: Breaking News
easyProperty has unveiled details of its relaunch, declaring itself to be the UK’s second largest hybrid estate agency - second only...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...
04 August 2017
From: Features
MPL Interiors was brought in to execute an office fit-out in a former paint shop in Wantage, Oxfordshire, for estate agent...
05 June 2017
From: Sponsored Content
It’s that time of year again – peak conference/event season. And, while Brexit and a shock snap general election are dominating...
06 May 2017
From: Features
Purplebricks has this morning issued its latest trading update, reporting what it calls "strong growth" in the UK and updating investors on...
04 May 2017
From: Breaking News
The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...
24 March 2017
From: Features
Auction House London is celebrating selling the largest number of lots it has ever sold in a single auction, along with...
09 March 2017
From: Breaking News
One thing that can be guaranteed in the property world each year is a range of conferences and awards dinners. Very...
01 March 2017
From: Sponsored Content
Organisers of the Future:PropTech2017 conference on May 4 have revealed new sponsors involved with the event - including Angels Media, publisher...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News
The end of 2016 saw the launch of 30,000 new build-to-rent (BTR) projects in London alone. With market growth projected to...
21 January 2017
From: Features
London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s aim of creating a 24-hour city is one step closer with the appointment of London’s first Night...
26 November 2016
From: Features
As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...
28 October 2016
From: Features
Knight Frank has launched its 30th London residential office having opened the doors of its new branch in Victoria. The agency says...
10 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Viewers of ITV’s prime-time drama Victoria will have noticed last evening that another estate agency has started to advertise on TV...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News
In the capital, people will pay a premium to live near great transport links, and as we’ve seen from Crossrail and...
02 September 2016
From: Features
It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. When the idea behind the world wide...
19 August 2016
From: Features
With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...
08 July 2016
From: Features
Franchise agency Keller Williams has made new appointments as it follows through its long-term plan to epand to between 30 and...
06 July 2016
From: Breaking News
When, during his budget speech, George Osborne announced Capital Gains Tax (CGT) was going down to 20%, I experienced a mix...
25 March 2016
From: Features
I started work in 1966 in Exeter with Fox & Sons then moved to a local company in Honiton soon after....
22 January 2016
From: Features
Keller Williams, the US-originated franchise agency with three ‘market centre’ offices in the UK says it aims to expand that number...
28 October 2015
From: Breaking News
A couple behind a new online estate agency want to establish what they describe as a US or Australian-style franchise system...
14 October 2015
From: Breaking News
Lord Sugar is to work with former TV Dragon and interior design guru Kelly Hoppen to design luxury apartments in the...
15 July 2015
From: Breaking News
This month has marked a real change in the way the private lettings sector is perceived - and it’s a perception...