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The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....

New figures from HM Treasury have revealed that businesses, including a number of major agencies, have returned £1.3 billion in furlough...

Buyers are getting less square foot for their money when buying a property. Research by insurer Churchill has found that the average...

The lifestyle changes triggered by the pandemic are likely to have a lasting effect on the housing market, pushing property prices permanently...

A plea has been made to the government to help small companies and stop letting online firms off the hook. The Federation...

Two former Local Property Experts at Purplebricks have set up their own hybrid agency, offering an upfront fee or a no-sale-no-fee...

There are 19 new distinct £1m-plus property markets in the UK thanks to the soaring house prices of the past 15...

An unexpected claim was made over the weekend - that the long-running stamp duty holiday was not, after all, behind the...

Awful isn’t it? Where was that sunshine? Well, the clouds have parted when it comes to fund-raising as the industry continues...

Average house prices increased by 13.2 per cent over the year to June - the highest annual growth rate since November...

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

House prices in Wales - where the equivalent of the stamp duty holiday has fully ended - rose to a new...

Connells-owned Hamptons says it’s calculated that no fewer the 117,500 sellers this year have chosen to rent before buying their next home.  The...

The estate agents’ trade body has set out three ways conveyancers can further help the sales process. Propertymark has made the suggestions...

Yet another housing market snapshot is reporting the stock of property for sale plummeting further downwards.  Property website Home says that while...

The market slowdown continues with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reporting that new buyer enquiries have reduced for the first...

A report claims the flurry of transactions over recent months has been down mostly to families moving into larger homes and...

Even at the height of summer (or the British wet season, as some call it) there are substantial numbers of job...

A prominent property consultancy is urging the government to ensure that holiday home owners pay more tax.  Colliers claims local authorities are...

Are you experiencing Estate Agent burnout? As The Stamp Duty Holiday has begun to tail off, it didn’t bring the relaxation in...

Thirty-five years after London estate agent Suzy Lamplugh disappeared, the trust that bears her name is calling for action to address...

The former leader of the Liberal Democrats is calling for a ban on family homes being used for holiday lets and...

An estate agency has calculated precisely how much residential property has been sold so far this year, fuelled by the stamp...

The number of Energy Performance Certificates issued for new build homes in England rose 16 per cent in the year to...

Students at a high school have been given an insight into the career opportunities in the property sector. The sixth formers from...

Propertymark has worked with one of the UK governments to create an information sheet which, in virtual or hard copy firm,...

A young estate agent is being praised because of his heroic actions to save a woman from drowning.  Austin Mellor - just...

Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...

The post-lockdown housing market boom is showing signs of a significant slowdown according to a new forecast. The prediction, from the quote...

The busiest first half of a year ever recorded by Rightmove has led to a raft of new records for the...

A new analysis off the housing market suggests that the current frenzy is down partly to activity in the most expensive...

At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...

There are currently 341,419 homes across England, Scotland and Wales that have been vacant for at least six months.  Collectively, these homes...

It may be the height of summer but the industry is still super-busy and new appointments continue to come thick and...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

The founder and managing director of FCS Compliance, Jerry Walters, has died suddenly. A statement from the company says he died during...

A third of owners would consider moving more regularly if the stamp duty holiday on the first £500,000 of a purchase...

Estate agency comparison website GetAgent has calculated the typical fees charged to vendors in different parts of the country. It says agents...

Last weekend we spoke with Liana Loporto, NAEA Propertymark’s president, in an exclusive interview. Here we follow that up with an...

Average house prices in the year to the end of April increased by 8.9 per cent according to the government’s Office...

With just hours to go to the start of the Euros, we can announce our squad for writing Agents Reports on...

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

The Law Society has published new guidance for what it calls “under-pressure conveyancing solicitors” as the stamp duty deadline of June...

Annual house price inflation is now at its strongest level in nearly seven years, says the Halifax House Price Index. The average...

New data shows no let-up on the pressure on the conveyancing sector as the stamp duty holiday and the broader economic...

We’re only a little over a week away from the Euros, happening at last a year later than scheduled because of...

One of the country’s leading politicians says a yet-to-be-revealed way of taxing property sales could be one way of helping homes...

The number of transactions is scheduled to reach 1.52 million this year - way above the norm of between 1.0 and...

An online platform claims each agency branch in the UK has benefited from the stamp duty holiday by over £120,000. WiggyWam says...

The asking price of a typical home in the UK has hit a third of a million pounds for the first...

A leading industry trade body is warning that remote-working agents and smaller independent agencies are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

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

A market analysis by Fine & Country suggests that annual house price inflation could hit 10 per cent next month. Nicky Stevenson,...

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...

Parts of the UK property market face a supply shortage with a quarter fewer properties listed for sale in England and...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

Around 30 people spent all night queuing outside an estate agent ahead of 14 homes going on sale - the most...

A nationalist candidate in next month’s elections claims there is a second homes crisis which may create a “lost generation” of...

The average UK house price has risen 8.6 per cent - that’s typically £20,000 - in the past year. This is the...

Research by an estate agency comparison service has revealed which type of road address produces the highest average price.  GetAgent has analysed...

Another week begins, another record tumbles - Rightmove this morning reports a monthly price surge of 2.1 per cent has propelled...

One housing market index suggests that average house prices in England and Wales have risen by 9.8 per cent in the...

A leading agency claims the stamp duty holiday has actually had a minimal impact in the mainstream market, despite many suggestions...

One in three property sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2021. The 32 per...

Estate agency offices in Wales, closed for many weeks as part of that country’s lockdown, will reopen from next Monday, April 12. The...

The managing director of Fine & Country Cardiff, Dan Thomas, has wasted no time with his fundraiser - starting as soon...

Welsh independent agency Nuttall Parker has been snapped up by Cardiff-based property business Seraph Group. Newport-centred Nuttall Parker is Seraph Group's second...

Earlier this month, Fixflo held a webinar with David Cox, legal and compliance director of Rightmove, to discuss key government policies...

Fine & Country is opening a new branch in the Welsh capital, Cardiff. It covers the city and surrounding areas, the Vale...

Another house price index shows a super-charged housing market with prices rising 7.5 per cent in the year to January according...

The Building Societies Association says there’s been a surge in consumer confidence in the housing market following the Budget. Some 37 per...

The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...

The Conservatives have promised that first time buyers would not pay tax when buying a home in Wales if the party wins...

From 4 May 2021, your agency could be blocked from charging late fees, compounding interest on missing rent and taking any...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to offer a formal agency qualification as it goes increasingly on the offensive in a...

A broker has launched the UK’s longest-ever fixed rate mortgage, with no early repayment charge or exit fees - the first product...

Varying decisions across the country means the dreaded stamp duty cliff-edge will hit the market at different times in different UK...

The head of a PropTech platform wants financial penalties on conveyancers if transactions miss deadlines. “The only way to accelerate the current...

Propertymark has slammed government energy efficiency proposals as being “unrealistic, too simplistic and could deter people from moving home.” A formal consultation...

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

London still dominated the league table of locations with the highest volumes of sales by value in 2020, despite the apparent...

Two mothers have launched a new estate agency using a virtual office - and they have overcome personal challenges to achieve their...

The government may be stopping MPs debating an extension to the stamp duty holiday - despite a pledge they would do...

Both Rightmove and Zoopla have issued new data showing how the market is changing as buyers’ aspirations alter. Zoopla has looked at where...

Estate agency offices in Wales with five or more staff will have to carry out a Coronavirus risk assessment under new...

A housing index says the market continues to defy Coronavirus and Brexit worries with asking prices up 4.9 per cent in...

The housing market remains open in Scotland, despite tighter restrictions announced yesterday by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The only significant difference specific...

There’s a call this morning for estate and letting agents to regard the physical viewing of any property on sale or...

Agents are sharply split over how they should operate during the current phase of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a poll of almost...

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...

A house price index that is routinely one of the most pessimistic about the market claims the New Year will see...

He’s gone from Downing Street but the legacy of Dominic Cummings lives on in Rightmove’s top searches of 2020. Barnard Castle -...

Propertymark has told the government that it needs to introduce overarching regulation of agents now, because existing piecemeal provisions are unmanageable...

The shock and almost immediate increase in stamp duty on additional homes in Wales has prompted one question in the industry...

There’s been a shock one per cent increase in the Welsh equivalent of stamp duty on second homes, coming into effect...

Another day, another index, another record - house prices rose 5.4 per cent annually in October according to official figures from the Office...

If you fear the market will slow after Christmas, think again - Rightmove is expecting several months of frenzied transactions to...

Hello and welcome to our latest doffing of the cap in honour of those in our industry fund-raising for great causes....

The sales market is currently strong but the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a warning about a slowdown next...

The UK has topped the rankings for the highest property taxes as a percentage of overall taxation in the developed world...

The design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low, according to a new report by academics.  The...

MPs lobbied by agents to extend the stamp duty holiday are staying firmly on the fence with standard answers and no...

Public sentiment over the housing market remains stable despite the Coronavirus crisis and the possibility of a No Deal Brexit. That’s the conclusion...

The housing market in England and Wales is stabilising, according to analysis of web traffic from a property advice site.  Valuation requests...

The high profile Yorkshire agency chain Dacre, Son & Hartley has been appointed by the largest charity care provider for older...

Average house prices in Wales have risen three per cent in the past year, despite multiple difficult lockdowns considered more severe...

What’s the happiest place in Britain? Rightmove has the answer. In a new ‘Happy At Home’ index calculated by the portal and...

The mixture of the stamp duty holiday and generally fast-rising house prices has led to a resurgence of flipping. Data released this...

The first monthly market monitor to show activity in the housing market tailing off has appeared - and it says momentum...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

While England’s national lockdown exempts the housing market and allows agents to operate normally, it’s not been the same in Wales...

The trend of buyers apparently fleeing the city to get more for their money in the country has hit the buffers...

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly forum for the industry to share its good news on...

A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...

Yet-to-launch portal Boomin has secured the support of 10 more estate agencies, one of them the national chain Humberts. In its third...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that a string of Countrywide offices across the country have been closed in recent weeks - but...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and evenings that get darker earlier.  As winter approaches we’re continuing to bring you...

Savills says the shape and size of the housing market in the coming months will be determined by the capacity of conveyancers...

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...

Some 713 estate agency branches have failed to reopen following the spring lockdown according to a business consultancy. TwentyCi says that is the...

Most agents' branches in Wales are expected to close for just over two weeks from 6pm this Friday, October 23 - moving...

A mortgage service claims 46 per cent of buyers have had their prospective property down-valued by lenders - often forcing them...

With many transactions now delayed by up to three weeks by slow searches, a body representing local search providers is urging...

Many agents, certainly those in London, will have faced the difficult task of selling a flat with a shorter lease. A...

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...

A league table drawn up by a quick buy property firm claims that some estate agents' average commission has hit 2.32 per...

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...

The strong house price growth experienced in recent months could soon be 'marred' by oversupply, according to Home.co.uk. The property website says...

The property market experienced a slowdown last month as a result of more people going on summer holidays, according to the...

The Residential Property Surveyors’ Association appears to be taking on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in a battle for authority...

Fine & Country has revealed its latest branch - a West Wales office opening for business on Tuesday. It will initially cover...

You might be forgiven for thinking we’ve been cheated out of our Bank Holidays this year, as so many fell during...

With the UK officially in what has been described as the single worst national recession in the world, one agency has...

The supply of homes coming to the market could struggle to meet the demand from buyers shown in recent weeks, with...

Asking prices are up again for a third consecutive month in all English regions and across Scotland and Wales.  The measurement, from...

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...

It’s probably not a surprise but new research has revealed where people want to move to - as well as where...

Zoopla's Research and Insight Director Richard Donnell writes: Just over a fortnight on since the Chancellor announced the Stamp Duty holiday and...

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom that was existing even before the stamp duty holiday - enough to propel average asking prices...

The latest monthly index suggests that the average asking price in England and Wales has jumped 1.5 per cent in the...

A think tank says the stamp duty holiday introduced a week ago is understandable and may be helpful to the housing...

The Welsh First Minister, Mark Drakeford, has suggested that there will be further housing market lockdown easing later this month. His announcement...

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

The Say No To Rightmove campaign says the portal has merely kicked the fees can down the road, deferring a long-term...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have announced that they are extending their cut-price fees deals, introduced because of Coronavirus. This morning Rightmove says: "We have...

The Welsh housing market is back in business today - at least in part. Letting and estate agents can reopen their offices...

Video tours, heralded as the next big thing just a few weeks ago, are being abandoned by buyers and dismissed as...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Darren Loftus and it says Commercial Director on...

The devolved government in Wales - where the housing market is still officially closed - has urged agents to report rivals...

Two estate agency directors have been disqualified by the Competition and Markets Authority after taking part in an illegal price fixing...

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

The latest sentiment snapshot produced by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the trend that the market is still improving...

Typical house prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the rest of summer according to home moving service...

An agent in the unusual position of operating across the England and Welsh border says many of his competitors appear to...

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...

In these unprecedented times, Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) aims to reassure letting agents, landlords and tenants on any legislative changes, relating...

HM Land Registry is making it easier to verify individuals’ ID from today. In addition to conveyancers and chartered legal executives, verification...

Fine & Country says now is “a great time” for estate agents to go upmarket and become “the luxury agent” in...

An economic consultancy predicts house prices will fall by a sixth as unemployment grows across Britain this year. The consultancy, Cebr, says...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

The Nationwide says government measures mean the impact of Coronavirus on the housing market may be “much less” damaging than many...

New research of the buying habits of first-time buyers in the UK we’ve undertaken here at reallymoving.com shows that Shared Ownership...

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice.  A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...

Another index shows how strong the market was in the build-up to the escalation in Coronavirus across the country.  The website Home...

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...

An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later...

Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year - a significantly higher figure than 12...

A survey suggests that 77 per cent of first time buyers do not purchase their initial property in the same town...

Forget the Boris Bounce - this might be the Rightmove Retreat. A new tool produced by the portal measures price per...

Hello - it’s Monday and so it’s PJT, where you can catch up on the industry major moves of recent days. Please...

A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites - especially Rightmove - are contributing to estate agencies...

A conveyancing firm has launched what it claims to be one of the first ever apps for vendors and buyers in...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Joanne (Jo) Tattum. Channel Manager - Property What is Moneypenny and...

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

The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...

The average time it took a home to sell last year - measured from its first day listed on a portal...

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

At the end of a strong week for housing market indicators, the latest survey from the website Home suggests a major...

Whisper it quietly but the housing market could be significantly stronger in 2020 than in recent years. Two key indicators in the...

New build homes cost 19 per cent more than comparable pre-owned properties according to a new survey - and sometimes 50...

Almost exactly one quarter of house sales in England and Wales fell through prior to completion according to new figures. In the...

The tussle for New Build listings between Zoopla and OnTheMarket has swung in favour of the former this morning with the...

Stepping back and moving out of the front line is all the rage…but not, it seems, for hard-working agents and others...

Government figures suggest that the number of second homes in the UK has dropped two per cent in the eight year...

It's been two years since the SDL Group launched its franchise block management business, SDL Property Partners, the first of its...

When looking back on the property market this year, the main message we can take is that it has remained extremely...

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...

House prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the next three months according to a price index produced...

The election is over and there’s nothing on the agenda except the run-up to Christmas - although there’s still time for...

The latest snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that the UK housing market is still on hold, pending...

Data scientists have released a study into the characteristics of homes and how they give away the likely voting intentions of...

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...

Congratulations from everyone at Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today to all those who triumphed at the Relocation Agent Network...

The Property Franchise Group has issued a trading statement that is upbeat on lettings but warns that the sales market has...

A shock prediction from a property management firm suggests that around 10 estate agencies have gone bust every week in Britain...

The listings website Home, which conducts a monthly survey of asking prices and wider market monitors, is reporting a show 10...

This morning’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the worst - that the market is in...

House prices are forecast to dip as the year ends and stagnate at the start of 2020 according to the latest...

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...

One of London’s leading estate and lettings agents has criticised the government over what he calls its “pitiful” record on affordable...

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

Zoopla is continuing its aggressive expansion of listings and services to agents with news this morning that it has added a...

A new league table of High Street agents’ charges published over the weekend reveals the locations where agents charge an average...

The number of prime residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past two decades and even in the past five...

The latest housing market snapshot from the listings website Home suggests more regional markets are heading for price corrections. Home says that...

Data from an agency comparison website reveals that in the current market it takes well over a year for a home...

This is stating the obvious to estate agents but the government has revealed that homes near parks, gardens, playing fields and...

There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s the...

Of all the UK properties for sale over the last year, 59% would have been exempt from any type of transaction...

The new managing director of easyProperty claims the hybrid agency will be targeting branch managers and senior negotiators who think they...

House price growth in the UK 'ground to a halt' last month, according to the latest Nationwide figures. The lender's house price...

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

As an agent, it’s part of your role to protect and advise your clients throughout the buying and selling process. Mortgages are...

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...

A rock bottom supply of homes on sale is helping to reinvigorate London sales according to a market monitor. The website Home...

Our first wonderful fund-raising agents this week are walking over hot coals - now that’s a dare for you. But you don’t...

Who knows how long any housing minister will last, especially with a General Election widely expected in the coming months. So Esther...

The independent Seel and Co, one of Cardiff’s and Wales’ oldest independent agencies and auction houses, has been acquired by Jeffrey...

As the self-employed estate agency market continues to grow in the UK, one of Australia's most succesful proponents of the model...

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

A housing market monitor that for some months has been pessimistic about London and the rest of the England and Wales...

A new analysis of privately owned homes with mortgages outstanding shows repossessions have risen in London - but they’re down in...

The Liverpool Echo says housing minister Esther McVey, who was born in the city, is now ”reviled” there following comments about poor families. According...

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

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

Sellers across England and Wales achieve an average 95.94 per cent of their asking price according to research from estate agency...

Online estate agency EasyProperty has been acquired by a firm with the backing of Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. easyProperty has been sold by the eProp...

Those who bought and sold the same property in 2018 made an average of £30,150 - but the number who do...

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

How many of you are in favour of estate agents being licenced? Would most agents rather not be overseen by a regulator...

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

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

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

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

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

The head of a website that contrasts the performances of rival estate agents is urging buyers to ‘drill down’ and find...

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

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

Phil Spencer and his advice website IQ have endorsed the concept of legally binding reservation agreements and digital legal packs through...

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

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

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

Conveyancing platform The Moving Hub and Acquaint CRM have announced a strategic partnership. New and existing users of Acquaint CRM will have...

The latest asking prices data from Rightmove suggests that the national housing market is being dragged down by poor performance in...

It's becoming increasingly difficult to sell a property, especially in those regions undergoing a price correction. That’s the verdict from Home, a...

Just 200 conveyancing firms control over 39 per cent of the market in England and Wales, wielding significant power over customers,...

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

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

Rightmove’s latest house price statistics reveal that asking prices for newly-marketed property are on average 0.9 per cent higher than a...

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

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...

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

A set of historic property details unearthed by a local resident have created a buzz on social media and in the...

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

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

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

It’s clear that some agents are not fans of Trading Standards officers, described in the comments sections of the trade press...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

Low risk letting is everyone’s aim, but unless legitimate guidelines are followed it’s difficult to know if a tenant will prove...

A new housing market survey paints a bleaker picture than that from Rightmove earlier this week - and instead speaks of...

Two of the PropTech sector's highest profile digital marketing suppliers are integrating in a bid to help agents nurture the leads...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - your final chance before the Easter break to catch up with the key...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

The recent ARLA Propertymark conference featured a hugely interesting line-up of speaks and session during a watershed time for the lettings...

The average time it takes for a single first time buyer to save for a 15 per cent deposit in England...

At the end of a week consisting of largely depressing market reports, new data from Knight Frank suggests that the bad...

Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...

Prices have dropped 0.5 per cent in the past year according to LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move...

An estate agency which was set up in south Wales late last year is opening a new branch that it describes...

Latest data from property platform Home suggests that instruction numbers across the UK as a whole are down four per cent...

Agency Express says that following a strong start to the year there’s a been a slowdown in the number of properties...

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...

The proliferation of big data is paving the way to improving our economy on almost every front as entrepreneurial digital companies...

The influential Treasury Select Committee says estate agents should be more closely monitored to ensure they abide by anti-money laundering regulations. In...

OnTheMarket will be “blanketing the commercial radio landscape” as well as engaging in sports and agency industry sponsorship programmes over the...

Both major portals have this morning revealed more evidence of a gently slowing housing market. The average time to sell a property...

A new survey claims the market is at its worst for eight years. The latest market snapshot from property platform Home says...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

Government figures show the UK’s annual house price growth now being down to 2.5 per cent - the lowest rate since...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...

To a sales-focused agency, having a lettings department can sometimes feel like losing control of the business. Recent cases of property management...

As an estate agent, you need to be ready to cater for the specific requirements of buyers and sellers, tailoring your...

OnTheMarket is to continue its TV advertising campaign throughout February - and this time it’s ad is also going to be...

An estate agent who stole per £300,000 from an estate agency spent the money on designer goods and expensive holidays -...

A respected property investment consultancy is warning that the current premium put on the prices of new-build homes - around 15...

Fine & Country has revealed that it is the fastest-growing premium agency in the UK. Quoting research from TwentyCi - the business...