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22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Sir Keir wins keys to the House but is it built on shifting sands?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/Property%20Natter.jpg)
So it’s a Labour landslide but it’s not like 1997. I remember the last time as if it were yesterday. May 1st, 1997....
06 July 2024
From: Features
![Revealed! The nation’s cash buyer hotspots](/upload/images/shutterstock_1263869710.jpg)
New research has revealed the areas where sellers have the best chance of finding a cash buyer. Analysis by My Home Conveyancing...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove reveals most expensive streets for home sales](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The most expensive streets to buy a home in the UK has been revealed. Unsurprisingly, it is in London on Buckingham Gate...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Google-backed AI property search app launches in London](/upload/images/shutterstock_2371085295.jpg)
Artificial intelligence-powered property search app Jitty has gone live across central London as it accelerates its expansion across the UK. The app,...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Guild honours top agents at Sharing Success conference](/upload/images/shutterstock_2321303215.jpg)
The Guild of Property Professionals honoured its top agents last week. The network held its annual conference and awards at the QEII...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government intervention needed on property transaction times – claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_1245681568(1).jpg)
Property professionals have called for the Government to allocate its promised £3m towards improving the home buying and selling process to...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![The Guild names property presenter to host awards](/upload/images/shutterstock_576245266(1).jpg)
TV presenter and property expert Laura Hamilton is set to host this year’s Guild Awards. The presentation will take place at the...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![London house prices fall by up to £236,000 in a year](/upload/images/5%20London%20property%20prices%20weekend%20feature%20By%20Marc%20von%20Grundherr.jpg)
Our latest research has revealed London’s six best performing boroughs when it comes to positive property price growth. But a wider trend...
24 February 2024
From: Features
![Guild conference to share how agents can charge higher fees](/upload/images/shutterstock_2232908121(1).jpg)
The Guild of Property Professionals has set a date for its Annual Conference and Awards Ceremony on 22 March 2024. It will...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent Tim's top tips for going it alone](/upload/images/1%20shutterstock_431846332.jpg)
Five years ago, Lettings expert, Tim Lawler, wrote an article for Estate Agent Today charting his early experiences of setting up...
03 February 2024
From: Features
![Property Natter - Please don't snatch defeat from the jaws of victory](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
So Christmas is coming – soon. Traditionally a time for reflection on what’s past and prediction on what’s to come. Last week...
09 December 2023
From: Features
![Pressure mounts for stamp duty cut across UK](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty-Image--400x310.png)
A proposed cut in stamp duty by the Westminster government would be a welcome boost to homebuyers and would need to...
27 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Off-market property platform adds new locations](/upload/images/shutterstock_74559973.jpg)
Off-market property platform Invisible Homes has added three more boroughs to its tool. Originally launched in 2018 by former prime London estate...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Estate agents dinner returns for extra helpings](/upload/images/shutterstock_2032893779.jpg)
The EA Directors Club dinner, hosted by the Baldock Brothers returns on September 21st after its summer break. The event, which is...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Families opt for renting to secure top schools – claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
The managing editor of The Good Schools Guide has outlined the measures that some families take to secure a place at...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
29 July 2023
From: Features
![Jonathan Rolande: The Government can no longer ignore the property market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his take on a manic week for the property market. This is the week when...
23 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![GetAgent: Homes are selling 44 days faster](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousingMarket_400x310.png)
The time it’s taking to sell a home across England and Wales has fallen by an average of 44 days, new...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government ‘working with’ Trading Standards on conditional selling](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
The issue of conditional selling in estate agency has hit Westminster. There have been several reports in recent months about agents requiring...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed! The postcodes with the most estate agency branches](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
New research has uncovered the most densely populated areas for estate agency branches. Agency comparison website GetAgent’s internal data tracks the number...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the five biggest property moments of 2022](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...
17 December 2022
From: Features
![Harding Green welcomes second franchisee as its targets three more](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/ShakingHands-400x310.png)
Harding Green has welcomed its second franchisee. Benjamin Scrace, who joined the broker model estate agency Harding Green in July as a...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency trade body calls for Stamp Duty holiday on additional homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty-Image--400x310.png)
Propertmark is calling for a 12 month exemption on additional Stamp Duty rates to boost rental property supply. The issue will be...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight – where are the nation’s best-performing estate agents?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
New research from GetAgent has outlined where the UK’s best-performing estate agents are currently located when it comes to the price secured...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![New transaction tracker reveals sales taking 15 weeks to complete](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Valuation_400x310.png)
Property sales are currently taking 15 weeks on average to complete, new research claims. Challenger portal and property platform OneDome has launched...
26 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight: ministerial changes have slipped under the radar](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/GovernmentImage-400x310.jpg)
There has been an understandable focus on things other than Government since the death of Queen Elizabeth was announced, but Prime...
24 September 2022
From: Features
![What agents want from today’s mini-Budget](/upload/images/Back-link-images/9_Steps_to_getting_a_mortgage_after_an_IVA.jpg)
New Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is expected to unveil the Government’s so-called “plan for growth” today during a mini-Budget. The property market is...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Building society ‘overstepping the mark’ by not lending to second home owners](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
Late last week, Leeds Building Society announced that it would no longer lend on second homes to concentrate on first-time buyers...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Off-market property platform speeds-up UK expansion](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-MagnifyingGlass-1-400x310.jpg)
Off-market property platform Invisible Homes has accelerated its expansion by moving into three London boroughs earlier than expected. Originally launched in 2018...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![New housing minister appointed](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
Marcus Jones has been appointed as housing minister. The appointment came late last night after a tumultuous day in Westminster that saw...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![PM survives no-confidence vote - what does it mean for property industry?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-3-400x310.png)
The Prime Minister has tonight won a confidence vote in his leadership and hung on to his premiership. After a dramatic day at...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - travelling far and wide](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
Agents and property professionals are travelling far and wide to raise money for charity, plus there is a new way to...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed! The London boroughs with the most million-pound sales](/upload/images/Locations/London%20Building%20400%20x%20310%20%20-min.jpg)
London accounted for almost half of million-pound plus property sales over the past 12 months but the most active borough at...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lack of home buying support blamed for Tory local election losses](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
A lack of support to help people onto the property ladder has been highlighted as one factor for the Tory party’s...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Off-market platform plans UK expansion](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingVision-400x310.jpg)
Off-market property platform Invisible Homes is planning to expand throughout London over the next year and to cover the whole of...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Client money and the regulation governing it is changing](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Millennial-PayingCard-400x310.jpg)
PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...
09 April 2022
From: Features
![Stamp duty bills far higher since end of SDLT holiday - claim](/upload/images/library/Stamp-Duty400x310.png)
Typical stamp duty paid by property purchasers now is actually 84 per cent more than before the pandemic and the SDLT...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: agency with a new concept and terrific fundraising](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
As regular readers will know, I like to use this column to shout out about the independent agents who are the...
12 March 2022
From: Features
![Agency’s appeal TODAY for goods and equipment for Ukraine](/upload/images/Locations/russia%20ukraine.png)
A leading London agency has launched an urgent appeal for goods and equipment to be handed in to its offices today...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Will The Lights Go On Again In Central London?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/london-property400x310.png)
Almost exactly a decade ago I wrote a blog on the back of a spate on mainstream news stories about prime...
05 March 2022
From: Features
![Russians own substantial number of homes outside London too](/upload/images/library/London400x310.jpg)
A new analysis has revealed those areas of England and Wales with the largest numbers of Russian-owned homes. Credas Technologies analysed Land...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![London property may feature in sanctions against aggressive Russia](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-BlackandWhite-400x310.jpg)
It appears that new controls on property ownership may feature in future sanctions against Russia in response to its aggression in Ukraine. Prime...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![From dog walker to Savills apprentice - agency reveals latest recruits](/upload/images/Logos/Savills-NEW-logo400x310.png)
Savills has welcomed its first intake of residential apprentices with seven individuals hired by the business to study and work within...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rising mortgage-free ownership diminishes Interest rate impact](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Garden-400x310.jpg)
With a Bank of England base rate rise expected as soon as tomorrow, new figures from the government add weight to...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the postcode where sellers got 117% of asking price](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Houses-Row-2019-400x310.jpg)
The average home sale in England and Wales in 2021 achieved 98 per cent of the asking price - slightly improved...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![London still hogs property value despite ‘race for space’](/upload/images/Locations/London400x310.jpg)
The total value of all UK homes broke the £8 trillion barrier in 2021 according to Savills - and London is...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - who's moving where this New Year](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
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
![Insider gets senior Propertymark policy position](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has appointed an insider to the key role of policy adviser - effectively the position vacated last month by industry...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - London’s busiest housing markets](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
An estate agency has revealed which London boroughs have been the busiest in terms of the number of homes sold as...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![£1m-plus homes on the rise following house price boom](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/london-property400x310.png)
The housing market boom of 2021 has given rise to an increasing number of £1m-plus deals. Government statistics analysed by mortgage firm...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Luckiest sellers of 2021 see price rises three times the average](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2021MagnifyingGlass-400x310-min.jpeg)
Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Vendors In The Money - Britain’s most expensive streets revealed](/upload/images/library/PrimeLondonStreets-400x310.jpg)
Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Top agencies announce new senior appointments](/upload/images/Logos/Knight-Frank-logo400x310.png)
Knight Frank has appointed David Lewis as head of rural sales for Devon and West Somerset. Lewis’s career in residential property began...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Bounce-back - why rental demand is swinging back into city centres](/upload/images/Locations/Central-London400x310.png)
Just as city centre traffic is reminiscent of life before the pandemic, the rental market in central zones of UK’s largest...
20 November 2021
From: Features
![Britain’s housing value soars 20% in five years - much of it in 2021](/upload/images/library/HousePricesRise-400x310.jpg)
The total value of homes in Britain has risen 20 per cent - that’s £1.6 trillion – in the past five...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity – pies in faces, Agent Rainmaker and Three Peaks heroics](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
It’s been a dramatic week in the world of politics – and this has led to another new Housing Secretary, in...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty boost for first-time buyers? Not a bit of it, claims research](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialTenants-Tablet-400x310.jpg)
First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![This is what the market will do after the stamp duty holiday (maybe)](/upload/images/library/RowOfHouses-400x310.jpg)
There’s already plenty of talk about autumn - depressing huh? - with agents pondering how the housing market will respond to...
07 August 2021
From: Features
![“Disgraceful” estate agent criticised by Crown Prosecution Service](/upload/images/library/Court2-400x310.jpg)
The Crown Prosecution Service has joined in the criticism of unemployed estate agent Lewis Hughes, who last week admitted a count...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents have sold seven in every 10 homes in current market](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Homes-MaginifyingGlass-400x310.jpg)
A much higher than usual proportion of homes on sale in the current market have successfully found a buyer, according to...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agent accosting Whitty was “unacceptable” say trade bodies](/img/default/eat.png)
The industry’s two leading trade bodies have spoken out about the incident in which an agent accosted England’s chief medical officer,...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agent who accosted Whitty charged with common assault](/img/default/eat.png)
The estate agent who accosted England's chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, has been charged with common assault. Lewis Hughes, 23 and...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark heaps praise on government’s First Homes policy](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the government’s First Homes initiative, describing it as “creative” and saying it’s a sign of...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty boost will make 2021 market one of the busiest ever](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of transactions is scheduled to reach 1.52 million this year - way above the norm of between 1.0 and...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark: your voice matters, make sure it’s heard](/img/default/eat.png)
In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...
22 May 2021
From: Features
![London agony goes on as sales in prime central area hit record low](/img/default/eat.png)
The Prime Central London pain throughout the pandemic can be seen by new figures just released by an investment consultancy, showing...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Vote, Vote, Vote - Housing and the 2021 Local Elections](/img/default/eat.png)
Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...
01 May 2021
From: Features
![Controversial city is UK’s property hotspot, says agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Liverpool - where commissioners have been ordered by Whitehall to run part of the council following corruption allegations - is the...
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Open up economy says Boomin boss as Covid appears to ease](/img/default/eat.png)
Boomin co-founder Kenny Bruce says the UK economy should now be opening up thanks to the success of the Coronavirus vaccines. In...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - all the latest movers and shakers](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this edition of Property Jobs Today, a chance to catch up with who’s moving where in the...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Honesty – and a leak - see the property market through ‘crisis’](/img/default/eat.png)
Honesty is a concept that journalists will tell their readers is non-existent for estate agents. Yeah, right! But as the end...
27 February 2021
From: Features
![Lobby your MP over stamp duty holiday extension, agents told](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark - still reeling over two senior resignations in less than a week - says its lobbying sessions with politicians are...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![London still dominates sales market despite ‘exodus to the countryside’](/img/default/eat.png)
London still dominated the league table of locations with the highest volumes of sales by value in 2020, despite the apparent...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![“The sensible thing” - Agents urge tapered end to stamp duty holiday](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents have kept up the pressure on the Westminster government to consider some kind of tapered ending to the stamp...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![MPs to debate Stamp Duty Holiday extension - date announced](/img/default/eat.png)
It's been announced that MPs will after all debate the Stamp Duty Holiday extension following a hugely popular online petition. The 90-minute...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Holiday: Did market need it? Have buyers really benefitted?](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading analyst is questioning whether buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holiday because demand has purshed up prices far...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Debate: MP wants government to honour petition pledge](/img/default/eat.png)
The MP who presides over online petitions such as the one calling for an extension of the stamp duty holiday says...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Gag: MPs prevented from debating extension](/img/default/eat.png)
The government may be stopping MPs debating an extension to the stamp duty holiday - despite a pledge they would do...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty cliff-edge could throw away market growth - warning](/img/default/eat.png)
The sudden end of the stamp duty holiday at the end of March could throw away the market gains achieved in...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tier 5 Lockdown - will housing market remain open?](/img/default/eat.png)
The government is considering stricter tier structures for the coming weeks as the number of Coronavirus infections continues to rise. There is...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - where house prices rose nearly £80 a day in 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents can work in Tier 4 as government publishes guidelines](/img/default/eat.png)
The Westminster government has published extensive guidance on the operation of the new Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions in England. This includes a...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing market stays open in new Tier 4 areas](/img/default/eat.png)
The housing market is to stay open across the UK, including in the new Tier 4 areas of England. An announcement from Housing Secretary...
20 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - the final fund-raising of 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
Here we are, on the brink of a festive season like never before, and approaching the end of 2020. Although a dreadful...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![PRS regulation - could more authorities follow the lead of Westminster?](/img/default/eat.png)
Back in September, Westminster Council launched a new strategy to help 'protect tenants' and 'ensure they live in good-quality and well-managed...
28 November 2020
From: Features
![Where will agents find the most lucrative housing markets?](/img/default/eat.png)
New research attempts for the first time to identify the most lucrative property markets in the country - with surprising results...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Living without Section 21 evictions – lessons from the Scottish market](/img/default/eat.png)
The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...
27 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance
![£1m-plus sales soar but will future buyers beat stamp duty deadline?](/img/default/eat.png)
Sales of £1m-plus homes have surged since lockdown as affluent buyers seek more space and lifestyle changes. An average of 868 £1m-plus...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents get up to 2.32% commission claims Quick Buy property boss](/img/default/eat.png)
A league table drawn up by a quick buy property firm claims that some estate agents' average commission has hit 2.32 per...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Absurdities of council tax laid bare in new league table](/img/default/eat.png)
The irrationality of Britain’s council tax system has been laid bare in a new league table drawn up by estate agency...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agency identifies ‘recession-resistant’ locations in bid to ease fears](/img/default/eat.png)
With the UK officially in what has been described as the single worst national recession in the world, one agency has...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Average sale price is £13k below asking, new survey shows](/img/default/eat.png)
The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Holiday should lead to council tax reform, says agency](/img/default/eat.png)
A major agency is warning that the current stamp duty holiday could leave the housing market in a state of lethargy...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![220,000 London homes owned by Chinese: more to come, say agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Government figures show the 218,975 properties within Greater London have Chinese owners - and two agents say there will be more...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Jenrick - Why his scandals matter to agents](/img/default/eat.png)
It may be that by the time you read this it’s all over for Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for...
27 June 2020
From: Features
![Land Registry relaxes rules to allow property deals to continue](/img/default/eat.png)
HM Land Registry is making it easier to verify individuals’ ID from today. In addition to conveyancers and chartered legal executives, verification...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![New government advice on Corona activities, and property management tips](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Average sale price was 4% below asking in pre-Boris bounce period](/img/default/eat.png)
Sellers in the past 12 months accepted an average of 96 per cent of their asking price according to new research. Comparison...