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The number of areas where the average house sale price exceeded £500,000 has surpassed 15% of Great Britain for the first...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The shortlists for this year’s much-coveted ESTAS awards will be revealed from the end of this week. The ESTAS Customer Service Awards,...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

You can tell that spring is in the air as this week's Agents Do Charity is full of outdoor fundraising pursuits...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A Yorkshire based agent has come up with a novel way of reducing its carbon footprint while conducting viewings with potential...
26 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A well-known Yorkshire estate agency has expanded into another of its prime locations after striking a major acquisition deal. Linley & Simpson...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity, the weekly round up of fund-raising in our industry. Once more our thoughts are...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Some 86 Bronze, Silver, Gold and Special Awards have been presented to agents in the Guild off Property Professionals at its...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC, an opportunity for see how selfless our industry can be at times of hardship...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent estate agency figure is urging the industry to dig deep to help the Ukrainian humanitarian effort. Arun Group managing director...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The time it takes to complete a transaction is beginning to drop according to an analysis by comparison website GetAgent. The average...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A well known UK estate agency has pledged £50,000 to help the growing Ukrainian refugee crisis. Brown & Co - the 13-branch...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Well-known property expert and video interviewer Chris Watkin independently investigates how one piece of software is having such a big effect...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Only 6.8m homes in England now have mortgages, just 28 per cent of the overall market and about two per cent...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The government’s heavily publicised Levelling Up initiative could benefit the UK’s overall property market by approaching £96 billion, it’s been claimed. Some...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Strike, formerly known as Housesimple, is the latest online agency to claim it’s going to secure a 10 per cent market...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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A new housing minister has been named this afternoon, to replace Chris Pincher. Stuart Andrew has been confirmed by Downing Street as...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Some regional property markets are perilously close to running out of any stock to sell. That’s the news from property data...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The supply of new properties coming to the market is up on this time last year in every single region of...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A fast-growing land and property consultancy has snapped up a respected independent to bolster its presence in the North of England. George...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Welcome to 2022 and the first Agents Do Charity of the New Year. We’re all learning to live with Covid a little...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News

For the first time since before the global financial crisis of 2008, the number of first-time buyers is estimated to have...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News

House prices in the UK have ended the year of yet another record high. The Nationwide says annual house price growth increased...
31 December 2021
From: Breaking News

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

The online agency Strike - which has a business model selling homes for free and relying on referral fees for revenue...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News

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

New data from Rightmove has analysed millions of supply, demand and pricing data points across the property market, to assess activity...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News

House prices will rise next year says Rightmove - but it warns that tax hikes will curb price rises, particularly later in...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Data released by Zoopla suggests that demand for new builds outside London remains above the five year average, but has failed...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The push for greater sustainability, energy efficiency and generally being ‘green’ has existed in the agency world for several years -...
15 November 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

The market may be soaring in most of the country but there are still locations where significant numbers of properties sell...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The concept of the High Street estate agency branch has been given an endorsement by two companies announcing new offices. Fine &...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Despite the roaring housing market, a new report says that no fewer than 70,500 real estate and property businesses are showing...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Leeds estate agency Adair Paxton is enhancing its sustainability credentials and helping to tackle climate change by planting two trees for...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s a truism that most property enquiries from buyers these days come through portals but there are several reasons why agents...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the first PJT of autumn - an update on who’s moving where right now. Please let us know...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The first agency to give its market forecast for 2022 and beyond has suggested an upbeat performance next year. Hamptons says the...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Strike, the digital-first estate agent previously known as Housesimple, has been selected to join Tech Nation’s Future Fifty programme. The online agent, which...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest easyProperty franchise has landed in Luton, the spiritual home of the easy brand as it’s the place where budget...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Strike chief executive Sam Mitchell has hailed the online agent’s no-fee model after reaching £5 billion worth of sales. The agency, previously...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News

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

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

Buyers are getting less square foot for their money when buying a property. Research by insurer Churchill has found that the average...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove claims to have identified the dream home for buyers. A survey of more than 2,000 visitors to the portal’s website has...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the country's largest independent regional agency groups has been formed through an acquisition announced today. Yorkshire estate agent, Manning Stainton,...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to another round-up of our industry’s wonderful work for good causes. Before we salute this week’s heroes, our usual...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The market slowdown continues with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reporting that new buyer enquiries have reduced for the first...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A report claims the flurry of transactions over recent months has been down mostly to families moving into larger homes and...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Since 2017, The DPS has used the data we collect to track the rental values of properties across all regions of...
04 August 2021
From: Features

The former leader of the Liberal Democrats is calling for a ban on family homes being used for holiday lets and...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Boomin has announced the appointment of six agents, described as independent representatives, who are now on the new portal’s strategic board. The...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The son of an Oscar winner has been named as the latest estate agent working under the easyProperty banner. Damian Wanstall is...
09 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A former England international is an early graduate of a new estate agency academy in Yorkshire. Rebecca Rayner, a former England under-18...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency Strike - which used to be HouseSimple - is expanding its sell-for-free service out across the Midlands and...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Price renegotiations are underway between buyers and sellers in danger of missing Wednesday’s stamp duty holiday deadline, says Knight Frank. The agency...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Data from Rightmove shows that no less than 37 per cent of homes early this year sold for the asking price...
25 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Welcome to the start of another week and as the housing market continues at full pelt, so does the movement of...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has given his personal backing to the newest recruit of online agency easyProperty - even though...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate agency says it expects a 40 per cent boost in its turnover this year, its 10th in business. Croft Residential,...
10 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Annual house price inflation is now at its strongest level in nearly seven years, says the Halifax House Price Index. The average...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News

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
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News

In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...
08 May 2021
From: Features

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and if it’s the end of the week it’s time for Agents Do Charity - your opportunity to respect all...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Independent estate agency Dacre, Son & Hartley plans to significantly grow its franchise network across Yorkshire and beyond. Dacres currently employs 125...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Some 80 per cent of the property market will remain free of stamp duty for first-time buyers, even after the current...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News

An agency has analysed sold prices since the first lockdown in March 2020 and February this year - and has found...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News

As an indication of the frenzied property market, this may take some beating - an agent has had 18 viewings on...
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Another house price index shows a super-charged housing market with prices rising 7.5 per cent in the year to January according...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The Building Societies Association says there’s been a surge in consumer confidence in the housing market following the Budget. Some 37 per...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has crunched the numbers for the continuing stamp duty holiday in England and Northern Ireland, calculating 500,000 buyers will have...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News

If it’s Monday, it’s jobs news day on EAT - welcome to the latest update. Want to be featured in our next...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Connells has bought a small three-branch family-run agency to sit within Sequence - Connells' third acquisition in recent weeks. Holroyds - bought for...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them buy in the past year, according to new...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...
13 February 2021
From: Features

It’s pretty cold out there, making a difficult time that much worse - except for fans of sledging of course. But many...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...
30 January 2021
From: Features

Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...
27 January 2021
From: Features

The property sector is set to lead the UK out of its Covid slump according to Ernst & Young’s latest forecast....
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The BBC says some buyers are taking advantage of lockdown rules to travel hundreds of miles to view homes. The story suggests...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A housing index says the market continues to defy Coronavirus and Brexit worries with asking prices up 4.9 per cent in...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

HSBC UK is re-introducing its 90 per cent Loan To Value mortgages from next week - a possible lifeline for first...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

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

London and other urban areas dominate the league table of locations seeing the biggest house price rises of 2020. This is despite...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Pressure is building on the government to agree a tapered end to the stamp duty holiday, even if a full-blown extension now...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Another day, another index, another record - house prices rose 5.4 per cent annually in October according to official figures from the Office...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

It now takes an average 12 days longer to complete a sale in Britain compared to a year ago - but...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Public sentiment over the housing market remains stable despite the Coronavirus crisis and the possibility of a No Deal Brexit. That’s the conclusion...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

We are on the threshold in December with the pandemic still dominating but we’re delighted there is still positive jobs news...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The high profile Yorkshire agency chain Dacre, Son & Hartley has been appointed by the largest charity care provider for older...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has revealed new regional price caps for its revamped Help To Buy Equity Loan scheme, set to operate between...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A young estate agent who set up his own online auction service took his own life after a long period suffering...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

High end agents usually keep their powder dry when it comes to party politics, to avoid upsetting customers. However Knight Frank has...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Shorter days and darker nights deflate the spirits, especially in today’s challenging circumstances, but there’s some bright news - a large...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents in some parts of the country may be able to make use of data from utilities comparison service uSwitch, which...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A mortgage service claims 46 per cent of buyers have had their prospective property down-valued by lenders - often forcing them...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The south of England is not the only region to benefit as city-dwellers search for more greenery and outdoor space, says...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s no stopping our industry - whether it’s local lockdowns or early autumn storms, agents and suppliers continue doing great work for...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Almost a third of property sellers (29%) say they won't accept a lower offer for their property, according to new research. Online...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A disgraced former estate agent has paid his victims around £110,000 but must pay another £5,000 or so in the immediate...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the new working week. Here’s the latest information on key hires across our industry: if you have similar...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A new agency called Eazy Agent has launched - it’s another online operation, this time with a starting price of £249. For...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT - we know some agencies are reshaping their structures and downsizing but this...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Asking prices are up again for a third consecutive month in all English regions and across Scotland and Wales. The measurement, from...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A property developer has set up an estate agency that charges no commission to sellers but instead levies a non-refundable reservation...
11 August 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s hotting up out there as a beautiful summer’s weekend beckons - an ideal time for some fund-raising in the sun,...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says a study of some 400,000 homes on its portal has revealed that those with a coveted south-facing garden have...
29 July 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

The latest monthly index suggests that the average asking price in England and Wales has jumped 1.5 per cent in the...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There are various reports of estate agencies closing branches - or not reopening them after lockdown - as they reduce the...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of branches closing - but there are...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

In the latest of a recent flurry of consumer-facing research exercises by Rightmove, a league table of the most popular seaside...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A regional agency says the Coronavirus crisis was the opportunity for it to complete a takeover of a rival company in...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A successful property newspaper has collapsed after one of its former directors turned computer hacker and deliberately deleted over 5,000 files...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News

With most fund-raising involving organised runs, treks or mudders, we know how difficult it is right now to do great work...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has given a regional breakdown in where buyer demand is strongest in the past two weeks. It’s perhaps no surprise that...
18 June 2020
From: Breaking News

There has been a huge surge in demand in some regions of the UK according to new data from Rightmove. The portal...
01 June 2020
From: Breaking News

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...
23 May 2020
From: Features

Listings from an agent who ended his contract with Rightmove were not removed as he expected - instead, he is accusing...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

An economic consultancy predicts house prices will fall by a sixth as unemployment grows across Britain this year. The consultancy, Cebr, says...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A high-profile regional agency is “cracking on” with support for a hospice for children and young people that cannot raise funds during...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Industry…we salute you. We thought we may have no good deeds to pass on to readers this week because of the...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the end of the week…which must mean Agents Do Charity. There’s plenty to admire in this week’s entries;...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of mortgage approvals rose 1.9 per cent in the final month of last year according to e.surv’s mortgage data...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Welcome to another Agents Do Charity, meaning it’s not just Friday but also a day to think about fund-raising in the...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the first PJT of 2020 - a new decade and, for many, a time of new opportunities. We’re always...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a long-term trend of growing numbers of Londoners quitting the capital to afford a home elsewhere - and typically...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

First time buyers reached an estimated 353,436 in 2019, the highest level since 2007. This is the fifth time in six years...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Bristol is the location outside London most searched for on Rightmove this year, by both buyers and renters. The average asking price...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The next 12 months will be an opportunity to reassess the housing market according to property consultancy JLL. It says price growth...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity’s final edition before this Christmas and the New Year. It’s been a terrific year for...
20 December 2019
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

Congratulations from everyone at Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today to all those who triumphed at the Relocation Agent Network...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today for November - the festive month of December is just around the...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Election time means setting out your stall and getting support - so how about a vote of confidence for those agents,...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The listings website Home, which conducts a monthly survey of asking prices and wider market monitors, is reporting a show 10...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has struck an innovative eight-year exclusivity agreement with Dacres, the 20 office estate agency network based in Yorkshire, to deliver...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Yopa – launched in 2015 as part of the new breed of hybrid operators seeking to shake up the industry –...
19 October 2019
From: Features

As the country nears a Brexit deal (maybe… perhaps… possibly) there’s time to reflect on a quite contrasting process - the no-nonsense...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Of all the UK properties for sale over the last year, 59% would have been exempt from any type of transaction...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News

All eyes are on Japan for the Rugby World Cup beginning this weekend…but there’s still time for our industry to raise...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s plenty of action in and around Westminster these days, but while the political temperature rises, the marvellous work of agents,...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s largest regional estate and lettings agencies has now fully rejoined Zoopla. Yorkshire-based Dacre, Son & Hartley brings its...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Some may say that we’re almost in the ninth month of the year but for many, August Bank Holiday heralds the...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of privately owned homes with mortgages outstanding shows repossessions have risen in London - but they’re down in...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency Housesimple has appointed a company to handle its public relations and social media as it rolls it its...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News

An estate agent has been jailed for 19 months and will have to be on the sex offenders’ register for the...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says the number of homes stuck in what it calls “the legal log jam” is at its highest for over...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Brexit is not deterring first time buyers this year according to an analysis by the Yorkshire Building Society. It says that despite...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s that time again. Each year I take a look at newspaper readership - not from the angle of journalists, but...
17 August 2019
From: Features

What a credit to the industry so many agents, surveyors and suppliers are: this week’s ADC shows the diverse range of...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Rising house prices and the gender pay gap means that there is no English region where a single woman on median...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s another Friday so it’s another Agents Do Charity - of course! It’s August and the height of the holidays but as...
02 August 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather. Yet...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

An estate agent who ruthlessly used his position as a prominent figure in the community to win the trust of vulnerable...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Two of the highest profile independent estate agencies in the north of England have merged following a spectacular acquisition. Linley & Simpson...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

love2move, the online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has announced its latest partner. Peter David...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News

– use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...
01 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Gazumping is alive and well in much of the country, despite the slowdown in the property market, according to new research...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s unlikely to bring out the violins but the number of properties sold for £1m or more in Britain rose only...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of cash buyers in London has recently plummeted by very nearly a fifth - and every other part of...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The weekend is over all-too-quickly but at least if it’s Monday, it’s Property Jobs Today - your weekly catch up with...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest asking prices data from Rightmove suggests that the national housing market is being dragged down by poor performance in...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A firm that offers a white-labelled online agency platform to traditional High Street agents has signed up a new customer. love2move was...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News

It's becoming increasingly difficult to sell a property, especially in those regions undergoing a price correction. That’s the verdict from Home, a...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Over 80 per cent of home owners say they expect house prices to rise in their area before the end of...
11 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and here’s another PJT to start the week: we hope it’s your first port of call when you want to...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices have remained roughly stagnant according to the latest figures produced by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...
18 May 2019
From: Features

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...
18 May 2019
From: Features

For the industry's football lovers, the notable achievements and never-say-die attitude of both Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur on the European stage...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Fresh analysis by Zoopla has revealed Britain's fastest moving property markets with the lowest number of average days for a seller...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News
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Q: What does it say on your business card? Charlie Lancaster, Managing Director, m: 07976 507107 e:charlie.lancaster@mybid4it.com, Blake House, 18 Blake...
16 April 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

A mortgage firm claims that around a third of all those who have moved homes since 2016 have done so -...
02 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Another new online auction company has launched and is bidding to woo traditional estate agents with the controversial ‘modern method of...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News

You can tell it’s the onset of spring by the fact that this weekend sees the start of the Formula 1...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Latest data from property platform Home suggests that instruction numbers across the UK as a whole are down four per cent...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Agency Express says that following a strong start to the year there’s a been a slowdown in the number of properties...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of movers has declined by around 50 per cent since the halcyon days of 2006, before the global financial...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A new survey claims the market is at its worst for eight years. The latest market snapshot from property platform Home says...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Government figures show the UK’s annual house price growth now being down to 2.5 per cent - the lowest rate since...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s a distinctly northern flavour to some of the great fund-raising this week - and in particular Yorkshire. This isn’t the only...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News

An estate agent in the north of England has been confronted by vigilantes who duped him into thinking they were underage girls. The...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The industry has long been critical of reports claiming house price movements are in some way uniform across the country, but...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News

EweMove, the hybrid agency owned by The Property Franchise Group, has announced five new franchisees - several of them are independent...
21 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Hunters has continued its expansion in the north of England with two new branches in Yorkshire and Lancashire. The Pontefract branch becomes...
18 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Yet another property raffle has had to be abandoned because it has been deemed illegal under Gambling Commission rules. A Yorkshire couple,...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...
29 December 2018
From: Features

One of the country’s most detailed housing market forecasts for 2019 suggests house prices will fall in London and nearby regions...
27 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Asking prices of homes coming to the market have fallen for the second month in a row - and Rightmove says...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello again and welcome to the latest display of agents’ Christmas decorations. We’d love to share your windows, trees, lights and even...
07 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson is on the acquisition trail yet again - and it’s revealed its eighth deal of the...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to our latest edition of Property Jobs Today, a weekly run-through of the key job moves within our...
12 November 2018
From: Breaking News

We all get an extra hour in bed this weekend, giving us more energy to fund-raise for good causes, right? That seems...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Price cutting is becoming the new norm as the market adapts to reduced interest from buyers, according to property listings platform...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Johnston Press, the company which owns the i national newspaper and some 200 local titles - many with property supplements carrying...
12 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Google celebrated its 20th birthday last month. Yes, it might be hard to recall a time when it wasn’t integral in...
06 October 2018
From: Features

House prices grew two per cent year on year for September according to new figures - and a senior agency chief...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News

An estate agency trading under two different names has been expelled by The Property Ombudsman after refusing to refund a £2,000...
21 September 2018
From: Breaking News

We’re well and truly back from summer with a flurry of fund-raising to report on this week: thanks to each and...
21 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom as the autumn market gets into gear, with a surge in buyers and a one-month rise...
17 September 2018
From: Breaking News

As the property market gears up for a busy autumn period, agents and property firms have been equally busy bolstering their...
10 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A property management company is warning that some areas of the UK could be in line for a price correction this...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News

There’s been another call for the government to reform stamp duty - and this time the request is that the duty...
15 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - and as ever we have a breakdown of key moves within our industry. To...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News

With the weather scheduled to get a little cooler this weekend, fund-raising is clearly still a hot topic in the industry...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Just as some estate agents are reported to be making plans to retrench if the housing market continues to be sluggish,...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today, the regular Monday round-up of moves and changes in our industry. Do please let us...
25 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A major hybrid agency says there is a huge ‘reality gap’ between the typical asking price of homes on sale and the...
21 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Two high street estate agents have used the medium of the local press to come out fighting against the threat of...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our weekly feature on who’s moving where throughout our industry. And it’s...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s celebration of the industry’s fund-raising activities. Remember it’s easy to get publicity and additional support for...
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News

New data from a private bank shows a five per cent rise in the number of £1m-plus homes sold in 2017. The...
08 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a series of regional roadshows with a target of enhancing the success of independent...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The scores are in and the results announced for the 2018 ESTAS Awards - and the winner of the coveted Grand...
20 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Manning Stainton, one of the major estate agency chains operating across North Yorkshire, is to return to listing on ZPG. It will...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Prices of new-to-the-market property rose by a modest 0.4 per cent over the past month says Rightmove - but that’s enough...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A website that monitors house prices says “red warning lights are flashing as market conditions in London and the South East...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our regular look at key moves inside our industry. Next week there’s no PJT as...
26 March 2018
From: Breaking News

So here’s another week’s great work being done by colleagues in our industry - and we’re very pleased to salute them. Everybody...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Crimestoppers is working with estate agencies and financial advisers as well as conveyancers in a bid to eliminate house buyers’ deposits...
07 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today; this is the latest of our weekly round-ups of key job moves within estate...
12 February 2018
From: Breaking News

House price falls have been recorded in London, the South East and the North East according to data from LSL Property Services,...
12 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to our first Property Jobs Today, a weekly round-up of key job moves within estate and letting agencies...
29 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The death has been announced of Jim Horsley, a former chairman of Yorkshire agency chain Dacre Son & Hartley - and...
09 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A senior figure in another regional estate agency group has expressed scepticism about the popularity of online choices for vendors. Last week...
08 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has revealed the top 10 locations outside London where asking prices grew most and where homes sold fastest - and...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Thanks so much, as ever, for all of the Christmas cheer you’ve sent our way over the past three weeks or...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Members of the Relocation Agent Network are celebrating after a successful annual awards event in London, combined with keynote conference sessions...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A new website which completely by-passes all kinds of estate agents and allows vendors to upload details of their own properties...
09 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Hunters has another new office in its network, this time in the west Yorkshire town of Cleckheaton. The franchise group, which is...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Three hundred of the UK’s top conveyancers have celebrated the success of the industry at the first ever ESTAS Conveyancer Awards. The...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News

There’s a particularly heart-warming theme to Agents Do Charity this week...several of our heroic industry figures are raising funds for children and...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Conservative MP John Stevenson is the latest to throw his weight behind switching the burden of stamp duty from the buyer...
09 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents’ charity fundraising obviously spans a wide range of genuinely good causes, but it’s noticeable that at the end of each...
22 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The average cost of moving home in the UK has increased by £628 over the past year from £10,966 to £11,624...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Regional property portal MoviNorth says it plans to secure additional investment to expand its coverage by the end of 2017. The portal...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News

With party conference season around the corner and the next Budget just a couple of months away, more industry players are...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Stephanie Slater died last week, aged 50. Whilst she died from cancer (tragically, only 11 days after diagnosis), it’s the events...
06 September 2017
From: Breaking News

For the second successive week the Advertising Standards Authority has banned an online estate agency’s advertisement. Last week it was HouseSimple and...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says more women should enter estate agency and other property sectors across the land and...
22 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has issued forecasts for the housing market over the next two years amidst a warning that Brexit volatility is the...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News

An interview in an online magazine aimed at the small business sector lifts the lid on some of the structure surrounding...
18 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Regional agency Manning Stainton has completed its second acquisition in the last four months with the purchase of independent agency Clear...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The head of a regional portal in the north of England has welcomed the likely demise of the controversial One Other...
08 August 2017
From: Breaking News

New figures produced by estate agency Carter Jonas show that the long-term consequences of the credit crunch have exacerbated the historic...
31 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement which suggested that the firm behind it had “a physical office ... in...
19 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has released more details of expansion plans to recruit hundreds of additional Local Property Experts. The recruitment drive was launched yesterday...
12 July 2017
From: Breaking News

National average house price growth bounced back in April after a slow March, according to official figures. The latest UK House Price...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Two established independent estate agency brands have joined forces to create the Estate Agency Franchise Group and are looking to expand. The...
09 June 2017
From: Breaking News

June marks the start of what professional weather folk call summer - and even if the temperatures are a little variable,...
02 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Barclays Bank has given an optimistic view of the housing market over the next five years, with a prediction that across...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...
27 May 2017
From: Features

Home ownership has halved for young families across some parts of the UK according to a charity. The Resolution Foundation says its...
22 May 2017
From: Breaking News

This might just be one of the busiest Agents Do Charity columns we’ve ever had with many firms having a mixture...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...
06 May 2017
From: Features

Pole-axed by politics? Bored of ballots? Well, this is where you can escape from pledges, promises and politicians and instead read...
05 May 2017
From: Breaking News

An online estate agency which says it could be the next Purplebricks says prejudice against internet property transactions is waning “With Neil...
17 March 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s been a week dominated by an embarrassing U-turn in political circles. But when it comes to fund-raising, agents aren’t for...
17 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Propertymark, the new brand umbrella for the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents, is to...
16 March 2017
From: Breaking News

There was nothing doing in the Budget - no stamp duty reform, no second look at mortgage interest tax relief changes,...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News

I had a very interesting chat with the man behind a new portal the other day. He was John Dixon, the portal...
04 March 2017
From: Features

An estate agent and a building society have both advocated radical moves to reform stamp duty - and want Chancellor Phillip...
03 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A new regional property portal aiming to sign up 80 per cent of agencies in Yorkshire says it is unconcerned about...
21 February 2017
From: Breaking News

There's bad news for the government in the form of house building targets on the eve of its long-awaited Housing White...
06 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A former Countrywide director is joining estate and lettings agency franchise group Homexperts as its operations director. Mike Gowland, who originally qualified...
26 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...
14 January 2017
From: Features

Three members of staff are celebrating 25 years with the same company this month. Gail Shepherd, Frances Slocombe and Cath Bradbury all...
12 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Christmas is here - feet up, mulled wine ... a well-deserved break. As we know, however, it’s not just selling and letting houses...
23 December 2016
From: Breaking News

There’s been a bumper mailbag sent to press@estateagenttoday.co.uk this week to mark what must be the height of the fund-raising season...
09 December 2016
From: Breaking News

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

It may be Halloween but here at Estate Agent Today we’re not getting distracted from honoured our heroic industry’s efforts to...
28 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Jonathan Morgan, who operates Leeds city centre specialist agent Morgans, has won an lifetime achievement award. The award, made at the Yorkshire...
25 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Confidence amongst ‘second steppers’ - those aiming to sell up to move to larger homes - is improving according to a...
20 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Available stock levels across Greater London, the east of England, plus the south east and the south west are now 16...
17 October 2016
From: Breaking News

This week we have the Head Shepherd of EweMove, Glenn Ackroyd, in the hotseat. He’s been co-owner of EweMove Sales and Lettings,...
30 September 2016
From: Features

The UK's largest independent estate agency chain – Spicerhaart – has a fund of £26 million to be spent on acquisitions. The...
26 September 2016
From: Breaking News

As we approach another autumn weekend, the country's estate agents and property professionals have not taken their foot off the pedal...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A mortgage lender has called on the government to reform stamp duty so that it is paid by property sellers instead...
22 September 2016
From: Breaking News

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...
16 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

The Olympics are inspiring us, the summer is distracting us, and then there’s the day job of working too. Yet despite all...
19 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Britain’s gathering Olympics medal haul is heart-warming, but our heroes in Rio are not the only ones doing great work and...
12 August 2016
From: Breaking News

A man has been banned from going near an estate agency office or its staff after he swore at one of...
03 August 2016
From: Breaking News

After helping more than 40,000 people move home in the past 20 years, a Yorkshire estate agency is itself in new...
02 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...
29 July 2016
From: Features

Another former Countrywide director is in the news, this time for launching a specialist property recruitment, training and consultancy business. Mike Gowland,...
27 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Property prices were at the forefront of the EU debate in the run-up to the referendum, with the now former Chancellor...
22 July 2016
From: Features

Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...
22 July 2016
From: Features

An estate agent has been ordered by a court to pay more than £7,500 after admitting advertising holiday homes as permanent...
22 July 2016
From: Breaking News

London house prices have fallen by 1.1 per cent in the past month - mostly since the Brexit vote on June...
13 July 2016
From: Breaking News

In case you were wondering, it appears that the Labour party has still to find someone to replace John Healey as...
05 July 2016
From: Breaking News

No fewer than 555,000 would-be first time purchasers have opened Help To Buy Individual Savings Accounts - HTB Isas - since...
01 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Well, the Euros have turned into a nail-biter for the home teams - but that appears not to be deterring you...
17 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Former Knight Frank agent Tim Waring has joined regional company Dacre, Son & Hartley as a director specialising in selling top...
14 June 2016
From: Breaking News

As we approach another Bank Holiday weekend, estate and letting agents across the country have again been raising thousands of pounds...
27 May 2016
From: Breaking News

It's become the sensation of Rightmove and it's being described as the ultimate cameo made in a house sale video by a...
09 May 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s the Bank Holiday and an extra-long weekend - although many agents will be making the most of sales, lets, open...
29 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Large proportions of younger people want to own a home but increasingly feel they simply cannot afford to buy - and...
24 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The Budget's over, Easter is a week away, and agents are preparing for the busiest time of year - whatever the...
18 March 2016
From: Breaking News

A new portal, New Home Finder, has agreed a contract with Redrow to market its entire UK portfolio, including forthcoming developments,...
11 March 2016
From: Breaking News

As we know, the property market in London is notorious for sitting a long way outside the conventions of the wider UK...
27 February 2016
From: Features

New research shows that the north-south divide over house prices is not only continuing but is getting significantly worse. High-end agency Savills,...
22 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of UK properties worth at least £1m is expected to more than triple between now and 2030. A report from...
18 February 2016
From: Breaking News

We’ve been facing some pretty adverse weather recently. Gales, storms and terrible flooding in parts of the country have upturned the...
13 February 2016
From: Features

Miller Metcalfe Surveyors is a centre of excellence, with accreditation from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for residential surveys and...
28 January 2016
From: Sponsored Content

Zoopla has confirmed that its next date for announcing its agency membership totals - part of its ongoing rivalry with OnTheMarket...
22 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Both Zoopla and OnTheMarket have ramped up their long-standing rivalry. As we reported yesterday afternoon, Zoopla has revealed what it calls a...
21 January 2016
From: Breaking News

With the portal wars ratcheting up ahead of OnTheMarket’s first anniversary, Zoopla has revealed what it calls a “record number” of...
20 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The average property value in England and Wales at the start of 2016 is £186,325 according to the Land Registry. Its data...
04 January 2016
From: Breaking News

More than half of the new homes being built today are not big enough to meet the needs of the people...
02 December 2015
From: Breaking News

High-end agency Savills has announced that it has sold Wentworth Woodhouse - reported to be Britain’s largest residential property - to...
09 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Three prisoners have been convicted of a prison attack on Jeremy Green, the former army lieutenant jailed for life for the...
23 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Franchise agency chain HomeXperts is expanding as a result of a £250,000 loan. HomeXperts has 27 franchisees in England from Thirsk in...
20 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

A new Fine & Country branch is claiming interest in high end property in its patch is now at pre-recession levels...
08 September 2015
From: Breaking News

A Yorkshire agency has announced the opening of its 19th branch this week. Manning Stainton's latest office, which was formerly occupied by...
20 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson is launching a fee structure linked directly to what it calls the “customer experience.” Linley &...
17 August 2015
From: Breaking News

The boss of online hybrid estate agency EweMove has hit back at what he calls “skullduggery” in comments about his firm’s...
10 August 2015
From: Breaking News

An analysis of homes on sale six months after the scrapping of the ‘slab’ system of stamp duty has revealed a...
05 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Data for June from the Land Registry shows that the annual price increase of 5.4 per cent takes the average property...
29 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Data from the estate and letting agency answering service Moneypenny appears to confirm what we have been thinking for some weeks...
22 July 2015
From: Breaking News

If it’s true, this could be depressing for agents and the housing market alike - fewer people are planning to move...
14 July 2015
From: Breaking News

This month, July, see the 150th anniversary of local estate agency William H Brown - one of the best known names...
01 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The average property price in England and Wales reached £179,817 in April, according to the Land Registry. The latest data shows that...
02 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Hunters founder and new Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake says he supports the Tory policy of extending Right To Buy to housing...
20 May 2015
From: Breaking News

UK house price growth accelerated to an annual rate of 9.6 per cent in the year to March, according to the...
20 May 2015
From: Breaking News

Hunters has added another 23 franchised offices to its empire with the acquisition of Home Counties estate and letting agency Country...
18 May 2015
From: Breaking News

A Yorkshire-based online estate agency has launched a crowdfunding campaign to pay for its new marketing plans. MyHouseAdvert.co.uk, formed in 2011, says...