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Artificial Intelligence is now a part of all our lives, but my attention was grabbed recently by an AI critique of...

From the uptick in house sales in January to a house price rise the first time in over a year in February,...

US agency broker brand eXp Realty has promoted Leo Pareja to chief executive. Pareja was previously chief strategy officer and will replace...

Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

Nat Daniels, chief executive of Estate Agent Today publisher Angels Media is among guests to appear on a new industry podcast...

From medieval castles to Elizabethan manor houses, Georgian townhouses and Victorian terraces, the UK’s historic buildings are central to our country’s...

A shift towards self-employed estate agency models has contributed to a decline in estate agency branches, research suggests. Analysis by property data...

In assessing the outlook for property auctions in 2024, it's crucial to look beyond interest rates. The real driving force behind...

Large language models, machine learning, artificial intelligence, artificial general intelligence, and 'the singularity' change everything, but there again, they change literally...

Swimming pools, both indoor and outdoor, his and her bathrooms, accommodation for staff, and endless tech-powered gadgets are just some of...

By Alan Siggins, indoor ventilation expert and Managing Director of Airflow. Whilst the UK’s focus on Net Zero and green efforts may...

A lack of stock and emotional attachment are the biggest constraints stopping homeowners from downsizing, research suggests. Analysis by Savills found half...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

The end of a tenancy can be busy and stressful. As the letting agent, you’ll have many plates spinning to move...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Mortgage lending has dropped and buyers are no longer stretching their affordability limits, UK Finance claims. New data from the banking trade...

A third of those opting to move home in the current market are downsizers, research claims. However, it’s not the increased cost...

The majority of UK property professionals are confident that their job will not be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI). A survey by...

The most highly-rated agents in the UK have been revealed. Comparison website allAgents has unveiled the winners of its 2023 People Awards. These...

Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...

CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...

Almost half of home buyers would pay a premium for more energy efficient properties, research suggests. Analysis by Barclays found 47% of...

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

The chief executive of the Building Societies Association is warning that mortgage lending - already down on last year - is...

Buyers are paying a 39% premium for homes with larger gardens, Savills claims. The agency brand analysed the relationship between garden size...

OnTheMarket Group has been named among the top places to work in the UK. The property website was included in last weekend’s...

Despite most businesses across industry now adopting some form of digital alternative to traditional work methods, many in the private rental...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

This article is partially based on “Plugging in to the Future”, NHBC Foundation, NF90, used by kind permission. As part of the...

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...

They think it’s all over, it is now as we publish our final World Cup Agent Match report following England’s quarter...

A market analyst has rejected claims that the property market is heading for so-called ‘Armageddon.’ Rising interest and mortgage rates as well...

Property professionals, including agents, are being urged to make use of a dedicated small business banking dispute scheme before it closes...

The property sector braced itself for the chill wind of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement this week. His pre-Budget comment that he...

Barclays is piloting a new reward scheme for homeowners who are keen to make green improvements to their home but are...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

Simon Clarke is set for his first grilling by MPs as Levelling Up and Housing Secretary. Clarke will be questioned by the...

A high-profile London estate agency has been chided by iconic Hollywood actor Sir Michael Caine for using his image and one...

A recent study conducted by the Technical University of Denmark reported that the attention span of people around the world is...

The average monthly mortgage payment for a household buying a first-time buyer home would increase to £1,302 if the average mortgage...

Transforming your living room into an eco-friendly space not only benefits your health and wellbeing, but the planet too. It can...

The housing market is in a better position to weather a downturn than in previous economic cycles, Zoopla claims. The portal argues...

In recent years, we’ve witnessed a massive influx of channels for media consumers – two of the biggest of which are...

The right investment can help agents to thrive even during the current cost-of-living crisis. That’s according to cloud-based CRM solution Openview,...

A recent study revealed that as many as 4.6 million homes in England overheat. With highs of 40°C this week and warnings...

If there’s one thing that received a boost as a result of Covid and lockdowns, it’s podcasts – which reached whole...

Trading Standards has indicated that non-compliant listings will eventually be rejected from portals as it urges agents to use their “professional...

Long-term 50-year mortgages that can be passed on by parents to their children appear to be the latest idea from the...

Prime estate agent John D Wood & Co has marked 150 years in business by opening a new headquarters. It has moved...

We are all acutely aware of the surge in demand for rental properties in and around the capital in the months...

House price growth is set to slow but talk of a correction is overstated, Savills claims. The latest house price forecasts from...

The property market is bracing for the start of the slowdown in the rate of house price growth.  The Halifax House Price...

What a difference two months and some local elections make. Cast your minds back to March 9 and the annual report of...

The UK affiliated agency of Warren Buffett’s global real estate company is offering members of the public the chance to win...

PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...

A shift is occurring in the rental market across the UK. The Government is planning to reform the sector with increased...

Franchise giant Belvoir has snapped up one of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or...

The Mayor of London is demanding ministers take sanctioning Russian oligarchs seriously by moving immediately to seize assets that can then...

Momentum is building up in support of the government’s probe into whether the London homes of oligarchs on the sanctions list...

It is claimed by Propertymark that the government’s Economic Crime Bill - to be debated in the House of Commons today -...

No matter how dark the news, there’s light in our industry thanks to so many agents and suppliers doing good deeds....

Features often overlooked by agents and buyers now, such as double glazing and insulation, are likely to become high up on...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

The most senior Trading Standards officer policing the agency industry says he hopes the public will ask about referral fees in...

This year, Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency Hamptons, shows that...

Top Scottish agency Galbraith says key parts of the country saw some buyers snapping up properties this year without even visiting...

With the business model for self-employed agents hotly debated within the industry, new data has suggested that most freelance professionals are...

Rightmove claims to have found the happiest place in the UK - and it’s in Northumberland. The market town of Hexham has...

Estate agency business platform Reapit is launching AgentPoint services in the UK - just seven months after it acquired AgentPoint in...

An estate agency group is rebranding and pledges that it will build on its current revenue averaging £1m per branch.  Property group...

In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...

Propertymark’s chief executive - officially still in post on just an interim basis - is to face questions from a past...

British homebuyers take an average of 25 seconds to decide whether a house is right for them, according to Purplebricks. As a...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - another opportunity to see how our industry is doing great work...

A Hertfordshire-based hybrid agency has released a surprising and some might argue refreshing message, saying it’s not interested in size as...

Exchanges of properties in prime central London, following the end of the largest part of the stamp duty holiday, suggest the...

Since the announcement of the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA), an increasing amount of Principle, Partners and Directors (PPD) from the...

Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...

A company says it’s gathering £500m in funding to purchase properties for a “gradual home ownership” scheme - a variation on...

Representatives of Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket, Boomin and OneDome portals are to be quizzed in an industry Question Time session next month. Russell...

Working in real estate can be incredibly rewarding, but it takes a lot of hard work to be able to succeed...

Labour says the stamp duty holiday is an example of the government’s “failed approach” to home ownership and housing affordability. Labour’s Shadow...

One of the highest profile supporters of the online estate agency concept has quit the company he founded. Akshay Ruparelia, who is...

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

New research shows that UK estate agents are amongst the best value in the world. Using data from the Global Property Guide...

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

Here are the first three TV adverts for Boomin, the new property portal which launches on Friday.The new website launches early...

Boomin has revealed its launch date after months of high-profile publicity. It’s to be three and a half weeks from now on...

Estate agents quitting companies and setting up on their own will prosper only by tapping into the most appropriate level of...

The government has given details of two new taxes to provide funds to address the cladding problem on high rise tower blocks...

Pressure is building for widespread property tax reform beyond short term issues regarding stamp duty. Many MPs in this week’s 65-minute special...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

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

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

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

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

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

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

A prominent PropTech supplier wants agents to hand over much more information to conveyancers to allow them to make faster progress on...