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![eXp launches 'next chapter' buyer registration scheme](/upload/images/shutterstock_1492615175.jpg)
Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has unveiled a buyer representation programme, spearheaded by industry trainer Richard Rawlings. Its agents will be able...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buying agent questions social media selling strategies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
An oversupply of property in the £5m-plus part of the prime London property market has led to a surge of sellers...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buying agent marks first birthday](/upload/images/shutterstock_1890767740.jpg)
A buying agent is marking its first year in business. Otters Home Search, founded by experienced chartered surveyors Abbie Long and Francesca...
21 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![LonRes: Longer sales times are creating ‘vicious cycle’ of fall-throughs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Prime London property sales are taking longer to go through once under offer, which is creating a vicious cycle of fall-throughs,...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Architecture and interior designer launches pre-offer advice service for prime buyers](/upload/images/shutterstock_547272463.jpg)
A new service has launched to provide buyers of prime and super-prime residential properties with an appraisal of the property’s suitability,...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buying agent recruits former Strutt & Parker director](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Recruitment-400x310.png)
Specialist buying agency Recoco Property Search has appointed former director of Strutt & Parker’s country house department Andrew Cronan to strengthen...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Transaction niggles and EPCs set to dominate 2024 market - predictions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
Energy efficiency and “transaction niggles” are predicted to be key themes of 2024 for agents, buyers and sellers. Buying agent Stacks Property...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buying agent boosted by increased cash sales](/upload/images/1%20House_pound-400x310.png)
Prime buying agency Black Brick has seen cash buyers double this year. Data from the buying agent shows 66% of clients have...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![The Housing Market and the Election - Does It Matter Who Wins?](/upload/images/EAT%20-%20IndustryViews%20Will%20the%20election%20result%20affect%20the%20housing%20market.jpg)
The factor most likely to influence the housing market next year is entirely outside the industry’s control: the General Election. Knight Frank...
16 December 2023
From: Features
![What do the super-rich look for in a new home?](/upload/images/__thumbs/2%20--%20Proofed%20--%20What%20do%20the%20super-rich%20look%20for%20in%20a%20new%20home%20by%20Jason%20Corbett.jpg/2%20--%20Proofed%20--%20What%20do%20the%20super-rich%20look%20for%20in%20a%20new%20home%20by%20Jason%20Corbett__400x226.jpg)
Swimming pools, both indoor and outdoor, his and her bathrooms, accommodation for staff, and endless tech-powered gadgets are just some of...
25 November 2023
From: Features
![Will Stamp Duty or Inheritance Tax cut be better for the property market?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
A buying agent has given his backing to the prospect of a Stamp Duty and Inheritance Tax (IHT) cut during this...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![New platform aims to match buyers with buying agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agent1-400x310.png)
A former lawyer has used her own experiences of trying to buy a home to launch a platform that matches homebuyers...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Prime buyers remain ‘unrealistic’ about price cuts - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Buyer expectations of price discounts are too high, a prime agent claims. Jo Eccles, founder and managing director of prime London buying...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Vendors trying their luck with ‘take it or leave it’ pricing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
Sellers are still adopting a “take it or leave it approach” with prices up to 20% higher than most “sensible buyers”...
14 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Vendors increasingly shifting goalposts at last minute - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_400x310.png)
Vendors are increasingly shifting the goalposts on a sale at the final moment, a buying agent has warned. The strong sellers’ market...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Domestic prime buyers are acting ‘before foreign investors return’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/London1-400x310.png)
The flat market in prime central London (PCL) is undergoing a resurgence, a buying agent claims. Residential and investment buying agency London...
23 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property market aims to define a housing crash](/upload/images/library/HousePricesFall-400x310.jpg)
Property professionals and commentators have begun pondering an official definition of a house price crash. It comes amid forecasts that house prices...
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property developer claims agents ‘inflate the market’](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Business-Handshake-Transaction-400x310.jpg)
A property developer has hit out at corporate agents for “artificially inflating house prices” as she reveals the poor practices she...
30 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![‘Too many cash buyers’ seeking properties](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-20-400x310.jpg)
Cash buyers may no longer be king in the property market. The level of demand and lack of supply in the current...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Home hunters urged to go offline to find agency stock](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennials-Handshake-400x310.jpg)
Buyers are being urged to ditch their laptops and hit the streets to find a property. The property market is currently hampered...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the who’s who of the industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
![Prime agency marks £50m of sales in first year](/upload/images/Prime%20agency.jpg)
The creator of a local social network app acquired by US company Nextdoor is marking a year in prime estate agency...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![“No market” for some prime London flats without outside space](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/london-property400x310.png)
A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sale Prices Up 25% - the housing sector with massive inflation](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/GenerateRevenueImage-400x310.jpg)
There’s been huge sale price inflation in the rarified high-end country estate market according to a buying agent. Jess Simpson, who runs...
26 January 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
![London’s Changing Market: What’s hot and what’s not](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/london-property400x310.png)
One of the country’s leading buying agents has set out what’s hot and what’s not in London’s housing market as it...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive: £5m to be spent on self-employed agents in 100 areas](/upload/images/Logos/NestedLogo-2020-400x310.jpg)
An online operator called Nested is to spend £5m to promote the self-employed estate agency concept in 100 parts of the...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Foreign buyers return to prime London says leading buying agent](/img/default/eat.png)
A prominent London-focussed buying agent says she is seeing more foreign buyers returning to the UK capital - with more expected...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Foreign rich wooed by full-size models of London homes built overseas](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents and developers are creating full-size show home-style properties overseas in a bid to woo wealthy foreigners who cannot travel to...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Deals collapse because of confusion over stamp duty changes](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark says confusion over new stamp duty rules has led to a surge in fall-throughs. Since April 1 homes bought in England...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer - viewings help agents so why charge for them?](/img/default/eat.png)
Viewings are in the news right now and with good reason. As the impact of the stamp duty holiday fades, and transaction...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![New look for long-standing independent buying agency](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s longest-standing independent buying agencies has rebranded. Haringtons, established in 2004 and covering both London and the country, has...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Seven rogue sales and lettings agencies expelled by Ombudsman](/img/default/eat.png)
No fewer than seven estate and lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme today. Most of them are now...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Book Review: The Keys To The Capital by James Macleod](/img/default/eat.png)
Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...
29 May 2021
From: Features
![Buying agents level playing field with estate agents, says Phil Spencer](/img/default/eat.png)
Buying agents level the playing field with estate agents according to Phil Spencer - the TV property expert who started his...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Buying Unseen - not as mad as it seems says leading agent](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading buying agent says the phenomenon of ‘buying unseen’ is the most dramatic property trend to have emerged from the...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![German company pours £5m into UK online estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
A company in the German Axel Springer publishing empire - which also invested in Purplebricks in the past - has put...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Get ready to party - London's market is bouncing back](/img/default/eat.png)
The London housing market is enjoying the end of the lull before the storm, according to a leading buying agent. Sara Ransom...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Video – Phil Spencer and Henry Pryor on lockdown, stamp duty and 95% mortgages](/img/default/eat.png)
In a wide-ranging video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to buying agent and TV property pundit Henry...
23 January 2021
From: Features
![Agents accused of “feigning hysterics” over stamp duty cliff-edge](/img/default/eat.png)
Two of the most outspoken agents in the industry have criticised those calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![“Knackered” Countrywide suffers media onslaught](/img/default/eat.png)
Criticism of the management of Countrywide has reached new levels of derision as the mainstream media have attacked the chaos surrounding...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Online agents and bucketshop conveyancers ‘causing transaction delays’](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s top buying agents is advising purchasers and vendors to avoid online agencies and 'bucketshop' conveyancers. Edward Heaton - founder...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Star agent capitalises on post-lockdown relocations with new business](/img/default/eat.png)
A highly-experienced former Savills agent has launched his own buying agency focusing on the prime country market in Surrey. The new company,...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Son of ex-Savills boss slams traditional buying agents as “outdated”](/img/default/eat.png)
A buying agency targeting what it calls the “prime and super-prime” London market is offering clients not only a sourcing service, but also...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents increasingly using ‘grey’ low-key marketing - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents are increasingly using low-key ‘grey’ marketing to avoid too many prospective buyers swamping them when homes go on sale. That’s...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – what does agency look like Down Under?](/img/default/eat.png)
In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...
15 August 2020
From: Features
![“Busy Bodies!” - agent slams industry leaders writing code of conduct](/img/default/eat.png)
The new code of conduct for estate agents has been dismissed as “a waste of time” - and the senior industry...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agent’s fantastic Good Neighbour Scheme steps up to the plate](/img/default/eat.png)
Late last year a buying agent at Stacks Property Search and Acquisition set up a village Good Neighbour Scheme with her...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Coronavirus “a real issue” hurting the market says another agent](/img/default/eat.png)
A second prominent agent has broken cover to say Coronavirus is slowing the market. Jess Simpson - an ex-Savills and ex-Strutt and...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Coronavirus prompts agency to quit property conference](/img/default/eat.png)
The threat of Coronavirus is beginning to make an impact in the world of property. The Cushman & Wakefield agency announced overnight that...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Flooded houses could suffer 30% hit on asking prices, says agent](/img/default/eat.png)
Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents vent anger at ‘Boris Corbyn’ shock Mansion Tax proposals](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have reacted angrily to the government contemplating introducing a Mansion Tax, and to the Housing Secretary not ruling out the...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer to advise agents how to meet public expectations](/img/default/eat.png)
The hugely-respected Phil Spencer is to write a regular column for the industry on Estate Agent Today under the auspices of...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Prices up! Transactions up! Agent forecasts a boom in 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
Some buying agents have batted away the many signs of an improving housing market but one says the Boris Bounce is...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agent with historic property name launches buying agency](/img/default/eat.png)
A former sales agent with a historic property name and heritage has launched his own buying agency after becoming 'frustrated' with...
03 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Foxtons agent launches first-ever buying service just for first timers](/img/default/eat.png)
A former Foxtons estate agent has set up a property finding service which is exclusively for first time buyers - believed...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Speculation grows about Yopa’s future as LSL chief quits board](/img/default/eat.png)
Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agent strikes out from Knight Frank to set up her own consultancy](/img/default/eat.png)
An agent working at the buying arm of Knight Frank, The Buying Solution, is striking out to set up her own...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Boris Johnson’s stamp duty chatter could paralyse market - fear](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing experts have expressed their concerns that speculation about a radical stamp duty reduction to be introduced by Boris Johnson’s government...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Pundit Henry Pryor says he offers 'media balance' against estate agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Property pundit Henry Pryor says he is invited on TV and radio in order to provide “balance” against estate agents who...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Beyond the headlines - What the new regulator really means](/img/default/eat.png)
The industry press has given substantial space to recommendations from the Regulation of Property Agents, the government’s working party which has...
20 July 2019
From: Features
![Tricks of the trade: buying agent reveals tips for purchasers using portals](/img/default/eat.png)
A buying agent has revealed how she advises potential clients to use portals when looking for a property to buy -...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![New service allows buying agents to fast-track requirements to selling agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Subscription-based business-to-business prime London platform LonRes has launched a new service for retained agents. The Retained Agent Buyer Alert enables buying agents...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents On The Run: are you running the London Marathon?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s London Marathon week, always a great event in the calendar and - we’re sure - an event that attracts a...
23 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Distressed sellers offer 20% discounts on London off-plan homes](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading buying agent says 2019 is likely to see the continuation of last year’s trend where distressed sellers accept discounts...
11 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Don't rely on politicians to solve housing crisis, says Phil Spencer](/img/default/eat.png)
Phil Spencer is on the warpath against “constant tinkering” by government in housing matters - and instead, he wants the problems...
02 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Transactions to rise in 2019 says top agent (well, after Brexit is sorted)](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s top buying agents says he expects 2019 to be a much better year than 2018 as Brexit...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty: Why winter may be key for deciding its future](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading buying agent says the first quarter of 2019 may be crucial in determining the future of the current stamp...
20 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Second EU Referendum would help housing market, claims agent](/img/default/eat.png)
A London buying agent has called for a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership, suggesting that it would give more certainty...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Humberts ex-country house chief switches from selling to buying](/img/default/eat.png)
The former head of Humberts’ country house department, who has spent 30 years selling homes, has switched to buying. Jeremy Campbell-Harris was...
24 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Top London sales agents team up to form new buying service](/img/default/eat.png)
Lucie Hirst and Delphine Colombo, two of Prime Central London’s most high profile sales agents, have combined forces to set up Hirst...
23 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Pundit Henry Pryor in scathing attack on house price indices](/img/default/eat.png)
Outspoken property commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has made a scathing attack on some of the main house price indices. In...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Call for Countrywide management to quit after huge share price slide](/img/default/eat.png)
Senior management at Countrywide came in for a pasting on Twitter yesterday as TV market commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor...
26 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Letting my flat – who won, tech or traditional?](/img/default/eat.png)
Well last week was interesting. The column about my decision to put the property on with a letting agent went viral. This was...
23 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agency spills secrets about one of UK’s smallest and most exclusive markets](/img/default/eat.png)
Scottish high-end agency Galbraith has revealed how one of the smallest and most exclusive property sectors in Britain - Scottish country...
23 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Buying agent claims she was offered bribe to secure a higher offer on house](/img/default/eat.png)
A central London buying agent says she was once offered a bribe by an estate agent to try to persuade a...
17 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Buying agent says 'guide prices' confuse valuations and purchasers](/img/default/eat.png)
As the Easter sales weekend kicks off, the head of a prominent buying agency says estate agents confuse the true valuation...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Higher proportion of posh country estates now being sold off-market](/img/default/eat.png)
A buying agent says a higher proportion of Britain’s rarified country estates market is now being sold off-market. Jess Simpson, an ex-Savills...
22 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - discounts on prime properties achieved by buying agency](/img/default/eat.png)
The well-respected buying agency Black Brick has revealed the scale of discounts it secures on prime properties being sold for different...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Pressure mounts on Purplebricks to release actual sales figures](/img/default/eat.png)
Pressure continues to mount on Purplebricks to reveal its sales data after a weekend during which claims about its effectiveness continued...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Henry Pryor gives High Street agents 10-point guide to raise their game](/img/default/eat.png)
Outspoken buying agent Henry Pryor has set out 10 points that he claims many traditional agents overlook when they debate the...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - news about agents on the move...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to our latest Property Jobs Today; if you missed the launch last week, each Monday we will provide...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News
!['Old dinosaurs' can't deal with Purplebricks says Aussie buying agent](/img/default/eat.png)
A buying agent in Melbourne says ‘old dinosaurs’ in traditional estate agencies ‘have no idea’ how to deal with the arrival of...
05 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Some pretty dodgy foreigners purchase in the UK, says buying agent](/img/default/eat.png)
Outspoken buying agent Henry Pryor says some “pretty dodgy” overseas buyers have purchased homes in the UK in the past -...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News
!['Government has no ideas at all #idiots' - industry reacts to probe](/img/default/eat.png)
There has been a wide range of views from trade bodies and individual agents on the government’s surprise ‘call for evidence’...
23 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Industry criticism of Tories' monumental mistake in boosting Help To Buy](/img/default/eat.png)
Figures in the property industry have sharply criticised the announcement made at the Conservative party conference to pump an estimated £10...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Private sellers and agents to list on new off-market sales website](/img/default/eat.png)
The agent behind a new online service covering off-market homes in part of prime central London says his service will expand...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Cash deals and off-market sales more popular says leading buying agent](/img/default/eat.png)
The buying agency Black Brick says 38 per cent of its transactions the first half of the year were off market...
18 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Brexit and election result are stopping people moving, leading agent says](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s leading buying agents says over six million people are living in the wrong property because they are...
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Sealed bids: buying agent says process should be more transparent](/img/default/eat.png)
The sealed bids process - where purchasers submit their final offer by a specific time and date - should be more transparent,...
13 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property ads may soon contain air quality information, says NAEA chief](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents' listings may soon include compulsory information on a location's air quality, the chief executive of NAEA Propertymark, Mark Hayward,...
16 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks value 'same as Countrywide and Foxtons combined'](/img/default/eat.png)
The Purplebricks stock market bull run took yet another huge leap forwards yesterday with its share price up 20 per cent...
24 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Quote, unquote - What the industry said in 2016](/img/default/eat.png)
Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...
17 December 2016
From: Features
![Traditional agents have got fat and lazy says high-profile buying agent](/img/default/eat.png)
Prominent buying agent, TV housing market commentator and hard-core tweeter Henry Pryor has accused traditional estate agents of becoming “fat and...
23 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Trump wins: industry reacts but agency share prices generally stable](/img/default/eat.png)
Some sectors of the industry have been giving their initial reactions to the shock Donald Trump victory in the US presidential election. Camilla...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![New off-market 'members portal' insists OTM portal rule does not apply](/img/default/eat.png)
A new portal has launched listing off-market properties at the very highest end of the market, and says it does not...
05 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sceptical welcome to government's new housing market policies](/img/default/eat.png)
There has been widespread scepticism from many within the industry that the government will miss its latest house building targets, despite...
04 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Industry's top PropTech tweeters revealed](/img/default/eat.png)
As the PropTech industry continues to expand, with dedicated events and more innovative startups entering the world of UK property, online...