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15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The emergence of the Digital property market represents the most profound shift for the industry itself since the advent of the...
31 January 2024
From: Features
Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Kerb appeal is often cited as an important factor if agents and sellers want to impress buyers and now research suggests...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
When almost all agents and developers use the tried and tested formula of floorplan, professional photography and a well-crafted description, what can be...
13 December 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Homebuyers viewing properties during the winter months should be extra watchful for signs of invasive Japanese knotweed, which dies back in...
11 November 2023
From: Features
Prime London Residential, which describes itself as London’s largest single branch agency, has acquired 21 Grosvenor Gardens from Grosvenor, securing the...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Whether at home or abroad, here are some top tips to prevent homeowners from breaking common garden laws and rules this...
01 July 2023
From: Features
Agency brands including Hamptons and Savills as well as property developer London Square have sponsored gardens at this week’s Chelsea Flower...
23 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Buyers are paying a 39% premium for homes with larger gardens, Savills claims. The agency brand analysed the relationship between garden size...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
As an estate agent, you know that securing the sale is just step one of a successful journey. But with issues...
01 April 2023
From: Features
As the first signs of spring begin to appear, we look at how letting agents and landlords can start the season...
25 March 2023
From: Features
As the first signs of spring begin to appear, we look at how letting agents and landlords can start the season...
25 March 2023
From: Features
A regional estate agent has outlined how the rise and fall of Purplebricks has actually been a good thing for high...
21 March 2023
From: Breaking News
An estate agency has gone back to school to design new for sale boards. Three Sixty Living, the sales and lettings agency...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The boundaries of prime central London are expanding, new research claims. The PCL market is generally described as the exclusive districts of...
22 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Forget large driveways and gardens, it turns out agents need to advise their sellers to add air conditioning units to their...
26 August 2022
From: Breaking News
As temperatures rise and the holidays begin many of us will be looking to enjoy our gardens and make improvements to...
02 August 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
As Britain’s housing boom continues, SDL Property Auctions has warned of ten ways new homeowners could be fined up to £5,000...
26 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
Upmarket agent Beauchamp Estates has hailed the return of wealthy buyers to London after selling the home of two former Lebanon...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Energy efficiency, gardens and garages as well as speedy sales are top of buyer’s wishlists, Zoopla claims. The portal has published the...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents were busy marking the Platinum Jubilee over the past week but there was still time for fundraising exploits including tree-planting...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
With Earth Day in April and Environment Day looming in June, all businesses and individuals are becoming more aware of their...
25 May 2022
From: Features
A new ‘local and independent’ boutique estate agency has been founded in the heart of Wimbledon Village, with a vision of...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Normally estate agents are rightly proud of their professional abilities to provide expertise to vendors when it comes to selling -...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The number one portal is making a big marketing and research push to get reluctant owners to put up the For...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The estate agent known to his thousands of followers on Twitter as Mayfair Guru is predicting a ‘Roaring 2020s’ for the...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...
22 January 2022
From: Features
The Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons is to sponsor what it calls a “garden sanctuary” at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Prime Central London’s attraction to multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers appears to have soared during the pandemic. High end agency Beauchamp Estates says...
05 January 2022
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
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
Prices in prime central London have risen for the past two quarters, prompting a tentative claim that the market may be...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A new Rich List of the most expensive streets has been revealed by Zoopla. Kensington Palace Gardens in London holds the title...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News
As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...
29 September 2021
From: Features
Drone technology has come on a long way in recent years, with different use cases across various industries. New developments in...
15 September 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Average house prices increased by 13.2 per cent over the year to June - the highest annual growth rate since November...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...
31 July 2021
From: Features
London’s super prime residential market has recorded its strongest half year in volume and value terms since the rush to beat...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Thom Hudson, photographer at Meyers Estate Agents What is Meyers...
22 June 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
London’s housing market may be distinctly lacklustre compared to much of the rest of the UK right now but one development...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A prime London estate agency is going global - not only with a new office in the UK capital but with...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Research by an estate agency comparison service has revealed which type of road address produces the highest average price. GetAgent has analysed...
21 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The sizes and numbers of gardens in London are reducing because stamp duty is encouraging more extensions as an alternative to moving. That’s...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Annual house price growth remains strong but it has slowed significantly according to the Nationwide. Prices dropped 0.2 per cent on average...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Boomin co-founder Kenny Bruce says the UK economy should now be opening up thanks to the success of the Coronavirus vaccines. In...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News
As part of our third PayProp Special Report on COVID-19 rental arrears in the UK, we surveyed over 600 agents, tenants...
30 January 2021
From: Features
As we now find ourselves in the UK’s third national lockdown in 10 months, what tenants want, and need from their...
30 January 2021
From: Features
Two mysterious online agencies have had their advertisements for the same property banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The agencies - Manchestersalerent and...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The pandemic has reignited the flagging country house market and boosted demand for larger homes with gardens, claims Savills. Larger country houses...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Buyer feedback is a key resource for agents who want to keep on top of market changes and so handle vendors’...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Firstly, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Lockdown 2, as it’s being known, is now with us, but fortunately...
07 November 2020
From: Features
Clear communication and common-sense actions by landlords, letting agents and students at the start of a tenancy can drastically improve the...
31 October 2020
From: Features
It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
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
For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...
12 September 2020
From: Features
A leading agent says the government’s new Coronavirus clampdown from Monday will push more home owners to sell. Caspar Harvard-Wills, a partner at...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...
01 September 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
The share of owners putting their homes on the market within five years of buying is rising again according to an...
11 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
Zoopla says while there may be speculation about people fleeing London and big urban areas for the countryside, the evidence suggests...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News
The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...
20 June 2020
From: Features
How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...
06 June 2020
From: Features
There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...
09 May 2020
From: Features
Housing minister Chris Pincher is drawing up guidelines which could allow agents to return to something like normal working in the near...
03 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Based on our historical data over twenty years of nationwide operation and a survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, we estimate...
04 April 2020
From: Features
A legal challenge by HM Revenue and Customs has stopped a bid to secure a stamp duty discount on a property. The...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News
A new portal has been launched aiming to take on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket in the retirement property sector - and...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News
As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....
16 November 2019
From: Features
This is stating the obvious to estate agents but the government has revealed that homes near parks, gardens, playing fields and...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News
The Nationwide building society is to go into house building. It has received planning permission to build 239 new homes for sale...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Friday is Agents Do Charity day and as the country enjoys the delights of Wimbledon and rues the Lionesses' departure from...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News
A homeowner in London has won a legal case against a chartered surveyor who failed to identify Japanese knotweed during a...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Consultation closes today on a Law Commission proposal to radically reshape leasehold and the Right To Manage. Right To Manage was introduced...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Research by HouseSimple suggests that over 31 per cent of homes currently on sale in major UK towns and cities have...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Welcome to another ADC, the weekly round-up each Friday of agents’ great fund-raising work. This week we show the diversity of charitable...
05 April 2019
From: Breaking News
A statement this morning from the government says that property details must use Imperial Measurements after Britain leaves the EU. The Imperial...
01 April 2019
From: Breaking News
The latest Rightmove price index suggests that homes are at their most affordable level for some years thanks to wage growth...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News
You know the shiver you get when the portal reps call you out of the blue? That cold sweat in the...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Zoopla has once again released its list of the costliest streets in the UK - but for the second year running...
27 September 2018
From: Breaking News
The perils of property competitions and raffles have once again been demonstrated, this time with the Advertising Standards Authority upholding three...
26 September 2018
From: Breaking News
We’ve all heard the comments - the countryside is being covered in concrete, new houses are springing up everywhere, our green...
25 September 2018
From: Breaking News
As our minds turn to autumn, here’s a reminder that Estate Agent Today is on hand to help with your agency’s...
17 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
In recent weeks, you could have been forgiven for thinking that you’re not actually in the UK. Flash floods aside, the...
23 June 2018
From: Features
Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - and just because it’s half term, don’t think the industry has...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News
Thanks very much to everyone getting in touch to publicise their efforts for good causes: we’re always delighted to help. Just let...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News
With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...
22 July 2017
From: Features
It has been announced that Uber, the taxi company, has teamed up with build to rent firm, Moda Living, to ‘revolutionise renting’. This...
31 May 2017
From: Breaking News
As Dataloft’s home town and having been declared the best place to live, we needed no further excuse to have a...
27 May 2017
From: Features
The Liberal Democrats have set a building target of 300,000 new homes a year, have pledged to scrap housing association Right...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News
The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...
24 March 2017
From: Features
Over 168,000 new homes were completed in the year to March 2016, according to data released by the government, over 15,500...
28 January 2017
From: Features
Fraser & Co is opening a new office in the City of London, despite gloomy reports from other agencies about the...
09 January 2017
From: Breaking News
Auction rooms across the UK are filled with people looking to buy property, from bargain hunters to seasoned investors, ensuring that...
22 October 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
Prime London agency Lurot Brand claims to have set a record sale price for a traditional London mews street in the...
26 April 2016
From: Breaking News
The service charges for new-build flats coming on to the market this year are on average 96 per cent higher than...