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The Law Society is exploring concerns that Propertymark's Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ) puts agents at risk of legal issues, Estate Agent...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Land is our greatest resource: one that has considerable potential to address society’s challenges. So, determining how land is used is...
10 February 2024
From: Features
Everyone’s a pundit these days, aren’t they? And January is pundit season – when a New Year starts, out come the...
20 January 2024
From: Features
Agents are hoping for further support for the housing market north of the border as the Scottish Government prepares to set...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
More families need a home they can call their own, the Housing Secretary Michael Gove has claimed. Speaking at the Tory Party...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
It’s not a sentence that I thought I would be writing, but Housing Secretary Michael Gove has indeed finally done something...
15 July 2023
From: Features
The number of property businesses in the UK has increased over the past five years despite economic challenges. Business owners have had...
06 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Homeowners must accept that 2023 will become “the year of the price drop”, a property expert claims. As Nationwide and Halifax data...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Is it really just a year ago that we were nervously wondering whether yet another Christmas would be Covid-affected? Little did we...
10 December 2022
From: Features
I can’t really write about anything else this week, can I? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have...
22 October 2022
From: Features
The latest research from property consultancy Knight Frank has set out which areas of the UK have the largest proportion of...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...
08 October 2022
From: Features
As I watched Liz Truss take to the stage at this week’s Conservative Party conference, my eyes were drawn to the sign behind her. “Getting Britain...
08 October 2022
From: Features
Analysis: What did Boris Johnson do for the UK property market during his 3 years as Prime Minister?
Time is up for Boris Johnson's tenure as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, serving 3 years and 44...
17 September 2022
From: Features
First off, my own quick tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Despite her age and declining...
10 September 2022
From: Features
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
A leading property association argues it won’t be long before we start to see house price growth slowing. According to the National...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
High-end estate agency Savills has posted a mixed set of half-year results, with revenue up to over £1 billion but the property...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The last week has been dramatic even by the standards of UK politics, with a Cabinet and junior minister rebellion bringing...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
02 July 2022
From: Features
Right now, one topic seems to be dominating talk in the industry. Everywhere I go people tend to quiz me about...
25 June 2022
From: Features
It has been six years since the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU). Political and economic debate continues to rumble...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Fewer foreign buyers are purchasing property in the UK, anti-money laundering data suggests. The property market has been hampered in recent years...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The Prime Minister has tonight won a confidence vote in his leadership and hung on to his premiership. After a dramatic day at...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
In retrospect, it was perhaps inevitable that the infamous dead cat would come into the debate over government housing targets and...
21 May 2022
From: Features
What a difference two months and some local elections make. Cast your minds back to March 9 and the annual report of...
07 May 2022
From: Features
Buyer demand has rebounded in prime areas of the capital and there is also talk of a return to competitive bidding. The...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly are due to be held on 5 May and agents are hoping that housing remains...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s easy to overestimate the importance of something in one’s own industry or work, but there seems good reason for believing...
23 April 2022
From: Features
A property expert has predicted that mortgage applicants are likely to find it 'much harder' to be approved for loans as...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A French billionaire who made his money from estate agency is promising to transform the UK property industry with his unique...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News
An estate agency says London’s sales market is now at its busiest since the Brexit referendum in mid-2016. Douglas & Gordon, sold by...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News
If you want to sex-up the Chancellor’s financial statement scheduled for lunchtime on Wednesday, you’d call it a Budget or a...
19 March 2022
From: Features
A Canadian investment fund with a roughly two per cent share in Foxtons is arguing for the agency to be put...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Buying agency Stacks Property Search is reporting g rising buyer demand for wrecks requiring significant levels of renovation. The agency says that...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News
An estate agency has announced what it calls a ‘Global Citizenship Division’ to take advantage of a surge in interest for...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A consultation exercise on government proposals for its business rates review is totally “underwhelming” according to property agency Colliers. The consultation ends...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Here’s the odd thing about interest rates - we all care about them, but they don’t directly affect that many people...
05 February 2022
From: Features
22 January 2022
From: Features
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
Buyers typically pay 10.8 per cent extra for chain-free properties than for similar homes with chains, according to new research. Website GetAgent...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Fine & Country says it’s celebrating the launch of offices in 12 new locations across Spain this year. The brand says that...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News
As 2021 draws to a swift close, there is much speculation about what 2022 will have to offer. Despite the emergence of...
18 December 2021
From: Features
Every year we at EAT are impressed by the pleasingly political festive cards sent out by the STANLEY Chelsea agency -...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...
04 December 2021
From: Features
It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...
17 November 2021
From: Features
I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...
13 November 2021
From: Features
We have all heard the terrible forecasts and listened to Sir David Attenborough’s speeches on the environment and the “we still...
30 October 2021
From: Features
Rightmove is warning that it’s “highly likely” interest rates will rise in the near future. The portal believes this now seems inevitable...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Rising inflation triggered by the supply chain crisis following Brexit and the pandemic may undermine recent house price gains according to...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS Forum scheduled for the morning of the annual awards ceremony on October 22 has been postponed - but the...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading business consultancy is warning that supply chain shortages as a result of Brexit and the pandemic will push up...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News
By the time I next write this column, we’ll be just days before the next Budget and Autumn Statement. So I’ll...
02 October 2021
From: Features
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
Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...
22 September 2021
From: Features
Volume house builder Taylor Wimpey has announced a pre-tax profit for the first half of this year of £287.5m - and...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News
New data shows the strongest quarter for new build home registrations since 2007. According to NHBC, the new home warranty and insurance...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Foxtons’ chairman and longest-serving board member is to stand down at the end of this year at the latest, after a...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The industry is braced for more anti-money laundering compliance processes according to a risk consultancy. LexisNexis Risk Solutions claims its survey shows...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Average house prices have risen by £29,000 over the course of the stamp duty holiday as house price annual inflation hits...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News
In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The property market is currently in a unique position where the number of house hunters looking for their next home is...
19 June 2021
From: Features
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
Prices in prime central London grew by 0.3 per cent in the year to May - tiny rise but a significant...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...
05 June 2021
From: Features
A gradual increase in the supply of homes coming to the market means the stellar price rises of recent months are...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Shock price rises in materials are set to make new build homes more expensive if a warning from leading industry figures...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
An assessment by a risk solutions firm shows that estate agents are on average just 53 per cent of the way...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Data consultancy LonRes has given a typically upbeat assessment of the Prime London sales market - despite the effects of Coronavirus...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Brexit means that the UK’s anti-money laundering laws are no longer governed by the European Union (EU), but any estate agents...
10 May 2021
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A prominent London agency says today’s new two per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on most overseas buyers will not dampen...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The UK is only the eighth most popular country for Asian investment buyers, and accounts for just three per cent of...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Agents will soon have a chance to hear a US motivational speaker described as one of the world’s most influential sales...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the chief figures behind Brexit and Boris Johnson’s role as London Mayor is now advising that stamp duty should be...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Estate agents have kept up the pressure on the Westminster government to consider some kind of tapered ending to the stamp...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News
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
There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...
23 January 2021
From: Features
By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...
16 January 2021
From: Features
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
A leading property law expert says agents with international clients in parts of Europe should prepare for additional processes which may...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A young estate agent - who by the age of 20 has already had a year working with Purplebricks - has...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Anthony Codling, the City analyst who made his name as a scourge of Purplebricks, says Brexit may be good news for the...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
02 January 2021
From: Features
House prices surged in December to post their fastest growth in six years, according to the Nationwide. Prices rose 7.3 per cent...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The Brexit deal agreed in dramatic form on Christmas Eve is one part of a cocktail eventually boosting the London market...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Ever since the initial ripples of innovation in the 1990s, PropTech has proceeded to reshape our market beyond recognition; going on...
19 December 2020
From: Features
Well, what a year it has been for everyone, including the property market. I don’t think there’s anyone out there who...
19 December 2020
From: Features
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
The coronavirus pandemic has somewhat eclipsed Brexit this year – which is no mean feat. Cast your mind back to pre-Covid...
12 December 2020
From: Features
Foxtons has this morning reported to shareholders that its sales revenue has improved - although both mortgage and lettings revenue have...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A prominent London agency says cash buyers are securing substantial discounts in prime areas of the capital. The biggest cash discount currently...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
In the six months to November there’s been a 79 per cent increase in sales of homes priced £5m to £10m says Knight...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
First off, hello and welcome to this new series – appearing in Estate Agent Today’s Breaking News section each month –...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A new survey of prime London property shows 21 per cent of homes on sale have had their asking prices cut...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Annual house price inflation is now running at 6.5 per cent according to the latest Nationwide index after a 0.9 per...
02 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
Watching the government’s surprise press conference a couple of weekends ago the message was clear; we were heading into a gruelling...