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Propertymark has launched a new working relationship with the Belvoir Group to help further improve standards and enhance financial protection for...

Former NAEA Propertymark President Stephen McCarron has questioned if agents should be held responsible for clients losing out from overvalued properties. Speaking...

Propertymark has named its new chairperson and board members during its annual general meeting. Succeeding Propertymark’s, Nicky Heathcote, Bill Butler has been...

Propertymark has released details of a panel featuring several industry heavyweights at its much anticipated conference in June. Founder of emoov-turned-property-pundit and...

House price growth slowed in August but remains in double digits, Nationwide figures have revealed. The lender’s August House Price Index shows...

Propertymark Qualifications has added two industry veterans to its board. Jan Hytch, residential and operations partner for Arnold Keys and Katie Griffin,...

Propertymark has rebranded its charitable arm. Its members charity Arbon Trust unveiled a new identity and vision at the trade body’s national...

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...

NAEA Propertymark’s new president Stephen McCarron has said he intends to focus on making agency an attractive option for school leavers...

Outgoing NAEA Propertymark president Liana Loporto has shared her regrets that she didn’t see the Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) rules...

A best-selling author and ex-military wellness culture revolutionary have been named as headliners for this year’s NAEA Propertymark conference. Dr Andy Cope...

Two senior agency figures have suggested there is more work needed to level the playing field for women in the sector. The...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Three of the leading industry content specialists are set to gather on stage together for what is believe to be the...

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

Property events and functions are now back in full swing, with 2022 likely to be the first ‘normal’ year for this...

The annual NAEA Propertymark national conference is back in 2022. “The NAEA Propertymark National Conference is such an exciting event where property...

Christmas - time for a much-needed rest for our industry after getting through a workload which reached almost unprecedented levels in...

In this piece, Tom Davis, press officer at Propertymark, explores the debate surrounding a locked or open-door policy, and whether the...

Record numbers of properties sold above asking price in August, agents claim. Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that despite the summer lull,...

Propertymark says confusion over new stamp duty rules has led to a surge in fall-throughs. Since April 1 homes bought in England...

NAEA Propertymark says there’s no appetite that it can see amongst its representatives across the UK for charging people £30 for...

New NAEA Propertymark president Liana Loporto-Brown has assumed office, hoping to reset the organisation after a tumultuous year. In February chief executive...

For the second time in two working days, a report suggests that ever-higher numbers of buying are paying over the asking...

Last weekend we spoke with Liana Loporto, NAEA Propertymark’s president, in an exclusive interview. Here we follow that up with an...

NAEA Propertymark says the news that two major players in the leasehold sector have reformed their activities must be just the...

In the first of a two-part special with the presidents of the UK’s largest property trade organisation, we carry out an...

Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...

An all-time record high of one in three properties sold for more than the original asking price last month. This is according...

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...

The new Mayor of London, to be decided in an election tomorrow, has just received a six point set of demands...

One in six properties sold for over the original asking price last month, higher than the proportion in February and another sign...

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...

Propertymark has chosen YoungMinds as its charity partner of the year.  YoungMinds is dedicated to ensuring every young person gets the mental...

NAEA Propertymark says a record number of transactions are taking four months to move from offer to exchange. The organisation says this...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to offer a formal agency qualification as it goes increasingly on the offensive in a...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

The new chief executive of Propertymark has declined to answer questions relating to the resignation of the NAEA president only half...

Mystery over the unusual nature of the resignation of the NAEA President, announced last weekend, has deepened in the past 24...

NAEA Propertymark President Kirsty Finney has quit just six months into her year in office. An email was sent to the association's members...

A 10-point ’must have’ list of demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget on March 3 has been issued by NAEA Propertymark. It’s...

REACH, a programme encouraging start-ups in the property world, has released a list of UK companies that will feature in its...

A large majority of estate agents fear a surge in 'failed sales’ as the stamp duty holiday cliff edge gets ever-closer. The latest National...

Propertymark, combining both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents, claims to speak for the...

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

Following a turbulent 2020 in which the property market and the professionals working within it excelled in the face of unprecedented...

Propertymark has told the government that it needs to introduce overarching regulation of agents now, because existing piecemeal provisions are unmanageable...

Agents and property experts have reacted angrily to the government's refusal to extend the stamp duty holiday. The government has told campaigners that...

NAEA Propertymark has written to the Scottish Government demanding it extend the current Land and Buildings Transaction Tax holiday - the...

A petition has been launched demanding a stamp duty holiday extension. The online petition is the idea of Jonathan Steel - a layperson...

The industry regulator who comes into force when the Regulation of Property Agents’ recommendations are adopted may take over versions of...

Mark Hayward, who was scheduled to retire at the end of this month, is to stay on at NAEA Propertymark as...

NAEA Propertymark has renewed its warning that a cliff-edge threatens housing market stability as the stamp duty holiday ends. The organisation’s outgoing chief...

So, we’re back to where we were in the spring, more or less. England is in a national lockdown again to...

The agency industry’s new leaders for the coming year have expressed strong support for reform recommendations promoted by the Regulation of...

With a new President elected and the old one reluctant to move out, this is a good time to see how...

A leading firm of conveyancers will this week tell new clients that their property purchases are likely to miss the stamp...

A leading board member of NAEA Propertymark warns a small number of rogue agents continue to flout anti-money laundering regulations - and...

There’s one key takeaway for agents from the weekend’s announcements on the next England-wide lockdown - the housing market is staying...

“I’ve got 47 years of experience as an agent. Do I still have to get a qualification?” asked one attendee at...

The housing market’s recovery will be threatened with drastic consequences for buyers and sellers if the stamp duty holiday isn’t extended beyond...

The mandatory qualifications expected of agents have not been forgotten and will come into effect in two or three years. That’s the...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been told to avoid a stamp duty holiday cliff-edge next March at any price - because it...

A progress report on the Regulation of Property Agents recommendations will be made today by a key RoPA committee member, Mark...

The outgoing chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning that the sales system continues to struggle with...

The National Association of Estate Agents wants the government to initiate a mortgage guarantee scheme to encourage more 95 per cent...

The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind the recommendation of Trading Standards that agents must by law be...

Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that in August, some 13 per cent of properties sold for more than the original asking...

The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...

NAEA Propertymark has written a letter to Housing Minister Christopher Pincher, asking what measures the government is taking to get more...

As many in the industry will know, Ian Westerling passed away last week at the age of 51: he was a...

The National Association of Estate Agents is inviting members to join a panel reviewing new PropTech produced as a result of...

NAEA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a Competitions and Markets Authority investigation into whether consumer protection law has been broken...

The new president of NAEA Propertymark says one of her key objectives for the year ahead is to prepare the industry...

If yet more proof were needed of the housing boom this summer, NAEA Propertymark says its sales agreed data suggests a...

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...

New guidance on face coverings for agents working in branches, and for those dealing directly with visitors, was issued last evening. A statement...

NAEA Propertymark is calling on agents to show “greater diligence” when dealing with Russian buyers, in the light of the report...

More than 24 hours after the government's announcement about the compulsory wearing of facemasks by shoppers in England, and there is...

NAEA Propertymark is partnering with a service called REACH UK, to promote selected PropTech start ups to agents who may need...

The latest guidance from the government on the next phase of the HS2 high-speed railway confirms the previous demand that vendors...

The Black Lives Matter debate has reached the property industry with some agents dropping the term ‘Master bedroom’ from descriptions. The Times...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

The chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents, Mark Hayward, is to retire at the end of this year.  The...

A new estate agency Code of Practice is to be written by a group set up by the Royal Institution of Chartered...

Few figures for the housing market can be truly representative in the current circumstances but NAEA Propertymark’s latest snapshot is showing...

In a video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to Mark Hayward, managing director of NAEA Propertymark about...

NAEA Propertymark is advising agents to continue measures to allow them to operate if a second wave of Coronavirus hits later...

The chief executive of NAEA Propertymark says he expects specific government guidance later this week for estate agents to return to...

There’s been a surge in buyers wanting to view properties - but agents must sit on their hands and wait for...

Details being presented to Parliament today may include information on how agents can return to work in some sort of ‘new normal.’ A 50...

There’s been a furious response to the agent who appears to have breached government rules by opening his branch to the...

NAEA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a formal written...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

Housing minister Chris Pincher is drawing up guidelines which could allow agents to return to something like normal working in the near...

NAEA Propertymark has today launched a campaign for the government to introduce what it calls a Property Sector Support Package. This would...

The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...