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A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

If you’re thinking about becoming an Estate Agency franchise or converting your existing estate agency business to a franchise, here we...

Verona Frankish has hit back at critics who claim fixed-fee agents who charge upfront fees have no motivation to sell. Frankish, chief...

Prime London property sales are taking longer to go through once under offer, which is creating a vicious cycle of fall-throughs,...

Foxtons has been backed by a senior analyst to return to its previous peak earnings. A note from Singer Capital Markets suggested...

Auction is gearing up for further growth with a traditional strong spring market anticipated off the back of a record-breaking quarter...

THE property sector has embraced technology and the enormous benefits that it can bring. Never was this more accurately demonstrated than during...

Estate agency regulation is needed to help improve the homebuying and selling process, MPs have been told. The first hearing of the...

Pattinson Estate Agency has acquired NS Bennett Estate Agents, a well-established estate agency in the North East town of Stanley and...

Estate agents and lettings agents have a legal obligation to protect themselves from money laundering and as such you must recognise...

It’s more than 100 days since global real estate tech giants CoStar Group acquired struggling property portal, OnTheMarket. If you cast your...

We were delighted to hold our first ESTAS Postcode Awards last Friday as part of our commitment to recognising service standards...

Price reductions fell to an 18-month low in April as transactions recover faster than prices, new industry data reveals. Figures from Hamptons,...

Agency stock has hit a three-year high but sales expectations have dipped as hopes of an imminent interest rate cut fade,...

Zoopla has kicked off an eight week marketing campaign to fend off the threat of OnTheMarket and to capitalise on the...

Market appraisal volumes dropped 7% in March according to Propertymark’s latest market snapshot, based on data from up to six weeks...

For most of us, estate agents are key when it comes to the biggest sales and purchases of our lives. With the...

The ValPal Network has partnered with agency software provider Street.co .uk. This will facilitate the integration of Street’s CRM with TVPN’s lead...

Yesterday we covered the story of self-employed estate agency brokerage eXp revealing three new agencies to have taken on the corporate...

A recent announcement by housing giants Persimmon has been heralded as a welcome boost to the property sector. In a trading update they...

Sky News is reporting that up to 30 Conservative MPs are threatening to rebel against the government’s approach to ground rents...

Alto is rolling out free Property Valuation Reports for agents.  The tool can be accessed directly from individual property record pages, and...

Only realistic sellers willing to negotiate prices are successful in the current market, says one of the country’s leading estate agents. The...

A locally-owned property portal called Propertynews says it’s signed up over 40 more agents to list properties since New Year. More than...

North East estate agency group My Property Box has welcomed Nicola Nicholson, Georgia Greenstreet and Georgia Richardson to its team following...

The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

The Iamproperty service says it’s seen £450m of sales in the first three months of 2024 - a record quarterly figure. Between...

Propertymark, the leading membership body for property agents has written to London Mayor candidates highlighting proposals to tackle the unique housing...

Some 36% of all homes which have had asking prices cut this year are now listed as sold subject to contract.  GetAgent...

The ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has unveiled new headline partners for 2024. Reapit and PayProp will become the Headline...

UK house prices may be broadly static but sales volumes are up 12% year on year according to Zoopla data out...

An expert says a change in Stamp Duty Land Tax, coming into effect on June 1, will alter how investors and...

We all know that first-time buyers have had a tough time of it lately. Mad mini-budgets resulting in higher interest rates...

The latest research by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed that while a rental property with a...

The JLL Prime Central London Index saw signs of improvement in the first quarter of this year, with 4.5% more properties...

The average price of a home in Wales fell to £229,263 in the first quarter of 2024, making this the fifth...

A property industry group has called for a reduction in the discounts available for council tenants buying their own home, after...

Detached homes in Wales are the slowest property types to sell across the UK and take an average of 92 days...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss how the digital realm is transforming Estate Agency.   The...

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

Would-be home-buyers are enjoying the highest level of spring-time choice of homes in five years says Zoopla. The portal claims that there...

Regional agency Mundys has snapped up a sales business, taking its branch total to five. It currently has two offices in Lincoln...

A shareholder of Foxtons believes the agency could be worth £300m if sold today - substantially above its existing market capitalisation...

A veteran PropTech figure with extensive experience of working at leading estate and sales agencies has told the government to act...

The number of new sellers coming to the market is up by 12% compared to this time a year ago, and...

The Guild of Property Professionals has chosen 20 new member agents in the first quarter of the year.  With the property market...

The vast majority of negligence claims against conveyancers are for relatively low sums of money, but the financial and reputational costs...

It’s taken eight years but one of London’s highest profile estate agencies says the value of its Under Offer pipeline has...

TV property guru, Move iQ founder and Estate Agent Today columnist Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One...

Martin & Co’s Tonbridge office has a new owner. Chatham-born Stephen Castellani has taken the reins from Robert Gordon-James and his wife...

Winkworth has revealed that it has not renewed franchises on offices “where our standards were not being met and results were...

The cost and time consuming nature of the house moving process is deterring older owners from downsizing, it’s been alleged. An upfront...

Chestertons Global has expanded into the Bermuda property market with a new affiliate, Realestate.bm. The brand will offer residential sales and lettings...

Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has appointed its first chief technology officer. Sophia Swain has been recruited to the board-level role. She comes from...

The most expensive streets to buy a home in the UK has been revealed. Unsurprisingly, it is in London on Buckingham Gate...

When we talk in general terms about the UK housing market, we tend to draw a picture of generality. Facts and figures...

The great grandson of the founder of Jackson-Stops has returned to the sales side of the industry after running his own...

The property market appears to be benefiting from the much-hoped for spring bounce, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors...

Lomond has announced its latest acquisition within the East Midlands, bolstering its John Shepherd brand following two recent acquisitions within the...

Estate agent earnings remain behind other salary and incentive based professions despite helping with sales of such an expensive asset when...

Propertymark has urged the Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members.  Responding to a call for evidence...

Alto has announced a new integration with secure messaging platform Tappter. Existing Alto customers can get seamlessly set up with Tappter to...

East Sussex brand Oakfield Estate Agents has acquired independent local operator Rowland Gorringe. It will be taking over the company’s offices in...

Savills has appointed industry specialist Victoria Garrett to the role of director of its global residential business, based in the firm’s...

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

A lack of urgency among buyers is hitting the higher value property markets, new research suggests. Analysis of prime London activity by...

Strutt & Parker has appointed Kraig Butler as director and head of residential saes in the consultancy’s Gerrards Cross office. It comes...

Savills has strengthened its residential sales team in Hertfordshire with the appointment of a new director to lead its Rickmansworth office. Steven...

Who says irony is dead? That Purplebricks, of all agencies, should promote the idea of a ‘BS-Tester’ to identify false promises by...

The term ‘time bomb’ is sometimes overly used in the housing market, and while it has been linked to many things...

In his third and final article in this 3-part series, David Beaumont looks at the legal statues of Material Information Guidance. ...

In a recent panel discussion at The Guild of Property Professionals' conference I highlighted the pressing challenges faced by estate agents...

Zoopla’s property announcement last week was welcome reading for many of us feeling a bit beleaguered by seller over-expectation, buyer lethargy...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

The Law Society is facing backlash from conveyancers after issuing new property information reforms that take account of Trading Standards’ material...

Sales agreed among Propertymark members hit a four-month high in February but the agency trade body has warned of a quieter...

The latest Voice of the Agent industry survey is set for release on 15 April. Marketing firm We Are Unchained surveyed 841...

Mortgage approvals rose for the sixth consecutive month in February and are at the highest level since September 2022, Bank of...

A well-known Surrey estate agent has rebranded. Burns & Webber is rebranding to adopt its parent company’s name Curchods. The four Burns &...

The share of homes purchased by first-time buyers so far this year has been pushed to record levels, but most are...

Estate agents are hopeful for a busy spring market after official data showed a small rise in property sales in recent...

Former global chief executive of Fine & Country Simon Leadbetter has joined home staging firm Lemon and Lime Interiors as fractional...

Stress tests are a valuable tool for measuring resilience and the Scottish residential property market was put through a fairly gruelling...

Many agents may perceive that the need to negotiate only comes into play at the point of offer if a property...

In this, the second of a three-part series, David Beaumont continues his critique of the new Material Information Guidance. There are 21...

Asking price discounts have hit their lowest levels since last summer as market activity improves across the board, Zoopla claims. The portal’s...

Lots of things change in the property sector - but one thing always seems to stay the same. For buyers and sellers,...

Waiting for a General Election is risky for sellers after the so-called Boris bounce in the property market failed to deliver...

Further estate agency regulation won’t be too expensive for the industry, Lord Best has said. Lord Best, who led the Regulation of...

UK-based estate agencies are being given the opportunity to list their properties on Century 21 Global, the brand’s global listings site. This...

In the first of a short series of articles, David Beaumont, managing director of Compliance Matters, casts a professional eye over...

Interest rates were held for the fifth consecutive time after the latest Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting yesterday. The...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

The number of sales agreed is on the rise and the Somerset town of Chard has become a new hotspot, Rightmove...

Two of national sales and lettings agency Martin & Co’s Oxfordshire branches are under new ownership. Experienced international property professional David Rebe...

The ripple effect of a property sale that falls through is, without exception, one of the most frustrating and disappointing events...

Buyer demand shot up in February, helped by a surge in ‘realistically priced’ property supply, research suggests. Data from TwentyEA shows the...

The UK Government should make better use of property taxes to deter foreign buyers, boost property supply and raise tax revenue,...

Happy birthday to us….and all members of the The ValPal Network! We are celebrating a decade in business and in those 10...

Average sold prices in prime London have returned to 2014 levels, research suggests. The latest market data from LonRes shows the prime...