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You don’t have to be a mind-reader to believe there will be a large majority Labour government by the end of...

Agents should be regulated to achieve the training and education they need to improve the property market as a whole, says...

An influential consumer body is demanding a complete overhaul of Energy Performance Certificates. Which? says that with millions of households across the...

Prominent housing and mortgage experts are downplaying the chance of an interest rate cut following the Bank of England monetary policy...

Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has named a second wave of estate agencies to adopt its new business model. The brand’s ‘brokerage’...

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...

Industry partner the Estate Agent Content Club (EACC) has announced a new chief executive, replacing high profile founder Jerry Lyons. Amanda Bower...

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

Purplebricks has launched launched a mortgage divison, known formally as Purplebricks Mortgages Limited This will see a team of more than 150...

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...

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

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association, have launched the...

The fast-growing high profile Hat and Home agency has joined the Guild of Property Professionals. Founded in December 2020, Hat and Home...

The Propertymark Trust has launched Prop X, its first-ever fundraising event, scheduled for Birmingham in September.  A statement from the trade body...

An agent with 15 years experience at high end agencies Hamptons and Knight Frank has joined a self-employed brokerage brand. Sally Jane...

The Able Agent - the online property training service which recently launched in Scotland - has now expanded to Wales as...

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...

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

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

You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

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...

ESPC has relaunched its SPC Property Practice certification, a unique accreditation course for solicitor estate agents. Developed with The Law Society of...

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...

Artificial intelligence-powered property search app Jitty is celebrating reaching the 10 10 ‘House & Home’ apps in the Google Play Store...

Agents are set to discover who has won the Best in Postcode accolades next week as part of a rejig of...

The Relocation Agent Network (RAN) has named Smart Compliance as a preferred supplier.  This partnership is a continuation of a collaboration that...

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 Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has been trialling property blockchain network Coadjute’s digital property data pack and smart forms and has...

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...

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

Connells Group has become the first estate agency brand to be named an accredited supplier by the New Homes Quality Board...

Landmark Information Group has been named as a principal partner for this year’s ESTAS Awards held in October. As part of this...

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

Connells Group has boosted its affordable housing offering after appoint Roy Hind as a director. Hind has been named affordable housing director...

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

Agency acquirer Lomond has recruited Tony Haran as its new head of residential development. He brings experience from both Knight Frank and...

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

Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

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

OneDome has launched a new advertising campaign along the theme of  '#PaperbagorOneDome'.  The campaign will feature mini campaigns that aim to humorously...

Everyone seems to be talking about artificial intelligence (AI) right now. It is an issue which has been bubbling under since Covid -...

Both 'beauty' and ‘gentle density’ are central themes of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).. The notes which accompany the NPPF state...

Kerfuffle-owned View Agents has launched a new partnership with EweMove. Ewemove agents will be able to use the reviews platform to highlight...

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

One of the founders of self-employed brand The Agency UK (TAUK) has set out hopes for the business to dominate the...

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

The increased focus on upfront material information could push up estate agency professional indemnity (PI) requirements, an industry trainer has warned. Michael...

The UK Residential division of agency and property brand Knight Frank has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer...

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered property portal Jitty has now expanded to Bristol and the surrounding areas. The app said it clocked over 3,000...

Savills has claimed most of the property markets It operates in are past “peak uncertainty” after posting lower revenues and profits...

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

My Auction has merged with Bamboo Auctions to form one of the largest online auction providers in the UK. Rocket Auctions, a newly...

The Residential Property Surveyors Association (RPSA) has announced an investigation to uncover the tensions between developers and surveyors on snagging. The trade...

Forget the Oscars, the biggest even in town last week was the Fine & Country International Annual Conference and Awards Gala. The...

OnTheMarket (OTM) has signed a listing agreement with Rettie, one of the UK's largest independent property services firms operating in Scotland...

Hamptons has launched a residential investment department led by Ashley Mason, who has returned to the brand after 12 years. Mason will...

The landmark deal between The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) and Belvoir was ‘inevitable’ and more acquisitions could be on the card,...

Only two out of five UK adults are aware of what conveyancing is, while the number for those who are already...

Home-moving platform the GoTo Group has been announced as a key partner of the Relocation Agent Network (RAN). RAN agents will gain...

London agent Martyn Gerrard has launched a new flagship office in Hampstead, expanding its presence across the capital. It follows the launch...

OneDome is expanding its flagship product HomeBuyer Service to include surveying.  The property platform said it now provides a full suite of...

In celebration of International Women's Day, Tunbridge Wells property services company Presence & Co. proudly spotlights the exceptional achievements of our...

Much of the focus may have been on the Spring Budget this week but a variety of charities have received support from...

Complete ASAP has launched a new package to help agents provide material information on listings. Agents already using the Complete or Instruct...

“I like finance. I find it intellectually interesting – there’s lots of numbers and that’s great.” That sentence coming out of the...

The complexities of the government’s leasehold reform proposals affecting millions of homeowners came under the spotlight at a seminar organised by...

There are often very grim snapshots of the current property crisis.  But one of the most shocking I’ve read in a long...

A home staging firm that partners with estate agents to present properties has secured financial backing. Lemon and Lime Interiors has received...

Outsourced property viewings and inspections provider Viewber is celebrating completing more than half a million appointments. Launched at the end of 2016...

A quarter of homebuyers have attempted to bribe sellers with everything from cash to kindness when trying to secure a property,...

OneDome is offering free digital know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) checks for estate agents using its various home buying services.  The...

Digital compliance specialist SmartSearch can help estate agents comply quickly and efficiently Around one in five estate agents are not registered for...

Dave Sayce, Founder and Managing Director of Compare My Move, reflects on the legal changes that will make leasehold purchase more...

More than a third of property professionals view the Spring Budget as an opportunity to boost new build and the first-time...

Hamptons expands into Andorra with new partnership Hamptons has launched a partnership with Roc Propietats Estate Agents in Andorra that will include...

Kerfuffle has revealed the winners of its Supplier of the Year awards The awards are based on agent reviews and net promoter...

Reading the news on Estate & Letting Agent Today every day (as I’m sure you all do, too), there appears to...

The rate of inflation remained at 4% in the 12 months to January, but housing costs remain high, Office for National...

Concerned homeowners and gardeners are frequently mistaking common garden plants such as bindweed, dogwood and lilac for highly invasive Japanese knotweed,...

Estate agency services provider Agent and Homes has appointed a professional investor and former asset manager as a non-executive director. Guy Bowles...

Kerfuffle has finalised the acquisition of agency reviews platform View Agents. With the acquisition of Kerfuffle founder Simon Whale said the brand’s...

A first-of-its-kind degree has launched that focuses on residential estate agency. The Swindon campus of the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has launched...

Knight Frank has launched a bespoke customer portal after 18 months of development. Coined ‘My Knight Frank,’ the firm says it is a digital customer experience platform, accessible...

A team of seasoned industry professionals with a combined experience of more than 140 years is set to launch a new...

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

The UK’s largest housebuilder has agreed a deal to acquire its rival Redrow. The £2.5bn deal, backed by both company boards, would...

An independent agency brand has become the latest firm to sign a listings agreement with CoStar-backed OnTheMarket. Edward Mellor, one of the...

The ESTAS Group has scheduled a Big Postcode Reveal event in April to detail winners of its latest award category. The Best...

Reapit has unveiled a range of artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives to support agents. The agency software provider has launched an AI-powered property...

London agent Martyn Gerrard has acquired Palmers Green-based estate and lettings agent Range Homes.   The deal, worth almost £1m, will see the...

LSL Property Services yesterday announced the completion of its acquisition of TenetLime  The property brand announced in August that it had acquired the mortgage...

Average house prices will fall 3.6% in the first quarter of the year, according to forecasts by reallymoving.com. The research is based...