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Detached homes in Wales are the slowest property types to sell across the UK and take an average of 92 days...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss how the digital realm is transforming Estate Agency. The...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A shareholder of Foxtons believes the agency could be worth £300m if sold today - substantially above its existing market capitalisation...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A veteran PropTech figure with extensive experience of working at leading estate and sales agencies has told the government to act...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The number of new sellers coming to the market is up by 12% compared to this time a year ago, and...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
It’s tempting to think that Michael Gove’s proposed clampdown on Airbnb-style short lets is a uniquely British form of small-mindedness, part...
20 April 2024
From: Features
The new financial year is often an opportunity to get organised for the year ahead. For self-employed property professionals who are...
20 April 2024
From: Features
Strike remained in the red in the run up to its acquisition of Purplebricks last year and has new financial backing...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has urged the Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members. Responding to a call for evidence...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Savills has strengthened its residential sales team in Hertfordshire with the appointment of a new director to lead its Rickmansworth office. Steven...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...
30 March 2024
From: Features
Both 'beauty' and ‘gentle density’ are central themes of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).. The notes which accompany the NPPF state...
23 March 2024
From: Features
Propertymark has welcomed the appointment of the new leader of Welsh Labour and subsequently First Minister for Wales Vaughan Gething. The agency...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
As you begin the process of property transactions in the UK, it's important to understand potential pitfalls that may result in...
16 March 2024
From: Features
My Auction has merged with Bamboo Auctions to form one of the largest online auction providers in the UK. Rocket Auctions, a newly...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
As the Group HR Director of LRG – an organisation of over 3,000 employees – and perhaps more importantly, as a...
09 March 2024
From: Features
Agents are hopeful of support for the property market in today’s Spring Budget. It could be the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s final fiscal...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A former pub landlord has been appointed a new franchisee to take over Winkworth’s Worthing office on the South Coast. Nathan Wright...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS Group has scheduled a Big Postcode Reveal event in April to detail winners of its latest award category. The Best...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The negative effects of higher mortgage rates on affordability were overestimated throughout 2023, TwentyCi claims. The property data firm highlights that house...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has revised its house price forecasts and said it now expects average values to rise this year rather than...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Happy New Year and welcome to what’s looking like a busy - perhaps even hectic - 2024! I thought it worth running...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
In the current challenging market, housebuilders are increasingly looking for novel and engaging means of marketing to achieve the necessary supply/demand...
13 January 2024
From: Features
Winkworth's network completed sales for the year fell by some 19% in 2023, the agency franchise brand has revealed but it...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Keller Williams has expanded its content and insights partnership with Dataloft after a successful trial period. The brand said 20 agents have...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Landowners seeking to sell their land for development will have to adjust their expectations as the market, the planning system and...
30 December 2023
From: Features
The Able Agent has launched a Consumer Protection Regulations (CPR) guidance short course to support agents amid new Trading Standards material...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The 2023 Autumn Budget, amongst its considerable 110 growth measures, contained an important announcement for the property sphere, with £3 million...
16 December 2023
From: Features
A new product has launched that protects homeowners from the growing threat of property-related frauds. Title Guardian is an app that monitors...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
GetAgent has been ordered to make its marketing claims clearer following a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The advertising watchdog...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The number of agents reporting listings selling for under asking price has hit its highest level this year as Propertymark warns...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Reservation agreement provider Gazeal has partnered with Optimus, Landmark’s panel of conveyancers to offer its services as an option for home...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
SmartSearch looks at the importance of incorporating Source of Funds checks into KYC processes It is no secret that the UK property...
29 November 2023
From: Features
The market share of self-employed agents has grown by a third in the past year and by 500% since 2018 even...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A proposed cut in stamp duty by the Westminster government would be a welcome boost to homebuyers and would need to...
27 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Chestertons, one of the UK’s oldest estate agencies, has been sold to a European real estate services and technology group. The buyer...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
After a steady increase in mortgage rates, concerns about house prices have been rising too. The Financial Times reported in mid...
21 October 2023
From: Features
Adding value to a home can be the difference between a quick, successful sale and waiting months for the right person...
07 October 2023
From: Features
Homes in England are less affordable and in worse condition than those in most other developed nations, new research claims. Analysis from the...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The “ticking time bomb” of Help to Buy repayments could be set to explode due to the cost of living crisis,...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Higher agency fees and the end of pandemic support boosted Zoopla’s revenue in 2022. The portal’s annual accounts for the year to...
28 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Fixer-upper homes have become the most in-demand properties, Rightmove claims. The portal has analysed the home features that are driving the most...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A recent analysis of the UK property market by Zoom Property Buyer reveals that detached houses have seen the most significant...
23 September 2023
From: Features
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
22 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Introduced to Parliament in May, the Renters (Reform) Bill seeks to improve the private rental sector for both tenants and landlords....
15 September 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Sprift has launched a new competitor analysis tool for agents using its services. A new market insights dashboard will provide users with...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...
12 September 2023
From: Sponsored Content
The Government is facing calls to resurrect the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme. The housing support scheme, which provided a Government-backed...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Arun Estates has unveiled plans to close six Douglas Allen branches as it moves agents in the East London region to...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks co-founder Kenny Bruce has returned to the estate agency world. Bruce, who helped launch Purplebricks with his brother Michael as well...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS Group has launched an ‘app’ style version of its platform for smartphones. ESTAS Mobile offers all the functionality of the...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A new estate agency has benefited from a grant scheme run by multinational company Tata Steel. Lincolnshire estate agent Grahame Barratt-Needham has...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Ben Madden has outlined further plans for his Agents MVMT initiative and the Pass the Syrup podcast. Madden, of Fine & Country...
01 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...
30 August 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Mortgage lenders are at last cutting their rates on some deals, confident that the Bank of England’s base rate may rise...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
An estate agency with a major new homes department claims new build sales are proving more resilient than the mainstream market. Leaders...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The process from a Local Plan allocation to a digger on site typically stretches beyond the length of a five-year political...
12 August 2023
From: Features
Retail queen Stacey Cartwright will succeed Nicholas Ferguson as chair of Savills from December 31 - but she inherits a company...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors housing market snapshot shows the increasing damage being wrought by high interest rates. The RICS...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Client onboarding and verification tool LandmarkAgent has announce a strategic partnership with CRM provider Street.co.uk. The collaboration will enable agency users to...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The share price of LSL Property Services dropped around 16 per cent at one point yesterday following a profits warning given...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket is to launch a six-part podcast series aimed at demystifying the home moving process for less experienced property seekers. It comes...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
More than one in four estate agents are unsatisfied with the property portals that they use, according to a new survey. An...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
29 July 2023
From: Features
In his latest column, Jonathan Rolande, founder of House Buy Fast, explains how those working in the sector can beat the...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
According to research, the average cost of home insurance was £300 in 2022 – a record low. However, this could increase...
22 July 2023
From: Features
Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...
17 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
According to the latest English Housing Survey, there were 495,000 second homes in the UK in 2018/19 – a figure said...
15 July 2023
From: Features
CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...
11 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill was finally introduced in Parliament in May, but is it really good news for tenants? Several...
08 July 2023
From: Features
Here’s the news you don’t normally get to hear about - the agency industry in full swing doing good work. If you’ve...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...
05 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
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
With the Bank of England’s rate rise to five per cent, soaring rents, and the cost-of-living crisis, now is the time...
24 June 2023
From: Features
The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his take on a manic week for the property market. I dearly hope I...
16 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Almost 400,000 borrowers on low-rate mortgage deals are in for a shock when their products expire this year, Equifax has warned. Analysis...
13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Agency-backed anti-money laundering platform Thirdfort is celebrating reaching 1m downloads of its app. Thirdfort, backed by Knight Frank, Chestertons and Savills’ proptech...
06 June 2023
From: Breaking News
New research shows that while the UK homebuyers are paying far more than those in many other countries, the properties they...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Prestige and Village, the premium property agency firm, are continuing their drive to recruit more estate agents as part of their...
30 May 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Sustainability has become a watch word for businesses the world over but there’s one element of this equation that is too...
27 May 2023
From: Features
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
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
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heather Staff and it says Co-Founder of Street Group...
18 May 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
Strike chief executive Sam Mitchell has said he is looking forward to building a “new force” in the property industry after...
18 May 2023
From: Breaking News
In simple terms, as you are probably aware, ‘lenders’ are the organisations who loan you something, in this case money to...
17 May 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Amidst mounting regulatory pressure and the escalating threat of financial crime, property firms must embrace innovation to protect themselves and their...
13 May 2023
From: Features
Industry veteran Michael Day is marking 20 years since setting up his Integra Property Services consultancy and training business. The brand now...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords are exiting the market in droves. According to an accountancy firm who analysed HMRC data, 70,000 buy-to-let landlords left the sector...
29 April 2023
From: Features
Made Snappy is offering Forever Tours that can be white-labelled by agents for their vendors to download and keep. The virtual tour...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Landmark Information Group has unveiled a series of open, accessible and standardised digital hubs that aim to connect parts of the...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents will receive automatic updates for ‘on market’ and ‘sold/let’ by area under the latest innovation from prospecting tool, Spectre. It will assist...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Keller Williams (KW) UK chief executive Ben Taylor has announced a “significant expansion plan” for the UK network but has said...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Agents Giving: Entries are now open for...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Eight agents were excluded from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme during the first quarter of 2023 including collapsed online brand Doorsteps for...
06 April 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
Considering the cost it takes to get a lead – from advertising to PR to relationship building – could you be...