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Artificial Intelligence will not be taking over people’s jobs any time soon, as machine learning is trainable only with human input. The...
18 May 2024
From: Features
The task of obtaining material information is more difficult than it appears for estate agents, Rightmove has warned. The portal revealed in...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
It is now 8% cheaper to buy a property than to rent in the same area even despite higher mortgage rates,...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Another week and more good news for Rightmove. The company which estate agents love to hate has just announced it has...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
We were delighted to hold our first ESTAS Postcode Awards last Friday as part of our commitment to recognising service standards...
11 May 2024
From: Features
A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Managing tenant deposits is a crucial part of any letting agent’s responsibilities. Ensuring compliance with regulations and safeguarding both landlord and...
08 May 2024
From: Features
A stamp duty cut would see house prices go up and evictions soar, a property industry commentator claims. Reports in the past...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Typical consumer spending on mortgages and rents increased 3.6% in April – the first increase in the rate of growth since...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Choosing the right prospecting software can be the difference between finishing the year on a high or finishing it below target. Although...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Just as the Nationwide showed the impact of rising mortgage costs on house prices, so another raft of lenders have made...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Sky News is reporting that up to 30 Conservative MPs are threatening to rebel against the government’s approach to ground rents...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Only realistic sellers willing to negotiate prices are successful in the current market, says one of the country’s leading estate agents. The...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s been a significant rise in the number of so-called Suspicious Activity Reports concerning money laundering and the agency industry. Suspicious Activity...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A specialist lender is reintroducing a suite of mortgage products aimed at what it call “overlooked customers”. It turns out these are...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A locally-owned property portal called Propertynews says it’s signed up over 40 more agents to list properties since New Year. More than...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A coalition of organisations representing consumers, financial institutions and energy suppliers has written to the Department for Energy Security and Net...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent estate agent has started an online petition to reverse stamp duty so it is paid by the vendor, not...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has unveiled new headline partners for 2024. Reapit and PayProp will become the Headline...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Higher mortgage rates are a drag on house price growth says Zoopla - and it’s produced startling figures to prove it. The...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
UK house prices may be broadly static but sales volumes are up 12% year on year according to Zoopla data out...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
An expert says a change in Stamp Duty Land Tax, coming into effect on June 1, will alter how investors and...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The cost of housing continues to be a major concern to the majority of adults in the UK, according to the...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
We all know that first-time buyers have had a tough time of it lately. Mad mini-budgets resulting in higher interest rates...
27 April 2024
From: Features
Last weekend a story by The Sunday Times’ Deputy Political Editor indicated that the Government is proposing implementing a £250 cap...
27 April 2024
From: Features
The Propertymark Trust has launched Prop X, its first-ever fundraising event, scheduled for Birmingham in September. A statement from the trade body...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
An analysis by Rightmove reveals that the average interest rate for a two year fixed mortgage at 95% loan to value...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
An agent with 15 years experience at high end agencies Hamptons and Knight Frank has joined a self-employed brokerage brand. Sally Jane...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents Giving says its Fundraising Champions of the Year Awards 2024 are now open for entries. You can enter the awards yourself...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
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...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A report in the Times newspaper says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is planning a stamp duty cut in the early autumn. The paper...
22 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
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
You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...
19 April 2024
From: Sponsored Content
A new analysis of the cost-of-moving suggests that the typical seller will incur expenses of £5,867 - and that rises hugely...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The jargon and complicated house moving process is deterring as many as 2.2m owners from entering the market, claims Zoopla. The portal...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A US real estate brokerage is heading to the UK, with plans to target those looking for a holiday home across...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Material information requirements should be seen by agents as a positive change, a Trading Standards investigator has claimed. Speaking to The Guild...
11 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
Average house prices fell on a monthly basis for the first time since September 2023 during March as higher mortgage rates...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
2023 was the highest year on record for ‘rental scam’ searches in the UK, with an increase of 11% from 2022...
06 April 2024
From: Features
In a recent panel discussion at The Guild of Property Professionals' conference I highlighted the pressing challenges faced by estate agents...
06 April 2024
From: Features
House prices dipped on a monthly basis during March but annual growth improved, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Interesting report this week in Estate Agent Today on an analysis by the Resolution Foundation thinktank which suggests that the UK’s...
30 March 2024
From: Features
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
Agency staff owed money from the collapse of Douglas & Gordon last year will be repaid, the brand’s administrator has said,...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The UK’s housing stock offers the worst value for money of any advanced economy, new research suggests. Analysis by the Resolution Foundation...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Further estate agency regulation won’t be too expensive for the industry, Lord Best has said. Lord Best, who led the Regulation of...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
To commemorate PayProp’s 20th year in business, Estate Agent Today’s Lee Dahill took a walk down memory lane with Neil Cobbold,...
23 March 2024
From: Features
The best news for the property sector to come from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget statement came not from any fiscal...
20 March 2024
From: Features
A baby born today will need to earn £95,121 to get on the property ladder, research suggests. The analysis forecasts that the...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The gap between the price a seller wants and what a buyer is willing to pay is at risk of widening,...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents faced more complaints and paid out higher levels of redress last year, industry data shows. Annual figures from the Property Redress...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Any estate agency will have noticed the rise of the “personal agent” in the industry, with interesting propositions from eXp, The...
16 March 2024
From: Features
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
Last week the Government published new housing data which has largely gone unreported. The vacuum was probably linked to the Budget, and...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Single first-time buyers need to save for almost 6.5 years or 76 months to raise a 10% deposit and cover moving...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has secured agreements from eight freeholders to remove “problematic ground rent” terms from leases. The competition...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Government has given local authorities powers to double the council tax charged on long-term empty homes after 12 months. The time...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss the evolution of Estate Agency Software. For a long...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Now the dust has settled on what many described as an ‘underwhelming’ Budget, we take a look at what two business...
09 March 2024
From: Features
The CEO of leading Scottish property portal ESPC, Paul Hilton shares why a discerning pricing strategy can improve the prospects of...
09 March 2024
From: Features
When the Chancellor stood up to deliver the Spring Budget on Wednesday, those of us in the property business could be...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents would be happy to pay for regulation but the sector should be wary of costs, a Propertymark executive has told...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The level of mortgage approvals for home-movers hit the lowest level since the 1970s amid the cost of living crisis in...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The CEO of leading Scottish property portal ESPC shares why a discerning pricing strategy can improve the prospects of your property...
02 March 2024
From: Features
There are often very grim snapshots of the current property crisis. But one of the most shocking I’ve read in a long...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Government’s proposal to introduce a new 1% deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder is unworkable...
24 February 2024
From: Features
Dave Sayce, Founder and Managing Director of Compare My Move, reflects on the legal changes that will make leasehold purchase more...
24 February 2024
From: Features
Every year the media writes a lot about house price crashes, and often pose the question whether this is the year...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Properties favoured by first-time buyers are typically selling for an average of 8% or £20,300 below the local market average, Zoopla...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has joined growing calls for the Bank of England to cut interest rates. Interest rates have been held at 5.25% since...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Older borrowers were deterred by high mortgage rates last year, bank data suggests. Quarter four figures from UK Finance show a 37.1%...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Last weekend, Levelling Up and Housing Secretary, Michael Gove wrote in the Sunday Times that the nation’s housing crisis was so...
17 February 2024
From: Features
Conveyancers shouldn’t give buyers and sellers assurances about building safety remediations unless they are confident doing so, the Law Society has...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Back in 2013 the posh head of PR of a posh estate agency took me to a London restaurant (yes, posh)...
10 February 2024
From: Features
Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...
09 February 2024
From: Sponsored Content
In 1999 (yep) I set up some websites thinking I could generate leads from everyone in the world. I had an...
03 February 2024
From: Features
There are several pros to cohabitation, and it’s always a wonderful experience when you’re handed your set of keys as a...
03 February 2024
From: Features
Average house prices rose between December and January but a rapid rebound is unlikely, Nationwide has warned. The latest Nationwide House Price...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...
31 January 2024
From: Sponsored Content
The number of first-time buyers fell by a fifth last year but this cohort still made up the largest proportion of...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
It usually takes a scandal or a reshuffle to remove a Government minister so it came as a bit of a...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The emergence of the Digital property market represents the most profound shift for the industry itself since the advent of the...
31 January 2024
From: Features
Mortgage rates may be falling but tougher lending criteria is stifling many borrowers, including high earners. Research by Investec has found the...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Calling all self-employed property professionals! With only one week to go until the 31 January self assessment deadline, the 3.8 million people...
27 January 2024
From: Features
Branches may be closing but the number of estate agency businesses has increased by 2% across the UK over the past...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The housing sector remains locked in a buyers’ market and prices are unlikely to rise nationally this year, Zoopla claims. While some...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Labour Party has proposed introducing 25-year fixed term mortgages should it win the next General Election. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves suggested...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is hosting two important webinars this week to keep agents informed of important industry regulations. The agency trade body is hosting...
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
The liquidator of collapsed portal Boomin is investigating a sale of the portal's intellectual property to My Bespoke Room as its...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Some agents still appear unaware about their material information responsibilities, conveyancers claim. The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT)...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The news in September that Birmingham City Council (‘Europe’s largest local authority’) had been forced to issue a Section 114 notice...
06 January 2024
From: Features
As the world marches relentlessly forward to 2024, the government’s flagship legislation for the private rented sector (PRS) remains in limbo. This...
30 December 2023
From: Features
Mortgage lenders are expecting a quieter year for home loans in 2024. Forecasts from banking trade body UK Finance suggest lending for...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
As 2023 trundles towards the buffers and we look forward to our Christmas break, it is something of a seasonal phenomenon...
23 December 2023
From: Features
There are now less than 40 days until self-employed property professionals will need to submit their self-assessment tax return, and pay...