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More acquisitions are being predicted at agency franchise group Belvoir. It comes as the listed brand yesterday reported record group revenue of...

Agents are being offered an easier way to offer 3D virtual viewings that could get homes listed more quickly. Spatial data technology...

Estate agents and conveyancers have agreed on better working relationships at the first collaborative event between the two professions. There has been...

Mystery surrounds the appointment of Purplebricks new chief executive following a stockmarket update this morning. Helena Marston was due to start as...

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...

Propertymark says only a national retrofitting programme  can make UK homes more energy efficient - and it says a new government...

Visual images are key for securing the quickest sales at the best prices, according to a formal estate agency chief who...

Savills suggests that London is returning to its role as the dominant element in the high end housing market in the...

A government aim to improve the home buying process by making Local Land Charge search results instantly available is well underway,...

A leading business analyst says that house prices may appear to be defying gravity but they will soon return to normality...

Foxtons chief executive Nic Budden is to take up the work of the chief operating officer too. In a statement to shareholders...

An estate agency is shutting for good today following the shock death of its young owner. Last week we reported that Ciaran...

One of the country’s leading estate agents has played down the significance of the latest house price index which at first...

A French billionaire who made his money from estate agency is promising to transform the UK property industry with his unique...

A number of pro-active conveyancers are joining a new conveyancing directory being set up by one of the leading figures in...

Rightmove has created a league table to identify where new buyer competition is hottest across the UK housing market. Across the country...

The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine continues to dominate the thoughts of our industry as this week’s ADC shows - a wonderful...

Sky News is reporting that Boomin, the portal founded by Purplebricks creator Michael Bruce, is close to finalising a new round...

Purplebricks say it’s going to complete its transformation from an agency using self-employed local operatives in the field, to having fully...

Buyers are focusing increasingly on green fixtures and fittings according to a new study. Insurance firm Aviva says the most in-demand features...

John D Wood - which along with Hamptons is regarded as the prime end of the suite of agency brands now...

A survey of 700 borrowers by a high net worth lender suggest almost four out of 10 have lost a mortgage...

More vendors are wanting to use property logbooks in a bid to speed their sales and reduce the risk of fall-throughs. That’s...

The introduction of a register of land owners has triggered concern from the agents’ trade body Propertymark.  A Register of Persons Holding...

Purplebricks has announced that chief financial officer Stephen Long has been given a shares bonus as part of the company’s performance plan...

New portal Boomin suggests it has “thousands” of agents who have signed up on a paid basis. The portal - which launched almost...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a property investment firm from using a letter claiming that it wanted to buy homes...

The ValPal Network, a PropTech supplier working with over 4,000 agency branches across the UK, has calculated the key hour for...

An estate agency which has already donated £50,000 to help the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, is now calling on other firms...

Demand in prime areas of London has fallen in the first quarter of the year, says estate agency Benham and Reeves. The...

A rule change has been introduced this week in a bid to make equity release customers reduce interest costs. The option to...

A rewards and recognition programme has been launched at an agency chain, with claims that it will enhance staff careers and...

Challenger portal group OneDome has linked with a chain repair service to provide what it calls an end-to-end property offering. The OneDome...

The iamproperty group - best known for its online auction business - has snapped up cloud-based property software business VTUK for...

An agency specialising in Nigerian clients has opened its first international office in London. Jide Taiwo & Co’s office will open next...

A three-branch agency in the south west has launched a franchise model which it says should appeal “to those wanting a...

Propertymark is urging restraint on the part of the Welsh Government as it moves to tackle what it sees as the...

Foxtons has given details of what some believe is market-leading use of technology to drive its sales and lettings effort. In a...

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016.   In 2021 some...

At least 18 MPs have come out in favour of a new annual Proportional Property Tax which would be levied on...

Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce has for the first time given some figures on the usage of some of the key...

Zoopla’s cloud based software service Alto has launched a video series giving a behind the scenes look at estate agencies around...

The overwhelming majority of buyers want the gazumping to be made illegal, a poll shows. Some 89 per cent think it’s wrong...

An estate agency which previously operated only through a remote working model has established a headquarters and expanded its team. Chosen Home,...

Agents are being advised to revise their processes now to accommodate changes to the information required on property details, which begin...

Typical stamp duty paid by property purchasers now is actually 84 per cent more than before the pandemic and the SDLT...

The JLL property consultancy is opening a branch handling sales and lettings in an area of London often by-passed by rival...

The sponsor of an industry forum for agents and conveyancers to be held next week says the collaborative event hails the...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity, the weekly round up of fund-raising in our industry. Once more our thoughts are...

The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...

A new service launched in the UK this week selling one-eight to one-half ownership of luxury holiday homes insists it is...

The latest government house price data has sparked a fear that the market may be heading towards an affordability crisis. The Office...

The government has failed to take the opportunity of the Spring Statement to provide clarity on its business rates reform agenda,...

A prominent independent production company is looking for property professionals for a new television programme idea to be filmed in the...

There’s a claim that Japanese Knotweed, described as one of the UK’s most invasive plant species, has been spotted growing earlier...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a dramatic future income tax cut, changes to National Insurance thresholds and scrapping VAT on more...

House sales in February were around a fifth lower than the same month in 2021, according to HM Revenue and Customs...

LonRes has teamed up with compliance consultancy iCompli to launch a  range of services which they say will keep estate agents...

The mainstream UK housing market is overvalued by up to 20 per cent and the London market overvalued by as much...

A Russian billionaire says he no longer owns many of his former properties in the UK, raising question marks over the...

Figures just released by HM Revenue & Customs show the Treasury enjoying a bumper year for stamp duty, with record receipts...

A so-called Climate Innovation District is to be constructed in central Leeds with low carbon homes at its heart. The developer Citu...

A prominent industry supplier has produced startling statistics about the numbers of fall throughs in just the first 10 weeks or...

Boomin claims that one of the online influencers it has commissioned to create YouTube content has won has many viewers as...

A high profile London estate agency has appointed two so-called Wellness Ambassadors to look after the mental health and wellbeing of...

An estate agency says London’s sales market is now at its busiest since the Brexit referendum in mid-2016. Douglas & Gordon, sold by...

There is a danger that some agents forget to undertake basic activities after a lengthy period of a super-strong market. That’s the...

Buyers are already tightening their belts and choosing not to borrow as much as they could, but instead calculate what they...

The Skipton Building Society, which owns Connells estate agency, says the house-selling arm helped it reach a record profit pre-tax profit...

The owner of an estate agency has died suddenly, plunging the local community into shock. Ciaran McGurgan founded Maison Real Estate in...

Michael and Kenny Bruce have for the first time given their views on what went wrong for Purplebricks during their time...

There’s been a remarkable 1.7 per cent increase in the average asking price of homes coming to the market in just...

The jury is still out on whether the Ukraine crisis will damage public confidence in the UK housing market. Rightmove’s property data...

Fifteen businesses which had bought freeh­olds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...

A new service has been set up by Agents Giving to highlight how the industry can help the humanitarian effort in...

haart, part of the Spicerhaart estate agency group, has accused rival agencies of copying its hybrid working model. Spicerhaart group managing director...

Pacitti Jones, the Glasgow-based estate agent and legal firm, has acquired RGM Solicitors. RGM currently operates in Linlithgow and Grangemouth, and all its staff...

The Building Societies Association’s regular confidence tracker about the housing market shows rising pessimism over interest rates, the escalating cost of...

A coroner says there is insufficient evidence to determine the cause of death of a 23-year-old estate agent found on a...

Sales agreed per Propertymark member branch are now running at eight per month - the highest figure since last October according...

Hello and welcome to the weekend, and another ADC - our chance to pay tribute to fundraisers throughout our industry. Want to...

An estate agent has suggested on social media that people who buy a Greggs breakfast each day could save well over...

The Bank of England has confirmed that base rate is to rise again, for the third time in three months, to a...

A Canadian investment fund with a roughly two per cent share in Foxtons is arguing for the agency to be put...

An estate agent who has now become a PropTech entrepreneur says fees are absolutely not what makes a vendor choose who...

Rising inflation may soon overtake house price growth even in the most buoyant areas of the UK, a property market analysis...

The founder of an estate agency which began life operating from a kitchen table has now won two prestigious awards.  Deborah Richards,...

A new PropTech platform set up by a major figure in the conveyancing industry claims to slash the typical time for...

A popular and respected estate agent in Essex, who also campaigned nationally against homelessness, has died just days after bing diagnosed...

The LSL Property Services group - which is increasingly focussing activities in the mortgage and personal finance world - has issued...

Estate Agent Today is to have a new editor from April 4. He is award winning journalist and podcaster Marc Shoffman who...

PropTech solutions have continued to ingratiate themselves in both the forefront of an agency within advertising mediums and in the backend...

A legal expert has warned that everyone is theoretically at risk of committing a breach of sanctions against Russia - but...

Too many leaseholders will fall through the cracks of the government’s “piecemeal measures” to combat the cladding crisis.  That’s the view of...

For the second time in recent weeks, Purplebricks has de-listed a property after an unacceptable comment by the seller on social...

An industry trade body wants the government to scrap the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes - and...

The international reviews service Trustpilot has batted away criticism from a property website that it ignores breaches of its guidelines. Last week,...

The government has now formally launched the Homes For Ukraine scheme, heavily leaked in recent days. The Secretary of State for Levelling...

Some 86 Bronze, Silver, Gold and Special Awards have been presented to agents in the Guild off Property Professionals at its...

Purplebricks issued an unexpected tweet yesterday, showing one of its own advertisements posted on a London tube train - upside down. With...