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There’s still one part of the UK where agents enjoy almost unfettered freedom without legislation or redress - and this has...

Storm clouds continue to gather over the UK economy with growing inflation, another likely interest rate rise, and a warning from...

A veteran estate agent who set up his own business in one of Britain’s most popular locations is being mourned after...

The long-standing commitment of London-focussed agency Dexters to expand through acquisitions is continuing apace. Over the weekend it was announced that the...

This probably isn’t what wealthy buyers in one of the UK’s most expensive areas expected to hear, but a plea has...

Propertymark is urging agents to respond to a consultation exercise being conducted by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents...

A rural body in Wales has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals for draconian new taxes on second homes.  Earlier this...

Franchise giant Belvoir has snapped up one of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or...

The online agency brand eXp UK claims it’s growing at an industry leading pace - and it puts it all down...

The chief executive of Boomin says agents have asked him to do something about rival portals “pocketing income from mortgage referral...

The Purplebricks share price remained relatively unchanged yesterday following the shock announcement that chief executive Vic Darvey was quitting the company...

High end estate agency Savills says the imposition of sanctions on Russians, amid new measures obliging overseas buyers to be more...

Despite a backdrop of the Ukraine crisis, soaring fuel bills, rising interest rates and high inflation, buyer sentiment remains strong according...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC, an opportunity for see how selfless our industry can be at times of hardship...

Purplebricks chief executive Vic Darvey has quit, citing “personal circumstances”.  He leaves at the end of this month with chief operating officer Helena...

An analysis of anti-money laundering compliance shows the estate agency industry as one of the UK’s worst performing sectors. And the expert...

The UK government appears to have given sanctioned Russian property owners a get-out-of-jail card valid for six months.  It’s been confirmed that...

A prominent trade body says the property industry must do more to recognise and support those with mental health issues. The Association...

A developer has converted a 1979s office block into flats which are now being sold as £180,000 to £215,000 work from...

Moments of major international uncertainty such as the Ukraine crisis lead to property being regarded as a safe investment. That’s according to...

Buying agency Stacks Property Search is reporting g rising buyer demand for wrecks requiring significant levels of renovation. The agency says that...

The war of words between various property review platforms continues apace. The latest accusation concern comparison website GetAgent, and specifically reviews of...

A prominent estate agency figure is urging the industry to dig deep to help the Ukrainian humanitarian effort. Arun Group managing director...

The OneDome group websites - OneDome itself and nethouseprices - are launching their largest ever advertising campaign. It will target buyers and...

Phil Spencer is teaming up with a PropTech supplier to help buyers have the maximum volume of upfront information. Spencer’s Move iQ...

There’s been a marked reduction in mortgage product availability for a second consecutive month.  Independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there are...

A scheme to help people to get on the housing ladder in one of the UK’s most expensive local housing markets...

Lomond Group, which says it is the UK’s fastest-growing estate agency network, has appointed Ed Phillips as its new Group Chief...

A new ‘quick buy’ service has been announced which would mean that sales could be completed in a week, providing a...

Foxtons has this morning launched a £3m share buy back programme, representing a major windfall for its investors. A statement from the...

Despite the latest Halifax house price index showing a 10.8 per cent annual rise, a leading housing market analyst is warning...

The time it takes to complete a transaction is beginning to drop according to an analysis by comparison website GetAgent. The average...

A London estate agency has won a rarely-awarded gong from the Feefo reviews service - and the company says it’s testimony...

The Mayor of London is demanding ministers take sanctioning Russian oligarchs seriously by moving immediately to seize assets that can then...

The market boom goes on, for now at least. In February, house prices rose at their fastest since June 2007 according to...

An estate agent who has spent eight years working for traditional agencies has now set up his own hybrid operation, using...

Welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s going where and why in...

Glynis Frew will be stepping down as managing director of franchise giant Hunters from the end of this month after 20...

A row has broken out over a company which has made allegations about Trustpilot reviews of OnTheMarket. A company called KwikChex says...

A 20 year old estate agent who admitted being four times over the drink driving limit has been fined and banned...

A leading London agency has launched an urgent appeal for goods and equipment to be handed in to its offices today...

PropTech supplier nurtur.group - which owns Fine & Country and the Guild of Property Professionals - has acquired Brief Your Market,...

The market’s likely to slow this year as the rising cost of living saps some buyer confidence, so agents are understandably...

A well known UK estate agency has pledged £50,000 to help the growing Ukrainian refugee crisis. Brown & Co - the 13-branch...

Momentum is building up in support of the government’s probe into whether the London homes of oligarchs on the sanctions list...

The findings of a new survey may make worrying reading for agents who have taken the self-employed route as agency business...

A new housing market snapshot from Zoopla suggests that in the supply of homes coming to the market has triggered a...

These are undeniably darker days as news comes through of a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine - we have the first agency...

Leaders Romans Group, which is fast becoming one of the UK’s largest agencies, has acquired another firm. It’s the first purchase of...

Hybrid agency EweMove has this morning announced that it’s moving all of its 170 branches to a new fully-automated cloud-based system...

An analyst is warning that the latest buoyant house price figures could be the last hurrah before a significant depression. The Nationwide’s...

The government is considering seizing British property owned by Russian oligarchs on the sanctions list without paying compensation. The Financial Times says Housing...

The Welsh Government has announced an increase to the maximum level of council tax premiums for second homes, as well as...

A new analysis has revealed those areas of England and Wales with the largest numbers of Russian-owned homes. Credas Technologies analysed Land...

The founder of fledgling portal Boomin says the latest Nationwide house price index findings demonstrate that there’s no sign yet of...

A popular myth suggesting 50 per cent of homes sell with a second agent, is simply untrue. That’s the claim from property...

Foxtons has told shareholders that it has enjoyed "a good year of progress with revenues, profits and cash flow significantly ahead of...

Agents are being told by a trade body to conduct more frequent risk reviews and check purchaser identities against up to...

Yesterday we reported on how the Chartered Institute of Taxation was warning of problems with new HMRC stamp duty rules to...

A leading surveyor in London says the likely introduction of a register of overseas property ownership and sanctions making it difficult...

Properties selling without a chain not only sell more quickly, as one might expect, but also appear to attract a substantial...

Agents have told Housing Secretary Michael Gove that his Levelling Up agenda needs to include positive efforts to bring hundreds of...

Well-known property expert and video interviewer Chris Watkin independently investigates how one piece of software is having such a big effect...

The Bank of England has issued a consultation on changing the affordability tests for large mortgages introduced in the wake of...

HM Revenue & Customs has been warned by financial experts that its latest crackdown on stamp duty abuse could make the...

Some agents say they have as many as one in 10 vendors taking their properties off the market and seeking to...

The controversial conveyancing firm at the centre of an apparent cyber attack has hit back at newspaper claims that it did...

OnTheMarket’s transformation into a “tech-enables property business across the broader property eco-system” is gathering pace according to the portal’s chief executive. In...

It is claimed by Propertymark that the government’s Economic Crime Bill - to be debated in the House of Commons today -...

A national newspaper has lifted the lid on what it alleges to be the backgrounds of high-end self-employed agents who feature...

Housing market analyst and PropTech entrepreneur Anthony Codling says that the next few weeks will determine whether Boomin is the portal...

Propertymark has backed a call for stamp duty incentives to be introduced to drive forward domestic energy efficiency. The trade body’s policy...

London mayor Sadiq Khan says he supports the seizure of property assets connected to the allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin.  The...

One of the UK’s leading economic experts is to be the speaker at a Rightmove seminar this week, considering whether events...

A webinar this week is set to see the release of more details of changes to property listings being demanded by...

There’s been another large rise in fee earnings for Rightmove this morning, as the portal softens the blow by announcing a...

Share prices of estate agencies and property companies plummeted yesterday as tensions continued to rise following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Purplebricks...

PropTech supplier tmgroup is to hold a six-part webinar series called Achieving Change: Think tomorrow, act today. The webinars - from linked...

A bid to regulate second home ownership in part of the UK through changes to planning policy will add complexity and...

A PropTech supplier has been quick off the mark to launch a tool which it says will help agents satisfy new...

No matter how dark the news, there’s light in our industry thanks to so many agents and suppliers doing good deeds....

An estate agency says retrospective investigations into Russian ownership of London properties could lead to substantial amounts of wealth moving out...

The industry big hitter who joined Connells on a temporary basis to support its acquisition of Countrywide has now become its commercial director and a...

Property searches are not showing up some new road schemes because they are classified by local councils as planning consent for...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team has released background information on how it came to make changes to...

Netflix’s period romantic comedy Bridgerton appears to have registered with Asian property buyers - and as a result they want to...

Agents Giving - widely recognised as the industry’s main charity - has appointed another senior agency figure to its board. It’s Iain...

A leading property lawyer says some agents will struggle to meet the demand for more ‘material information’ put forward by Trading...

OnTheMarket has inked a deal with Kremer Signs to supply agents with Smartboards to be added to For Sale signs -...

It appears that new controls on property ownership may feature in future sanctions against Russia in response to its aggression in Ukraine. Prime...

In the first few months of 2022, agents have experienced some of the lowest stock levels in several years. The number...

Agents have 21 per cent fewer homes on their books now than a year ago according to a quick buy company. In...

The overwhelming majority of vendors do not choose their estate agent based on fees, but on wider market expertise. That’s the finding...

Agents are being offered a free review of their compliance status between now and the end of March by a PropTech...

A lead generation platform that boasts Leaders, EweMove and Northwood amongst its clients says it’s expanding into mortgages. Rentround, now in its...

One of the country’s leading agencies says the recent and expected interest rate rises, and the surging inflation, will not blow...

Industry figures have come out in favour of the long-term programme of new compulsory information to be contained on property listings. From...

The Chartered Institute of Housing, set to unveil its latest annual housing review next month, has indicated that to no one’s...

An average home appreciated more in 2021 than its owner will have earned, according to Savills. The agency says that with annual...

Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...