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The sales arm of independent Leicester agency Fothergill Wyatt has been sold to fast-growing local business Hortons. Fothergill Wyatt was established in...

A free to list portal has launched a tool which it claims will predict a seller’s propensity to switch agents.  Residential People...

Two of the country’s highest profile agencies have signed up to a fledgling website which allows users to find, research, buy or...

The supply of new properties coming to the market is up on this time last year in every single region of...

Was Purplebricks right to delist a property from its website when it discovered the vendors - a Christian couple - were opposed...

Historic estate agency group Humberts - which was at risk of disappearing entirely just over two years ago - has opened...

OnTheMarket has signed a deal with Brickflow, a new comparison site for development finance.   The portal says the partnership will provide member...

New research suggests that the estate agency industry has bucked the nationwide trend of business liquidation that he plagued other sectors...

A new PropTech platform has an ultimate aim of allowing house buyers to select and order their interior decorations and modifications...

There’s an ingenious twist to one agency’s fund-raising this week, and EAT readers (along with the wider public) can have a...

A tech company in the compliance sector claims that 25 per cent of UK estate agency branches have failed to register...

A former chief executive of OnTheMarket is now able to cash in shares worth some £92,000 in the latest part of...

Foxtons has confirmed its intention to sell the sales side of Douglas & Gordon, the London agency chain it acquired only...

A trading statement this morning confirms a large revenue rise for LSL Property Services. Group revenue increased by around 23 per cent last...

A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...

The London agency that was at the forefront of introducing the ‘serviced office hub’ concept of working for self-employed agents has...

An agency has re-opened its head office after a two-year break because of Covid. Davidsons Estates has kept open a city centre...

A stamp duty loophole in one part of the UK is likely to be closed later this year. Until now buying a...

In this guest piece, the team at Lifesycle discuss a recent experiment they did with AI and estate agents' data and...

An estate agency is running a competition to encourage residents to photograph badly-located For Sale and To Let boards. The Basingstoke branch...

Hunters has tweaked its earlier version of hybrid franchising in a bid to attract self-employed agents. Hunters Personal was launched with a...

A fast-growing land and property consultancy has snapped up a respected independent to bolster its presence in the North of England. George...

There’s been huge sale price inflation in the rarified high-end country estate market according to a buying agent. Jess Simpson, who runs...

High profile conveyancing supremo Rob Hailstone makes many announcements about government and industry housing policy - but he is less keen...

The man who engineered the takeover of Countrywide by Connells is leaving the agency’s parent company, the Skipton Building Society. David Cutter...

Research based on questioning almost 1,000 estate agents suggests that around 70 per cent are set to expand their business this...

The PropTech network Coadjute, which says it will ultimately slash the time it takes to move house by as much as...

The link up between the English Football League and a top estate agency is to go on for a third year...

The UK’s largest property auctioneer says that there is now clear evidence of the impact the pandemic has had on the...

An hour-long webinar this week aims to inform agents how to deter property fraud by greater emphasis on compliance, due diligence...

The average age at which someone buys their first home has risen to 32, up from 29 in 2011 and is...

Bowmark Capital is selling its Leaders Romans Group, one of the UK’s largest property services groups, to another private equity operator, Platinum...

Purplebricks’ decision to de-list a property after the Christian vendors made anti-gay comments has won widespread support from industry figures, including...

Inflation could deal a double blow to the housing market, an agency expert warns. Last week it was revealed that UK inflation...

This is our first Property Jobs Today column of 2022 and it’s testimony to how busy our industry is right now...

The market share of hybrid and online agents has fallen again, this time to 6.7 per cent. That figure - taken at...

Three of Martin & Co’s most prominent branches in the north of England are under new ownership. The Saltaire, Keighley, and Thackley...

The ESTAS Forum scheduled for March says its aim is to encourage agents and conveyancers to work more closely together.  “There doesn’t...

Purplebricks is reported to have removed a property listing from its website when it discovered the vendors - a Christian couple...

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...

OnTheMarket has this morning told shareholders that its performance is ahead of expectations and it's on course to make improved profits...

Propertymark has appointed an insider to the key role of policy adviser - effectively the position vacated last month by industry...

PropTech firm CoreLogic UK has acquired the property search and marketing platform Rummage4. Rummage4 was founded in 2015 by agent Robert May...

The Guild of Property Professionals is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a pledge to work hard this year to stand out...

Barely three weeks into the new year and we’re already talking about plans to raise tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of...

A survey suggests that an overwhelming proportion of estate agents believe the government should make the provision of upfront property information...

Buyers typically pay 10.8 per cent extra for chain-free properties than for similar homes with chains, according to new research. Website GetAgent...

Homesearch has won £5m new investment from venture capital firm Octopus Ventures - an organisation that has also backed three businesses...

Boomin has issued research done on its behalf into the value of spare rooms - and it’s made some eccentric comparisons...

Government data shows the average UK house price increasing by 10 per cent on an annual basis in November. On a monthly...

If you thought checking in to a Microsoft Teams video-conferencing meeting would allow you to escape telephone calls, think again. Outsourced communications...

Fears that the housing market may be seriously damaged by the worsening economy led to share price falls for Rightmove and others...

A law firm is warning that one of the key risks facing that industry this year revolves around professional negligence claims against...

There’s been a surge in the number of sellers who resort to using quick buy firms, according to the sector’s trade...

An estate agency has revealed which London boroughs have been the busiest in terms of the number of homes sold as...

House prices are up by as much as £100,000 on this time last year according to a mortgage company. Research by the...

If agents wonder why more older home owners don’t sell and downsize, it may be because they’re taking equity out of...

An estate agency that launched in 2018 saying that High Street offices were dead…has now opened its second physical branch in...

OnTheMarket has entered a PropTech commercial partnership with Autoenhance.ai Limited, the AI photo editing platform.  Autoenhance was founded by PropTech entrepreneur Jamie...

The Bruce brothers’ new portal Boomin has given its first statistics regarding usage following the launch of a new marketing campaign...

A High Street estate agent on Merseyside has criticised online rivals for creating nightmares for vendors who are then obliged to...

Agents finding it difficult to persuade potential vendors to come to the market this early in the year have new ammunition...

An online auction company executive has been appointed to the National Association of Valuers and Auctioneers committee for Propertymark. Stuart Collar-Brown, co-founder...

The name of Purplebricks - which once claimed its business model was a global success - has now been removed in...

OnTheMarket chief executive Jason Tebb is warning that we might be near the top of the market. His portal’s latest sentiment index...

Rightmove’s first housing market report of 2022 starts when last year’s ended - on a high.  The average price of property coming...

London’s super-prime residential market has recorded its strongest year since 2013, according to high end agency Savills. In total, there were 522...

The iamproperty group’s auction service, iamsold, says it’s raised over £804m in capital value from properties sold by the Modern Method...

A franchise for two agency offices in west London has been acquired by property professionals Faith Cook and Georgia Everton-Wallach –...

Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...

Foxtons has this morning announced that it’s selling off the sales wing of a rival London agency that it bought just...

One of the founding partners of the well-known agency Slater, Hogg and Howison has died at the age of 76. It was...

A new survey of people who have sold their home in the past six months has given a strong backing to...

Do you have an 'open API'? We use 'X' who have an 'open API' so we would need you to integrate with...

Soaring inflation means that house price growth in much of the country is being wiped out, according to a leading housing...

Plymouth independent estate agency Alan Cummings & Co has been acquired by Julian Marks Estate Agents. With more than 16 staff and...

Vote? Well, whether we have a change of Prime Minister or not, there’s an important vote today - for great charitable...

A wealth tax on overseas owners of UK homes could raise £5 billion a year to help local people buy their...

Boomin co-founder and chief executive Michael Bruce has returned to the attack on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket with an open letter,...

Estate Agent Today understands that the civil servant who has been at the heart of plans to reform the house buying...

The conveyancing technology firm Search Acumen has launched what it calls “an end-to-end solution” in a bid to abolish “antiquated” ways...

The ValPal Network has announced the release of its MovePal app on the Apple App and Google Play stores. The app is...

New research shows an estimated £200 billion worth of property sat vacant across Britain’s housing market - up 2.1 per cent...

A warning has gone out to estate agents that “more and more” reports are being filed about cyber attacks on agencies...

OnTheMarket agents are to have access to the prospecting tool SmartMail, produced by data firm Sprift. SmartMail is a canvassing and prospecting...

Winkworth has told its shareholders that it expects approaches from prospective franchisees to open new branches this year. In a trading statement...

The objective of estate agents in 2022 must be to cut their business costs and employ technology to replace - and...

Propertymark is reiterating its view that energy efficiency and EPC changes being considered by government must take account of property age...

John D Wood - the lettings and estate agency now part of the Connells empire - is celebrating its 150th birthday...

The Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons is to sponsor what it calls a “garden sanctuary” at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show...

Propertymark, the main industry trade body, has this evening updated its guidance on Covid safety for estate and letting agents in...

Strong house price growth since the pandemic began has boosted seller gains with the typical vendor who bought two decades ago...

A prominent agency chief is warning that record house prices could lead to a housing bust if lending gets out of...

It’s the last call for agents to sign up to a ‘Battle For Listings’ webinar to be held tomorrow (10am-11am) by reservations...

Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023.  Coadjute - which took over...

A new agency service has been launched seeking to attract vendors of second-hand residential park homes.  Quickmove Properties has partnered with park industry...

Mortgage lenders serving the housing market are set for a quieter 2022 after the unprecedented levels of activity seen in 2021,...

It’s often said that agency is a people business, and I can see no reason to disagree - agents dealing face-to-face...

A leading accountant is warning of a possible stamp duty change affecting residential property this year. HMRC is currently consulting on a...

Another day, another house price index record. The latest, from the Halifax, shows that typical house prices increased by over £24,500 in...