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In support of International Men’s Day - today - LSL will celebrate what it calls “the positive value men bring to...

The Relocation Agent Network has unveiled its speakers for its national conference and exhibition early next month. Called RAN Live! 2021 it...

A survey of 100 agents commissioned by industry supplier Landmark suggests most believe the current onboarding process is ripe for simplification.  Some...

There is pressure growing in Brighton for the city to hold a referendum giving residents the opportunity to ban new build...

Hello and welcome to the latest Agents Do Charity, your weekly opportunity to salute those in our industry doing so much...

The conveyancing IT crash plaguing the Simplify Group of companies continues into its ninth day; however there is an update for...

A new league table of earnings by estate agents, based on basic salary and commission combined, suggests that UK agents earn...

A high-speed internet connection is the second most important factor for buyers after property size, a survey claims. And the study -...

The prospect of higher mortgage interest rates mean the housing market may get tougher soon despite another set of upbeat house...

Agents are being urged to be more open to new methods of stopping deals falling through. HBB Solutions - a part exchange...

A PropTech platform is urging agents to keep in touch with clients on their databases to increase their chances of future...

Sustainable Agent, a new members-owned eco-scheme for agents and property management companies, has announced a tie-in with review and awards platform ESTAS. As...

As we all know, the sector is constantly evolving and as we start to get to grips with the changes, another...

A website called The Changing Face of Property has been launched to encourage young people planning their careers to consider our...

Cluttons has given its market snapshot for the sales market in central London - and it’s echoing the familiar story of...

Surprise figures released through Freedom of Information requests show that the number of homes in England and Wales with owners registered...

The average asking price across the UK is now £43,000 higher than it was in late 2019 according to data and...

Energy Performance Certificates are “misleading” indicators of zero carbon buildings and should no longer be used as official guides to help...

TV property celebrity Amanda Lamb has revealed the winners of the 2021 allAgents customer experience awards. They were announced at the awards’...

FCS Compliance has announced its latest anti-money laundering webinar tailored exclusively for Rightmove members.   Are you ready for an HMRC inspection is...

The Propertymark Qualifications Awards annual ceremony taking place early next month have revealed their shortlist. There is a total of nine Awards...

The latest LonRes market snapshot for prime London carries mixed messages in terms of transaction volumes.  Overall, for the month of October,...

An independent estate agency with an eye to fashion has launched a second office in the Home Counties, just nine months...

The push for greater sustainability, energy efficiency and generally being ‘green’ has existed in the agency world for several years -...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and even as Christmas approaches there remains plenty to report about people moving...

Boomin has launched a new tool - Chainmaker - which it claims cuts fall throughs and introduces agents to ‘hot buyers’. The software...

A new membership scheme aiming to increase the industry’s energy efficiency credentials is being launched next year by allAgents. The Sustainable Agent...

The average asking price of homes coming to the market has dropped by over £2,000 in the past month - the...

The latest update on the prime central London market from agency Knight Frank warns that it’s still not business as usual,...

Savills has set out its annual house price forecast for prime London - and after years of price falls, the prediction...

Conveyancing firms in the Simplify Group, hit by a massive systems crash for much of this week, say they are working...

Rightmove will launch its latest outdoor campaign on Monday, with advertisements in over 1,000 roadside and rail locations remaining in place...

Franchise giant Winkworth says at least eight new offices will open next year, following an upbeat performance in 2021. In a trading...

The market may be soaring in most of the country but there are still locations where significant numbers of properties sell...

With Remembrance Sunday this weekend, the nation and our industry will remember those who fell. Yesterday on Estate Agent Today we featured one...

It’s Remembrance weekend, and on Sunday at least we fall silent to honour those who gave so much for many generations. When...

A business analyst is warning that the growing emphasis on energy efficiency of homes could spell trouble for the value of...

Fears are growing that large estate agency groups may have to pay a mandatory levy towards the cost of anti-money laundering...

The owner of an estate agency in Sussex has been jailed for five years for what a judge has called “an...

HM Land Registry will accept only digital register update applications from November 2022. Most applications received currently are submitted as PDFs or...

There’s been a significant rise in buyer interest in the energy efficiency of properties - but so far it’s making no...

Today is the 11th day of the 11th month - the traditional annual Armistice Day, commemorating the signing of the armistice...

The scheme behind two of this country’s most successful PropTech start-ups is marking what it calls a successful first year.  REACH UK...

There’s been an update this morning on the dramatic systems crash that has hit the conveyancing services operated by the Simplify...

A comparison website dealing with estate agency charges says commission varies hugely across 20 major cities of the UK.  GetAgent looked at...

OnTheMarket says it delivered a record number of instant valuation enquiries last month, beating its previous best period in June of...

PropertyHeads, a platform describing itself as a social network for house buyers and sellers, has a new PropTech partnership. It’s linked with...

Strutt & Parker has revealed where it believes the housing market will see the largest demand in 2022, outside of London. The...

Rightmove has revealed the strongest markets for sellers and buyers this autumn.  Grays in Essex has topped the list of the strongest...

Property experts have joined forces to call for faster and more secure transactions.  The PropTech and conveyancing voices have united in warning...

A leading estate agency says the government may have to use stamp duty and council tax as incentives to persuade owners...

Auction House London says the Coronavirus pandemic has proved that the power of livestream sales far outweighs the impact of earlier online...

Knight Frank says it’s already being contacted by prospective vendors wanting their homes to be listed for sale next spring. James Cleland,...

A leading agency predicts that prime central London house prices, so long in the doldrums throughout the pandemic, will bounce back...

The challenge of selling a property that has been garishly decorated over the Christmas period is one many agents will be familiar...

A torrid period for Purplebricks' share value means it opens stock market trading today with a price of just 33p.  This is less...

A stamp duty surcharge which has been labelled ‘forgotten’ because of its low profile has nonetheless bagged £45m for HM Treasury in...

Annual house price growth increased to 8.1 per cent in October according to the Halifax.  The average UK property price is now...

The head of research at a leading agency is warning that although the housing market remains buoyant, there may be macro-economic...

The concept of the High Street estate agency branch has been given an endorsement by two companies announcing new offices. Fine &...

Fledgling portal Boomin has published figures - but not the long-awaited ones about its users or agents.   Instead, it’s released data...

The leader of the organisation proposing a class action against Purplebricks says there’s been a “phenomenal” response to his request for...

A prominent law expert is claiming that a high profile case of property fraud, reported earlier this week, involved a “devastating...

Reservation Agreements provide agents with absolute certainty that both sellers and buyers are being honest. “If they’re lying or… shall we say,...

The Property Franchise Group, the agency industry’s largest franchise operation, has reported strong performance in recent months. Chief executive Gareth Samples has...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has defied expectations by keeping base rate at its historic low of 0.1 per...

The clocks have fallen back, the nights are longer and the temperature has definitely dropped - winter is here and with...

Purplebricks' share price tumbled a remarkable 34 per cent this morning when trading opened on the London Stock Exchange. The price crashed...

There’s been a huge rise in references to electric car charging within property listings submitted to Rightmove. The number of homes listed...

A Connells senior negotiator has received a suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of wounding following an attack at a...

Analysts suggest there is a 50:50 chance of a base rate rise being announced by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy...

There’s been a very low expression of interest in Commonhold, despite the government pushing the new tenure as an alternative to...

The average price of a house in the UK has hit £250,000 for the first time as the  market shows no...

Propertymark says more buyers are now looking at online auctions, making this a more viable route to sale than before. The latest...

Despite the roaring housing market, a new report says that no fewer than 70,500 real estate and property businesses are showing...

Estate agency business platform Reapit is launching AgentPoint services in the UK - just seven months after it acquired AgentPoint in...

A property media analyst claims Purplebricks has record-breaking website traffic thanks to its “relentless” and vast budget marketing. “Whether you like to...

New research suggests estate agents earn some of the lowest basic salaries of all sales professions.  Nested, an online agency promoting the...

Zoopla says its new In-Search ads have secured over 38m impressions since their launch.  ‘In-Search’ ads are hosted on Zoopla’s listings search...

Sir David Amess, murdered at a constituency surgery last month, may have an unexpected housing market legacy for his constituents. To commemorate...

An online test that allows agents to immediately get a clear picture around three key areas of their business, and start to...

A BBC investigation has revealed that a man’s house was sold and his furnishings removed without his knowledge, in the latest...

Agents are being offered a theoretical £300,000 if they introduce a buyer willing to pay £30m for a mansion on sale in...

A PropTech chief says agents are now competing with each other for substantially less stock on the market - meaning their...

The average time for home-movers to get through the conveyancing process has dropped by 27 days since the summer, according to Rightmove.  The...

New figures from the Iamproperty group, parent of the Iamsold specialist in the Modern Method of Auction, show that the service...

RICS has appointed a former civil servant with a 42-year career as its new audit committee chair. Mike Driver, currently president of...

Knight Frank has reported a record pre-tax profit and has reimbursed staff who sacrificed some salaries during the pandemic. The agency - which has...

OnTheMarket has announced that it’s reducing the amount it’s paying for PropTech supplier Glanty. Glanty is best known for its lettings platform teclet,...

An online intelligence platform has started ranking agencies in terms of their SEO and Google searches. The platform - Industry Alerts, which...

An estate agency group is rebranding and pledges that it will build on its current revenue averaging £1m per branch.  Property group...

Increasing house prices has encouraged HM Revenue and Customs to launch huge numbers of probes into Inheritance Tax payments. According to law...

Official forecasts suggest house prices will rise for five years at least, although at well below the rate of growth seen...

A petition calling on the government to set up an independent enquiry into the cladding crisis has reached a key 10,000...

It’s been revealed that the government did consider a stamp duty RISE which would have been announced in this week’s Budget. The...

The Nested online agency, which recently revamped its business model to attract more self-employed agents, is expanding outside London for the...

The proportion of properties selling above asking price has dipped according to Propertymark - a likely sign the market is softening at...

EweMove - the hybrid brand owned by The Property Franchise Group - says its operating model effectively solves a reported staff...

So with only hours to go before Halloween, here are our final three entries from agents who've entered into the ......

With a Budget, mild weather and the continuing uncertainty over the pandemic, you might be forgiven for forgetting that we get...