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Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget did not ignore Capital Gains Tax after all.   For those selling UK residential property the deadline to file...

An estate agent in a branch of Hunters says he’s lucky to be alive after a car containing an elderly couple...

Foxtons has given an upbeat trading update to shareholders this morning. It says so far this year sales revenue is a huge...

There has been criticism of the new Residential Development Tax, levied to fund remedial work on dangerous cladding on high rise blocks. The tax...

Agents trade body Propertymark has given its verdict on yesterday’s Budget with this statement - “Some good news but it leaves...

There’s been some cynicism amongst the industry in response to new homes promises made by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in yesterday’s Budget. Sunak...

The Budget has proven more generous than many expected - and with most property taxation left unchanged. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made...

A recruitment expert says the estate agency industry has joined those sectors suffering from a shortage of staff. And in the case...

The average cost of buying and selling a home in England this year has soared from £6,877 before the end of...

There’s been another step to make house sales more secure and speedier, with a pilot scheme starting next month. Five major identity...

Many thanks (or should that be big fangs?) go to Alexis at west country agency Wilson Tominey for today’s images getting...

The ValPal Network has won the ESTAS’ Supplier Awards – Best in Sector: Online Valuation Tool prize for the fifth year...

A new survey by property consultancy TwentyCi shows that the market share of online and hybrid agents in the third quarter...

New research shows that despite media attention and new government policies, better energy efficiency is not a key issue for the...

Pressure appears to be building for the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents working party finally to be implemented. It’s now...

The housing market is on track to record its strongest year since 2007 for transactions and house price inflation says Zoopla.  The...

New figures from Knight Frank show that price growth in the high end country market moderated in the third quarter of...

Leeds estate agency Adair Paxton is enhancing its sustainability credentials and helping to tackle climate change by planting two trees for...

An agent is warning the government it must manage Covid and not simply react ‘too late and too little’. He’s suggesting some...

Rightmove says sellers who have upgraded their Energy Performance Certificate rating to a C - from a D, E or F -...

Buyers are being warned about scams conning people out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. The Law Society of England and Wales...

The Guild of Property Professionals launches its Autumn/Winter 2021 Tour this week - the first time its members have met in person...

Too few lorry drivers, hospitality staff and care home assistants - and now too few auctioneers, too. Propertymark says a surge in...

The largest live event in the property industry for two years took place last Friday - the ESTAS awards.  TV property expert...

A property specialist is warning about “modern day ambulance chasers” who try to convince buyers they have paid too much stamp duty.  “An increasing...

Business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown is predicting house prices will still rise, even after a possible hike in interest rates later this year or...

An alert has gone out to sales and lettings agents to be more diligent with their checking of data, and to...

Southend on Sea, soon to be designated a city out of respect for murdered MP Sir David Amess, is to see...

A new service has been launched claiming to offer ‘a new supportive partnership opportunity’ for agents to earn referral fees. Cox &...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - an opportunity for you to catch up with charity news from...

The class action taken by former self-employed workers against two online agencies should be a warning to other firms breaking the...

Foxtons has written to the ‘legal owner’ of part of the Tower of London, offering to value the property for a...

House price inflation accelerated to 10.6 per cent in August, up from 8.5 per cent in July as buyers rushed to...

Some 1,100 guests are expected to attend the ESTAS awards tomorrow - the first time agents, conveyancers and brokers will gather...

Research by price comparison service MoneySuperMarket has itemised the additional fees incurred by people moving home. This year’s 12 per cent rise...

Adorning homes with a Halloween-inspired look is becoming increasingly popular giving people an opportunity to show off their creativity. Really? Well that’s...

A claims firm wants to commence proceedings against online estate agency companies such as Purplebricks and Yopa. It's on behalf of thousands...

If there is one thing that modern consumers have come to expect, it’s convenience. As a nation, we’re driven by on-demand...

The government has given more details of its bid to change the energy efficiency of existing and new homes to meet...

A business once called “the UK’s poshest estate agent” has revealed that it’s under new management. Bective - formerly called Bective Leslie...

A small property portal has accused Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket of listing properties with asking prices far in excess of market...

Over-65s saw their property wealth increase by £800 a month recently thanks to frenzied demand during the stamp duty holiday, an equity release...

A family-run agency has reinvented the For Sale board by removing all of the usual visual cues and traditional words -...

allAgents has announced that Google reviews will be integrated onto its website. allAgents has called the move “a game changer within the...

Knight Frank has beaten a string of prestigious household name companies to take the Overall Winner award at the 2021 Customer...

Another market snapshot has identified low supply as the chief characteristic of the sales landscape this autumn. Landmark Information Group’s latest Property...

Spicerhaart - which is radically reshaping its structure to encourage hybrid operations and working from home as part of a new...

PropTech and CRMs should be about far more than merely gathering data - they should be telling agents which prospects are...

Rightmove is warning that it’s “highly likely” interest rates will rise in the near future. The portal believes this now seems inevitable...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in our industry. If you have...

Media reports from the US state of Virginia say an 84-year-old man killed his estate agent after buying a property ‘sight...

A part of the Connells Group is telling the new Housing Secretary that he and his government “must do more” to...

There’s a rising number of over-65s but a short supply of suitable affordable properties for them, Propertymark has told government. The agents’...

Leading politicians operating in the housing industry have paid tribute to murdered backbencher Sir David Amess. Housing Secretary Michael Gove tweeted: “David...

Despite increasing public debate and media spotlight on energy efficiency, the issue appears relatively unimportant to seven out of eight buyers according to...

A portal says many buyers feel disappointed when viewing a property becuase it is typically smaller than agents’ photographs suggest.  MoveStreets claims...

OnTheMarket has signed an exclusive commercial partnership with business coaching specialists, Property Academy.  OTM will provide full fee-paying customers with free access...

Howl you doing? Yes, it’s just a fortnight until Halloween and time to wheel out unspeakably awful puns and the occasional...

The convicted murderer and rapist John Cannan, who is the prime suspect in the still-unsolved murder of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh,...

We’re building up towards both Christmas and the Awards season right now, and that gives plenty of opportunities for fund raising,...

Purplebricks has this morning announced that chief financial officer Andy Botha is quitting at the end of the month. In a terse...

An analysis of estate agencies in 21 major cities suggests a big rise in competing companies, prompting risks of fee wars between...

Rising inflation triggered by the supply chain crisis following Brexit and the pandemic may undermine recent house price gains according to...

The bid by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors to re-establish itself as a trusted body continues with the naming of...

Propertymark’s chief executive - officially still in post on just an interim basis - is to face questions from a past...

The total value of homes in Britain has risen 20 per cent - that’s £1.6 trillion – in the past five...

Estate agents who differentiate themselves from competitors should not be afraid of charging more - and should have confidence when doing...

Remarkably, just 11 per cent of property sales fell through in the third quarter of this year as buyers raced to beat...

Agents are being advised to go above and beyond the legal requirements for anti-money laundering requirements.  Paul Offley, compliance officer for The...

One of the country’s leading buying agents has set out what’s hot and what’s not in London’s housing market as it...

The Women In Property group claims talented females are being lost to the industry due to the menopause.  It says panic attacks,...

Some two thirds of agents and other property professionals who have worked alone have suffered an incident endangering their safety, according to...

The  housing market is not immune from the supply shortage hitting the economy, according to Knight Frank - with London the...

OnTheMarket figures for the first half of this year show stronger revenue and improved profits. Agency numbers have increased modestly since January...

An estate agent who has now gone self-employed after working on the staff of Connells and Spicerhaart says her move is...

It’s been revealed that HM Revenue & Customs scours the listings on both Rightmove and Zoopla to assess whether property investors...

More than 10,000 certificates have been awarded to agents who have taken Rightmove’s first modular training. This is an accredited GDPR course...

The existence of online agencies means some consumers believe real life estate agents are unnecessary in a deal - but the rest of...

Fine & Country has opened another office - this time in Exeter, one of the most popular locations to which people...

The government has released details of a new property tax. It’s the Residential Property Developer Tax, first announced at the start of...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is trying to win back respect within the property industry with new Rules of Conduct...

The ESTAS Forum scheduled for the morning of the annual awards ceremony on October 22 has been postponed - but the...

TV property personality Amanda Lamb has been named as the presenter of the first ever allAgents Annual Customer Experience Awards in...

There were 13 new buyers for every property listed for sale in the UK in September according to Knight Frank.  Over the...

High-profile outsourced communications provider Moneypenny has joined the industry PropTech hub known as the Innovation Collaboration Group. There are around 40 companies...

Former Housing Secretary James Brokenshire has died at the age of 53. The Conservative ex-Cabinet minister, who was diagnosed with lung cancer...

An estate agent claims he may be the highest paid in the industry this year - and he puts it down to...

A leading business consultancy is warning that supply chain shortages as a result of Brexit and the pandemic will push up...

Best and Final Offers should be scrapped - and a property expert claims that would be good because they do a massive...

A property company is offering its employees in the UK and overseas a day’s leave later this month to mark World...

House prices rose by the most in almost 15 years in September ahead of the end of the stamp duty holiday.  The...

Fund-raising takes all sorts of shapes and sizes and this week we have a splendid selection proving that point. Don’t miss out...

PropTech industry giant epropservices has acquired Property Technology Ltd, better known to agents as marketing platform LeadPro. epropservices is the parent company of...

An agency says individual agents operating as self-employed can earn up to £64,000 more per year than fully-employed counterparts. Nested says the average UK...

British homebuyers take an average of 25 seconds to decide whether a house is right for them, according to Purplebricks. As a...

I recently took part in a webinar hosted by ICG (The Innovation Collaboration Group) – titled ‘New estate agency revenue streams...

Fledgling portal Boomin says its new SmartVal tool has received over 10,000 requests since launching in early September. SmartVal is powered in part by...

A burglar who ransacked an independent agency’s branch office and stole equipment worth almost £2,000 has escaped prison. Bilal Hemmi of Windsor...

The latest market snapshot of prime London by estate agency Benham and Reeves shows demand up 5.8 per cent annually for...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given a ringing endorsement to home ownership as a central part of the government’s levelling up...