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In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has given his personal backing to the newest recruit of online agency easyProperty - even though...

The row over whether agents should be allowed to vet people who view properties on the basis of their wealth has...

Fine & Country has a new prime London licensee covering Notting Hill and Chelsea - but there will be no High...

London’s housing market may be distinctly lacklustre compared to much of the rest of the UK right now but one development...

Hello and welcome to another ADC, the weekly wrap of good work by the industry. You probably know the score by now...

Agents should prepare for a surge in fall throughs and collapsed sales thanks to the first stamp duty holiday period expiring...

The finance arm of a leading estate agency has taken the unusual step of warning about delays in the conveyancing process. “The...

Kerfuffle founder Simon Whale has given Estate Agent Today readers three top tips for improving their performance. The trio of suggestions -...

Average house prices in the year to the end of April increased by 8.9 per cent according to the government’s Office...

ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...

Auction House has announced its highest-ever monthly sales total, with its sales in May just topping £70m.  The firm sold 397 properties...

A traditional problem for agents has been ‘tyre kickers’ who come to view a home out of curiosity with little or...

Swiss investment bank UBS has advised investors to sell their Purplebricks shares as the market share for the controversial agency appears...

EweMove, the high profile hybrid estate agency owned by The Property Franchise Group, says it has recruited a record 30 new...

The current housing market frenzy would be easier to deal with if upfront buyers’ packs were available, improving transparency and cutting...

Knight Frank says it will be September at the earliest before the current frenzy of housing market activity will stabilise. The agency’s...

The long running saga of insurance firms failing to honour agents’ Business Interruption claims appears to be making progress at last. A...

A leading agent has been in touch with EAT to vent his frustration at the government for extending most of the...

Amro Partners, the Build to Rent and student accommodation operator, has launched a venture capital arm investing in PropTech and FinTech. Amro...

OnTheMarket, which a few days ago indicated it was in profit for the first time, is to woo potential new investors...

The cost of the average mortgage deposit has climbed £11,000 in some areas thanks to the stamp duty holiday fuelling the...

The policy and campaigns team at Propertymark, headed by Mark Hayward, has been expanded after what it calls “a number of...

Welcome to our second Euros Agent Match Report, when we get leading agents’ and suppliers’ takes on the matches featuring England and Scotland.  Today...

A former commercial director of Zoopla, who worked at the portal for 12 years, has been named as managing director of...

Rightmove have been given a strong endorsement by an influential stock market tipster service, Investing.com.  “Rightmove has built a strong brand, delivered...

Hello and welcome to our first Euros Agent Match Report, a really engaging piece on England's triumphant campaign start yesterday. Our thanks go to...

The youngsRPS agency now has a fifth branch in the north of England - it’s in Darlington and will cover the...

A home within 500 metres of a tube or railway station in London will carry a massive premium compared to a...

Buyers are not told the true scale of flood risk in many properties - and the rush to beat the stamp...

A senior estate agent says even if the restrictions easing lockdown, still formally scheduled for June 21, are delayed by several...

The government has dismissed a call for reform of the stamp duty system, which would have meant the tax would apply...

With just hours to go to the start of the Euros, we can announce our squad for writing Agents Reports on...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its monthly sentiment measure of house prices is at its highest level since 1988. A...

An industry supplier is urging agents to dust off old prospects to build their pipeline and keep the market boom going...

Hello and we’re at the end of another week celebrating all those in our industry who do great work. And this...

An estate agent has been accused of charging prospective clients to view a property. The claim has been made on Twitter by...

Boomin says it’s added over 600 new agency branches during May, with the latest signing being the large Pattinson independent with...

Zoopla has unveiled new features which it says will deliver more value to agents. In-Search Ads gives agents and housebuilders the option...

An estate agency says it expects a 40 per cent boost in its turnover this year, its 10th in business. Croft Residential,...

An app that promotes both on- and off-market homes to prospective buyers has linked up with a moving service PropTech platform.  Houso...

Over 500,000 homebuyers in England are set to benefit from the stamp duty holiday to the tune of £3.4 billion, according...

New research shows that UK estate agents are amongst the best value in the world. Using data from the Global Property Guide...

Despite the vast amount of publicity given to the concept of virtual viewing, a survey suggests relatively few properties on sale...

LSL Property Services, which owns YourMove and Reeds Rains amongst other industry brands, has created an employee forum to help increase...

In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...

The pandemic and lockdowns have made over a third of those aged 18 to 34 want to move house according to...

There are over 700,000 homes marked Sold Subject to Contract and going through conveyancing right now, according to a new Rightmove...

OnTheMarket’s new chief executive has posted his first full year’s trading figures - and they suggest the portal is making progress...

The Law Society has published new guidance for what it calls “under-pressure conveyancing solicitors” as the stamp duty deadline of June...

A delighted couple sent “thank you” gifts of jewellery to three staff at an agency after moving into their dream home. The...

The editor of the legal publication the Law Gazette has taken an estate agent to task for daring to suggest that...

Annual house price inflation is now at its strongest level in nearly seven years, says the Halifax House Price Index. The average...

There are now more mortgage products available than at any time since the start of the pandemic in March 2021. Data from...

An estate agency says disgruntled and delayed property buyers are fast falling out of love with the stamp duty holiday, which...

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s on the move. Let us know...

Foxtons shareholders will today give their verdict on the company’s plans to ‘go national’, revealed at the start of the weekend. On...

Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...

Prices in prime central London grew by 0.3 per cent in the year to May - tiny rise but a significant...

Leaders Romans Group is to bolster its finance services with the expansion and rebranding of its mortgage arm. Leaders and Romans Mortgage Services...

It’s been reported that Foxtons is to create ‘virtual branches’ in as many as 15 UK cities outside London, plus commuter...

A trade union is demanding that the government ban emails from all employers outside office hours - and it wants emails...

Figures released from the government show 19,400 people in the real estate sector are still on furlough - suggesting some agents have back...

A council cracking down on the increase of illegally positioned estate agent boards. Agents are required, under Planning and Highways legislation to...

A gradual increase in the supply of homes coming to the market means the stellar price rises of recent months are...

New research has found that homebuyers would prioritise buying a home with superfast broadband over being close to a good school.  A...

Hello - it’s Friday already and that means more salutes to those in our industry raising money for good causes. If...

Boomin says it’s going to “reinvent the YouTube channel for property.” The portal’s new YouTube channel has gone live with five unique...

OnTheMarket has announced new functionality in a direct bid to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. The functionality, to go live within the...

The MP who chairs one of the most important committees in the House of Commons has urged the government to increase...

The Bank of England will intervene if it considers soaring house prices will affect the inflation rate says Sir Dave Ramsden,...

In a trading statement this morning Foxtons has revealed that following a 49 per cent increase in sales revenue in the...

Zoopla says just over half of current home owners say they are stuck in a property that’s unsuitable for their needs...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to give its members a tool which, it claims, will show existing owners’ propensity to...

Franchise agency giant Belvoir has acquired share capital in a small mortgage company. Nottingham Mortgage Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of...

A senior figure in the UK activities of the Keller Williams estate agency has died at the shockingly young age of...

New data shows no let-up on the pressure on the conveyancing sector as the stamp duty holiday and the broader economic...

An online agency has issued an outlandish statement that it, and other online agencies, have made the profession more trusted amongst...

House prices have soared 10.9 per cent in the past year - the highest level since 2014 - according to the...

We’re only a little over a week away from the Euros, happening at last a year later than scheduled because of...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has revealed that what it calls its “second HQ” will be in Wolverhampton,...

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US - says it now has 200 self-employed agents operating under its...

The government is to answer a call made in an online petition for stamp duty to apply when contracts are exchanged,...

The average price of a property in a British seaside town is now £265,978, a leap of 10 per cent -...

A new home buying platform being set up by a challenger portal has revealed details of its mortgage offer to users. OneDome...

The NEXA agency, which already has branches in Bristol, Portsmouth, Chichester, Manchester and Cardiff, has now opened an office in Liverpool...

One of the country’s leading politicians says a yet-to-be-revealed way of taxing property sales could be one way of helping homes...

Banks and building societies want the government to offer more help to the housing market through additional assistance to home owners...

An agency says two thirds of its sales valuations in London in the first quarter of the year have been conducted...

Movebutler, the digital onboarding platform from online auction specialist iamproperty, says it has some 900 agency branches signed up. These include Martin...

Shock price rises in materials are set to make new build homes more expensive if a warning from leading industry figures...

Buying agents level the playing field with estate agents according to Phil Spencer - the TV property expert who started his...

Hello, and we’re at the start of a long weekend - and as the weather (finally) improves, perhaps that’s the opportunity...

An anonymous conveyancer has admitted increasing fees to deter buyers and sellers in the frenzied housing market during the stamp duty...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...

A new survey of some 700 estate agency customers show that they want to get traditional services like High Street branches,...

A global financial software and analytics firm says it’s launching a new PropTech tool which promises in the near future to...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the government’s First Homes initiative, describing it as “creative” and saying it’s a sign of...

LSL Property Services, owner of Reeds Rains and Your Move agencies, has sold its holding in conveyancing panel management firm LMS...

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...