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A leading business consultancy says the level of working-from-home in the UK by 2025 will be five times that before the pandemic. Estate...

An estate agent who caught Coronavirus and spent 10 days in hospital has said “I didn’t think I was going to...

Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...

The ‘future of residential’ is a huge term to contend with but one that was addressed last week through our RE:Connect...

The Supreme Court will give its judgment on the long-running Business Interruption Insurance case on Friday. In November a Supreme Court appeal...

HM Land Registry is extending the time its customers have to respond to requests for information to up to 40 days...

Estate agencies have been named by HM Revenue & Customs for breaching anti-money laundering regulations. The list of those breaching the rules...

The Federation of Independent Agents says a survey of member agencies suggests only around a fifth per cent would definitely be listing...

An appeal has gone out to agents wanting to jump from being employees to running their own businesses - and there are...

The president of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors insists that the organisation is acting on recommendations of a probe into...

An estate agency is being criticised for marketing properties as second homes in an area reportedly suffering a housing shortage. Local media...

A customer due diligence training webinar is being held for Rightmove members next week. This is the third anti-money laundering training webinar...

Sir Kier Starmer has told the government it should look again at whether estate agents’ viewings of properties for sale and...

Property expert Phil Spencer is warning that “chaos” and “mayhem” looms in the housing market if the stamp duty holiday is...

The Sunday Times has made new and detailed allegations regarding the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. For some weeks the newspaper has...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...

Boomin has announced another 15 independents as members of the site, which is expected to launch in the near future. “The latest...

The average UK house price is now a record £253,374 according to the Halifax - but the rate of growth is...

Leading leasehold experts have sharply criticised the much-hyped reforms announced by the government last week. The Leasehold Group of Companies - formerly led by...

Independent agents inspired by the Say No To Rightmove campaign are to launch a rival portal next month. Wearethemarket is a portal...

The UK outlet of Warren Buffett's estate agency empire is launching its first TV advert in this country.  Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kay &...

HSBC UK is re-introducing its 90 per cent Loan To Value mortgages from next week - a possible lifeline for first...

Connells has cemented its takeover of Countrywide - it now has backing from over 52 per cent of shareholders. In a statement...

Rightmove says it’s recorded the busiest ever start to a New Year in its two decade history with visits to the...

Hello and welcome to the first Agents Do Charity of 2021.  Somehow, this year is only eight days old yet already seems...

To kick off 2021, we have a Q&A with one of the most high-profile – and, it has to be said,...

Millions of leaseholders will be given the right to extend their lease by a maximum term of 990 years at zero...

There’s growing optimism that an extension to the stamp duty holiday - thought to be off the agenda just days ago...

A leading property law expert says agents with international clients in parts of Europe should prepare for additional processes which may...

Agents have been outlining how they have beefed up their measures to combat the risk of Coronavirus, especially during property viewings. “We...

A mortgage lender says it will now accept ‘no-search indemnity insurance’ for residential purchases in a bid to speed up the...

There’s a call this morning for estate and letting agents to regard the physical viewing of any property on sale or...

Countrywide’s former management seriously damaged the company’s share value and status by adopting a flawed business plan - and then executing...

New figures from the Bank of England show that mortgage approvals rose 7.0 per cent in November to reach 105,000 -...

The sudden end of the stamp duty holiday at the end of March could throw away the market gains achieved in...

Rightmove has issued a lengthy guidance note to prospective buyers, including a suggestion they ask estate agents whether PPE will be...

The Chancellor has announced new measures to help businesses in the light of the lockdown announced in the past 24 hours. The...

Agents are sharply split over how they should operate during the current phase of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a poll of almost...

Agents and the housing market in England are still in business even during the third national lockdown which begins on Wednesday and...

London’s largest independent estate agency, Dexters, suggests that the stamp duty holiday ending in 12 weeks time will have relatively little...

A trade body has called on House Secretary Robert Jenrick to intervene over the growing problem of delays in councils providing...

A young estate agent - who by the age of 20 has already had a year working with Purplebricks - has...

The Daily Mail has mocked housing minister Chris Pincher for advising people to going £174-a-bottle champagne while awaiting the rollout of...

The government is considering stricter tier structures for the coming weeks as the number of Coronavirus infections continues to rise. There is...

Anthony Codling, the City analyst who made his name as a scourge of Purplebricks, says Brexit may be good news for the...

Connells has revealed that it’s to keep the existing Countrywide branch structure and staff headcount when the acquisition process is completed...

Following a turbulent 2020 in which the property market and the professionals working within it excelled in the face of unprecedented...

An estate agency group has launched new franchise business models to help those in the industry impacted by Covid-19. Century 21 UK...

One of the country’s most experienced estate agents has spoken out about mental illness in the industry and his own condition...

In a dramatic New Year’s Eve statement on the London Stock Exchange, Countrywide has agreed the terms of a recommended offer...

House prices surged in December to post their fastest growth in six years, according to the Nationwide.  Prices rose 7.3 per cent...

Many agents have been operating under Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions for some days, but today sees another 20 million residents in...

An auction house that's made a transition from ballroom operations to online streaming is to publish all fees for all lots -...

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...

London and other urban areas dominate the league table of locations seeing the biggest house price rises of 2020. This is despite...

Many agents will be closed on New Year’s Day - the last Bank Holiday for some months and at the start...

A house price index that is routinely one of the most pessimistic about the market claims the New Year will see...

The Brexit deal agreed in dramatic form on Christmas Eve is one part of a cocktail eventually boosting the London market...

ZPG, parent company of Zoopla, is to buy another comparison website business, in addition to running its existing Uswitch service. Insurance group...

Hunters has agreed to extend the deadline for talks about a possible takeover by its rival, The Property Franchise Group. In early...

The pandemic has reignited the flagging country house market and boosted demand for larger homes with gardens, claims Savills. Larger country houses...

He’s gone from Downing Street but the legacy of Dominic Cummings lives on in Rightmove’s top searches of 2020. Barnard Castle -...

A £17.8m pre-tax loss has been reported by Yopa in its latest financial statement filed at Companies House. Figures lodged just before...

One of the country’s most exclusive agencies, UK Sotheby’s International Realty, was the subject of a Channel 4 documentary last evening. The...

High end agency Hamptons has quantified the trend of Londoners quitting the capital in the light of the pandemic. It says that...

Zoopla saw a record 70.5 per cent increase in traffic on Boxing Day as signs suggest the pre-Christmas boom is set...

One of Countrywide’s top-end brands begins a TV advertisement campaign on Boxing Day.  Hamptons’ ad is the first ever TV promotion from the agency and...

Propertymark has told the government that it needs to introduce overarching regulation of agents now, because existing piecemeal provisions are unmanageable...

The largest company involved in the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it’s producing a “disruptive digital market campaign to address...

Community spirit is definitely alive and well in the Midlands where people have gone above and beyond to support a local...

With just one day to go to Christmas, it’s time - we hope - for all of us in the industry...

One of the founder agencies of the new Boomin portal, scheduled to launch in the New Year, has also rejoined Zoopla. Farrell...

A north of England agency is opening two new branches which will also have coffee shops and deli counters.  Redbrik’s two new...

Free to list portal Residential People is launching a new cloud-based platform which it says will help agents use Amazon-style technology...

99Home, the agency that describes itself as the country’s fifth largest hybrid, has teamed up with the Mortgage Advice Bureau. MAB will...

We’re sure agents have been working hard to urge vendors to take it easy on the dodgy decorations if there are...

At the start of December 2020, a select handful of agents attended a private online event to see the latest news...

An agency operating in the new Tier 4 area has abandoned viewings and visits to homes until New Year, even though the...

The shock and almost immediate increase in stamp duty on additional homes in Wales has prompted one question in the industry...

The Bank of England is to review the affordability tests imposed on  borrowers, opening the door to a possible relaxation of...

The proportion of sales that fell through at the worst point of this year was 52 per cent it’s been claimed. However...

As Christmas gets ever-closer, today’s video from an industry supplier is a touching montage of how bad things got this year...

Entrants for the 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards have only until December 31 to sign up. Founder Simon Brown says: “The bounce...

There’s been a shock one per cent increase in the Welsh equivalent of stamp duty on second homes, coming into effect...

The Westminster government has published extensive guidance on the operation of the new Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions in England. This includes a...

MPs want the government to publish the names of estate agencies and other companies claiming furlough funding. The all-party Public Accounts Committee of...

Pressure is building on the government to agree a tapered end to the stamp duty holiday, even if a full-blown extension now...

Figures from Zoopla suggest there’s a Christmas present being unwrapped by agents across the country - a far busier housing market tha this...

One of Countrywide’s high-end brands, Hamptons, has joined in what it calls “a new residential partnership” with an agency on the...

Hello and welcome to Christmas week! There are just a few days to go before the industry’s festive break. On that subject,...

The housing market is to stay open across the UK, including in the new Tier 4 areas of England. An announcement from Housing Secretary...

A 10 week marketing campaign is being launched by Zoopla - and the portal urges agents to stay open as much...

Around half of all estate agencies selling homes for £5m or more have not even registered for anti-money laundering processes, and/or...

The Bruce brothers’ portal Boomin has signed two high profile regional agencies from the north of England. Manning Stainton and Farrell Heyworth...

The next Budget will be held on March 3 next year - in time for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to change his...

Hello and a final ‘send your pictures and videos’ message from us to you. There’s still time to email images to press@estateagenttoday.co.uk...

Here we are, on the brink of a festive season like never before, and approaching the end of 2020. Although a dreadful...

Agents and property experts have reacted angrily to the government's refusal to extend the stamp duty holiday. The government has told campaigners that...

Fall throughs which could be avoided by Reservation Agreements have cost agency branches an average £10,000 per month. That’s the claim from digital...

The hundreds of estate and lettings agencies involved in various Business Interruption Insurance policies must wait even longer to find their...