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New figures released this morning give weight to calls for the complete scrapping of stamp duty.  The dats shows there have been...

House prices in September were 7.3 per cent higher than a year earlier – the highest house price inflation since June 2016. The Halifax...

A businessman with links to serious criminals has lost his vast investment property empire worth nearly £10m after a National Crime...

National chartered surveyor firm Bruton Knowles has acquired long-established Herefordshire based John Amos & Co Ltd. The move is part of Bruton...

A new survey of the market share split between High Street and online agencies shows that Purplebricks remains the digital market...

London’s properties are “over-valued” according to a leading bank. UBS, which has what it calls a Global Real Estate Bubble Index, says...

Recently, when giving speeches, I have discussed investment trends and industry trends that the built environment is experiencing. They are quite...

A new paper from a think tank warns that many low income owner occupiers risk losing their homes when the mortgage...

A North of England estate agency has been acquired in a management buyout. Dowen Estate Agents has eight branches across the North...

Stamp duty specialist consultancy Cornerstone Tax claims some 120,000 buyers in the UK may be owed SDLT refunds. It says that in...

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...

OnTheMarket says it’s going to issue its next trading statement one week today on October 13. This will cover the first six...

A survey says many people under-estimate the costs of moving with conveyancing and mortgage fees often higher than expected. Some 54 per cent of...

The so-called ‘trade up gap’ for people buying for the second time has grown to a record £67,761 according to Rightmove. The...

It’s about this time of year, pandemic or not, that agents may be asked one particularly awkward question by a vendor...

The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind the recommendation of Trading Standards that agents must by law be...

An estate agent in Liverpool has adopted the unusual technique of urging vendors to sell now “before prices crash.” Clearly unworried about...

A woman who bought a London house in 2012 is now suing the conveyancers that worked for her at the time...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he wants to create a ‘Generation Buy’ to help young people purchase homes with low-deposit mortgages. In...

Customers must be told about third party referral fees when buying or selling a home says the National Trading Standards Estate...

The agency leading the Say No To Rightmove campaign has returned all of its offices and brands to Zoopla. The Acorn Group,...

Ed Mead has joined a growing chorus demanding government action on the cladding crisis. He is one of the industry’s leading figures from...

Propertymark has teamed up with an employment and health and safety specialist to establish a service for member agents with Coronavirus-related...

There’s no stopping our industry - whether it’s local lockdowns or early autumn storms, agents and suppliers continue doing great work for...

Agents have universally welcomed new Nationwide data showing annual price growth picked up to 5.0 per cent last month - the highest rate...

A new online platform claims to be the first of its kind to speed up the private treaty sales process for...

Two independent agencies in London have joined forces to form a 'full circle' service for developers, promising to transform the property...

Savills has boosted its forecast for housing transactions this year because the stamp duty holiday has been such a success at...

Almost half of the country’s first time buyers say their plans have been delayed - or worse - thanks to Coronavirus,...

A leading agency says so-called Covid Clauses are being inserted into contracts as buyers become increasingly cautious ahead of a possible...

Mortgage approvals for house purchases have soared to a 13 year high according to Bank of England figures up to the...

A league table drawn up by a quick buy property firm claims that some estate agents' average commission has hit 2.32 per...

The many agents believed to be awaiting pay-outs on their Business Interruption Insurance will have some consolation in knowing that the...

Franchise network Hunters has recorded strong figures for the first half of 2020 but a trading statement reveals the measures it...

One of the country’s major regional agencies has unveiled a ‘super hub’ structure which began life as a lockdown measure but...

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...

A veteran agent with 38 years experience of the industry - much of it at Countrywide - has become the head...

Consumer group Which? says the stamp duty holiday has cut more than £4,000 from the average cost of moving home -...

Property technology company OneDome, which operates two portals - OneDome and Nethouseprices - has raised another £5m in funding.  It says it...

Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that in August, some 13 per cent of properties sold for more than the original asking...

The first leading agency to make a 2021 forecast says the market should be stable next year - so long as...

Hello and at the start of another working week, welcome to our regular jobs slot announcing who’s moving where within the...

Purplebricks has named a new non-executive director - and currently she has 36 other company directorships or partnerships to her name. Elona...

Survivors and bereaved family members from the Grenfell Tower fire have joined forces with residents trapped in allegedly dangerous flats in...

A new PropTech product claims to help agents generate and nurture leads - even while they sleep. MovePal generates leads through Facebook...

A quick buy firm which typically purchases homes from sellers at below market levels has accused estate agents and the private...

Boomin, the new portal being set up by the founders of Purplebricks, is holding a series of confidential webinars next week...

The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...

Two reports this morning suggest that activity in the most expensive sectors of the housing market is doing as well as...

The Times has revealed new allegations concerning the behaviour of Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick. The Cabinet member has been under the spotlight...

Hello and welcome to the latest ADC, your regular Friday round-up of great work being done by agents, suppliers and others...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has outlined his measures to help agencies and other businesses survive Coronavirus. His announcements - endorsed by both the...

Propertymark, which will from later this year combine both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak today reveals his latest measures to help businesses - including agencies, suppliers and other parts of the property...

The frenzied housing market and the uncertain wider economic outlook during the pandemic have combined to lead to a surge in...

One of the many new portals recently launched has made a pitch for agents to join because of its referral fees...

New PropTech products continue to appear, many aimed at enhancing transparency in buying and selling, or helping agents adopt new ways of...

Vendors spend an average £41 a day for 144 days when selling their home - but some spend a remarkable £140 a...

Figures drawn up by a property industry recruitment guru show that estate agents work only two thirds of the hours they...

One of the growing number of free to list property portals, Residential People, claims a record-breaking number of sales and letting...

I was giving an interview this week for an upcoming conference - yet another to convert from a physical to a...

The regional agency group which master-minded the Say No To Rightmove campaign has made a big commitment to the future of...

The government claims its stamp duty holiday has supported nearly 750,000 jobs thanks to the ripple effect in the economy. A statement from HM...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that all retail staff will be obliged to wear masks when working - and it's now...

Two agencies have entered the debate on whether the current frenzied housing market is seeing delays in completions. Yesterday EAT reported that...

Share prices for many quoted estate agencies and property portals fell in trading as fears grew about Coronavirus. London-focussed agency Foxtons was one...

Connells Group has revealed seven appointments to its board of directors which it links directly with a target to grow presence and...

A survey of over 2,300 home owners across the UK suggests market sentiment is mixed, with most doubting house prices have risen. The...

Independent agency Sawyer & Co has announced the opening of a new branch in the Preston Park area of Brighton -...

Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...

The Property Franchise Group has named high-profile industry veteran Eric Walker as managing director of Martin & Co (South and Scotland).  Walker...

Another regional agency group has returned to Zoopla, attributing the move to the portal's “receptive audiences” amongst the house buying and renting...

A family-run agency which last year asked people to “make an offer” to buy a franchise is now claiming it will...

A quick buy firm boasting it has ‘sold’ a home within six days also says it now takes 140 days on...

A new league table drawn up by a property advice website may be the most authoritative yet for first time buyers...

The irrationality of Britain’s council tax system has been laid bare in a new league table drawn up by estate agency...

Almost a third of property sellers (29%) say they won't accept a lower offer for their property, according to new research. Online...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been criticised for its lack of enforcement of anti-money laundering (AML) legislation so far in...

A highly-experienced former Savills agent has launched his own buying agency focusing on the prime country market in Surrey. The new company,...

The green light for a vacant office building in the capital to be redeveloped into residential housing has been given after...

Hello and welcome to the start of the weekend and that means it's time for Agents Do Charity. Each week, we publicise...

Property sellers are twice as likely to find a buyer for their property if the original asking price does not change,...

A North East agency, which first opened in 1977, has revealed a new identity with a new name and fresh branding. Thirlwells...

The strong performance of the auction market in recent months has been reinforced by the latest figures from iamsold, the UK's...

Estate agents and small businesses are being warned to take greater care over passwords to stop hackers breaking into their systems. David...

National property consultancy Carter Jonas has bucked the trend of remote working and closing branches to announce it has secured 12,000...

NAEA Propertymark has written a letter to Housing Minister Christopher Pincher, asking what measures the government is taking to get more...

The strong house price growth experienced in recent months could soon be 'marred' by oversupply, according to Home.co.uk. The property website says...

Independent estate agency Heywoods has undergone a major rebrand in honour of its former boss Chris Stops. Stops, 57, passed away in...

Almost two fifths of property buyers don't know what conveyancers and solicitors do, according to new research. My Home Move Conveyancing's survey...

The result of a test case over Business Interruption Insurance involving agents has been handed down by the High Court. It has...

A tax expert says that there is 'zero likelihood' of the government changing its mind on stamp duty changes for overseas...

Ahead of the launch of a new iBuyer platform later this year, agents are being invited to attend two webinars hosted...

A new PropTech startup is giving prospective buyers the opportunity to receive due diligence at a fraction of the time and...

The property market experienced a slowdown last month as a result of more people going on summer holidays, according to the...

The scale of the problems facing many prospective buyers has been set out in a survey showing as many as one-third...

Independent agents are busier than they have ever been thanks to the post-lockdown surge but larger corporates are actually losing market...

A disgraced former estate agent has paid his victims around £110,000 but must pay another £5,000 or so in the immediate...

Hello and welcome to the new working week. Here’s the latest information on key hires across our industry: if you have similar...

PropertyHeads, a portal which describes itself as the industry’s social network, has sold a three per cent stake partly to raise funds...