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Government figures show the 218,975 properties within Greater London have Chinese owners - and two agents say there will be more...

One of the key members of the Purplebricks board has stood down after two years. Andreas Wiele joined the Purplebricks board in...

Over 50 jobs have been lost as a result of a Midlands regional estate agency falling into administration. The Shropshire Star reports...

An estate agent has been awarded over £41,000 by an employment tribunal - after her offer to settle for £10,000 was...

A regional agency in the east of England says the Coronavirus lockdown working environment has made it rethink its structure -...

A brand and marketing strategic who also ran one of the country’s most successful lettings agencies for a decade has said...

One of the highest profile and most widely respected figures in the British property industry has died suddenly. He was 72. Tony...

Mortgage product choices for buyers have increased to the highest level in three months according to new data. PropTech platform Mortgage Brain...

Countrywide has released details of its trading performance, including the knock its income has received as a result of the housing...

The challenger portal scheduled to launch in less than a week’s time on July 1 has secured the support of 10,000...

Savills has revealed the measures it has taken to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on its activities and balance sheet. The...

Revenue for The Property Franchise Group was hit by 20 per cent cent thanks for the lockdown - but sales listings...

Few figures for the housing market can be truly representative in the current circumstances but NAEA Propertymark’s latest snapshot is showing...

Hello - Friday already so that means another Agents Do Charity, marking the wonderful work of our industry even in these...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign says the portal has merely kicked the fees can down the road, deferring a long-term...

The post-lockdown surge in housing market activity has continued into its sixth week, as at least one agency’s indicators hit record...

Estate agents facing crippling running costs as the wider impacts of the Coronavirus crisis hit home may benefit, at least in...

An analysis of Countrywide branch data outside London has revealed that one in 10 applicants who registered to buy were from...

Some weeks later than usual for understandable reasons, the ESTAS Awards 2020 are almost here - and for the first time...

Industry veteran Harry Hill, a former chairman of Countrywide and founder of Rightmove, has now become a mentor at the new...

A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...

Controversial Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is the subject of a harshly critical cartoon in The Times which depicts “pigs in the...

In the latest of a recent flurry of consumer-facing research exercises by Rightmove, a league table of the most popular seaside...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have announced that they are extending their cut-price fees deals, introduced because of Coronavirus. This morning Rightmove says: "We have...

The new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group says he anticipates his company’s hybrid arm - EweMove - will go...

A regional agency says the Coronavirus crisis was the opportunity for it to complete a takeover of a rival company in...

The latest branch of Fine & Country says it intends to expand both its premises and its workforce by the end...

There’s been a big rise in demand for new-builds since the lockdown according to figures from Knight Frank - but the...

There was a big spike in the use of live chat across all agency sectors during lockdown - no doubt spurred...

The death has been announced of one of the country’s leading campaigners against the injustices of the leasehold system, Louie Burns. Burns...

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...

The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign has revealed to Estate Agent Today that he has lobbied the portal...

Midlands regional chain Andrew Grant, which last year closed some branches as it moved to a ‘hub’ structure, appears to have...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - currently at the centre of a planning controversy - could be sacked in a September Cabinet reshuffle. The...

The Welsh housing market is back in business today - at least in part. Letting and estate agents can reopen their offices...

One in six home owners with a mortgage across the UK are now on some form of payment holiday with lenders...

Video tours, heralded as the next big thing just a few weeks ago, are being abandoned by buyers and dismissed as...

A successful property newspaper has collapsed after one of its former directors turned computer hacker and deliberately deleted over 5,000 files...

A tax and legal specialist says there’s been a huge rise in stamp duty refund cases between March and June -...

It’s been confirmed by the Scottish Government that the housing market north of the border resumes for business - and house...

With most fund-raising involving organised runs, treks or mudders, we know how difficult it is right now to do great work...

The former commercial director of Rightmove has made a strong defence of much of the company’s activities, including the charges it...

One of the leading ‘new breed’ of hybrids relying on self-employed agents is opening a share offer to investors in a...

Rightmove has given a regional breakdown in where  buyer demand is strongest in the past two weeks. It’s perhaps no surprise that...

A market commentator says it will take up to three months before the housing market stabilises into the ‘new normal’ after...

A company promoting a Blockchain platform with promises to speed up the buying and selling process claims the pandemic has proved...

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...

Tuesday mornings at 6am is usually my time to review all the latest PropTech news. This fires off ideas for my...

A hybrid agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched has announced a recruitment drive and expansion in...

Price discounts are diminishing as the housing market strengthens, according to data from Knight Frank. The average discount to the asking price...

Purplebricks has instructed a new legal firm to support its sales and lettings activities. Business Insider reports that the commercial team at...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has set out strategy suggestions for independent agents facing steep portal bills. A 10-page document reveals...

US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...

Online sector veterans Russell Quirk and Kenny Bruce have used social media to call for a temporary scrapping of all stamp...

An estate agency with a reputation for PropTech innovation says it now live-streams all instructions in a bid to operate more...

A free webinar is taking place this week to show how agents can list properties on Facebook Marketplace. The event, hosted by...

The Competition and Markets Authority - which yesterday announced it had disqualified two estate agency directors for their parts in a...

The devolved government in Wales - where the housing market is still officially closed - has urged agents to report rivals...

Two estate agency directors have been disqualified by the Competition and Markets Authority after taking part in an illegal price fixing...

Estate agents are likely to get through the next five to six months even if the market falls away - but...

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...

A working party of property professionals is being set up to look at whether and how property logbooks could help speed...

The new YOUhome Property Gurus agency has announced another key hire to strengthen its central London activities.  The agency, set up by...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has now been named in media investigations into allegations concerning his political boss, Robert Jenrick, and the...

OnTheMarket says it still aims to be the number one portal, but the acting chief executive has revealed a far more...

A start-up estate agency in London says it’s going to market only refurbished homes that will then be given a warranty...

Beleaguered Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is under growing pressure to explain his part in a planning decision - now deemed illegal...

The housing market in Northern Ireland is resuming on Monday after its lockdown because of the Coronavirus crisis. Arlene Foster, first minister...

Today is one month since the government lifted restrictions on agents and the housing market - and since that time the...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, our weekly opportunity to salute suppliers and agents fund-raising for good causes. We appreciate how...

Zoopla has upped the stakes in the war between rival websites with two major claims which implicitly challenge both Rightmove and...

OnTheMarket says in a trading statement this morning that as of May 31 only some 9,000 branches were on paying contracts...

Virtual viewings could transform estate agency so fundamentally that they might mean the work of five negotiators could in future be...

More details have been released about a test case being brought by the Financial Conduct Authority about the ongoing Business Interruption...

The latest sentiment snapshot produced by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the trend that the market is still improving...

The managing director of a Winkworth branch is threatening to report a senior member of a nearby Countrywide office to the...

A 27 year old agent with a background working in London’s Canary Wharf has headed north to set up his own...

A new high end agency called The Country House Department is launching with an initial focus on Oxfordshire, Berkshire and The...

There’s been a strong rebound in demand for homes and an “unprecedented” bounce in new sales agreed according to Zoopla. The portal...

An estate agency says the housing market could get a boost as a result of couples separating after the prolonged togetherness...

The brothers who founded Purplebricks - Michael and Kenny Bruce - have returned to the agency industry for the first time...

A survey of estate agents conducted through trade publications has revealed that market uncertainty and the handling of transactions within government...

A survey of 2,750 buyers and tenants has revealed the aspects of online property listings which they find most annoying. The single...

The latest in the recent surge of consumer information publicised by Rightmove suggests that demand for flats has fallen significantly as...

Typical house prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the rest of summer according to home moving service...

Russell Jervis, who spent 33 years at Spicerhaart rising to managing director before quitting late last year, has re-emerged this morning...

The housing market is set for long-term recovery, despite dips in the road on the way.  That's the message from the latest house...

The death has been announced of Colin Lowman, a veteran south London estate agent who had a 64 year career in...

National property auctioneer Pugh & Co is launching an initiative to partner with estate agents across the UK. Via a new network...

The Guild of Property Professionals says “a remarkable number” of agencies has joined it during the lockdown. Some 27 agencies signed up...

A quarter of vendors and buyers contacted by a high-end agency say the lockdown and the Coronavirus crisis have made them...

The government is extending the eviction ban for a further two months. A tweet early this evening from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

An agent in the unusual position of operating across the England and Welsh border says many of his competitors appear to...

LSL Property Services has this morning released details of its response to the Coronavirus crisis. All members of its board have taken...

The new Property Ombudsman taking over from October is Rebecca Marsh. She is currently Chief Ombudsman at the Legal Ombudsman and was...

OnTheMarket is to issue its annual figures next Thursday, June 11. The report only covers the portal company’s financial year which ended...

The Property Franchise Group - parent company of six agency brands including EweMove and Martin & Co - says all of...

Now that it’s June it’s officially summer (as if we didn’t realise that from the sudden drop in temperatures). With good...

Agents’ declining income - the result of the lockdown and the collapse in transaction volumes - has been revealed for the...