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A new study suggests cash buyers secure lower sale prices than mortgaged purchasers - but is that really the case? The survey by...

This week I fly to Spain to present at a conference called Immotechnia. I am opening the conference with a 45-minute...

Predictions that landlords are not buying properties to let out because of tougher rental taxes and regulations appear to be short...

Savills has smoked out another money-making opportunity with a new enterprise which it claims has “enormous growth potential.” The property consultancy is teaming...

The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a shock warning that mortgage borrowers who purchased properties through the Help To Buy scheme...

Countrywide is remaining silent over the stalled sale of its commercial arm. The troubled agency group’s share price dropped over 3.5 per...

Another former Savills agent has joined freelance agency operation Keller Williams, the second in recent weeks. In January it was revealed that...

The government has dismissed a request from the NAEA and ARLA Propertymark to review business rates for agency offices on High...

A prominent consumer group says homes sold precisely 14 days after first being listed typically achieve the best price - closest...

A high profile and widely-respected estate agent is predicting a huge demographic change to one of the country’s wealthiest enclaves -...

New research shows that 77 per cent of consumers use portals to conduct property searches - meaning, surprisingly, that almost a...

A number of estate agents have recently received phishing emails, fraudulently claiming to be from the main portals and trying to...

Rightmove has hit back at critics saying it’s no longer the force it used to be by reporting record traffic for...

An online valuation service says the number of leads it generated for agents in January was over double the figure in...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week - and it’s been a frantic seven days since the last...

The government will not announce a Mansion Tax at next month’s Budget. It was first reported by the Sunday Telegraph a week ago,...

Fine & Country has introduced a self-employed agency business model to be run by well-known former Property Academy chief Nicky Stevenson. The...

The new housing minister is Christopher Pincher, who for the past decade has been Conservative MP for Tamworth having had a...

A challenger portal says agents should reduce their reliance on the likes of Rightmove and Zoopla by using smaller rival portals...

The Property Franchise Group - which owns Martin & Co, EweMove and three other brands - is to have a former...

It’s Valentine’s Day and everyone at Estate Agent Today hopes there is love in the air where you are…at least after...

Another weekend, another storm: it’s hard to put a smile on your face when winter goes on this long but the...

Esther McVey has been sacked as housing minister; she was the ninth housing minister in as many years. Her successor is the...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says agents are “miles behind” in using digital information to provide a personalised service.  Vic Darvey has given...

Zoopla has published a startling set of statistics to demonstrate what it calls “a record January with significant growth in delivery...

For several years the regular monthly RICS market snapshot has made depressing reading - now, for there second month in a...

The government has been told that raising the stamp duty threshold would both trigger more house moves, and bring the tax...

Thanks so much for your responses to our request for Valentines office window displays - we didn’t realise February 14 was...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of the most senior figures in Countrywide’s upmarket John D Wood and Hampton International brands...

One of Britain’s most experienced estate agents says there’s no alternative to Rightmove, and the portal’s relationship with the industry is...

A book, written by Gary Kasparov, has really made me question my opinions on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The book is called...

A new homes portal says that in the past year it’s seen a rise of 82 per cent in website visitors and...

The head of SEO at Rightmove has defected to a rival portal, Residential People. Farhaad Saleh was responsible for all of Rightmove's...

The Law Society’s new TA6 Property Information Form has just launched, as previewed on Estate Agent Today 10 days ago.  “The TA6...

Countrywide is declining to explain why due diligence on the sale of its commercial arm did not catch a problem which...

The Federation of Independent Agents has revealed the names of a string of new member companies from across the UK. Founder Graham...

A new market centre operating as a hub for freelance agents has opened in Glasgow. Called KW Evolve it is a Keller...

Conservatives have been lining up to criticise a mansion tax which may be introduced on expensive homes to fund infrastructure improvements...

The HomeOwners Alliance, a leading property consumer group, has now suggested it has some concerns about the government’s First Homes scheme. This...

With just a few day’s to go to Valentine’s, we’re delighted to have another themed agency window to share with readers. Many...

The mystery of why Countrywide’s crucial sale of its commercial arm has failed to go through as scheduled deepened over the...

Agents now have only seven days to complete a referral fees survey, announced late on Friday by Trading Standards and The...

Agents have reacted angrily to the government contemplating introducing a Mansion Tax, and to the Housing Secretary not ruling out the...

Unsourced stories in a number of newspapers over the weekend - all likely to have come from government off-the-record briefings -...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...

Annual house price growth increased to 4.1 per cent in January, up slightly from the end of 2019, according to Halifax...

One of the leading consumer groups has backed the government’s controversial First Homes policy, which aims to give 30 per cent...

Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes according to a Sunday newspaper. The Telegraph - citing two...

The National Trading Standards Estate & Letting Agency Team and The Property Ombudsman have launched an urgent survey to assess awareness...

Countrywide has revealed a mysterious delay in the sale of its commercial arm, Lambert Smith Hampton - a sale considered crucial for the...

The government has announced its First Homes scheme - a policy under which it says some new homes will see their...

One of the country’s leading housing market research experts has been poached from Knight Frank to join Zoopla. Gráinne Gilmore - a...

Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...

The Law Society is telling prospective house purchasers to probe flood risks in the light of a new practice note it...

We’re delighted to be able to show another very charming Valentine’s Day window display - this one from Emma’s Estate Agents...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week, which always means a round-up of our industry’s good work for charity....

The war of words between estate agency review website allAgents and consumer review service Trustpilot continues apace. Trustpilot has hit back, describing allAgents’...

OnTheMarket claims its visitor total last month exceeded 30m, a new monthly record and an increase of some 28 per cent...

Agents “dread” buyers’ questions on value, asking prices and nearby new development according to a survey. Some 50 agents and over 1,500...

New research suggests the internet and broadband coverage have become even more important to buyers and tenants. The study - involving 228...

It’s just over a week to Valentine’s Day and we’re delighted to see that at least one agent is in an...

New home registrations in the UK have risen over 80 per cent in the last decade, according to the NHBC. From 2010...

Rightmove may continue to be a target for criticism from some agents and rival portals but it has just enjoyed it...

An online agency’s claim that it sells homes “for free” has been disputed by a High Street rival - but the...

“It appears conveyancers either aren’t too concerned with PropTech right now, or they don’t yet have all the information needed to...

The estate agency review site allAgents claims some of Trustpilot’s reviews “could be dubious.”  A statement from allAgents repeats an allegation made last...

The people behind an online valuation service is warning agents that having a widget on their website is not enough by...

Auction House, which says it’s the largest property auctioneer in the UK, is opening a new branch in Kent, with its...

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...

As competition hots up between affinity groups and associations in the industry, the Guild of Property Professionals has come out fighting. It...

An estate agency that won a major property award only 18 months ago has shut after trading for 40 years. The Marlborough...

OnTheMarket will tomorrow issue over 400,000 shares to agents who have signed new long-term listing agreements with the portal. No details have...

The chair of the working group introducing mandatory examinations and qualifications for estate and letting agents says senior politicians will meet...

Well-known outsourced communications service Moneypenny has become an official industry partner to Propertymark, and its NAEA, ARLA and NAVA trade bodies.  Combined...

Unfortunately for consumers, buying and selling properties is rarely plain sailing. But fortunately for agents, this provides you with an opportunity to...

An outspoken industry commentator says some of the country’s leading agencies are failing because they’re not actually run by experienced agents. Russell...

An analysis of the market share of online agents shows they are on 4.8 per cent - virtually unchanged from the...

Keller Williams UK is opening a new Market Centre, this time in Oxfordshire - and it has signed a senior Savills...

Welcome to the first February PJT. As the year progresses the industry embarks on more appointments, especially with a market that’s...

A state-of-the-housing-market survey by Zoopla has led the portal to tell agents they have an opportunity to educate sellers about prices. “We...

The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...

Mystery surrounds a historic agency that has ceased trading after 235 years in business - even though its website is still...

The Hunters franchise group says it’s now the third largest agency in the UK, and it promises to reveal a major...

Here’s a reminder of some news we broke last week - the hugely-respected Phil Spencer starts a regular column for the...

Is that a headline appropriate for Brexit Day? Surely not. No, instead it’s a description of the results of a survey...

Hello and welcome to the last day of January, Brexit Day and - perhaps most importantly - the latest edition of...

Estate agents concerned over security breaches will be closely analysing what happens with a case concerning a London firm’s compromised email...

Foxtons's trading statement this morning reveals another huge slump in sales - but no new announcement about future branch closures after a spate...

A leading property lawyer is urging sellers not to use online agents because to do so would be “a gamble”. Gillian Wright...

An estate agent has set up his own buying operation because he claims the quality of service for high-end buyers has...

London-focussed high end agency Chestertons says it’s on the hunt for acquisitions after posting what it describes as a “record performance”...

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its debut last year with teams from the property sector makes a welcome return...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today for its monthly decision on whether the move base rate - and...

Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...

It is possible that agents and their business partners in the conveyancing, mortgage and survey industries could be obliged to have...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

Zoopla’s Hometrack data research arm says the start of 2020 has seen buyer demand up 26 per cent compared to the...

The average time it took a home to sell last year - measured from its first day listed on a portal...

Some older estate agents may end up retiring when mandatory examinations and qualifications are introduced as there will be no ‘free...

An estate agency is setting up a call centre employing some 100 people in a bid to become “a one stop...