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The ‘UK Seniors Housing Market Update Q2 2024’ from Knight Frank brings positive news that the supply of new seniors housing...

You won’t need me to tell you, but transactions are taking a l-o-n-g time right now. Figures from a digital information service...

Foxtons’ market share for exchanges rose by 30% in the first half of the year as the London agent revealed double-digit...

Estate agency brand Hamptons has named a new head of residential development. Tom Hawkins, who began his career at Hamptons in 2005,...

A lack of new investment rather than landlords selling-up is causing rental market supply issues, research suggests. The latest Hamptons Lettings Index...

It’s so good to see housing at the top of the government’s agenda for change. Finally! The housing crisis has been met...

Extra paperwork, poorly-resourced solicitors and a lack of upfront material information have all been cited as factors contributing to delays in...

The share of new-build homes sold before they’re complete has dropped to a decade-low, research suggests. Hamptons’ annual off-plan sales index has...

High interest rates, slow price growth and more stringent tax rules have eroded Buy-to-Let’s (BTL) charm for a number of landlords,...

Price reductions fell to an 18-month low in April as transactions recover faster than prices, new industry data reveals. Figures from Hamptons,...

You don’t have to be a mind-reader to believe there will be a large majority Labour government by the end of...

The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

It’s taken eight years but one of London’s highest profile estate agencies says the value of its Under Offer pipeline has...

I was chatting to a genuine city gent the other day (someone who has enjoyed a career in suits, ties, shares...

“I like finance. I find it intellectually interesting – there’s lots of numbers and that’s great.” That sentence coming out of the...

Outsourced property viewings and inspections provider Viewber is celebrating completing more than half a million appointments. Launched at the end of 2016...

Estate agency services provider Agent and Homes has appointed a professional investor and former asset manager as a non-executive director. Guy Bowles...

The total value of all homes across the UK has dropped for the first time since 2012. Research by Savills shows the...

Back in 2013 the posh head of PR of a posh estate agency took me to a London restaurant (yes, posh)...

Yopa has detailed a restructure of its business after chairman Grenville Turner mysteriously stepped down as a director. Companies House documents last...

Swimming pools, both indoor and outdoor, his and her bathrooms, accommodation for staff, and endless tech-powered gadgets are just some of...

Over a hundred years before the climate emergency became a global concern, it was recognised that, ‘He who plants a tree,...

What a waste. Islington council announced in recent days that it will buy back 310 ex-council houses this winter, to add to...

Demand for residential property remains fragile despite a pause in interest rate rises, Knight Frank claims. While the number of new prospective...

Agents are securing sales closer to asking price but properties are taking longer to sell, new data suggests. Analysis by Hamptons, using...

Jamie Lester is set to revive the HAUS Properties brand that he previously founded and quit. Lester, a former contestant on The...

Leading digital compliance firm SmartSearch has launched an innovative new solution to help professionals working within the UK property sector to...

Twenty-minute neighbourhoods, 15-minute cities, low traffic neighbourhoods, walkable neighbourhoods: these concepts are suddenly everywhere. They boil down to a simple idea:...

I'll start with a confession. I am not an estate agent - I'm a marketer. But since I joined the industry...

An industry marketing expert has questioned the strategies of ‘house of brand’ agencies. Writing exclusively for Estate Agent Today, Simon Leadbetter, former...

Record numbers of homebuyers are set to get on the property ladder with the help of the “Bank of Family” this...

Hamptons is warning landlords disillusioned with buy to let that they may have missed the top of the sales market -...

It’s not a sentence that I thought I would be writing, but Housing Secretary Michael Gove has indeed finally done something...

Two of the north’s largest property auction houses, North-West based Pugh and South Yorkshire based Mark Jenkinson, are combining their online property auction listings from...

The proportion of new homes sold off-plan across England & Wales has slipped to the lowest level since 2013, new data...

The gender pay gap in estate agency has grown, new research suggests. Analysis of industry data from the Office for National Statistics...

Agents in some parts of the UK are still struggling to sell properties that they first listed more than a decade...

Homeowners are now almost £500 better off annually than renters, new research suggests. Analysis by Halifax shows the monthly cost of owning...

It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...

Mary Beeton, head of residential sales and residential development at Hamptons is celebrating her twentieth year at Hamptons. She is part of the...

Agents have seen a bigger than usual New Year bounce in buyer demand, Rightmove claims. The number of prospective buyers contacting agents...

Agents should use their market position to advise town halls about local housing needs, a senior MP has suggested. Labour and Co-op...

The Government has been urged to revise its plans for affordable housing as MPs warn it is set to fall short...

England beat Wales at the World Cup in Qatar this week, confirming the team’s progression to the next round while their...

Connells Group estate agency operations director Simon Arnes is set to step down next year after marking 50 years with the...

I’ve just read an article saying that this is the time of the online estate agency. The time in question is, of...

HMRC has fined estate agents over £500,000 for anti-money laundering (AML) breaches in the past two months. Yet despite property managers...

Aside from all the news surrounding the Autumn Statement this week, which will have a significant bearing on the property market...

The Government is being urged to create a mortgage protection fund to support homeowners who are struggling with repayments. It comes as...

And…breathe. For a while back there, the only certainty for the housing market was uncertainty. That isn’t to say the election of Rishi...

UK property sales fell by around a third last month and were flat on a monthly basis, new figures show. HMRC’s latest...

If recent headlines are anything to go by, estate agents and the wider property industry are not just feeling the heavy...

The results are finally in, and to no-one’s surprise Liz Truss has been named the new leader of the Conservative Party...

Estate Agent Today's good friend Christopher Watkin recently carried out a video interview with Glynis Frew, the well-known former managing director...

Foxtons had become ‘flabby’ and lost its sense of business, its interim chief executive Peter Rollings claims. Speaking on The Guild of...

A leading firm has claimed that the number of properties advertised for sale in Scotland has almost halved over the last...

In a welcome return to a favourite series of mine - and a timely one at that, given the current back...

For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...

Late last week, Leeds Building Society announced that it would no longer lend on second homes to concentrate on first-time buyers...

Rightmove’s average revenue per agent has reached record levels as firms continue to spend more on the portal’s services. The property website...

As Britain’s housing boom continues,  SDL Property Auctions has warned of ten ways new homeowners could be fined up to £5,000...

A wide range of upcoming legislative changes will affect the private rented sector. From new carbon monoxide alarm regulations to renters...

Estate agency trade body Propertymark is hoping to “maintain momentum” with newly appointed Housing Secretary Greg Clark. He replaces Michael Gove, who...

Greg Clark has been named as the new Housing Secretary. Clark will replace Michael Gove who was sacked by Prime Minister Boris...

Former Countrywide boss Bob Scarff has warned that estate agents have become too reliant on alerts, emails and text messages for...

A client called asking for advice on their social media marketing strategy. They’d thrown a lot of budget at it, but...

Images can have the ability to paint a vivid image, but video content can take this to the next level if...

As another round of property firms is fined, named and shamed for breaching anti-money laundering rules, it feels like the road...

It’s the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell fire tragedy, but are high rises any safer today than they were then? On 14th...

The digital transformation of the property industry is not a new chapter, but an ongoing journey in which the winners are...

There’s one message that’s come home to me loud and clear from my dealings with agents so far this year -...

A EweMove franchisee has revealed how her first sale was so successful that it convinced the vendor to become an estate...

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

Belvoir has reported that group revenue is up 14% in the first four months of the year, helped mainly by its...

Many agents will remember the nerves and jubilation of their first property sale. Estate Agent Today has launched a new video series...

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...

Buyer demand has rebounded in prime areas of the capital and there is also talk of a return to competitive bidding. The...

Record numbers of buyers are now purchasing homes chain-free research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that an increase in the share...

One of estate agency’s biggest groups yesterday announced the start of a share buyback programme for a tranche of up to...

The proportion of homes sold to landlords has hit a five-year high but buyers are paying above asking price due to...

Technology developed for the estate agency industry has advanced and expanded seismically over the past decade as software vendors develop their...

Purplebricks has announced that chief financial officer Stephen Long has been given a shares bonus as part of the company’s performance plan...

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016.   In 2021 some...

In a new column, solicitor Colum Smith, an expert in combating fraud at Taylor Rose MW Solicitors, explains why those looking...

An estate agency says London’s sales market is now at its busiest since the Brexit referendum in mid-2016. Douglas & Gordon, sold by...

The Purplebricks share price remained relatively unchanged yesterday following the shock announcement that chief executive Vic Darvey was quitting the company...

Rightmove - which issues its annual figures to shareholders later this week - has released a bullish snapshot of the housing...

Average asking prices in Britain have risen by 53 per cent over the past 10 years according to Rightmove. They have risen...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...

Bowmark Capital is selling its Leaders Romans Group, one of the UK’s largest property services groups, to another private equity operator, Platinum...

The lettings sector looks set to steam ahead in 2022 after a record-breaking 2021, despite the financial and mobility challenges of...

Rightmove’s first housing market report of 2022 starts when last year’s ended - on a high.  The average price of property coming...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

John D Wood - the lettings and estate agency now part of the Connells empire - is celebrating its 150th birthday...

Strong house price growth since the pandemic began has boosted seller gains with the typical vendor who bought two decades ago...

An England football manager who resigned after a newspaper sting is in a podcast series launched by Boomin and Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny...

The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I can’t remember the last time I had a business...

Foxtons has this morning announced that former managing director Peter Rollings is rejoining the agency 16 years after his departure. Rollings was...