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In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss the annual Estate Agency X event, titled 'Mastering the...

HSBC UK has joined forces with the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) to help improve the homebuying process through the sharing...

The National Leasehold Campaign’s (NLC) heroic journey to get reform of the controversial tenure type on the statute book has hit...

Chestertons Global has agreed a strategic collaboration with Romanian real estate agency Top Estate Team.  Established in 2018, Top Estate Team has...

Price premiums on waterside properties are at their lowest in five years, according to Jackson-Stops’ annual Waterside Review.  While waterside homes in...

The wife of a jailed banker has agreed to forfeit a house in Knightsbridge worth approximately £14m and a golf club...

A little known family-run agency - Griffin Property Co - says it is finally relaunching as Emoov. The purchase of the Emoov...

Two years of rising interest rates, the withdrawal of first-time buyer support, planning delays and a string of broken promises has...

Connells has experienced its busiest second quarter for instructions in six years. The UK’s largest agency brand has reported a 15% increase...

Letting agents are more confident in technology than ever before and a large majority believe that investing in automation is more...

There’s a growing ­supply-demand imbalance in the sales market according to the prominent industry asking price index, Home.  It says despite greater...

In what are some of the biggest changes to the residential leasehold sector in the last 21 years since the Commonhold...

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes has extended a funding round after hitting its investment target of £600,000. Originally launched in 2018 by...

Estate agents were fined a total of more than £3m in the nine months to September 2023 for failing to register...

Is there such a thing as an online estate agency any more? A decade ago, about the time I started editing Estate...

A landmark ruling on the affect of Japanese knotweed on property values has been overturned, which could have implications for home...

Boutique Knightsbridge estate agency Nicolas Van Patrick (NVP) has acquired Chelsea lettings and management company HLR and is on the lookout...

Touching tributes have been paid to long-standing estate agency franchisee Camran Ishaq, who has passed away at the age of 41. Ishaq...

An agent with 15 years experience at high end agencies Hamptons and Knight Frank has joined a self-employed brokerage brand. Sally Jane...

Property blockchain network Coadjute has secured a £10m investment from Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, Natwest, and Rightmove.  This is the first time...

MPs have launched an inquiry on improving the home buying and selling process in England. The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC)...

If you want to hear of a tale for our industry’s times - featuring housing shortages, planning disputes, rampant  inflation and...

The architect of the Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) reforms has expressed frustration that the recommendations have failed to materialise as...

The landmark deal between The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) and Belvoir was ‘inevitable’ and more acquisitions could be on the card,...

Compared with a decade ago, today's first-time buyers are older, more likely to buy with a partner and more likely to...

A team of seasoned industry professionals with a combined experience of more than 140 years is set to launch a new...

Five years ago, Lettings expert, Tim Lawler, wrote an article for Estate Agent Today charting his early experiences of setting up...

Compared with a decade ago, today's first-time buyers are older, more likely to buy with a partner and more likely to...

Propertymark is encouraging auctioneers to attend its upcoming open forum on the 2018 Ivory Act to make sure they are complying with this important law.   The Ivory...

Branches may be closing but the number of estate agency businesses has increased by 2% across the UK over the past...

Everyone’s a pundit these days, aren’t they? And January is pundit season – when a New Year starts, out come the...

Savills has strengthened its European residential network with the acquisition of Verbier Hospitality SA, which trades as Verbier Location. Founded by Jürgen...

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes is confident of hitting its target of 1,000 listings by the end of this year. Originally launched...

Self-employed agency models are helping drive growth in the estate agency sector, while larger firms struggle to maintain positive momentum, research...

TV presenter Phil Spencer announced the winners at the 20th ESTAS Awards in October As most of you will know The ESTAS...

The borough of Richmond upon Thames in London has been crowned the happiest place to live in Great Britain, according to...

The market share of self-employed agents has grown by a third in the past year and by 500% since 2018 even...

Asking prices for newly listed homes dropped by the largest rate for November in five years, Rightmove has revealed. The portal’s latest...

Three major agency brands have unveiled high-profile appointments this week. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature here, email...

By Kevin Shaw, National Sales Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group As the cost-of-living crisis continues to impact the UK, many of us...

By Alan Siggins, indoor ventilation expert and Managing Director of Airflow. Whilst the UK’s focus on Net Zero and green efforts may...

It's emerged that Homes England and HMRC have explored possible fraud within the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme. This formed part of...

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes has added three more boroughs to its tool. Originally launched in 2018 by former prime London estate...

The “ticking time bomb” of Help to Buy repayments could be set to explode due to the cost of living crisis,...

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

Rising numbers of property owners are dropping the asking price of their homes in a bid to secure a quick sale.  Latest...

As money laundering compliance marks its twentieth year, more and more estate agents are being fined for breaches of HMRC’s ID...

Forget the Bank of Mum & Dad, now even siblings are chipping in to help brothers and sisters onto the property...

Joe Pepper has stepped down as chief executive of TM Group. It follows the acquisition of the proptech brand by Aurelius last...

Foxtons remains confident about the property market despite sliding house price growth. It comes as data from Rightmove revealed that asking prices...

Asking prices of new listings have dropped 1.9% this month, the largest fall in August since 2018. Data from Rightmove shows asking...

Energy performance certificates (EPC) make little difference to property sales and the Government should consider replacing them with more effective green...

Retail queen Stacey Cartwright will succeed Nicholas Ferguson as chair of Savills from December 31 - but she inherits a company...

Higher mortgage rates have replaced the 'race for space' as the primary reason for buying outside of London this year, research...

Over recent years, as successive governments have tightened lettings legislation and increased the tax burden on landlords, some with investment properties...

OnTheMarket critic Brett Stone has issued a second open letter to shareholders of the portal, accusing it of “irresponsibly diluting shareholders”...

Rightmove’s half-year results were backed by analysts last week and even prompted speculation that it could be on the acquisition trail. Its...

Rightmove has posted its highest half-year revenue growth for five-years, helped by increased agency investment in the portal’s tools. A half-year update...

The number of people taking out mortgages with terms of 35 years or more hit a high of 88,059 in 2022,...

According to the latest English Housing Survey, there were 495,000 second homes in the UK in 2018/19 – a figure said...

After six years at Keller Williams, well-known industry figure, Chris Buckler is on the lookout for pastures new and exploring agency...

The level of sellers accepting an asking price discount of 5% or more has hit a three-year high. Zoopla’s latest House Price...

Flat owners have seen their service charges rise by 8% over the past year, research suggests. A new service charge index launched...

Zoopla has unveiled an upgraded website for agents and housebuilders. The refreshed Zoopla Advantage website, first launched in 2018, will provide new...

Keller Williams UK’s (KWUK) Gatwick market centre is rumoured to have closed but the self-employed agency network’s chief executive Ben Taylor...

Another Keller Williams UK (KWUK) market centre is set to close its doors but it is unclear who made the decision...

Savills has expanded its international presence with the acquisition of Predibisa in Portugal.  The residential and commercial real estate company has 30...

An artificial intelligence-powered property due diligence platform that is popular in the commercial market has raised £7.5m to help expand into...

Next month’s much-anticipated Propertymark One conference is set to go out with a bang, the trade body has said – and...

First-time buyers in the UK are paying almost a third more to get on the property ladder than they were five...

OnTheMarket’s longstanding head of marketing has left the portal. Patsy Walton was head of marketing at OnTheMarket since 2014, meaning she has...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they review the recent Estate Agency X 8, 2023 On 23rd March, the...

Recent tragic deaths of women walking home alone, notably Sarah Everard, have highlighted the need to address gender inequality in the...

Agents are being urged to ensure they are up to speed with anti-money laundering (AML) requirements as the market enters its...

Mayfair, London’s most famous address, is in a state of radical metamorphosis, a local agency brand claims. A new report from Mayfair...

Listings are down, mortgage rates are high, regulations are becoming even more complex and already stretched tenants are feeling the effects...

International buyers appear to slowly be returning to the prime central London (PCL) market, according to Hamptons data. Figures released by the...

Record numbers of prime properties were reduced in price last month as the pandemic boom is officially over, LonRes claims. Analysis by...

Property social network and listings website PropertyHeads has launched a sister-version across the pond. The company has launched a US twin which...

The auction market has changed drastically with many business owners accepting that face to face auctions are in some cases, no...

OnTheMarket chief executive Jason Tebb has said he is “pleased with the progress” of getting agents to renew contracts as the...

Former youth Olympic Badminton player Grace King is one of first recruits in a campaign launched by hybrid agency Mr and...

The average anti-money laundering (AML) fine issued to the estate agency sector for non-compliance has started to climb, reversing the previous...

As we’ve mentioned in other blogs, even though we’re going through uncertain times, this is the right time not only to...

HMRC fined 24 estate agency and property businesses for anti-money laundering (AML) breaches between April and June 2022, new figures show. The...

OnTheMarket has written to agents who backed the portal at its 2018 initial public offering to provide a “better outcome” if...

One of hybrid agent EweMove’s first franchisees has expanded his North West territory by rebranding as Property Franchise Group stablemate Whitegates. Chris...

One in 15 homes formerly sold by agents are returning to the market after the original sale collapsed, new data shows. Analysis...

Axel Springer’s investment in beleaguered online agent Purplebricks is now worth half its original value, it has been claimed. An article by...

Two thirds of the housing market is potentially cut off from homebuyers who are in a chain, new research claims. A report...

Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...

Increasing numbers of transactions have fallen-through and asking price cuts are increasing but the market is still on track for almost...

OnTheMarket has issued 221,006 of ordinary shares to new agents who have signed up to the portal. These shares are for agents...

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

OnTheMarket (OTM) chief executive Jason Tebb has hailed securing new contracts with major agencies and revealed discussions are ongoing with more...

Buyer demand has dropped by a fifth in the fortnight since the mini-Budget while supply has increased from worried homeowners, Zoopla...

From bake sales to beach clean-ups, there have been plenty of ways that agents have been giving back for good causes...

Rising stars in the property world gathered with seasoned professionals at the British Museum this week for the Propertymark Qualifications’ annual...

OnTheMarket has secured contract renewals from several major agency brands as it reports a revenue boost for the first six months...

Trade body Propertymark has revealed that it has opened compliance cases against a small number of members following the latest HMRC...