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The real estate industry is one of the industries hardest hit by falling numbers of self-employed, having seen the third-largest decline...

Research from Zoopla shows that two-bed terraced homes are the fastest-selling property type in England and Wales, with a sale agreed...

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

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

You may not have seen it, but one of the most important reports published within the housing sector over the past...

Fake grass can impact the value of a vendor’s property and turn off prospective buyers, Winkworth claims. In a gardening special, the agency franchise brand’s Property...

Thousands of people will be invited to take part in new research to help provide information on why one particularly badly...

An analysis of Rightmove data shows that sale stock levels were up 9.2% across England during the first quarter of 2024,...

Would-be home-buyers are enjoying the highest level of spring-time choice of homes in five years says Zoopla. The portal claims that there...

Agents who complain about the price of Rightmove aren’t using it properly, industry figures have suggested. The claims were made in the...

It is no secret that our climate is getting warmer. 2022 was one of the six warmest years on record globally,...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Have you heard of the Pareto Principle…? Named after economist Vilfredo Pareto, it describes the imbalance of most work-related events -...

Agents should use the recent Rightmove fee hikes to increase their own charges, senior industry figures have claimed. Speaking on the latest Agents...

At present, the space heating of homes accounts for roughly 14% of the UK’s annual emissions. If we are to meet...

Property seekers can now search for a home through OnTheMarket based on “accessible features.” The portal has introduced a new “accessible features”...

Earlier this year, we ran a story asking whether agency would ever embrace a four-day week. This came ahead of the...

The mainstream UK housing market is overvalued by up to 20 per cent and the London market overvalued by as much...

Some 86 Bronze, Silver, Gold and Special Awards have been presented to agents in the Guild off Property Professionals at its...

Propertymark has appointed an insider to the key role of policy adviser - effectively the position vacated last month by industry...

A PropTech operator claims that agents currently pay around £250 per lead, averaging costs of different sources ranging from Google Ads...

Boomin says it’s going to “reinvent the YouTube channel for property.” The portal’s new YouTube channel has gone live with five unique...

The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...

Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...

A new study of British agents suggests that buyers with accents from most of the rest of the world receive less...

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...

Analysts are putting a surprise surge in mortgage approvals from banks down to a spike in applications ahead of the General...

The number of new mortgages approved by banks fell to a six-month low in September - but the annual figure shows...

Average house prices in the UK increased by a mere 0.9 per cent in the year to June - the lowest...

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

A TV production company is looking for family-run estate agencies to be considered for a possible reality TV show. Curve Media -...

House prices rose slightly more rapidly in the first three months of the year but growth is likely to remain subdued...

Just when you thought it was all Brexit doom and gloom, a major index shows that house prices in February grew...

In these tougher times, we recognise that helping agents win new inventory is the key to their businesses.  There were more than...

A think tank is suggesting that micro-homes could be the answer to London’s shortage of available homes for first time buyers. The...

Part of the Arun Estates Group has rebranded - by dropping the ‘& Partners’ element of its name. The agency formerly known...

The latest Bank of England mortgage figures suggest that approvals for home buyers are running at more than a fifth below...

A slew of property experts and commentators have put the blame on Brexit for a surprise drop in house price growth...

One of the country’s most influential bodies says house price rises over 2019 will be limited to around two per cent...

House price rises are now the slowest they have been for six years according to the Halifax. Across the UK, property values...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that franchise giant Belvoir will list all of its 300-plus branches on the challenger portal.  This includes...

A new internet and DAB radio station specialising on the subject of property will launch from purpose built studios next month. Property...

The EY ITEM Club, regarded as one of the most influential groups of economists in the UK, says it’s still “dubious”...

The consumer group Which? says some estate agents are misleading buyers about in-house mortgage services.  The consumer group has issued a number...

Everyone wants to rank highly on Google. Why? Well, as the world’s biggest search engine, with more than 65% market share,...

The housing market “is clearly currently struggling to gain traction” and any real upturn ”will remain elusive over the coming months”...

Fewer mortgages were approved for home buyers last month than in the same month a year ago according to figures from...

The Ernst & Young ITEM Club - a group of economists highly regarded by politicians and some sectors of the property...

OnTheMarket has told the City this morning that it has already signed up 81 new listing agreements by 5pm yesterday, completing...

This year is going to be “challenging” for the housing market according to the influential Ernst & Young ITEM Club, a...

Franchise agency Hunters has signed up to the OnTheMarket portal.  This comes as speculation mounts that an announcement is imminent on stock market...

New figures from UK Finance, the umbrella body for finance houses, show gross mortgage lending in September rose to £21.4 billion...

Figures in the property industry have sharply criticised the announcement made at the Conservative party conference to pump an estimated £10...

Agents say the latest Nationwide index showing a surprise rise in house prices does not change the fact that it is...

The government has published the findings of research which suggest that very few local opponents to new homes will be bought...

Government schemes like Help To Buy, supposedly assisting more people get on the ladder, have little impact on improving social mobility...

Ten years ago this month (April 2007) tenancy deposit schemes were first introduced in England and Wales.  You need to go a...

The proportion of first time buyers relying on inherited wealth or loans from the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ has reached...

Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...

Forecasts are a tricky business. And as I wrote in a recent Industry Views opinion piece, any prediction in the current...

Liz runs her own estate agency in Gateshead. When researchers for the Suzy Lamplugh Trust got in touch earlier in the year to...

It is too early to talk about a recovery in the long-term decline of the prime central London sales market despite...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

It’s official; the estate agency business is tougher than ever. Contrary to perceptions that may exist amongst observers and even clients, the...

Prime London agency Lurot Brand claims to have set a record sale price for a traditional London mews street in the...

The major property portals are “way behind the market”, don’t carry all homes that are for sale, and have such varied...

There seems to have been a seismic shift in recent years for companies to migrate everything ‘on brand’ online. However signage...

With the festive season in full swing, Knight Frank’s researchers have pulled out some Christmas themed data on housing market performance...

Agents across the country, hopefully refreshed by a nice holiday somewhere warm, will be gearing up for the phones to start...

Knight Frank says the high-end market in Scotland has slumped as buyers and sellers allow the new Land and Buildings Transaction...

We knew it - a good looking estate agent can increase the value of a property. And now we have proof,...

Not Invested In Light Panels Yet In this economical climate you might think that investing in new window displays is a...