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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has pledged £90,000 to the Chartered Surveyors Student Bursary Programme to support new entrants...

Most households in England today are ‘under-occupying’ their homes, according to the think tank the Resolution Foundation. And it says there doesn’t...

Savills has appointed industry specialist Victoria Garrett to the role of director of its global residential business, based in the firm’s...

Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

Global property consultancy Knight Frank has launched its latest UK Build to Rent Market Update, revealing that investment in the UK...

Winkworth is expanding its country house operation to capitalise on demand from UK and international buyers. The operation will work from Winkworth’s...

Manchester-based premium agency Settio Property Experience has unveiled expansion plans including appointing its first managing director as well as launching an...

Dexters has entered the Asian property market with the acquisition of LiFE Residential. The deal strengthens Dexters position in London and also...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Oliver Bernard has set a new Mayfair and St James record after an off-market sale. The luxury agent has sold an unmodernised...

A London-focussed agency is today launching a recruitment drive for 12 new team members as part of what it calls ”an...

Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...

CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...

Property consultancy JLL has rebranded its residential China division to the APAC Desk. JLL’s residential China Desk was established in 2012 when...

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

London agent Chestertons has signed a deal with Forbes Global Properties, giving it access to its worldwide reach and audience of...

Rightmove has named Johan Svanström, former chief executive of travel booking website Expedia Group Inc and McDonald's Corp as its new...

The historic Chestertons brand, one of London’s largest and oldest estate agents, has today announced the appointment of John Ennis as its new...

Knight Frank is predicting a post-summer slump in the prime London property market. It comes despite its data for the second quarter...

Online agent 99home is planning to go international. The brand, which lets sellers pay to list their property on the major portals...

For the second time in recent weeks, Purplebricks has de-listed a property after an unacceptable comment by the seller on social...

Netflix’s period romantic comedy Bridgerton appears to have registered with Asian property buyers - and as a result they want to...

Vote? Well, whether we have a change of Prime Minister or not, there’s an important vote today - for great charitable...

Surprise figures released through Freedom of Information requests show that the number of homes in England and Wales with owners registered...

A sentiment survey amongst wealthy international buyers suggests the affluent sector of the western world is seeing similar house buying frenzy...

Hello - it’s Friday already and that means more salutes to those in our industry raising money for good causes. If...

A prime London estate agency is going global - not only with a new office in the UK capital but with...

Knight Frank is investing an undisclosed sum in a venture capital firm specialising in PropTech. The money is going into a European...

The UK is only the eighth most popular country for Asian investment buyers, and accounts for just three per cent of...

The rise and rise of portal listings and changing consumer habits during the pandemic may mean the death of the High...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

Welcome to the weekly salute for agents and others in the industry fund-raising for good causes - and we know that...

Savills is the latest agency to warn about the possible threat of Coronavirus to its business activities and success this year. In...

Hello and because it’s Friday there are two pieces of good news: it’s nearly the weekend and it’s the day for...

Hello - it’s Monday and so it’s PJT, where you can catch up on the industry major moves of recent days. Please...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week…which must mean Agents Do Charity. There’s plenty to admire in this week’s entries;...

Estate agency Chestertons has named the new chief operating officer for the roll out of its UK and Europe franchising operation. Some...

Welcome to another Agents Do Charity, meaning it’s not just Friday but also a day to think about fund-raising in the...

Savills says the decisive General Election result appears to have suddenly turned the market around and gave “a strong close to...

An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...

In the latest part of the Natter’s ‘day in the life of’ series, I catch up with Chris Osmond, sales director...

Being a market leader means staying on top of industry trends. The more aware you are of what's happening in the...

A high-end estate agency which describes itself as 'the world's only global lifestyle real estate company' is recruiting new partner agents. Quintessentially...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - because of the flurry of Bank Holidays at this time of year, it’s...

At the end of January the Asian PropTech company PropertyGuru announced the imminent launch of beta-phase testing of its cutting-edge new product, PropertyGuru Lens. This...

Savills’ residential business grew market share last year in the UK despite what it calls “challenging conditions.” In a trading statement to...

Six directors have been banned from office after misleading over 300 people who bought new build homes in the north of...

An accountancy trade body has revealed that last year it briefed MPs - including the Prime Minister and Housing Minister of...

London estate agency Kay & Co says it is targeting Chinese buyers following research data produced by a portal. The China property...

Cluttons - which a year ago was bought out of pre-pack administration by a so-called ‘turnaround’ business, RCapital - has now...

ZPG’s sell-off of the Australian arm of housing data company Hometrack to REA Group, a multinational digital firm specialising in portals and...

ZPG has sold the Australian arm of housing data company Hometrack to REA Group, a multinational digital firm specialising in portals and...

Savills has reported good figures for 2017 although most of its strongest performance was outside the world of residential property. In a...

Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...

Hands up if you’ve read all of the property reports that have been published in the past week or so? Forever...

The Competition and Markets Authority has released the full wording on its decision to give the go-ahead to ZPG’s acquisition of Expert...

The industry magazine Estates Gazette is reporting that Cluttons, the residential and commercial agency, has been bought out of pre-pack administration...

Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

Agency review website RaterAgent has listed its top 50 agents for 2016 based on customer reviews posted in the year to...

Strutt & Parker says both the volume of sales and the sum of the selling prices of homes in Prime Central London...

The ESTAS Group, which runs the national customer feedback scheme and produces the largest annual awards event for the residential agency...

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A newspaper article claims that Rightmove and Zoopla are “awash” with what it calls “the unofficial resales of flats in developments...

Newspapers and other journalists’ outlets are reporting that rooms in care homes are being offered to purchase as buy to let...

Two more agencies have set up new home divisions - a barometer of how they anticipate residential development becoming a bigger...

Transactions in prime central London have plummeted and prices per square foot have dipped. Data from LonRes shows that in the second...