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We all know what defines a successful community: not just a range of homes to address a range of requirements, but...

After much anticipation, the Labour Manifesto for ‘Change’ was launched this week. Held in Manchester the launch event included personal reflections...

I know there’s always been something of a love-hate relationship between agents and the portals. The ‘love’ comes because the portals are...

Fine & Country has expanded its latest advertising campaign titled ‘Dare to be Iconic.’  The upmarket agency network said the campaign will...

Sky News is reporting that up to 30 Conservative MPs are threatening to rebel against the government’s approach to ground rents...

New statistics from the Financial Conduct Authority, analysed by a legal firm, show the clear disadvantage and worsening picture for single...

In celebration of International Women's Day, Tunbridge Wells property services company Presence & Co. proudly spotlights the exceptional achievements of our...

With a combined value surpassing £7.4 trillion, the UK’s 29 million residential properties represent a vital national asset, and for homeowners,...

In the property industry, technology must work in a way that is right for agents, helping to free them up to...

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

From Million Dollar Listing to Selling Sunset, we’re used to seeing real estate reality TV in full force on Netflix. Whilst...

Zoopla chief executive Charlie Bryant has revealed aspirations for the portal to play a key role in the home buying process. Speaking...

First-time buyers have been urged to manage their expectations after it revealed that 79% believe their first home will meet all...

Historic agency brand Humberts is looking to have between 20 and 30 offices over the next five years as it marks...

A survey earlier this week may have shown the older generation feel younger people’s spending habits are destroying their chances of...

In retrospect, it was perhaps inevitable that the infamous dead cat would come into the debate over government housing targets and...

Estate agents are in a unique position – we handle the meeting of people’s aspirations probably more than any other profession....

Christmas - time for a much-needed rest for our industry after getting through a workload which reached almost unprecedented levels in...

Purplebricks' share price tumbled a remarkable 34 per cent this morning when trading opened on the London Stock Exchange. The price crashed...

An interesting demand has been made of Chancellor Rishi Sunak - to consider reforming stamp duty with thresholds revised to reflect...

Propertymark says confusion over new stamp duty rules has led to a surge in fall-throughs. Since April 1 homes bought in England...

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...

There are now more mortgage products available than at any time since the start of the pandemic in March 2021. Data from...

Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...

New government figures show that stamp duty transactions in the final quarter of last year were 43 per cent higher than in...

Both Rightmove and Zoopla have issued new data showing how the market is changing as buyers’ aspirations alter. Zoopla has looked at where...

An appeal has gone out to agents wanting to jump from being employees to running their own businesses - and there are...

In a dramatic New Year’s Eve statement on the London Stock Exchange, Countrywide has agreed the terms of a recommended offer...

A London agency says it's discovered the five key priorities that buyers want, following a survey of its own database. “Lockdown and...

From December, the new RICS Home Survey Standard will become mandatory for all RICS professionals undertaking home surveys. The below article explains...

Customer review and awards platform the ESTAS is parting company with headline partner Zoopla after 10 years. The founder of The ESTAS...

It’s probably not a surprise but new research has revealed where people want to move to - as well as where...

Just a month ago our homes felt, for many of us, to be a mere pitstop on a centrifuge of work,...

Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

A well-respected agent who was president of the NAEA just five years ago has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking...

News this week tells of Zehomes, the German property management company, raising €13 million in Series-A funding, bringing its all-time total...

Rightmove’s latest house price statistics reveal that asking prices for newly-marketed property are on average 0.9 per cent higher than a...

The property industry is making “important strides” towards gender balance according to a new report - and it says more respect...

Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...

The global chief executive of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, has warned mortgage lenders against offering so-called ‘super-sized’ home loans to borrowers.  Bruce is...

A well-known London estate agency says it signing up to a US-based real estate franchise network run by billionaire Warren Buffett. From...

Young adults rather than the older generations are driving demand in the waterside living market, according to Strutt & Parker. The agent's...

A full 100 per cent of 20 to 24 year olds hope to buy their own home one day -  but...

James Brokenshire - yesterday appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government - joins the rank of senior politicians...

Let’s be honest - few people saw this coming. The 89 to 11 per cent majority amongst Agents’ Mutual members for...

Five per cent of homeowners say they will definitely not be buying a property until the Brexit process is over, while...

At the end of a week dominated by grim news, it is worth remembering our capacity for good far outweighs rare...

The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...

The news that Theresa May will be installed as Prime Minister tomorrow has immediately stabilished the share prices of estate agents...

So housing made itself top of the list of questions by the new Leader of the Opposition’s first PMQs on Wednesday...