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KEYWORD "Barking" - 70 RESULTS
Mortgage-backed homebuyers dominate even as rates have surged - claim

Mortgaged buyers have continued to drive the property market even in the two years since mortgage rates peaked, research suggests. Property brand...

20 August 2024

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - bikes, hikes and megabytes

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

19 July 2024

From: Breaking News

In the doghouse! Agent listing features furry friend

As property listings go, this one may be more barking than beautiful. Zoopla has revealed an interesting listing that has appeared on...

10 January 2024

From: Breaking News

Trading Standards unveils latest material information guidance, but how will it be policed?

Long-awaited guidance on material information in property listings was revealed yesterday but policing of the rules won’t be any different, it...

01 December 2023

From: Breaking News

Trading Standards unveils latest material information rules for agents

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has published the long-awaited Parts B and C of material information...

30 November 2023

From: Breaking News

Upmarket agency brand embarks on regional tour

Fine & Country is embarking on its Autumn Regional Tour this month. This events across the UK bring together industry professionals, business...

01 November 2023

From: Breaking News

In an uncertain property market, new homes sales are relatively successful

After a steady increase in mortgage rates, concerns about house prices have been rising too. The Financial Times reported in mid...

21 October 2023

From: Features

Agents Do Charity - reaching for the stars

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

13 October 2023

From: Breaking News

Revealed! The best areas for sellers to find a chain-free buyer

Almost a third of homes sold across Britain have been purchased by a cash buyer, new research shows. Analysis of the latest...

14 September 2023

From: Breaking News

New build sales stronger than rest of market - agency’s bold claim

An estate agency with a major new homes department claims new build sales are proving more resilient than the mainstream market. Leaders...

14 August 2023

From: Breaking News

Prestige & Village announce exciting new partnership with Desert Springs Resort

In an exclusive interview with Estate Agent Today, Simon Coaker, Sales & Marketing Director of Desert Springs Resort, shared captivating insights into...

08 June 2023

From: Sponsored Content

Agents Do Charity - hitting new heights

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

05 May 2023

From: Breaking News

Digital transformation: five tips for success

Digital transformation is not a new concept. It has been around for many years in various forms and across multiple industries,...

01 October 2022

From: Features

On the road again - The Guild launches agent roadshow

The Guild of Property Professionals is set to embark on a roadshow next month to meet agents and share insights and...

22 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Window dressings! How agents are adding a royal touch to their branches

Agency branch windows are being transformed this week to mark the Queen’s 70 years on the throne. High streets across the country...

31 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Hybrid agent hits the road to attract more recruits

Hybrid agent eXp UK is embarking on a national roadshow this month to showcase its US-inspired business model. It will visit London,...

13 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Barking mad? Warren Buffett agency runs contest to win pet-size home

The UK affiliated agency of Warren Buffett’s global real estate company is offering members of the public the chance to win...

29 April 2022

From: Breaking News

Ukraine crisis will put brakes on runaway housing market, warns analyst

Despite the latest Halifax house price index showing a 10.8 per cent annual rise, a leading housing market analyst is warning...

08 March 2022

From: Breaking News

Poor connection! A third of buyers would pull out of an offer over bad wi-fi

Picky buyers are walking away from property deals after realising the internet connection at a property is poor, research claims. A poll...

15 September 2021

From: Breaking News

Revealed! The cash buyer hotspots as London lags behind

Scotland and the south west of England have been identified as cash buyer hotspots. Analysis by Barrows and Forrester, found 27 per...

14 September 2021

From: Breaking News

Housing market’s Gold medal performance in ex-Olympic locations

As the Tokyo Olympics draws to a close this weekend, the Nationwide Building Society has analysed long-term capital appreciation in locations regenerated...

05 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Top Tories set up firm to buy back former council houses

Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and strategist Sir Lynton Crosby - the architect of many Conservative election campaigns -...

19 July 2021

From: Breaking News

Foxtons chairman quits, blaming Brexit and Covid for poor performance

Foxtons’ chairman and longest-serving board member is to stand down at the end of this year at the latest, after a...

08 July 2021

From: Breaking News

Warren Buffett UK agency empire expands with historic acquisition

The UK affiliated agency of Warren Buffett’s global real estate company has acquired a historic independent company operating in prime central...

29 April 2021

From: Breaking News

Prince Philip: how the property landscape changed during his century

For many, the funeral of HRH Prince Philip will be a solemn affair, while for some it will also be a...

17 April 2021

From: Features

How to make client accounting software migration a breeze

When letting agents are preparing to migrate from one piece of client accounting software to another, it can sometimes seem like...

17 October 2020

From: Features

Barking mad idea for how to identify Japanese Knotweed

One of the most prominent companies involved in identifying and treating Japanese Knotweed has recruited a new member of the team...

19 August 2020

From: Breaking News

ESTAS ends 10 year relationship with Zoopla

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

18 August 2020

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - what we'd give for a mud bath!

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, a weekly round-up of news as the industry continues fund-raising even in these challenging...

14 August 2020

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - and a special message from Agents Giving…

Hello: if it’s Friday it’s charity day and this week we have a special announcement from the industry’s own charity, Agents...

31 July 2020

From: Breaking News

New Purplebricks fees structure likely to be revealed next month

It is widely expected that Purplebricks will shortly reveal the result of an experiment with a number of different pricing strategies. The...

23 July 2020

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - a bumper out-of-lockdown edition…

As last Friday was the VE Day Anniversary bank holiday we have a bumper bundle of fund-raising activities to report on...

15 May 2020

From: Breaking News

Average sale price was 4% below asking in pre-Boris bounce period

Sellers in the past 12 months accepted an average of 96 per cent of their asking price according to new research. Comparison...

11 March 2020

From: Breaking News

A joint venture! Agency on a roll in medical cannabis experiment

Savills has smoked out another money-making opportunity with a new enterprise which it claims has “enormous growth potential.” The property consultancy is teaming...

19 February 2020

From: Breaking News

Revealed: 'time on market' from first portal listing to Land Registry sold

The average time it took a home to sell last year - measured from its first day listed on a portal...

29 January 2020

From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s biggest critic says: “Here’s my plan to save the firm”

Countrywide’s shares took another battering yesterday as they plummeted below the psychologically-painful 5p mark - reflecting a 95 per cent loss of...

30 May 2019

From: Breaking News

Your Move insists “No breach of data” after documents taken from branch

The beleaguered Your Move estate agency insists there was no breach of customer privacy after an ex-employee reportedly took confidential data...

07 February 2019

From: Breaking News

London sales market on the road to recovery ... thanks to the rental sector

A property platform that has chronicled the London sales market’s problems in recent years says the recovery will start in 2020...

22 January 2019

From: Breaking News

Is London's market recovery underway? Hometrack says yes - in parts

An early sign of a possible recovery in the London housing market may be appearing, according to data consultancy Hometrack.  It’s just...

31 October 2018

From: Breaking News

Shock as Foxtons announces closure of flagship Park Lane office

Foxtons is shutting its Park Lane office - the flagship of the agency in prime central London’s Mayfair. Estate Agent Today was...

08 October 2018

From: Breaking News

Owning a home 'a pipe dream for public sector workers' claims union

Owning a home has become almost impossible for many public sector workers across Britain, according to research from the union UNISON. Getting...

13 September 2018

From: Breaking News

PropTech Today: Stories from Australia - PropTech is like teenage sex

Last week, I wrote about the speed of innovation in the Far East. This week I’d like to do the same...

05 September 2018

From: Breaking News

Foxtons launches marketing blitz with advertising campaign

Foxtons is embarking on a rare advertising campaign, using a company owned by the largest independent creative agency in the world,...

28 August 2018

From: Breaking News

Marketing automation can make your business smarter

When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...

11 August 2018

From: Features

Property Natter: Day in the life of…a property journalist

Ever wondered what it’s like to be on the frontline of property journalism? Well, wonder no more, as our very own...

05 May 2018

From: Features

Humberts problems “on the cards for years says senior insider

An insider in a senior position in Humberts says the weekend announcement that it was in talks with proposed administrators to...

30 April 2018

From: Breaking News

Agency hit by penalties because it didn't produce waste disposal paperwork

An estate agency has been ordered to pay £841 to a council - because it failed to provide paperwork about its...

24 April 2018

From: Breaking News

Revealed: only area of England and Wales with average home under £100k

Only one local authority in England and Wales has an average house price below £100,000 - while in every London borough...

19 March 2018

From: Breaking News

PropTech Today: In the age of technology, customer service is timeless

We think about technology all the time. At least, I do. And there’s nothing left in property that technology hasn’t touched...

28 February 2018

From: Breaking News

Revealed: price per square metre variations in England and Wales

Homes in the most expensive area of England and Wales cost 25 times as much as in the cheapest area, according...

12 October 2017

From: Breaking News

London agent angry at Grenfell council's long-term empty homes record

A London agency says it’s angry that out of 200,000 homes officially classified as long term empty across the UK, just...

18 July 2017

From: Breaking News

Influential Marsh & Parsons sales director to depart after 12 years

London estate agency Marsh & Parsons has announced that its sales director Liza-Jane Kelly has taken the decision to leave after...

17 May 2017

From: Breaking News

First time buyers' problems set to continue, warns commission

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

27 March 2017

From: Breaking News

Zoopla claims 700 agency branches have returned from OnTheMarket

Zoopla Property Group says that in the last three months alone over 100 estate agency branches have returned to its portal...

26 January 2017

From: Breaking News

Index shows London prices really do tell a tale of two cities...

New data from LSL Property Services suggest that the image of London as one large housing market encountering difficulties at the...

16 January 2017

From: Breaking News

New homes: Sajid and Gavin must do better

Now I’m not one to lose sleep over politicians, but it strikes me that Communities Secretary Sajid Javid and Housing Minister...

07 January 2017

From: Features

Number of agency offices in London increases, despite downturn

New research suggests there has been a slight increase in the total number of estate agency offices in Greater London this...

21 December 2016

From: Breaking News

Will Hammond's property past benefit the future of our industry?

We are now only days away from one of the most-anticipated events in UK politics; one which has a considerable impact...

19 November 2016

From: Features

No crystal ball needed, just exceptional customer service

Graham Norwood recently wrote that it’s going to be harder than ever to predict the shape of the property market in...

05 November 2016

From: Features

London house price changes range hugely from +16% to -16%

Data from Your Move suggests annual house price movements in London boroughs range massively from +16.4 per cent to -16.5 per...

17 October 2016

From: Breaking News

Bid to discover how vendors choose agents - and reject others

Property Academy is embarking on its annual Home Moving Trends Survey in a bid to find out how vendors select agents...

12 October 2016

From: Breaking News

Sequence acquisitions continue as four-branch independent is snapped up

Property sales and lettings agency William H Brown, part of the Sequence UK network, has acquired Porter Glenny estate agents in...

06 October 2016

From: Breaking News

Squeezed activity shows why we should be grateful for new PM

What a month it has been. By the time you read this, we'll have a new Prime Minister, a new Cabinet,...

15 July 2016

From: Features

Agents Do Charity - with just a week to go before Easter

The Budget's over, Easter is a week away, and agents are preparing for the busiest time of year - whatever the...

18 March 2016

From: Breaking News

Attack on agents lining the pockets of their designer suits with high fees

Publicity-conscious online estate agency eMoov claims vendors in London have spent £861.5m on traditional estate agents’ fees in 2015.  eMoov accuses agents...

11 January 2016

From: Breaking News

The challenge of great recruitment

Over the past six months I’ve noticed a number of key themes emerge from the conversations I’ve had with agents –...

08 January 2016

From: Features

Prices rising but transactions sluggish, warn estate agencies

Another house price index has suggested a strong mainstream housing market but a struggling one at the high end. The latest LSL...

12 November 2015

From: Breaking News

More bad London sales news - agent says market suffering a contagion

An estate agency claims there is a “contagion” spreading across the prime London housing market with sales reduced drastically thanks to...

27 October 2015

From: Breaking News

Billy Idol, Generation Rent and happiness

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

18 September 2015

From: Features

Agents must differentiate in an ultra competitive market

No agent reading this will be under any illusions that the agency market is a particularly competitive sector to operate in.  I...

23 April 2015

From: Features

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