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

THE news that an NHS trust was hit by a cyber-attack earlier this month naturally attracted a lot of headlines. Even though...

It is now 8% cheaper to buy a property than to rent in the same area even despite higher mortgage rates,...

Industry partner the Estate Agent Content Club (EACC) has announced a new chief executive, replacing high profile founder Jerry Lyons. Amanda Bower...

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...

TV property guru, Move iQ founder and Estate Agent Today columnist Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One...

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

Lots of things change in the property sector - but one thing always seems to stay the same. For buyers and sellers,...

House price growth may have slowed last year but homeowners who sold their property still made an average gain of £74,000...

“I like finance. I find it intellectually interesting – there’s lots of numbers and that’s great.” That sentence coming out of the...

Properties favoured by first-time buyers are typically selling for an average of 8% or £20,300 below the local market average, Zoopla...

Estate agency services provider Agent and Homes has appointed a professional investor and former asset manager as a non-executive director. Guy Bowles...

Zoopla is holding onto its predictions of a 2% average house price drop this year and said high- value regions in...

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

Large language models, machine learning, artificial intelligence, artificial general intelligence, and 'the singularity' change everything, but there again, they change literally...

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

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...

Independent estate agency Hat and Home has released a sneak peak of its 2023 brand marketing campaign.  Renowned for its distinctive advertising...

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...

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

An agent who went viral with musical property marketing videos has taken her last bow in estate agency. Keller Williams agent Claire...

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

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings: Last week...

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

Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...

House prices fell for the fourth consecutive month in December, the worst run since 2008, according to Nationwide. The lender’s final House...

The end of last year’s Stamp Duty holiday has given a temporary boost to house price data for October 2022. The latest...

Property professionals are hoping for calmer markets after Rishi Sunak was confirmed as the new UK Prime Minister yesterday. Sunak won the...

There has been an understandable focus on things other than Government since the death of Queen Elizabeth was announced, but Prime...

Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...

Independent estate agency Hat and Home has opened its third branch just 18 months after launching the business. Hat and Home launched...

Record numbers of buyers have taken out fixed rate mortgages to lock-in lower priced home loans before rates rise further, analysis...

The increased energy price cap could hit first-time buyers and the wider property market, new research suggests. It comes as households are...

July was the most active month for home sales so far this year but agents acknowledge that a slowdown is coming. The...

The housing market continues to defy expectations after the latest Land Registry figures show annual price growth in May hit its...

Marcus Jones has been appointed as housing minister. The appointment came late last night after a tumultuous day in Westminster that saw...

An estate agency in Snodland, Kent, has been honoured with an award for services to the local community. Independent agency was presented...

A quick-thinking estate agent has helped save an elderly disabled man from a house fire. Tom Ashby, Property Centre branch partner at...

Better LGBT representation is needed among property professionals, both in the workplace and in marketing, campaigners claim. LGBT property networking group Freehold...

Reviews website allAgents has revealed the location of this year’s Customer Experience Awards. The ceremony will be held at the Kia Oval...

Annual house price growth figures returned to double digits in April but there are warnings that this could be as good...

The Bank of England has confirmed plans to withdraw the requirement for lenders to conduct interest rate stress tests on mortgage...

House price growth is set to slow but talk of a correction is overstated, Savills claims. The latest house price forecasts from...

Cardiff estate agent Thomas H Wood has become the lead sponsor for Whitchurch Heath Cricket Club for its 2022 season. The established...

A new estate agency has been launched in the west of Scotland by property services firm Bowman Rebecchi. The new business, named...

You can tell that spring is in the air as this week's Agents Do Charity is full of outdoor fundraising pursuits...

These are undeniably darker days as news comes through of a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine - we have the first agency...

The total value of all UK homes broke the £8 trillion barrier in 2021 according to Savills - and London is...

Bowmark Capital is selling its Leaders Romans Group, one of the UK’s largest property services groups, to another private equity operator, Platinum...

The past two years have been a whirlwind of change, challenges and chance. The main catalyst has clearly been the pandemic...

Hello again and with just two weeks to go before the festivities begin, there’s a definite ramping up of fund-raising for...

The head of a small hybrid firm that describes traditional agencies with offices as “antiquated” says property professionals working for corporates...

The Propertymark Qualifications Awards annual ceremony taking place early next month have revealed their shortlist. There is a total of nine Awards...

An independent estate agency with an eye to fashion has launched a second office in the Home Counties, just nine months...

Strutt & Parker has revealed where it believes the housing market will see the largest demand in 2022, outside of London. The...

One of the country’s leading buying agents has set out what’s hot and what’s not in London’s housing market as it...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - another opportunity to see how our industry is doing great work...

Purplebricks says its aim to move 650 staff from self-employed status to employed has had a 95 per cent success rate. It...

There is a report that the private equity owner of Leaders Romans Group has appointed bankers to work on a ‘strategic...

Even at the height of summer (or the British wet season, as some call it) there are substantial numbers of job...

Propertymark has welcomed the move by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to help make certain leasehold flats more attractive to would-be buyers...

It’s been another terrific week for good deeds by our industry - so often under-reported but so important for agents and...

Police are appealing for witnesses to an attack on a young agent last Saturday. Sussex estate agent Lizzie Noble, 22, was on her...

A delighted couple sent “thank you” gifts of jewellery to three staff at an agency after moving into their dream home. The...

A family is appealing for help in tracing the whereabouts of a motorhome stolen from outside their house at Whitstable in Kent...

It’s great to enjoy hospitality inside now...but it’s even better to fundraise, perhaps outside in the spring and summer weather. It’ll...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock has hit a record £7.56 trillion despite the pandemic. The calculation - by Savills,...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...

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

Criticism of the management of Countrywide has reached new levels of derision as the mainstream media have attacked the chaos surrounding...

A statement this morning from Countrywide's board says both its executive chairman and its group managing director are leaving the company.  It...

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

A North of England estate agency has been acquired in a management buyout. Dowen Estate Agents has eight branches across the North...

Hello and welcome to the latest ADC, your regular Friday round-up of great work being done by agents, suppliers and others...

Controversial Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, tipped by some for sacking when the Cabinet is reshuffled next month, appears to be confident...

Three more property players have been in touch to share what they're doing to help their staff during lockdown - there...

If anyone told us six weeks ago that agents would still be doing such amazing work for their communities during lockdown...

With a lengthy lockdown already behind us one might think that fund-raising was a step too far - but not for...

We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...

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

The total value of the UK’s housing stock hit £7.39 trillion in 2019, a new record high. The claim, in an analysis...

If you haven’t noticed, it’s November already - a month where it’s increasingly popular for men to grow moustaches for charity....

Leaders Romans says it has won new funding to acquire more agencies.  “We have made no secret of the group’s intention to...

A leading London estate agent has written to The Times dismissing MPs who have been squabbling over Brexit and a possible...

With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...

It’s another Friday so it’s another Agents Do Charity - of course! It’s August and the height of the holidays but as...

Once a year you might be perfectly justified in putting your feet up for a weekend and enjoying some great sport...

Demand for shared ownership properties will rise by over 15,000 units a year when Help To Buy comes to an end...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - yet more examples of stupendous fund-raising by our industry (and a lot of...

The organisers of next week’s ESTAS Estate & Letting Agent Awards, the biggest and glitziest event on the industry calendar, have...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday edition of Property Jobs Today. Everyone here contacted us on press@estateagenttoday.co.uk to espresso the word;...

Fine & Country is opening a new office in York, joining some 300 similarly branded outlets worldwide.  Frances Bowling, manager of Fine...

Hello - here we are once again with the weekly round-up of key moves in the agency and related industries. We’re letting...

Hello and here we go with yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly opportunity to herald the unsung efforts of our...

One of the country’s leading property auctioneers is back to the job he loves today after an absence of 12 months...