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Property professionals have called for the Government to allocate its promised £3m towards improving the home buying and selling process to...

The property recruitment market seems to be moving as fast as house prices. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

A bid to regulate second home ownership in part of the UK through changes to planning policy will add complexity and...

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

Energy Performance Certificates ought to be scrapped because they are outdated and not fit for purpose. That’s the view of an influential...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

Millions of leaseholders will be given the right to extend their lease by a maximum term of 990 years at zero...

A regional wing of Fine & Country has reported a record month - and puts it down to the self-employed ‘associate’ business model...

Various investors in Countrywide have submitted early online paperwork to The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers - the red tape required to...

Lawyers, politicians, bankers, insurance sellers – no matter where you go, there are some professions that are just always going to...

The recent ARLA Propertymark conference featured a hugely interesting line-up of speaks and session during a watershed time for the lettings...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

Some of Britain’s top property experts say bureaucracy, lack of cooperation and a dwindling number of smaller builders are the main...

By now we’ve all seen news about the long-term decline in property sales and competition from online alternatives leading to ‘more...

As those of us in the industry know, there is a fine balance to strike between disruptive technology – and the...

When Kenneth Bruce, co-founder of Purplebricks, published an emotional post on social media this week, my first reaction was; what a...

That the private rental sector has become the government’s whipping boy for housing problems - landlords in particular, letting agents almost...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

Countrywide has started the formal process of merging and rebranding some of its existing local chains, beginning with London.  John D Wood...

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is urging the industry to comment on a government initiative aimed at cutting red...

Reports suggest foreign buyers may be losing interest in directly owning property in London and are in some cases increasingly attracted...

People buying or selling property in Scotland would be better protected if the regulation of estate agency was devolved to the...

As estate agents, business people and just plain people for that matter, we can't help looking at the way our society...