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Coventry Building Society has joined calls for Stamp Duty reform. The lender has urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to address the controversial property...

Major lenders have started cutting their mortgage pricing in anticipation of an interest rate cut in the coming months. The Bank of...

Fine & Country has launched an exclusive training event for its licensees featuring internationally renowned speaker, trainer, and coach, Josh Phegan.  It...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

The complexities of the government’s leasehold reform proposals affecting millions of homeowners came under the spotlight at a seminar organised by...

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

The founder of family-run brand Coopers Estate Agents is marking 50 years in the industry. Martin Cooper has recalled his first sale,...

Many first-time buyers are unaware of the upfront costs they need to budget for before applying for a mortgage and purchasing...

Industry figure Sean Newman has named seven additional speakers for the Estate Agent Success Summit, with 50% of tickets already sold. The...

Industry figure Sean Newman has launched a new TedTalk-style event called the ‘Estate Agent Success Summit’. Speakers will be given 30 minutes...

Around half a million mortgage-holders are facing an imminent financial shock as their fixed deals end in the run-up to Christmas...

A long-established Coventry estate agent has created a new “super office” in one of the city’s most historic areas as it...

Former England footballer turned TV pundit and property expert, Dion Dublin, is to headline the South East Property Expo.   The centre...

Propertymark has named its new chairperson and board members during its annual general meeting. Succeeding Propertymark’s, Nicky Heathcote, Bill Butler has been...

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

MPs have urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to hold an emergency summit in Downing Street with banks and mortgage lenders to...

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

New 2023 research from Open Property Group found that just 41% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate...

Next week may not be the best time for agents to chase conveyancers waiting for Land Registry information. The Public and Commercial...

Midlands-based land and property company Sheldon Bosley Knight (SBK) has kicked off the new year by snapping up another business. Coventry sales...

Accessibility to charging facilities is becoming an increasingly important factor for home buyers in affluent neighbourhoods where electric vehicle adoption is...

An estate agent says the housing market now has a hidden characteristic - an absence of homes that are friendly for...

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

Online estate agency Strike - which used to be HouseSimple - is expanding its sell-for-free service out across the Midlands and...

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...

If you’re worried the stamp duty holiday is denying the Treasury of much-needed income, think again. Stamp duty receipts soared to £1,196...

Stamp Duty receipts for the year to the end of February fell just six per cent despite the high profile SDLT...

It’s been some time since online agencies have ventured into crowdfunding to raise investment, but easyProperty has now done so -...

Another group of independent estate agents have launched a portal - a rival to a similar project launched by other agencies...

Independent agents inspired by the Say No To Rightmove campaign are to launch a rival portal next month. Wearethemarket is a portal...

Welcome to the weekend - and there are just two of these left before Christmas, so it’s time to hit the...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

With stamp duty cuts and 90% mortgages on their way back, anyone could think the housing market was about to go...

US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...

LSL Property Services, parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rain, has named a new chief executive officer taking the helm...

The former director of customer experience at Purplebricks has been announced as a new partner in a Keller Williams franchise. Sarah Downes,...

Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry. You know the drill by now: if...

Keller Williams has announced another new market centre, and this time its operating principal is a former Purplebricks territory owner.  JP Downes...

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

Election time means setting out your stall and getting support - so how about a vote of confidence for those agents,...

An estate agency says it is now holding weekly online auctions in addition to its bi-monthly traditional ‘showroom’ auctions. Loveitts, which operates...

Hello there and welcome along to the latest PJT, your weekly catch-up on who’s moving where in agency, amongst suppliers and...

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...

Some homes in the UK are now worth 44 per cent less than they were a decade ago, claims the estate...

Auction companies have issued statements boasting of their own performance as old school companies and new entrants vie for market share. Firstly...

The Property Ombudsman scheme has taken action against another six rogue agents in recent days, bringing the total number expelled this...

With Christmas less than four weeks away (yes, really) the countdown to the festive season begins tomorrow when December begins. Charity...

A hybrid estate agency with ambitions to rival Purplebricks has revealed that it has significantly expanded its current footprint, with ambitions...

Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...

As the world becomes ever more digital and people increasingly look to technology to provide convenient solutions to sometimes complex problems,...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our regular Monday look at key moves inside our industry. Everyone mentioned here...

The first-ever ‘digital mortgage’ deed has been lodged at HM Land Registry, for a property at Rotherhithe in London.  Coventry Building Society...

Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...

Spicerhaart, which describes itself as the UK’s largest independent estate agency group, has been on the acquisition trail again, showing its...

Lloyds Bank has revealed a league table of the cities which have seen the highest price growth over the past decade...

Hello and welcome to our first Property Jobs Today, a weekly round-up of key job moves within estate and letting agencies...

  A new league table showing how long it takes homes to sell on average in different postcodes across England and Wales...

The government should take a close look at gazundering as well as gazumping in its review of the house sales process,...

The housing market may appear sluggish at best in many areas but data from Rightmove suggests it’s now quicker to sell...

It’s hot outside but that’s no deterrent to agents helping others, even at the height of summer. Before we honour this week’s...

Midlands estate agency and property auctions firm Loveitts has announced a series of internal promotions to bolster its board. Former associate directors...

Network Auctions has added 19 additional estate agency offices to its network so far this year.  They include three offices of Chaffers...

The Guild of Property Professionals is holding its annual regional meetings next month at 10 sporting venues across the UK under...

The growing size and scale of the private rented sector is not new news. Headlines shout about the changing profile of...

Auction rooms across the UK are filled with people looking to buy property, from bargain hunters to seasoned investors, ensuring that...

Hybrid agency Purplebricks has launched a recruitment drive for what it calls ‘local property experts’ in 17 parts of the country...

Up Estates, an online estate agency operating chiefly in Coventry, Nuneaton and Hinckley, says it will next year open a string...

After a week of criticism from some parts of the industry, OnTheMarket has released a series of testimonials from agents who say...

It’s Halloween weekend but the spirit that burns in many estate agents is a force for good not evil - as...