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Another day, another index, another record - house prices rose 5.4 per cent annually in October according to official figures from the Office...

The ESTAS, which is fast establishing itself as a review platform as well as an awards network, has signed up the...

The Black Lives Matter debate has reached the property industry with some agents dropping the term ‘Master bedroom’ from descriptions. The Times...

House prices increased 0.5 per cent in November, which was the strongest monthly rise since April according to the Nationwide.  However, annual...

Although property transactions have, unsurprisingly, recently seen a decline which is almost certainly in part due to the ‘B-word’, this doesn’t...

Our first wonderful fund-raising agents this week are walking over hot coals - now that’s a dare for you. But you don’t...

I think I speak for most people when I say that we are not currently where we thought we would be...

What a credit to the industry so many agents, surveyors and suppliers are: this week’s ADC shows the diverse range of...

If you’d asked me at the start of the year how I thought the political landscape might look now, I wouldn’t...

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

With somewhere in the region of 1.2 million property sales transactions being completed each year, and 16,500 estate agents actively vying...

Four years ago, as we approached the general election, Andrews Property Group held a roundtable debateon the impact the election might have...

There was a time when the mere mention of the financial services industry brought with it scorn and mistrust. The issues arising...

I don’t believe it’s unfair to state that our government, indeed, the entire political establishment is in some turmoil at the...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - the every-Monday round-up of key moves within the industry. Let us know...

Barely a day goes by when we don’t read a new report on the unscrupulous practices of landlords; of the sub-standard...

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity - our tribute to the great work done by our industry in...

I often speak of my wish to see property taken out of the hands of politicians. Indeed, this is likely to...

It’s that time of year when we gaze to the future, when we ponder what the coming year will bring, and...

Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home buying process and improvement could be far quicker than any efforts...

I’ve spoken many times before of my desire to see government take property more seriously. For more than just lip service...

Andrews, which has over 50 branches across the south of England, is the latest major chain to sign up to OnTheMarket. In...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another chance to hear about the remarkable fund-raising done by our...

“Baton down the hatches. Stockpile the food cupboard. Brexit is coming and it’s little more than six months away!” I jest, but there is...

Most estate agents have tried to dismiss the impact of the Bank of England’s base rate rise, which came following a...

Another day, another housing minister – at least that’s what it feels like! The resignation of the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...

An estate agency chain has produced strikingly successful sales figures for the first half of the year - evidence, it says,...

In recent weeks, you could have been forgiven for thinking that you’re not actually in the UK.  Flash floods aside, the...

100 years ago, 90% of the UK population rented a home. Today, that figure has flipped, and over two thirds are...

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep the base rate unchanged at 0.5 per cent this month. The...

The sun has finally returned to ours skies and you’re on the lookout for a little bit of summer reading. As...

One day, I’ll sit down to write for Estate Agent Today and I won’t express my dismay at the lack of...

Andrews Property Group has won the Feefo Trusted Service award, which the agency describes as “an independent seal of excellence that...

At the start of February, Nationwide suggested that the housing market was picking up. Last week, RICS reported on its continued...

Last week’s news that the lettings fee ban is unlikely to materialise before next spring was perhaps to be expected. Ever since...

With the year in full swing we have some more heroic fund-raising and grant-giving stories to tell this week. Thanks so much...

Here we are again: another much anticipated Budget has been and gone and, yet, still nothing much has changed! Yes, of course,...

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing.  The decision to cut stamp duty...

Housing may have taken centre stage in the Budget but most of the industry appears to remain sceptical of whether the...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

The notion of a North-South divide in the UK has been around for as long as I can remember – certainly...

The Bank of England has raised the base rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. The Bank’s monetary policy committee was...

David Westgate, group chief executive at Andrews Property Group, has been presented with a long service award in recognition of his...

And so concludes another party conference season.  We’ve followed the great and the good (both terms are debatable) around Torbay, Bournemouth,...

It’s not just that the days are shortening and the occasional smell of smoke lingers in the evening - the weather...

I’ve written before about the impact of headlines on the property industry. Interest rate speculation.   Market booms and busts. Demand...

Once upon a time there were estate agents. That was it. Nice and simple. If you marketed and sold residential property,...

For those of us working within the property sector, we’re in the very midst of what, for generations, has been one...

“Housing policy should be in independent hands.” That was the conclusion of a panel debate that Andrews held, not recently, but two...

The housing industry has responded with shock, joy, and jitters, after Theresa May’s snap general election went catastrophically wrong, leaving her...

The Wallington branch of Andrews Property Group recently contacted a local resident – but not to book a valuation or organise...

June marks the start of what professional weather folk call summer - and even if the temperatures are a little variable,...

News headlines talk more and more about a slowdown in the property market, a drop in house prices and the need...

I wrote last month about how the Government, in introducing a 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes, had scored an...

The industry has broadly welcomed the shock announcement of a June 8 General Election as a chance to end long term...

It’s peak business season for many agents right now and yet they still have time to do good work for charities...

The triggering of Article 50 may have been regarded as a historic event but it appears to have left the housing...

A year ago, we were days away from the introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes – a...

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...

Estate agents are angry that Chancellor Phillip Hammond made no attempt in his first Spring Budget to reform stamp duty -...

The buy-to-let market has gone through significant change in the last year and with the Budget just around the corner, what...

Welcome to February! It means that 2017 is well under way and we’re edging closer to Spring – a time when...

Andrews Property Group has announced that Ronda Green, the group’s marketing director, died suddenly in hospital on January 3. Having previously worked...

Just a couple of weeks ago, we waited with anticipation to see what the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, would say in...

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

Several estate agencies have announced expansions and new offices - and once again a former Countrywide management figure is revealed to...

Barely a week goes by without an announcement relating to the latest player entering the online agency world and when they...

Barely a week goes by without news of the latest disastrous AirBnB experience suffered by an unsuspecting landlord.   Whether it’s damage...

Use of the term ‘generation rent’ has grown beyond all measure in recent years, but it’s not always quoted in the...

George Osborne has been busy over the last year. First came the General Election which had everyone on tenterhooks until the...

With a little over two months to go until changes to Stamp Duty are introduced that will impact purchasers of second...

Headlines across the lettings industry often focus on the behaviour of ‘rogue’ landlords – those that are slow to become compliant...

Stories of migrants attempting to make their way to the UK are now a daily feature in our news bulletins and...

A little over four weeks ago I was here musing what impact the impending general election might have on the property...