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The expected dip in mortgage rates following the Bank of England’s base rate cut continued this week with NatWest’s lowest price...

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

A branch manager who appeared to celebrate the death of Jewish financier and philanthropist Lord Rothschild and call for other Zionists...

An estate agency based in the heart of one of the UK’s largest Jewish communities has faced backlash after one of its...

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

Everyone’s a pundit these days, aren’t they? And January is pundit season – when a New Year starts, out come the...

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

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

In his latest column Jonathan Rolande looks at the future of estate agnts on the high street.   You only need to walk down...

Just because you don’t live in London - and of course the vast majority of people don’t - doesn’t mean you’ve...

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

The proposals to shake the Private Rental Sector (PRS) to its foundations will, depending upon your political persuasion and housing status,...

Recent tragic deaths of women walking home alone, notably Sarah Everard, have highlighted the need to address gender inequality in the...

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

The important issue of hard-to-sell inherited properties has been raised in Parliament. Labour MP Zarah Sultana issued a written question asking what...

Estate agency leaders have partnered to raise vital funds to support those affected by the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and...

Two members of Ellis & Co’s Mill Hill team have joined forces to takeover the office following the death of its...

It hurts! I have loved the ups (and inevitable downs) of supporting England in the Euros and World Cup every two...

Aside from all the news surrounding the Autumn Statement this week, which will have a significant bearing on the property market...

Challenger portal and property platform Boomin informed staff that it was calling in liquidators yesterday. As first reported by Sky News, the...

A team of estate agents from Sussex-based Mishon Mackay went the extra mile to assist a buyer who found herself in a...

The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has reversed almost all of the tax cuts set out in Kwasi Kwarteng's disastrous mini-Budget three...

The worst cost-of-living crisis in generations is everywhere we look and agents – and the property industry more widely – are...

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

High street agents are eagerly anticipating a government announcement on support for business energy bills today. As with many businesses, estate agents...

The current period of national solidarity over the death of Queen Elizabeth II has embraced the world of property as it...

First off, my own quick tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Despite her age and declining...

Agents and property professionals paid tribute to the Queen last night after Buckingham Palace announced she had passed away. Readers were celebrating...

Former Douglas & Gordon managing director Ivor Dickinson has passed away. He was known as one of London’s most high-profile and colourful...

An estate agency is shutting for good today following the shock death of its young owner. Last week we reported that Ciaran...

A number of pro-active conveyancers are joining a new conveyancing directory being set up by one of the leading figures in...

One of the most valuable assets to any company is the data it stores. According to a recent study completed by...

The owner of an estate agency has died suddenly, plunging the local community into shock. Ciaran McGurgan founded Maison Real Estate in...

A coroner says there is insufficient evidence to determine the cause of death of a 23-year-old estate agent found on a...

The majority of homeowners and homebuyers believe Stamp Duty Land Tax is outdated and needs reform. The mortgage lender Butterfield commissioned an...

One of the founding partners of the well-known agency Slater, Hogg and Howison has died at the age of 76. It was...

A former senior partner of the Fenn Wright agency has died at the age of 82. Roger Dennis, who died on Boxing Day,...

A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...

A well known westcountry estate agent has died just ahead of what would have been his 50th year with the same...

A coroner says there is no explanation how an estate agent suffered a cut to his wrist, which led to his...

As a character from a fairly well-known TV show once said, winter is coming and we’re all contemplating where 2021 has...

Best and Final Offers should be scrapped - and a property expert claims that would be good because they do a massive...

Fund-raising takes all sorts of shapes and sizes and this week we have a splendid selection proving that point. Don’t miss out...

We may be getting an extended summer but agents haven’t just been basking in the heatwave. There has been plenty of goodwill...

The Karma Club: An industry partner has celebrated its second birthday by reaching a landmark of more than £15,000 donated to...

Hello, and here’s the bad news to get it over with - this is the final Bank Holiday weekend before…Christmas. Now that’s...

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...

Boy it’s been hot out there - yet even 30 degrees or more have failed to stifle the enthusiasm of our...

As the country prepares to cheer on England (can we speak for the other UK nations too?) here’s a look at...

For a match between two great rivals, the England-Scotland 0-0 draw on Friday may have brought both nations together. After all it’s...

Some 30 tax documents have been released by HM Treasury this afternoon - a mix of responses to past consultations, proposals...

Boomin co-founder Kenny Bruce says the UK economy should now be opening up thanks to the success of the Coronavirus vaccines. In...

The extraordinary consolidation in the estate agency industry continues apace today with two of the biggest deals reaching critical points. Firstly Hunters’...

Tax experts suggest the widely expected reform of Capital Gains Tax is unlikely to be announced in tomorrow’s Budget - at...

The Countrywide name is set to disappear from the stock market in a week’s time - and may soon be gone...

The rise and rise of portal listings and changing consumer habits during the pandemic may mean the death of the High...

An estate agent has shut both branches of his business for safety reasons and wants tighter Coronavirus restrictions on the industry.  ITV...

A TV show relating the story of London estate agent Suzy Lamplugh will this evening reveal that there is a possible new...

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

It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has been and gone and the run-up to Christmas is well and truly...

So, we’re back to where we were in the spring, more or less. England is in a national lockdown again to...

A young estate agent who set up his own online auction service took his own life after a long period suffering...

With a new President elected and the old one reluctant to move out, this is a good time to see how...

An estate agency in Lancashire has been taken over by a hotel group, which pledges to expand and create more jobs. Mikhail...

Hello again - the good news is it’s Friday and even better news is it’s Agents Do Charity, celebrating the industry’s great...

It’s about this time of year, pandemic or not, that agents may be asked one particularly awkward question by a vendor...

A leading agency says so-called Covid Clauses are being inserted into contracts as buyers become increasingly cautious ahead of a possible...

The pandemic and the way the government has reacted to the private rental sector (PRS) has got me thinking about the...

As many in the industry will know, Ian Westerling passed away last week at the age of 51: he was a...

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

An open verdict has been returned on the death of an estate agent whose body was spotted just 10 metres away...

There are high hopes that the new stamp duty holiday will make an already busy market even busier - but not...

A brand and marketing strategic who also ran one of the country’s most successful lettings agencies for a decade has said...

One of the highest profile and most widely respected figures in the British property industry has died suddenly. He was 72. Tony...

The death has been announced of one of the country’s leading campaigners against the injustices of the leasehold system, Louie Burns. Burns...

Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...

The death has been announced of Colin Lowman, a veteran south London estate agent who had a 64 year career in...

London estate agency Benham & Reeves says there’s been a sharp fall-off in demand for ultra-expensive homes in prime suburbs of...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

Agents are consistently being told that they need to get on board with change. And one could quite easily make the...

In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...

Predictions that landlords are not buying properties to let out because of tougher rental taxes and regulations appear to be short...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of the most senior figures in Countrywide’s upmarket John D Wood and Hampton International brands...

For a very long time, it was one of the best ways – if not the best way – of generating...

The founder of an online agency has spoken publicly for the first time about how his near-death experience led him to...

Stepping back and moving out of the front line is all the rage…but not, it seems, for hard-working agents and others...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where and why across our...

No one would argue that unfair fees and practices by rogue landlords is a problem that should be ignored, but the...

Cash-strapped Countrywide has this morning announced that it is selling its commercial business, Lambert Smith Hampton, for £38m. In a surprise statement...

Local media in the south west are reporting that a Torquay estate agent took his own life after telling his partner...

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

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...

The phrase ‘death of the high street’ can be found in nearly any publication in any given week. And for fair...

Almost inevitably on Halloween, there’s a report today on the horror stories that deter buyers - but it may well be...

I remember the day well; the day we all fell foul of addiction, the day our website was launched. Until then, at...

There’s plenty of action in and around Westminster these days, but while the political temperature rises, the marvellous work of agents,...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...