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In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss the annual Estate Agency X event, titled 'Mastering the...

Local authority searches are taking up to 60 days in some parts of the country - holding up the sales process. Analysis...

Ongoing tax and regulatory clampdowns on landlords have led to warnings of a buy-to-let exodus and new data suggests that may...

Lower mortgage rates have slowed the exodus of first-time buyers from London ,research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons for the first half of...

The new Labour government has committed to building 370,000 homes per year, but is it realistic? The housing crisis in the UK...

EVER since Rishi Sunak stood in the rain and effectively announced he’d soon be moving house, Labour have been saying the...

Fewer than 50,000 mortgages have been completed with the support of the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme, official figures show. The scheme was launched...

One key point of difference in the parties’ housing policies during the recent general election campaign was that the Conservative Party...

When I first started working as an estate agent there was one thing I never saw coming… and that was having...

You won’t need me to tell you, but transactions are taking a l-o-n-g time right now. Figures from a digital information service...

A new estate agency in Hampshire is celebrating expansion after securing more than £40m of property listings in its first half...

The slump in housing market transactions is beginning to translate into a fall in the number of conveyancing companies. A study by...

Rents have begun to stabilise, despite an exodus of landlords from the sector and resistance over rent reductions. The market is witnessing...

IT was the day the world malfunctioned.  From airport lounges to the reception areas of GP surgeries, the CrowdStrike IT Outage caused...

Most households in England today are ‘under-occupying’ their homes, according to the think tank the Resolution Foundation. And it says there doesn’t...

An agency that’s been part of a community for 55 years has been snapped up by a rival firm. Reed Evans &...

Fewer sales than usual were registered by HMRC for June, official figures show. The latest property transactions statistics from the taxman - based on...

“The housing crisis will be solved using technology.” Or so I read somewhere this week. This notion that technology is the panacea...

The new Government’s plan to ‘Get Britain Building’ is ambitious, to say the least.    And it is central to their mission, not...

Cash buyers accounted for the highest percentage of market activity seen in the past decade and, so far this year, they’ve...

The UK sales and lettings markets are in a state of flux, but an upcoming webinar from Reapit, the leading technology...

Former senior Savills director Trevor Kearney has unveiled his own luxury agency venture called The Private Office: Real Estate, aiming to...

Chestertons has confirmed Watson Briggs as the new department head for its busy New Homes division. The promotion to new homes director...

We frequently read about how the traditional form of urban BTR has inspired the more recent model, suburban BTR. Our own...

Institutional investors and "for-profit" registered providers are set to play an increasingly vital role in tackling the UK's affordable housing crisis,...

Gary Hersham, the founder of high-end London-focussed agency Beauchamp Estates, has been given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the property data...

Having spent more than three decades working in the property sector, I’ve come to the conclusion I’ve pretty much seen it...

Building and development plans Recently, Carter Jonas has marketed development sites which have attracted multiple bids, higher offers than had been anticipated...

A new senior figure in Purplebricks claims the agency has much in common with selling broadband.  Nick Gunga is the new chief...

The latest residential market sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests confidence in the housing market is beginning...

I know there’s always been something of a love-hate relationship between agents and the portals. The ‘love’ comes because the portals are...

Win, lose or draw for the political hopefuls standing as candidates in the upcoming general election, it is likely that the...

A newly-launched upmarket agency network has attracted two former Fine & Country agents. James Cooper and Alia Khan are the latest top-flight...

Vendors could boost the value of their property by around £13,000 on average by improving its energy efficiency, research suggests. Research by...

HAVING spent decades closely following the UK and American property markets, I’ve seen and read many reports comparing the two.  But...

The share of new-build homes sold before they’re complete has dropped to a decade-low, research suggests. Hamptons’ annual off-plan sales index has...

So we’ve been sent the ‘Save The Date’ card - it’s July 4. Now all we need is the invitation to the...

A new report sheds light on the future of UK town centres, presenting a roadmap for the revitalisation and repurposing of...

Online agent turned property PR guru Russell Quirk has set out his solution to solving the housing crisis. Speaking on the latest...

Is there such a thing as an online estate agency any more? A decade ago, about the time I started editing Estate...

A report in the Times newspaper says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is planning a stamp duty cut in the early autumn. The paper...

A shareholder of Foxtons believes the agency could be worth £300m if sold today - substantially above its existing market capitalisation...

The Guild of Property Professionals has chosen 20 new member agents in the first quarter of the year.  With the property market...

The plight of the nation’s first-time buyers may be the focus when it comes to government housing initiatives, but our latest...

Strutt & Parker has appointed Kraig Butler as director and head of residential saes in the consultancy’s Gerrards Cross office. It comes...

Landmark Information Group has been named as a principal partner for this year’s ESTAS Awards held in October. As part of this...

Whether we’re selling properties, managing buildings, servicing heavy goods vehicles or flogging widgets, we’re all operating in a digital world. This is...

The share of homes purchased by first-time buyers so far this year has been pushed to record levels, but most are...

Interesting report this week in Estate Agent Today on an analysis by the Resolution Foundation thinktank which suggests that the UK’s...

Olympic gold medallist Victoria Pendleton and Dragon’s Den investor Steven Bartlett are the latest speakers scheduled to appear at this summer’s...

To commemorate PayProp’s 20th year in business, Estate Agent Today’s Lee Dahill took a walk down memory lane with Neil Cobbold,...

One of the founders of self-employed brand The Agency UK (TAUK) has set out hopes for the business to dominate the...

Happy birthday to us….and all members of the The ValPal Network! We are celebrating a decade in business and in those 10...

Average sold prices in prime London have returned to 2014 levels, research suggests. The latest market data from LonRes shows the prime...

Last week the Government published new housing data which has largely gone unreported.  The vacuum was probably linked to the Budget, and...

The ValPal Network (TVPN) is celebrating generating 8.7m leads for agents in a decade of business. It comes as TVPN said it...

When the Chancellor stood up to deliver the Spring Budget on Wednesday, those of us in the property business could be...

As the Budget approaches and the housing crisis intensifies, it is important to consider what the Chancellor could – and should...

Mortgage approvals increased for the fourth consecutive month in a row during January but that hasn’t fed into official sales yet, data...

United Kingdom Sotheby’s International Realty is ramping up its offering with a new countryside office situated just outside of Cobham in...

Compared with a decade ago, today's first-time buyers are older, more likely to buy with a partner and more likely to...

The housing market is "turning a page" with fewer price reductions and higher achieved prices, Hamptons claims. A January market activity update...

A team of seasoned industry professionals with a combined experience of more than 140 years is set to launch a new...

Compared with a decade ago, today's first-time buyers are older, more likely to buy with a partner and more likely to...

The number of first-time buyers fell by a fifth last year but this cohort still made up the largest proportion of...

Downsizers could free up an estimated £209,215 worth of equity, according to research from national estate agency Jackson-Stops. Its annual research on the ‘downsizer...

Like millions of others, I watched in open-mouthed astonishment as details emerged about the Post Office scandal. I knew a little bit about...

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

Manchester-based premium agency Settio Property Experience has unveiled expansion plans including appointing its first managing director as well as launching an...

After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during May’s local election campaigning,...

In the current challenging market, housebuilders are increasingly looking for novel and engaging means of marketing to achieve the necessary supply/demand...

United Kingdom Sotheby’s International Realty has appointed two new consultant senior directors of sales.  Katya Zenkovich brings with her two decades of...

London agent Maskells has expanded further into the capital. Having opened its second office in Kensington and Notting Hill in 2021 to...

Gascoigne Halman founder John Halman is marking 50 years in estate agency. Halman entered estate agency in 1973 and, demonstrating a natural...

The number of Londoners leaving the capital to move elsewhere in Great Britain has fallen back this year but first-time buyers...

As the landscape of the property industry changes, as it has done in line with all new technologies over the decades,...

The Scottish Government’s Budget has been described as a “missed opportunity.” The update yesterday from Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison, outlined a...

The supply of new homes could reach the lowest level since 2014, builders have warned. It comes as the Government is due...

Around half of sellers would highly recommend their estate agent, new research suggests. Coaching platform the Property Academy’s latest Home Moving trends...

The property market could be in for a strong end to the year based on typical seasonal trends, research suggests, New research...

There has been much barn conversion activity in recent years perhaps as a result of the change in farming methods making...

Builders are calling for Stamp Duty exemptions on more energy efficient properties to help tackle the housing crisis. A new 10-point plan...

The Land Registry has recorded the first annual drop in property values for a decade in its house price index. Both the...

Achieved prime London sale prices fell by their largest levels since May 2021 last month, research suggests. Analysis by property data firm...

A former Hamptons agent has moved into staging after finding she was spending much of her time helping vendors in this...

Rachel Maclean has been sacked as housing minister as part of today's Cabinet reshuffle. Maclean had replaced Lucy Frazer as housing minister...

The number of property sales recorded by HMRC is at its lowest level for almost a decade. New HMRC property transactions data...

Zoopla is warning that there will be further house price falls in 2024 on top of the 4.5 per cent drop...

Savills has appointed Mark Redfern to head its Notting Hill sales department. Having worked in the prime central London property market for...

Over a hundred years before the climate emergency became a global concern, it was recognised that, ‘He who plants a tree,...

For almost as long as any of us can remember, we’ve had an unpaid colleague getting sales over the line for...

What a waste. Islington council announced in recent days that it will buy back 310 ex-council houses this winter, to add to...

The number of homes being demolished and rebuilt from scratch has increased by 3.7% over the past year, research reveals. The analysis...

September has been ‘underwhelming’ for sales in prime London except for at the high-end £5m price point, figures suggest. Separate analysis from...

 Hilary Grayson is a Director at Sava focusing much of her time on the development of new qualifications to enhance skills...

Hunters’ first ever franchised branch in the North Yorkshire town of Selby is under new ownership after 16 years. James Powell, who...

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

An agent with two decades of experience in the industry has returned to the town where it all began. David Bruckert, the...

It looks like more families are to be hit with inheritance tax in 2023/4 according to a new forecast.  Research from the...

After years - indeed a decade - of anti-rental sector policy and rhetoric it’s difficult not to see recent days as...