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The construction and property industry has the second highest tenure in the UK, with employees remaining with a company for 4.4...

All councils in England will be given new, mandatory housebuilding targets under planning reforms unveiled by the Government yesterday. Deputy Prime Minister...

NOBODY does pomp and ceremony like us Brits and, wow, it was on full display in Westminster last week. Despite the prestige...

Reforms to the UK’s planning system must move from a one size fits all approach to boost development, the Government has...

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

The Liberal Democrat General Election manifesto has been published, promising more housebuilding, abolishing leasehold tenures and its own buyer support scheme. Its...

You don’t have to be a mind-reader to believe there will be a large majority Labour government by the end of...

A specialist lender is reintroducing a suite of mortgage products aimed at what it call “overlooked customers”. It turns out these are...

Lenders are predicting a busy quarter for supply and demand of mortgages. The Bank of England’s latest Credit Conditions Survey showed lenders...

Agents faced more complaints and paid out higher levels of redress last year, industry data shows. Annual figures from the Property Redress...

As 2023 trundles towards the buffers and we look forward to our Christmas break, it is something of a seasonal phenomenon...

GetAgent has been ordered to make its marketing claims clearer following a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The advertising watchdog...

Campaigners and commentators have reacted cautiously to leasehold reform proposals put forward in the King’s Speech. The King took part in his...

Why professional indemnity claims are on the rise In today's volatile economic landscape, the uncertainty faced by landlords and tenants has reached...

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

Who are you, and what does it say on your business card? I'm Ashley Day, the Director of Bristol Property Centre.   What is...

Leading digital compliance firm SmartSearch has launched an innovative new solution to help professionals working within the UK property sector to...

Almost half of adults who currently pay rent or a mortgage have seen their payments increase over the past six months...

OnTheMarket (OTM) has rebuffed a surprise approach from a non-shareholder in the business to overhaul the brand and let him join...

It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...

The Land Registry has taken what it describes as a major step to fulfilling its automation ambitions. Applications submitted to HM Land...

Consumer trust in estate agents has declined over the past year, new research claims. The latest Veracity Index from Ipsos Mori, which...

Fall-throughs doubled in the first two weeks of October compared with a month before, analysis claims. Chain-breaking service UPSTIX, which conducted the...

Mortgage rate hikes have already halved landlord profits according to latest research, and a base rate rise to 2.5% will see...

Conveyancing software provider Dye & Durham has upgraded its Index Property Information platform, promising to ease the registration process and provide...

How did the housing market transform from incredibly strong - almost too strong - early in the year, to a situation...

Is Facebook giving you a headache? If you’re in the property sector, you’re not alone! From the Cambridge Analytica Scandal to...

The Government yesterday unveiled its long-awaited package of energy bill support for businesses. It will help firms including high street estate agents...

Former Evolve staff are being offered £2,000 ex-gratia payments by the easyGroup after its ownership of easyProperty ended. Jason Bull, national sales...

A client called asking for advice on their social media marketing strategy. They’d thrown a lot of budget at it, but...

As the mass student exodus from rented accommodation begins throughout the UK, Richard Abbots of Inventory Hive offers advice on how...

Unless you have been living under a rock since the end of last year, you won’t need to be told about...

We are all acutely aware of the surge in demand for rental properties in and around the capital in the months...

Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...

EweMove managing director Nick Neill has set out plans to double the size of the franchise network by 2025 as the brand’s...

A new ‘quick buy’ service has been announced which would mean that sales could be completed in a week, providing a...

The Bank of England has increased the base rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. This means a typical tracker...

A property finance expert is telling buyers to sit on their hands and not commit to purchases - as he believes...

A housebuilding-led mortgage indemnity scheme called Deposit Unlock has now been launched nationally with 17 major developers taking part. Nationwide is the...

Almost a million tenants have built up rent arrears since March 2020, according to research by National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA)....

Recent research shows that when asked what their ideal working set up would be, most agents said ‘hybrid’* and with proposals...

As the high-street sees a dramatic increase in footfall1, a trend that is set to continue, agents are elevating their window...

It’s nearly two years since The Tenant Fees Act came into force for tenancies in England. On 1 June 2019 it...

Some sellers are suffering cash flow issues as a result of glitches in the Capital Gains Tax reporting system, according to...

There’s a new warning that the estate agency industry may be in a more fragile financial condition than before the pandemic,...

Have you found yourself asking the question: “what is the difference between an API and an App?” No doubt we are all...

epropservices - parent company of The Guild and Fine & Country - has made another significant PropTech acquisition, its second in three...

A new report funded by high profile consumer champion Martin Lewis says the government must do more to help ‘mortgage prisoners’. These...

What are the best ways for a letting agency to generate additional revenue and stay ahead of the competition? Management fees are...

Housing Minister Christopher Pincher announced that the introduction of the Renters' Reform Bill will be delayed for an indefinite period due...

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

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...

In these unprecedented times, Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) aims to reassure letting agents, landlords and tenants on any legislative changes, relating...

One of the most important aspects of being a successful and profitable agent is selecting the right tenants. The industry manages this...

A new analysis of the simmering Rightmove crisis says there is now “no clear downside” stopping agents leaving. The Financial Times says that Rightmove’s...

One of the industry’s highest profile figures has suggested the Coronavirus crisis could trigger many more agents becoming self-employed. Nicky Stevenson -...

We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting agents dearly, with an estimated loss of £300 million paid to...

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

Recent figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have revealed a rather worrying landscape for small business owners across the...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

Competition for landlords will be fiercer than ever this year. Landlords are facing a raft of changes and will likely be...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

It’s been revealed that the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is to deliver new guidelines to agents for referral fees...

In his keynote speech at the recent Negotiator Conference, Professor Andrew Baum sparked debate throughout the property industry. Baum’s speech, which began...

When you are starting up a new business, it is unlikely that you will already have enough capital to invest. Taking...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

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

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

A new firm has launched in Surrey describing itself as “the premium hybrid estate agency” with an innovative presence on the...

In his PropTech 3.0 report, Andrew Baum dedicated an entire section to blockchain; it was titled: ‘Blockchain is coming – get...

An estate agent who is campaigning for boards to be banned in his local area says they should be 'confined to...

Agents’ Mutual has confirmed that it requires 75 per cent of the votes of member agencies to pass its proposals to...

Earlier this week it was Dads4Daughters Day – a campaign that strives to promote gender equality in the workplace.  I have three...

The end of 2016 saw the launch of 30,000 new build-to-rent (BTR) projects in London alone. With market growth projected to...

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

Subletting of prime London lettings properties is a lucrative business.  What began as a rogue trade over the course of several years,...

A poll of conveyancers suggests that the vast majority believe environmental searches to identify the risk of flooding will become standard...

Within 12 hours of Greece defaulting on repayment of part of a loan to the International Monetary Fund, a prime central...