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What’s in a name? Or particularly a label? We all seem to have one these days. If we’re not a first time...

The Single-Family Rental (SFR) sector is experiencing rapid growth in the UK, presenting a unique opportunity for local lettings and estate...

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

There’s been a broadly warm response from much of the property industry to Labour’s manifesto, but a call for more detail...

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

New data from one of Britain’s largest mortgage lenders shows that nearly one in five first-time buyers are now aged 40...

TV property guru, Move iQ founder and Estate Agent Today columnist Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One...

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

Housing affordability ratios have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels but remain high, Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows. The latest figures...

The Women in Estate Agency (WiEA) committee hosted its highly anticipated second annual conference last week. Held at The IET, Savoy Place...

The times, they are indeed a-changin’. But what Dylan may not have appreciated, however, was how fast that change would be...

From Million Dollar Listing to Selling Sunset, we’re used to seeing real estate reality TV in full force on Netflix. Whilst...

For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...

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

One of the country’s leading buying agents has set out what’s hot and what’s not in London’s housing market as it...

Over the last three years there has been a quiet revolution in the tenant referencing market. Starting with the 2019 tenant...

Estate agents are being urged to future-proof and diversify by linking with retirement developers via part-exchange services. Property investment service HBB Solutions...

Free to list portal Residential People has launched a market intelligence platform called Prospr. This has been developed with the aim of...

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...

As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...

One of the country’s top auctioneers is not going to stage any ballroom auctions this year - and it’s keeping its 2022...

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...

There are 140,000 more buyers waiting to complete on their properties right now than there were this time last year. The claim, by...

Figures from Zoopla quantify how Coronavirus is changing the market, with houses selling significantly faster than flats. The latest market report from...

We all know the world has gone digital—nothing new there. Every time you jump online, you’re one of 4.5 billion internet...

Now we’re well into the second month of the year, we have reached a crucial point in the ongoing plans to...

We are facing a new world in the lettings industry, with the proportion of households in the private rented sector (PRS)...

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

Countrywide says it is constantly keeping its current branch structure under review, saying any responsible agency would have to consider the...

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

The head of a new property portal is urging agents to forget about spending money on For Sale and To Let...

A leading London estate agency with US connections says there has been a surge in high net worth American buyers in...

During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...

New figures from the Mortgage Advice Bureau give an insight into the changing demographics of home buyers and buy to let...

Millennials aged 18 to 34 are putting plans for romance, children and even hobbies on ice as they make huge sacrifices...

How can you use data to benefit and better your business? It’s something you’ll no doubt have asked yourself down the...

There is a common misconception that the private rented sector (PRS) is entirely made up of young professionals and students. While...

A major regional agent is calling on others to join it in an initiative to create a more friendly and welcoming...

Gross mortgage lending is set to reach its highest level since 2007 despite Brexit, says the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association. But its...

Estate agents are facing the biggest industry changes seen in decades. The rise of online and hybrid agents alongside more traditional...

Regional property portal MoviNorth says it plans to secure additional investment to expand its coverage by the end of 2017. The portal...

A detailed analysis of the UK housing market by The Economist suggest many reasons lie behind the slump in property transactions...

New research gives an insight into the difficulties that older home owners have coping with their properties - and highlights the...

Home ownership has halved for young families across some parts of the UK according to a charity.  The Resolution Foundation says its...

A media firm says estate agents are increasingly using Facebook as a way of improving their local marketing. “While other media such...

Those working within the UK housing market would have felt considerable worry about the immediate impact of the vote to leave...

In the capital, people will pay a premium to live near great transport links, and as we’ve seen from Crossrail and...

A high end estate agency is calling for “a dramatic increase” in purpose-built retirement housing for older people.  Knight Frank says around...

The possibility of agents having to keep offices open until 7pm from next summer to accommodate late key releases has put...

A reader of Industry Views is unlikely to need converting to the virtues of buy to let, but anyone involved in...

A retirement property sales business says increasing numbers of estate agents are considering selling specialist retirement housing “but often without the...

The limited supply of homes means average property prices will rise 3.5 per cent next year and a further 4.2 per cent...

Online estate agent SellMyHome is teaming up with local-area research information provider Property Detective to offer what it calls a “hybrid”...

Well, the hosts have left the party early. England have crashed out of their own Rugby World Cup after a demoralising...

An unusual but large-scale piece of research suggests that older buyers are more likely to take their time viewing a property...

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...