The UK housing market is heating up, with buyers now agreeing to pay 96.8% of asking price, Zoopla claims. The figure is...
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30 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The new Government’s plan to ‘Get Britain Building’ is ambitious, to say the least. And it is central to their mission, not...
20 July 2024
From: Features
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has pledged not to raise Stamp Duty as part of a Family Home Tax Guarantee. Writing in the Daily...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
If you’re thinking about becoming an Estate Agency franchise or converting your existing estate agency business to a franchise, here we...
16 May 2024
From: Sponsored Content
A property industry group has called for a reduction in the discounts available for council tenants buying their own home, after...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Data and statistics are never in short supply for those of us working in the property sector. But one set which really...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Asking price discounts have hit their lowest levels since last summer as market activity improves across the board, Zoopla claims. The portal’s...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A network uniting ethical estate agents has officially launched today with 25 members. The Ethical Agent Network (EAN) is led by industry...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Properties favoured by first-time buyers are typically selling for an average of 8% or £20,300 below the local market average, Zoopla...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
As 2024 progresses, I expect to see an increase in the role that estate agents play in local communities. Once perceived...
06 January 2024
From: Features
There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...
06 December 2023
From: Features
Agents and sellers are taking an average 5.5% discount on listings to secure a sale, new Zoopla data shows. The portal’s latest...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
What a waste. Islington council announced in recent days that it will buy back 310 ex-council houses this winter, to add to...
21 October 2023
From: Features
The average discount to asking price has hit a four-year high as the market swings in favour of buyers, Zoopla says. The...
28 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Fewer sellers are willing to cut their asking prices, Chestertons claims. The agent said vendors in the capital have already priced in...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Asking prices have fallen by the largest level since March 2019 and discounts are at their highest in more than a...
18 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Buyer expectations of price discounts are too high, a prime agent claims. Jo Eccles, founder and managing director of prime London buying...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Properties are taking longer to go under offer but there is no evidence of large discounts on asking prices yet, Hamptons...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The level of sellers accepting an asking price discount of 5% or more has hit a three-year high. Zoopla’s latest House Price...
28 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Agency acquirer Lomond has launched a new benefits and wellbeing platform for its 1,100 staff and pledged to raise £25,000 across...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The housing market hasn’t yet tipped in favour of buyers, new agency data suggests. Figures from 550 estate agency branches across Great...
09 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The prime London property market appears to be finding a new level as sales, demand and prices slide, LonRes claims. Figures from...
19 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The level of agency stock has almost doubled since last year but repricing is on the rise and sales are taking...
05 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The average discount to asking price on a sold property has almost doubled since last July as sellers are becoming ‘more...
14 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Sellers are cutting asking prices by an average 4.5% discount to achieve a sale, Zoopla claims. The figure is the highest for...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents are seeing more stock coming to the market but Zoopla is warning about seller expectations. The latest Zoopla House Price Index...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Scammers are “bombarding” homeowners with fraudulent offers on green energy or insulation to allegedly boost their property value and cash in...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Property demand has halved but the slowdown is focused on the previously popular rural and coastal areas, Zoopla has revealed. Higher mortgage...
22 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The major property portals have ruled out cuts and discounts to agency fees amid the cost of living crunch. Estate agents, like...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
One in 15 homes formerly sold by agents are returning to the market after the original sale collapsed, new data shows. Analysis...
28 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Prime London discounts are widening and tempting buyers but there are longer term economic risks that could hit the property market,...
14 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Properties that are slow to sell are typically commanding a discount of up to 17% off England’s average house price, research...
12 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Sellers are willing to cut their asking price expectations by as much as £150,000 to attract a cash buyer for a...
05 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Increasing numbers of buyers are gazundering or ‘price chipping’ on their offers to force property sellers and agents into last minute...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
In this piece, Nathan Emerson, CEO of Propertymark, discusses how the trade body is working to ensure member agents get the best of...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Homes that agents are putting back on the market after a fall-through are being relisted for as much as £21,000 cheaper,...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has been backed to weather the cost of living crisis and a property market downturn. Analysis by investment service Wealth Club,...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Properties are staying on the market for longer and discounts are rising but fall-throughs are not increasing yet, data suggests. Heather Staff...
28 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Industry comparison website allAgents has announced a change of event date for their 2022 Customer Experience Awards Ceremony. It will now be...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
New portal Boomin suggests it has “thousands” of agents who have signed up on a paid basis. The portal - which launched almost...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Historic estate agency group Humberts - which was at risk of disappearing entirely just over two years ago - has opened...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A new membership scheme aiming to increase the industry’s energy efficiency credentials is being launched next year by allAgents. The Sustainable Agent...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The market may be soaring in most of the country but there are still locations where significant numbers of properties sell...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading estate agency says the government may have to use stamp duty and council tax as incentives to persuade owners...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News
One in 10 buyers say they will seek to renegotiate on the price of their chosen home if they miss the...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Government leaks ahead of today’s Queen’s Speech suggest a major planning shake-up is set to stop NIMBY objectors to new homes. News...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket says it’s going to increase investment in new products and services, and invest further in ‘internal website development resources’. In a...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A prominent London agency says cash buyers are securing substantial discounts in prime areas of the capital. The biggest cash discount currently...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...
27 October 2020
From: PropTech & Innovation
New instructions almost doubled across prime areas of London in September compared to the same period a year ago, while the...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket’s latest trading update shows a significant rise in revenue but agency branch membership numbers stalling. Revenue was up 28 per cent...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Rightmove, which recently posted a 37 per cent drop in revenue for the first six months of 2020, has lost almost...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News
The battle between portals is hotting up again with Zoopla repeating its offer of free listings until January for agents committing...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News
The Zoopla Rental Market Report, published this week, mentioned a two-speed rental market, but what does that mean? We are seeing two...
08 August 2020
From: Features
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed that the First Homes scheme will provide newly built homes at a 30 per cent...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News
A housing market snapshot for prime London shows a fall of over half in the number of £1m-plus properties sold so...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket says almost 500 branches have signed up in recent months, entitling their business owners to ‘welcome shares’. Of those branches signing...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News
The Say No To Rightmove campaign says the portal has merely kicked the fees can down the road, deferring a long-term...
25 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Price discounts are diminishing as the housing market strengthens, according to data from Knight Frank. The average discount to the asking price...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket says in a trading statement this morning that as of May 31 only some 9,000 branches were on paying contracts...
11 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...
06 June 2020
From: Features
A Labour council in London has come out against the government’s plan to offer 30 per cent discounts to first time...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News
The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign says that agents are demanding that there is “no return to full...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Foxtons says it’s furloughed 750 staff and asked high paid staff earning over £40,000 to take a 20 per cent pay...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News
One of London’s most experienced estate agents says there has been a very significant surge in foreclosure sales in part of...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...
28 March 2020
From: Features
It’s time to draw a line in the sand and condemn our rival portals for their current charging structure. Little will...
28 March 2020
From: Features
An international comparison of how major portals have discounted their charges to agents show Rightmove and Zoopla making “deeper and longer...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News
While controversy swirls around the approach and motives of the sackings and branch closures at Spicerhaart, other agents are showing how...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
A senior figure in the industry has spoken out against the shock sackings and branch closures announced by Spicerhaart. Jon Cooke, chief...
21 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The two major portals have unveiled their discounts and deals for agents facing a dramatic loss of business because of the...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket this morning announced what it calls “a payment support initiative” for those agents paying full-price membership. It’s for three months and...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The stamp duty surcharge for non-resident investment buyers announced in yesterday’s Budget is dwarfed by discounts they receive thanks to the...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The government has dismissed a request from the NAEA and ARLA Propertymark to review business rates for agency offices on High...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The HomeOwners Alliance, a leading property consumer group, has now suggested it has some concerns about the government’s First Homes scheme. This...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News
One of the leading consumer groups has backed the government’s controversial First Homes policy, which aims to give 30 per cent...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...
08 February 2020
From: Features
The government has announced its First Homes scheme - a policy under which it says some new homes will see their...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...
25 January 2020
From: Features
The Competition and Markets Authority says it wants to send “a strong signal” to the estate agency industry that price-fixing will...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Figures released this morning by data firm LonRes provide the latest evidence of a so-called Boris Bounce with the market improving...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News
There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...
21 December 2019
From: Features
A former residential chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has posed key questions for the government to answer over...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News
The government has given details of a scheme allowing 30 per cent reductions for what it calls ‘local first time buyers’...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News
It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News
We recently asked readers for their questions to the portals - the questions they couldn’t really ask their local reps, but...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News
With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...
07 December 2019
From: Features
The big question for the industry at the moment is the cost and future of portals. This is especially key for agents...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News
“Multiple”members of the new trade body, the Federation of Independent Agents, are considering cancelling their subscriptions to Rightmove. FIA founder Graham Lock...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News
The Property Ombudsman scheme is increasing its fees in January for the first time in six years - and it’s implementing...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News
The latest market snapshot of prime central London suggests that homes there are now 15.2 per cent cheaper than five years...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News
The National Audit Office, a spending watchdog, has exposed the government’s Starter Homes policy with a damning critique of its failure The...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Enhanced customer care strategies, relationship-building schemes, cost-cutting measures and new revenue streams can’t help the lettings industry if the fundamental underlying...
23 October 2019
From: Features
A London estate agency chain says It’s seen a 59 per cent surge in the number of its clients who have...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Stories with good news about the prime central London market seem few and far between but the latest figures from B2B...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...
14 September 2019
From: Features
Cluttons has downgraded its forecasts for the housing markets in London and the rest of the UK for the remainder of...