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Home buyers face paying up to £1m for top coastal properties although prices have dropped since 2022, research suggests. Research by Lloyds...

Would-be home-buyers are enjoying the highest level of spring-time choice of homes in five years says Zoopla. The portal claims that there...

Dorset-based Oliver Miles Estate Agents has been acquired by another local brand. Its founder Oliver Miles has retired and sold the business...

Winkworth has expanded further in Dorset with the acquisition of Christopher Batten in Wimborne – its seventh office in the county.  Christopher...

It’s no secret that sea levels are rising, leaving millions of homes at risk globally and according to a recent report,...

Sale stock levels have surged by 15% since the start of the year due to the ‘stagnant market,’ research claims. Quick-buy firm...

Falkirk has been named as the UK’s fastest-selling market. New figures from Rightmove show sellers in the area are finding a buyer...

Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...

Estate agency network the Experts in Property has expanded its geographical spread. The group of more than 65 independent estate agencies across...

Agents and property professionals haven't let the mini-heatwave stop them sweating and stepping up for charity. Here are some of the sector's...

Historic agency brand Humberts is looking to have between 20 and 30 offices over the next five years as it marks...

There are some inspiring examples of agents and property professionals raising money for all-important children's charities this week. Remember, if you have...

More than 30 agents and property firms such as auction houses and valuers were reprimanded by HMRC for anti-money laundering breaches...

A leading conveyancing network that works closely with estate agents has signed up to property blockchain platform Coadjute. The blockchain technology provided...

The regional agency group Experts In Property is back in business with an online awards event.  Majoring on training, online marketing and...

Historic estate agency group Humberts - which was at risk of disappearing entirely just over two years ago - has opened...

Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Estate Agents: “We’re on a mission to revolutionise the traditional concept of estate agency.   We don’t have...

A family franchise agency that prides itself on saving costs associated with traditional High Street premises has nonetheless opened a new office...

I recently took part in a webinar hosted by ICG (The Innovation Collaboration Group) – titled ‘New estate agency revenue streams...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another edition of good will and cheer generated by the industry’s fund-raising heroes. It’s...

A prominent property consultancy is urging the government to ensure that holiday home owners pay more tax.  Colliers claims local authorities are...

An estate agency has calculated precisely how much residential property has been sold so far this year, fuelled by the stamp...

Over a fifth of properties have risen in value by more than the average salary according to a calculation made by...

Thousands of sales are at risk because slow searches by councils may prevent deals completing by the next stamp duty deadline. With just under...

A business that calls itself the UK’s first 24/7 home-based estate agency has announced a new franchisee.  Dorset-based Meyers Estate Agents was...

Savills has upgraded its house price and transaction forecasts following the Budget - and prime London, especially the centre, is tipped to...

Hello, welcome to our latest charity roundup, and as the weather improves and the vaccine roll-out lifts the spirits, so we...

A firm calling itself the UK’s first 24/7 home-based agency says it wants to roll out nationally with a network of franchisees...

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...

Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...

The high profile Yorkshire agency chain Dacre, Son & Hartley has been appointed by the largest charity care provider for older...

At least two branches of a Countrywide agency have been closed, shortly before news broke of a proposal for a large...

Sales of £1m-plus homes have surged since lockdown as affluent buyers seek more space and lifestyle changes.  An average of 868 £1m-plus...

The irrationality of Britain’s council tax system has been laid bare in a new league table drawn up by estate agency...

The Sequence Group is to be the sole selling agent for RoyaleLife, the country’s largest builder of bungalows, exclusively aimed at...

You know the old saying - a dog is an agent’s best friend?  Well that’s clearly true for this trio of agencies...

Connells has confirmed that it has closed two branches in Dorset in the south west of England, in addition to the...

Humberts' experiment rejecting branches and promoting a supposedly one-stop-shop for property related services has failed with reports that the firm is likely...

A high profile estate agency selling some of the most expensive homes in the west of England has shut two of...

If it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity day - and we’ve got another bundle of good work for you this week,...

An estate agency accused of “taking the mickey” over the number of boards it has erected has fought back. The mayor of...

Welcome to another ADC, the weekly round-up each Friday of agents’ great fund-raising work.  This week we show the diversity of charitable...

An owner who enhanced the price of his property by illegally hacking branches off a tree has ordered to pay back...

Winkworth says it’s seen a huge 78.5 per cent rise in franchise applicants over the past 12 months and says there...

A family is raffling a £3m home on the Hampshire/Dorset border after a series of sales fell through. Mark and Sharon Beresford...

A long-standing independent agency on the south coast is to rebrand after being snapped up by a Winkworth franchisee. Humphreys & Orr,...

Humberts’ revolution continues apace as it opens its first controversial hub in Dorset and accompanies it with a brand new vocabulary...

The estate agency group Humberts, which narrowly avoided collapse early this year, now claims to have turned around its fortunes thanks...

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...

The couple at the centre of a court case about agents’ fees say the issue could have been resolved earlier had...

The new owner of Humberts is to ultimately close many of the traditional branches and move to what he is calling...

The three per cent stamp duty additional properties surcharge is to blame for tumbling house prices in some of Britain’s holiday...

A new online agency has started charging only 0.75 per cent commission, payable only on completion, with no VAT and no...

As the spring market gets into full swing, here’s the traditional beach hut story - yet this time, it really does...

Three councils are encouraging local residents to sign a new register which aims to bring more quality homes for sale to...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today; this is the latest of our weekly round-ups of key job moves within estate...

Auction House says it has maintained its number one industry ranking, selling 3,485 lots last year – four per cent up...

International property analyst Mike DelPrete has queried the suggestion that Countrywide's online sales option is drawing in additional business to those...

It’s been a big week for property news - controversies surrounding Purplebricks, merger discussions between big franchise operators, and another government...

Properties located directly on the seafront attract a price premium of 33%, according to new research. A study of 30 prime seaside...

Experts in Property - the network of independent estate agencies across Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Bristol - has revealed two...

Countrywide says the roll out of its online sales and lettings service is on schedule to reach 50 per cent of...

Purplebricks has released more details of expansion plans to recruit hundreds of additional Local Property Experts. The recruitment drive was launched yesterday...

Estate agents are angry over delays in processing land searches by a local authority in the south west. The average land search time...

Two established independent estate agency brands have joined forces to create the Estate Agency Franchise Group and are looking to expand. The...

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...

Network Auctions has added 19 additional estate agency offices to its network so far this year.  They include three offices of Chaffers...

Belvoir is continuing with its strategy of selling off its corporate offices, with a new franchisee just completing on the purchase...

HomeXperts says it has recruited new franchisees covering Dorset, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Some 18 months ago the chain - which then had...

Countrywide’s controversial hybrid estate agency business has produced “fantastic results” according to Sam Tyrer, the group’s Managing Director, Retail & London. In...

OnTheMarket is to advertise across 40 channels this month, in the build up to its second anniversary at the end of January. The...

A conveyancing firm says the buyers at former retirement hotspots such as seaside towns are getting younger because mainstream purchasers are obliged to...

An estate agent has blasted his local council for "unacceptable" delays that mean searches can take up to 17 weeks. Mark Parker,...

When a tenant paid his initial one month’s rent in addition to a tenancy deposit in exchange for the keys to...

The network of independent estate agents known as the Property Sharing Experts has become the Experts in Property. The change of name...

Knight Frank is warning that it will “take time” for the three per cent stamp duty surcharge to be absorbed into...

Jackson-Stops & Staff has opened a new branch in in Blandford, Dorset, expanding the agency’s west country presence to nine offices.   Simon...

Countrywide has given Estate Agent Today some early details of how its mix of online and traditional agency services will roll-out...

Countrywide has confounded its critics with an upbeat performance in the first six months of the year, growing revenues by nine...

Countrywide is to offer vendors and buyers a choice of using an online service, a traditional high street branch or a...

Countrywide's retail chief says the group's new hybrid joint online and traditional project has involved training agents to change the way...

A TV property show presenter and an estate agent's wife have reportedly been involved in a lurid fight that started with...

A crowdfunding website has been set up with the aim of raising money to assist first time buyers purchase their homes. It...

Average house prices in the UK’s seaside towns have increased by a third over the past decade.  The average property price in...

It’s over at last. But while the property market has been awaiting the outcome of the closest poll in years, many...