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Buyer demand levels climbed significantly between the first and second quarters of this year, research suggests. GetAgent’s Hotspots Demand Index monitors quarterly...

And so we wait. The election, still only a week old and with almost five left to go, has served up main...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

Much of the focus may have been on the Spring Budget this week but a variety of charities have received support from...

Simon Bradbury has quit his role as managing director of Thomas Morris. An announcement from the brand has revealed that Bradbury, who...

While Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, may have announced a u-turn on Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) plans in September, we continue to...

Heat pumps are become more prevalent across the UK to power our homes’ heating requirements and they are only likely to...

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

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...

CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings: Last week...

The number of properties listed as sold subject to contract (SSTC) has increased by 5% so far this year versus the...

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...

A third of adults are struggling to pay their monthly rent or mortgage payments, new data shows. The figures from the Office...

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

Property sales are currently taking 15 weeks on average to complete, new research claims. Challenger portal and property platform OneDome has launched...

There is a staggering £117 billion worth of property currently up for sale across the UK property market, according to new...

There has been plenty of movement in the property jobs market this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following the publication of DLUHC’s Levelling-Up white paper and National Trading Standards...

Agents were busy marking the Platinum Jubilee over the past week but there was still time for fundraising exploits including tree-planting...

More than half of properties across England and Wales only meet insulation standards of 1976 or older. The startling figures, based on...

An estate agency in the Home Counties has made two more acquisitions, taking the total number to seven independents it has...

In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...

A leading planning consultancy has claimed that ‘the myth’ that housing developers are hoarding land after gaining planning consent in order...

Volume house builder Taylor Wimpey has announced a pre-tax profit for the first half of this year of £287.5m - and...

The extraordinary consolidation in the estate agency industry continues apace today with two of the biggest deals reaching critical points. Firstly Hunters’...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

The Westminster government has published extensive guidance on the operation of the new Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions in England. This includes a...

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

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

Property voyeurism and the festive season have long been bedfellows for many Brits. The heady combination of over-indulgence and regret, close proximity...

One of the biggest changes seen in the property market over the last decade is technology growth. With the likes of Rightmove...

Countrywide’s branch closure programme, shrouded in secrecy even to shareholders, may have involved shutting 250 offices according to an insider. The individual...

New research has identified those local housing market potentially worst hit by the planned changes to Help To Buy in 2021,...

We’ve reached the final instalment of my market transformation do’s and don’ts.  In previous articles, we’ve looked at: Do encourage, don’t deter;...

A property listings platform has revealed what it describes as ‘the best places to sell a home’ in England and Wales. The...

A new report from Zoopla claims very nearly a third of buyers want to know the street - or even the...

You don’t need EAT to remind you that Christmas is now just next month.  Many agents are gearing their fund-raising to that...

If it’s Monday it must be Property Jobs Today, your round up of the industry’s key moves. Are you changing jobs yourself?...

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

A recent holiday in the US gave me an opportunity to catch up with property news over there - and surprisingly,...

A pensioner who committed sexual assaults on two women - one of them an estate agent - has been sent to...

An estate agency has been threatened with legal action by its local council for displaying fundraising event banners above its office. Country...

Here’s some good news to take into the Bank Holiday weekend.  Research undertaken by Estate Agent Today suggests that fees charged by...

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

You don’t have to look far to see an abundance of photo failures, just head to any property portal and they’ll pop...

New analysis by credit and comparison service Totally Money has revealed the districts where the controversial Help To Buy initiative is...

Here it is - the industry’s verdict on the latest set of figures from Purplebricks. The agency doesn’t play by any of...

Today’s the big day when we make our draw for two lucky Estate Agent Today readers to attend the prestigious Agents’...

Agents and even the Labour Party have backed the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers’ purchases up to...

It’s one of the biggest days of the year for fund-raising in the UK, and we know many across our industry...

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

The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...

There are more first-time buyers (FTBs) finding a way on to the property ladder than at any time since the Financial...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

One of Britain’s best known housing innovators says he may just have found one way of helping overcome the UK’s shortage...

The long-awaited Redfern Review has recommended that improved access to mortgage finance and improved income levels for first time buyers are...

Labour’s long-awaited Redfern Review, set up a year ago after the party’s defeat in the general election, finally reports tomorrow. Although it...

There is really only one topic of debate and forensic analysis at the moment and that’s the ascendency of Donald Trump...

Pete Wallace, appointed as Countrywide's retail performance director just a year ago and a long-standing employee of the group before that...

The Labour Party claims there has been a strikingly large reduction in the number of under-45s who own a home -...

What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...

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Leaders’ plans for significant expansion in 2016 remain undeterred by Brexit with eight new branches added to its national network in...

Estate agents from around the country are reporting only limited damage to business or prices caused by the Brexit result of...

In case you were wondering, it appears that the Labour party has still to find someone to replace John Healey as...

The timing of Labour’s housing review, which has until now been closely associated with John Healey, appears uncertain following the shadow housing...

Another Friday, another impressive array of agents doing superb work for causes close to their hearts.  Every week we salute agents helping communities...

As we all know, Peter Redfern is critical to the future of the British housing market and.... What? Wait? You don’t know...

Let Mid West Displays get your window in shape! Never underestimate the power of high street presence. Image is everything, and what...

Franchise giant Hunters says 2015 was its most successful year to date.  The firm opened in 32 new locations during the past...

Around one million homes that were owner-occupied in 2005 have in the intervening decade been sold and switched to being privately...

I’m writing this from the brand spanking new Center Parks in Woburn Forest. Set within 365 acres of lush Bedfordshire forest,...

The latest trading figures from Hunters, which in recent years has become one of the country’s largest sales and lettings agents,...

Hunters has added another 23 franchised offices to its empire with the acquisition of Home Counties estate and letting agency Country...