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The latest RICS Residential Property Survey found the UK's residential property sector brightened slightly in July.  Average mortgage rates lowered slightly during...

The recent dip in inflation to 2% for the first time in three years brings a glimmer of optimism in the...

Prominent housing and mortgage experts are downplaying the chance of an interest rate cut following the Bank of England monetary policy...

Strike remained in the red in the run up to its acquisition of Purplebricks last year and has new financial backing...

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

Stress tests are a valuable tool for measuring resilience and the Scottish residential property market was put through a fairly gruelling...

Large language models, machine learning, artificial intelligence, artificial general intelligence, and 'the singularity' change everything, but there again, they change literally...

A few weeks ago I asked an estate agent friend how the market was treating him. "I feel like I’ve had a...

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...

A lack of flexibility is causing recruitment issues in estate agency and could threaten the survival of firms, executives claim. Speaking on...

‘Schools out for Summer’ as the Alice Cooper song goes and the kids are not the only ones looking forward to...

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...

The proposals to shake the Private Rental Sector (PRS) to its foundations will, depending upon your political persuasion and housing status,...

There was little sign of a major spring bounce in March for prime London markets, Knight Frank analysis suggests, which the...

A financial adviser has hit out at the Bank of England, claiming homeowners and business should be furious about its interest...

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...

Rightmove is forecasting a ‘less urgent’ market in 2023 and is predicting asking prices will drop by 2%. It comes as the...

House price growth slowed both annually and monthly during August, new figures show, as commentators warn a property market slowdown is coming. The...

The right investment can help agents to thrive even during the current cost-of-living crisis. That’s according to cloud-based CRM solution Openview,...

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

A new analysis has revealed those areas of England and Wales with the largest numbers of Russian-owned homes. Credas Technologies analysed Land...

The lettings sector looks set to steam ahead in 2022 after a record-breaking 2021, despite the financial and mobility challenges of...

Mortgage lenders serving the housing market are set for a quieter 2022 after the unprecedented levels of activity seen in 2021,...

In this thought leadership article, Videosign CEO Steven Tallant looks at electronic signatures and conveyancing and whether the time is nigh for the...

In this piece, Tom Davis, press officer at Propertymark, explores the debate surrounding a locked or open-door policy, and whether the...

An estate agency that charges buyers not sellers is proposing to roll out nationwide. FreeAgent247.com, has been set up by Daniel Lewis...

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

Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...

HM Revenue & Customs has warned of what it calls the “negative impacts” of the pandemic on the latest property transactions...

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...

Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...

The property market is currently in a unique position where the number of house hunters looking for their next home is...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

On 28 April 2021, Fixflo ran the first in a series of quarterly legal update webinars with David Smith, Partner at...

Today is the day that non-essential retail reopens as part of the government's roadmap out of lockdown. For the majority of the...

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

As part of our third PayProp Special Report on COVID-19 rental arrears in the UK, we surveyed over 600 agents, tenants...

Government guidance on how agents can continue working during the lockdown has given a new importance to virtual viewings, says an...

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

A leading property law expert says agents with international clients in parts of Europe should prepare for additional processes which may...

As we approach the end of the year, there is no doubt that it has been a turbulent 12 months for...

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

The industry regulator who comes into force when the Regulation of Property Agents’ recommendations are adopted may take over versions of...

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

It’s no surprise to hear that the property market has seen a lot of change across 2020, with ups and downs...

OnTheMarket has confirmed it is “considering” making redundancies - the second of the large portals to be in this position. Rumours have been...

Social distancing will be part of our daily routine moving forward for the foreseeable future and if you run an estate...

The Covid-19 crisis hasn’t caused the revolution it has been reported to have. Despite the challenges it has brought, fundamentally, the...

Rightmove has suggested there may be massive changes underway in buyers’ priorities as the housing market resumes and the country begins...

Over the past few weeks, estate agents have been forced to close high street branches and adapt to working from home,...

A PropTech firm says it’s using what it calls “World War Three-style” hazard suits when they visit premises to create virtual...

Zoopla has confirmed that it’s to extend its ‘three months free’ plan to five months of free portal usage for agents...

On April 4, EAT published a piece titled: ‘It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post corona-virus’. To me, this...

Individual franchisees operating under the Winkworth banner are receiving what the company calls “comprehensive help” on a range of issues, including...

I won't be the first or last person to say that society and the property industry in which we operate is...

An online agency has offered to sell the homes of NHS frontline staff for free. Doorsteps, set up by high profile young...

LSL Property Services says one of its measures to “rightsize” the organisation during the Coronavirus crisis will be to put agents...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

An online agency’s claim that it sells homes “for free” has been disputed by a High Street rival - but the...

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity’s final edition before this Christmas and the New Year. It’s been a terrific year for...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...

Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policy that was implemented in 2012 was designed to make staying and residing in the UK as...

By the time you read this article, I’ll be in Nigeria. My first ever visit to the continent of Africa. Sitting here...

Savills has declined to comment on whether it will follow in the footsteps of LSL Property Services and write down its...

LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rains, has substantially 'written down' its investment in online estate...

Agents have suggested that the latest price figures from the Halifax may be masking increased activity in the market in recent...

A major restructuring of LSL Property Services has just been announced to shareholders, with substantial numbers of branch closures. The statement says...

The former chief executive of Emoov says online estate agencies charge too little, so risk appearing cheap and ineffective to potential...

Shareholders in the ailing Countrywide agency group appeared to remain largely indifferent to the news that their executive chairman Peter Long...

An estate agency is pioneering a new business model in which it charges no commission whatsoever to the vendor. Freeagent247, an online...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

To say I had a lot of reaction to last week's column about selling my flat would be an understatement. I've never...

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home.  A floor...

I had an interesting meeting last week with a VR company called Garou. Based in New York, they claim to have...

Oh we do love a busy Agents Do Charity page, and this week’s is busy indeed - thanks to everyone for...

It’s not breaking new ground to say that younger people have what many regard as the raw end of the deal...

Hands up if you’ve read all of the property reports that have been published in the past week or so? Forever...

It appears activity in the housing market in 2017 will be around 15% down on 2016. The number of housing transactions...

Figures lodged at Companies House by online agency easyProperty suggest parent company EProp Services will seek additional funding this year. A strategic...

At the end of a week dominated by grim news, it is worth remembering our capacity for good far outweighs rare...

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

It's been revealed that Countrywide has lost 200 branches in its reorganisation - that's around 20 per cent of its branch...

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

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

A post-Christmas treat this week, as I carry out a Q & A with one of the leading figures in property,...

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

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

There’s good news for London’s troubled market - a report from the CML shows that buyers in the capital took out 12...

I write this during the week that David Cameron resigned as an MP – it is quite startling how quickly politics...

Given the uncertainty that shrouded the immediate build up to, and aftermath of, the EU referendum, the current lettings market in...

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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This week, 25 years ago the world's first website went live to those of us who were around then.  Amazingly, despite the...