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Reforms to the UK’s planning system must move from a one size fits all approach to boost development, the Government has...

Consultancy We Are Unchained is expanding its 30 Years of Marketing in One Day course across the country. It follows successful marketing...

A new report sheds light on the future of UK town centres, presenting a roadmap for the revitalisation and repurposing of...

The task of obtaining material information is more difficult than it appears for estate agents, Rightmove has warned. The portal revealed in...

Street.co.uk has added new fields directly into its property records to help agents stay compliant following the new material information guidance. It...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss the evolution of  Estate Agency Software. For a long...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss Uzair, an industry-specific artificial intelligence (AI). Iceberg Digital, the creators...

I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...

Long-awaited guidance on material information in property listings was revealed yesterday but policing of the rules won’t be any different, it...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has published the long-awaited Parts B and C of material information...

The Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) has produced a first specification for a ‘Digital Deed Pack’ that can be used for any...

OnTheMarket this morning claims to be the first major UK property portal to use Artificial Intelligence natural-language technology. The controversial technology is...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Labour says it will reform how land is valued under Compulsory Purchase Order powers in a bid to increase house building...

The Home Buying & Selling Technology Group (HBSG) has launched the latest version of the Property Data Trust Framework following live...

The acquisition will boost the group’s presence in South London, and both branches will be re-branded to Portico. John Chase, director at...

I’ve been on Twitter for a decade and have 23,500 followers - a gratifying number and of those a couple of...

The Acorn Group has promised its clients that it will be business as usual following its acquisition by Leaders Romans Group...

Last weekend, Nat Daniels' latest Property Natter column focused on the average day in the life of a conveyancer. In this feature,...

Agents are being reminded that they still have an obligation to provide all material information as the sector awaits Part B...

New estate agency listings that don’t display a price can no longer be uploaded to Rightmove from today. The portal giant has...

Portals are aiming to boost consumer awareness of new material information rules rather than refusing non-compliant listings. Agency listings have been required...

Agents have been getting active in recent weeks to raise money for Ukrainian refugees. Fundraising activities range from office-based collections and referencing challenges...

Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

One of the most valuable assets to any company is the data it stores. According to a recent study completed by...

Agents are being advised to revise their processes now to accommodate changes to the information required on property details, which begin...

A prominent industry supplier has produced startling statistics about the numbers of fall throughs in just the first 10 weeks or...

Propertymark is urging agents to respond to a consultation exercise being conducted by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents...

High end estate agency Savills says the imposition of sanctions on Russians, amid new measures obliging overseas buyers to be more...

Leaders Romans Group, which is fast becoming one of the UK’s largest agencies, has acquired another firm. It’s the first purchase of...

A webinar this week is set to see the release of more details of changes to property listings being demanded by...

Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...

With the new year in full swing, agents around the UK are likely to be making changes to the way they...

Do you have an 'open API'? We use 'X' who have an 'open API' so we would need you to integrate with...

Dog facilities - even separate rooms for them - are now a major factor on the ‘want list’ for growing numbers...

We may be getting an extended summer but agents haven’t just been basking in the heatwave. There has been plenty of goodwill...

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

A Midlands estate agency has come up with a solution to avoid confusion over property offers. Forget poor connections or bad handwriting that...

An agent support service set up in the early days of the pandemic has closed down with its architect saying “If...

There’s no need for excuses if you’re not fund raising for good causes on Saturday evening - tens of millions will...

Sarah Edmundson, the chief executive of the Agents Together charity - set up by the Bruce brothers, Michael and Kenny -...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

Who are you? Hi, I’m Richard Price, Managing Director at Dezrez. Who are Dezrez and what EACRM do you provide? At Dezrez we’re on...

Hello and welcome to your regular Friday charity round-up from the industry - appropriately enough on the day of the latest...

Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...

Nicky Stevenson, formerly the managing director of the Property Academy, has quit hybrid agency Keller Williams UK after just eight months. Stevenson’s...

Hello and welcome to PJT: even with little more than a fortnight before Christmas it seems there are still plenty of...

This is stating the obvious to estate agents but the government has revealed that homes near parks, gardens, playing fields and...

Once a year you might be perfectly justified in putting your feet up for a weekend and enjoying some great sport...

Hello - it’s that time of the week again when we celebrate the agency industry’s fantastic fund-raising. We were delighted that our...

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - yet more examples of stupendous fund-raising by our industry (and a lot of...

As the clock ticks down and Britain’s future gets ever more difficult to predict, one of the few certainties to cling...

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...

Well-known Essex and Hertfordshire agency Mullucks Wells is rebranding as part of the Hunters Group. Mullucks Wells will remain independently owned but...

A solicitor is warning estate agents and the public about allegedly wrong advice relating to the additional homes stamp duty surcharge. Julie...

Hello and welcome to our latest edition of Property Jobs Today, a weekly run-through of the key job moves within our...

I am a patient man; a pacifist. Yet there is little in life right now that would satisfy me more than...

As we move towards another Bank Holiday Weekend, there is no shortage of phenomenal fundraising efforts from those in our industry.  If...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Let us know what’s...

It’s all very easy, talking and evangelising about the use of technology in the property market, but, now that I’m selling...

Whether you’re an estate agent, letting agent or property manager, having the right software in place – to enhance, upgrade and...

Latest figures suggest there are only 1,850 apprentices employed in the entire property sector, suggesting an even smaller number in the...

We seem to be getting more and more contact from agents and others in the industry who are doing great work...

A new firm has launched in Surrey describing itself as “the premium hybrid estate agency” with an innovative presence on the...

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...

William H Brown, part of the Sequence UK network, has acquired Barnfields estate agents in Enfield, north London.    Barnfields was an independent...

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

The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...

There was nothing doing in the Budget - no stamp duty reform, no second look at mortgage interest tax relief changes,...

A Labour MP says a deal is now on the cards for an estate to be purchased after months of controversy,...

Several agencies have refused to market properties on a social housing estate which was bought by private investors in January. The Mirror...

Foxtons has removed its listing for the sale of a property on an estate in Walthamstow after concerns expressed by nearby...

Who are you? Iain White, Business Consultant and, most importantly, father to 4 boys.  I travel frequently with work so to...

It has been revealed that the new housing minister, Gavin Barwell, appears to be campaigning to oppose a new housing scheme...

The Budget's over, Easter is a week away, and agents are preparing for the busiest time of year - whatever the...

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has opened two new offices, taking its London-wide network to well over 50 branches. The new offices are...

An estate agency that has occupied the same London office for 135 years has now seen the property receive formal listed...

The police are investigating a theft from an independently run franchise in Northampton, according to a report in The Northampton Chronicle &...

Zoopla has launched its Real Time Listings Service, allowing member agents to send updates to property listings on ZPG websites within...

Hamptons International is opening an Earlsfield & Southfield branch in south-west London, taking its network to 86 offices in the capital...

There has been much debate in recent years about Britain’s desperate need for more housing stock. Demand has been outstripping supply...