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Average house prices and mortgage approvals hit new highs during the summer months, in a positive sign for the property market. Nationwide...

A local pub has been named as the most important lifestyle amenity when buying a home. Jackson-Stops’ latest Property Pulse Survey of...

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered property search app Jitty has launched a new feature that lets buyers find their dream home by simply...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

Rightmove is launching a new national marketing campaign to coincide with what is hoped to be a busy autumn selling season. The...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

Chestertons Global has agreed a strategic collaboration with Romanian real estate agency Top Estate Team.  Established in 2018, Top Estate Team has...

Movemnt is targeting getting half of Alto’s client base to use its property onboarding and sales progression platform by the middle...

Average asking prices for new property listings had their usual summer drop this month but Rightmove is predicting a busy Autumn. The...

Estate agents have more work to do when it comes to customer service and securing leads, a mystery shopping exercise has...

The smart home movement has been gathering pace for some time and connected living should be top of the agenda for...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

When I first started working as an estate agent there was one thing I never saw coming… and that was having...

An exciting new collaboration between TVPN, EstateApps and Paul Long is set to transform the way you advertise your property listings...

Inflation has increased for the first time this year during July, dashing hopes of a further interest rate cut. The rate of...

NatWest and Santander are the latest mortgage lenders to unveil rate cuts. The lenders have revealed lower mortgage pricing from this morning...

The most predictable event of the year is underway. After months of talking about how taxes won’t rise for working people,...

A prominent financial analyst is warning that the hopes for a housing market resurgence over the autumn could be derailed by...

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

At last! Well, they say small is beautiful and, if you’re in the property sector right now, you’d better believe it! The...

SINCE the new Labour government was elected in early July, one phrase has been circulating more than any – grey belt....

Estate agents are braced for a busy Autumn selling season after the first interest rate cut since March 2020. The Bank of...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

Fewer sales than usual were registered by HMRC for June, official figures show. The latest property transactions statistics from the taxman - based on...

The UK housing market is heating up, with buyers now agreeing to pay 96.8% of asking price, Zoopla claims. The figure is...

Views are sought from all heritage destinations with listed buildings across the UK to find out how much they pay on...

IT’s very difficult to predict anything in the property sector. But one thing I can predict with total certainty is we will...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

Mortgage rates are dropping faster than many expected, Rightmove claims. Nationwide unveiled a 3.99% five-year fix for home purchases this week –...

Eluned Morgan is set to be named First Minister of Wales in a move backed by estate agency trade body Propertymark. Morgan...

HSBC has promised rate cuts this week as mortgage pricing continues to drop, but it is unclear how much further pricing...

NOBODY does pomp and ceremony like us Brits and, wow, it was on full display in Westminster last week. Despite the prestige...

The Chancellor’s plans to ‘get Britain building again’ are very significant for the property sector and property investment, specifically.  The plans...

The rate of inflation held steady last month, raising hopes that the Bank of England will give homebuyers a boost with...

We’ve probably all had enough of people campaigning in recent weeks but I have to admit to one disappointment with the...

Like a breath of fresh air, we now have a government that actually appears to be governing. OK, it’s only 10 days...

While housing is a devolved matter, ESPC hopes that the promises made by Labour in the recent general election might help...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

Property professionals have called for cross-party support and stability when it comes to housing policy under the new Labour Government after...

Heidi Shackell, chief executive officer at The Lettings Hub said: “The General Election, called in May, halted progress of the Renters'...

Proptech firm iamproperty has launched a CRM for estate agents. A dedicated data migration and onboarding team is in place to make...

Homebuyers plan to make their homes more energy efficient in the hope of securing more favourable mortgage deals and boosting their...

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

Average UK house prices are 8% overvalued but this figure could fall once mortgage rates hopefully drop, Zoopla claims. The portal’s latest...

The General Election and increased hopes of an interest rate cut seems to have boosted buyer confidence but not necessarily seller...

Major lenders have started cutting their mortgage pricing in anticipation of an interest rate cut in the coming months. The Bank of...

Affordability concerns are prompting many first-time buyers to consider moving more than 30 miles on average from their preferred location to...

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

The announcement by the Bank Of England that interest rates will remain fixed at 5.25% for the seventh month in a...

Interest rates were held for the sixth consecutive Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting yesterday, as agents expressed hope of a cut...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

The latest inflation figures this morning are expected to show that the cost of living measure has slowed to the Bank...

Around a fifth of estate agents have seen a drop in buyer activity and almost a third claim sellers have gone...

House prices were “static” in May after falling 0.1% on a monthly basis, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index.
 The...

Win, lose or draw for the political hopefuls standing as candidates in the upcoming general election, it is likely that the...

Major lenders including Barclays, HSBC, and TSB have reduced their interest rates on new fixed mortgages, offering a glimmer of hope...

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

Political parties have been pretty quiet on housing policy during the General Election campaign and industry groups are hopeful that tonight’s...

Winkworth has extended its North London presence with the opening of a new office in fashionable Stoke Newington. This will be the...

Home staging expert Elaine Penhaul has used her expertise to pen a new book on how to present a home for...

Could it be that a politician has finally done the property market a favour? Rishi Sunak’s decision to call the general election...

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

The rate of inflation slowed to 2.3% in April, Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows. It means the consumer price index...

Hopes of an interest rate cut have been raised after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggested the UK economy is recovering faster...

Estate agency customer service appears to be improving, a mystery shopper exercise has revealed. Market research firm KnowYourMarket has unveiled its latest...

Artificial Intelligence will not be taking over people’s jobs any time soon, as machine learning is trainable only with human input.  The...

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

If you’re thinking about becoming an Estate Agency franchise or converting your existing estate agency business to a franchise, here we...

Agents remain typically optimistic about the property market after interest rates were been held at their 16-year high of 5.25% by...

Agency stock has hit a three-year high but sales expectations have dipped as hopes of an imminent interest rate cut fade,...

Seymours has relocated its Woking office to a new modern showroom office in the Victoria Place shopping centre. The independent 20-branch estate...

Dawsons has overhauled its senior leadership team following the retirement of popular industry figure senior partner Chris Hope. The Swansea and South Wales-based...

You don’t have to be a mind-reader to believe there will be a large majority Labour government by the end of...

Choosing the right prospecting software can be the difference between finishing the year on a high or finishing it below target. Although...

Only realistic sellers willing to negotiate prices are successful in the current market, says one of the country’s leading estate agents. The...

The Iamproperty service says it’s seen £450m of sales in the first three months of 2024 - a record quarterly figure. Between...

We all know that first-time buyers have had a tough time of it lately. Mad mini-budgets resulting in higher interest rates...

Thousands of people will be invited to take part in new research to help provide information on why one particularly badly...

Homesearch is launching a new product designed to help agents convert past contacts into future instructions.  The PropTech company says its Re:Contact...

A property industry group has called for a reduction in the discounts available for council tenants buying their own home, after...

The Guild of Property Professionals has chosen 20 new member agents in the first quarter of the year.  With the property market...

Inflation has eased to 3.2% down from 3.4%, official figures from the Office for National Statistics show, the lowest level since...

When we talk in general terms about the UK housing market, we tend to draw a picture of generality. Facts and figures...

The property market appears to be benefiting from the much-hoped for spring bounce, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors...

Propertymark has urged the UK Government to consider other ways of boosting the supply of homes for purchase.  The Government has two...

The term ‘time bomb’ is sometimes overly used in the housing market, and while it has been linked to many things...

Zoopla’s property announcement last week was welcome reading for many of us feeling a bit beleaguered by seller over-expectation, buyer lethargy...

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

A luxury real estate broker and presenter for house prize draw competition Omaze is joining premium agency brand By Design, operating in...

Estate agents are hopeful for a busy spring market after official data showed a small rise in property sales in recent...

Former global chief executive of Fine & Country Simon Leadbetter has joined home staging firm Lemon and Lime Interiors as fractional...

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...

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

Interest rates were held for the fifth consecutive time after the latest Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting yesterday. The...

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

Inflation has hit a new two-year low as the cost of living measure slowed to 3.4% in February. The figure is down...

The ripple effect of a property sale that falls through is, without exception, one of the most frustrating and disappointing events...

One of the founders of self-employed brand The Agency UK (TAUK) has set out hopes for the business to dominate the...

The gap between the price a seller wants and what a buyer is willing to pay is at risk of widening,...