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

Given the rise of conveyancing fraud, client compliance platform Thirdfort is urging conveyancers, lawyers and estate agents to offer more secure...

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

THE property sector has embraced technology and the enormous benefits that it can bring. Never was this more accurately demonstrated than during...

In the bustling world of social media, success isn't just about posting content; it's about fostering engagement, maintaining consistency, and implementing...

Artificial intelligence-powered property search app Jitty has gone live across central London as it accelerates its expansion across the UK. The app,...

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

SPRING cleaning is an annual ritual for many households, but firms in the property sector would do well to spend some...

The recent cyber attack on CTS left around 80 conveyancing firms across the country commercially paralysed as the harm to their...

This week saw around 80 conveyancing firms across the UK paralysed by a service outage caused by a ‘cyber incident’ on...

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes has added three more boroughs to its tool. Originally launched in 2018 by former prime London estate...

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

Former England footballer turned TV pundit and property expert, Dion Dublin, is to headline the South East Property Expo.   The centre...

The end of a tenancy can be busy and stressful. As the letting agent, you’ll have many plates spinning to move...

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

In his latest column Jonathan Rolande explains why estate agents need to ditch selling techniques and brush up on persuasion to...

According to research, the average cost of home insurance was £300 in 2022 – a record low. However, this could increase...

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...

Former Fine & Country global chief executive Simon Leadbetter is set to embark on his first national tour with his own...

First-time buyers are turning to social media platforms such as TikTok for homebuying advice and guidance. A survey of first-time buyers aged 18...

Home-movers are being warned to be on alert for ‘Friday afternoon fraud,’ which experts claim is becoming more common since the...

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

From the 23 January 2023, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 came into effect for multi-occupied residential buildings. This is what...

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

Despite the nation feeling the pinch of living costs, the number of home moves are actually rising as TwentyCi reports a...

A North West England-based independent agent is marking its 40th anniversary. Independent agent Hackney & Leigh has reached the milestone in the...

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

For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...

A recent study revealed that as many as 4.6 million homes in England overheat. With highs of 40°C this week and warnings...

The current challenges facing the conveyancing sector have put the industry in the spotlight. Here, property expert Colum Smith, Chief Vision...

Agents and property professionals are travelling far and wide to raise money for charity, plus there is a new way to...

Winkworth has seen a boom in potential franchisees while the first wave of agents are also working on succession planning. Writing exclusively...

In this guest piece, Colum Smith, a property expert at law firm Taylor Rose MW, sets out why speedier transactions could...

The property recruitment market seems to be moving as fast as house prices. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

In a new column, solicitor Colum Smith, an expert in combating fraud at Taylor Rose MW Solicitors, explains why those looking...

Only 6.8m homes in England now have mortgages, just 28 per cent of the overall market and about two per cent...

I’m sure most readers would agree with me that cyber-security is vitally important for almost any business, particularly those businesses like...

Savills has welcomed its first intake of residential apprentices with seven individuals hired by the business to study and work within...

With a Bank of England base rate rise expected as soon as tomorrow, new figures from the government add weight to...

Three of Martin & Co’s most prominent branches in the north of England are under new ownership. The Saltaire, Keighley, and Thackley...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

A warning has gone out to estate agents that “more and more” reports are being filed about cyber attacks on agencies...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

The average first-time buyer’s home across Britain has increased in price by approaching £9,000 a year for the past decade. FTBs are...

A good website is no longer optional for estate agents, as no single aspect of marketing to new customers is more...

EAT readers may have seen a piece in Friday’s property section of The Times about the long-running Simplify saga, which has...

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...

The company selling new homes in a London development has added a new twist to our celebration of Christmas 2021 -...

A petition is being started, urging the government to ban the payment of referral fees to estate agents. It’s reported to have...

Agents must have a robust plan in place in case they are subjected to a ransomware cyber attack, says the Guild...

Conveyancing firms in the Simplify Group, hit by a massive systems crash for much of this week, say they are working...

One of the country’s leading buying agents has set out what’s hot and what’s not in London’s housing market as it...

It’s been revealed that HM Revenue & Customs scours the listings on both Rightmove and Zoopla to assess whether property investors...

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...

The police investigation into the Savills agents who allegedly racially abused England players on Twitter after the Euros 2020 final is...

The Savills member of staff who allegedly racially abused England players online after the Euros 2020 final has been sacked. The Metro...

Over the last three years there has been a quiet revolution in the tenant referencing market. Starting with the 2019 tenant...

There are 19 new distinct £1m-plus property markets in the UK thanks to the soaring house prices of the past 15...

As the Tokyo Olympics draws to a close this weekend, the Nationwide Building Society has analysed long-term capital appreciation in locations regenerated...

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...

New research suggests that the number of owners enquiring to sell across Greater London has increased by 68 per cent since...

There is growing criticism of Savills on social media following the controversy over a racist tweet apparently sent from the personal...

The MP who chairs one of the most important committees in the House of Commons has urged the government to increase...

The man behind the free-to-list portal Residential People says security across all portals should be tightened, with so-called Two Factor Authentication...

A leading industry trade body is warning that remote-working agents and smaller independent agencies are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

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

Century 21 UK is the first agency in the country to white label an app which covers transaction components from property...

Normal life still seems far away so there hasn’t been the usual spotlight on a good-news-feeling that comes every year on...

Boomin has revealed its launch date after months of high-profile publicity. It’s to be three and a half weeks from now on...

The acquisition of Countrywide by Connells might just be the deal of the century in the British estate agency industry. That’s the...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

Industry supplier Kerfuffle and high-profile training service Marvellous have launched a competition for the children of agents and suppliers. The kids are...

Agents and a wide range of property experts have demanded yet more government funds to end the cladding crisis that is...

A newspaper claims that thousands of customers’ financial details held by Foxtons Group are being freely accessed on the so-called dark...

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...

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

London and other urban areas dominate the league table of locations seeing the biggest house price rises of 2020. This is despite...

A cyber-attack on a London council has caused some transactions to fall through and others to be significantly delayed. The attack occurred...

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 may make little difference to agents but a leading analyst suggests thousands of buyers have effectively lost money on their purchase...

The rise and rise of £1m-plus homes continues apace with new research from Rightmove showing the biggest growth areas. Data released this...

A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...

Two reports this morning suggest that activity in the most expensive sectors of the housing market is doing as well as...

Estate agents and small businesses are being warned to take greater care over passwords to stop hackers breaking into their systems. David...

Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday means prime property in the UK now enjoys lower tax rates than most European countries. Buyers...

Difference should be celebrated. But in our industry it rarely is. I was on the board of a large corporate where...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

A successful property newspaper has collapsed after one of its former directors turned computer hacker and deliberately deleted over 5,000 files...

A Labour council in London has come out against the government’s plan to offer 30 per cent discounts to first time...

The head of a firm that has been creating digital property log books for well over a decade says the house-moving...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - a sure sign that it’s the end of the week and time to...

Estate agents concerned over security breaches will be closely analysing what happens with a case concerning a London firm’s compromised email...

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...

Bristol is the location outside London most searched for on Rightmove this year, by both buyers and renters. The average asking price...

Century 21 UK, the British arm of the US-based franchising agency, is to open three new offices in the New Year.  The...

A major regional estate agency is expanding with another physical office because it says the traditional High Street business model delivers...

Everyone thought John Bercow was short. It probably didn’t help that I was on stage just before him. 5ft 6 versus...