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

Rightmove posted a bullish trading update and raised performance expectations for the year ahead on Friday but the markets seemed less...

Outsourced property viewings and inspections provider Viewber is celebrating completing more than half a million appointments. Launched at the end of 2016...

Back in 2013 the posh head of PR of a posh estate agency took me to a London restaurant (yes, posh)...

Prime market activity hasn’t caught up with more positive sentiment, Knight Frank claims. It comes as figures from the agency brand showed...

Propertymark Qualifications has honoured the crème de la crème of its students at the London Stadium. Learners, apprentices, employers, training providers, and...

A lawyer has called for Help to Buy to be resurrected in the Autumn Statement. Paul Sams, head of property at Dutton...

Midlands property group Bond Wolfe has marked its 40th anniversary with a reception for 250 guests at Birmingham’s Town Hall, where...

Slow conveyancers could drive estate agents out of business, it has been warned. National law firm Dutton Gregory has issued a warning...

Agency media brand Made Snappy 360 has come up with a rather different way of promoting its role at the upcoming...

Almost 4,000 agents have completed Propertymark Qualifications’ exams so far this year, the trade body has revealed. The figures equate to an...

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has delivered a 100% pass rate from its latest batch of training academy graduates.  The 11 trainees are...

Agents attending the Propertymark One conference at Wembley Arena in May are set to be treated to a Monty Python-inspired panel...

It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has delivered a further 11 fully trained surveyors into the industry, taking its total to more than...

The latest measures for property the Chancellor included in his Autumn Statement may not have been dramatic, but has it given...

It has been another busy month for job moves in the estate agency sector. Here are some of the latest moves that...

Agency website and lead generation software provider Homeflow has acquired lead management and automation business of Area Technologies. Homeflow said the move...

A recent study conducted by the Technical University of Denmark reported that the attention span of people around the world is...

Over the last two years, the property industry has experienced unprecedented change through shifting market conditions and new regulations around compliance. To...

Zoopla-backed agency software provider Alto has announced the speaker line-up and agenda for its inaugural virtual event.  Altogether Live will take place...

As uncertainty, apprehension and anxiety increasingly infiltrates every aspect of our professional and personal lives, to ‘keep calm and carry on’...

New rules on leasehold homes came in this week, banning ground rents on new leases but a property expert warns this...

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

For years, the issue of phone etiquette created tension between estate agents and the legal profession, the former claiming lawyers won’t...

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

Rightmove says the level of business owners enquiring about leasing office space has now surpassed even pre-pandemic levels in January. Demand is...

Propertymark is to probe Purplebricks over its lettings fiasco - and as the agency becomes a subject of ridicule in the...

There has been criticism of the new Residential Development Tax, levied to fund remedial work on dangerous cladding on high rise blocks. The tax...

In this guest editorial, experienced property solicitor Lorraine Richardson argues that reservation agreements - designed to reduce the number of fall-throughs in...

All eyes on Rome this weekend as England face Ukraine on their way - we hope - to winning Euro 2020. Some...

A row has blown up over a house raffle where the property prize was withdrawn and a cash alternative offered because...

Software provider Rex has launched three new live dashboards for agencies, one of which covers agent performance. Rex says the dashboards -...

Purplebricks is now part of the mainstream landscape of British estate agency. There - I said it. An agency whose whispered name...

There is growing speculation that a raft of tax proposals to be unveiled next week will include reform of Capital Gains...

If it’s Monday, it’s jobs news day on EAT - welcome to the latest update. Want to be featured in our next...

The latest house price index from the Halifax suggests the market has softened ahead of the original scheduled end of the stamp...

A leading market commentator says the acquisition of London agency Douglas & Gordon represents “a strategic step change” for Foxtons -...

The government needs to step in to rescue two valuable property incentives before they expire at the end of March, a...

Two of the most outspoken agents in the industry have criticised those calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday...

Hello - and here we are nearing the end of the strangest of years.  With agents and industry suppliers rushed off their...

Upcoming portal Boomin has written to its founder agents inviting one of them to take up a seat on the main...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...

A law firm wants the government to agree that properties that have exchanged but not yet completed can definitely benefit from the...

At least two branches of a Countrywide agency have been closed, shortly before news broke of a proposal for a large...

A new analysis of searches and leads to agents by Rightmove suggests buyers in London are deserting central locations in favour of...

Property raffles are a legal minefield and many are too good to be true, according to a leading lawyer. There has been...

A property law firm is calling on the government to backdate the stamp duty holiday to include those buyers who completed...

A property law firm is the latest to back a call for a stamp duty holiday to help kick-start the housing...

Owners and investors who may be leaving their properties empty in the current Coronavirus crisis risk having their insurance invalidated. High-end property...

Hello and as it’s Monday it’s PJT Day - and there are plenty of people moving jobs in our industry even...

A conveyancing firm has launched what it claims to be one of the first ever apps for vendors and buyers in...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week - and it’s been a frantic seven days since the last...

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...

The latest report commissioned by the Labour party to resolve the UK’s housing problems would crash the housing market rather than...

Zoopla is today unveiling what it calls “a new direction” for its software division and the creation of “market-leading agency CRM...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

There’s anger in the industry over an article in The Times which accused agents of overvaluing properties - although why this was happening...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

Hello and welcome to another PJT, your regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Please keep us informed of...

Fewer than 15 per cent of owners go on to sell their home with the same agency they bought it through,...

Hello and welcome to our weekly catch-up on the major moves within our industry. Remember, you can let the rest of the...

Today’s long-awaited debate staged by fledgling PropTech platform Best Agent will address the issue of how the agency industry can most...

An upcoming event will see a panel of well-known agents and suppliers appeal for better collaboration between industry stakeholders, particularly CRM...

The team behind a new ‘open platform’ targetting smaller agencies in need of Proptech support have revealed a heavyweight line up...

Before I get into the nitty gritty of the government (well, one of its startup accelerator schemes) giving away £20,000, let...

A new digital product claims to help agents estimate which of their past customers are statistically most likely to move again...

An auction house says it was “scoffed at” four years ago when it began offering online options to customers - but...

Online property platform Settled, which claims its customers receive their first offer in an average of 17 days, has announced two...

There has been widespread praise for the Nationwide building society's crackdown on criteria for mortgages for leasehold new build homes.   From May...

One of the estate agency industry’s leading technology figures has been appointed to a key role in a major global property consultancy. Alex...

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

A debate discussing how online and traditional estate agency would develop in the future, organised by City investment consultancy Jefferies, has...

Countrywide's second most senior management figure - Head of Retail Sam Tyrer - is to speak before an industry audience next...

An estate agency in Wales has recruited a head of PR with a difference - Moginie James' latest edition to its senior...

Software. You might not give it much thought a lot of the time, but it’s an absolutely crucial part of how...

Andy Clarke, who held a key product development role at OnTheMarket since before the challenger portal’s launch 11 months ago, has...

Public relations is big business these days. Whole companies are set up purely to provide this service. Major corporations have in-house...