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Estate agents submitted 30% more Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and Defence Against Money Laundering (DAML) SARs last year, research suggests. Analysis by...

Hat and Home has opened its fifth office and a new headquarters in the heart of Sandhurst. The move centralises the agency...

Adding value to a home can be the difference between a quick, successful sale and waiting months for the right person...

More than half of prospective homebuyers looking for a new location to move to want to be within a 20-minute walk...

A former minister has questioned whether the Government has a long-term commitment to reform Stamp Duty to boost transactions and has...

A green premium based on energy efficiency is emerging in the UK’s property market, according to a new report by high-street...

Empty nesters may be considering downsizing their home this September as their children set off to university, whilst other downsizers are...

Research carried out by Rightmove has revealed the home features which have grown the most in popularity, with garden offices topping...

Agents were busy marking the Platinum Jubilee over the past week but there was still time for fundraising exploits including tree-planting...

Just this month, the Government Property Agency kicked off its search for a digital chief to lead its 10-year technology journey,...

More than four in 10 owners have significantly repurposed part of their homes during the pandemic says Zoopla. Amongst the 41 per...

Propertymark, the main industry trade body, has this evening updated its guidance on Covid safety for estate and letting agents in...

An independent estate agency with an eye to fashion has launched a second office in the Home Counties, just nine months...

Boris Johnson's sudden and unexpectedly ruthless Cabinet reshuffle, which drew comparisons with Margaret Thatcher's 'purge of the wets' in 1981, ended...

Rightmove claims to have identified the dream home for buyers. A survey of more than 2,000 visitors to the portal’s website has...

Average house prices increased by 13.2 per cent over the year to June - the highest annual growth rate since November...

Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Jamie Cooke, Co-Founder and Managing Director of iamsold, part...

The policy and campaigns team at Propertymark, headed by Mark Hayward, has been expanded after what it calls “a number of...

New research has found that homebuyers would prioritise buying a home with superfast broadband over being close to a good school.  A...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Mark Armstrong, and my business card says...

In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...

An agent has contacted Estate Agent Today to issue what he calls “an urgent alert” about the risk of Capital Gains...

A prime London estate agency is going global - not only with a new office in the UK capital but with...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property What is LetsBid and...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...

With one of the world’s most successful vaccine rollout programmes under way in the UK, the chances of a complete lockdown...

It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...

A customer due diligence training webinar is being held for Rightmove members next week. This is the third anti-money laundering training webinar...

Around half of all estate agencies selling homes for £5m or more have not even registered for anti-money laundering processes, and/or...

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...

Watching the government’s surprise press conference a couple of weekends ago the message was clear; we were heading into a gruelling...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

A home office set up in a dedicated room apparently adds £17,500 to the value of a property. Direct Line Insurance has...

A survey of 2,000 prospective movers by Zoopla shows the vast majority still intent on buying - but younger purchasers’ plans...

The latest in the recent surge of consumer information publicised by Rightmove suggests that demand for flats has fallen significantly as...

A quarter of vendors and buyers contacted by a high-end agency say the lockdown and the Coronavirus crisis have made them...

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

In normal times, the Winkworth team based at their Notting Hill office in west London would head to the fashionable Walmer...

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

Let me start by wishing everyone well in these uncertain and precarious times. I truly hope you, your families, friends and...

You wouldn’t expect anything other than very upscale home offices from an esteemed agency with a wonderful history - and that’s...

You know the old saying - a dog is an agent’s best friend?  Well that’s clearly true for this trio of agencies...

Working from home is something of a leveller right now, applying to people in the capital and in the sticks, but...

You wouldn’t expect the good folk at Strutt & Parker to have anything less than a superlative set of home offices...

Independent agencies are the backbone of our industry so it’s great to be able to share images from three such experts...

For many this coming Easter weekend will be the strangest ever - for agents and industry suppliers it will not be...

Almost every part of the agency industry is operating remotely these days - and we would love to know how you’re...

A legal challenge by HM Revenue and Customs has stopped a bid to secure a stamp duty discount on a property. The...

Estate agents and others in the property industry have much more to do to deter money laundering. That’s the view of a security...

With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...

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

The influential Treasury Select Committee says estate agents should be more closely monitored to ensure they abide by anti-money laundering regulations. In...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

The government has told the estate agency industry that it has a “moral” obligation to report suspicions about potential money laundering. Figures...

To say this is a turbulent time for UK politics would be something of an understatement. As I write, the Brexit...

Ever wondered what it’s like to be on the frontline of property journalism? Well, wonder no more, as our very own...

The game of musical chairs that has so often gone on with politicians in charge of housing continues today with the...

The Home Office has announced a new division to tackle fraud issues, including money laundering. A new national economic crime centre within...

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

Housing appears to have a disappointingly low priority in the new Theresa May-led Cabinet - at least judging from the time...

"Stop right there. Hands above your head. Don't move. Mavis, dial 999." Mr D Smith (MARLA, NFoPP) removes his Glock 19...