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The number of home sellers entering the market increased by almost a quarter in the two weeks following the Bank of...

You won’t need me to tell you, but transactions are taking a l-o-n-g time right now. Figures from a digital information service...

HAVING spent decades closely following the UK and American property markets, I’ve seen and read many reports comparing the two.  But...

Last week, the UK’s leading conveyancing services provider, LMS, announced a five- year strategic partnership with software, data and insight business,...

A new agency has launched, describing itself as being “dedicated to creating extraordinary marketing for extraordinary homes across Hampshire, Surrey and...

Almost one in five vendors admit to having failed to disclose disputes with neighbours to prospective buyers when selling their home,...

Fall-throughs are costing home sellers an estimated £909m a year, according to new analysis. Upfront information provider Home Sale Pack has analysed...

A quarter of sellers have been gazundered in the past 12 months, research has revealed. Analysis by quick-buy firm Open Property Group,...

The property market could be in for a strong end to the year based on typical seasonal trends, research suggests, New research...

Sellers are still being lowballed by their buyer having previously accepted a higher offer, research suggests. A survey of more than 1,000...

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

The average home seller across England and Wales has achieved 97.3% of asking price, a -2.4% drop versus the previous six...

Referral fees for estate agents could be back in the sights of industry regulators. It was reported last week that the National...

Welcome back to the second instalment of our blog series on social media marketing tips for estate agents! In part one,...

Agency fees account for 81% of upfront home selling costs on average, research suggests. Industry comparison website GetAgent has used its My...

A third of those opting to move home in the current market are downsizers, research claims. However, it’s not the increased cost...

Almost two-thirds of home sellers who have sold a home within the past year experienced delays when doing so, research reveals. A...

Our data shows vast regional differences in current house prices and many areas are defying the current overall national dip. The study...

In his latest column, property commentator Jonathan Rolande, provides his take on the biggest stories from the past seven days. This week was...

The Government is not taking any responsibility for the thousands of people that have had spray foam installed by Green Homes...

Estate agent comparison site GetAgent has handed a lifeline to struggling Purplebricks sellers. It has announced that it will give home sellers...

The number of fall-throughs declined during the final three months of 2022 but this trend may not last, new data suggests. Analysis...

As is generally the case, we didn’t start out with solutions, we started with questions…. two, actually. The first was, ‘Why does...

Almost a third of UK home sellers are being gazundered by their buyers, many of whom are seeing their potential buyer...

Almost 155,000 home sellers could be impacted by a drop in house prices but it may only last for  a couple...

The number of home sellers looking to sell their home quickly in the current market has increased by 12%, new research...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has committed to look into issues with the Building Safety Act after MPs claimed leaseholders and Help to...

Properties are being down valued by up to 5% in some areas of the UK in the sign of a housing...

A property purchasing specialist has revealed how the UK’s home sellers are now paying £793 more in estate agent commission when...

New research suggests agents can win more business by making better use of video content. A survey of 2,000 home sellers by...

Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...

The typical time taken to sell a property has got so long that people could learn a language before a transaction...

A French billionaire who made his money from estate agency is promising to transform the UK property industry with his unique...

The average home sale in England and Wales in 2021 achieved 98 per cent of the asking price - slightly improved...

New research suggests estate agents earn some of the lowest basic salaries of all sales professions.  Nested, an online agency promoting the...

Remember the early days of lockdown when there was a general panic? Perhaps the hot demand for toilet rolls was a sign...

Like many of you, I have watched a lot of football recently and I’ve enjoyed every minute. It has been an...

A company supplying data to conveyancers and other property professionals warns that Japanese Knotweed is a bigger headache than usual this summer. A wet and frosty spring,...

The Prime Minister this afternoon stated that lockdown will remain in effect until early March at the earliest. He told the House...

New figures from the Bank of England show that mortgage approvals rose 7.0 per cent in November to reach 105,000 -...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

A league table drawn up by a quick buy property firm claims that some estate agents' average commission has hit 2.32 per...

A quick buy firm which typically purchases homes from sellers at below market levels has accused estate agents and the private...

One of the first analyses of portal listings since the start of the Coronavirus crisis shows that new listings have plummeted...

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus early-warning statements like that from Foxtons indicate the anxiety in the...

Sellers in the past 12 months accepted an average of 96 per cent of their asking price according to new research. Comparison...

Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...

Controversy and Purplebricks have gone hand in hand since the agency was first launched in 2012, through its float on the...

A new estate agency, which claims to only hire property experts, has announced a new investment as well as the recruitment...

Fine & Country, the international network of prime estate agencies, has this week announced the opening of two new offices. The first...

The head of a For Sale By Owner website claims that some agents are making “vast amounts” of up to £7,000...

Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause of genuine sadness when people lose their jobs - close proximity...

New research by TheAdvisory consultancy, shared exclusively with Estate Agent Today, reveals exactly how fees have fallen for traditional agents in...

A warning to people selling their homes to beware of internet-based scams offering cut-price surveys has been sounded by a leading...

A major hybrid agency says there is a huge ‘reality gap’ between the typical asking price of homes on sale and the...

Purplebricks is reported to have hired a new advertising agency to handle a “multi million pound” media campaign. The advertising industry weekly...

December saw the fewest number of people put their homes on the market than in any month in 2017, according to...

Crowdfunding is nothing new. As I pointed out in a previous Natter, it dates back centuries, playing a part in the...

Purplebricks’ well-publicised attempt to break into the Australian market with a similar model to the one being used here has come...

Supporting the adoption of technology does not mean we have to stop protecting the core values of the property industry. In...

Over 500 members of the Guild of Property Professionals have requested an easyProperty licence following the merger between the two organisations.   The...

Just 27% of property valuations in May were requested by prospective home sellers, according to the latest data from Connells Survey...

Calls made to estate agents to book property valuations increased by 26% this spring, according to telephone answering service Moneypenny. Enquiries made...

Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of...

The Advertising Standards Authority has given the green light to an circular which provoked complaints suggesting it deliberately did not appear...

A new website has launched with the aim of providing vendors, landlords, buyers and tenants with an easy way of registering...

A new app, Qoob, allows people to use a smartphone to swipe through homes put on the market by private sellers...

The consumer is King and to protect sellers and buyers' best interests estate and letting agents have to operate in the...

An estate agency offering what it calls “pay as you go” fees for vendors is launching its first TV and London...

Online estate agent HouseSimple has launched what it calls a “weekly pay-as-you-go estate agent service” which asks sellers to pay from...