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Foxtons’ share price got a mini boost on Monday morning after rumours that the agency brand is preparing for a sale. The...

Average mortgage rates have ticked up ahead of the typically busier spring home selling season but borrowers are at least benefiting...

The UK timeframe for selling a property has been branded as “embarrassing.” New research shows the UK ranks as the slowest country...

Reading the news on Estate & Letting Agent Today every day (as I’m sure you all do, too), there appears to...

As much of the country battened down the hatches for the first storm of the season, there may have been a...

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

Now more than ever, property professionals across the sector need to pull together and collaborate more closely to make business gains,...

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

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

Agents have highlighted the main horrors they have come across when listing homes. A Halloween-themed survey of 500 agents by industry media...

I am somewhat disappointed, yet not surprised, when I see the headlines ‘blaming’ various fractions of a property transaction as the...

A number of pro-active conveyancers are joining a new conveyancing directory being set up by one of the leading figures in...

The finance arm of a leading estate agency has taken the unusual step of warning about delays in the conveyancing process. “The...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

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

The government is jeopardising the success of the housing market relaunch through the inflexibility of the furlough scheme, claims a group...

I won't be the first or last person to say that society and the property industry in which we operate is...

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

A website has slammed the idea that there is a surge of interest in buying homes on Boxing Day, describing the...

A quick move company claims that the general public underestimate estate agents’ fees by around £6,000.  A survey of 2,000 home owners...

Traditional High Street estate agents have been given the thumbs up by sellers in a new survey of over 5,000 vendors...

Property sellers in Scotland are profiting from buyers' willingness to pay above asking price for a home.  This is according to portal...

The Advertising Standards Authority has intervened following a complaint about a mailshot from the high profile online agency Yopa. The ASA says...

Foxtons says it takes just eight minutes for a purchaser to know whether they will go ahead with buying a home.  The...

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

eMoov founder and chief executive Russell Quirk has launched another online petition, this time calling for mandatory licensing of estate agents. The...