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New Chancellor Rachel Reeves has used her first speech to reinstate housebuilding targets and pledge to build one and a half...

Lomond has announced yet another acquisition, expanding its presence across the south coast with the acquisition of Mishon Mackay. The five branch...

Prominent housing and mortgage experts are downplaying the chance of an interest rate cut following the Bank of England monetary policy...

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

Lomond has more than doubled its footprint spanning the South Coast after sealing a new deal for Hampshire agent Beal’s. The brand...

Large language models, machine learning, artificial intelligence, artificial general intelligence, and 'the singularity' change everything, but there again, they change literally...

The managing director of an estate agency has pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault by beating but did not...

Around half a million mortgage-holders are facing an imminent financial shock as their fixed deals end in the run-up to Christmas...

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

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

Whether at home or abroad, here are some top tips to prevent homeowners from breaking common garden laws and rules this...

Almost 400,000 borrowers on low-rate mortgage deals are in for a shock when their products expire this year, Equifax has warned. Analysis...

Sussex based estate and lettings agency Mishon Mackay has continued its regional expansion with the acquisition of Kemptown-based brand Justin Lloyd. The...

Landlords are exiting the market in droves. According to an accountancy firm who analysed HMRC data, 70,000 buy-to-let landlords left the sector...

Record numbers of prime properties were reduced in price last month as the pandemic boom is officially over, LonRes claims. Analysis by...

From singing and dancing to charitable support and sponsorships, agents have shown that there are plenty of ways to raise money...

Mortgage rates look likely to fall after Rishi Sunak’s appointment as Prime Minister but analysts are still unsure how far the...

Sussex-based estate and lettings agency Mishon Mackay is celebrating as its first apprentice has completed his training. Max Blencowe, the first apprentice...

A West Sussex estate agency has unveiled expansion plans after achieving a record-breaking £112m of new home sales in the past...

Housing Secretary Greg Clark, who is also the Levelling Up Secretary, has been caught up in the storm surrounding Rishi Sunak...

Double-think, for those who have not read George Orwell, is when people are expected to accept two conflicting beliefs as truth,...

More than 100,000 property transactions have benefitted from access to digitised local land charges (LLCs) data. Conveyancing software provider Search Acumen has...

Sussex-based estate agent Mishon Mackay is celebrating 25 years of sevice each for three of its staff members. Sarah Fitzgerald, Sarah McCarthy,...

A prominent estate agency figure is urging the industry to dig deep to help the Ukrainian humanitarian effort. Arun Group managing director...

For the first time since before the global financial crisis of 2008, the number of first-time buyers is estimated to have...

There is pressure growing in Brighton for the city to hold a referendum giving residents the opportunity to ban new build...

The owner of an estate agency in Sussex has been jailed for five years for what a judge has called “an...

Sir David Amess, murdered at a constituency surgery last month, may have an unexpected housing market legacy for his constituents. To commemorate...

The self-employed partnership known as The Agency UK - founded by three refugees from Purplebricks - has announced a major expansion. The...

An estate agency has calculated precisely how much residential property has been sold so far this year, fuelled by the stamp...

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

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...

A trade body has called on House Secretary Robert Jenrick to intervene over the growing problem of delays in councils providing...

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...

New research attempts for the first time to identify the most lucrative property markets in the country - with surprising results...

Independent agency Sawyer & Co has announced the opening of a new branch in the Preston Park area of Brighton -...

A south coast estate agency which has been operating since the 1980s has opened its seventh office.  Jacobs Steel’s latest branch is...

Is Countrywide finally on the road to recovery? Its share price has risen 125 per cent in the past three months; much of...

Hello and welcome to another week. We’re more than aware that it’s a challenging time for our industry as for most...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

A number of estate agents have recently received phishing emails, fraudulently claiming to be from the main portals and trying to...

An online valuation service says the number of leads it generated for agents in January was over double the figure in...

Hello and welcome to the last day of January, Brexit Day and - perhaps most importantly - the latest edition of...

In six years of editing Estate Agent Today, some of my most dramatic moments have been covering the troubles - some...

There may be lots of agents giving time this weekend to see England at the Rugby World Cup final and Lewis...

In the old days an agent would procure clients based upon their position in the high street, the size of the...

We daren’t mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday before…well, Christmas.  Let’s hope agents and suppliers have an opportunity to...

Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...

“I’m Russell Quirk, and I’ve failed” - with those words, the former chief executive of Emoov has begun to explain how...

Landmark Information’s online valuation tool SmartVal is being retired by the company, with agents who use it being advised to switch to...

A solicitor handling cases involving Japanese Knotweed say the problem could devalue the prices of affected houses by as much as...

It’s not just the high-end market for homes in the south east that’s hit by Brexit according to the Guild of...

We’re back with the first edition of Agents Do Charity for 2019 - and despite the uncertainty everywhere else, one thing...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity - your opportunity to salute those in our industry working hard for great...

New data from Haart estate agency suggests that despite many homes sticking on the market, apparently would be buyers are locked...

A Maserati 3200 has ended up wedged into the front of a Fox and Sons estate agency office in central Brighton. The...

Hello and welcome to our latest Property Jobs Today; if you missed the launch last week, each Monday we will provide...

Lloyds Bank has revealed a league table of the cities which have seen the highest price growth over the past decade...

The housing market remains flat as it heads towards 2018 according to the latest snapshot survey by the Royal Institution of...

Purplebricks’ share price value yesterday dropped below the 300p, over 40 per cent less than its high point over the recent...

There's just a week to go to Children In Need, the UK's largest fund-raising event of the year - as we...

An estate agent who is campaigning for boards to be banned in his local area says they should be 'confined to...

Twenty areas in Greater London have an average price in excess of £5,000 per square metre according to new research from...

At the end of a week dominated by grim news, it is worth remembering our capacity for good far outweighs rare...

Earlier this week it was Dads4Daughters Day – a campaign that strives to promote gender equality in the workplace.  I have three...

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

The remarkable bull run on the London Stock Exchange continues for hybrid estate agency Purplebricks, which floated shares at 100p just...

Sawyer & Co., an agency operating sales and lettings in Brighton and Hove, is the latest firm to be chosen to...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

Jefferies, a major City adviser, is downgrading its 2016 estimate for Countrywide’s performance over the rest of this year. In a statement...

A leading estate agent in a town where the local council wants to dramatically extend a ban on For Sale and...

A ban on agents' For Sale and To Let boards is being widened out across a city six years after a...

The Conservatives on the council in Brighton and Hove have called for a ban on estate agents’ boards to be extended...

Running a business is not easy, but sometimes it becomes harder because we are expected to modify our behaviour due to...

Someone told me the other day that it’s now only seven Mondays till Christmas. Now there’s a scary thought. Best get...

On Wednesday 21st October future and reality will collide. Back to the Future’s Marty McFly will arrive in the DeLorean to...

Agents' Giving: No less than £20,000 has been raised at the Agents Giving Ball where Phil Spencer and 240 of the...

We’re always happy to publicise your agency’s efforts to help those who cannot help themselves, and we’re delighted that this week’s...