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Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned this October’s Budget will be “painful.” Speaking as MPs return to Parliament next Monday, he warned...

Lomond has acquired one of North Yorkshire’s oldest independent agencies, Joplings The deal will see Lomond’s Linley and Simpson brand take over...

The Propertymark Qualifications Level 3 (Level 6 SCQF) Certificate in Property Agency was officially unveiled last week. The trade body revealed the...

Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

Everyone’s a pundit these days, aren’t they? And January is pundit season – when a New Year starts, out come the...

OnTheMarket (OTM) chief executive Jason Tebb has declared “our time is now” after shareholders backed a takeover of the portal by...

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

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

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...

Like most parts of the UK, the one I live in has a bit of a beef about parking. More precisely,...

Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...

CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

Fine & Country has welcomed its first Cypriot agency to the upmarket network. Purple International, which was established in September 2007, is...

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

Having just had an appointment popped into my diary by my car as it apparently told the garage it’s due a...

Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...

They think it’s all over, it is now as we publish our final World Cup Agent Match report following England’s quarter...

Property sales are being put at risk by failure to tackle infestations of bamboo, according to new warnings. Invasive plant removal firm...

A former estate agent has launched a white-labelled sales progression tool for the industry after his own experiences of purchasing a...

Technology continues to enhance the way estate agents work, from improving efficiencies, reducing admin time, and ensuring your team remains highly...

Spring may be struggling to break through the clouds but agents are continuing to step up for good causes. The humanitarian crisis...

In this piece, the team at Iceberg Digital look at whether the first cracks are appearing in the portals. For the last...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity, the weekly round up of fund-raising in our industry. Once more our thoughts are...

A famous environmental campaigner has sold his home to a local - because he feels second homes are “obscene and grotesque.” Green...

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

Knight Frank has reported a record pre-tax profit and has reimbursed staff who sacrificed some salaries during the pandemic. The agency - which has...

It’s been a dramatic week in the world of politics – and this has led to another new Housing Secretary, in...

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...

The Guardian has sharply criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak for introducing and then extending the stamp duty holiday - because helping estate...

Hello and welcome to another Property Jobs Today, your chance to see the latest moves in our industry. Why not be a...

In the world of football – very topical at the moment, as we all enjoy the Euros – there is an...

Welcome to the start of another week and as the housing market continues at full pelt, so does the movement of...

In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...

A new name is to appear at the top of Knight Frank from next spring - and he is charged with bringing...

Knight Frank is investing an undisclosed sum in a venture capital firm specialising in PropTech. The money is going into a European...

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...

You can watch the Parliamentary debate on a possible Stamp Duty Holiday extension here, using the streaming link at the bottom of...

It's been announced that MPs will after all debate the Stamp Duty Holiday extension following a hugely popular online petition. The 90-minute...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Ever since the initial ripples of innovation in the 1990s, PropTech has proceeded to reshape our market beyond recognition; going on...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

Hello and welcome to your regular Friday charity round-up from the industry - appropriately enough on the day of the latest...

Knight Frank is in talks with HM Revenue and Customs to return furlough money as a result of relatively strong trading, notwithstanding...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT, the industry’s summary of new movers. Of course many agencies are reassessing their...

With stamp duty cuts and 90% mortgages on their way back, anyone could think the housing market was about to go...

The chief executive of a hybrid agency in London has revealed why he deserted big corporates to create his own company. Rollo...

A successful property newspaper has collapsed after one of its former directors turned computer hacker and deliberately deleted over 5,000 files...

Tuesday mornings at 6am is usually my time to review all the latest PropTech news. This fires off ideas for my...

Knight Frank is furloughing agents and other staff with the company topping up the taxpayers’ funding to ensure employees get 100...

This week I fly to Spain to present at a conference called Immotechnia. I am opening the conference with a 45-minute...

Until now General Election pledges of stamp duty reforms were restricted to the Conservatives - but now a tax consultancy says...

Knight Frank - which a year ago loudly announced a 14 per cent profits leap - has now reported an 11...

A few weeks ago, I came across a couple of really interesting articles which I immediately thought worth writing a piece...

In a revival of the Natter’s day in the life of series, I catch up with Rajeev Nayyar, managing director of...

When an industry disruptor enters a marketplace the impact on existing operators can be significant. It has been seen most notably...

One thing’s clear in the ongoing mess surrounding Brexit - a lot of people are simply putting their head down and...

This month’s MIPIM conference in Cannes once again played host to the final round of the much coveted MIPIM Startup Competition.  The...

It’s time to think about planning the 2019 events calendar. This year, there are more PropTech conferences scheduled than ever before,...

Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...

It’s Friday and what better way to kick off the weekend than winning two completely FREE tickets for the industry event...

We are delighted to have two completely FREE tickets available for the industry event of the season - the Charity Christmas...

Bored with Brexit? Baffled by the backstop? Troubled by the transition period?  Well here’s a promise - there’s no mention of the...

Knight Frank appears to have shrugged off the problems hitting the high end of the housing market, reporting a 14 per...

Yes, there’s no getting away from it - although the autumn has only just begun, charity work is firmly aiming at...

The heatwave is gone and summer is in its closing stages (sorry!) so it comes as no surprise that there’s already...

A new free-to-list portal is to be launched - and it is to be ‘voice led’.  The PropTech firm Triplerr says it...

A fund set up in memory of a 27 year old estate agent, who died of cancer just weeks after his...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - and just because it’s half term, don’t think the industry has...

Our industry does great work for good causes not just in this country but around the world, as this week’s Agents...

Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - it’s a bumper edition with plenty of fantastic fund-raising going...

Smart sensors, and smart technology as a whole, are enjoying a period of accelerated innovation and adoption.  It’s my opinion that such...

There has been a wide range of views from trade bodies and individual agents on the government’s surprise ‘call for evidence’...

Today we’re publishing what we think is our longest-ever list of charitable activities being conducted by agents and their supporters -...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

June marks the start of what professional weather folk call summer - and even if the temperatures are a little variable,...

Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...

Pole-axed by politics? Bored of ballots? Well, this is where you can escape from pledges, promises and politicians and instead read...

Ten years ago this month (April 2007) tenancy deposit schemes were first introduced in England and Wales.  You need to go a...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

What would Norwich’s own Alan Partridge say? An estate agency in the city is offering residents a one-off opportunity - the...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

A Conservative MP has backed a petition calling for the alleged killers of an estate agent to be handed over to...

Knight Frank has reported a four per cent rise in annual revenues to £461m but a five per cent drop in...

Some of this week’s headlines - ‘Firms must list foreign workers’ and ‘NHS to no longer rely on foreign doctors’ -...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has met campaigners to scrap anti-buy to let measures introduced by the Cameron government in the past...

Two men who confessed to killing a British estate agent are being held in Turkish controlled northern Cyprus - although they...

What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...

Paying too much every month for your website? Move your website to us and we guarantee to halve your monthly bill I want...

The Competition and Markets Authority has reiterated controversial remarks about the government’s proposed privatisation of the Land Registry. Last month it surprised...

There’s been a glut of fundraising events surrounding the 90th birthday celebrations for HM The Queen - and we salute those...

This week, as the title suggests, I turn my attentions to the world of deposit protection schemes. Landlords have been legally obliged...

Despite being round the block quite a few times in the property world, it was only in 2008 that the importance...