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Home buyers, movers, and existing owners making energy-saving improvements to their properties can now get up to £2,000 cashback from a...

And so we wait. The election, still only a week old and with almost five left to go, has served up main...

Savills has today upgraded its five-year UK mainstream house price forecast to reflect the stronger than expected start to the year...

Sellers seeking to differentiate their homes from others on the market may consider solar panels - but they should be wary...

The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

Detached homes in Wales are the slowest property types to sell across the UK and take an average of 92 days...

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

Epsom and Ewell, Epping Forest and Dartford have been named as the top London leaver hotspots as buyers continue to move...

Property professionals have called for the Government to allocate its promised £3m towards improving the home buying and selling process to...

Rightmove has joined growing calls for Stamp Duty reform ahead of the Spring Budget next week. The property portal has outlined three...

House prices may have slumped for most of the year but some areas have bucked the trend. Analysis by Halifax shows that...

Agency brands Knight Frank and Savills are among 12 of the largest real estate consultancies in the UK behind a new...

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

Marketing expert Simon Leadbetter has recommended that Purplebricks absorb its owner’s brand to consolidate its market position.  Leadbetter, former group marketing director...

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

The property market is unstable at the moment making it increasingly difficult for first-time buyers to get on the ladder. As a...

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

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

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...

New 2023 research from Open Property Group found that just 41% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate...

Estate agency brand Douglas & Gordon was confirmed to have entered administration yesterday. There were rumours over the weekend that the well-known...

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

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

Property developers and policymakers have been warned about copycat cases following a Supreme Court decision this week that ruled neighbours of...

There are a few common questions that arise when the issue of mould in rented properties is mentioned: what causes it,...

Property market analyst and chair of The Home Buying and Selling Group Kate Faulkner was given an OBE in the New...

There may be plenty of debate about going live with listings on Boxing Day but Hamptons has chosen the national holiday...

Purplebricks has got itself into a bind due to its addiction to brand awareness over addressing the customer experience of paying...

Purplebricks has set a date for a crunch vote over the future of its chairman. It comes after shareholder Lecram Holdings used...

With the reported increase in agency staff turnover we thought it would be a good idea to look at how you...

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

Increasing numbers of sales have fallen through during the third quarter but it isn’t all down to rising mortgage rates. Analysis by...

Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...

The government’s Stamp Duty reforms could provide a boost to homebuilding in the UK, a property investor claims. Real estate investor Alliance...

Autumn and winter have been identified as the best seasons to sell a property if an agent wants to get their...

Transforming your living room into an eco-friendly space not only benefits your health and wellbeing, but the planet too. It can...

Property sales are currently taking 15 weeks on average to complete, new research claims. Challenger portal and property platform OneDome has launched...

Purplebricks is set for its annual general meeting amid shareholder pressure over its performance and position of its chairman. The beleaguered online...

Downsizing could become more attractive to older homeowners as the cost of living crisis intensifies, Savills claims. It comes as analysis by...

Hundreds of homes reaching portals for sale with no supporting photos, research suggests. Estate agent media provider Giraffe360 analysed current sales stock...

Estate agents have listed an average of 7.3 homes for sale per branch during 2022, research suggests- down 12.5% annually. Agency comparison...

More than a third of England’s regions have seen buyer demand fall over the previous quarter, research claims in the latest...

Knight Frank has issued a stark warning that house price growth is set to slow. House price indices from lenders such as...

Only 6.8m homes in England now have mortgages, just 28 per cent of the overall market and about two per cent...

The former group marketing director at Countrywide has been appointed as global chief executive of Fine & Country. Simon Leadbetter has also...

The average price of a property in a British seaside town is now £265,978, a leap of 10 per cent -...

If someone broke into your house and took a video of lots of personal information, like photos of family and pets,...

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

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

Estate agents might be expert at advising on buying and selling properties on their books but when it comes to buying...

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

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

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

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

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

What work did I do through lockdown? I went to work for a company who provide Domiciliary care for the vulnerable and elderly...

The fallout from Covid-19 has hit everyone hard. With breaking news today that agents are able to look at how to...

  On Estate Agent Today this Bank Holiday weekend we’re celebrating the great work agents are doing to keep morale high and...

Aside from the obvious health crisis, the current pandemic is proving difficult for the business worldwide. However, despite the increasing contact...

Zoopla has repelled a cyber attack on its Alto property software - with no breach of customer agents’ personal data. It has...

Foxtons has revealed that the chair of the troubled agency’s remuneration committee has stood down with immediate effect. This are also unconfirmed...

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...

Innovate or Die. But What is Innovation? It Isn’t just PropTech A certain Mr Dick Whittington Esquire was once convinced that the...

It’s been reported that a Cheshire estate agent and auction house has gone into administration putting 130 jobs at risk. Around 40...

You may be right in thinking that Brexit has dominated the thinking of the government in the last three years. However,...

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...

Last week, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced a number of measures aimed at further tackling homelessness, including...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

Thanks to vast improvements in processing powers, the use of virtual reality (VR) in some sectors is becoming more evident than...

  Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - a thinner than usual edition as the industry enjoys the last of the...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the place where you find all the key agency industry moves over recent days. Please...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

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

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Two high street estate agents have used the medium of the local press to come out fighting against the threat of...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Cotswold property and land agency Butler Sherborn has changed its business status to become a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP). The agency currently...

There’s been no let up with your generous sharing of your Christmas decorations - thanks for sending so many in. With under...

The first residential transaction has taken place under the so-called Conveyancer’s Code for Completion - a new procedure in which the...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

The decision by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to fine five estate agents for engaging in a price fixing cartel has...

It’s been quite a week, much of it concerning the technology that increasingly underpins our industry.  A glut of fund-raising and relaunching...

Properties located directly on the seafront attract a price premium of 33%, according to new research. A study of 30 prime seaside...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

White & Sons came to MPL Interiors specifically to counteract the growing threat from online and hybrid estate agents, commissioning a...

Our client Robert Cooney – an estate agent based in Taunton, Somerset – was so intrigued by the office refurbishment process...

MPL Interiors was brought in to execute an office fit-out in a former paint shop in Wantage, Oxfordshire, for estate agent...

Last week’s acquisition of high-end agency Cluttons from pre-pack administration is to be investigated by the Pension Protection Fund. We reported on...

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

The aftermath of Easter and shock announcement of a snap General Election have done little to stop the industry making plenty...

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...