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The Chancellor’s plans to ‘get Britain building again’ are very significant for the property sector and property investment, specifically.  The plans...

Propertymark, the leading membership body for property agents has written to London Mayor candidates highlighting proposals to tackle the unique housing...

There’s been broad support from within the agency and wider property sectors for Labour’s proposal to build on selected parts of...

Hamptons has launched a residential investment department led by Ashley Mason, who has returned to the brand after 12 years. Mason will...

Rightmove has recorded its busiest month since launching its mortgage in principle service in 2022 and predicts an interest rate hold...

Mortgage rates have continued to fall this morning, with Santander releasing a new market leading deal below 4%. The lender has unveiled...

Landlords considering selling up are being urged to lease their homes to a trust catering for homeless people instead. With fears that...

Savills has strengthened its European residential network with the acquisition of real estate company Beliving in Italy.  Founded by Danilo Orlando in...

Agents haven't let the festive season get in the way of supporting good causes, and there is a big focus on...

Hamptons is returning to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2023 following last year’s Gold win. The agency brand is sponsoring a...

What do Tilly Ramsay and Kim Kardashian have in common? Other than both having well-known fathers, they’ve both also mastered the art...

With the government releasing details on the Fairer Private Rented Sector, landlords and letting agents are looking for ways to maintain...

New calls have emerged to give pensioners stamp duty tax breaks to downsize their homes. The National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB)...

The government is being urged to not just treat housebuilding as a numbers game. It comes as the Department for Levelling Up,...

Agents and property professionals are travelling far and wide to raise money for charity, plus there is a new way to...

Netflix addicts may have come across Selling Sunset, an American series focused on the drama of US real estate agents selling...

An agency specialising in Nigerian clients has opened its first international office in London. Jide Taiwo & Co’s office will open next...

We know that agents rely heavily on property software solutions to run their agency, particularly to ease the burden of administrative...

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

In this guest feature, James Dilgul, Head of Marketing at Fixflo, the market-leading repairs and maintenance management software provider, looks at how...

The iamproperty group’s auction service, iamsold, says it’s raised over £804m in capital value from properties sold by the Modern Method...

Every year we at EAT are impressed by the pleasingly political festive cards sent out by the STANLEY Chelsea agency -...

OnTheMarket has revamped its website in a bid to shed the final connections with the portal’s failed leadership and strategy of...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and even as Christmas approaches there remains plenty to report about people moving...

allAgents has announced that Google reviews will be integrated onto its website. allAgents has called the move “a game changer within the...

Propertymark’s chief executive - officially still in post on just an interim basis - is to face questions from a past...

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...

A career in property can be fun and rewarding, but it’s a busy world to live and work in. As we...

Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and strategist Sir Lynton Crosby - the architect of many Conservative election campaigns -...

One of the highest profile supporters of the online estate agency concept has quit the company he founded. Akshay Ruparelia, who is...

Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

Propertymark Qualifications is reporting a surge in exams being taken and booked as restrictions ease allowing test centres to reopen. Since they...

A consumer financial service suggests it’s already too late for most buyers to meet the latest stamp duty holiday deadline of June...

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...

On March 23rd 2021, Dezrez and its partners are hosting EAvolution21 the event that showcases the latest in PropTech using an...

A leading conveyancing sector spokesmen says some mortgage lenders are making the current delays in the house buying process worse. Rob Hailstone,...

Property tax rises and falling house prices look as if they are on the way according to the small print accompanying...

Purplebricks has issued a statement to its shareholders saying it’s ‘never been more relevant’. However, the expected radical change to its fees structure appears...

A PropTech platform that claims to halve the time a transaction takes has received a huge cash injection from investors for...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

A statement by OnTheMarket this morning reveals that as of the end of last month it had a record 14,000 advertisers...

Rightmove has contacted all member agents saying it has enhanced its automated online viewing feature first introduced in April. As part of...

Rightmove has taken the unusual step this weekend of issuing its usual monthly asking price index on a Saturday instead of...

It’s back to work today for England’s estate agents and the housing market - but it’s the start of a new...

Foxtons says it’s furloughed 750 staff and asked high paid staff earning over £40,000 to take a 20 per cent pay...

Purplebricks and Countrywide have each recently claimed to be the biggest agency group in the UK but now Connells says that...

An estate agent has sold a home off-market by posting teaser photographs on Instagram.  The buyer - who was in the French...

In the firmest sign yet that PropTech has entered the mainstream, Housing Minister Esther McVey recently launched an expert advisory council...

Foxtons is reported to have closed four more branches across London, backing up widespread industry speculation that the agency is retrenching further in...

Foxtons' latest trading statement shows another fall in sales revenue - but this time lettings income is down too. In an announcement...

Agents have interpreted the latest house price figures as evidence that the market is in limbo waiting for the Brexit -...

I remember the day well; the day we all fell foul of addiction, the day our website was launched. Until then, at...

The parent company of franchised hybrid estate agency EweMove says that experienced estate agents outperform inexperienced franchisees - but only for...

There has been a sceptical response by agents and others in the property industry to the government’s latest headline-grabbing tweaks to...

Since first meeting the mio team at The Negotiator Awards back in November 2018 – and being presented with no less...

Countrywide’s branch closure programme, shrouded in secrecy even to shareholders, may have involved shutting 250 offices according to an insider. The individual...

Countrywide has told Estate Agent Today that it will not be releasing any figures on the branch closure programme it introduced...

Specialist providers catering for the over-50s has welcomed a move by high-end estate agency Knight Frank to move into equity release. Commenting...

This week, I want to take a look at the Israeli startup, Venn, an urban revitalisation firm which has recently received...

An outspoken building society chief has taken the unusual step of calling for stamp duty to be replaced by capital gains...

The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent weeks, some might say somewhat ironically by a House of Lords’...

A hybrid estate agency which uses freelance agents operating from a central hub is now expanding from London into the Home...

The government says it will be releasing details of its ideas to revamp redress systems concerning agents and new homes “in...

Infamous X Factor rapper Honey G, who just last week was lauded for becoming an estate agent, now says she’s been...

A recent 'red flag alert' report from an insolvency firm warned that the number of real estate businesses defined as being...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

My eye was caught yesterday morning by news that PropTech company, Agent Software, is claiming that ‘some agencies deliberately over-value properties...

I loved my Foxtons office. I started in the Battersea branch. It was the old-style office; traditional carpets, actual properties in...

The stock market and at least one City analyst have shrugged their shoulders at the claim by Purplebricks that it is...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today, the regular Monday round-up of moves and changes in our industry. Do please let us...

The average asking price of newly marketed property continues to rise according to Rightmove - and this is despite a dip...

Hello - if it’s Monday, it must be Property Jobs Today, your chance to see a snapshot of the key moves...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...

Connells Group’s estate agency business increased its market share of new instructions in 2017 by almost four per cent, despite a...

Franchise giant Winkworth has told its shareholders that its revenues for 2017 are likely to be less than five per cent...

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers says it is worried that HM Land Registry’s decision to publish details of apparent errors in...

In the UK, there are over 3.9 million homes situated in off-grid areas with no access to mains gas, so it’s...

Not so long ago, new UK car sales were racing ahead, fuelled by confidence in the economic recovery, but car production...

The government has poured cold water over industry speculation that Help To Buy could be phased out or significantly modified between...

Two leading property technology experts have warned Foxtons that it risks failing to keep up with the digital revolution which the...

Let’s start with a quick fire quiz. How many more leads do you think you’d get with photos that have been...

Humberts has announced new overseas investment as it continues to shift emphasis away from its past rural-only outlook. The investment news came...

The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...

So, Property Week has announced its Property Awards shortlist for 2017. Looking at the entries for PropTech Company of the Year, I'm surprised...

Over 168,000 new homes were completed in the year to March 2016, according to data released by the government, over 15,500...

No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...

A trading update released by Countrywide this morning shows a 29 per cent slump in London exchanges in the third quarter...

Who are you? Matt Lancaster, one of the founding partners of Free2Convey and Docs4Home.   Tell us about Free2Convey… Free2Convey is the UK’s first free...

Suzy Lamplugh was just 25 years old when she disappeared whilst working as an estate agent in London in 1986. She’d...

OnTheMarket says it provided “a record number of leads” to its agent members in September - but is not disclosing how...

With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...

A new e-conveyancing platform has been launched in Edinburgh ahead of a roll-out across all of Scotland. This system, Altis, is the...

The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered its final few days, and like never before, housing is the...

Who are you? Montana Hassan Tell us about yourself? I am the Business Development Director of Gnomen, my primary focus is to build strong...

A record 30,000 surveys have been submitted to the organisers of The ESTAS awards on the performance of estate and letting...

Birthdays aren’t just something for family and friends to celebrate.   Businesses too can justifiably use these milestones to remember their roots and...

So this weekend some of us will see our first snow of the season. Harsh weather, Christmas adverts and winter generally...

Mid West Displays have had the recent pleasure of working with Martin & Co at their Witney Office giving their window...