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The three months of May-July provide welcome news for both active buyers and sellers, and those thinking of buying or selling...

Zoopla has invested in new online content and personalised emails using artificial intelligence to drive demand for estate agents. The portal said...

Zoopla is ramping up its local marketing efforts to support agents across the year as part of its 41% increase in marketing spend...

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

Land is our greatest resource: one that has considerable potential to address society’s challenges. So, determining how land is used is...

Forget the King’s Speech, Zoopla is hoping for a Christmas Day boost with the launch of its new marketing campaign. The portal...

Over-valuations and too much reliance on national asking price data is skewing seller expectations, agents claim. The latest Agents MVMT podcast tackles...

Twenty-minute neighbourhoods, 15-minute cities, low traffic neighbourhoods, walkable neighbourhoods: these concepts are suddenly everywhere. They boil down to a simple idea:...

Prices will fall during this year, but the outlook differs depending on location, according to Cluttons. A first quarter update from the...

Winkworth agents ranked second when it came to property exchanges in London last year, the franchise agency brand claims. A trading update...

New year, old worries: what’s happening in the housing market? We’ve asked experts and collated forecasts, 15 in total. On the one...

Energy efficiency will become key considerations for buyers next year while those with cash will be preferred purchasers, Jackson-Stops has predicted. The...

Zoopla is set to unwrap a major new nine-week marketing campaign on Christmas Day in an effort to boost agent leads...

Agents and property professionals have backed the creation of Investment Zones to help boost housebuilding but have called for more clarity...

One of the UK’s leading property companies has appointed marketing firm alan. agency to launch a crucial annual report.    Knight Frank...

Propertymark is urging restraint on the part of the Welsh Government as it moves to tackle what it sees as the...

A new housing market snapshot from Zoopla suggests that in the supply of homes coming to the market has triggered a...

The government should reset planning policy and scrap proposals for thousands of new homes in high-risk flood areas. The think-tank Localis, in...

Just as city centre traffic is reminiscent of life before the pandemic, the rental market in central zones of UK’s largest...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

A leading analyst has told Knight Frank that the end of furlough this autumn is unlikely to kill off the housing...

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

As we move towards the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the first lockdown, it is a good time to reflect...

Newspapers are pushed through the door, whereas websites have to pull in visitors - it’s a simple but fundamental difference with vast implications...

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

A survey of over 2,300 home owners across the UK suggests market sentiment is mixed, with most doubting house prices have risen. The...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

Zoopla's Research and Insight Director Richard Donnell writes: Just over a fortnight on since the Chancellor announced the Stamp Duty holiday and...

The return of non-essential businesses to lockdown in Leicester as a result of a localised spike in Coronavirus cases is a...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

The government has dismissed a request from the NAEA and ARLA Propertymark to review business rates for agency offices on High...

Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - and it’s not just because we...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Hinkins and I’m a Sales Consultant...

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - no surprises there. And it’s not...

There has been a real wind of change in estate agency and over the last 18 months we have seen the...

A free-to-list property portal says that contrary to opinion within parts of the agency industry, the more portals there are the...

Over a third of homes across Southern England are at risk of suffering price falls as the housing market slowdown extends...

A former senior management figure at Rightmove and online estate agency Doorsteps is going it alone for a new holiday property...

If you want an engaging page-turner novel for cold winter evenings, my recommendation is Our House by Louise Candlish, a bestseller...

The industry has long been critical of reports claiming house price movements are in some way uniform across the country, but...

The estate agent who is refusing to abide by a decision of the Advertising Standards Authority is now demanding details of...

There’s a new twist in the row between a Cornish agent and the Advertising Standards Authority. The row revolves around a tweet...

The online agency shake-out and consolidation continues apace. Former YOPA director Russell Humphrey has been named as the managing director of estate...

The sun has finally returned to ours skies and you’re on the lookout for a little bit of summer reading. As...

In the modern marketplace – where people live their lives on their smartphones and tablets, social media has a bigger influence...

Fall-through rates have long been a problem for the UK residential property market, the issue is nothing new. Today, however, the...

It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...

Employers and government should introduce auto-enrolment of monthly salaries to allow people aged 18 to 40 to save for deposits on...

There are more first-time buyers (FTBs) finding a way on to the property ladder than at any time since the Financial...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

Mystery surrounds the fate of Fresh Chilli, a north of England-based hybrid estate agency that launched with a fanfare last autumn,...

The Registers of Scotland is the latest barometer to suggest the market has performed well in the second quarter of the...

Richard Donnell, one of Britain’s foremost housing market analysts, says there are signs that the underlying rate of growth in house...

Public relations is big business these days. Whole companies are set up purely to provide this service. Major corporations have in-house...

In the latest twist in the story of Foxtons’ attempt to turn a pub into an agency office, squatters have moved...

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...

A proposed Foxtons branch in Elephant and Castle has been criticised by a local councillor as the campaign against it begins...