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The number of property sales registered with HMRC rose in July but remains below pre-pandemic levels, official data shows. HMRC property transactions...

The director of a London estate agency claims a buyer needs an income of £100,000 a year to purchase a home...

The General Election and increased hopes of an interest rate cut seems to have boosted buyer confidence but not necessarily seller...

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

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

A fifth of all homes sold so far this year in London have been for over £1m. London estate agency Benham and...

London estate agency Chestertons has made another senior appointment for its growing New Homes division. Henry O’Neill, former New Homes Director at...

Chestertons has reported an increase in buyer enquiries and listings as it heads into the traditionally busy spring market. The London estate...

The acquisition will boost the group’s presence in South London, and both branches will be re-branded to Portico. John Chase, director at...

Paul Alexander Mortgage Consultants has been acquired by national broker brand Coreco. Paul Alexander worked closely with the Orchards of London estate...

Plenty of inspirational examples of fundraising activities by agents and property professionals have been coming in from the end of 2022. Whatever...

There have been plenty of new jobs being started outside of Wesminster this month. Here are some of the latest moves that...

The temperature may be cooling outside but there is plenty of charitable warmth being shown by estate agents. Whatever the cause you...

A high-profile London estate agency has been chided by iconic Hollywood actor Sir Michael Caine for using his image and one...

The historic Chestertons brand, one of London’s largest and oldest estate agents, has today announced the appointment of John Ennis as its new...

Independent London agent Dexters has unveiled its latest acquisition. The brand has purchased south east London firm Conran Estates, taking on its...

London estate agency Alan Goldin Estates is celebrating 30 years in the business. To mark this milestone, the Temple Fortune-based estate agent...

The founder of prime London estate agency Beauchamp Estates is set to reveal all on his most prestigious property sales. Gary Hersham has...

A high profile London estate agency has appointed two so-called Wellness Ambassadors to look after the mental health and wellbeing of...

A London estate agency has won a rarely-awarded gong from the Feefo reviews service - and the company says it’s testimony...

A prominent London estate agency owner wants an industry anti-racism campaign to counter what she describes as the “discrimination and prejudice...

The Competititon and Markets Authority says it’s to look into reviews on Google and Amazon, and see whether the online giants...

An anonymous conveyancer has admitted increasing fees to deter buyers and sellers in the frenzied housing market during the stamp duty...

A prime London estate agency is going global - not only with a new office in the UK capital but with...

The veteran estate agent who led criticism of Countrywide’s former management is turning his glare on Foxtons. The London estate agency has...

Residential transactions totalled 147,050 last month according to HMRC - that’s 23 per cent higher than the previous month and an...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...

A London estate agency chief executive says agents "have become good at pretending that they are qualified and regulated when the...

A former London estate agency owner and finalist on The Apprentice says he’s now returning to the sector to sell new-builds. Jamie...

Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...

An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...

Agents have spoken out angrily against any uncertainty in the market caused by government leaks about future stamp duty changes. In recent...

London estate agency Benham & Reeves says there’s been a sharp fall-off in demand for ultra-expensive homes in prime suburbs of...

A survey shows over a sixth of buyers and sellers have already been deterred because of Coronavirus - and that figure...

In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...

Troubled London estate agency Foxtons says it has rewritten its remuneration policy for its senior management following a shareholder revolt at...

A London estate agency says a new scheme of apartments being launched for sale this weekend will be the first ever...

A London estate agency is attempting to help leaseholders with short leases who may be finding it hard to raise funds...

A London estate agency chain says It’s seen a 59 per cent surge in the number of its clients who have...

The chief executive of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, set up to commemorate the murdered estate agency, has died at the age...

A London estate agency says one of its buyers wants to delay completion until November 1 “just in case stamp duty...

Some agents have probably already done this, but ties are a thing of the past at London estate agency James Pendleton. Founder...

High end London estate agency Aston Chase says there’s already been a surge in interest in property in the UK capital...

The number of UK residential mortgages approved with a term of 40-years or more jumped over 20-fold in 2018. London estate agency...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined a London estate agency £80,000 for leaving 18,610 customers' personal data exposed for almost two years. The security...

A leading London estate agency with US connections says there has been a surge in high net worth American buyers in...

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...

Friday is Agents Do Charity day and as the country enjoys the delights of Wimbledon and rues the Lionesses' departure from...

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the destination where you can catch up with the key moves announced in the...

A top London estate agency says interest in the capital's residential property from US and Indian buyers has soared over the...

Savills has snapped up an independent London estate agency in what is likely to be one of the last deals of...

Property analysts say ‘flippers’ - those who buy new homes and sell them quickly, hopefully for a profit - are losing...

Last year it was ‘disruptor’ and before that came ‘exclusive’ - now, according to one estate agency at least, the over-used...

Mainstream bank lending for house purchases grew by 3.6 per cent in October compared to the same month last year. However the...

London estate agency JOHNS&CO, which specialises in new homes, has opened its seventh office in the capital - the announcement came...

A leading London estate agency is reporting a surge in overseas buyers sealing deals ahead of the government’s new stamp duty...

Activists from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender movement are reported to have staged what they called a “queer kiss-in" outside...

“Do we really need another tax?” - that’s the question from a new buying agency, querying why the government wants to...

A website claim by the London estate agency Moveli has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority after a complaint from...

The Property Personnel recruitment consultancy says more job-sharing could be introduced in the industry, preventing talent going to waste.  Managing director Anthony...

A well-known London estate agency says it signing up to a US-based real estate franchise network run by billionaire Warren Buffett. From...

One of the property industry’s best known figures, Richard Berridge, has teamed up with estate agency My London Home to lead...

Chestertons has again been recognised for its success in engaging employees with the Payroll Giving fundraising initiative. The Payroll Giving Quality Mark...

A London estate agency run by a brother and sister is trying something completely now - it pledges to use some...

London estate agency Kay & Co says it is targeting Chinese buyers following research data produced by a portal. The China property...

London estate agency chain Dexters is expanding its brand once again thanks to a new partnership with Stirling Ackroyd New Homes.  Dexters...

The printing industry is in the midst of a decline as digital products and services displace printed materials, which is why...

London estate agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward says is reported to be appealing against a court’s decision about commission payable by...

London estate agency Residential Realtors removed a property listing from its website after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The property...

Long-established central London estate agency Kay & Co is opening what it calls “a stylish new boutique office” on the ground...

One of the founding agents behind Agents’ Mutual and OnTheMarket and one of the current directors of Countrywide will be amongst...

A respected City analyst has pointedly dissed Purplebricks over its allegedly modest inventory of homes for sale and rent. Antony Codling of...

London estate agency Marsh & Parsons has announced that its sales director Liza-Jane Kelly has taken the decision to leave after...

East London estate agency Spencers is today being rebranded as Portico. The seven-branch network - which also trades as Phillip Leigh -...

The three-office RH & RW Clutton agency has issued a statement to say it’s alive and well - and unaffected by...

A London estate agency’s analysis of the latest Land Registry data suggests transactions in the capital are the lowest ever recorded.  Land...

LSL-owned London estate agency Marsh & Parsons has removed what one Twitter users called a ‘sleazy’ advertisement, following a row over...

The Property Ombudsman’s office has defended a change to its code of practice which, according to a national newspaper, means agents...

Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Jeremy Corbyn, Phillip Hammond, Tony Blair and Bob Geldof, all in one image...is this truly the nightmare...

Each year the London Stock Exchange lists 1,000 firms in a league table entitled ‘Companies To Inspire Britain’ and for the...

Becky Fatemi of central London estate agency Rokstone says prime areas of the capital are to suffer a “prolonged phase of...

The former Apprentice runner-up Jamie Lester, who at one time ran four London estate agency branches under Haus Properties, says he...

As America goes to the polls after one of the most cantankerous, aggressive and abusive campaigns since...well, our own Brexit vote in...

A London estate agency has revealed that it is offering local homeowners cash incentives for valuations and instructions. Keating Estates, based in...

Despite storms in the North and September sun in the South, estate agents haven't been deterred from giving their all for charity this...

Later on, the title of this piece should become clearer (at least I hope so). First, though, a few bits and...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in to resolve a complaint about a small London estate agency’s online references to its...

Haus Properties, the high-profile London estate agency started almost five years ago by Apprentice star Jamie Lester, now appears to be...

Two graffiti attacks on a London estate agency office in just one week have involved the slogans “F*** gentrification” and “Kill gentrifiers”...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Bob Scarff, the head of Countrywide’s estate agency business until last May, has become a...

A London estate agency has been ordered by a court to pay £3,600 to a recruitment firm after a dispute over...

Agents' boards get a lot of stick. Many see them as stains on the landscape, some see them as useless in...

A London estate agency is opening its eleventh office this month in an area it believes has 'fast growth' potential. ludlowthompson is...

London estate agency Douglas & Gordon, one of the firms which founded Agents’ Mutual, has launched a new website with a...

And so it begins. Four months and counting before we vote to leave or remain. For a country apparently so divided about...

Shelter has been tirelessly campaigning for longer tenancies for the last few years.  The charity has led the case for change and...

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has opened two new offices, taking its London-wide network to well over 50 branches. The new offices are...

A survey of 2,000 existing and former house sellers in London suggests that relatively few regard the age and history of...

Last week, on the latest series of The Apprentice, Lord Sugar threw his teams into the London property market.  As expected, Twitter...