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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...

HSBC UK has joined forces with the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) to help improve the homebuying process through the sharing...

Demand for new-build homes in London eased in the run up to and just after the General Election but more recent...

This week I reached the point of maximum political saturation. We’re now four weeks into the campaign with less than a...

There’s a growing ­supply-demand imbalance in the sales market according to the prominent industry asking price index, Home.  It says despite greater...

National estate agency, Jackson Stops, has appointed Bamboo Auctions to provide the white-labelled technology behind its new J-S Auctions service. Bamboo Auctions...

Is there such a thing as an online estate agency any more? A decade ago, about the time I started editing Estate...

It’s more than 100 days since global real estate tech giants CoStar Group acquired struggling property portal, OnTheMarket. If you cast your...

Agency stock has hit a three-year high but sales expectations have dipped as hopes of an imminent interest rate cut fade,...

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

The Iamproperty service says it’s seen £450m of sales in the first three months of 2024 - a record quarterly figure. Between...

An analysis by Rightmove reveals that the average interest rate for a two year fixed mortgage at 95% loan to value...

It’s taken eight years but one of London’s highest profile estate agencies says the value of its Under Offer pipeline has...

The market share of online and hybrid agents has continued to decrease this year but self-employed agency is growing. Data from Twenty...

From the uptick in house sales in January to a house price rise the first time in over a year in February,...

House prices dipped on a monthly basis during March but annual growth improved, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index...

Mortgage approvals rose for the sixth consecutive month in February and are at the highest level since September 2022, Bank of...

Waiting for a General Election is risky for sellers after the so-called Boris bounce in the property market failed to deliver...

Global property consultancy Knight Frank has launched its latest UK Build to Rent Market Update, revealing that investment in the UK...

Estate agency stock has hit the highest level since February 2021, new figures from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)...

OnTheMarket (OTM) has signed a listing agreement with Rettie, one of the UK's largest independent property services firms operating in Scotland...

Lower mortgage rates gave the housing market a boost in February with supply and sales all moving higher, Zoopla claims. The portal’s...

New Year momentum in the property market has carried into February and new listings are at a four-year high, Zoopla claims. The...

Back in 2013 the posh head of PR of a posh estate agency took me to a London restaurant (yes, posh)...

Momentum within London’s £5m-plus residential market slowed in 2023, according to Savills, but sales remain well above the pre-pandemic average. Research across...

Buyer demand across England crept up during the final months of 2023 but remains down annually, research has revealed. Analysis has revealed...

While Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, may have announced a u-turn on Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) plans in September, we continue to...

The 2023 Autumn Budget, amongst its considerable 110 growth measures, contained an important announcement for the property sphere, with £3 million...

There is rarely a quiet year in the property market. And 2023 has felt like the usual rollercoaster at times. On...

Self-employed agency models are helping drive growth in the estate agency sector, while larger firms struggle to maintain positive momentum, research...

A buying agent has given his backing to the prospect of a Stamp Duty and Inheritance Tax (IHT) cut during this...

Interest rates were held for a second consecutive month yesterday, giving agents renewed hopes that the cost of borrowing has reached...

Agents are securing sales closer to asking price but properties are taking longer to sell, new data suggests. Analysis by Hamptons, using...

Keller Williams UK (KWUK) is set to hold its largest ever UK event.  The KWUK Megacamp will take place at the VUE cinema in...

We might be at the start of an improving housing market, suggests Propertymark. In its latest market snapshot, concentrating mostly on August,...

Funny how time flies faster as you get older and I’m reminded that next week, (23rd September, to be precise) it...

High-end estate agency Strutt & Parker says its research points to a sales market recovery underway in some parts of the...

Annual house price growth slowed for the fifth consecutive month during March and remains negative on a monthly basis, Land Registry...

Two major Purplebricks shareholders have sold their stakes in the beleaguered brand, raising speculation over who they have sold to. Regulatory filings...

Average UK house prices were hit by the largest annual decline since July 2009 last month. Nationwide’s latest House Price Index suggests...

Belvoir is seeking more acquisitions this year, the agency franchise brand has revealed. The company revealed in its annual results yesterday that...

Estate agents have expressed hope that the latest interest rate rise is the last after the Bank of England increased the...

Annual house price growth has fallen for the first time since June 2020 and is now at its weakest level since...

The flat market in prime central London (PCL) is undergoing a resurgence, a buying agent claims. Residential and investment buying agency London...

Consolidation and industry challenges are among the key themes to be tackled at The Conveyancing Association’s (CA) annual conference next month...

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

Happy New Year! I hope you’ve recharged the batteries and have a shiny list of resolutions to make 2023 as successful...

House prices fell for the fourth consecutive month in December, the worst run since 2008, according to Nationwide. The lender’s final House...

Talk of a housing market crash is overstated, Zoopla’s chief executive Charlie Bryant has claimed. Speaking in an exclusive video interview with Estate...

The housing market is struggling to regain momentum following the mini-Budget but a ‘soft landing’ is possible, Nationwide suggests. The lender is...

As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...

I wasn’t completely surprised to read here on Estate Agent Today that our industry remains near the bottom of the league...

Here at Angels Media towers, we’re always keen to get the biggest names in the business on board for interviews. And that...

House price growth slowed annually and fell for the third month in a row during November, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House...

Things can only get better from both an English and Welsh perspective in the final game of Group B this evening...

Aside from all the news surrounding the Autumn Statement this week, which will have a significant bearing on the property market...

New research from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has highlighted further lost further momentum in the housing market during...

The apparent battle for the future of beleaguered online agency brand Purplebricks took an interesting turn last week when activist investor...

Some people will say: What problem? But they are getting fewer as the detrimental effect of increasing numbers of short lets on...

House price growth slowed in August but remains in double digits, Nationwide figures have revealed. The lender’s August House Price Index shows...

Global property firm Knight Frank has revealed the pipeline of transactions in prime London residential markets grew further in July as...

It was announced back in February this year that PEXA, the Australian FinTech/PropTech that enabled the world’s first fully digitised property settlement...

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

A leading agent has claimed that the economic plans of Liz Truss, the frontrunner to be the country’s next Prime Minister,...

Thanks to a relentless market, the property market has enjoyed a purple patch over the past few years. But now that...

There has been so much coverage recently over how painfully slow conveyancing is at the moment - 18-20 weeks is now...

Estate agency trade body Propertymark is hoping to “maintain momentum” with newly appointed Housing Secretary Greg Clark. He replaces Michael Gove, who...

I look back on when my dad helped me buy my first car and shared his pearls of wisdom on what...

House price growth slowed in June but remains in double figures, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index shows property...

Agency data and prospecting platform Homesearch has launched a new guide to help firms continue securing instructions during the so-called summer...

Annual house price growth slowed for the second consecutive month during May. The latest Nationwide House Price Index showed average prices rose...

Why the urgency? Because the appetite is strong. Research by the Conveyancing Association reports that 98% of consumers are overwhelmingly in...

Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...

London accounted for almost half of million-pound plus property sales over the past 12 months but the most active borough at...

There seems a consensus amongst agents, analysts and amateur pundits alike that the market will stay relatively strong for some months,...

In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...

A leading figure in the Say No To Rightmove (STNR) campaign says the attempts to get agents to ditch Rightmove have...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

A number of pro-active conveyancers are joining a new conveyancing directory being set up by one of the leading figures in...

House sales in February were around a fifth lower than the same month in 2021, according to HM Revenue and Customs...

If you want to sex-up the Chancellor’s financial statement scheduled for lunchtime on Wednesday, you’d call it a Budget or a...

Those aficionados of the Sound of Music will recognise the tag line above. It came to my mind when thinking about...

Momentum is building up in support of the government’s probe into whether the London homes of oligarchs on the sanctions list...

The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...

The number one portal is making a big marketing and research push to get reluctant owners to put up the For...

OnTheMarket says buyer and seller confidence has not been adversely affected by the first base rate rise in more than three...

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

Some regional property markets are perilously close to running out of any stock to sell. That’s the news from property data...

The level of house price growth is at a 17 year high at 11.2 per cent according to the Nationwide. The annual...

Two of the country’s highest profile agencies have signed up to a fledgling website which allows users to find, research, buy or...

A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...

Will he stay or will he go? You don’t need me to say who ‘he’ is - it’s the only story...

Government data shows the average UK house price increasing by 10 per cent on an annual basis in November. On a monthly...

An online auction company executive has been appointed to the National Association of Valuers and Auctioneers committee for Propertymark. Stuart Collar-Brown, co-founder...

The surge in Omicron cases and possible future restrictions are set to hit the housing market in 2022 - and may...

Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...

Annual house price growth hit 10.0 per cent last month - and is now tracking close to the level seen before...

Figures from the Building Societies Association show continued momentum in the housing market, with gross lending by building societies up 22...

Purplebricks' share price tumbled a remarkable 34 per cent this morning when trading opened on the London Stock Exchange. The price crashed...

The average price of a house in the UK has hit £250,000 for the first time as the  market shows no...