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The wife of a jailed banker has agreed to forfeit a house in Knightsbridge worth approximately £14m and a golf club...

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

There’s been a significant rise in the number of so-called Suspicious Activity Reports concerning money laundering and the agency industry. Suspicious Activity...

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

Much of the focus may have been on the Spring Budget this week but a variety of charities have received support from...

Agents have been warned to be wary about the resurgence of Purplebricks. It comes after the online brand was taken over by...

A new analysis of the housing market has assessed 50 cities in the UK to establish which is best for first...

Property professionals remain negative about the prospects for the housing market over the coming months amid low buyer demand and fewer...

As much of the country battened down the hatches for the first storm of the season, there may have been a...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Clive Humby of Dunn Humby (the Mega Minds behind the Tesco Clubcard) declared that "Data is the new oil" in 2006....

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

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

Respected estate agent Sanjay Gandhi has opened up about his life-changing journey after he was diagnosed with a rare form of...

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

CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...

A new study of 130 locations across the UK reveals huge ‘postcode lottery’ differences as to how quickly a first time...

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

A new property platform aiming to help homeowners sell off-market properties has attracted 10,000 registered buyers in its first few months...

A group of Hunters’ franchisees have taken on the brand’s Medway business. Andrew Barker, Rob Stewart, Richard Watts, Andrew Scott and Duncan...

High borrowing costs and an uncertain economic outlook remaining the main challenges for homebuyers, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)...

Recent research estimated that up to £100 billion is being stolen in the UK each year, with much of it due...

The dreaded ‘C word’ – compliance – has been facing Estate Agents for years now and it’s not going anywhere. Looking ahead...

The property market remains weak but there are long-term signs of stability, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) claims. The latest...

Falkirk has been named as the UK’s fastest-selling market. New figures from Rightmove show sellers in the area are finding a buyer...

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

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 professionals have started the year in a relatively less despondent mood compared with the end of 2022 but the market...

A family business within the Fine & Country network has taken on the master licence for Spain. Chris Hara, managing director of...

It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...

FCS Compliance and the National Crime Agency (NCA) have joined forces to present the first Rightmove anti-money laundering (AML) webinar of...

Agents have been busy expanding and rebranding this week. Regional agent Preston Baker is expanding its service area with the creation of...

Estate agency comparison website GetAgent has been ranked amongst the UK’s 50 fastest growing technology companies in the 2022 Deloitte UK...

Agents have been getting into the Christmas spirit and recognising the colder weather when it comes to charity this week. Whatever the...

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

If recent headlines are anything to go by, estate agents and the wider property industry are not just feeling the heavy...

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

A North West England-based independent agent is marking its 40th anniversary. Independent agent Hackney & Leigh has reached the milestone in the...

When it comes to housing policy, the Conservative MPs have given their party a choice between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle DumDum. Rishi...

Temperatures are soaring and it’s only going to get hotter this week. Electric fans will be on full blast and cold...

This question is not as flippant as it sounds because over recent years the status of the private landlord has taken...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to unveil a flagship policy today to help more people onto the property ladder. It is...

Anti-money laundering (AML) platform Credas is hosting a free lunch and learn session for estate agents in south Wales and south-west...

From cardboard cutouts to selfie frames and knitted crowns, agency window displays are ready for the Platinum Jubilee. We have featured several...

A ‘frightening’ number of respondents to a Rightmove online poll appear to be unaware of their anti-money laundering reporting requirements. The portal...

All regions of the UK remain in a seller’s market as the traditional spring selling season begins for agents. Housing market consultancy...

The property sector has continuously been showing its generosity Ukrainian refugees amid the ongoing Russian invasion. Support ranges from financial donations to...

The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine continues to dominate the thoughts of our industry as this week’s ADC shows - a wonderful...

Hello and welcome to the weekend, and another ADC - our chance to pay tribute to fundraisers throughout our industry. Want to...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC, an opportunity for see how selfless our industry can be at times of hardship...

If the UK and its allies have been played by Russia over the Ukraine ‘invasion’, and it’s beginning to look that...

Purplebricks is claiming that literally thousands of High Street agents from conventional bricks-and-mortar firms are applying to the agency. It says this...

Our Agents Do Charity column each Friday does a fantastic job of highlighting the amazing charitable work of agents up and...

The Bruce brothers’ new portal Boomin has given its first statistics regarding usage following the launch of a new marketing campaign...

Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national...

We doff our caps to the brilliant folk at Haslams agency in Reading for their extremely attractive and clever Christmas decorations...

A London agency has undergone what it calls a ‘genteel’ rebrand with a subtle change of name - but a major...

Increasingly rigorous Money Laundering Directives have made regulations in the property industry more stringent than ever, and Estate Agents have a...

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...

Purplebricks says its aim to move 650 staff from self-employed status to employed has had a 95 per cent success rate. It...

One of the country's largest independent regional agency groups has been formed through an acquisition announced today. Yorkshire estate agent, Manning Stainton,...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says he wants to move his agency’s 600 Local Property Experts from self-employed to employed status...

It’s a great sign of our slow but reassuring return to normality when much-missed fundraising events make a welcome comeback -...

A former England international is an early graduate of a new estate agency academy in Yorkshire. Rebecca Rayner, a former England under-18...

It was never going to be easy for Scotland - and there was no sense of jeopardy for an already-through England. Yet...

Welcome to the start of another week and as the housing market continues at full pelt, so does the movement of...

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has given his personal backing to the newest recruit of online agency easyProperty - even though...

Amro Partners, the Build to Rent and student accommodation operator, has launched a venture capital arm investing in PropTech and FinTech. Amro...

A family is appealing for help in tracing the whereabouts of a motorhome stolen from outside their house at Whitstable in Kent...

One of the men behind the defunct Emoov online estate agency has re-emerged as the head of a marketing service. The service...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

An agent working for a Countrywide brand in Lancashire has been given a suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of...

We are now over four weeks in to our third national lockdown in the UK. Although the property market remains open,...

A new estate agency listing historic houses is to have “a select group of creatives and thinkers” that will assist in the...

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

London and other urban areas dominate the league table of locations seeing the biggest house price rises of 2020. This is despite...

The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...

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

A young estate agent who set up his own online auction service took his own life after a long period suffering...

An extensive culling of branches and staff continues apace at Countrywide as it significantly reduces the size of both its office...

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

Yet-to-launch portal Boomin has secured the support of 10 more estate agencies, one of them the national chain Humberts. In its third...

An estate agency in Lancashire has been taken over by a hotel group, which pledges to expand and create more jobs. Mikhail...

The latest agency recruits for online firm easyProperty are batting for the company in more ways than one - they are...

A businessman with links to serious criminals has lost his vast investment property empire worth nearly £10m after a National Crime...

A new survey of the market share split between High Street and online agencies shows that Purplebricks remains the digital market...

We all know what the problem is, but what’s the solution? The problem is that landlords, thinking they offer a valuable service...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has given a thumbs up to the new Boomin listings service created by the brothers...

A new analysis of corporate estate agencies’ social media followings and websites shows the big winners to be Savills, Foxtons and...

National Crime Agency officers working as part of a Paramilitary Crime Task Force have searched a home in Belfast and have...

Purplebricks is starting a new wave of TV advertisements today, continuing its theme from earlier this year as a sponsor of...

The former commercial director of Rightmove has made a strong defence of much of the company’s activities, including the charges it...

In these uncertain times it’s good to report positive news - ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has announced its...

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its debut last year with teams from the property sector makes a welcome return...

Purplebricks today launches its media campaign as ‘The Official Estate Agent of Team GB’ for this summer’s Olympic Games. Today’s PR onslaught...

Welcome to another Agents Do Charity, meaning it’s not just Friday but also a day to think about fund-raising in the...

An online estate agent is awaiting sentence after being found guilty of a £5,000 fraud  Claire Ainsworth, who worked for the agency...

It's been two years since the SDL Group launched its franchise block management business, SDL Property Partners, the first of its...