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Hamptons has appointed Chris Randall as regional sales director, overseeing the businesses South West and West London regions.  He takes over from...

Moving further away from family, friends and familiar places to get onto the property ladder is becoming more common for first-time...

The Single-Family Rental (SFR) sector is experiencing rapid growth in the UK, presenting a unique opportunity for local lettings and estate...

Affordability concerns are prompting many first-time buyers to consider moving more than 30 miles on average from their preferred location to...

Both 'beauty' and ‘gentle density’ are central themes of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).. The notes which accompany the NPPF state...

As 2024 progresses, I expect to see an increase in the role that estate agents play in local communities. Once perceived...

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

It’s that time of year already: Halloween’s happened, Bonfire Night’s blown itself out, and there’s now a feast of festivities leading...

An index of prime London properties suggests buyers standing back as economic uncertainty reaches the upper levels of the market. The Prime...

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

Buyers are paying a 39% premium for homes with larger gardens, Savills claims. The agency brand analysed the relationship between garden size...

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

Measures to deliver new homes, regenerate left-behind communities and clean up rivers have been added to the Government’s flagship Levelling Up...

Jacob Rees-Mogg is reportedly being lined up as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities should Liz Truss win...

A record share of buyers are leaving London to purchase their first home, research shows. Analysis by Hamptons found that a record...

Accessibility to charging facilities is becoming an increasingly important factor for home buyers in affluent neighbourhoods where electric vehicle adoption is...

West London agency RiverHomes is rebranding in what it describes as a bid to more closely reflect its unique expertise on...

The number of properties coming on the market is still not meeting the huge demand from buyers, but the level of...

The UK affiliated agency of Warren Buffett’s global real estate company has acquired a historic independent company operating in prime central...

London’s largest independent estate agency, Dexters, suggests that the stamp duty holiday ending in 12 weeks time will have relatively little...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

The design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low, according to a new report by academics.  The...

A new survey of prime London property shows 21 per cent of homes on sale have had their asking prices cut...

Hello and welcome to the weekend and that means a charity-fix for all those agents and suppliers doing great fund-raising in these...

No less than 56 per cent of properties across the UK are in areas that are affordable for first time buyers...

The typical new real estate agency forms when an entrepreneurial high performer quits their job at a leading chain and sets...

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

At the end of January the Asian PropTech company PropertyGuru announced the imminent launch of beta-phase testing of its cutting-edge new product, PropertyGuru Lens. This...

Location, Location, Location: it’s no coincidence the TV show seized on that title because the importance of a property’s position is...

As those of us in the industry know, there is a fine balance to strike between disruptive technology – and the...

Hunters says it will not be following other traditional-style estate agencies by offering online-only services to sellers - but it will...

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...

The industry magazine Estates Gazette is reporting that Cluttons, the residential and commercial agency, has been bought out of pre-pack administration...

An analysis of estate agents quoted on the London Stock Exchange suggests that almost all the traditional firms have suffered since...

Recent debate about a London market slowdown has clouded the fact that the areas seeing price falls are almost entirely in...

There seems to have been a seismic shift in recent years for companies to migrate everything ‘on brand’ online. However signage...

Foxtons is preparing to open its Croydon office on Saturday - the 58th for the company across Middlesex, Surrey and London.  As...

Zoopla says it has no comment to make on the decision of high-end London estate agency Chestertons to move from Zoopla...

This month analysis by the Office for National Statistics revealed that the average home in England and Wales cost a record...

There has been much debate in recent years about Britain’s desperate need for more housing stock. Demand has been outstripping supply...

The presupposed notion still exists that new online agents are ‘tech savvy’ whilst the seemingly old fashioned high street agents are...