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Buyer demand levels climbed significantly between the first and second quarters of this year, research suggests. GetAgent’s Hotspots Demand Index monitors quarterly...

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

This year the 'Do It For Dom' charity event is returning as an adventure challenge. Dominic Subbiani is a joint owner of...

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

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

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

Marie Fritz, a top performer for Fine & Country in Northamptonshire has been reunited with the former chief executive of the...

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

The team behind regional agency brands Simpson & Partners and Simpson and Weekley is developing a hybrid franchise model. Andrew Simpson and...

EweMove Northampton North has confirmed the acquisition of Martin & Co Northampton.  Having finalised the deal earlier this year, franchisee Paul Chant...

Law firm Shoosmiths has rebranded its conveyancing arm. Its 110-strong national conveyancing team will now operate as Swiitch. Operating nationally from its bases...

The team behind the Best Estate Agent Guide is set to host an inaugural series of roadshows. The EA Masters team is...

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

Estate agents have listed an average of 7.3 homes for sale per branch during 2022, research suggests- down 12.5% annually. Agency comparison...

Adoption of virtual tours among estate agents remain low but new data suggests they could boost sales. Industry analysis shows just 4%...

An estate agent who has spent eight years working for traditional agencies has now set up his own hybrid operation, using...

An estate agency in the Home Counties has made two more acquisitions, taking the total number to seven independents it has...

Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - an opportunity for you to catch up with charity news from...

In this piece, Tom Davis, press officer at Propertymark, explores the debate surrounding a locked or open-door policy, and whether the...

It’s been a dramatic week in the world of politics – and this has led to another new Housing Secretary, in...

A regional estate agency is planning an expansion programme after undergoing a management buyout by a former Business Woman of the...

We’re about to enter August and second half of the Olympic Games - and fund-raising is happening at a Gold medal...

New research shows that the surge in house prices this year has taken homes in at least 25 areas of England...

A company which was once an early adopter of using a central resource for self-employed agents working under its name, says...

It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...

The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

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

The Residential Property Surveyors’ Association appears to be taking on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in a battle for authority...

With estate agents increasingly offering auction options to vendors, new research makes interesting reading - and suggests that homes sold via...

A developer working in collaboration with Silverstone race circuit is creating homes inside the track, near one of the motor racing...

The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...

A branch of Northwood is offering its pool car to any NHS workers who need it during the Coronavirus crisis. The Fiat...

Late last year a buying agent at Stacks Property Search and Acquisition set up a village Good Neighbour Scheme with her...

Sellers in the past 12 months accepted an average of 96 per cent of their asking price according to new research. Comparison...

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...

It’s polling day, and not just to decide whether Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn will become Prime Minister. Our latest estate agency...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

England rugby fans will have been disappointed to find out that Saturday's planned World Cup group stage clash with France in...

New research has identified those local housing market potentially worst hit by the planned changes to Help To Buy in 2021,...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your regular weekly column giving all the key appointments news in the...

An estate agent has been fined after racially abusing a police officer in an incident outside a nightclub. Sarah Loasby, from Kettering,...

A law firm says it’s made legal history by integrating the automated voice-activated platform Alexa into its system. Customers of Simply Conveyancing...

OnTheMarket has revealed several agents have signed up to the portal on long-term contracts and stopped listing properties on Rightmove. The agencies...

Local media in the east Midlands report that four estate agency offices operated by the Nottingham building society are to close...

Winkworth says it’s seen a huge 78.5 per cent rise in franchise applicants over the past 12 months and says there...

Fine & Country’s annual conference in the New Year is to have former England rugby player Matt Dawson MBE as the...

East Midlands estate and lettings agency Jackson Grundy has signed up to OnTheMarket. The firm, with its Northampton headquarters, has 10 sales...

A hybrid estate agency with ambitions to rival Purplebricks has revealed that it has significantly expanded its current footprint, with ambitions...

Winkworth has opened an office in Northampton.  The operation is owned and run by new franchisee Sunny Kooner, who is joined by...

If World Cup 2018 appeared to be low profile at the start, it didn’t last long. Following this week’s Harry Kane goals...

  A new league table showing how long it takes homes to sell on average in different postcodes across England and Wales...

Rightmove has revealed the top 10 locations outside London where asking prices grew most and where homes sold fastest - and...

It’s been quite a week, much of it concerning the technology that increasingly underpins our industry.  A glut of fund-raising and relaunching...

Let’s face it - summer seems to be on holiday itself, if the weather in the UK is anything to go...

It’s hot outside but that’s no deterrent to agents helping others, even at the height of summer. Before we honour this week’s...

Today we’re publishing what we think is our longest-ever list of charitable activities being conducted by agents and their supporters -...

A Northamptonshire estate agency has been sold a rival with 16 branches across that county and Buckinghamshire. Insider Business reports that Acorn,...

At least one estate agency and one letting agency have been listed on a ‘name and shame’ roll-call of companies not...

The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...

It’s always a privilege to publicise fund-raising work by our industry, to show the caring nature of a profession that is...

Relocation Agent Network has ended the year handing out 28 awards to individuals and firms at a gala dinner in London. The...

A hybrid franchise agency is looking for new partners to expand its reach in the Midlands. Campbells says it is looking for...

A fantastic exclusive this week as I carry out a question and answer session with one of the leading names in...

It’s been a remarkable week for Britain and a challenging week for the agency industry - with possibly many more to...

The firm which this week announced it had won a landmark money laundering appeal case says it's not all doom and...

Newham in London recorded the biggest percentage rise in house prices among major UK towns and cities over the past year,...

The residents of a housing estate in Northamptonshire have gone to a local newspaper to dispute what they claim is an...

The police are investigating a theft from an independently run franchise in Northampton, according to a report in The Northampton Chronicle &...

The Countrywide group of estate agents has come out fighting after relatively poor figures revealed at the end of last week,...

Simon Pallett has been elected chairman of Carter Jonas LLP. Pallett, a partner in the firm’s Winchester and Newbury offices, takes over...

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers and Bold Legal Group have announced details of this year’s spring road shows. The events in Leeds,...