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I have been an agent for 25 years and have represented a large corporate agency and Anderson Rose (my own independent...

More than three quarters of home buyers are ‘gazundering’—or ‘price chipping’—to reduce the agreed sale price of properties at the last...

Almost half of properties sold in prime central London (PCL) this year had a price reduction, research suggests. The latest data from...

Prime London property sales are taking longer to go through once under offer, which is creating a vicious cycle of fall-throughs,...

Local property market performances vary from 12% gains to price reductions of as much as 24% since the pandemic house price...

Price reductions fell to an 18-month low in April as transactions recover faster than prices, new industry data reveals. Figures from Hamptons,...

Choosing the right prospecting software can be the difference between finishing the year on a high or finishing it below target. Although...

Some 36% of all homes which have had asking prices cut this year are now listed as sold subject to contract.  GetAgent...

Many agents may perceive that the need to negotiate only comes into play at the point of offer if a property...

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

The housing market is "turning a page" with fewer price reductions and higher achieved prices, Hamptons claims. A January market activity update...

Property supply and demand have rebounded since the start of the year amid falling mortgage rates but sellers are still making...

A record 50% of homes sold in England & Wales last year were purchased following a price reduction, Hamptons analysis has revealed. The...

Hundreds of properties are having their asking prices cut each day, new analysis reveals as agents and sellers continue to try...

Rightmove is anticipating a 1% average drop in national asking prices by the end of next year. The latest forecasts from the...

OnTheMarket has partnered with an automated social media service to help agents promote listings on Instagram, X, Facebook and more. Following a...

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

Rising numbers of property owners are dropping the asking price of their homes in a bid to secure a quick sale.  Latest...

Fewer sellers are willing to cut their asking prices, Chestertons claims. The agent said vendors in the capital have already priced in...

Asking prices have fallen by the largest level since March 2019 and discounts are at their highest in more than a...

High mortgage rates and a lack of supply may mean the prime property market misses its typical seasonal boost in the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Bevan and I am the Sales...

Asking prices of new listings have dropped 1.9% this month, the largest fall in August since 2018. Data from Rightmove shows asking...

Price reductions have reached their highest level in at least nine years according to estate agency Hamptons.   Some 50 per cent of...

The majority of buyers would offer less for a property or even pull-out of a transaction if they discovered a nightmare...

Agents are facing challenges of rising price reductions but fewer listings are being withdrawn and the level of fall-throughs is dropping,...

Agents have been urged to price realistically as Rightmove revealed data showing the impact of asking price reductions. Tim Bannister, director of...

A high-profile agency brand has hit out at “cheerleader’ estate agents” who it claims encourage vendors to push up the asking...

Hometrack has launched a property listings data product for agents to help analyse their local market. Powered by Zoopla data, the product...

The number of listings that were reduced during January to March increased by an average of 102.5% compared with the same...

Purplebricks was the top brand for new listings and sales agreed during March, new data shows. A new quarterly market report launched...

Agents are taking almost a month longer to sell homes than last year as the market adjusts to new pricing, seller...

Taking a proactive approach with viewing generation can increase foot flow through properties and generate more offers, and ultimately close more...

Last month marked the slowest February to sell a home since 2013 but prices are improving, new analysis claims. Insight from agency...

Record numbers of prime properties were reduced in price last month as the pandemic boom is officially over, LonRes claims. Analysis by...

Zoopla has launched a six week promotion aimed at helping agents meet business objectives - and there’s a special Valentine’s deal...

Vendors are cutting asking prices by as much as 20% on average to secure a sale, new research claims. Quick-buy firm House...

Every year, those thinking about investing in property for the first time and even current landlords ask themselves whether it’s the...

Agents are seeing more stock coming to the market but Zoopla is warning about seller expectations. The latest Zoopla House Price Index...

The number of home sellers looking to sell their home quickly in the current market has increased by 12%, new research...

Independent estate agent DM & Co. Homes has launched a weekly update on the regional housing market presented by managing director...

Usually, I enter January with a spring in my step - optimistic about what the future holds.  Two years ago, after the...

The estate agency sector is close to being hit by a fall-through per minute as an industry veteran warns that the...

Industry veteran Harry Hill has become the latest to warn of a drastic decline in house prices. The Rightmove founder and former...

One in 15 homes formerly sold by agents are returning to the market after the original sale collapsed, new data shows. Analysis...

An estate agency firm is urging sellers to resist cutting asking prices. Tom Cranenburgh, of GetanOffer, which describes itself as a quick...

Increasing numbers of transactions have fallen-through and asking price cuts are increasing but the market is still on track for almost...

Agency stock has hit the highest level so far this year but it seems to coincide with a decline in demand...

Buyer demand has dropped by a fifth in the fortnight since the mini-Budget while supply has increased from worried homeowners, Zoopla...

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

The Government yesterday unveiled its long-awaited package of energy bill support for businesses. It will help firms including high street estate agents...

Properties that are slow to sell are typically commanding a discount of up to 17% off England’s average house price, research...

Homes that agents are putting back on the market after a fall-through are being relisted for as much as £21,000 cheaper,...

Agents are being urged to discuss pricing with vendors after research shows 52% of listings have been on the market for...

Former Countrywide boss Bob Scarff has warned that estate agents have become too reliant on alerts, emails and text messages for...

The property market is starting to get hit by price cuts and slower sales times. Research by Zoopla has highlighted that one...

In this latest video interview zoning in on the current property market, and the stats, facts and data behind its present...

There’s been a remarkable 1.7 per cent increase in the average asking price of homes coming to the market in just...

A free to list portal has launched a tool which it claims will predict a seller’s propensity to switch agents.  Residential People...

The market may be soaring in most of the country but there are still locations where significant numbers of properties sell...

Newly instructed properties across the country dropped by 10 per cent in August compared to July’s numbers, according to Homesearch. The company,...

The biggest challenge facing many agents in the current climate is the general shortage of stock, both for sales & lettings. Let’s...

Price renegotiations are underway between buyers and sellers in danger of missing Wednesday’s stamp duty holiday deadline, says Knight Frank. The agency...

There are just three working days until the end of the stamp duty holiday for most buyers. That’s not even enough time...

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

The London housing market is enjoying the end of the lull before the storm, according to a leading buying agent. Sara Ransom...

Recently I heard the stat that over 50% of property is sold with the second agent, which was backed up by...

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

Buyer feedback is a key resource for agents who want to keep on top of market changes and so handle vendors’...

Almost a third of property sellers (29%) say they won't accept a lower offer for their property, according to new research. Online...

Property sellers are twice as likely to find a buyer for their property if the original asking price does not change,...

An unusual property sales concept, which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents, has...

We recently asked readers for their questions to the portals - the questions they couldn’t really ask their local reps, but...

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

Cluttons has downgraded its forecasts for the housing markets in London and the rest of the UK for the remainder of...

Two of Britain’s largest and best known estate agencies have endured a day of turmoil at the hands of investors -...

There’s anger in the industry over an article in The Times which accused agents of overvaluing properties - although why this was happening...

Analysts at Berenberg Bank have sharply reduced their price target for Purplebricks by over 80 per cent from 470p to 80p, accusing...

An anonymous estate agent has renewed his attack on Purplebricks after an article in The Times at the weekend. Estate Agent Today...

An estate agent who operates an online blog has told The Times that Purplebricks has faked price reductions. Other tricks which the agent reveals about...

A report claims that the hybrid agency EweMove performs above average across a number of measurements. The study comes from TwentyCi, a...

New data from LonRes shows that prices of homes in three key prime areas of London tumbled 5.7 per cent last...

Homes that require major structural work have asking prices which are on average £40,000 below the market norm, according to research...

I am currently in the back of a taxi. The deadline for this piece is looming and I am desperate to...

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom as the autumn market gets into gear, with a surge in buyers and a one-month rise...

A downbeat report from property investment specialist London Central Portfolio says “there are very few causes for optimism in the domestic...

Rightmove says the housing market is now into a ‘summer sale’ as newly-marketed property shows an average asking price fall of...

LonRes says transactions in prime locations in London dropped another six per cent when the second quarter of 2018 is compared...

The London market continues to produce unexpected results with two high end agencies reporting contrasting fortunes.  Half year figures released by Chestertons...

An estate agency chain has produced strikingly successful sales figures for the first half of the year - evidence, it says,...

More stock and longer times on the market are combining to create a surge in asking price reductions according to a...

Property sellers in the South of England are having to accept asking reductions in order to achieve a sale.  Data from Hometrack...

That’s it. I’ve given up. The lull has continued and it’s becoming quite a bore.  The price drop hasn’t worked. The revamped...

There is a lull in my imminent flat sale. Just no activity at all, despite a price reduction!  So, I am forced...

Average prices dropped another 1.1 per cent in prime central London in the year to March according to new figures released...

A buying agent says a higher proportion of Britain’s rarified country estates market is now being sold off-market. Jess Simpson, an ex-Savills...

Asking prices are being cut more heavily than at any time in the past six years says Zoopla.  It says just over...

Great Expectations was a fantastic novel-cum-social-history written by Charles Dickens, who once lived in my adopted home city of Portsmouth. But these...

The vendor of a retirement apartment in the West Midlands says he is going to reduce the asking price by £1,000...

The average number of prospective buyers registered in each branch in January was 425, a 10 per cent rise from December...