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KEYWORD "Property For Sale" - 73 RESULTS
Labour tax threat could derail housing market recovery - warning

A prominent financial analyst is warning that the hopes for a housing market resurgence over the autumn could be derailed by...

08 August 2024

From: Breaking News

More Upfront Material Information could cut viewings, save fall-throughs - claim

A survey of over 11,000 buyers suggests overwhelming support for more upfront information to be supplied by agents to buyers. Disclosing upfront...

25 June 2024

From: Breaking News

Property Natter - When Angels rose from the ashes (part ll)

In my last Natter, I recounted the story of how Angels media bounced back from the 2008 financial crisis by launching...

17 February 2024

From: Features

Jonathan Rolande: Nothing changes, now we live in hope of better days ahead

In his latest column Jonathan Rolande reacts to the shock but much-needed pause in interest rate rises. I suspect you, like me,...

25 September 2023

From: Breaking News

Rightmove: Sales are falling but ‘right-priced’ homes are moving

The level of sales agreed has fallen below its normal market trend for this time of year but the “right-priced” properties...

17 July 2023

From: Breaking News

Sale proptech platform unveils sellers information pack

Sales progression platform mio is set to launch its digital Sellers Information Pack (SIP), designed to make it easy for agents...

12 April 2023

From: Breaking News

Upfront information is here and now - digital conveyancing is next!

Last week was the first ever National Conveyancing Week, which I hope registered with agents and perhaps you even took up...

08 April 2023

From: Features

Douglas & Gordon boss lists property for sale - with another agent

A home linked to Douglas & Gordon chief executive James Evans is currently listed for sale at £3.5m. The property has been...

22 March 2023

From: Breaking News

Property professionals prepare for National Conveyancing Week

National Conveyancing Week has kicked off from today. The awareness-raising week features a series of in-person, online and pre-recorded events aimed at...

20 March 2023

From: Breaking News

Rightmove: Sellers are becoming more realistic

Property listings and sales remain down on pre-pandemic levels but there are signs that sellers are starting to heed agent advice...

20 February 2023

From: Breaking News

Opinion: Boards ARE still relevant!

The For Sale board is one of the oldest marketing tools available to agents, but it is still considered one of...

29 October 2022

From: Features

‘You can’t sell via email’ – industry trainer hits out at cheap agency approach

The rise of online and low-fee offerings has devalued the expertise that estate agents can offer, an industry trainer claims. Responding to...

20 October 2022

From: Breaking News

Property sector calls for targeted stamp duty cuts

Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...

22 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Property Natter – from barmaid to branch manager to Countrywide’s top negotiator

In this week’s Natter, I carry out a Q&A with Lisa Knight, who has taken the impressive journey from barmaid to...

09 April 2022

From: Features

Rightmove pushing reluctant sellers to come to market within weeks

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

14 February 2022

From: Breaking News

Purplebricks - It's My Property and I Will Sell It To Who I Want

Was Purplebricks right to delist a property from its website when it discovered the vendors - a Christian couple - were opposed...

28 January 2022

From: Breaking News

 Improving the home buying and selling process - what's the latest?

Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in terms of leasehold reform – although we are calling upon the...

27 November 2021

From: Features

Interest Rate Rise coming - could it actually be good for house sales?

Rightmove is warning that it’s “highly likely” interest rates will rise in the near future. The portal believes this now seems inevitable...

18 October 2021

From: Breaking News

Asking prices hit record high as buyer demand heats up - Rightmove

Buyer demand per property for sale is more than double that of pre-pandemic levels, Rightmove claims. The property portal’s latest House Price...

20 September 2021

From: Breaking News

Still a Seller's Market - demand dips but supply shrinks further

Yet another housing market snapshot is reporting the stock of property for sale plummeting further downwards.  Property website Home says that while...

13 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Records tumble after Rightmove reports busiest ever half-year

The busiest first half of a year ever recorded by Rightmove has led to a raft of new records for the...

19 July 2021

From: Breaking News

Housing market still red hot despite stamp duty holiday taper

The housing market across the country shows little or no sign of cooling despite the end of the main stamp duty...

15 July 2021

From: Breaking News

Rightmove probing online agency with controversial past

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...

26 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Cities and Flats are Back! Demand switches from rural to urban

An analysis of over 1.6m listings by Rightmove shows a big return to normality - demand for smaller city centre properties...

20 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Upfront Info For Buyers: PropTech firm links with conveyancers

One of the companies at the heart of the campaign to provide more upfront information to prospective buyers has struck a...

17 March 2021

From: Breaking News

Agents can do more to speed up transactions by adopting technology

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

04 December 2020

From: Sponsored Content

Market Shock - “Severe correction” for London as most of UK soars

A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...

14 October 2020

From: Breaking News

Here's how mio can help agents comply with RoPA framework

As the review of the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group continues, Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager and...

01 October 2020

From: Sponsored Content

BBC presenter mocks agent for asking vendor to remove fridge magnets

A BBC presenter has used her local newspaper column to mock an estate agency for suggesting fridge magnets be removed to improve...

04 August 2020

From: Breaking News

SDLT Bonanza! Mortgage enquiries and property portal visits soar

Evidence is pouring in that the stamp duty holiday introduced 48 hours ago has already produced huge levels of interest from...

10 July 2020

From: Breaking News

Technology is central to solving property’s mismeasurement issue

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

13 June 2020

From: Features

Rightmove visits soar as portal use returns to pre-lockdown level

Rightmove says it enjoyed 5.3m visits on Tuesday of this week - up four per cent on the comparable day of...

22 May 2020

From: Breaking News

Property Natter - is local property advertising now yesterday’s fish and chip paper?

For a very long time, it was one of the best ways – if not the best way – of generating...

01 February 2020

From: Features

Buyer confidence soars but stock for sale down 10% says latest index

At the end of a strong week for housing market indicators, the latest survey from the website Home suggests a major...

17 January 2020

From: Breaking News

Here they are - the four regions where housing market slowdown is worst

The property website Home has identified the four regions of the UK where it says the current market slowdown is at...

16 August 2019

From: Breaking News

Moving with the times? Average owner moves home every 21 years

The average British homeowner stays in their property for 20.8 years, according to new research by Zoopla. The property portal analysed the...

04 July 2019

From: Breaking News

Caught Red Handed - Agents ‘lying and deceiving’ to poach instructions

A London sales and lettings agent has revealed to Estate Agent Today some of the tactics used by his rivals in...

07 May 2019

From: Breaking News

Rightmove drops PropTech app promoting private sales

Rightmove is undertaking an investigation into a PropTech app that has tried to list private sales on the portal. The perhaps-ironically named...

07 March 2019

From: Breaking News

More market woe: website says prices falling across England and Wales

A new survey claims the market is at its worst for eight years. The latest market snapshot from property platform Home says...

19 February 2019

From: Breaking News

Online agency looks to private sales because of Purplebricks and others

The regional agency MoveSelf, which set up in 2017 as an online estate agent, is shifting emphasis towards For Sale By...

05 February 2019

From: Breaking News

VR - the third consideration stage for property buyers

Thanks to vast improvements in processing powers, the use of virtual reality (VR) in some sectors is becoming more evident than...

08 December 2018

From: Features

Rightmove: estate agents really p****d off says Emoov boss

Outspoken online estate agency chief Russell Quirk says the estate agency industry is “really p****d off” with Rightmove trying to ride...

22 October 2018

From: Breaking News

Market woe as prices dip further - but there is some good news too

House prices fell further this month as the slowdown tightened its grip according to he latest data from property platform Home. It...

13 September 2018

From: Breaking News

Japanese Knotweed remains problem for sellers despite recent 'all clear'

Japanese Knotweed remains a major problem for a property sale - and that’s despite a recent study suggesting that the growth...

23 July 2018

From: Breaking News

Dressing a home boosts sale price up to six per cent, say agents

The vast majority of estate agents say dressing a property for sale improves its chances of a sale by leaving a...

28 June 2018

From: Breaking News

New online firm charges 0.75% fee on completion with no contract period

A new online agency has started charging only 0.75 per cent commission, payable only on completion, with no VAT and no...

19 June 2018

From: Breaking News

Up, up and up again - Rightmove asking prices rise despite sales dip

The average asking price of newly marketed property continues to rise according to Rightmove - and this is despite a dip...

18 June 2018

From: Breaking News

Marketing: Why boards remain so important for agents

The For Sale board is one of the oldest marketing tools available to agents, but it is still considered one of...

13 June 2018

From: Features

Buying agent claims she was offered bribe to secure a higher offer on house

A central London buying agent says she was once offered a bribe by an estate agent to try to persuade a...

17 April 2018

From: Breaking News

“Red warning lights” for London and SE markets, warns website

A website that monitors house prices says “red warning lights are flashing as market conditions in London and the South East...

16 April 2018

From: Breaking News

Purplebricks row should trigger call for regulations of agents, says expert

Leading independent property expert Kate Faulkner says the current row regarding the accuracy of Purplebricks’ sales figures should be the trigger...

06 February 2018

From: Breaking News

Is print advertising for estate agents dead and buried?

The printing industry is in the midst of a decline as digital products and services displace printed materials, which is why...

03 February 2018

From: Features

Property Natter: an eco-friendly approach and the importance of GDPR

In recent years January has become the month of detoxes, fad diets, health kicks such as Dry January and Veganuary, and...

27 January 2018

From: Features

How can local agents take a share of the multi-billion pound UK property auction market?

Here’s how the LetsBid Property team is helping them do it. A new property platform called LetsBid has launched in the...

24 January 2018

From: Sponsored Content

63% of homes in parts of London on sale for 12 months or more

Garrington Property Finders says some two-thirds of homes in two high-value parts of prime central London have been on sale for...

27 October 2017

From: Breaking News

London’s prime housing market is no longer roaring

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

14 July 2017

From: Features

Sealed bids: buying agent says process should be more transparent

The sealed bids process - where purchasers submit their final offer by a specific time and date - should be more transparent,...

13 June 2017

From: Breaking News

Revealed: Top 20 features that sell vendors' homes

New research has identified homebuyers' top 20 'must-have' features that would encourage them to purchase a seller's property. According to the survey...

16 May 2017

From: Breaking News

Bigger than expected asking price surge - but market still cooling

The average asking price rise for homes coming to the market in the last month has been a chunky 1.3 per...

20 March 2017

From: Breaking News

Invisible juggling – estate agents’ impressive skill

As circus performers, most estate agents would fail. Some of you might find that difficult to comprehend. After all, many uninformed members...

26 November 2016

From: Features

RICS is latest body to warn agents on dangers of portal juggling

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is the latest body within the industry to warn its members against portal juggling. Following statements...

15 November 2016

From: Breaking News

The power of floor plans

When marketing a property for sale, there are a number of attributes that buyers and sellers today expect ‘as standard’, but...

23 September 2016

From: Features

High-end agency reveals hot- and cold-spots ahead of Brexit vote

An analysis of 750,000 homes on sale across the UK reveals areas where activity remains high despite economic uncertainty surrounding the...

21 June 2016

From: Breaking News

Supply drought not enough to prevent price falls, warn industry experts

Three separate surveys appear to suggest that even a long-term shortage of homes on sale is not enough to stop a...

10 June 2016

From: Breaking News

Buyers take two seconds to make mind up about online property ads – claim

A one branch agency claims it takes prospective buyers approximately two seconds to decide whether to click on an online property advert. Redmove,...

25 May 2016

From: Breaking News

Fines imposed on agencies boycotting top property portal (but not in UK)

Here’s a story with more than a little in common with Britain’s own property portal wars. A long-running legal saga between Danish...

11 March 2016

From: Breaking News

Agents' boards: Tory says they're like litter and demands clampdown

A prominent Conservative activist is calling for a strict clampdown on estate agents’ boards which she describes as “a form of...

09 March 2016

From: Breaking News

Statistician claims portals' price indices skewed by 'double-counting'

A property statistician says portals may be inaccurately reflecting prices in some areas because of possible double-counting of properties listed with...

25 February 2016

From: Breaking News

Agency fined for illegal display of For Sale board on a telegraph pole

Dacorum council in Hertfordshire has prosecuted an estate agency for what it calls the “illegal display” of a For Sale board...

16 February 2016

From: Breaking News

22% of sellers 'consider' using online agents - but few actually do so

A large survey of home movers reveals that over one in five of them considered using only an online-only estate agent...

14 December 2015

From: Breaking News

Halifax forecast latest to predict subdued 2016 housing market

Britain’s biggest mortgage lender, the Halifax, says the housing market will slow next year with average price rises of four to...

07 December 2015

From: Breaking News

New website plans to identify homes where buyers can try for discounts

A new website promises ultimately to identify 'mispriced' properties, including those which have the highest probably of being secured at a...

12 October 2015

From: Breaking News

Stamp duty is latest worry for prime central London agent

Some agents have recently suggested that the prime central London market is sluggish in the extreme - but now one agency...

16 June 2015

From: Breaking News

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