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There’s nothing more frustrating than losing a sale at the last minute due to details that could have been disclosed upfront....

We’ve probably all had enough of people campaigning in recent weeks but I have to admit to one disappointment with the...

A new house price forecast by peer-to-peer real estate investment platform, easyMoney, reveals that recent optimism in the UK property market could...

There are those in the technology sector that claim “data is the new oil”. I think they might be right, but...

In his third and final article in this 3-part series, David Beaumont looks at the legal statues of Material Information Guidance. ...

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

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

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

Interest rate rises are driving an increase in homes for sale, research claims. National estate agency Jackson-Stops has analysed Rightmove data and...

Increasing numbers of buyers are gazundering or ‘price chipping’ on their offers to force property sellers and agents into last minute...

Google rather than the portals is the starting point for sellers finding an estate agent, a survey claims. A survey among 2,000...

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...

Like most industries, estate agency is changing. A general trend to a more hybrid model, accelerated by the pandemic has resulted...

Every so often it comes around – the argument that stamp duty should be reformed/removed/replaced (delete as appropriate). But why? Where’s the...

As we approach the most unusual of festive periods, many property professionals will already be thinking about the January market and...

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,...

The strong performance of the auction market in recent months has been reinforced by the latest figures from iamsold, the UK's...

A new PropTech startup is giving prospective buyers the opportunity to receive due diligence at a fraction of the time and...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Darren Loftus and it says Commercial Director on...

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

There has been a surprise, but small, increase in the market share of online estate agents according to the latest survey. Business...

Prospective property buyers have been provided with several reasons why they should stop delaying purchasing decisions due to Brexit uncertainty. Buying agency...

Continuing political uncertainty over Brexit and now a significant chance of an autumn or winter General Election makes the case for...

Property sellers have been urged to list their properties now in the hope of selling their properties for maximum value within...

A survey of property sellers has revealed that 'achieving the asking price' (43%) and 'selling properties quickly' (35%) are the most...

UK estate agents charge the lowest commission out of any nation in the European Union, according to a recent study by...

New research by TheAdvisory consultancy, shared exclusively with Estate Agent Today, reveals exactly how fees have fallen for traditional agents in...

Almost all buyers of new build houses who purchased a leasehold regret doing so, and the vast majority say they definitely wouldn't...

Property sellers have been on the back foot over the slow summer period, according to the latest report from NAEA Propertymark....

A PropTech firm has adopted the unusual position of claiming some agencies deliberately over-value properties in a bid to win instructions. Agent...

Making my way to our London office on a busy commuter train, my mind got busy thinking about the new do-it-yourself...

With all the recent change and upheaval in the rental sector it may be time to consider how letting agencies will...

The stock market and at least one City analyst have shrugged their shoulders at the claim by Purplebricks that it is...

The housing market has swung back in favour of property sellers, according to the latest data from estate agents. NAEA Propertymark's Housing...

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

Property sellers in Scotland are profiting from buyers' willingness to pay above asking price for a home.  This is according to portal...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

Few things provoke argument within the industry more than the online v traditional agency debate - and within that debate, nothing...

A former estate agent is reported to have won £1,000 ‘commission’ from a seller - simply because she shared a sale-by-owner...

A mortgage lender has called on the government to reform stamp duty so that it is paid by property sellers instead...

The amount of column inches taken up by ‘property’ is at an all-time high.  In my mind there are two major contributing...

The number of buyers being gazumped has fallen by 40% since October 2014, according to online estate agent eMoov. The agency surveyed...