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Vendors are now paying up to 21% more in estate agency fees than five years ago but it’s not because agents...

There are several pros to cohabitation, and it’s always a wonderful experience when you’re handed your set of keys as a...

Most agents may argue that every month is the best time to list but Rightmove has identified February as the optimum...

OneDome has launched a new service tailored to benefit prospective buyers and sellers. The homebuying platform has launched Premier Agent, an invitation...

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

Agents in some parts of the UK are still struggling to sell properties that they first listed more than a decade...

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

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

The fast-moving property sales market is increasing the risk of fraud, an anti-money laundering expert claims. Olly Thornton-Berry, co-founder of risk management...

A new survey by interior experts Hammonds Furniture has outlined how important interior style is to potential buyers, with 40% of...

Challenger portal group OneDome has linked with a chain repair service to provide what it calls an end-to-end property offering. The OneDome...

A survey suggests that an overwhelming proportion of estate agents believe the government should make the provision of upfront property information...

Propertymark says more buyers are now looking at online auctions, making this a more viable route to sale than before. The latest...

The average asking price, as recorded by Rightmove, has fallen for the first time this year. In another sign that the market...

Two former directors of the prestigious Beauchamp Estates agency in central London have set up their own new company. They say their...

A league table of the most important issues facing vendors places the scale of estate agents’ charges at the bottom - and this...

The latest Coutts Prime Property Index has revealed that activity in this sector of the market - based mostly in London...

Whilst it was once seen as a way to sell niche or run-down properties, auction is now a mainstream method of...

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...

One in three property sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2021. The 32 per...

The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...

Asking prices are down for the first time in many months. It’s a small drop - an average of 0.5 per cent...

As we embark on another nationwide lockdown, the team at SDL Auctions are keen to help agents ride the storm, beat...

A relaunched home buying service says it wants to partner with agents to unlock sales if the housing market deteriorates. The service...

Recently, when giving speeches, I have discussed investment trends and industry trends that the built environment is experiencing. They are quite...

A quick buy firm boasting it has ‘sold’ a home within six days also says it now takes 140 days on...

One of the victims of a notorious estate agency price fixing cartel has spoken out against one of the offenders.  Christina Davis...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

There’s been a surge in UK enquiries to global free-to-list portal Residential People, and a comparable rise in interest from Chinese...

As an agent, it’s part of your role to protect and advise your clients throughout the buying and selling process. Mortgages are...

Earlier this year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working group announced the initial details of plans for mandatory qualifications and...

The UK property market can be seen by criminals as an effective vehicle to conceal the proceeds of economic crime. Criminally...

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...

The trade body representing so-called quick sale companies is marking five years in business with two feathers in its cap. Firstly the...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - a slim edition given how quiet the industry is at the...

Q. How did you get in to the property industry? My career in the property industry actually started out as a holiday...

A poll of over 2,500 first time buyers suggests that on average they pay £5,300 less than the asking price -...

Hunters is partnering with a PropTech firm to allow homes on the market and still awaiting buyers to be short-let for...

It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...

The police are investigating a quick sale company after a claim by an individual that he received less than half of...

A third of ‘quick sale’ companies - those that buy homes in bulk at discounted prices - say the rise of...

Over a quarter of prospective house sales completed in the past three months had fallen through at some stage according to...

There were only 14 complaints to The Property Ombudsman about so-called 'quick sale' firms - the professional buying companies that purchase...

A new London-based online estate agency called Nested says it has had a “superb start” to trading, using its unusual business...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about a TV ad for a Quick Sale company, National Homebuyers.  The...

The managing partner of a property investment firm says London residential property values have fallen by 15 to 25 per cent...

Mid West Displays has established a reputation as a leading manufacturer of window & interior display solutions and products. The LEDMAG...

Humberts is introducing what it calls a ‘personal assistant’ for retirees in a bid to woo the growing market of elderly...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has decided not to uphold a complaint made against a quick property sale firm's radio advert.  The...

A survey of over 2,000 people suggests that online estate agents lose out to their traditional counterparts in terms of public...

The number of house sales failing to successfully complete fell in the first quarter of 2016, with just one in five...

Connect branch networks, automate sales and marketing and highlight business opportunities with Rezi’s agile cloud platform Rezi Premium is more than a...

The National Association of Estate Agents says HMRC have been making unscheduled visits to individual agency offices to check on their...

More than one in four house sales in the first quarter of 2015 failed to complete according to a quick sale...