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The latest prime London market snapshot from Knight Frank suggests muted activity so far this summer and warns of possible hesitancy...

Software platform Alto Marketplace says it now has no fewer than 16 integrations across 13 categories including anti-money laundering, buyer onboarding...

Moving further away from family, friends and familiar places to get onto the property ladder is becoming more common for first-time...

An agency that’s been part of a community for 55 years has been snapped up by a rival firm. Reed Evans &...

Winkworth has appointed two mergers and acquisition (M&A) specialists as non-executive directors. The agency franchise brand has named Tom Fyson, managing director...

It’s more than 100 days since global real estate tech giants CoStar Group acquired struggling property portal, OnTheMarket. If you cast your...

Market appraisal volumes dropped 7% in March according to Propertymark’s latest market snapshot, based on data from up to six weeks...

CoStar Group, the US-based global online real estate provider which acquired OnTheMarket in December, has now snapped up Matterport, the well...

Regional agency Mundys has snapped up a sales business, taking its branch total to five. It currently has two offices in Lincoln...

Data and statistics are never in short supply for those of us working in the property sector.  But one set which really...

There are often very grim snapshots of the current property crisis.  But one of the most shocking I’ve read in a long...

Older borrowers were deterred by high mortgage rates last year, bank data suggests. Quarter four figures from UK Finance show a 37.1%...

Average asking prices have grown on an annual basis for the first time in six months but properties are taking longer...

After years of saving, hard work, and market watching, being able to view and make an offer on a property is...

Despite the somewhat challenging year, we have seen many agents we work with continuing to flourish. We support hundreds of agents...

Large language models, machine learning, artificial intelligence, artificial general intelligence, and 'the singularity' change everything, but there again, they change literally...

Fine & Country Chelmsford’s managing directors Ed Casson and Simon Pelling have expanded further into the region, taking on the licence...

The latest market snapshot from Propertymark suggests a more pessimistic view of the market. The trade body’s latest Housing Insight report says...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

TV property guru Phil Spencer has backed the latest hip hop track commissioned by Made Snappy 360 to celebrate the 20th...

Adding value to a home can be the difference between a quick, successful sale and waiting months for the right person...

We might be at the start of an improving housing market, suggests Propertymark. In its latest market snapshot, concentrating mostly on August,...

Former Purplebricks and Boomin boss Michael Bruce has taken part in a new funding round for interior design platform My Bespoke Room. Bruce...

Agency media brand Made Snappy 360 has launched a free smartphone photography course for estate agents. It claims to bring industry photography...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

Mortgage searches on behalf of borrowers using gifted equity or making a concessionary purchase from a family member rose by 75%...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Agency reviews website allAgents.co.uk has revamped its certified reports to help agents secure new business. The documents provide agents with a downloadable...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors housing market snapshot shows the increasing damage being wrought by high interest rates. The RICS...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...

CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...

Barriers to entry are a big concern for any sector, particularly those who need a greater number of technology innovations to...

Agency media brand Made Snappy 360 has come up with a rather different way of promoting its role at the upcoming...

ValPal has announced an advanced AI technology tool designed to help agents generate property profiles in a snap. With ValPal AI, property...

High-end estate agency Strutt & Parker says its research points to a sales market recovery underway in some parts of the...

Made Snappy is offering Forever Tours that can be white-labelled by agents for their vendors to download and keep. The virtual tour...

The acquisition will boost the group’s presence in South London, and both branches will be re-branded to Portico. John Chase, director at...

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson is believed to have snapped up the historic Brightwell Manor as his new home. Johnson, who was...

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

Midlands-based land and property company Sheldon Bosley Knight (SBK) has kicked off the new year by snapping up another business. Coventry sales...

Fewer first-time buyers got on the property ladder last year but there was an increase in people buying for business purposes,...

Agents haven't let the festive season get in the way of supporting good causes, and there is a big focus on...

From singing and dancing to charitable support and sponsorships, agents have shown that there are plenty of ways to raise money...

The level of homes being snapped up within two weeks of being listed has fallen to 6.8% across the UK market...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

New research claims to show what buyers most want to see in photographs on a sales listing - and it may...

A recent study conducted by the Technical University of Denmark reported that the attention span of people around the world is...

Purplebricks has launched a new advertising campaign that brings back its controversial “save yourself from commisery” slogan. The new radio and TV...

Over the last two years, the property industry has experienced unprecedented change through shifting market conditions and new regulations around compliance. To...

In recent years, we’ve witnessed a massive influx of channels for media consumers – two of the biggest of which are...

Double-think, for those who have not read George Orwell, is when people are expected to accept two conflicting beliefs as truth,...

There’s a spotlight now on property listings and as with so many changes in our industry, this is a case of...

For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...

Two major regional agents have expanded their geographical presence and sales focus. Midlands-based land and property agent Sheldon Bosley Knight (SBK) has...

Hose Rhodes Dickson (HRD) has confirmed that it is being purchased by Leaders Romans Group. There had been rumours in the local...

When it comes to housing policy, the Conservative MPs have given their party a choice between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle DumDum. Rishi...

A client called asking for advice on their social media marketing strategy. They’d thrown a lot of budget at it, but...

Hertfordshire estate agency Ashtons has continued on the acquisition trail by snapping up Harpenden-based Home County Sales & Lettings (HCSL). It is...

Stock shortages are seeing one in 10 homes get snapped up within 14 days of entering the market, GetAgent claims. The agent...

Between you and me, dear reader, I had little to no idea about what the metaverse was before researching it for...

There’s one message that’s come home to me loud and clear from my dealings with agents so far this year -...

Boomin has acquired interior design platform My Bespoke Room. The challenger portal's founder Michael Bruce said it was part of a wider...

The Prime Minister has tonight won a confidence vote in his leadership and hung on to his premiership. After a dramatic day at...

The pool of candidates for jobs in the estate agency sector appears to be shrinking. It comes after official figures showed overall...

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

Buyers are being urged to ditch their laptops and hit the streets to find a property. The property market is currently hampered...

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...

A former letting agent claims to have removed the need for estate agents to use floorplan software. Mark McCorrie, who describes himself...

There seems a consensus amongst agents, analysts and amateur pundits alike that the market will stay relatively strong for some months,...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

The Lomond Group has continued on the agency acquisition trail after backing its Thornley Groves brand to snap up Manchester-based Julian...

More acquisitions are being predicted at agency franchise group Belvoir. It comes as the listed brand yesterday reported record group revenue of...

One of the country’s leading estate agents has played down the significance of the latest house price index which at first...

The iamproperty group - best known for its online auction business - has snapped up cloud-based property software business VTUK for...

An estate agency says London’s sales market is now at its busiest since the Brexit referendum in mid-2016. Douglas & Gordon, sold by...

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

Sales agreed per Propertymark member branch are now running at eight per month - the highest figure since last October according...

Rising inflation may soon overtake house price growth even in the most buoyant areas of the UK, a property market analysis...

Franchise giant Belvoir has snapped up one of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or...

Despite a backdrop of the Ukraine crisis, soaring fuel bills, rising interest rates and high inflation, buyer sentiment remains strong according...

A new housing market snapshot from Zoopla suggests that in the supply of homes coming to the market has triggered a...

Leaders Romans Group, which is fast becoming one of the UK’s largest agencies, has acquired another firm. It’s the first purchase of...

In the last two years digital Property Logbooks for our homes have moved from concept to reality with almost a quarter...

Rightmove - which issues its annual figures to shareholders later this week - has released a bullish snapshot of the housing...

A prominent analyst says he expects a U-turn on the “folly” of interest rate rises sooner rather than later - but...

The finance arm of LSL Property Services - known as Pivotal Growth - has snapped up a specialist mortgage and insurance...

One of Scotland’s leading legal and estate agency, Pacitti Jones, is continuing to expand. This week it has snapped up Tip Top...

Midlands-based property firm Sheldon Bosley Knight - also known as SBK - has snapped up north Warwickshire estate agency Hawkins. As well as...

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

A fast-growing land and property consultancy has snapped up a respected independent to bolster its presence in the North of England. George...

Three of Martin & Co’s most prominent branches in the north of England are under new ownership. The Saltaire, Keighley, and Thackley...

A new survey of people who have sold their home in the past six months has given a strong backing to...

Propertymark’s chief executive has rejected claims that his organisation’s housing market data inaccurately states the numbers of prospective buyers for each...

The last Propertymark housing market snapshot for 2021, based on date from the end of November, finds that there is an...

Top Scottish agency Galbraith says key parts of the country saw some buyers snapping up properties this year without even visiting...

UK house prices have reached an all time high - but 2022 will see a more normalised housing market thanks to...

The Lomond Group, reported over the weekend to be in talks to buy high-end London agency Chestertons, has this morning announced it’s...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

There’s been yet another month of declining property listings according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market snapshot. Those responding...