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Overvaluations are making properties taking longer to go under offer but sales are at least finally completing faster, research suggests. Analysis by...

Plymouth has been named as the fasted location to sell a home in a new index. OnTheMarket has unveiled a new monthly...

A mixture of buyer reluctance to take on high mortgage rates, the availability of home loans and inefficiencies in the homebuying...

Buyers and sellers are proving determined to press ahead with their home moves despite the looming General Election, research suggests.   Data...

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

Buyer demand shot up in February, helped by a surge in ‘realistically priced’ property supply, research suggests. Data from TwentyEA shows the...

Buyer confidence remained flat – or consistent depending on your view of the property market in December – while seller sentiment...

The usual post-summer uplift has failed to materialise for the property market, new figures suggest. Analysis by data company the Landmark Information...

The proportion of listings going under offer within 30 days has dropped from 53% last year to 37% in September 2023,...

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

Marketing expert Simon Leadbetter has recommended that Purplebricks absorb its owner’s brand to consolidate its market position.  Leadbetter, former group marketing director...

The slower sales market has started hitting high-profile agency and property brands. Agency franchise brand Winkworth’s half year results yesterday showed network...

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

St. George in Bristol has been identified as the UK’s strongest sellers’ market. Analysis by Rightmove found eight in ten homes listed...

Property supply is improving but fewer properties are going under offer, research suggests. Analysis of quarter two property market activity by data...

A park home specialist provider claims demand for that niche property increased significantly in the second quarter of this year. The Quickmove...

Listings appear to be taking longer to sell but buyer and seller confidence remains, OnTheMarket (OTM) claims. The portal’s latest Property Sentiment...

Self-employed agency network eXp UK has been named as the fastest growing brand when it comes to new instructions and number...

Property supply has improved during the first quarter of 2023 following house price corrections and a settling of interest rates, according...

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

The South East of England continues to lead the way as TwentyCi revealed its latest statistics on property market activity. The property...

The number of properties listed as sold subject to contract (SSTC) has increased by 5% so far this year versus the...

The South East of England has been the dominant region across the board this month for instructions, sales agreed and exchanges...

The property market is still active for ‘realistic’ sellers and serious buyers, OnTheMarket (OTM’s) claims. Jason Tebb, chief executive of the portal,...

The level of new property listings and completions among agents were only slightly below 2019 activity during the fourth quarter but...

Agents are seeing more instructions as the year ends but fewer properties are selling, industry data shows. Figures from property data company...

Agents within The Guild of Property Professionals are the only grouping in the top five positions that has seen new instruction...

Confidence among sellers has dropped sharply amid a slowdown in the housing market, data suggests. OnTheMarket’s (OTM) latest Property Sentiment Index shows...

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

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

A rush to secure low-rate mortgage offers helped properties sell faster last month, OnTheMarket (OTM) claims. Data from the portal shows 60%...

Agents should consider risk-scoring buyers and refocus on customer experience in the face of the more challenging housing market, a senior...

Property sales are currently taking 15 weeks on average to complete, new research claims. Challenger portal and property platform OneDome has launched...

Agency stock has reached its highest level for 12 months, OnTheMarket claims. The portal’s latest Property Sentiment Index revealed that there has...

More properties went under offer in June 2022 than during the same month of the stamp duty holiday rush of last year,...

The number of transactions progressing to completion is being hit by the cost of living crisis and rising interest rates, new...

There are signs that properties are starting to take longer to sell. A lack of stock in recent months has meant agents...

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

Agency trade bodies have backed the “clarity” provided by Trading Standards after it deemed “price on application” listings unlawful. It comes as...

Agency stock is shifting faster and buyers who hesitated last year are now finding it harder to afford similar priced properties,...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said it may consider complaints about ‘misleading SSTC listings’ on portals but suggests it may...

Trading Standards has advised agents to update listings once they reach the "sold subject to contract" (SSTC) stage. It comes after legal...

Agents will be able to grill Rightmove’s legal and compliance director David Cox this morning as part of the portal’s webinar...

Rightmove has identified the UK’s strongest sellers’ market - and it’s in Easton, Bristol. Four of the top 10 sellers’ markets are...

Rightmove has revealed the strongest markets for sellers and buyers this autumn.  Grays in Essex has topped the list of the strongest...

Another market snapshot has identified low supply as the chief characteristic of the sales landscape this autumn. Landmark Information Group’s latest Property...

With the competition for new listings between agents as fierce as ever, it can sometimes feel like a race to the...

It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change what they have always done, particularly if their results have proven...

OnTheMarket, which until now has lagged behind the leading two portals in terms of consumer-facing housing market information, has today launched...

Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...

Three of the leading portals have made major announcements as the fierce rivalry between the big players continues apace.  Firstly Zoopla claims its latest...

Gathering and analysing feedback at all stages in the customer journey is highly important. So, where do we begin? For many estate...

A market analysis by Fine & Country suggests that annual house price inflation could hit 10 per cent next month. Nicky Stevenson,...

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

An analysis of the average time taken for properties from 10 leading estate agency brands to complete shows a significant increase...

Rightmove has so far this year recorded 20 of its busiest ever days for visits to the site as the current...

While lengthy lockdowns have caused many to re-evaluate their homes, the apartment lifestyle remains an ambition for many. That’s the view of...

One auctioneer Iamsold, which operates the Modern Method of Auction, says it’s enjoyed its strongest January on record.  It’s seen a 26...

The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...

Two prominent suppliers have teamed up to offer customers instant visibility of chain lengths, details of agents connected to properties being...

Purplebricks recently launched a meditation service to help buyers and sellers manage stress. You might disagree with the idea, but moving...

A new survey of the market share split between High Street and online agencies shows that Purplebricks remains the digital market...

Independent agents are busier than they have ever been thanks to the post-lockdown surge but larger corporates are actually losing market...

At mio, we often have conversations with Estate Agency firms who have a dedicated sales progresser in their team. Whilst there...

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...

The combined market share of agencies in the Guild of Property Professionals is now higher even than it was at the...

London estate agency Benham & Reeves says there’s been a sharp fall-off in demand for ultra-expensive homes in prime suburbs of...

Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...

Rightmove is offering some of its agents a deferred payment option. An announcement this morning says: "While sales agreed pipelines have strengthened following...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...

A PropTech firm has calculated the different delays that lead to transactions taking an average 120 days (and often much longer)...

The tech publication WIRED has conducted an in-depth analysis of Purplebricks’ reviews on the Trustpilot site and suggests the agency may...

Property management service Move with Us has announced a new partnership with chain management service View My Chain. Move with Us, founded...

Purplebricks has released figures which appear to show it is one of the most successful agencies - or perhaps THE most...

The latest figures from Purplebricks, contained within the agency’s annual report released this week, claim that 81 per cent of its...

Fine & Country is claiming to be the fastest growing premium estate agency brand in England and Wales over the last...

The emerging Proptech platform BestAgent has announced its latest partnership - this one is with sales progression company ViewMyChain. BestAgent, run by...

A new market snapshot shows how there’s now a two-tier market with homes in London taking substantially longer to sell than...

The assessment by an investment consultancy that Purplebricks sells some 76 per cent of the homes it lists may have made...

With reports continuing to focus on a slowing property market and an understanding that not enough properties are being marketed for...

Purplebricks has this morning issued an unusual statement to the Stock Exchange blaming a City report for the sharp fall in the...

The housing market is approaching something of a standstill as the summer holiday season begins according to a downbeat report from...

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

A sales progression tool claims to have analysed how long it takes to expedite sales chains of different lengths, and to...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

The award-winning online agency HouseSimple has had one of its advertisements banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The advert was a poster for...

A new automated sales progression tool being launched today promises to require fewer resources from agents in return for ensuring faster...

The Advertising Standards Authority has given its backing to an estate agency using Rightmove data to claim it had the most...