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While housing is a devolved matter, ESPC hopes that the promises made by Labour in the recent general election might help...

An expert says a change in Stamp Duty Land Tax, coming into effect on June 1, will alter how investors and...

My Auction has merged with Bamboo Auctions to form one of the largest online auction providers in the UK. Rocket Auctions, a newly...

UK consumers are feeling financially worse off than they were a year ago but this sentiment isn’t necessarily reflected when it...

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

The rush to complete property purchases continued throughout November but fewer sellers are now coming to market, a major estate agency...

Mortgage rate hikes have already halved landlord profits according to latest research, and a base rate rise to 2.5% will see...

A green premium based on energy efficiency is emerging in the UK’s property market, according to a new report by high-street...

In this piece, the team at Iceberg Digital sets out why Lifesycle has managed to roar to record sales in recent...

Properties that are slow to sell are typically commanding a discount of up to 17% off England’s average house price, research...

Estate agents use their experience, knowledge, and connections to help people to sell properties at the best prices. Working in this field...

The latest easyProperty franchise has landed in Luton, the spiritual home of the easy brand as it’s the place where budget...

360 tour technology company Made Snappy has grown rapidly over the past 18 months and whilst many agents have grasped the...

Propertymark has welcomed the move by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to help make certain leasehold flats more attractive to would-be buyers...

As an estate agent, you should of course be performing robust Know Your Customer (KYC) checks as part of your Anti-Money...

Emoov’s new 'guaranteed offer' service means fall-thoughs and chain-related delays are effectively eliminated, the agency claims. Emoov - now owned by a firm...

As we approach the end of the year, there is no doubt that it has been a turbulent 12 months for...

Rezi’s integration with Zapier has transformed the way in which estate agents can now save time, money and resource. Agents are...

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

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

Difference should be celebrated. But in our industry it rarely is. I was on the board of a large corporate where...

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...

National property auctioneer Pugh & Co is launching an initiative to partner with estate agents across the UK. Via a new network...

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...

It’s only five weeks to the New Year and new decade and the first agents have started making predictions for the...

An online auction platform has launched a new instant property purchase feature as part of its expansion plans. Under The Hammer, a...

Virtual tours are a compelling way of enhancing a property’s potential through online marketing, increased transparency and efficiency for agents, and...

To say legendary ZPG founder and CEO Alex Chesterman left big boots to fill when he stepped back from day-to-day operations...

When Professor Andrew Baum’s PropTech 3.0 report was first published, a small event was held to celebrate the very first academic...

In the past decade or so there has been a movement towards the use of digital signage screens within a number...

Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...

Between October and December 2017, some £822 million worth of UK residential property was sold at auction, according to the Essential...

Independent Surrey-based estate agency Curchods has voluntarily withdrawn marketing material containing claims about its speed of exchanging properties, after the intervention...

It’s been a trend developing in the past few months - estate agents increasingly flirting with the idea of selling homes...

A series of strong sales performances at recent auctions has led one firm to claim the sector is leading the residential industry’s...

Humberts is launching a dedicated nationwide Waterfront and Coastal department.  The agency, which is now franchising in a bid to expand outside...

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

A Labour MP says a deal is now on the cards for an estate to be purchased after months of controversy,...

Several agencies have refused to market properties on a social housing estate which was bought by private investors in January. The Mirror...

Having urged agents to think about the full marketing mix and not just price, we must look at our business relationships...

I want to take this opportunity to share some findings from the National Landlord Association’s latest Quarterly Landlord Panel. The first is...

easyProperty has become the first online estate agency in the UK to link with an online platform that permits the exchange...

Frazer Fearnhead, a founder of The House Crowd property crowdfunding platform, has been sharply criticised in a ‘car crash’ moment on BBC...

The chief executive of online agency easyProperty says the money laundering scandal exposed in Channel 4’s ‘From Russia With Cash’ would...

The internet and rapidly evolving digital landscape has revolutionised the way people buy and sell properties. With some reports suggesting 95 per...