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The number of market appraisals and sales agreed among estate agents are now back above levels seen before the September 2022...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Just 14% of properties currently listed for sale within the last 30 days have found a buyer, new research suggests. Agency comparison...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A new estate agency has been launched in Northumberland, offering a VIP member’s club to provide early access to properties. The new...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
MPs are set to begin their inquiry into improving the home buying and selling process today. The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has named a second wave of estate agencies to adopt its new business model. The brand’s ‘brokerage’...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks has launched launched a mortgage divison, known formally as Purplebricks Mortgages Limited This will see a team of more than 150...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Sales agreed among Propertymark members hit a four-month high in February but the agency trade body has warned of a quieter...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
MPs have launched an inquiry on improving the home buying and selling process in England. The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC)...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A senior estate agent has described the Government’s pledge to compel councils to cut red tape in favour of development as...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
As much of the country battened down the hatches for the first storm of the season, there may have been a...
30 September 2023
From: Features
The market is shifting to more serious buyers and sellers as the level of stock hits a 12-month high, Propertymark claims. It...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Well as week’s come and go, this one’s been a bit of a downer but it is always worth remembering that...
24 June 2023
From: Features
Hamptons’ head of London private office has questioned why video has not become more widely-used in listings as he suggests more...
25 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Buyers and sellers remain confident about getting moving in the property market but homes are taking longer to shift, OnTheMarket data...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...
01 April 2023
From: Features
Agents may hate portal fees but have ranked property websites such as Rightmove and Zoopla as their most important digital asset. A...
14 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Agency website designer and marketing provider is starting to use artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT in the products it provides agents. ChatGPT AI...
23 February 2023
From: Breaking News
New research from GetAgent has outlined where the UK’s best-performing estate agents are currently located when it comes to the price secured...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Self-employed agencies are currently outperforming other agency types when it comes to price secured, according to new research from data firm...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Properties that are slow to sell are typically commanding a discount of up to 17% off England’s average house price, research...
12 September 2022
From: Breaking News
There has been plenty of movement in the property jobs market this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents continued to report a buoyant market in May despite cost of living concerns. The latest Housing Market Report from trade body...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Estate agents use their experience, knowledge, and connections to help people to sell properties at the best prices. Working in this field...
22 June 2022
From: Recruitment & Business Matters
The market’s likely to slow this year as the rising cost of living saps some buyer confidence, so agents are understandably...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...
26 February 2022
From: Features
The PropTech network Coadjute, which says it will ultimately slash the time it takes to move house by as much as...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The online agency Strike - which has a business model selling homes for free and relying on referral fees for revenue...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News
With soaring property prices, supply continuing to be outstripped by demand and overworked and overtired industry professionals; we’re seeing the sector...
23 October 2021
From: Features
The latest easyProperty franchise has landed in Luton, the spiritual home of the easy brand as it’s the place where budget...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...
31 July 2021
From: Features
Amro Partners, the Build to Rent and student accommodation operator, has launched a venture capital arm investing in PropTech and FinTech. Amro...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The founder of Zoopla has returned to the property market with a new proposal to disrupt how agents buy and sell homes. Alex...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A new estate agency says it aims to sell homes within 30 days - and dismisses the idea of a traditional...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
If it’s Monday, it’s jobs news day on EAT - welcome to the latest update. Want to be featured in our next...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the biggest TV hits of lockdown has been the Netflix show Call My Agent! It’s a surprise success, perhaps, because...
06 March 2021
From: Features
The government has given details of two new taxes to provide funds to address the cladding problem on high rise tower blocks...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Around half of all estate agencies selling homes for £5m or more have not even registered for anti-money laundering processes, and/or...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A regional wing of Fine & Country has reported a record month - and puts it down to the self-employed ‘associate’ business model...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Online agency Purplebricks says an absence of technology in property details is one of the biggest turn-offs for potential buyers. A survey...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A quick buy firm which typically purchases homes from sellers at below market levels has accused estate agents and the private...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...
23 September 2020
From: Features
A quick buy firm boasting it has ‘sold’ a home within six days also says it now takes 140 days on...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News
For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...
12 September 2020
From: Features
It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...
29 August 2020
From: Features
It must have been a close thing on Friday as to whose faces were looking the most glum - those at...
08 August 2020
From: Features
The online estate agency Settled appears to have ceased trading with its customers refunded. It was launched in 2014 by former Google...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News
EweMove is this week hosting a webinar in a bid to win recruits to its hybrid model from agents who may...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News
One of the few agents anywhere in the British Isles who has returned to something like normal working has revealed new...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News
A website has slammed the idea that there is a surge of interest in buying homes on Boxing Day, describing the...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News
A leading estate agent has urged others in the industry to follow his example and make local TV programmes to build...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News
There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...
07 December 2019
From: Features
A north of England estate agency is marking its 160th anniversary with the pledge to announce an acquisition by the end...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Online estate agency Housesimple has appointed a company to handle its public relations and social media as it rolls it its...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Homeowners will be able to extend properties more easily instead of moving home. In a surprise announcement this morning - less than...
25 May 2019
From: Breaking News
So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...
18 May 2019
From: Features
It’s no secret that the UK’s housing sector is in crisis. Headlines scream about the shortage of new-build homes. TV pundits...
30 March 2019
From: Features
Customer experience (CX) will largely determine the future of estate agency in the UK. This is now a key battleground for...
06 February 2019
From: Features
High-end agency Harrods Estates is not content with selling homes in London’s infamous challenging market - now it’s marketing a box...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News
How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...
17 November 2018
From: Features
An online auction platform which works with estate agents says this method of selling homes works, with four sales in one...
15 November 2018
From: Breaking News
No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...
20 October 2018
From: Features
An estate agency is pioneering a new business model in which it charges no commission whatsoever to the vendor. Freeagent247, an online...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News
The former head of Humberts’ country house department, who has spent 30 years selling homes, has switched to buying. Jeremy Campbell-Harris was...
24 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The new owner of Humberts says he would consider acquiring or working alongside existing agencies who want to be part of...
30 July 2018
From: Breaking News
The Welsh estate agency Jeffrey Ross has opened its fourth branch in Cardiff, with a former Savills agent as its head....
19 July 2018
From: Breaking News
A new digital product claims to help agents estimate which of their past customers are statistically most likely to move again...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News
In recent weeks, you could have been forgiven for thinking that you’re not actually in the UK. Flash floods aside, the...
23 June 2018
From: Features
Estate agent licensing will reduce competition, make buying and selling homes more expensive, and add another layer of red tape to...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News
The other day I met with two agents who have 30 years of property sales experience between them, and yet also...
17 February 2018
From: Features
Homes for sale in some parts of inner London are seeing price discounts of up to 10 per cent says Hometrack...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News
A former director at London agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has taken a swipe at agencies that have made knee-jerk changes...
29 January 2018
From: Breaking News
It’s been a trend developing in the past few months - estate agents increasingly flirting with the idea of selling homes...
08 December 2017
From: Breaking News
Horton Estate Agents - a hybrid agency which nonetheless claims to have ‘offices’ - says it will expand into 15 new...
13 September 2017
From: Breaking News
We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...
14 July 2017
From: Features
It’s not happening here (yet) but several articles on US websites have started talking up the possibility of Amazon going into...
14 July 2017
From: Breaking News
It’s that time of year again – peak conference/event season. And, while Brexit and a shock snap general election are dominating...
06 May 2017
From: Features
The average cost of moving home in the UK was £9,472 in 2016 according to a survey by the Centre for...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News
Even some of the most successful professionals from other professions fail to grasp the most important point when it comes to...
29 April 2017
From: Features
The bitter war of words against Purplebricks waged by the fledgling Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents reached a new...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks has stepped up its attack on what it calls “Britain's antiquated method of buying and selling homes” by describing it as...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News
A City consultancy has noted every property advertised on Rightmove in recent months and will track them throughout 2017 in a...
24 March 2017
From: Breaking News
The Keller Williams franchise agency, one of the largest in the world, is relaunching in the UK on Wednesday with the...
30 January 2017
From: Breaking News
No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...
21 January 2017
From: Features
It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...
19 November 2016
From: Features
Agents selling homes at the high end of the market have generally welcomed the Daily Telegraph campaign to persuade the Chancellor...
16 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Auction rooms across the UK are filled with people looking to buy property, from bargain hunters to seasoned investors, ensuring that...
22 October 2016
From: Features
Some of this week’s headlines - ‘Firms must list foreign workers’ and ‘NHS to no longer rely on foreign doctors’ -...
07 October 2016
From: Features
An equity specialist has warned that shareholders may now choose this is the time to sell their stakes in Purplebricks because...
06 October 2016
From: Breaking News
More estate agents are using – or at least considering using – virtual reality viewings as part of their services. But what...
22 September 2016
From: Sponsored Content
With almost a fifth of house sales in Britain collapsing every year, it’s now more vital than ever that we –...
19 August 2016
From: Features
As I sit and write this piece, even with the FTSE 100 back up and sterling having recovered some of its...
08 July 2016
From: Features
One of London’s most outspoken estate agents claims the prime minister who succeeds David Cameron could appoint a chancellor who will...
27 June 2016
From: Breaking News
eMoov has announced that it has secured a loan of £500,000 to help it expand into lettings, international transactions and license...
27 May 2016
From: Breaking News
I started work in 1966 in Exeter with Fox & Sons then moved to a local company in Honiton soon after....
22 January 2016
From: Features
First of all, welcome back everyone. Hope everyone had a great and relaxing break for Christmas and New Year. (Is anyone...
15 January 2016
From: Features
Online estate agent Purplebricks has now completed its pre-Christmas IPO with shares initially valued at £240m. It’s the latest news that...