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A prominent westcountry agent has joined Moveli, which operates the self-employed broker model. Jonathan Mowday, previously of Stags in Devon, has joined...

The number of sales agreed is on the rise and the Somerset town of Chard has become a new hotspot, Rightmove...

Specialist buying agency Recoco Property Search has appointed former director of Strutt & Parker’s country house department Andrew Cronan to strengthen...

Sale stock levels have surged by 15% since the start of the year due to the ‘stagnant market,’ research claims. Quick-buy firm...

An estate agency in Backwell, North Somerset has celebrated the re-opening of its offices following a major water leak six months...

Lawyers are warning of a growing number of incidents of septic tank conveyancing negligence, which could prove costly for homebuyers. House buyers...

It has been a busy first quarter of the year for property industry job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news...

The ESTAS Customer Service Awards – which are often described as estate agency’s version of the Oscars – took place last...

Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...

A Somerset-based estate agency director has come up with his own approach to clear a backlog of probate or ‘Red Book’...

Jacob Rees-Mogg is reportedly being lined up as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities should Liz Truss win...

Estate agency network the Experts in Property has expanded its geographical spread. The group of more than 65 independent estate agencies across...

More than a third of England’s regions have seen buyer demand fall over the previous quarter, research claims in the latest...

The number of areas where the average house sale price exceeded £500,000 has surpassed 15% of Great Britain for the first...

Prime property purchasers are typically paying a 122% premium to be in the top 10% of buyers, research suggests. London agent Benham...

The property sector has continuously been showing its generosity Ukrainian refugees amid the ongoing Russian invasion. Support ranges from financial donations to...

The regional agency group Experts In Property is back in business with an online awards event.  Majoring on training, online marketing and...

This is our first Property Jobs Today column of 2022 and it’s testimony to how busy our industry is right now...

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...

The number of locations where average house prices still stand at below £150,000 has shrunk by 28 per cent in recent...

Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national...

Knight Frank has appointed David Lewis as head of rural sales for Devon and West Somerset. Lewis’s career in residential property began...

An agent is considering charging divorcing couples because so many ask for valuations merely to calculate how they will split the...

The largest live event in the property industry for two years took place last Friday - the ESTAS awards.  TV property expert...

An online conveyancer is on the hunt for a mansion tester. My Home Move Conveyancing is seeking a mansion tester who will...

A prominent property consultancy is urging the government to ensure that holiday home owners pay more tax.  Colliers claims local authorities are...

Since 2017, The DPS has used the data we collect to track the rental values of properties across all regions of...

New research shows that the surge in house prices this year has taken homes in at least 25 areas of England...

New guidance has been issued by the Competitions and Markets Authority for whistleblowers who want to report anti-competitive practices by their...

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s on the move. Let us know...

As the official advice over holidays descends into farce - can we go this year? if so at home or away?...

He’s gone from Downing Street but the legacy of Dominic Cummings lives on in Rightmove’s top searches of 2020. Barnard Castle -...

New guidance spells out how leniency can be exercised on agencies or individuals who inform on anti-competition cartels of the kind that...

At least two branches of a Countrywide agency have been closed, shortly before news broke of a proposal for a large...

The latest agency recruits for online firm easyProperty are batting for the company in more ways than one - they are...

The estate agency industry is still under the spotlight for possible illegal price fixing cartels according to the Competition and Markets...

An estate agency founded in 1995 has undergone a management buyout from two existing director. Westcoast Properties is a north Somerset firm,...

Speculation is mounting that Capital Gains Tax could for the first time be applied to gains made when owners sell first...

Hello and as it’s Monday it’s PJT Day - and there are plenty of people moving jobs in our industry even...

A Somerset agency with three offices has changed ownership - but remains an independent. Gibbins Richards has offices in Taunton, Bridgwater and...

The Competition and Markets Authority says it wants to send “a strong signal” to the estate agency industry that price-fixing will...

The public are being asked to inform the authorities if they know of agents operating fee-fixing cartels. The request - from the...

A PropTech company that monitors search times for transactions says only just over two thirds of them are now completed in...

The big day is here and thanks so much to all the agents who have this year sent in their Halloween...

It may only be October 4, but temperatures have already started to drop this week as preparations for winter begin. As we...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your Monday catch-up on all the key appointments news in the industry. Please...

Fine & Country, the international network of prime estate agencies, has this week announced the opening of two new offices. The first...

OnTheMarket has revealed several agents have signed up to the portal on long-term contracts and stopped listing properties on Rightmove. The agencies...

Proceedings against an estate agent at the centre of a fees cartel case have been dropped following his agreement not to stand as...

Prices have dropped 0.5 per cent in the past year according to LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move...

Here’s an unusual story, describing the work of one of Purplebricks’ Local Property Experts who was with the company for around...

The Competition and Markets Authority has this afternoon taken the latest step in the lengthy case of an estate agency cartel. This revolves...

Are you a real Doctor? Not in the conventional sense no, sorry to disappoint! I’m Tom Durrant and I’m the Creative Director...

It’s the most obvious visual medium high street agents have at their disposal, and for many decades has been absolutely pivotal...

The Competition and Markets Authority is stepping up its campaign to identify and prosecute companies behind cartels - and it’s offering...

A 'new breed' estate agency with no shop front, which uses bloggers to market its properties, has announced the opening of...

Following a break for last week's final Bank Holiday before Christmas, we're back with a bumper edition of Property Jobs Today. We're...

A disciplinary investigation by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has blown the lid on the infamous fee-fixing cartel scandal involving estate...

Another four existing estate agency branches have rebranded as Hunters. In the westcountry three branches of Heritage4homes - at Yatton, Nailsea and...

The World Cup may be entertaining us for the next few weeks but whatever England’s fate may be, one thing is...

Ever wondered what it’s like to be on the frontline of property journalism? Well, wonder no more, as our very own...

The Competition and Markets Authority, which is believed to be actively investigating estate agents’ alleged infringement of the Competitions Act, is...

It is thought likely that there will be no new update on the investigation into agents’ alleged infringement of the Competitions...

Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...

With the year in full swing we have some more heroic fund-raising and grant-giving stories to tell this week. Thanks so much...

The business editor of right-wing political weekly The Spectator has made an attempt to defend the controversial £109m bonus paid to...

Rightmove has revealed the top 10 locations outside London where asking prices grew most and where homes sold fastest - and...

It’s been a big week for property news - controversies surrounding Purplebricks, merger discussions between big franchise operators, and another government...

The Competition and Markets Authority has set out precisely what agents and other companies can and cannot do in the event...

The decision by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to fine five estate agents for engaging in a price fixing cartel has...

Three more complaints about agents made to the Advertising Standards Authority have been settled informally - including one concerning an agency's...

The Competition and Markets Authority - which yesterday released details of an infamous cartel case involving estate agencies - has now...

The Competition and Markets Authority has for the first time published details of the findings against a group of six estate...

Experts in Property - the network of independent estate agencies across Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Bristol - has revealed two...

Purplebricks has released more details of expansion plans to recruit hundreds of additional Local Property Experts. The recruitment drive was launched yesterday...

It’s the morning after the festival before for the 150,000 estimated revellers who enjoyed the Glastonbury Festival which drew to a...

Our client Robert Cooney – an estate agent based in Taunton, Somerset – was so intrigued by the office refurbishment process...

ZPG says the number of estate agency branches to have quit OnTheMarket and rejoined Zoopla over the past two years has...

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...

Network Auctions has added 19 additional estate agency offices to its network so far this year.  They include three offices of Chaffers...

It’s been another busy week of fund-raising for agents across the industry, sparing time to do good works despite the market...

Propertymark, the new brand umbrella for the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents, is to...

Some big news in the agency world last week won’t have escaped the attention of many in the industry. Last Thursday news...

One of the four estate agents fined by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for price-fixing has spoken about the details...

The Competition and Markets Authority has now fined agents over £1m in two landmark cases concerning price-fixing - and it says...

Four Somerset estate agents have agreed to pay fines totalling over £370,000 to the Competition and Markets Authority, after admitting illegal price-fixing.   The...

Zoopla Property Group says that in the last three months alone over 100 estate agency branches have returned to its portal...

Another estate agency has signed up to Experts in Property, a network of independent agents with 80 offices across the west...

OnTheMarket is to advertise across 40 channels this month, in the build up to its second anniversary at the end of January. The...

A ban on For Sale and To Let boards in central areas of Bath has been extended - for no less...

A series of announcements offer an insight into the market flux at the moment. Firstly the franchise giant Hunters has added three...

The network of independent estate agents known as the Property Sharing Experts has become the Experts in Property. The change of name...

It’s been a heartening few weeks for those of us who thought that protest was dead – or, more precisely, that...

A campaign has been launched to make Bristol the colour capital of the UK by ensuring that more homes are painted...

Rentplus, a business providing Rent To Buy homes, has announced that it has new funding of £20m - on top of...

Another agency has signed up to Property Sharing Experts, the group which describes itself as the largest network of independent estate...

An estate agency is buying a Post Office - and keeping it in operation as a service to the local community. A...

A local council is attempting to introduce a permanent ban on estate and letting agents’ boards in almost two-thirds of a...

Agents' Giving: No less than £20,000 has been raised at the Agents Giving Ball where Phil Spencer and 240 of the...

A man suffered "deep lacerations" to his hand after allegedly smashing the window of an estate agency office in Ilminster, Somerset.  The...