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Foxtons founder Jon Hunt’s wealth fell in 2023 but he still managed to move up the Sunday Times Rich List, the...

Last weekend a story by The Sunday Times’ Deputy Political Editor indicated that the Government is proposing implementing a £250 cap...

A shareholder of Foxtons believes the agency could be worth £300m if sold today - substantially above its existing market capitalisation...

Foxtons’ share price got a mini boost on Monday morning after rumours that the agency brand is preparing for a sale. The...

Plans to set ground rents at a ‘peppercorn rate’ are reported to have been dropped amid opposition from freehold campaigners and...

North Berwick in East Lothian, has been named the best place to live in the annual Sunday Times Best Places to Live...

Last weekend, Levelling Up and Housing Secretary, Michael Gove wrote in the Sunday Times that the nation’s housing crisis was so...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given the strongest hint yet that housing measures could be included in the Spring Budget. Chancellor Jeremy...

Like so many I’ve been infuriated by the injustice meted out to sub-postmasters and postmistresses over many years.  I was aware of...

Foxtons shareholders are reportedly putting the board under pressure to put the agency brand up for sale Two shareholders who own a...

There is much debate about energy efficiency right now and about expected changes to minimum EPCs for private rental properties and...

An estate agency has been named among the fastest growing firms in the UK. The North Property Group was named in the...

Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman has fallen out of the 2023 Sunday Times Rich List while Foxtons supremo Jon Hunt has seen...

OnTheMarket Group has been named among the top places to work in the UK. The property website was included in last weekend’s...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has been slammed for “unhelpful” comments about abolishing leasehold after it emerged that there may not be...

Hundreds of property professionals from international premium estate agency Fine & Country gathered in London for the brand’s annual conference and...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has committed to leasehold reform and fixing cladding issues before the next election. It comes as the Government...

Agency brand Knight Frank has pledged to be one of the first adopters if minimum standards and qualifications are introduced in...

The Agency UK – which was set up by three ex-employees of Purplebricks – has strengthened its team with the arrival...

There has been plenty of movement in the property jobs market this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Tom Cummuskey, I am the Sales & Marketing...

One of the UK’s leading economic experts is to be the speaker at a Rightmove seminar this week, considering whether events...

Kirstie Allsopp says the Sunday Times has amended its report of an interview in which she says first time buyers may...

A Hertfordshire-based hybrid agency has released a surprising and some might argue refreshing message, saying it’s not interested in size as...

A news conference today is expected to reveal more details of the governance scandal which has engulfed the Royal Institution of...

The chief executive of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Sean Tompkins, is in talks to step down according to an...

The man who admits he was “the acceptable face of Foxtons” in its golden period says he finally left because it...

The independent QC asked to prepare a report into the financial conduct row at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has...

The publication of a report following a controversial RICS investigation has been pushed back another month. Last month it was announced that...

The independent review into the governance of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is calling for comments. Earlier this year RICS was the...

Boomin co-founder Kenny Bruce says the UK economy should now be opening up thanks to the success of the Coronavirus vaccines. In...

Dexters, which last week secured a reported £130m in new investment for the coming years, has snapped up the historic Roy...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors last night announced a dramatic U-turn in the controversy over a report by an independent...

The Northern Research Group, which has the backing of over 50 Conservative MPs in the north of England, wants the Chancellor...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering an extension to the current stamp duty holiday according to media reports today - and the...

The president of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors insists that the organisation is acting on recommendations of a probe into...

The Sunday Times has made new and detailed allegations regarding the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. For some weeks the newspaper has...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...

Survivors and bereaved family members from the Grenfell Tower fire have joined forces with residents trapped in allegedly dangerous flats in...

Countrywide has rejected a claim by one of its biggest shareholders that it does not engage with investors over future strategy...

An investment manager who has a 7.8 per cent stake in Countrywide, is warning that the agency group may not survive...

One of the highest profile and most widely respected figures in the British property industry has died suddenly. He was 72. Tony...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - currently at the centre of a planning controversy - could be sacked in a September Cabinet reshuffle. The...

The death has been announced of Colin Lowman, a veteran south London estate agent who had a 64 year career in...

Veteran estate agency owner Paul Rooney has again featured as the most wealthy individual agency owner in the annual Sunday Times...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does it...

An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later...

Regional estate agency chain Ashtons has been listed in the Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work for, for the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Joanne (Jo) Tattum. Channel Manager - Property What is Moneypenny and...

Nicky Stevenson, formerly the managing director of the Property Academy, has quit hybrid agency Keller Williams UK after just eight months. Stevenson’s...

We’re nearing the end of another year in which many agents have faced challenging times and a frustrating market hit by...

Purplebricks' senior management avoided a shareholder revolt yesterday during the company's Annual General Meeting (AGM). Last weekend, it emerged via the Sunday...

The Purplebricks share price dropped by 1% to 108p yesterday as investors prepare for today's Annual General Meeting. The hybrid agency's market...

Purplebricks is reported to be facing a shareholder revolt this coming week at its annual general meeting because of bonuses paid...

A newspaper claims that a crowdfunding site used by some estate agencies and other property industry companies has suspended trading on...

Former Countrywide employees who take to social media or the mainstream press to criticise the company are betraying those who remained...

Countrywide is now “beyond salvation” according to former chief executive Harry Hill. The industry veteran, who also founded Rightmove, made the remark...

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...

Mark Witherspoon, well known in the agency industry as the former data services director of Zoopla, has joined the TwentyCi company.  TwentyCi...

The owner of a home for sale has complained to the Advertising Standards Authority after seeing it marketed on Zoopla -...

The US estate agency Keller Williams says it is on course to have 10 hubs, called market centres, across the UK...

It’s been an interesting week of contrasts when it comes to online replacing ‘the old school’. Data from that clever consultancy The...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

Online agency Doorsteps is slashing its flat fee to just £1 with no commission charge - but for only 48 hours. The...

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that it now has signed listing agreements with more than 11,000 estate agency offices - over...

The government has used this week’s Conservative party conference to announce a new stamp duty tax of one per cent to three...

Countrywide is under fire again over the controversial rescue plan it announced last week. On Friday the troubled agency group’s share price -...

The creators of a website using market data to define postcodes as hosting a seller’s market or a buyer’s market have...

What a big week for PropTech! With the very first MIPIM PropTech conference, taking place in Paris today and tomorrow, comes...

The young entrepreneur behind Doorsteps, the estate agency that deliberately avoids the huge marketing razzamatazz of other online companies, says his...

A Labour MP who has in the past been fiercely critical of estate and lettings agents now says that property is...

Akshay Ruparelia, the teenager who set up the Doorsteps online estate agency only 18 months ago, is now reported to be...

Graham Norwood has scooped two accolades in the prestigious Property Press Awards for his work on Estate Agent Today and Letting...

Online estate agencies are the centre of attention right now - but one of them seems to be seeking publicity in...

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

Emoov founder Russell Quirk says that in some cases social media might give a more accurate picture of an estate agency’s...

London estate agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward says is reported to be appealing against a court’s decision about commission payable by...

Another Budget, another pledge of new house building: it appears from statements made over the weekend by Chancellor Phillip Hammond that...

It has been revealed that the beleaguered government of Theresa May is to hold a summit at 10 Downing Street tomorrow...

There is growing concern that online agents who do not chase-up on behalf of clients are leading to delays and fall-throughs...

The Sunday Times made uncomfortable reading for Purplebricks yesterday as the newspaper raised more questions about the number of homes the...

Walk in your customers’ shoes Experiencing your business as your customers do would be our number one rule. How often do you...

ZPG chief executive Alex Chesterman has been named in a list of 100 British businessmen regarded as the key disruptors of...

James Dearsley, founder of The Digital Marketing Bureau and arguably the best known figure in the fast-emerging property technology sector, is...

Fine & Country says it is to return to the small screen with another round of TV advertising, building on its...

Despite Brexit and economic uncertainty, there is still confidence from many agencies that are expanding, opening and acquiring even this late...

SDL Group, which already owns the 54-branch Century 21 UK franchise, has now announced its third business acquisition in 12 months. Humphreys...

It’s a headline from an Australian business journal this week but it has a familiar ring to it: “Estate agents’ attempts...

Settled, which was set up in 2015 and earlier this year announced it was hunting for an additional £1m in funding,...

Online agency Settled has been described by a major national newspaper as having “halved the time it takes to sell a...

A member of the public has submitted a complaint on portal juggling to the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team following...

I wish it were otherwise, but there’s a crisis just beginning to sweep over newspapers – with, a bit beneath the...

Property has dominated many of the entries in the Sunday Times’ much-respected Rich List, which names the 1,000 wealthiest individuals with...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Bob Scarff, the head of Countrywide’s estate agency business until last May, has become a...

There has been a surge of new crowdfunding platforms aimed at people who either cannot afford to purchase their own buy...

Karl Tatler Estate Agents & Lettings - recently annointed at Estate Agency of the Year at the Sunday Times annual awards...

New research shows that the north-south divide over house prices is not only continuing but is getting significantly worse.  High-end agency Savills,...

A newspaper article claims that Rightmove and Zoopla are “awash” with what it calls “the unofficial resales of flats in developments...

Who are you? Steve Gosney. What does it say on your business card? Managing Director of Kremer Signs. How long has Kremer Signs...