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Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

Major lenders including Barclays, HSBC, and TSB have reduced their interest rates on new fixed mortgages, offering a glimmer of hope...

There are often very grim snapshots of the current property crisis.  But one of the most shocking I’ve read in a long...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings: Last week...

As the great sporting summer continues – with the Lionesses triumphant against Germany last Sunday, the ongoing Commonwealth Games, and the...

The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...

A website called The Changing Face of Property has been launched to encourage young people planning their careers to consider our...

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

First the good news - estate agents are trusted more than politicians and no less than bankers. Now the bad news:...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

Figures drawn up by a property industry recruitment guru show that estate agents work only two thirds of the hours they...

HM Land Registry is making it easier to verify individuals’ ID from today. In addition to conveyancers and chartered legal executives, verification...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...

The government has announced its First Homes scheme - a policy under which it says some new homes will see their...

Election time means setting out your stall and getting support - so how about a vote of confidence for those agents,...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

Estate agents are amongst the workers to suffer the worst fall in wages over the past 10 years according to shock...

Hello and welcome to this week’s hat-tip towards those in our industry doing so much to help others in need. Summer fund-raising...

A study of house price affordability has revealed that train drivers can afford a greater proportion of homes in the UK's...

A new survey commissioned by a property firm suggests that 31 per cent of people feel uncomfortable about the idea of...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says more women should enter estate agency and other property sectors across the land and...

Earlier this week it was Dads4Daughters Day – a campaign that strives to promote gender equality in the workplace.  I have three...

There’s a celebrity element to this week’s Agents Do Charity, as you can read below. But whether it’s a big star who...

Only a week to the Christmas break and still our industry goes above and beyond the call of duty to raise...

The days are getting longer, the sun is starting to appear on a more regular basis, Easter is just around the...

Once you go beyond the industry’s anger about the Chancellor’s three per cent stamp duty surcharge – and that’s an anger...

As the summer holidays near, we’re continuing to publicise the side of estate agency that rarely presents itself to the public...