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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...

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

TV presenter and property expert Laura Hamilton is set to host this year’s Guild Awards. The presentation will take place at the...

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...

Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...

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

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...

The government should reverse some of its latest energy efficiency policies so owners, landlords and tenants can enjoy cheaper fuel bills The...

Uncertainty over interest rates continues to dominate the thoughts of many working in the property sector.  Here in his latest column property...

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

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

It is no secret that our climate is getting warmer. 2022 was one of the six warmest years on record globally,...

Whether at home or abroad, here are some top tips to prevent homeowners from breaking common garden laws and rules this...

A new survey suggests the overwhelming majority of the public are critical of the government’s apparent housing failures. A study of 1,323...

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...

Hamptons’ head of London private office has questioned why video has not become more widely-used in listings as he suggests more...

Annual house price growth dropped for the fourth month in a row in February and dropped further into negative territory on...

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...

A recent study revealed that as many as 4.6 million homes in England overheat. With highs of 40°C this week and warnings...

From bike rides to boxing, agents and property professionals have been turning up the heat with their fundraising exploits. Remember, if you...

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...

The lack of agency stock for sale has pushed the gap between asking and sold prices to record lows, research claims. Research...

Fundraising efforts featuring bikes, boats and James Bond all feature in this week's edition of Agents Do Charity. Remember, if you have...

This week, you will have all seen the sad news that Graham Norwood is stepping down as editor of Estate Agent...

Estate Agent Today is to have a new editor from April 4. He is award winning journalist and podcaster Marc Shoffman who...

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 Connells senior negotiator has received a suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of wounding following an attack at a...

The Budget has proven more generous than many expected - and with most property taxation left unchanged. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made...

TV property personality Amanda Lamb has been named as the presenter of the first ever allAgents Annual Customer Experience Awards in...

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

Every agent likes to have their phones ringing off the hook. So London agent Robert Irving Burns must have been excited when...

A soap star has swapped scripts for property sales. Actor Marc Silcock was involved in one of ITV soap Emmerdale’s biggest storylines,...

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...

Hello, and here’s the bad news to get it over with - this is the final Bank Holiday weekend before…Christmas. Now that’s...

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...

There is growing criticism of Savills on social media following the controversy over a racist tweet apparently sent from the personal...

The second man to appear in a notorious video showing an estate agent accosting Professor Chris Whitty has now been charged...

An estate agent has been sacked after being identified as one of two people accosting England's chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty. A...

It was never going to be easy for Scotland - and there was no sense of jeopardy for an already-through England. Yet...

In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...

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

Annual house price growth remains strong but it has slowed significantly according to the Nationwide. Prices dropped 0.2 per cent on average...

The Chancellor’s recent announcement that the stamp duty holiday would be extended for another three months was undoubtedly great news for...

The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...

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

Labour has accused the government of promoting “sky high mortgages” instead of providing stable accommodation for younger households. A new mortgage guarantee...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Franchising What is Meyers and what...

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

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...

One of the country’s most exclusive agencies, UK Sotheby’s International Realty, was the subject of a Channel 4 documentary last evening. The...

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...

Property tax rises and falling house prices look as if they are on the way according to the small print accompanying...

Firstly, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Lockdown 2, as it’s being known, is now with us, but fortunately...

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...

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...

It’s hotting up out there as a beautiful summer’s weekend beckons - an ideal time for some fund-raising in the sun,...

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...

Rightmove has taken the unusual step this weekend of issuing its usual monthly asking price index on a Saturday instead of...

For complete transparency, I write this column first thing on a Tuesday morning and have done for a couple of years...

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

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

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

The government will not announce a Mansion Tax at next month’s Budget. It was first reported by the Sunday Telegraph a week ago,...

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

Conservatives have been lining up to criticise a mansion tax which may be introduced on expensive homes to fund infrastructure improvements...

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

A new year dawns - but will 2020 bring new change for the agency industry now that the market appears to...

A new portal has been launched aiming to take on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket in the retirement property sector - and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Milton Rodosthenous, Director of Equity and Capital & LetsBid Property.  What...

The chief executive of Purplebricks UK says the struggling hybrid agency is definitely not for sale, despite recent sales of stakes...

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...

Briefings from the Conservative Party to The Sun newspaper suggest that the party will this week announce further relaxation in planning...

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

Labour will this week discuss plans to allow councils to compulsorily purchase homes left empty for six months. Young Labour - a...

It’s that time again. Each year I take a look at newspaper readership - not from the angle of journalists, but...

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

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Eric Woodhams F.N.A.E.A. mio Account Manager What is mio and what...

In a surprising announcement overnight, housing minister Kit Malthouse says he is standing to become the Conservative party leader and next...