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02 September 2024
From: Breaking News
The predictions game can be tricky. Sometimes you just don’t know whether to stick or twist. As reported in Estate Agent Today...
31 August 2024
From: Features
Shortly after the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act was granted Royal Assent in May, we surveyed members of the Association of...
31 August 2024
From: Features
The Government may be silent so far on support schemes for first-time buyers but the UK’s largest lender now appears to...
30 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...
30 August 2024
From: Breaking News
In today's rapidly evolving property market, the focus on reducing transaction times for individual properties is at an all-time high. Various...
29 August 2024
From: Sponsored Content
Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has surpassed the 600 member agent threshold. It comes after recruiting a further 100 agents since the...
29 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Auction sales are becoming more popular even as the wider market falls, figures suggest. Proptech firm iamproperty analysed data between January and...
29 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Political and economic stability is encouraging more movement in the housing market, according to new figures released by online valuation specialists...
29 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Lower mortgage rates have slowed the exodus of first-time buyers from London ,research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons for the first half of...
27 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The 90-minute commute continues to flourish for family homes, it has been claimed. Speaking on the Winkworth’s latest Property Exchange podcast, the...
27 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The new Labour government has committed to building 370,000 homes per year, but is it realistic? The housing crisis in the UK...
24 August 2024
From: Features
Almost two-thirds of first-time buyers have got on the property ladder using help from the Bank of Mum and Dad but...
23 August 2024
From: Breaking News
EVER since Rishi Sunak stood in the rain and effectively announced he’d soon be moving house, Labour have been saying the...
23 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Fewer than 50,000 mortgages have been completed with the support of the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme, official figures show. The scheme was launched...
22 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Estate agency acquisitions expert Lucy Noonan has revealed the misogyny she has faced in the sector. Speaking on the latest episode of...
21 August 2024
From: Breaking News
In the current rental market, where legislative changes and tax reforms loom large, many landlords are expressing doubt about the viability...
21 August 2024
From: Features
The UK has the slowest home moving timeline among 12 global nations, research suggests. Upfront information provider Moverly has analysed the average...
20 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Super prime agency The Private Office: Real Estate is looking to score with sports stars and celebrities. It has appointed Elisha Warburton...
20 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Average asking prices for new property listings had their usual summer drop this month but Rightmove is predicting a busy Autumn. The...
19 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Industry figure Charlie Lamdin is set to launch a new crowd-sourced Public House Price Index as he declares war against property...
19 August 2024
From: Breaking News
More than half of mortgaged first-time buyers received support from the Bank of Mum and Dad in 2023, the highest proportion...
19 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents can now access pre-populated material information forms through iamproperty. Users of iamproperty’s movebutler platform can use the feature, helping save time...
19 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The expected dip in mortgage rates following the Bank of England’s base rate cut continued this week with NatWest’s lowest price...
17 August 2024
From: Features
One key point of difference in the parties’ housing policies during the recent general election campaign was that the Conservative Party...
17 August 2024
From: Features
The smart home movement has been gathering pace for some time and connected living should be top of the agenda for...
17 August 2024
From: Features
The ‘UK Seniors Housing Market Update Q2 2024’ from Knight Frank brings positive news that the supply of new seniors housing...
17 August 2024
From: Features
I have been an agent for 25 years and have represented a large corporate agency and Anderson Rose (my own independent...
17 August 2024
From: Features
Overvaluations are making properties taking longer to go under offer but sales are at least finally completing faster, research suggests. Analysis by...
16 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...
16 August 2024
From: Breaking News
When I first started working as an estate agent there was one thing I never saw coming… and that was having...
16 August 2024
From: Breaking News
An exciting new collaboration between TVPN, EstateApps and Paul Long is set to transform the way you advertise your property listings...
15 August 2024
From: Sponsored Content
Annual house price growth remained at 2.7% ahead of the general election in June and was up just 0.5% on a...
15 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Inflation has increased for the first time this year during July, dashing hopes of a further interest rate cut. The rate of...
15 August 2024
From: Breaking News
You won’t need me to tell you, but transactions are taking a l-o-n-g time right now. Figures from a digital information service...
15 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Plymouth has been named as the fasted location to sell a home in a new index. OnTheMarket has unveiled a new monthly...
14 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Increasing numbers of homebuyers are taking out bridging loans to prevent a chain from collapsing. The latest Bridging Trends industry report shows...
14 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A cross-industry collaboration aims to showcase how working horizontally across key stages of the home-buying and selling journey can positively impact...
14 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Councils are warning agents to abide by the rules following complaints from residents and businesses about the positions of For Sale...
12 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A new analysis of buyers’ actions during viewings suggests many effectively ignore the truly important features, and are instead distracted by...
12 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove is to be the headline sponsor of ITV’s music show The Voice UK, starring veteran crooner Tom Jones. The portal says...
12 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The slump in housing market transactions is beginning to translate into a fall in the number of conveyancing companies. A study by...
12 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The director of a London estate agency claims a buyer needs an income of £100,000 a year to purchase a home...
12 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Now that a new government has been elected and interest rates appear to be on their way down, many buyers who...
10 August 2024
From: Features
Google estimates that 70% of a customer’s buying decision is made online before they contact you for the first time. And who...
10 August 2024
From: Features
The three months of May-July provide welcome news for both active buyers and sellers, and those thinking of buying or selling...
10 August 2024
From: Features
The most predictable event of the year is underway. After months of talking about how taxes won’t rise for working people,...
09 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Price premiums on waterside properties are at their lowest in five years, according to Jackson-Stops’ annual Waterside Review. While waterside homes in...
09 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent financial analyst is warning that the hopes for a housing market resurgence over the autumn could be derailed by...
08 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A new study by Barclays Bank suggests that despite most Brits either owning a home or aspiring to be future homeowners,...
08 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest RICS Residential Property Survey found the UK's residential property sector brightened slightly in July. Average mortgage rates lowered slightly during...
08 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Moving further away from family, friends and familiar places to get onto the property ladder is becoming more common for first-time...
08 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A little known family-run agency - Griffin Property Co - says it is finally relaunching as Emoov. The purchase of the Emoov...
07 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The share price of Rightmove dropped some 6% yesterday on the back of an announcement that it was terminating the listings...
07 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Most households in England today are ‘under-occupying’ their homes, according to the think tank the Resolution Foundation. And it says there doesn’t...
07 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The Scottish housing market is proving remarkably stable according to figures from the Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre. The average selling price of...
07 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A building society is calling for stamp duty reforms to incentivise downsizing. A statement from the Suffolk Building Society says it believes...
06 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Some 74% of developers believe that the government setting targets for councils would be the key to unlocking planning issues faced...
06 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Hamptons has announced a new international partnership that will launch the brand ‘in association with Hamptons’. The deal is with Italian agency...
06 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A consumer group and a removals firm claims to have identified the busiest day of the year for house moves -...
06 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A poll of surveyors shows strong support for the idea of pre-sale surveys. When asked whether the new Government should introduce mandatory...
05 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Research from Zoopla shows that two-bed terraced homes are the fastest-selling property type in England and Wales, with a sale agreed...
05 August 2024
From: Breaking News
At last! Well, they say small is beautiful and, if you’re in the property sector right now, you’d better believe it! The...
03 August 2024
From: Features
Changes were made to Class MA commercial to residential permitted development rights in February which mean that there has never been...
03 August 2024
From: Features
House price growth hit its highest level for almost two years during July, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index...
02 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...
02 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The majority of UK adults find buying a home more stressful than selling but many are unaware of who an estate...
01 August 2024
From: Breaking News
By Mike Bilboe, Face For Business Buying or selling a home can be one of the most stressful and uncertain times for...
31 July 2024
From: Sponsored Content
Fine & Country has expanded further into North Yorkshire and County Durham with a new team headed up by property duo James...
31 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Estate agents remain largely split on whether Labour’s General Election win will be positive for the housing market. A survey of almost...
30 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The Government is being urged to keep the first-time buyer Stamp Duty relief threshold at its current level. Labour signalled before it...
29 July 2024
From: Breaking News
What’s in a name? Or particularly a label? We all seem to have one these days. If we’re not a first time...
27 July 2024
From: Features
Mandatory housing targets are back, alongside a pledge to build 1.5 million homes in the next five years. But can Prime...
27 July 2024
From: Features
Higher mortgage rates will push more people than expected into poverty, research warns. Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) highlights...
26 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Paul Halliwell and my VMC business card says “Executive...
25 July 2024
From: 60 Second Interview
Further consumer education is needed to remove the stigma of auction property sales, iamproperty co-founder Jamie Cooke claims. Cooke has suggested TV...
25 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Mortgage rates are dropping faster than many expected, Rightmove claims. Nationwide unveiled a 3.99% five-year fix for home purchases this week –...
25 July 2024
From: Breaking News
With more than 25 years’ experience as an estate agent, Liza Daniels heads up our outsourced call service, Managed MovePal. She...
24 July 2024
From: Marketing & Social Media
Best buy mortgage rates have fallen below 4% for the first time since the start of the year. Nationwide is the first...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The total value of the UK residential housing market is now worth £8.67 trillion, according to Savills, with the value of...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
According to Landmark Information Group’s recent Insights Report, both sales and purchases have seen substantial increases in the time taken from...
24 July 2024
From: Features
Moverly’s upfront information services have been integrated with technology platform Reapit. Agents using Reapit can now access Moverly's comprehensive material information solution,...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Half of young first-time buyers are willing to consider “non-traditional routes” to get onto the property ladder. Research suggests that around a...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they uncover the common challenges faced by Estate Agency owners at...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
NOBODY does pomp and ceremony like us Brits and, wow, it was on full display in Westminster last week. Despite the prestige...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Lead instruction generation tool Spectre has added social media marketing capabilities to its platform. It is being delivered through an exclusive partnership...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Two years of rising interest rates, the withdrawal of first-time buyer support, planning delays and a string of broken promises has...
20 July 2024
From: Features
Complete guidance on Material Information parts A, B and C has been live in the property industry since last November. While...
20 July 2024
From: Features
We all know what defines a successful community: not just a range of homes to address a range of requirements, but...
20 July 2024
From: Features
A global payments issues that could have hit home sales has now been resolved, the Bank of England has confirmed. A statement...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Housebuilding, leasehold and rental reform are set to be key roles of the new Labour Government’s legislative agenda but agency regulation...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
We’ve probably all had enough of people campaigning in recent weeks but I have to admit to one disappointment with the...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents in the East of England could face the toughest task filling the void left by first-time buyer Stamp Duty relief...
17 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Demand for energy efficient new homes is on the rise, according to recent data from Knight Frank. A recent buyer sentiment survey...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Asking prices dropped at the start of July as estate agents and sellers attempted to attracted buyers who have been distracted...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Fine & Country is increasing its focus on international growth by launching new marketing initiatives to support its existing international network...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
While housing is a devolved matter, ESPC hopes that the promises made by Labour in the recent general election might help...
13 July 2024
From: Features
Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) continue to make headlines, and unfortunately, it’s once again for the wrong reasons. A recent investigation by Which?...
13 July 2024
From: Features
Extra paperwork, poorly-resourced solicitors and a lack of upfront material information have all been cited as factors contributing to delays in...