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Hamptons has appointed Chris Randall as regional sales director, overseeing the businesses South West and West London regions.  He takes over from...

Strutt & Parker has appointed Kraig Butler as director and head of residential saes in the consultancy’s Gerrards Cross office. It comes...

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

The borough of Richmond upon Thames in London has been crowned the happiest place to live in Great Britain, according to...

Twenty-minute neighbourhoods, 15-minute cities, low traffic neighbourhoods, walkable neighbourhoods: these concepts are suddenly everywhere. They boil down to a simple idea:...

Keir Starmer’s announcement about building on the Green Belt attracted some contentious headlines. It immediately thrust housing and planning into the...

Open Property Group has carried out research which looks into where UK homeowners are moving to and if there is a...

Sellers are still adopting a “take it or leave it approach” with prices up to 20% higher than most “sensible buyers”...

Sustainability has become a watch word for businesses the world over but there’s one element of this equation that is too...

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

The ‘race for space’ may not have been as significant a contest as first thought, new data suggests. Figures from property data...

It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...

Historic estate agency brand Humberts has expanded into the Oxford area with a tenth franchised office. It is led by experienced local...

The boundaries of prime central London are expanding, new research claims. The PCL market is generally described as the exclusive districts of...

Regional agent Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding into York and has appointed experienced estate agent, Nick Udovicic, to head up...

From golf days to white collar boxing, agents and property professionals have been swinging into action for charitable causes recently. Remember, if...

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

Agents and property professionals haven't let the mini-heatwave stop them sweating and stepping up for charity. Here are some of the sector's...

Agents have been getting active in recent weeks to raise money for Ukrainian refugees. Fundraising activities range from office-based collections and referencing challenges...

A new ‘local and independent’ boutique estate agency has been founded in the heart of Wimbledon Village, with a vision of...

A former senior partner of the Fenn Wright agency has died at the age of 82. Roger Dennis, who died on Boxing Day,...

Hello and welcome to our latest fantastic festive display from an agency - this time, Dawsons. The agency’s senior partner Chris Hope...

A pilot scheme has been announced to test ways of limiting second home ownership and reducing the impact additional properties have...

Rightmove claims to have found the happiest place in the UK - and it’s in Northumberland. The market town of Hexham has...

In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...

Strutt & Parker has revealed where it believes the housing market will see the largest demand in 2022, outside of London. The...

Luke Thirkettle heads up the lettings division at Stratfords, a single-branch lettings and sales agency based in Milton Keynes. Here, he speaks to...

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

Independent agency chain haart is opening what it calls a new ‘property centre’ in Aylesbury later this month.   Tim Wardley, managing...

Hello - it’s Friday already and that means more salutes to those in our industry raising money for good causes. If...

A think tank claims that ‘urban flight’ - when people leave cities and head for towns and villages - is merely a...

As an indication of the frenzied property market, this may take some beating - an agent has had 18 viewings on...

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

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

It’s another Bank Holiday weekend and the first since lockdown was eased and the housing market returns - so perhaps a...

If anyone told us six weeks ago that agents would still be doing such amazing work for their communities during lockdown...

Hello and because it’s Friday there are two pieces of good news: it’s nearly the weekend and it’s the day for...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...

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

As the country nears a Brexit deal (maybe… perhaps… possibly) there’s time to reflect on a quite contrasting process - the no-nonsense...

I missed the biggest property story of the week and it’s only scant consolation that almost everyone else seemed to miss it...

The weekend is over all-too-quickly but at least if it’s Monday, it’s Property Jobs Today - your weekly catch up with...

One thing’s clear in the ongoing mess surrounding Brexit - a lot of people are simply putting their head down and...

Hello and welcome to a bumper edition of Property Jobs Today, your weekly insight into the key moves within our industry. Everyone...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that a new property firm is being launched specialising solely in the sale of off-market homes...

Our industry does great work for good causes not just in this country but around the world, as this week’s Agents...

Estate agency Jackson-Stops says it has discovered precisely how many existing home owners understand the difficulties facing first time buyers in...

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

A research report compiled by Strutt & Parker in partnership with Octopus Healthcare has revealed what the baby boomer generation expects...

As we end an especially tragic week, it is heart-warming to remember how our industry - along with so many other...

A two year investigation by the Law Commission has ended with a claim that some owners of leasehold retirement properties, and...

Over 168,000 new homes were completed in the year to March 2016, according to data released by the government, over 15,500...

A new body set up to forge links between developers and estate agents has spoken up in favour of the government’s...

Fine & Country is opening a new office specialising in villages in West Sussex.  The Downland Villages branch, situated in Henfield, will...

The government’s blizzard of New Year announcements about new homes has received a distinctly frosty welcome from many within the property...

Independently-owned East Anglian estate agency Fenn Wright has acquired Sudbury -based Thorntons for an undisclosed fee.  The acquisition forms part of Fenn...

The summer term – rounders, cricket and hayfever. It's also the last dash before the housing market supposedly closes down for...

We know so many agents do good fund-raising during the festive season - here are just a few who made contact...

An independent estate agent based in Leicestershire has urged agents to play a more active and altruistic role in their community. William...