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31 August 2024
From: Features
The real estate industry is one of the industries hardest hit by falling numbers of self-employed, having seen the third-largest decline...
31 August 2024
From: Features
Property taxes in Scotland raised almost £640m over the past twelve months, according to analysis of the latest statistics by agency...
30 August 2024
From: Breaking News
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss the annual Estate Agency X event, titled 'Mastering the...
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
Agency stock has hit a seven-year high but realistic pricing is essential, Zoopla warns. The portal’s latest House Price Index for August...
28 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Savills has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Tommy Newbigging to lead its new homes department across Essex and parts...
28 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Estate agents working with international individuals can face a significant risk of encountering money laundering activities. The complex nature of cross-border...
24 August 2024
From: Features
The construction and property industry has the second highest tenure in the UK, with employees remaining with a company for 4.4...
24 August 2024
From: Features
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
Estate agents have more work to do when it comes to customer service and securing leads, a mystery shopping exercise has...
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
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
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
Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has acquired Milton Keynes brand Alan Francis Estate Agents. The estate agency was founded in 1999 by Jeremy...
16 August 2024
From: Breaking News
An online travel agent has come to the rescue for an estate agent’s fundraiser to give a local road sweeper a...
15 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Luxury estate agent Daniel Daggers, aka #MrSuperPrime, has been named as the keynote speaker for the Propertymark Trust’s PropX fundraising event. Daggers,...
14 August 2024
From: Breaking News
An estate agent’s kind attempt to raise money for a local road sweeper to have a much-deserved holiday have been derailed...
13 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A new estate agency in Hampshire is celebrating expansion after securing more than £40m of property listings in its first half...
13 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
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
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
There’s nothing more frustrating than losing a sale at the last minute due to details that could have been disclosed upfront....
07 August 2024
From: Features
An agency that’s been part of a community for 55 years has been snapped up by a rival firm. Reed Evans &...
06 August 2024
From: Breaking News
New figures from Connells suggest the company remains Britain’s biggest estate agent, handling one in 10 transactions. And in its latest report...
05 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Estate agents are being asked to do too much when it comes to material information rules but there appears to be...
05 August 2024
From: Breaking News
One of Spicerhaart’s top performers has been rewarded with promotion to the estate agency director role covering Essex. Dan Augustin had previously...
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
Estate agents are braced for a busy Autumn selling season after the first interest rate cut since March 2020. The Bank of...
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
Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered property app Jitty has surpassed 75,000 users since its launch earlier this year. Jitty, coined the ‘Instagram for homes,’...
31 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The number of mortgage approvals for house purchase fell for the third consecutive month in June but property professionals remain optimistic...
30 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 housing crisis will be solved using technology.” Or so I read somewhere this week. This notion that technology is the panacea...
27 July 2024
From: Features
IT’s very difficult to predict anything in the property sector. But one thing I can predict with total certainty is we will...
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
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
A lack of cashflow is stopping agents from adopting technology to boost their business, it has been claimed. Proptech firm iamproperty recently...
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
LSL Estate Agency Franchising is home to one of the UK’s best-known estate agent brands - Your Move. There are several...
23 July 2024
From: Sponsored Content
HMRC and the Treasury have been urged to improve guidance on anti-money laundering (AML). Agency trade body Propertymark has suggested that while...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Zoopla has invested in new online content and personalised emails using artificial intelligence to drive demand for estate agents. The portal said...
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
Manning Stainton has committed to nurturing the rising stars of the property industry in Yorkshire through a summer training academy with...
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
Agents appear to be underestimating the usefulness of customer reviews, research suggests A survey of more than 500 estate agents found a...
19 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
The Law Society has teamed up with Teal Legal to host an online seminar for estate agents addressing material information. The webinar...
17 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
B-hive Block Management Partners Celebrates Major Milestone With Over 100 Businesses Onboard! B-hive Block Management Partners, part of the Vegner Group, who...
16 July 2024
From: Sponsored Content
Proper implementation of material Information across the estate agency sector could reduce the amount of lost or delayed commission due to...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
A war of words is escalating between OnTheMarket owner CoStar and its rival Realtor.com in the US. It comes as CoStar was...
15 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
The Single-Family Rental (SFR) sector is experiencing rapid growth in the UK, presenting a unique opportunity for local lettings and estate...
13 July 2024
From: Features
Sentiment about sales volumes among surveyors and estate agents is at its most upbeat level for more than two years and...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Estate agents submitted 30% more Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and Defence Against Money Laundering (DAML) SARs last year, research suggests. Analysis by...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Attention is turning to acquisitions and growth among LSL’s newly-franchised brands. It has been a year since LSL Property Services announced that...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Lomond announced its second acquisition this week, boosting its presence in the South of England. The deal will see Lomond acquire the...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
A customer from The Property Franchise Group (TPFG)- brand Hunters Estate Agency this week completed the first Law Society licensed Digital...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
As mortgage rates remain high, estate agents report that housing market conditions continue to be demanding. A 0.1% fall in the average...
06 July 2024
From: Features
Proptech firm iamproperty has launched a CRM for estate agents. A dedicated data migration and onboarding team is in place to make...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents are being urged to prepare for a surge in enquiries following the General Election this week Many agents have reported that...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Lomond chief revenue officer John Ennis has joined the LonRes board as a non-executive director. Ennis began his property career at Foxtons...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Agency sales supply and demand dipped in May as buyers and sellers await the election outcome, Propertymark members claim. The agency trade...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Sprift is to continue as one of the principal sponsors for the 2024 ESTAS Awards. The data firm will present the prestigious...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Given the rise of conveyancing fraud, client compliance platform Thirdfort is urging conveyancers, lawyers and estate agents to offer more secure...
29 June 2024
From: Features
Gaps between buyer and seller expectations have spread into the auction sector. The issue has become common among estate agents dealing with...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
An Irish estate agent has come up with a solution to For Sale boards that can get damaged by bad weather. Auctioneera...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The recent dip in inflation to 2% for the first time in three years brings a glimmer of optimism in the...
26 June 2024
From: Features
LSL Property Services has appointed Michael Stoop to its board as a non-executive director. He brings significant experience in estate agency and...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Two property consultancies say outdoor space should have a separate value to the rest of the home when it goes on...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
A survey of over 11,000 buyers suggests overwhelming support for more upfront information to be supplied by agents to buyers. Disclosing upfront...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
A PropTech platform that links buyers with estate agents’ off-market listings has won £800,000 in new investment. The platform is called...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The announcement by the Bank Of England that interest rates will remain fixed at 5.25% for the seventh month in a...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
This week I reached the point of maximum political saturation. We’re now four weeks into the campaign with less than a...
22 June 2024
From: Features
A new house price forecast by peer-to-peer real estate investment platform, easyMoney, reveals that recent optimism in the UK property market could...
22 June 2024
From: Features
Interest rates were held for the sixth consecutive Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting yesterday, as agents expressed hope of a cut...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Agency brand Phipps & Pritchard has given its branch windows a football-themed overhaul in time for Euro 2024. The independent agent, which...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest inflation figures this morning are expected to show that the cost of living measure has slowed to the Bank...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Zoopla owner Houseful has launched Movemnt, described as a national home transaction infrastructure for all property professionals. Movemnt joins the Houseful family...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
A large proportion of estate agents are managing to get more deals over the line thanks to longer daylight hours, research...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The next generation of estate agents won’t be going to the office in 10 years, the founder of eXp World Holdings...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents working for themselves, supported by a ‘broker’ organisation are on the increase in the UK after becoming almost the norm...
15 June 2024
From: Features
Pattinson Auction is launching in Northern Ireland. A statement from the high profile firm says the move is part of its mission...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Online digital valuation service The ValPal Network (TVPN*) is expanding after creating a reservoir of what it calls “sufficient quality data.” It’s...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Tell us a little bit about National Home Move. We are a network of more than 60 Your Move and Reeds Rains...
12 June 2024
From: Sponsored Content
The Conservative Party’s General Election manifesto has committed to resurrecting the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme and temporarily removing Capital...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
THE news that an NHS trust was hit by a cyber-attack earlier this month naturally attracted a lot of headlines. Even though...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Homebuyers are spending an average of £51,784 to move home in the current market, although this climbs as high as £86,000...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Family run agency brand The Good Estate Agent has welcomed the next generation of the team in the shape of Tom...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Around a fifth of estate agents have seen a drop in buyer activity and almost a third claim sellers have gone...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Fine & Country has launched an exclusive training event for its licensees featuring internationally renowned speaker, trainer, and coach, Josh Phegan. It...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Concerns around market appraisals and how offers are handled are likely to be the key industry complaints this year amid lower...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
In a week when the election campaign descended into claim and counterclaim of lies over tax plans and Nigel Farage was...