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Shortly after the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act was granted Royal Assent in May, we surveyed members of the Association of...

Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has appointed its first chief technology officer. Sophia Swain has been recruited to the board-level role. She comes from...

A quarter of homebuyers have attempted to bribe sellers with everything from cash to kindness when trying to secure a property,...

More than 60,000 property and real estate businesses have started the year in ‘financial distress,’ a professional services and insolvency firm...

Heat pumps are become more prevalent across the UK to power our homes’ heating requirements and they are only likely to...

 Hilary Grayson is a Director at Sava focusing much of her time on the development of new qualifications to enhance skills...

Introduced to Parliament in May, the Renters (Reform) Bill seeks to improve the private rental sector for both tenants and landlords....

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

Propertymark has given its backing to simplifying how firms are regulated under anti-money laundering (AML) rules. The Treasury is currently consulting on...

At present, the space heating of homes accounts for roughly 14% of the UK’s annual emissions. If we are to meet...

Agency-backed anti-money laundering platform Thirdfort is celebrating reaching 1m downloads of its app. Thirdfort, backed by Knight Frank, Chestertons and Savills’ proptech...

A veteran property photographer has revealed the ‘easy to spot’ signs that shows an agent isn’t using professional photography, warning it...

Estate agents could be putting their clients’ personal details at risk by taking information such as addresses, bank account or passport details...

It has been another busy month for job moves in the estate agency sector. Here are some of the latest moves that...

Over the last five years, the Government has introduced a range of measures to regulate the property market, particularly in the...

The Land Registry has set out ambitious plans to automate up to 70% of all updates to its register by 2025...

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...

An agency which in 2020 moved from traditional branches to a hub-based business model, says it’s to become a ‘digital first’...

OnTheMarket has signed a deal with Brickflow, a new comparison site for development finance.   The portal says the partnership will provide member...

Bowmark Capital is selling its Leaders Romans Group, one of the UK’s largest property services groups, to another private equity operator, Platinum...

Sky News reports that the little-known Lomond Group - backed by private equity money - is in exclusive talks to buy one...

MRI Software’s newest Agency Solutions expert, Michael Connolly, made the leap from working on the front line of an estate agent...

Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Estate Agents: “We’re on a mission to revolutionise the traditional concept of estate agency.   We don’t have...

Chestertons, which is itself currently on sale, has snapped up independent London Residential, a firm operating in the north west of...

Despite the roaring housing market, a new report says that no fewer than 70,500 real estate and property businesses are showing...

In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...

The bid by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors to re-establish itself as a trusted body continues with the naming of...

2021 redefined what it meant to offer exceptional customer experiences for consumers across multiple industries, but particularly for the residential property...

The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...

Chestertons, the London high-end estate agency chain, is reported to be looking for a buyer. Sky News says it’s hired Deloitte, the...

The work of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team is “vital” it claims - and the case of the...

Around 2.66 million landlords were operational in Great Britain in 2019, according to data estimations previously released by Hamptons International. Of those...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to offer a formal agency qualification as it goes increasingly on the offensive in a...

A new estate agency says it aims to sell homes within 30 days - and dismisses the idea of a traditional...

There is little doubt that the last year was one which none of us will easily forget both personally and professionally....

The last few months have seen property agents work hard to continue delivering quality client communications and maintain an increasingly digital...

National property consultancy Carter Jonas has bucked the trend of remote working and closing branches to announce it has secured 12,000...

New guidance on face coverings for agents working in branches, and for those dealing directly with visitors, was issued last evening. A statement...

Being a market leader means staying on top of industry trends. The more aware you are of what's happening in the...

A tax expert is urging owners of second homes, as well as property investors and existing landlords, to seek independent financial...

Countrywide has named Amanda Rendle as a new independent non-executive director of the estate agency group; she joined the board yesterday. Rendle...

The independent Seel and Co, one of Cardiff’s and Wales’ oldest independent agencies and auction houses, has been acquired by Jeffrey...

1989 was a significant time for the property industry: it marked the beginning of the end of a period of unprecedented...

Jackson-Stops has launched a new branch in mid-Sussex, expanding the estate agency’s national network to over 45 offices.  The Mid-Sussex branch will...

Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...

There has been a nine per cent rise over the past year in estate agency and property industry firms in so-called...

Alongside hundreds of agents and suppliers, I recently attended the Guild of Property Professionals’ annual conference. As ever, it was a great...

If you thought Christmas Eve meant no more news in terms of industry movers and shakers…well, think again - we’ve one...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in our lives – from virtual assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and...

It is a sobering thought that 40 years have slipped by since I first ran a tape measure across the inside...

The government has unveiled a new body which, it claims, will raise agency standards. There is a long-standing commitment from the government...

Cotswold property and land agency Butler Sherborn has changed its business status to become a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP). The agency currently...

So at last someone has woken up to the fact that Purplebricks needs to be clearer about how it charges for...

Carter Jonas has opened a second office in the Wiltshire market town of Marlborough - and this is its third new...

Are you protecting your data right? This may sound like the sort of direct warning you get from cold callers or...

The UK's largest estate agency has announced a series of internal promotions, bolstering its senior leadership team. Yesterday evening Countrywide confirmed that...

A trading update released by Countrywide this morning shows a 29 per cent slump in London exchanges in the third quarter...

Working relationships between estate agents and conveyancers can be mutually beneficial with the referral of work between parties. However, they are missing...

Earlier this week removal man Matt Faizey had an article published by Estate Agent Today in which he commented about the...

News from the Halifax this week that the combined values of the residential properties in London amounts to £1.13 trillion, virtually...

Every week we publicise the efforts of estate agents and property professionals who have been working extra hard in the name...

A number of my member firms (Bold Legal Group) have reported that, compared to three years ago, the time to get...