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A building society is calling for stamp duty reforms to incentivise downsizing. A statement from the Suffolk Building Society says it believes...

Knight Frank has announced a significant promotion in its London residential sales business.  Chelsea Whelan has been appointed regional partner for North,...

A property recruitment firm that already works with almost 100 estate agencies has rebranded. Genum Recruitment, which has helped supply talent to...

An oversupply of property in the £5m-plus part of the prime London property market has led to a surge of sellers...

PropertyPal has named a new chief executive and wider leadership team. The Northern Ireland-focused property portal has promoted former chief operating officer...

The Buying Solution (TBS) has promoted Will Watson as the new head of the buying agency. TBS is the independent buying consultancy...

US agency broker brand eXp Realty has promoted Leo Pareja to chief executive. Pareja was previously chief strategy officer and will replace...

Savills has promoted its residential sales director Natalie Howlett-Clarke to head of its Norwich office. Effective from the start of this year,...

The Best Estate Agent Guide is hoping to take advantage of the Boxing Day bounce by launching a marketing campaign promoting...

The Government has published long-awaited reforms to its National Planning Policy Framework, confirming that local housebuilding targets will be advisory rather...

The partners of Cluttons have completed a management buyout of the agency and property consultancy brand. James Gray continues as chief executive...

CoStar has defended its operations after a third open letter from OnTheMarket critic Brett Stone attempted to derail the US property...

Three major agency brands have unveiled high-profile appointments this week. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature here, email...

OnTheMarket has partnered with an automated social media service to help agents promote listings on Instagram, X, Facebook and more. Following a...

Fisher German has promoted 39 colleagues across all areas of its business, include making three partners. Ed Moore, part of the agency...

OnTheMarket has extended its sponsorship deal with radio station talkSPORT It will see the portal continue its Premier League airtime partnership with...

Spicerhaart’s HR director has been promoted to the company’s Board after being credited with helping to foster a high-performance culture and...

Two directors of Spicerhaart are set to take over as joint chief executive of the independent agency brand. It comes as its...

A well-known Yorkshire estate agent is celebrating 40 years working at the same firm - and he’s marking his involvement in...

Property data in the UK is mined from a labyrinth of sources such as local authorities, various government departments and private...

Prestige and Village, the premium property agency firm, are continuing their drive to recruit more estate agents as part of their...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings: Last week...

Roger Barrett, Connells Group’s Land & New Homes managing director, is celebrating an impressive 40 years with the business. Since joining Connells...

Lucy Frazer became the 13th Housing Minister to leave the role in the past decade yesterday after she was promoted to...

Lucy Frazer has been promoted from Housing Minister to Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in Rishi Sunak’s latest...

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

Mary Beeton, head of residential sales and residential development at Hamptons is celebrating her twentieth year at Hamptons. She is part of the...

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

Sussex-based estate and lettings agency Mishon Mackay is celebrating as its first apprentice has completed his training. Max Blencowe, the first apprentice...

There are no signs of a post-summer lull in the property jobs market. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

The directors of the Harrogate based residential estate agency for Knight Frank have gone independent. The change of ownership will see the...

The property jobs market hasn't taken a summer holiday this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took place during...

A major new scheme worth half a million pounds is now underway in an effort to promote sustainable investment into housing,...

Spicerhaart has promoted its group managing director for land and new homes to the board. Tim Wardley will join the Spicerhaat board...

People in prominent positions in the housing industry aren’t always perfect role models. After all, Chris Pincher was housing minister for...

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

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

The property recruitment market seems to be moving as fast as house prices. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

Propertymark, the main industry trade body, has this evening updated its guidance on Covid safety for estate and letting agents in...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has promoted housing minister Lucy Powell to a more senior position after just six months. This leaves...

An estate agent claims he may be the highest paid in the industry this year - and he puts it down to...

Hello and welcome to our final Property Jobs Today before the start of autumn - and it’s good to see people...

Hello and welcome to another Property Jobs Today, your chance to see the latest moves in our industry. Why not be a...

A new team of managers at one of the country’s best known franchise brands hopes to promote the concept amongst agents. Hunters...

The self-employed agency model will not be successful in the UK because the commission in this country is so low. That’s the...

Last weekend we spoke with Liana Loporto, NAEA Propertymark’s president, in an exclusive interview. Here we follow that up with an...

Working from home used to get a bad rap. With the phrase mocked as ‘shirking from home’, homeworkers were often seen...

Welcome to the start of another week and as the housing market continues at full pelt, so does the movement of...

The long running saga of insurance firms failing to honour agents’ Business Interruption claims appears to be making progress at last. A...

Michael Bruce has been promoted from the role of executive chairman of Boomin to group chief executive officer. This is within two...

Agents have contacted Estate Agent Today to say they fear the new MatchMaker service on the Boomin portal could be used...

Yopa has instructed two companies to help with its brand building as it battles with other major online players. It’s appointed M.i. Media...

Purplebricks is to tilt its marketing increasingly towards local advertising on traditional and online platforms, and promoting the ‘on the street’...

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...

Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...

As the official advice over holidays descends into farce - can we go this year? if so at home or away?...

Let’s address the elephant in the room first - the property sector and how we market properties is changing. Gone are the...

Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...

The online petition calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday is set to pass 100,000 signatures today. This means the...

The Supreme Court will give its judgment on the long-running Business Interruption Insurance case on Friday. In November a Supreme Court appeal...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...

The hundreds of estate and lettings agencies involved in various Business Interruption Insurance policies must wait even longer to find their...

The agency industry’s new leaders for the coming year have expressed strong support for reform recommendations promoted by the Regulation of...

Zoopla is the first UK property company to launch advertising on Pinterest, the lifestyle picture-centric social media platform. A statement from Zoopla...

The government has issued new guidance to estate and lettings agencies on their obligations regarding money laundering issues - and online...

Hello and welcome to PJT, our Monday feature giving you the inside track on major moves in and across our industry. Let...

Connells Group has revealed seven appointments to its board of directors which it links directly with a target to grow presence and...

Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

The Federation of Independent Agents has announced its latest partnership - this time with a live-streaming viewing service called Gavl. The platform...

A survey of estate agents conducted through trade publications has revealed that market uncertainty and the handling of transactions within government...

Countrywide’s senior staff earning over £45,000 per year have had their pay cut by a fifth while some 78 per cent...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has started buying social media advertising space in a bid to recruit agents. In a ‘promoted’...

There has been scepticism across the industry as to the motives behind an unspecified number of lay-offs and permanent branch closures...

A key figure behind the setting up of Foxtons has been named as the new chief executive of one of the...

There will be a two per cent stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of UK investment properties by non-resident overseas buyers...

In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...

Hello - it’s Monday and so it’s PJT, where you can catch up on the industry major moves of recent days. Please...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week - and it’s been a frantic seven days since the last...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...

Welcome to the first February PJT. As the year progresses the industry embarks on more appointments, especially with a market that’s...

The new mood of apparent political stability promoted by supporters of Boris Johnson and Brexit appears to have failed to win...

Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today before Christmas - and yes, there are still plenty of people moving...

It’s polling day, and not just to decide whether Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn will become Prime Minister. Our latest estate agency...

Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today for November - the festive month of December is just around the...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...

ESTAS, the national customer service award scheme which recognises estate and letting agents,  conveyancers and mortgage advisors, has now fully launched...

Hello there and welcome along to the latest PJT, your weekly catch-up on who’s moving where in agency, amongst suppliers and...

Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...

OnTheMarket is being accused by an agent of charging a monthly fee for a branch it knows to be shut. Ian King...

Hello, welcome to another Monday and the latest PJT. As ever, a brief reminder to please let us know your appointments new...

A PropTech company is suggesting that property mis-measurements and resulting over-valuations may be the next PPI scandal. The firm - Spec, which...

Hello and welcome to PJT, breaking you in to the working week every Monday with news of the movers and shakers...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your regular weekly column giving all the key appointments news in the...

The PropTech era is changing the way in which employees decide where they are going to work. As CBRE has discovered in...

Another house price raffle has closed amid rancour, and with cash prizes being awarded instead of the property originally promoted. The latest...

Conveyancing platform The Moving Hub and Acquaint CRM have announced a strategic partnership. New and existing users of Acquaint CRM will have...

South west regional agency Luscombe Maye has amended an advertisement for a new housing development following a complaint to a watchdog. A...

An agent with over 29 years of experience has taken over as  chief executive officer at Humberts - just as the...