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Fine & Country says it’s staging so-called Masterclass sessions with experts creating strategies “to help agents dominate the prime property market...

Some 83% of estate agents are proud of their profession, says a new survey. The poll of 1,728 estate agents, commissioned by...

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launch a new Ezine system for members to market properties to let and for sale. According...

Lomond - a firm that now calls itself “one of the UK’s largest acquirers of estate and letting agency businesses” -...

Propertymark wants HM Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members.  HMLR launched a consultation last month as...

Seymours, one of the largest independent agency networks operating in the South East of England, is to advertise its lettings and sales...

Curchods is making a bid to expand its activities in the high end Surrey market with a rebrand of its latest...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business.  This is the first...

Burns & Webber, a long-established name in the Surrey property market, is rebranding by adopting its parent company’s name, Curchods.  The four...

The Open Property Data Association has released a new version of its property data standards framework to help letting agents comply...

February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

Hamptons is linking with retirement rental specialist provider Birchgrove, pledging to offer “a unique proposition for those seeking quality senior rental...

A TV presenter with experience of property shows - Laura Hamilton - will be presenting the gongs at the Annual Guild...

Lettings and sales agency Gascoines is this week celebrating 70 years of serving the property market in Nottinghamshire. Founded by Doug Gascoine...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

Winkworth’s first trading statement of 2024 reveals that it saw a five per cent rise in rental revenues in 2023 -...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...

The Leeds- and Manchester-based North Property Group is opening a base in London.  NPG was founded by Oli Banks and Tim Coen...

Residential buy to let in the North West of England, London industrial property and retail warehouses are set to be the...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...

New housing minister Lee Rowley has spoken out in favour of Build To Rent. At the inaugural Build To Rent Innovators conference...

An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...

Attention estate agents: if you're looking for a bumper Christmas bonus, then maintaining your marketing spend throughout December might just be...

The autumn roadshow being hosted by Fine & Country resumes next week with the first of six dates throughout the rest...

The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...

In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving property industry, it’s essential that forward-thinking agents strive for innovation through PropTech to improve processes, save...

UK consumers feel worse off than a year ago, but remain relatively optimistic about the property . That’s the conclusion of a...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Louis Musgrove – Group Managing Director   What is Southernbrook Lettings and...

Prime London markets are proving more resilient to rising interest rates than their mainstream equivalents, says Savills. Prices in prime central London...

It may still be 16 months until the furthest date for the next General Election but with party conference season in...

London-born property magnate Paul Kemsley, nicknamed PK, is the agent at the centre of a new TV property show starting this...

A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...

Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software product, has announced a marketplace product allowing agents to self-serve and activate Proptech partner integrations within the...

A retirement forecast suggests older renters may struggle as demographic and property market figures change over time. Scottish Widows’ annual retirement report,...

Colliers, the agency and property consultancy, has issued another outspoken attack on government policy - this time prompted by a formal...

A mortgage lender has conducted a survey of homeowners which has produced a string of anti-landlord and anti-overseas investor attitudes. Market Financial...

Jackson-Stops has announced the opening of its newest branch in Colchester, Essex.  This follows the launch of its virtual office covering Stockbridge,...

Two cities have been identified as the UK’s highest-growth cities across multiple property sectors over the next 10 years, according to...

EweMove Northampton North has confirmed the acquisition of Martin & Co Northampton.  Both brands are in The Property Franchise Group parent company. Having...

As an estate or letting agent, you may already know that having a strong online presence is crucial for success in...

The property market could be emerging from the downturn, Zoopla says.  Annual house price growth remains just 3.0 per cent according to...

Lettings agency Hamptons, now part of Connells, has hired a former Strictly Come Dancing and Countryfile star to front a property...

New research from The Mortgage Lender reveals that 44 per cent of renters would like more cost-of-living support from the government. Specifically...

Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...

A Conservative MP in a tourist region has blamed the switch of rental accommodation to Airbnbs for a shortage of places...

Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...

Foxtons has worked with house builders the Berkley Group to connect Asia Pacific buyers and landlords with UK property. The initiative, held...

Overseas investors have bagged an effective bonus of £40,000 off the purchase of a UK buy to let, according to leading...

An agency is giving every one of its 600 full time employees a £750 one-off payment to help with the cost...

One of the lettings industry’s best known faces - Paul Shamplina - is to end his TV series focussing on evictions. Suggesting...

There’s a slowly growing optimism amongst property industry figures that the 2023 housing market will be relatively pain-free and not seeing...

A new analysis suggests that the number of first time buyers has plummeted by over 10 per cent in the past...

Fine & Country holds its international conference on March 10 and according to the agency it will be attended by representatives...

Marketing platform BriefYourMarket has announced a PropTech integration with SME Professional, a provider of management software aimed at letting agents. Started in...

A new dedicated Build To Rent company, Adler Estates, has launched in the westcountry. It’s part of the Eagle One group of private property companies...

A prominent legal firm has given its view on the five key trends facing the private rental sector in 2023. These come...

Jeffrey Ross, an independent lettings and sales agency in Cardiff, has acquired ACJ Sales and Lettings in Penarth. Jeffrey Ross has acquired...

Global luxury real estate brand Christie’s International Real Estate has signed Carter Jonas as its exclusive affiliate in the United Kingdom.  Carter...

The UK’s largest property auctioneer is warning of tough times ahead despite a record number of sales in 2022. Auction House sold...

Agents have spent the weekend insisting that the latest house price fall is not indicative of a crash - and may...

New research predicts that northern regions of England will see many of the best investment opportunities in 2023. It is also these...

This may be 2022’s least surprising research finding - most property professionals want interest rates to fall. A webinar poll undertaken by...

The tax on property purchased in one part of the UK has reached a new record figure - and a top...

The John Lewis Partnership has agreed a £500m multi-decade joint venture with global investment company abrdn to deliver around 1,000 new...

A financial expert says the latest house price index, showing the biggest monthly fall for over two years, is the “first...

Purplebricks’ board has announced that a general meeting of shareholders will be held on December 19 - and it involves a...

Rebel shareholders at Purplebricks want the current chairman to be replaced by industry veteran Harry Hill. Lecram Holdings Limited - which has...

The latest high end agency to predict the mainstream market next year is Strutt & Parker - and it’s less downbeat...

Propertymark’s chief executive Nathan Emerson has welcomed the dramatic government U-turn on taxes - but most importantly has retained the stamp...

A shrill press release from a quick buy property firm claims it could take the housing market almost seven years to...

A prominent agent has been appointed to head the ongoing expansion of a well known firm’s lettings team. James Gwynne has joined...

* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Rightmove will host...

Fine & Country will be hosting masterclasses in October focussing on recruitment and retention.  Held in London and Leeds the sessions will...

Agents can now sign up to register their interest in Rightmove’s new qualification, the Level 3 Certificate for Estate and Letting...

Property prices in Birmingham are expected to rise more than any other city in the UK following the Commonwealth Games, it’s...

A high profile London lettings agency says some owners of properties in prime areas of the capital have seen capital appreciation...

Letting agents have been told they must have the right technology to reduce the risk of fraud. Olly Thornton-Berry, co-founder of risk...

There’s been a big rise in the number of private rental properties on the past decade, despite sweeping tax and regulation...

A leading brand in the fast-growing and heavily-funded Lomond Group has snapped up another independent agency.  Linley & Simpson has added another...

The UK lettings and estate agency is being targeted by crime syndicates in order to launder dirty money. That’s the claim of...

One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...

The UK’s rental market is now the world’s fourth largest by total volumes of privately rented properties according to research from...

New financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give a much-needed boost to the...

Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...

Skipton International says it’s seen “remarkable growth” in the Buy To Let mortgage market for expats, with completions skyrocketing in comparison...

Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023.  Coadjute - which took over...

A successful lettings and sales agency in Birmingham has doubled in size in its first year of business. Davidson Estates, which has...

Capital appreciation over the past decade has been driven more by the value of homes in the rental market than by...

Linley & Simpson, a joint founder of the Lomond Group, has acquired two more independent agencies.  The firms snapped up are family-run...

The London agency Bective says the prime areas of the capital have enjoyed an eight per cent uplift in rental values...

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...