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Residential property sales were up by 7% in July compared to the same month year, with 90,630 transactions, official figures show. But...

Propertymark is lobbying Housing Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner to suggest that letting agents have a vital role to...

A survey of over 730 property professionals has found that 76% believe the introduction of technology has changed the UK property...

Leading property website Zoopla has delivered strong results for letting agents in the run-up to the busiest time of year for...

PropertyPal - a portal recently at the centre of a fees dispute - has merged with Propertynews. The two brands, which are...

It’s been revealed by Propertymark that HM Revenue & Customs has fined agents over £1.6m for branches of anti-money laundering regulations. The...

Consumer organisation Which? claims there are some 1,000 reports of rental fraud scams a month at this time of year. It says...

The rise in consumer inflation from 2.0% to 2.2% is “an unfortunate but accepted part” of achieving a stable housing market. So...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has appointed Victor Olowe as the chair of its new Valuation Assurance Committee. Oluwe is a...

Propertymark has renewed its call for agent comments on Material Information.  The trade body - in collaboration with TDS, The Guild of...

Rightmove has admitted to shareholders that it’s to lose 8% of its lettings listing from next month - the equivalent of...

An agency has signed up to OnTheMarket, claiming the portal progress since being taken over by a US firm was the...

Propertymark is urging the UK government to implement reforms that will make it more cost effective and simpler for people to...

Rightmove has thrown its weight behind the new Labour government’s bid to help first time buyers - and it wants it...

A trading statement by Rightmove reveals that it’s  spent £3m on just an 8% share of a PropTech system that describes...

Glenigan, regarded as one of the construction industry’s most respected insight and intelligence consultancies, says the sector will enjoy a long-term...

An executive with four decades of experience in the insurance sector has joined the board of accreditation service safeagent as a...

Data sourced from millions of Barclays current accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages rose just 1.5% year-on-year in June –...

There’s a call from a prominent international building science service for the new Labour government to review the Energy Performance Certificates. EPCs...

Just after welcoming the appointment of the new Labour government housing minister, Propertymark has gone on to call for a cross-party...

Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...

Although much focus is on the Bank of England and when it will begin to cut interest rates, a sobering warning...

Angharad Trueman, the group lettings director of Andrews Group, is the new President of ARLA Propertymark.  She says her role as President...

The deputy chief executive of an organisation funded by the Nationwide Foundation claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands...

The Property Energy Professionals Association - a trade group representing accreditation schemes for energy assessors - is complaining that it’s not...

The Bank of England has kept base interest rate at 5.25%. Some industry figures hoped for a cut following yesterday’s inflation news,...

Inflation back on target and following speculation about a summer interest rate cut have prompted Propertymark to insist that the Bank...

A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...

Letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has backed a call by consumer group Which? for radical reforms to Energy Performance Certificates. Yesterday we...

Energy Performance Certificates can be riddled with inaccuracies and give unhelpful advice to property owners. That’s the view of consumer service Which? Which?...

Reapit has launched a new feature to help agents comply with material information guidelines from the National Trading Standards Estate and...

Data sourced from millions of bank accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages increased 6.3 per cent year-on-year in May. Barclays data...

The Property Ombudsman received a record number of enquiries with 57,635 people seeking support with their property and housing related issues...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched what it calls an “impartial”guide for landlords, investors and others buying or selling...

The Property Institute - a body for the residential property management sector - has announced the appointment of a Labour baroness...

Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...

Political parties should not allow the lengthy General Election campaign to delay work on a new and beefed-up Energy Performance Certificate...

The agents’ trade body says many in the industry will be pleased that the Renters Reform Bill has bitten the dust...

Inflation figures are down - but not as much as many analysts expected. The basic Consumer Price Index figure fell from 3.2%...

Letting agents are being encouraged to sign up so a mystery shopper can assess their performance. KnowYourMarket, a market research firm in...

Propertymark wants Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities to regulate property agents via professional bodies such as itself. The Department for Communities is...

The Property Franchise Group is to roll out a partnership with PropTech firm Coadjute TPFG, the largest franchise estate agency group in...

Number one portal Rightmove has upgraded growth expectations in its latest statement to shareholders - and is again growing its average...

Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...

The government’s failure to act on the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working party - chaired by Lord Richard Best and...

TV property guru and Move iQ founder Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One this year, the trade...

Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...

Interest rates are expected to stay high despite good inflation news likely to be announced this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility...

Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...

A representative of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents team has told agents to accept new rules about material...

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

Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...

Propertymark is urging agents to get ahead of the curve and be ready for the next big initiative - Regulation.  Propertymark has...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

There appears to be more evidence that these are good times for auctions. Network Auctions says it’s witnessed a sales surge, with...

A group founded eight years ago to represent the Build To Rent niche has now rebranded in a bid to win...

The all-party House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has urged the government to get on with establishing a regulator of...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...

Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...

Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...

The chief executive of industry not-for-profit accreditation service Safeagent, says agents do not require degrees to enter the sector or excel...

Propertymark says the regulation of agents has come a step closer.   The trade body gave evidence at a House of Lords Industry...

Propertymark will appear in front of the House of Lords’ Industry and Regulators Committee tomorrow morning, urging the regulation of lettings...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...

Respected energy industry consultancy Cornwall Insight says the price cap for the April to June period this year - to be...

Propertymark says the regulation of property agents and the creation of a statutory Code of Practice can improve the transparency of...

Belvoir Group has linked up with Propertymark in a deal which they say will “help further improve standards and enhance financial...

Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...

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 trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...

The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

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

Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...

A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth.   The average rent on a newly let property in...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

The boss of a prominent UK lettings and property management agency says new regulations planned for the industry are to be...

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...

The next phase of Rightmove’s 'believe it’ marketing push begins on Boxing Day, to coincide with the post-Christmas and New Year...

Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...

Controversial website content by the high profile website GetAgent must never appear again, according to the ad industry watchdog. The Advertising Standards...

High achieving agents in lettings and other sectors of our industry have been recognised at a prestigious London celebration. Learners, apprentices, employers...

Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...

Property portal Rightmove has increased its key revenue target in a bullish set of results which shows it has not been...

Rightmove has teamed up with the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team to create a new course on compliance...

A prominent agency says tomorrow’s Autumn Statement is the Chancellor’s last chance to come good on the election promise to lower...

Propertymark has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove to remind him of the importance of regulating letting and estate agents. The trade...

A deposit alternative service claims online searches by tenants reflect increased uncertainty over affordability. Deposit alternatives are under scrutiny at the moment...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the Renters Reform Bill will be mentioned in today’s King’s Speech - and is part of...

One of the players in the controversial Deposit Alternative field is stepping up its case for this kind of service to...