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

Labour’s target of delivering an average 370,000 new homes a year could bring about a remarkable £161 billion boost in value...

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

A family agency, At Home in Edinburgh, has been shortlisted for a major residential sector award. The agency, which has a team...

A regional agent says the fear of further taxes on the private rental sector may lead to a spurt of landlords...

Johns&Co, an agency specialising in property investment and asset management, is expanding into a new territory - Manchester. Since its establishment in...

An agency has issued a statement massively congratulating itself on its own social media strategy. Fine & Country doesn't go easy on...

The new Labour government has a “golden opportunity its” to resolve the rental crisis, but must give clarity to the industry...

Two new signings for the fast-growing Harding Green broker-model agency are both former lettings managers at Knight Frank. Milly Englander was formerly...

One of Northern Ireland’s fastest growing agencies has acquired one of the longest running property firms in South Down and established...

The Bank of England has cut base rate from 5.25% to 5.0% - its first cut in four years. It was a...

Compliance issues are on the increase in the private rented sector according to a prominent industry supplier. Inventory and software chief Nick...

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

Zoopla lettings chiefs have told the government it should tighten up its imminent Renters Rights Bill by demanding all lettings agents...

A prominent industry trainer is working with a fledgling sales agency to launch what it calls a “buyer representation programme” -...

Asking rents continue to show posi­tive, albeit lower, growth in most regions according to the property website Home. The site conducts a...

Hamptons, one of the high-end brands owned by Connells, had appointed Graeme Young as regional lettings director.  Young assumes responsibility for 14-branches...

Franchise chain Winkworth says there’s been a greater supply of rental properties in the first half of the year, combined with...

Labour’s proposed planning reforms indicates that the new government is serious about change and grasping the nettle on housebuilding. That’s the view...

Knight Frank has named Francesca Fox as Head of Super Prime Lettings in North London.  The agency says this newly created role...

Leading property players and analysts suggest that the lacklustre housing market figures produced by the Halifax over the weekend owe more...

One of the longest standing and best known lettings agencies in the south east has opened a new office in Esher.  Curchods...

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

This year has seen a two-decade high of 181,000 first time buyers secure their first foot on London’s housing ladder, marking...

A lettings agency that works by giving a fixed rental income to its landlord clients each month, and paying for the...

London agency chain Dexters has reported a huge 23% rise in revenue to £181m - and much of that rise is...

Lomond has announced yet another acquisition, this time expanding its presence across the south coast with by snapping up Mishon Mackay. The...

Leasehold reform still has a long way to run, according to the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP). The major party manifestos...

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

An agency group with an acquisition programme funded by a private equity operation has snapped up another independent agency. Lomond - which...

Your Move – part of LSL, which last year underwent a radical restructuring - is trying to woo existing agents and...

A prominent housing market analyst says people shouldn’t bother reading election literature but instead study interest rates if they want to...

Four fifths of developers believe that the next government needs to do more to support first time buyers, according to the...

A mortgage lender claims many potential first time buyers are missing out because they don’t understand the concept of shared ownership. Just...

If Labour plans to bring in rent controls they won’t work, a property association has warned.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

A low profile family company called the Griffin Property Company has acquired Emoov, the online agency which was a pioneering name...

Letting agents believe Help to Buy has been the most positive influence to the property market in recent times, while on...

Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...

An Office of National Statistics survey shows that the top three issues facing the UK are still the cost-of-living crisis (89%),...

A prominent lettings expert and former president of ARLA Propertymark has berated agents who advertise ‘free valuations.’ Sally Lawson, now well known...

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

An estate agency that promotes the self-employed model claims that three areas of the country lead when it comes to industry...

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...