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Zoopla already offers its housebuilder customers a new homes version of the portal, with the estate agency model providing negotiators visibility of all their sales in the pipeline.

Six new staff members are set to join the office.

Law Society of England and Wales has issued a warning for those acting in property transactions.

OnTheMarket has provided an update on its progress under Jason Tebb, with the firm’s CEO giving a second interview to Property Academy founder, Peter Knight.

Despite soaring inflation and interest rate increases, property prices are still rising across the UK, new data shows.

New analysis shows in the eight years to 2020 the number of homes in the PRS with an EPC ‘C’ rating rose from 19% to 39%.

For would-be first-time buyers who are trying to save up a deposit, they are chasing a fast-moving target as average asking prices for first-time buyer homes hit another new record.

It is understood that the company, founded 32 years ago, will become part of the estate agency giant next month.

These figures offer a better indicator of housing market strength than more volatile property prices.

Snippets of industry news: Directorate change at Purplebricks; haart’s new area partner joins from from Connells; High-profile hires for Yorkshire-based firm.

The Connells Group has endorsed Viewber’s free lone worker safety app, ViewBuddy, and is encouraging all agents to download it.

Property professionals, including some familiar faces in estate agency, came together at The Epsom Downs Racecourse last week for the annual Agents Giving Charity Ball.

Growing concern for the country’s economic outlook sees property price growth come to a virtual halt.

Tenancy applications are up 22% compared to the same period last year.

Review website allAgents has announced that this year’s awards ceremony will now be held in December.

One hundred homeowners paid average of £84,000 tax to buy property in Scotland.

The UK’s ‘archaic’ conveyancing process could benefit from a major shake-up to help speed up property transactions, according to Russell Quirk, co-founder of ProperPR.

eXp UK allows agents to trade with their own ‘name above the door’, but charges agents up to 30% of the commission they generate. 

With demand for property continuing to ease across the UK, some home sellers are now finding that they may have pitched their prices too high for the current market.

The new interim finance director will focus on securing fresh investment for the expanding online platform.