An agent with 15 years experience at high end agencies Hamptons and Knight Frank has joined a self-employed brokerage brand. Sally Jane Hobson, who previously worked at the two high profile agencies in the Buckinghamshire area, has now joined Moveli.  This follows a recent move to Moveli by an ex-Hamptons director ..read more

A property industry group has called for a reduction in the discounts available for council tenants buying their own home, after finding that homes in weaker markets have been sold for as little as £15,000. The report also calls for an end of the Right to Buy on new build homes ..read more

A property consultancy is calling for improved accreditation for Energy Performance Certificate assessors. Re:solve Real Estate - which specialises in commercial property - claims it consistently sees flawed EPC assessments and ratings which upon reassessment are found to be significantly different. The company’s senior building surveyor, Andy Heath, says: “As building surveyors ..read more

The Able Agent - the online property training service which recently launched in Scotland - has now expanded to Wales as well. Welsh agents are now able to undertake the full set of Able Agent training, with a view to obtaining the accredited Level 3 Certificates in CePAP (Certificate in Property ..read more

Detached homes in Wales are the slowest property types to sell across the UK and take an average of 92 days - 18% more than the national average for this type of property - while a semi-detached home in Scotland sells the fastest at 37 days - 37% less than ..read more

Agents Giving says its Fundraising Champions of the Year Awards 2024 are now open for entries. You can enter the awards yourself or nominate someone you know who has carried out some good deeds for charitable causes in their local community or has undertaken a fundraising challenge for charity.   The Agents ..read more

Some 83% of estate agents are proud of their profession, says a new survey. The poll of 1,728 estate agents, commissioned by GetAgent, found that 69% of agents believe the nation has the wrong impression of estate agents; notwithstanding that, 83% of those surveyed stated that they were proud to be ..read more

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss how the digital realm is transforming Estate Agency.   The evolution of estate agency practices into the digital realm marks a significant shift in the industry. The advent of the internet in the 1990s ushered in profound changes across ..read more

Artificial Intelligence is now a part of all our lives, but my attention was grabbed recently by an AI critique of estate agents - or more precisely how the public perceived agents.  Perhaps provocatively the Property Industry Eye asked an AI bot Why do people hate estate agents? I’m not sure people ..read more

CoStar Group, the US-based global online real estate provider which acquired OnTheMarket in December, has now snapped up Matterport, the well known 3D capture and spatial data company used by many agents. It’s a cash and stock transaction valued at $5.50 per share reflecting an estimated $1.6 billion of enterprise value ..read more