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  • Agents now using AI to simplify AI-generated tenant complaints
    on August 12, 2026

    Robot wars

  • One in eight new-build homes not sold after six months
    on August 12, 2026

    New build sales slow

  • Top line vanity, bottom line sanity
    on August 12, 2026

    Ask most estate agency owners how their business is doing and you’ll get an answer about fee income. Instructions up, exchanges up, a record month in Q2 etc. What you rarely hear first is the profit figure; and almost never, the cash position. Turnover is the number agents boast about at industry dinners. Profit is the number … Continued

  • Why letting agents are the cape-wearing heroes landlords need 
    on August 12, 2026

    Let’s be honest – no landlords signed up to become compliance officers, legal experts, or legislative gurus. They signed up to invest in property. And yet, the weight of the regulatory obligation that’s landed on their shoulders has never been heavier.  And that’s even before the Renters’ Rights Act swept in and reshaped the entire … Continued

  • How many home viewings before the stress kicks in?
    on August 12, 2026

    The journey of a first-time buyer can take you through a wealth of emotions, from excitement to anxiety, confidence to uncertainty, sometimes all in one day, but a new study from LPL, a firm of property lawyers, has found the sweet spot when it comes to the property hunt, before it all starts getting too … Continued

  • Platform links agents, lenders and conveyancers for quicker sales
    on August 12, 2026

    PropTech firm myMoveToday has launched an AI-powered conveyancing and deal management platform. It says it’s built specifically to eliminate ‘pipeline friction’ and cut deal closing times, offering agents real-time chain visibility and automated document tracking. The firm adds that it connects the three core sales transaction stakeholders—estate agents, conveyancing solicitors, and mortgage brokers – inside … Continued

  • Industry mourns the loss of popular estate agent
    on August 12, 2026

    Tim O’Riordan – a popular estate agents that worked in the industry for 30 years – sadly passed away last week at the age of 61. Tim – along with Simon Bond – set up O’Riordan Bond in 1995, opening their first branch in Northampton. The first fifteen years saw rapid expansion across Northampton, Milton … Continued

  • Four out of five flats fail to sell within six months, says Zoopla
    on August 12, 2026

    Four out of five flat owners are struggling to sell their properties ‘within six months or so’, it has been revealed. Speaking on Radio 4’s Today Programme, Richard Donnell, executive director at Zoopla, highlighted the data, saying: “It is not easy out there if you are trying to sell a flat.” He continued: “Typically, across … Continued

  • Typical new build ‘contains £55,000 in hidden costs’
    on August 12, 2026

    Typical new build homes in the South contain “hidden costs” of around £55,000, an influential thinktank estimates. The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) says many buyers are unaware of the amounts built into the price of their new property. Housebuilders are passing on the extra costs they incur to meet affordable housing and net zero requirements, … Continued

  • Prime Central London property prices have fallen 23% since 2015
    on August 11, 2026

    Prime London properties were twice as expensive before the EU referendum.

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