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The Niksen team A new estate agency has been launched in Edinburgh. Niksen, located at 32 North West Circus Place in Stockbridge, will primarily focus on residential property sales and new build homes. The estate agency, which has been co-founded…

Nathan Emerson New property sales agreed are 25% higher than a year ago as buyers return to the market, led by gains in the East Midland (32%) and North East (30%), according to the latest Zoopla House Price Index. The…

REA withdrew its interest in Rightmove this week, following a series of bids that eventually topped £6bn. The thing is, Rightmove is only worth £4.5bn, according to the City, and so why did shareholders shun the Australian…

Agents who attended Propertymark’s webinar on Renters’ Rights Bill yesterday were told in no uncertain times: change is coming. With the bill progressing through parliament at pace – the Second Reading of the legislation is happening on 9 October –…

There has been a significant increase in the number of UK estate agents declaring insolvency, fresh data shows. According to figures from the Insolvency Service, 286 UK estate agency firms went out of business in the 12…

Residential property has long been the investment of choice for many Britons, but with many landlords who developed their portfolios in the early days of the buy-to-let market nearly 30 years ago now in retirement or nearing retirement age, a…

Rightmove says it is confident it can deliver even greater returns for investors, with agents potentially facing higher listing fees as a consequence, after the UK property portal rejected REA Group’s latest takeover offer of £6.2bn. The REA Group has…

It is a good time to be an estate agent if the latest official data is anything to go by. According to the latest figures from HMRC, non-seasonally adjusted residential transactions came to 104,330. This is up from 94,600 in…

Following the government’s publication of the full details of the Renters’ Rights Bill, which delivers on Labour’s manifesto commitment to transform the experience of private renting, including by ending Section 21 evictions, Propertymark has announced that it will be delivering…

Rupert Murdoch’s REA have held unsuccessful talks with Rightmove’s shareholders in London in a bid to complete a £6.2bn takeover of the UK property portal ahead of today’s deadline. REA, the Australian-based firm, have until 5pm today to make a…