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How Data Mature is Your Agency?

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The Top Influencers in Estate Agency You Need to Follow!

Some powerful voices are dishing out absolute pearls of wisdom in the property industry. We've rounded up some of the best that should be...

The Value of Knowing Price Per Square Foot

The price per square foot is a valuable comparison tool. That's why it's so avidly used by good agents. When it comes to comparing like for...

How Can the UPRN Help Estate Agents?

It can be pretty frustrating trying to decipher a property from a postal address alone, especially if it's a complex block of flats or a...

How to Overachieve and Accelerate Your Marketing – a 5-Step Guide for Multi-Branch Agencies

The stakes are higher for mid to large-sized agencies and maintaining a strong market presence requires a strategic approach. Are you...

David vs. Goliath – A Small Agency Strategy to Beat Big Businesses

Small can be mighty when it comes to estate agencies. In a previous blog, we talked about how smaller agents can compete with industry...

How Machine Learning Improves Over Time

Launched in 2016, our AI tool Forecast predicts which properties are most likely to come to market in the next two months. Forecast has...

“What is Forecast? It sounds too good to be true!”

You’ve just popped round number 34 to show a prospective buyer around. You step outside and the well-sought-after street of Park Avenue...

The Importance of Being a Local Property Expert In Your Neighbourhood

Who knows the lay of the land? A local property expert does! They know the area like the back of their hand, everything from the best place...

The Danger of Building Business Strategy on Inaccurate Data

Without data, decision-making is horribly difficult. With data, your business can be more competitive, better informed and extra efficient....

How Can Estate Agents Justify Raising Fees?

The UK has the lowest agent fee (along with the Netherlands and Singapore) according to Voice of the Agent Survey. Our average agent...

Attention Estate Agents - Stand Out from the Crowd with a New Form of Mobile Advertising

If you feel like you’re swimming against the tide and you’re seeing rival agencies closing their doors around you, it’s time to up your...

Weathering the Storm - How Can Data Analytics and Marketing Help Estate Agents Survive in 2024

How stable is that property ladder looking right now? Well, we can’t deny we’re living in a time of economic instability. High interest...

EA Masters - How Well Do You Know Your Market?

Time to Exchange Rates Falling in the UK Property Market

Home buyers rejoice. The number of days it takes to exchange a house * in the UK is falling. TwentyEA has been observing time to exchange...

3 steps to stand out in the crowded estate agent industry

It’s perhaps no surprise given the buoyant market of the last few years, where often properties practically sold or let themselves, that...

Paying more for less. A look at the UK’s private rental sector.

In this blog we discuss the issues around recent rent rises, median rental prices and variations in rents across the UK. We look at the...

TwentyEA on Property TV

Our Strategic Solutions Director, Stuart Ducker has recently made a guest appearance in episode 22 of the Property Matters @ Property TV UK...

TwentyEA Property Market Analysis - November 2022

A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of hosting a panel discussion on the impact of the Kwarteng/Truss mini budget on the property market...

Winning Instructions in the Living Room with TwentyEA

As everyone knows, the competition to win new instructions has been tougher than ever this year. In this blog we've taken a look at market...

TwentyEA and The Best Estate Agent Guide 2023

Interview with Katy Billany Last week for TwentyEA was a big one! Estate Agency Events (EAE), producers of the EA Masters, the property...

How AI And Machine-Learning Modelling Can Help Drive Instructions

The impact of AI on the UK economy cannot be understated. It is estimated that AI could grow the UK by 10.3% by 2030*, making it one of the...

Propensity to Move Data vs. Standard Off Market Targeting?

It’s no secret, available stock is currently at its lowest since 2008, a real headache for estate agents at the minute. With just over...

Do over 50% of homes really sell with a second agent?

The Headlines In 2021, a whopping 86% of all new instructions came from people whose properties were not already on the market (Off Market...

The State of the Property Market in January 2022: An Update

Whilst the property market has been in a concerning state, January 2022 is showing signs that things may be picking up. Although our models...

Available Stock Volumes at their lowest for over 13 years

We’ve talked a lot about the ongoing stock shortage, mainly focusing on how long it will take for agents to run out of listings if the...

TwentyEA Property & Homemover Report: Q4 2021

We have published the latest edition of the TwentyCi Property & Homemover Report, providing a comprehensive review of the UK property...

January 2022 - The Market So Far

We talked last week about the continued stock shortage at the end of last year. It’s fair to say that everyone has been hoping that the...

Is The UK Property Market About to Grind to a Halt?

The volume of property stock available in the UK has reduced by a third in the past year. This time in 2020 there were 630,000 UK...

TwentyEA Property & Homemover Report: Q3 2021

We have published the latest edition of the TwentyCi Property & Homemover Report, providing a comprehensive review of the UK property...

How Does Energy Efficiency Affect UK Property Value?

As environmental issues progressively make the headlines, our awareness of eco concerns is ever-increasing. There's a focus on improving...

The Negotiator Awards 2021 - Shortlist Announcement

Press Release: 30th September 2021 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: GRANT LEONARD, PUBLISHING DIRECTOR: 0844 745 3100...

The UK Property Market in Late 2021: The Storm Before The Quiet

We recently discussed the possibility of September 2021 seeing the highest volume of UK property transactions ever. But after this storm,...

Is September 2021 the Highest Volume of UK Property Transactions Ever?

If things continue as they are, we’d expect September’s property transaction volume to climb to heights that we’ve never seen before in the...

The UK’s 1 Million Pound Properties

80% of the UK’s millionaires made their money through property. That’s quite a statistic! As property prices rise in the UK, properties...

The Demand and Supply Paradox in the UK Property Market

One Month on from Stamp Duty Holiday End One month on from the changes to Stamp Duty relief, we wanted to assess what happened in the...

The Stamp Duty Holiday Effect and Aftermath

June 2021 was likely the busiest month most estate agents, conveyancers, mortgage providers and removal firms have ever seen. Stamp Duty...

Property Prices for First-Time Buyers in 2021 and its Implications

Average house prices for first time buyers have risen by 3.5% a year over the last five years. With prices increasing at these rates, we...

TwentyEA Property & Homemover Report: Q2 2021

We have published the latest edition of the TwentyEA Property & Homemover Report powered by TwentyCi, providing a comprehensive review of...

Property Demand in 2021: Where have all the Sales Agreed Come From?

The Growth/Share Edition In 2021 so far we have seen unprecedented demand for property in the UK. A number of factors have combined to...

The numbers are in… just how many properties didn’t make the Stamp Duty deadline?

Now that we’re almost a week on from the end of the busiest month the majority of estate agents, conveyancers, mortgage providers and...

The Impact of Guided Virtual Viewings is Eye Opening!

Does a virtual client viewing increase the chance of a property letting or sale? We’ve been involved in an exciting new trial to find out,...

Have you got your FREE ticket to the EA event of the year yet?

Join the best property professionals at the biggest UK estate and lettings agency event.

The Property Market is Busier than Ever (Again)

A Reflection on the April 2021 Figures Update

The New Build Price Premium: How Much More for a Brand New Property?

On average, homebuyers pay 25% more for new build properties.

Crystal Ball on The Property Market: 2021 Predictions

After such an unusual year, we turn our attention to the future of the UK property market. What can we expect to see as 2021 progresses,...

It’s Official – The UK Property Market is Busier than Ever

In March 2021, we’ve seen the highest number of property sales agreed since our records began in 2009. So it’s official, the UK property...

The UK Property Shortage: Are We Running out of Property Stock?

As a homebuyer, finding the perfect property is always a challenge. This becomes increasingly difficult when there are limited properties...

The Rise in Property Sales Falling Through in 2021

Buying a property is a major life event, and most residential buyers and sellers have hopes, dreams, emotions and investment tied up in...

Houses vs Flats: Supply and Demand in the UK Property Market in 2021

There’s a huge shift happening in the type of property we want to live in here in the UK. We’ve analysed the supply and demand of houses...

TwentyEA Partner with Dezrez for EAvolution21

At TwentyEA, we are proud to be a partner of EAvolution21, a virtual property technology event being hosted by Dezrez.

‘A Magnifying Glass on the Market’ - 5 key takeaways from the webinar

Last week, I joined Simon Whale, Founder of Kerfuffle, and Darren Wootton, Sales Director of TwentyEA to provide key insights into the...

2020 Winners, Losers and the Outlook for 2021

Whether you are thinking of moving home, an Estate Agent yourself, or an investor in the industry, continue on for an in-depth review of...

Data Suggests a Delayed Surge in Property Exchanges

We are now at the mid-point between the re-opening of the property market and the end of the year. The surge of new Instructions & sales...

Lockdown impact – UK consumers re-evaluate their property decisions.

The pandemic crisis is having a fundamental change on the way we work and live, and this is having an immediate effect on where we choose...

Asking Prices Vs. Prices Achieved

UK asking prices are higher than we saw throughout 2019, a positive sign that both home buyers and sellers are feeling confident despite...

The Early Winners and Losers as the Market Returns

This year, Estate Agents have been forced to adapt to a different way of working. 1000’s of offices were shut down during lockdown and...

Are We Due For An Exceptional Recovery?

In our previous post, we discussed the cost of lockdown to the property sector, our Exchanges data suggests that the industry missed out on...

How Much Did Lockdown Cost?

Obviously the biggest cost of all throughout the Covid-19 crisis has been that of the thousands of lives lost, but the economy has also...

The Complete Guide to Agent Switching

Expert advice from TwentyEA on how to make the most of agent switching and the secondary instruction market.

What’s in store for the property market as we inch out of lockdown?

It’s what we’ve all been waiting for, although I think it’s fair to say that it still came as a bit of a shock! After the disappointment at...

How to Unlock Revenue from Suspended Chains

We estimate that 2.4% of GDP is driven by consumer spending linked to housing transactions. We’ve been thinking about how we can all play...

Why the Government Needs to Lift the Lock down for Home movers NOW

Home Movers are worth c£50 billion per annum to the UK economy simply by measuring the direct impact to home moving services and subsequent...

Exceptional times need exceptional measures

As the country finds itself in an unprecedented situation, the next few weeks and months are going to be challenging for agents. However,...

Trending UK Cities for Property Investment

As we continue to explore the data for rental properties, let’s look at the big picture for investments. Across the UK, cities show vast...

Fastest Growing Rental Yields Found in Milton Keynes

The ‘new city’ of Milton Keynes, home to more bridges than Venice and more roundabouts than anywhere else in the UK, tops our charts in...

Liverpool on Top of the Premier League for Letting Property

Liverpool, the Capital of Pop, currently not only tops the Premier League in football, but also tops TwentyEA’s list of UK cities to...

The Buyers Are Back

As always, we continue to monitor the property market. We’ve been particularly interested in how things have been going since the election,...

EA Highlights - Q4 Property and Homemover Report

Our sister company TwentyCi has just released the latest edition of its Property and Homemover Report. The report provides a comprehensive...

How Does Energy Efficiency Affect Property Sales?

Climate change is now a huge concern for a massive proportion of the public. With stories of climate catastrophe dominating the news...

Property Market Prospects: 2020 and Beyond

We’ve all heard the recent talk of a “Boris Bounce” in property sales, but what does this really mean for the market? We asked our team of...

How to Make the Most of New Year Instructions

The New Year symbolises a fresh start, particularly when it comes to buying and selling houses. When the hustle and bustle of Christmas...

What Does Your Home Say About Your Political Views?

We’re in the grip of election fever at the moment, and with the 12th December election looming it’s not surprising that politics has become...

How Santa-Friendly is the UK?

Christmas is just around the corner and Santa’s elves are working flat out to get everything ready for the big day. But are we doing our...

London’s Five Competition Clusters:  Which Property Brands are you Competing with?

The London property market is incredibly fragmented, with a vast number of agencies competing for instructions throughout the capital. When...

Getting the most for a vendor’s property, how do the leading agents compare?

When a homeowner chooses to bring their property to the market, one of the first questions they’ll be asking themselves is ‘how much is my...

The Secret to Predicting Who Will Move and When

Today’s property market is a complex, competitive one. A rise in online competition, changes in buy-to-let legislation, challenging...

Using Data-Driven Campaigns to Combat a Slowing Market

The economic uncertainty brought about by Brexit has had an undeniable effect on the property market. With the growth of house prices...

Going Green: Top Eco-Friendly Property Features Revealed

The United Nations issued a stark warning in 2018, stating that we have just 12 years to limit a climate catastrophe. And it seems that...

Five Branch Performance Stats Every Estate Agent Should Be Tracking

Our research has given us unique insight into the performance stats that really matter to estate agents, and the ways in which statistical...

How much more do you get for your vendors?

One of the things that we’ve been interested in here at TwentyEA is how the asking price and the final sale price relate to each other and...

Why the fixation on asking price?

There is always quite a bit of a debate about agents “over valuing” to win listings.

Five Factors Affecting Buying Decisions in Q3 2019

The property market has always been hugely affected by a whole range of different external factors. The factors that impact buying...

Who's opting for an online agent?

The advent of online estate agents has been a hot topic in the property industry for some time now, with many predicting a marked rise in...

The UK's national property trends

The property market continues to be affected by the uncertainty of a looming Brexit deadline. The latest research by TwentyCi gives the...

EA Highlights - Q3 Property & Homemover report

Our sister company TwentyCi has published their latest edition of The Property & Homemover Report - Here are the highlights for Estate...

Growth of the rental market & impact on the EA's revenue

The demand for rental properties is continuing to see significant growth driven by a lack of affordable housing combined with an increase...

How often do we actually move house?

Homeowners in Great Britain have been moving less frequently ever since the credit crunch of 2008, and new research has shown a continued...

How many pints does your home cost?

This weekend the UK started it's annual Oktoberfest celebrations. Starting in London, organisers have shipped over 250,000 pints for UK...

Buy-to-let Investments: Safe as Houses?

In 2016 we saw a real shake up of legislation surrounding property investments. The principal change, and the one which made such...

What Does it Mean to be the Best in the Estate Agency World?

Let’s start by talking VAR. A small apology to non-football fans, and football fans alike who are already bored of VAR, but to...

Portals are not the enemy

Portals have fast become a cornerstone of the residential property market, with estate agents almost exclusively using portals to advertise...

The Impact of Politics on Property

We can’t talk about the property market without mentioning politics. Whilst the two have always been intertwined, our current political...

Are Estate Agents Missing The Point? It’s Not All About the Price!

House prices have long been used as a way to measure the health of the property market. However, focusing exclusively on pricing risks...

Are agents wasting their canvassing budgets?

Some agents I have spoken to believe that up to 50% of their New Instructions for Sale come from vendors who are already on the market....

Are you getting the most out of your existing data?

In marketing it’s well known that the right data can mean the difference between success and failure. 

Online Agent Market Share, what is it in your region and how do average property prices impact this?

Online agents and their ability to take market share has been a hot topic for many years. This has been on the lips of my customers since...

Market Downturn, What Downturn?  Traditional Estate Agents are Alive and Well

You'll know from the latest version of our Property and Home Mover Report that around 7% of all Sale New Instructions are taken by online /...

Is it Taking Longer to Find a Buyer in the UK, Compared to Last Year?

The process of selling a property has never been a five-minute job, but in some UK regions it’s now taking longer to sell a home than it...

Over ⅓ of withdrawn properties return to market within 12 months

In Q2 2019 the UK saw 194,950 properties withdrawn from the market, meaning around 65,000 of those properties could return to the market...

Do you really know how many properties were sold last month?

…and could you wait a whole year to find out? If you need this information to make decisions about your business, probably not...

Property Data Update: Peterborough and surrounding areas

For this edition of Property Data Update, we used our homemover data to examine the property market in Peterborough and surrounding areas.

TwentyCi Property and Homemover Report: Q2 2018

TwentyCi recently launched their Property & Homemover Report: Q2 2018, the fifth edition in a quarterly series of reports featuring data...

Property Data Update: Newcastle-under-Lyme and surrounding locations

An article recently published has listed the most affordable locations for single buyers to consider. One of the recommended locations was...

Property Data Update: Affordable cities for first time buyers

First Time Buyers have a lot to think about when considering a home to purchase, including perhaps most importantly, location and...

TwentyCi Property and Homemover Report: Q1 2018

TwentyCi recently launched their Property & Homemover Report: Q1 2018, the fourth edition in a quarterly series of reports featuring data...

TwentyEA's guide to GDPR

What is GDPR? The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is the new EU Data Protection regulation that replaces the Data Protection Act...

Property Data Update: the UK's youngest and oldest cities

A recent article released by the BBC looks at “Where are the UK’s youngest and oldest city populations”. The article suggests that many...

Property Data Update: Spotlight on Manchester

An article recently published by Insider Media identified Manchester as one of the fastest growing cities in Europe. They put this down to...

Over 30% of home owners have a compelling desire to move

There are many reasons why people decide to sell their property, from life events such as having a baby or retiring to more emotional...

Property Data Update: Northampton, ideal for London commuters?

CityAM’s recent newsletter identified several London commuter towns that are within an hours travel time from the capital, and much more...

Property Data Update: What will half a million pounds buy you?

While reviewing property news for this edition of our Property Data Update, we came across this interesting listing: a nuclear bunker in...

TwentyCi Property & Homemover Report: Q4 2017

Earlier this week TwentyCi launched their Property & Homemover Report: Q4 2017, the third edition in a quarterly series of reports...

Property Data Update: Market Towns

With news of a recent article in The Independent claiming that house prices in English market towns are now £30,000 higher than in...

Property Data Update: Summer Holidays 2017

TwentyCi Property & Homemover Report: Q3 2017

Estate Agent Industry Headlines [News Round-Up #7]

Property Data Update: London Boroughs

This recent article featured in the Telegraph shows how house prices have changed in the last year across different London boroughs. We've...

Estate Agent converts over £10m in property value listings

We were asked to support an Estate Agent who wished to effectively target properties in their area that were on the market but represented...

Estate Agent Industry Headlines [News Round-Up #6]

Kay & Co Agency is opening a new office in Kings Cross Google building The London family-run Estate agent will be opening their third...

Property Data Update: Northampton and the Midlands

A recent article published by the Guardian claims that Northamptonshire is currently at the centre of a boom in house prices in the...

Property Data Update: Sales vs. Rental

As part of the recently published TwentyCi National Homemover Audit for Q2 2017, Sale vs. Rental properties were analysed for properties in...

Estate Agent Industry Headlines [News Round-Up #5]

Headlines in this round-up include the proposal to ban controversial new-build leaseholds, the potential launch of CIELA (The Charter for...

TwentyCi National Homemover Audit: Q2 2017

Recently launched is the first edition of TwentyCi's National Homemover Audit for Q2 2017. With some fantastic feedback received already,...

Property Data Update: Spotlight on Scotland

For our latest edition of Property Data Update and following our post in November, we review the current UK housing market in Scotland...

Property Data Update: The Latest Brexit figures

For our latest edition of Property Data Update, we review the current UK housing market and the ongoing impact of the vote for Brexit...

UK Election Results: Property Market Analysis by Constituency

After the shock results of the general election on 8th June, leaving the UK with a hung Parliament, we decided to conduct some analysis to...

Property Data Update: May 2017 [Infographic]

For this edition of our Property Data Update we have created a handy infographic showing the latest housing market figures across the UK*

Estate Agent Industry Headlines [News Round-Up #4]

Property Data Update: General Market Analysis

Winning More Market Appraisals & New Instructions through smarter Off Market Targeting

Estate Agent Industry Headlines [News Round-Up #3]

This month, headlines include new research unit "CaCHE", the first electronic signature use in exchange of contracts marking a significant...

Brexit in Graphs: The impact on the UK Housing Market

The following series of graphs show a representation of properties on the market For Sale and To Let in the UK Housing Market over time...

Property Data Update: Spotlight on Wales

In this edition of our Property Data Update feature, we take a look into the Welsh housing market.

Estate Agent Industry Headlines [News Round-Up #2]

March's Estate Agent Industry headlines include buy-to-let tax relief changes, Un-Affordable UK houses and other latest stories...

NAEA Propertymark National Conference 2017

Our Sales Executive, Mark Hall, recently attended the 2017 NAEA National Conference in London. We caught up with him to find out how the...

Brexit: Leave vs. Remain home mover data analysis

We recently came across a fascinating article from the BBC: local voting figures shed new light on EU referendum. In this news piece, using...

Property Data Update: Brexit and the UK Housing Market

For our latest edition, we look at the impact of current Brexit news, as well as a general georgraphic housing market update.

Estate Agent Industry Headlines [News Round-Up #1]

The latest estate agent industry news updates for Q1 2017, including: UK housing shortage, Right to Rent scheme, and Trump travel ban...

Property Data Update: Christmas Impact and London Commuter Towns

In this update, we take a look back at the impact the festive period on the UK housing market. We've also taken a look at the commuter belt...

UK Housing Market Data Updates: Snapshot of Scotland

For this instalment of our UK Housing Market Data Updates series, we are taking an in-depth look into the housing market in Scotland.

UK Housing Market Data Updates: November Snapshot

For this instalment of our UK Housing Market Data Updates series, we took a snapshot of the property market as it was on the 3rd November...

Regional Housing Market Figures: Q3 2016

Following on from last week's Q3 UK Housing Market Update Infographic, we now bring you the full breakdown of stats from our latest housing...

Q3 UK Housing Market Update [Infographic]

Next week we will be releasing our full Q3 Housing Market Update, so keep an eye on our Insights page.

UK Housing Market Data Updates 1: The Brexit Effect

Our latest blog series, UK Housing Market Data Updates, will regularly review our Home Mover Universe, bringing you the latest news into...

Revolutionise Your Estate Agency with These Three Solutions

With 1.2 million homes sold and 800,000 rented every year, the UK property market is very much alive and well.

UK Housing Market Update

Reflecting on Q1 of 2016, our analysts have been reviewing the state of the property market across the UK, comparing figures* for the same...