The Property DriveBuy, a new property app redefining how people find homes, has signed up three major estate agencies marking another milestone in its expansion across the UK. Chestertons, Chase Buchanan and Balgores Property have joined the platform, which replaces traditional postcode and price filters with real-time, geo-location property search, allowing buyers to see listings as…
A new UK-based service, Planning Decoder, has launched a 48-hour property planning intelligence report designed to identify issues that could derail residential transactions. The platform pulls data from local authority planning records, appeal decisions, Companies House and policy documents, combining AI-assisted analysis with human review. The service has been operating in beta since late 2025…
Foxtons has told the City its sales revenue has fallen sharply alongside a wider drop in group income, as weaker buyer demand and rising mortgage costs hit transactions in the first quarter of 2026. The trading update shows sales revenue fell by 35% to £10.7m, down from £16.4m a year earlier, contributing to a 10%…
A Bridgend estate agent has been handed a suspended prison sentence after concocting a fake overseas wedding to steal more than £12,000 from her fiancé’s family. Charlotte Blackwell, 31, has now pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud at Cardiff Crown Court. It heard that between November 2022 and May 2024, she created fake flight…
Rightmove’s shares avoided a hit after news that a date had been set for a court hearing in a £1.5billion legal case against the portal. The action is being taken on behalf of thousands of estate agents who were allegedly overcharged by the property portal. And a hearing has been ordered by the Competition Appeal…
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