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£19.6bn Total Addressable Market estimate for UK Housing Market services, including agents, brokers, conveyancers and surveyors. 2025

TAM figure for UK estate agents, letting agents, mortgage brokers, conveyancers, and surveyors collectively £19bn Source: Grok ### Key Points- Research suggests the total addressable market (TAM) for UK estate agents, letting agents, mortgage brokers, conveyancers, and surveyors is around £19.6 billion...

10th June 2025

In BestAgent

The 2025 Battle for Listings between Rightmove, Zoopla and OTM.

Key Considerations Market Size: The UK housing market sees roughly 1–1.2 million residential sales transactions annually (e.g., Zoopla predicted 1.15 million for 2025), plus around 1.5–2 million rental listings, based on historical ONS and portal data. Not all properties are...

10th March 2025

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Why BestAgent Day will be a 25 year turning point.

25 years ago, estate agency fees were DOUBLE what they are today. Transactions took half as long, and there were 70% more transactions in 2007 than in 2023. Sole agency fees were 2%-2.5%, transaction times were typically 10-12 weeks, and there were...

1st September 2024

In Announcement, BestAgent, Press Release, Releases

BestAgent Day: a turning point. The most important estate agency industry event in 25 years – Wed 4th Sept

"It's now possible for better agents to overcome the resistance to change that has held the industry back for so long." - Charlie Lamdin, Founder. A uniquely passionate lineup of moving-industry change-makers gather to discuss how agents can double transactions and...

26th August 2024

In BestAgent, Opinion

Ending overvaluing is the only way the housing market improves.

216 days. Which is 7 months. Or 31 weeks. That's the current average time it takes from putting your home up for sale, until exchange of contracts. This is made up of: 62 days to find buyer and agree price (IF you...

27th May 2024

In BestAgent, Opinion

Estate Agency Survival Tactics for 2023

Out of 2022 and into 2023. Out of the frying pan into the fire? 2022 was when the 14-year honeymoon of cheap mortgages, stamp duty holidays and desperate buyers allowing agents to "make hay while the sun shines" screeched its tyres...

23rd December 2022

In BestAgent, Opinion

House Price Statistics – One Million Anecdotes

By Charlie Lamdin - Founder, BestAgent This morning, sitting down at my desk, I noticed something new, and really weird. While news headlines report house price falls, buyers withdrawing due to spiking mortgage rates and a general armageddon-style outlook for home movers,...

5th October 2022

In BestAgent, Heroes of Agency, interviews, Opinion

Veteran, retired agent John Durrant’s priceless advice for estate agents navigating a property market downturn

This is a reproduction of a post from 23rd August 2022 by John Durrant on LinkedIn (with his kind permission): I suggest you read about Anthony Barber, Chancellor from 1970: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Barber (especially the section headed, Chancellor of the Exchequer). Compare the [1970s]...

24th August 2022

In BestAgent, Releases

The End of Bad Estate Agency – BestAgent’s Secret Master Plan

Background: My name is Charlie Lamdin, the founder and sole owner of BestAgent. I have been working as a supplier to the UK residential property industry (estate and lettings agents) since 1999. At some point almost every major EA brand...

14th August 2022

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£19.6bn Total Addressable Market estimate for UK Housing Market services, including agents, brokers, conveyancers and surveyors. 2025

The 2025 Battle for Listings between Rightmove, Zoopla and OTM.

Why BestAgent Day will be a 25 year turning point.

BestAgent Day: a turning point. The most important estate agency industry event in 25 years – Wed 4th Sept

Ending overvaluing is the only way the housing market improves.

Estate Agency Survival Tactics for 2023

House Price Statistics – One Million Anecdotes

Veteran, retired agent John Durrant’s priceless advice for estate agents navigating a property market downturn

The End of Bad Estate Agency – BestAgent’s Secret Master Plan

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