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Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has named a second wave of estate agencies to adopt its new business model. The brand’s ‘brokerage’...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A new agency has launched, describing itself as being “dedicated to creating extraordinary marketing for extraordinary homes across Hampshire, Surrey and...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents Giving says its Fundraising Champions of the Year Awards 2024 are now open for entries. You can enter the awards yourself...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has appointed its first chief technology officer. Sophia Swain has been recruited to the board-level role. She comes from...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The European real estate market is the most distressed sector across Europe, research suggest. The latest Weil European Distress Index suggests the...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Regulated firms across all sectors will be well aware of Know Your Customer (KYC) checks and their importance in combatting financial...
13 April 2024
From: Features
High-end estate agent Tyron Ash has hit out at the “sense of entitlement” at corporate estate agencies who he said don’t...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Complete ASAP has launched a new package to help agents provide material information on listings. Agents already using the Complete or Instruct...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
When is a landlord a business, and when is (s)he not a business? I’m not referring to landlords who have gone down...
24 February 2024
From: Features
On the 24th of January, Adam Walker wrote a very interesting piece about the consolidation of the lettings industry where he...
10 February 2024
From: Features
With a combined value surpassing £7.4 trillion, the UK’s 29 million residential properties represent a vital national asset, and for homeowners,...
08 February 2024
From: Sponsored Content
Mortgage rates may be falling but tougher lending criteria is stifling many borrowers, including high earners. Research by Investec has found the...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
More than 60,000 property and real estate businesses have started the year in ‘financial distress,’ a professional services and insolvency firm...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The estate agency industry is being urged to do more to tackle the issue of gender jaws, it has been warned. The...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The end of the year is always a time of reflection around careers and whether we should pursue pastures new. I...
23 December 2023
From: Features
The recent cyber attack on CTS left around 80 conveyancing firms across the country commercially paralysed as the harm to their...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket (OTM) chief executive Jason Tebb has declared “our time is now” after shareholders backed a takeover of the portal by...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
As the temperature drops outside, it can be tempting to think activity in the market is likely to freeze out entirely. And,...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Winkworth has launched a talent drive to find rising stars to build a career and a business within the franchise network. The...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Synergies between sport and business have long been compared, particularly in the highly competitive world of property. Athletes and those involved...
29 November 2023
From: Features
The founders of Mr and Mrs Clarke, who sold the business to Belvoir last year, have left the franchise brand and...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Paul Johnson, Head of Corporate Sales at Leaders Romans Group (LRG) Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset...
04 November 2023
From: Features
After a steady increase in mortgage rates, concerns about house prices have been rising too. The Financial Times reported in mid...
21 October 2023
From: Features
Foxtons has regained its position as London’s number one agent in Guy Gittins’ first year as chief executive. Former Chestertons boss Gittins...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Leading digital compliance firm SmartSearch has launched an innovative new solution to help professionals working within the UK property sector to...
30 September 2023
From: Features
Welcome back to the second instalment of our blog series on social media marketing tips for estate agents! In part one,...
19 September 2023
From: Marketing & Social Media
Irwin Mitchell has expanded its property practice with an investment in Scotland-based law firm Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie (WJM). The two firms...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents should take work safety more seriously, particularly self-employed agents, an industry podcast claims. The latest Agents MVMT Pass The Syrup podcast...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
An industry marketing expert has questioned the strategies of ‘house of brand’ agencies. Writing exclusively for Estate Agent Today, Simon Leadbetter, former...
01 September 2023
From: Breaking News
30 August 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
By Dawson Scott, CTO of Reapit. As the Chief Technology Officer of Reapit, I have always held the view that the privacy,...
19 August 2023
From: Sponsored Content
An estate agency with a major new homes department claims new build sales are proving more resilient than the mainstream market. Leaders...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Chestertons has become the first corporate partner to sign up to London e-bike operator Forest’s employee scheme in an effort to...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Belvoir has reported revenue growth for the first half of 2023 despite “challenging market conditions,” with its lettings performance offsetting lower...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Andrew Jones, Group Director, Corporate Lettings & Build to Rent, Leaders Romans Group (LRG) In the past 10 years, the Build to...
29 July 2023
From: Features
A new estate agency has now announced that its co-founder is a Savills head of office who has jumped ship. Sebastian Hipwood,...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Former Fine & Country global chief executive Simon Leadbetter is set to embark on his first national tour with his own...
23 June 2023
From: Breaking News
By Michele Gettins, Chief Marketing Officer at iamproperty Data is a powerful tool and understanding how to successfully identify and utilise reliable...
07 June 2023
From: Features
The Home Buying & Selling Technology Group (HBSG) has launched the latest version of the Property Data Trust Framework following live...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The Government is backing a new trial to give homeowners who make their properties more energy efficient a mortgage rate cut. Perenna...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the most valuable, most successful and most recognisable brands worldwide is Coca-Cola. And we have all wondered, at least...
20 May 2023
From: Features
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Independent agency brand Pat Robson & Co is celebrating 25 years of residential sales, lettings and property management. Tim Nixon launched the...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The UK is on its rear - fact. Whilst many were breathing a sigh of relief after surviving a global pandemic,...
29 April 2023
From: Features
An award-winning charity will cut the cost of homeownership in Wigan by up to £10,000, by offering buyers the chance to...
22 April 2023
From: Features
Homebuyers should be warned about climate-related risks of a purchase, new Law Society guidance suggests. The legal membership body has issued guidance...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Hamptons: Agency brand Hamptons has announced it...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A new product to help agents meet their anti-money laundering (AML) responsibilities has launched. Lifetime Legal has unveiled Smart Compliance, which advises...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they review the Lifesycle CRM platform. Last month saw Lifesycle become one of the...
19 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The dreaded ‘C word’ – compliance – has been facing Estate Agents for years now and it’s not going anywhere. Looking ahead...
15 April 2023
From: Features
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Agents Giving: Entries are now open for...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Taking a proactive approach with viewing generation can increase foot flow through properties and generate more offers, and ultimately close more...
28 March 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Proptech firm ValPal has entered the artificial intelligence (AI) sphere with a new tool to help agents write better quality and...
13 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Estate agents should ‘rock the clothes they want’ rather than sticking to corporate 1980s suit fashions, an industry executive has claimed. It...
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
SmartSearch, the UK’s leading provider of digital compliance, has published an agenda-setting whitepaper to highlight the anti-money laundering shortcomings and sanctions...
25 February 2023
From: Features
OnTheMarket is celebrating retaining its majority agent-owned status amid sell-offs by some of its early shareholders. It comes after 1.9m shares held...
17 February 2023
From: Breaking News
AML experts SmartSearch warn estate agents that, with so many firms still hiding behind ‘opaque corporate structures,’ proper due diligence has...
11 February 2023
From: Features
It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...
31 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Consolidation and industry challenges are among the key themes to be tackled at The Conveyancing Association’s (CA) annual conference next month...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Former youth Olympic Badminton player Grace King is one of first recruits in a campaign launched by hybrid agency Mr and...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
It’s been a busy week for agency branch openings. Dexters is the latest to unveil new offices in London, opening nine across Blackheath,...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents are marking a record breaking 2022 for fundraising and are hoping to attract more funds for charitable causes during the...
13 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Surveying is traditionally a male-dominated profession, and many women who have worked in the profession for many years report that at...
23 December 2022
From: Sponsored Content
One of hybrid agent EweMove’s first franchisees has expanded his North West territory by rebranding as Property Franchise Group stablemate Whitegates. Chris...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
West Midlands estate agency Berriman Eaton has completed a £250,000 investment drive that has seen it establish a new Worcestershire office...
08 December 2022
From: Breaking News
We spent some time with Lucy Noonan, Founder and CEO of Atomic Consultancy, to pick her brains about the many moving...
03 December 2022
From: Features
HMRC has fined estate agents over £500,000 for anti-money laundering (AML) breaches in the past two months. Yet despite property managers...
26 November 2022
From: Features
In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...
12 November 2022
From: Features
Foxtons has upped its expectations for its full year financial performance despites acknowledging a “less certain market backdrop.” A trading update from...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents are invited to a webinar with Zoopla next week to discuss the portal’s 2023 outlook. Hosted by Zoopla’s executive director of...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s the oddest thing. Surely, the most fundamental requirement of an estate agent having won an instruction, is to get it...
19 October 2022
From: Features
From bake sales to beach clean-ups, there have been plenty of ways that agents have been giving back for good causes...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Regional estate agency Bradley Hall has undergone a rebrand as it looks to expand its presence beyond the North East and...
10 October 2022
From: Breaking News
In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...
08 October 2022
From: Features
Let’s be completely honest - as challenges go, estate agents are up against it trying to persuade reluctant vendors to take...
06 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Agency-backed risk management platform Thirdfort has received awarded B Corporation status. The certification recognises Thirdfort’s commiutment to goals outside of shareholder profit...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Transforming your living room into an eco-friendly space not only benefits your health and wellbeing, but the planet too. It can...
27 September 2022
From: PropTech & Innovation
In a recent McKinsey poll* 85 per cent of people said that fear of criticism, fear of uncertainty and fear of...
17 September 2022
From: Features
The property jobs market hasn't taken a summer holiday this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took place during...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A property developer has hit out at corporate agents for “artificially inflating house prices” as she reveals the poor practices she...
30 August 2022
From: Breaking News
It's been a busy period of fundraising and volunteering for agents and property professionals. Support has included getting one charity back on...
26 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents and property professionals haven't let the summer holidays slow down their fundraising efforts. If there are charitable endeavours you think the...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Foxtons had become ‘flabby’ and lost its sense of business, its interim chief executive Peter Rollings claims. Speaking on The Guild of...
18 August 2022
From: Breaking News
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) recently published a list of firms that have received penalty notices for failure to meet their...
17 August 2022
From: Sponsored Content
Agency board supplier Kremer Signs is working on geotagging tools that can be incorporated into For Sale signs. Tom Cummuskey, sales and...
16 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The Agency UK – which was set up by three ex-employees of Purplebricks – has strengthened its team with the arrival...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News
What do Tilly Ramsay and Kim Kardashian have in common? Other than both having well-known fathers, they’ve both also mastered the art...
10 August 2022
From: Features
Sellers are always looking for ways to improve the value of their home, and according to new research agents may just...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Double-think, for those who have not read George Orwell, is when people are expected to accept two conflicting beliefs as truth,...
06 August 2022
From: Features
For some time, LinkedIn was seen – fairly or unfairly – as stodgy, dull, corporate and formal. The uncool uncle to...
30 July 2022
From: Features
Property firms are still failing to make basic anti-money laundering checks (AML), and some may even unwittingly be helping politically exposed...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
An estate agent is marking two years of running her own business through eXp and claims it has been better for...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents are being given the chance to learn how to improve their anti-money laundering (AML) processes from a veteran police investigator. Rightmove...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
People in prominent positions in the housing industry aren’t always perfect role models. After all, Chris Pincher was housing minister for...
09 July 2022
From: Features
A client called asking for advice on their social media marketing strategy. They’d thrown a lot of budget at it, but...
06 July 2022
From: Features
From golf days to white collar boxing, agents and property professionals have been swinging into action for charitable causes recently. Remember, if...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Images can have the ability to paint a vivid image, but video content can take this to the next level if...