It’s tempting to think that Michael Gove’s proposed clampdown on Airbnb-style short lets is a uniquely British form of small-mindedness, part...
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20 April 2024
From: Features
Almost one in five vendors admit to having failed to disclose disputes with neighbours to prospective buyers when selling their home,...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Property brand and auctioneer Bond Wolfe has recorded total sales revenues of more than £178 million for 2023. The auctions division raised...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Long-awaited guidance on material information in property listings was revealed yesterday but policing of the rules won’t be any different, it...
01 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
The inaugural Northwest PROPS Awards will be hosted by England and British Lions rugby legend Martin Bayfield. The two-time Grand Slam winner...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
According to research, the average cost of home insurance was £300 in 2022 – a record low. However, this could increase...
22 July 2023
From: Features
A man has been jailed for fraud after conning potential property buyers out of nearly £16,000. Jaspal Singh Juttla, 64 of Northwood...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings: Last week...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
So next week we get to know how high housing is on the Government’s list of priorities. As we wait to see...
11 March 2023
From: Features
Inventory clerks and letting agency staff have been warned to put safety first when lone working or entering tenants’ properties for...
07 January 2023
From: Features
A chartered surveyor has highlighted 15 ‘crimes against property’ in a new book that aims to prevent owners from damaging the...
20 December 2022
From: Breaking News
FCS Compliance has announced the latest in its anti-money laundering (AML) series of webinars with Rightmove. The latest is titled The Role...
06 October 2022
From: Breaking News
As the summer draws to a close, and we begin to move towards the final few months of the year, I’m...
03 September 2022
From: Features
Russell Quirk has gone from online estate agency founder to PR guru and property commentator, but has now added national talk show...
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
As Britain’s housing boom continues, SDL Property Auctions has warned of ten ways new homeowners could be fined up to £5,000...
26 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
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
Portals are aiming to boost consumer awareness of new material information rules rather than refusing non-compliant listings. Agency listings have been required...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell fire tragedy, but are high rises any safer today than they were then? On 14th...
18 June 2022
From: Features
Spicerhaart’s annual conference and awards ceremony returned earlier this month after a three-year hiatus caused by the pandemic. The company’s two day...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A ‘frightening’ number of respondents to a Rightmove online poll appear to be unaware of their anti-money laundering reporting requirements. The portal...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A new Deputy Ombudsman, Lesley Horton, has been appointed by The Property Ombudsman Scheme. She will work alongside Property Ombudsman, Rebecca Marsh,...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News
PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...
09 April 2022
From: Features
In a new column, solicitor Colum Smith, an expert in combating fraud at Taylor Rose MW Solicitors, explains why those looking...
26 March 2022
From: Features
A coroner says there is insufficient evidence to determine the cause of death of a 23-year-old estate agent found on a...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A 20 year old estate agent who admitted being four times over the drink driving limit has been fined and banned...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The controversial conveyancing firm at the centre of an apparent cyber attack has hit back at newspaper claims that it did...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A leading property lawyer says some agents will struggle to meet the demand for more ‘material information’ put forward by Trading...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
If the UK and its allies have been played by Russia over the Ukraine ‘invasion’, and it’s beginning to look that...
19 February 2022
From: Features
A campaigning MP is to meet with a government minister to discuss controls and disincentives for second homes. Former Liberal Democrat MP...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A warning has gone out to estate agents that “more and more” reports are being filed about cyber attacks on agencies...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A British estate agent working in Florida has been shot dead while preparing to show a property. Sara Trost, 40, was from...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has come out in support of the Scottish government’s demand that buyers take lateral flow tests before viewings. The measure is...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A coroner says there is no explanation how an estate agent suffered a cut to his wrist, which led to his...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A petition is being started, urging the government to ban the payment of referral fees to estate agents. It’s reported to have...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Estate agents and other workers in Northern Ireland are being urged to work from home "where possible" in a bid to...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Agents must have a robust plan in place in case they are subjected to a ransomware cyber attack, says the Guild...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The police have been called in to investigate the ongoing cyber-security incident which has led to many firms in the Simplify...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The owner of an estate agency in Sussex has been jailed for five years for what a judge has called “an...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A BBC investigation has revealed that a man’s house was sold and his furnishings removed without his knowledge, in the latest...
02 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Media reports from the US state of Virginia say an 84-year-old man killed his estate agent after buying a property ‘sight...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The police investigation into the Savills agents who allegedly racially abused England players on Twitter after the Euros 2020 final is...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The Savills member of staff who allegedly racially abused England players online after the Euros 2020 final has been sacked. The Metro...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...
04 September 2021
From: Features
Thirty-five years after London estate agent Suzy Lamplugh disappeared, the trust that bears her name is calling for action to address...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The Crown Prosecution Service has joined in the criticism of unemployed estate agent Lewis Hughes, who last week admitted a count...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News
NAEA Propertymark says there’s no appetite that it can see amongst its representatives across the UK for charging people £30 for...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...
31 July 2021
From: Features
Propertymark says a new pay-per-viewing service is “interesting” but warns agents to protect themselves by abiding by consumer protection regulations. The warning has come following...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Greater Manchester Police have arrested the Savills estate agent who allegedly posted a racist tweet about black England football stars after...
14 July 2021
From: Breaking News
There is growing criticism of Savills on social media following the controversy over a racist tweet apparently sent from the personal...
13 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The police have now received complaints about the tweet believed to have been sent from a personal account of a Savills...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The second man to appear in a notorious video showing an estate agent accosting Professor Chris Whitty has now been charged...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The estate agent who accosted England's chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, has been charged with common assault. Lewis Hughes, 23 and...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The founder and managing director of FCS Compliance, Jerry Walters, has died suddenly. A statement from the company says he died during...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News
There are just three working days until the end of the stamp duty holiday for most buyers. That’s not even enough time...
26 June 2021
From: Features
Police are appealing for witnesses to an attack on a young agent last Saturday. Sussex estate agent Lizzie Noble, 22, was on her...
22 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...
29 May 2021
From: Features
A family is appealing for help in tracing the whereabouts of a motorhome stolen from outside their house at Whitstable in Kent...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
With property fraud on the rise and an ever-increasing number of transactions taking place in the lettings sector, having strict anti-money laundering...
22 May 2021
From: Features
A leading industry trade body is warning that remote-working agents and smaller independent agencies are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...
01 May 2021
From: Features
An estate agency has apologised after a bogus employee posted offensive comments about Prince Philip on a newly-created fake Facebook account. This...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
First the good news - estate agents are trusted more than politicians and no less than bankers. Now the bad news:...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Another TV programme will this weekend examine the fate of Suzy Lamplugh, the London estate agent who disappeared 35 years ago...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News
In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
An agent working for a Countrywide brand in Lancashire has been given a suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A high-profile London agency is asking the police and property industry bodies including Trading Standards to investigate a fake company posing under...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News
An agent is challenging the insurer Hiscox over its interpretation of whether to honour a Business Interruption Insurance policy. A standard letter...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, the regular round-up of industry good work. Whatever the cause, it’s great to publicise agents’...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A new appeal has been launched to discover what happened to missing London agent Suzy Lamplugh. She disappeared in July 1986, aged 25....
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s a call this morning for estate and letting agents to regard the physical viewing of any property on sale or...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A TV show relating the story of London estate agent Suzy Lamplugh will this evening reveal that there is a possible new...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Figures drawn up by a property industry recruitment guru show that estate agents work only two thirds of the hours they...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that all retail staff will be obliged to wear masks when working - and it's now...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News
The estate agency industry is still under the spotlight for possible illegal price fixing cartels according to the Competition and Markets...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Over £73,000 has been stolen from a Countrywide branch by two admin staff making false travel claims and issuing fake invoices. The crimes...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News
One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News
HM Land Registry customers - including agents and conveyancers - can now manage all of their applications and correspondence including notices,...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is working with an organisation called the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance to inform agents how to sport signs and respond...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News
An open verdict has been returned on the death of an estate agent whose body was spotted just 10 metres away...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News
A successful property newspaper has collapsed after one of its former directors turned computer hacker and deliberately deleted over 5,000 files...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The managing director of a Winkworth branch is threatening to report a senior member of a nearby Countrywide office to the...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News
An agent in the unusual position of operating across the England and Welsh border says many of his competitors appear to...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The Metropolitan Police says it’s “assessing” the controversial surrounding the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, and a planning decision over which he...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Many of the leading advocates of the self-employed estate agent business model have talked about why many want new recruits with...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News
HM Land Registry is making it easier to verify individuals’ ID from today. In addition to conveyancers and chartered legal executives, verification...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News
If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...
18 April 2020
From: Features
The Police and Crime Commissioner for an area with thousands of holiday homes wants their owners to make them available to...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Countrywide has strongly denied claims made to Estate Agent Today that some people have felt obliged to work at an admin...
02 April 2020
From: Breaking News
The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...
07 March 2020
From: Features
An estate agent who swindled a 69 year old woman out of £5,000 has escaped jail - and has been ordered...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Sky News claims that Countrywide and LSL Property Services are discussing a merger to become a £500m super-agency. In an exclusive it...
23 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The new housing minister is Christopher Pincher, who for the past decade has been Conservative MP for Tamworth having had a...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...
08 February 2020
From: Features
The government has announced its First Homes scheme - a policy under which it says some new homes will see their...