By Nat Daniels

Maplin, Toys R Us, Carpetright, Warren Evans – what do...

By Nat Daniels

With the rise of Purplebricks in recent years, many will...

By Simon Shinerock

As noted in Estate Agent Today’s news pages, OnTheMarket’s (OTM)...

By Nat Daniels

For part two of the 'Day in the life of'...

By Nat Daniels

In the first of an ongoing series exploring the people...

By Graham Norwood

The operation of ‘online estate agencies’ has changed substantially in...

By Graham Norwood

The other day I met with two agents who have...

By Simon Shinerock

Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I...

By Simon Shinerock

OnTheMarket has finally completed its stock market float, with less capital...

By Simon Shinerock

Whatever else you say about OnTheMarket, you can’t say it’s...

By David Westgate

Last week’s news that the lettings fee ban is unlikely...

By Samantha Jones

Estate agents are facing the biggest industry changes seen in...

By Simon Shinerock

Who says things slow down before Christmas? The opposite appears...

By Simon Shinerock

Yesterday morning OnTheMarket confirmed its IPO plans but with no...

By David Westgate

Here we are again: another much anticipated Budget has been...

By EAT & LAT Team

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget...

By Graham Norwood

British politics is extraordinarily volatile right now and the ongoing...

By Graham Norwood

It’s something of an understatement to say it’s been a...

By Howard Freeman

Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government,...

By Colin Shairp

So at last someone has woken up to the fact...

By Nat Daniels

They say presentation is key (something that Theresa May now...

By David Westgate

And so concludes another party conference season.  We’ve followed the...

By Nick Faulkner

The UK is home to four million leasehold properties in...

By Graham Norwood

It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there...

By David Westgate

I’ve written before about the impact of headlines on the...

By Vik Tara

Parliament is sitting again and the entire lettings industry is...

By Simon Duce

Despite the fact that eight out of 10 statistics are...

By Simon Shinerock

Before we go any further, assuming you are an Agents’...

By Colin Shairp

There’s a distinct sense of déjà vu over the debacle...

By Simon Shinerock

After my article last week predicting that Agents’ Mutual would likely...

By Simon Shinerock

I hate to be the guy to say ‘I told...

By Simon Shinerock

Agents’ Mutual (oops, that name might need to change…read on)...

By Graham Norwood

  You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the...

By EAT & LAT Team

During a week in which fledgling trade group the Charter...

By Nat Daniels

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all...

By Simon Duce

As an agency business, how much are you spending on...

By Nat Daniels

Mark Goddard was the founder and CEO of The Property...

By Colin Shairp

Great Expectations was a fantastic novel-cum-social-history written by Charles Dickens,...

By Nat Daniels

To give you a nice distraction from the post-election madness,...

By Eddie Goldsmith

In years to come, students of political history might come...

By Nat Daniels

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and...

By Nigel Poole

Our recent roundtable on the proposed ban on tenant fees generated...

By Marc Da Silva

Given that around 95% of property searches now start online,...

By Nigel Poole

Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant...

By Charlie Wright

Even some of the most successful professionals from other professions...

By Nigel Poole

Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant...

By Simon Shinerock

This actually happened - the names of the guilty have...

By Simon Shinerock

Purplebricks’ advertising is very negative and critical of the competition....

By Graham Norwood

There’s good and bad in every industry and at first...

By Richard Rawlings

Earlier this week it was Dads4Daughters Day – a campaign...

By Graham Norwood

I had a very interesting chat with the man behind...

By David Westgate

The buy-to-let market has gone through significant change in the...

By Simon Duce

If you work in lettings, I’ll already have a pretty...

By David Westgate

Welcome to February! It means that 2017 is well under...

By Simon Duce

The south’s seaside resorts are stealing the headlines for all...

By Simon Shinerock

When I read about the possible formation of yet another...

By Nat Daniels

A post-Christmas treat this week, as I carry out a...

By Simon Shinerock

I have a confession to make. In 1988 I became...

By Graham Norwood

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or...

By Marc Da Silva

Next year is likely to be a challenging time for...

By David Westgate

Just a couple of weeks ago, we waited with anticipation...

By Nat Daniels

What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in...

By Colin Shairp

As circus performers, most estate agents would fail. Some of you...

By Graham Norwood

Forecasts are a tricky business. And as I wrote in...

By Lloyd Davies

There is really only one topic of debate and forensic...

By David Westgate

Graham Norwood recently wrote that it’s going to be harder...

By Simon Shinerock

It is with no pleasure and a touch of sadness...

By Rob Clifford

The huge consequences of the EU referendum, and the impending...

By Marc Da Silva

Buy-to-let landlords may have failed in their recent legal battle...

By Graham Norwood

Some of this week’s headlines - ‘Firms must list foreign...

By Colin Shairp

It’s curious how gloom, gloom pre-Brexit Britain’s property market has...

By Nat Daniels

This week we have the Head Shepherd of EweMove, Glenn...

By David Westgate

Barely a week goes by without an announcement relating to...

By Nat Daniels

A fantastic exclusive this week as I carry out a...

By Simon Duce

I can’t remember a time when there were so many...

By Graham Norwood

It’s a headline from an Australian business journal this week...

By Glenn Ackroyd

With almost a fifth of house sales in Britain collapsing...

By Colin Shairp

As I sit here writing this on the Glorious 12th,...

By Colin Shairp

It’s a familiar theme – kids doing charity trips and...

By Marc Da Silva

Property prices were at the forefront of the EU debate...

By Graham Norwood

I’m indebted to one of the most enthusiastic estate agents...

By Eddie Goldsmith

What a month it has been. By the time you...

By Michael Robson

Significant national events such as elections and, in this case,...

By Samantha Jones

A few years ago one of our property receptionists took...

By Michael Robson

As property ‘experts’, sector know-how and experience sits centrally to...

By Graham Norwood

It’s all too easy to look sleazy in the eyes...

By Alex Sullivan

This website recently published a piece ahead of the nationwide...

By Graham Norwood

Despite being round the block quite a few times in...

By Simon Shinerock

When, during his budget speech, George Osborne announced Capital Gains...

By Rob Clifford

I recently read an article in City A.M. titled: ‘Five...

By Colin Shairp

The property market is racing ahead, but not everyone who...

By Samantha Jones

At the end of January I was one of the...

By Cristina Catino

When you're on the hunt for a new job, once...

By Simon Duce

What are we going to do about Generation Rent? Only...

By Daniel Collis

At 29, I'm Romans’ youngest senior manager. Last year I...

By Michael Robson

Birthdays aren’t just something for family and friends to celebrate.   Businesses...

By Graham Norwood

Public relations used to be a minor part of estate...

By Ian Lange

I started work in 1966 in Exeter with Fox &...

By Glenn Ackroyd

Do you remember Martha Lane-Fox? She was the poster girl...

By Nat Daniels

Right, so it’s one more week till Christmas and two...

By Simon Shinerock

OnTheMartket (OTM) recently wrote to its membership saying how well...

By Colin Shairp

News from the Halifax this week that the combined values...

By Rob Clifford

It’s hard not to have been influenced by the Rugby...

By Russell Quirk

It’s rare for an incumbent to pivot to a disruptive...

By Colin Shairp

It’s interesting to read of plans to debate which business...

By Colin Shairp

It was interesting to see the report on Estate Agent...

By Colin Shairp

It’s always interesting when Which? produces a report that includes...

By Graham Norwood

I received a call from a prominent agent known to...

By Rob Clifford

How do you best sum up the current market status...

By Colin Shairp

Competition is hot among home buyers in my part of...

An interesting point of view from a young sales negotiator...

By Simon Shinerock

A riposte to Paul Smith's article 'Why Estate Agents Must...

By Graham Norwood

There is a very interesting but easily-overlooked piece of information...

By Graham Norwood

Two interesting developments in the past week have shown how...

By Colin Shairp

What do we actually do as estate agents to serve...

By Graham Norwood

This month has marked a real change in the way...

By Simon Shinerock

Yesterday we heard about the letter from the CMA warning...

By Simon Shinerock

This publication recently reported on Russell Quirk's latest attempt to...

By Graham Norwood

OK, you’ve had your fun. Now let’s leave the regulators...