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Property Natter - When the going gets tough, agents get growing

By Nat Daniels

One of the nice things about this time of year...

Property Natter - 2023? Keep calm and carry on

By Nat Daniels

Happy New Year, to you all. Now that we’re all...

Property Natter – the five biggest property moments of 2022

By Nat Daniels

As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter...

Autumn Statement - is it the start of a new chapter?

By Paul Sams

The latest measures for property the Chancellor included in his...

Why estate agents need to be aware of social housing fraudsters

By EAT & LAT Team

In this guest feature, Dillon Darbar, counter fraud manager at...

Autumn Statement - what did our panel of property experts make of it?

By EAT & LAT Team

The property sector braced itself for the chill wind of...

Q&A - meet the lettings professional doing his bit for army veterans

By EAT & LAT Team

The property industry often gets a bad rep, despite all...

Reinvent then rent: could old commercial buildings boost rental stock?

By EAT & LAT Team

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent...

Property Natter - day in the life of a NTSELAT policy manager

By Nat Daniels

Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution,...

Michael Gove 'gets it' - why his return is good news for the industry

By Beth Rudolf

Recent political changes – and there have been quite a...

Property Natter – property is holding its own despite the turmoil

By Nat Daniels

I can’t really write about anything else this week, can...

Why people want plain speaking and clear comms in times of trouble

By Beth Rudolf

It’s fair to say that ours is an industry which...

Property Natter - how can agents combat the cost-of-living crisis?

By Nat Daniels

The worst cost-of-living crisis in generations is everywhere we look...

How estate agents can show they're serious about cutting their carbon footprint

By Shane Herath

Amid a cost-of-living crisis, not to mention the uncertainty of...

Insight - buy-to-lets failing to beat inflation

By Jason Harris-Cohen

As inflation passes the 10% mark, it’s no surprise that...

House prices hit sixth consecutive high - will the market ever cool off in 2022?

By EAT & LAT Team

In this guest piece, Kevin Shaw, National Sales Managing Director at Leaders...

Video interview - how to be a Mum and run a 200-branch estate agency

By EAT & LAT Team

Estate Agent Today's good friend Christopher Watkin recently carried out...

Exclusive Q&A with PEXA - what is its role in the UK?

By Matthew Lane

It was announced back in February this year that PEXA,...

Property Natter – is LinkedIn something agency can no longer ignore?

By Nat Daniels

For some time, LinkedIn was seen – fairly or unfairly...

Insight - why hybrid presentation is key to the future of agency

By Gavin Brown

Recent statistics published by the government’s Business Insights and Conditions...

Why free online logbooks are little more than Dropbox

By Stuart Young

There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following...

Property Natter - do agents need to worry about the metaverse?

By Nat Daniels

Between you and me, dear reader, I had little to...

Video interview - what are the main challenges facing letting agents?

By EAT & LAT Team

In this latest video interview, exclusively for EAT and LAT...

Property Natter – will the challenger banks ever become major lenders?

By Nat Daniels

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with...

Insight - is it Time to Stamp Out SDLT?

By Antonia Smith-Buckle

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear...

Leasehold reform - what do agents and conveyancers need to know?

By Beth Rudolf

You will hopefully have seen that the Leasehold Reform (Ground...

Interview with eXp's Glenn Sanford - 'some agents will always prefer self-employed'

By EAT & LAT Team

The self-employed model, after years of not really catching on...

Video exclusive - the Bruce brothers reveal all on Purplebricks and Boomin

By EAT & LAT Team

In this exclusive for Estate Agent Today readers, video supremo...

Will ‘upfront information’ go from buzzword to conventional practice in the year ahead?

By Matt Gilpin

Of the many industry buzzwords, I suspect “upfront information” was...

Agents - how to spot and stop fraud

By Alexander Siedes

Alexander Siedes, CEO of Homeppl, reveals the top five ways people...

Insight - an estate agents’ guide to AML

By Martin Cheek

The UK property industry has long been a target of...

HS2 - is the Midlands likely to benefit more than anywhere else?

By EAT & LAT Team

As debate rages over levelling up and a north/south property...

One year on, my perspective on running my own partnership

By EAT & LAT Team

In this piece, Leanna Donkin from house. partnership reflects on...

Boris Johnson’s Successor: what next for housing policies?

By Graham Norwood

Will he stay or will he go? You don’t need...

Property Natter – my predictions for the property market in 2022

By Nat Daniels

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas...

The rise of outsourcing in Estate Agency

By Ross Lindsay

The last two years have been dramatic and decisive for...

A 9 to 5 estate agent…dream on!

By Colin Shairp

There’s lots of talk of people moving over within estate...

Are reservation agreements the future of agency? These agents think so!

By Bryan Mansell

You’ve heard me bang on about the wonder of reservation...

Are your property inspection reports up to scratch?

By Mitch Handley

I am often guilty of this myself, where I think I...

Agent insight - why I moved from traditional agency to the hybrid model

By EAT & LAT Team

Guy Leaning, a former high street agent who has now...

Lettings Agents and the Green Agenda - why it pays to go eco

By EAT & LAT Team

In this article, the team at The Lettings Hub -...

Sustainability and automation – how can agents reduce their carbon footprint?

By Peter Grant

We have all heard the terrible forecasts and listened to...

What Every Letting Agent Should Know about the Economic Crime Levy (ECL)

By Simon Bushell

Disclaimer: This article is intended for information only and does...

Property Natter: are estate agents paid enough?

By Nat Daniels

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with...

Locked or open-door policy - has Covid changed the way offices operate forever?

By EAT & LAT Team

In this piece, Tom Davis, press officer at Propertymark, explores...

Property Natter – how can estate agents improve their green credentials?

By Nat Daniels

As we motor towards the next major global climate change...

Q&A – why pre-tenancy management should be a must for agents

By EAT & LAT Team

Agents are always on the lookout to save time and...

Avoid sleepless nights by choosing the right sales and lettings software

By Trevor Youens

We are living in the age of information. Our working...

Property Natter - will UK agents ever be seen as true professionals?

By Nat Daniels

There are some parts of the world, including in both...

OTM reconciliation - why I've decided to join a portal I previously criticised

By Simon Shinerock

Things can change. For those who remember, it’s no secret that...

Market tectonics: will activity shift from sales to lettings?

By Mark Armstrong

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare....

Zoopla - why the property market won’t lose momentum in 2021

By EAT & LAT Team

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate...

Exclusive: interview with Angela Davey, ARLA Propertymark's President

By EAT & LAT Team

Last weekend we spoke with Liana Loporto, NAEA Propertymark’s president,...

Is a fully-digital home moving process right for the property industry?

Tech is a fantastic enabler but should never be a...

Propertymark: your voice matters, make sure it’s heard

By Nathan Emerson

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in...

Vote, Vote, Vote - Housing and the 2021 Local Elections

By Graham Norwood

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s...

Property Natter: why agency must never become a closed shop

By Nat Daniels

The biggest news story in town this last week –...

Boomin - What’s the verdict?

By Graham Norwood

The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps,...

Take our 2-minute survey! We want your views on the industry

By EAT & LAT Team

We recently launched our state of the property nation survey...

Purplebricks - Is it joining the establishment?

By Graham Norwood

Purplebricks is now part of the mainstream landscape of British...

Propertymark latest - “We have no further comment”

By Graham Norwood

When it comes to communications, Propertymark could do with a...

Has the Stamp Duty Holiday extension campaign worked?

By Graham Norwood

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements...

Property Natter – will 2021 be the year of the merger?

By Nat Daniels

At the back-end of last year and the start of...

Why don’t agencies list on the stock market anymore?

By Graham Norwood

There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted...

Stamp duty holiday extension - This horse ain’t dead yet

By Graham Norwood

Just a week ago, I thought it was all over....

You guessed it…10 things to watch for in 2021

By Graham Norwood

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas...

Corona kindness - the best of agency in 2020

By Graham Norwood

The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’...

Change what you’re doing to complete sales before March 31

By Beth Rudolf

‘Many are in complete denial about the time it takes...

2020 - The year of Boomin?

By Graham Norwood

The agency industry may look back on this year and...

Joe Biden’s housing market - well, it’s just like over here…

By Graham Norwood

With a new President elected and the old one reluctant...

Does experience still count in estate agency?

By Graham Norwood

“I’ve got 47 years of experience as an agent. Do...

Electrical checks: rules for new tenancies vs existing tenancies explained

By Tom Harrington

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England)...

Safety in agents’ offices: understanding the law on whistleblowing

By James Tamm

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has encouraged people to complain...

Property Natter: why haven’t the Big 4 tech firms got involved with property?

By Nat Daniels

For a number of years now, predictions have been made...

Sunak’s stamp duty holiday was never going to be enough

By Graham Norwood

You have to feel for Rishi Sunak - well, at...

Why every political party is pro-tenant, anti-landlord

By Graham Norwood

Back in the day, party politics and the private rental...

Three reasons why estate agency should be first out of lockdown

By Graham Norwood

The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably...

Change - The key to unlocking demand after the lockdown

By Graham Norwood

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could...

It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post-Coronavirus?

By Graham Norwood

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge...

Property Natter – how is the industry coming together during self-isolation?

By Nat Daniels

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks...

How one country’s housing market is reacting to the virus

By Graham Norwood

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus...

It's time for agents and politicians to get behind Reservation Agreements trial

By Nat Daniels

Now we’re well into the second month of the year,...

Brexit challenges for agents and the property industry

By Graham Norwood

Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three...

Five things to watch for in 2020

By Graham Norwood

A new year dawns - but will 2020 bring new...

General election 2019: The housing crisis remains a top issue

By Marc Da Silva

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed...

Agents - what do YOU want to know about the portals?

By Graham Norwood

Problems with relationships are usually helped, if not always resolved,...

Is this how Reservation Agreements will work?

By Graham Norwood

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the...

Party Conferences: what agents should look out for

By Graham Norwood

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks...

Now is not the time for ‘BoJo Bravado’

By David Westgate

If you’d asked me at the start of the year...

Beyond the headlines - What the new regulator really means

By Graham Norwood

The industry press has given substantial space to recommendations from...

Theresa May’s legacy - how has housing fared under her government?

By Marc Da Silva

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago...

Blond ambition - Does Boris Johnson have any housing policies?

By Graham Norwood

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more...

What would a Corbyn government mean for sales and lettings?

By Graham Norwood

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and...

Commonhold in action – one small builder’s attempts to change the system

By EAT & LAT Team

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace...

The man who polices the agency industry - an exclusive interview

By Graham Norwood

It’s clear that some agents are not fans of Trading...

Impact of the Tenant Fees Act - how can agents cover their costs?

By Marc Da Silva

It has been a long time coming, but the tenant...

Replacing leasehold with commonhold – we’re backing the campaign!

By EAT & LAT Team

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with...

Love or loathe us - Britain’s best agents are the best in the world

By Kristjan Byfield

This article was originally written for City AM in response...

Online agencies: the final curtain call?

By Graham Norwood

It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of...

What next for property in 2019?

By Marc Da Silva

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to...

Is the deposit-free rental model a good idea?

By Marc Da Silva

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise...

Who comes out on top in the battle of the property portals?

By Marc Da Silva

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of...

A quiet Budget – but there’s still enough to keep everyone busy

By Paul Smee

On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not...

Budget briefing - Seven things to watch for today

By Graham Norwood

Perhaps it’s been our pre-occupation with Brexit, or on the...

Don’t be hasty in ditching your high street office

By Richard Rawlings

Several agents have asked me whether they should consider ditching...

Forget narrow demands - Work together for more homes

By Graham Norwood

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn...

Estate agency – it’s still about interactions not transactions

By Iain McKenzie

Making my way to our London office on a busy...

Government goes on holiday as agents go on waiting

By Graham Norwood

It’s holiday time: schools have broken up, quite a few...

Dominic Raab - another one bites the dust

By David Westgate

Another day, another housing minister – at least that’s what...

Kit Malthouse - We’ve obviously had enough of experts

By Graham Norwood

It may not be a good idea for a journalist...

Property Natter – ten years of Estate Agent Today!

By Nat Daniels

Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown...

Why James Brokenshire must build on Sajid Javid’s pivotal housing work

By Eddie Goldsmith

To say this is a turbulent time for UK politics...

The future for Countrywide - Paul Creffield interview

By Graham Norwood

The rise and fall - and perhaps rise again -...

Vote Conservative...get Labour?

By Graham Norwood

If you want to know whether buy to let, landlords...

Purplebricks is changing: Which way will it go?

By Graham Norwood

As always seems to be the case with Purplebricks, the...

Fast track to franchise success - are you ready to be your own boss?

By Marc Da Silva

For many estate agents seeking to become entrepreneurs, the idea...

It’s time to put an end to the ‘housing crisis’

By David Westgate

At the start of February, Nationwide suggested that the housing...

Property Natter – Q & A with Isobel Thomson, NALS

By Nat Daniels

This week I carry out a question and answer session...

Consultations - Why do so few participate?

By Graham Norwood

It’s no surprise that figures don’t always show the results...

Five things that didn’t happen in 2017

By Graham Norwood

It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past...

Property wealth: More bad news for the young

By Graham Norwood

It’s not breaking new ground to say that younger people...

Property Natter: A to Z of the property industry for 2017

By Nat Daniels

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time...

Property experts reveal their Autumn Budget wishlist

By Marc Da Silva

The housing industry has set out a list of demands...

Jostling for position: battle of the property portals continues

By Marc Da Silva

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not...

Consultation isn’t a substitute for action

By Graham Norwood

Another week, yet more consultations - the agency industry can’t complain...

Back To The Future: a short history of rent controls

By Graham Norwood

Like many of Labour’s recent policy proposals, its call for...

Property Natter: Why Uber’s troubles are reflected in estate agency

By Nat Daniels

As those of us in the industry know, there is...

Property Natter: estate agency then, now and in the future

By Nat Daniels

How has the world of estate agency changed in the...

Was this the week the agency industry changed for good?

By Graham Norwood

I’ve been in France for the past few days and...

Property Natter: it’s time to party (political-style)

By Nat Daniels

In this week’s Natter I’m going to get all political....

Could tax be the excuse to introduce national private rental licensing?

By Graham Norwood

It’s not just the evenings drawing in that marks the...

Why the stock market likes disruptors

By Graham Norwood

The stock exchange seems to be on everyone’s lips at...

Property Natter - a short history of estate agency

By Nat Daniels

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did...

Why the new build leasehold ban is a big moment for our industry

By Eddie Goldsmith

Without wishing to blow our own trumpet at this time,...

London’s prime housing market is no longer roaring

By Marc Da Silva

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price –...

Scrap the bureaucracy and let’s have simple rental regulation

By Graham Norwood

That the private rental sector has become the government’s whipping...

Forget stamp duty reform - There’s a new tax on the horizon

By Graham Norwood

When it comes to provoking anger in property professionals, taxation...

Property needs to rise above politics now more than ever

By David Westgate

“Housing policy should be in independent hands.” That was the conclusion...

Housing industry reacts to shock general election result

By Marc Da Silva

The housing industry has responded with shock, joy, and jitters,...

General election 2017: Facing the UK’s housing crisis

By Marc Da Silva

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June...

Reform of buying and selling - The industry should prepare now

By Graham Norwood

The banning of letting fees levied on tenants has dominated...

Why we’re absorbing tenant fees until a decision is made

By Hannah McDougall

In November 2016 when the Autumn Statement was delivered by...

‘Fake agents’ are crippling independents’ reputations and livelihoods

By Charlie Wright

Think ‘fake agents’ are no threat to your business? Think...

Housing policy progress will suffer thanks to snap General Election

By Eddie Goldsmith

Not only did Theresa May stun everyone with her decision...

Stamp duty reform holds the key to meaningful market change

By David Westgate

I wrote last month about how the Government, in introducing...

Two more years of government pain for the industry

By Graham Norwood

My apologies if this causes you to break your Easter...

Property Natter: Q & A with David Cox, ARLA Propertymark

By Nat Daniels

In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David...

The world is your oyster! Q & A with AIPP’s Peter Robinson

By Marc Da Silva

Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property...

Brexit: Housing must not be ignored in the clamour

By Graham Norwood

We’re almost nine months on from the EU Referendum and...

Budget 2017: Pleas for reform fall on deaf ears

By Marc Da Silva

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging...

Budget 2017 wishlist: Expectations from the property sector

By Marc Da Silva

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor...

What does the future hold for the buy-to-let market?

By Marc Da Silva

Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been...

And now for something completely different...Co-Living

By Graham Norwood

We’re used to stories on how the buying and renting...

Portal peace in our time

By Graham Norwood

It’s over. Done. The only ones interested are those with...

Independence may be the undoing of the Independents

By Graham Norwood

The story of the week has been the first steps...

What next for the rental market in 2017?

By Marc Da Silva

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes...

New homes: Sajid and Gavin must do better

By Graham Norwood

Now I’m not one to lose sleep over politicians, but...

What next for property in 2017?

By Marc Da Silva

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower...

After stamp duty and agents’ fees, it’s time to seize the initiative

By Graham Norwood

Let me set out my stall from the beginning. Firstly with...

The market is dead, long live the market

By Simon Shinerock

Listening to all the coverage of the tenant fee ban,...

Autumn Statement: reaction and what’s next for us?

By Simon Duce

Chancellor Philip Hammond caught the lettings industry unaware with an...

Autumn Statement: The property industry's wish list for Philip Hammond

By Marc Da Silva

It may still be too early to start compiling a...

Will Hammond's property past benefit the future of our industry?

By Rob Clifford

We are now only days away from one of the...

Whither Countrywide

By Graham Norwood

Although Brexit, portal juggling and portal wars have stolen property...

The market is crying out for a positive Autumn Statement

By Eddie Goldsmith

We are now less than a month away from Philip...

2017: If anyone says they know what’s going to happen, they’re lying

By Graham Norwood

I hate to be a party-pooper, but one of the...

Property Natter: Q & A with Russell Quirk

By Nat Daniels

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and...

30 years after her disappearance, we still have to learn from Suzy’s story

By Lara Wilks-Sloan

Suzy Lamplugh was just 25 years old when she disappeared...

Three months on – which way is the Brexit wind blowing?

By Rob Clifford

Those working within the UK housing market would have felt...

Housing must remain top of the government’s agenda

By Marc Da Silva

With the number of new homes being built across the...

Industry protests work – so keep them up

By Graham Norwood

It’s been a heartening few weeks for those of us...

Property Natter: online agents – where are they now?

By Nat Daniels

It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when...

Little England is out of step – on Right To Buy, at the very least

By Graham Norwood

If you want an indicator that the United Kingdom isn’t...

Look what Labour’s Owen Smith has done to me

By Graham Norwood

Older readers may recall a terrific movie called Network where...

Does Brexit mean the end of the Northern Powerhouse?

By Marc Da Silva

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London...

The post-Brexit landscape

By Rob Clifford

As I sit and write this piece, even with the...

Six Things We’ve Learned From The Referendum

By Graham Norwood

It’s over. A win is a win, whichever side you...

Post-Brexit blues and what next?

By Simon Duce

Never in my lifetime have I seen so much enthusiasm...

The only certainty is uncertainty. So what next for the industry?

By Graham Norwood

One estate agency leader - you’d all recognise his name...

What will happen to the housing market if Britain leaves the EU?

By Marc Da Silva

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead...

The current state of play in the property portal market

By Marc Da Silva

With more house-hunters than ever now starting their search for...

Should estate agents vote In or Out?

By Simon Shinerock

I pride myself as a logical person, so much so...

Purplebricks 1, Old-style online agencies 0

By Graham Norwood

Forgive the footballing headline – perhaps inevitable now that Euro...

If your fees are justified, you shouldn't be afraid to publicise them

By Kristjan Byfield

The old and eternal debate over whether or not tenant...

Brexit – does anyone know, does anyone care?

By Colin Shairp

The glorious thing about the referendum on our EU membership...

Education, Education, Education – and renting and buying, too

By Graham Norwood

So what is it with young people failing to stand...

What does Sadiq Khan’s victory mean for housing in London?

By Marc Da Silva

The new mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged to...

Hold the front page? Don’t bother – no one reads it any more

By Graham Norwood

I wish it were otherwise, but there’s a crisis just...

London mayoral election: A referendum on housing

By Marc Da Silva

The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered...

Seven unanswered questions about the OTM/CMA affair

By Graham Norwood

By accident or design, the PR machine at OnTheMarket was...

Property Natter – why deposit protection schemes matter

By Nat Daniels

This week, as the title suggests, I turn my attentions...

Tax and Buy-to-Let – how short are our memories?

By Ian Wilson

We talk about the unstoppable rise of buy-to-let and forget...

What's going on at Countrywide – will retail work for estate agency?

By Iain White

What Countrywide are getting at is that they want to...

An underwhelming Budget – perhaps that isn’t a bad thing?

By David Westgate

George Osborne has been busy over the last year. First...

Should estate agent boards be banned?

By Robert Nichols

Agents' boards get a lot of stick. Many see them...

You read it here first: What to look for in Osborne’s Budget

By Graham Norwood

When it comes to Budgets and Property, you have to...

P’ing in a storm – why is the industry obsessed with price?

By Carl Brignell

As any marketer will tell you, the marketing mix in...

That referendum: Should agents get off the fence?

By Graham Norwood

And so it begins. Four months and counting before we...

Do tenants want longer tenancies?

By Robert Nichols

Shelter has been tirelessly campaigning for longer tenancies for the...

Property and technology: The birth of the silicon brick?

By Nick Crayson

The amount of column inches taken up by ‘property’ is...

Housing reviews: A little less conversation, a little more action...

By Graham Norwood

As we all know, Peter Redfern is critical to the...

Homes’ horrible histories have little value

By Colin Shairp

Life is getting pretty frustrating for estate agents, and not...

How do you define a landlord?

By Richard Price

I want to take this opportunity to share some findings...

The true cost of bad weather – can you afford to be unprepared?

By Samantha Jones

We’ve been facing some pretty adverse weather recently. Gales, storms...

Agents must make residential vendors aware of stamp duty changes

By Rob Clifford

Predicting ho­­w the housing market might play out over the...

Stamp duty and buy to let tax changes: Readers' views put to David Cameron

By EAT & LAT Team

In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent...

OTM Fury Road(Show)

By Simon Shinerock

I'm sure most of you have seen, or at least...

Time to analyse OnTheMarket’s first year – But let’s keep it professional

By Graham Norwood

And so it begins. The first anniversary of OnTheMarket’s launch...

Consultation action confirms buy-to-let contempt

By Colin Shairp

My suspicion in my December Industry Views column that the...

The challenge of great recruitment

By Samantha Jones

Over the past six months I’ve noticed a number of...

Online Vs traditional – the battle continues

By Robert Nichols

Online estate agent Purplebricks has now completed its pre-Christmas IPO...

You read it here first – what to look for in 2016

By Graham Norwood

There’s been plenty of forecasting in recent weeks - banks,...

My winners and losers in 2015

By Graham Norwood

It’s time to take a pause, to reflect and put...

Open All (Christmas) Hours: Are you shutting down or gearing up?

By Graham Norwood

The possibility of agents having to keep offices open until...

Is there a gender split in the property industry?

By Cristina Catino

Diversity is a hot topic in offices across the UK...

Why do agents have an unfavourable reputation among the public?

By Robert Nichols

Last week, on the latest series of The Apprentice, Lord...

Property Natter: the end of an era

By Nat Daniels

It was an end of an era in the property...

Property ownership is fine – if it’s on an industrial scale

By Colin Shairp

I’m sure I’m not the only estate agent confused by...

A New Year’s Resolution for every landlord – make someone love you

By Graham Norwood

Once you go beyond the industry’s anger about the Chancellor’s...

Christmas is no time for agents to wind down

By Chris Chapman

No sooner was Halloween done and dusted than attentions turned...

Build To Rent – What we learn from Germany and the US

By Graham Norwood

I make no apologies for returning to Build To Rent,...

Reasons to be cheerful (Even if you’re involved in buy to let)

By Graham Norwood

A reader of Industry Views is unlikely to need converting...

Why audience size and user engagement really matters

By Russell Quirk

Over the past few years Rightmove and Zoopla Property Group...

Agents’ Mutual’s latest ‘letter of intent’: what’s in it for agents?

By Trevor Mealham

The consumer is King and to protect sellers and buyers'...

Can easyProperty find its place amongst the new online establishment?

By Graham Norwood

The big online estate agencies appear to have come of...

Property Natter: the rise of the robots?

By Nat Daniels

There’s been a lot of talk lately about artificial intelligence...

Has Corbyn Labour-proofed lettings?

By Simon Duce

The party's over. It's probably the best double entendre in...

Alex Chesterman Q & A: The Results (Part II)

By EAT & LAT Team

Readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were...

Alex Chesterman Q & A: The Results

By EAT & LAT Team

Readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were...

A call for questions from Alex Chesterman and Zoopla Property Group

By EAT & LAT Team

What will Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) do if it is...

We’re all disrupters now

By Graham Norwood

It’s become almost obligatory for start-ups in many industries –...

HMOs – a boom in buy-to-let or a drain on resources?

By Simon Duce

You can't help but notice that it's back to school...

Say no to George before housing crisis

By John McKay

A new website has been launched to fight back against...

What do portals really cost?

By Simon Shinerock

There has long been the assumption and contention in the...

Manage your landlords effectively as tax changes take hold

By Rob Clifford

Consider the scene. It is July 8th and new Chancellor,...

Landlords' plans will change in wake of tax relief cut

By John Fisher

Wednesday’s budget proved a grim viewing for those who have...

Summer Budget's fiddly tax changes well worth a second glance

By Eddie Goldsmith

This week the Chancellor, George Osborne, delivered the first Conservative...

Crowded house: are you super vigilant?

By Simon Duce

I don't think there is one person in lettings and...

Could cross-party support solve supply conundrum?

By Rob Clifford

Given that I wrote my last article on the day...

Letter from the Publisher: Are brownfield sites the solution to the UK’s housing shortage?

By EAT & LAT Team

There has been much debate in recent years about Britain’s...

A victory V sign to the housing sector?

By Colin Shairp

The Conservatives’ election victory came as a surprise, so much...

The voters have spoken – with confidence

By David Westgate

A little over four weeks ago I was here musing...

Over the next five years, let’s talk - but not to ourselves

By Graham Norwood

So, a sigh of relief.  Most agents will be pleased with...

The spotlight on our sector will not diminish, despite the result of the election

By Rob Clifford

I write this article on the day of the General...

Letter from the Publisher: Why it’s harsh to blame gentrification on Foxtons

By EAT & LAT Team

Gentrification is a divisive, provocative issue, but why are estate...

Technology is arming high street agents in the online battleground

By Trevor Youens

The presupposed notion still exists that new online agents are...

'One million landlords exit the PRS' - the headline you don’t want to read

By Simon Shinerock

Ian Wilson, the head of Martin & Co, recently threw...

Letter from the Publisher – What are the challenger parties saying about housing?

By EAT & LAT Team

With another hung parliament looking increasingly likely, the so-called ‘challenger...

Agents must differentiate in an ultra competitive market

By Rob Clifford

No agent reading this will be under any illusions that...

MPs and their own housing policy

By Graham Norwood

It is to the credit of our political parties -...

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