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Trade bodies and property firms have strongly welcomed the recommendations for root and branch reform of the agency industry - and...

One of the country’s leading estate agents says shifting the burden of stamp duty away from the buyer - which is...

The government has published its response to an MPs’ committee’s comments on overseas buyers of properties in the UK - and...

The trade headlines may be dominated by a revolution proposed for how agents are regulated, licensed and trained but one thing...

Agents have put a brave face on official government figures which have shown a shock fall in London house prices and...

Improved communication and increased transparency throughout the buying process can manage vendors’ expectations, improve satisfaction scores and create long-term clients. That’s the...

A trade association of agents selling properties overseas has launched a new feature which it claims will give buyers greater security...

All new-build homes could soon be fitted with an electric car charging point. The government has issued a consultation on the move,...

Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson has expressed an interest in switching the stamp duty burden from buyers to sellers. Until now Johnson’s comments on...

A new survey claims that 28 per cent of those who have put their home up for sale in past five...

Winkworth has a new office in its network, in the fashionable Suffolk town of Southwold. Independent agency Halford Wetmore has been acquired...

A leading agent has suggested that some parts of the UK would face “a property exodus” if Boris Johnson’s proposals for...

The Nationwide building society is to go into house building. It has received planning permission to build 239 new homes for sale...

It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...

The city of Norwich has become the sixth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...

A new global free-to-list property portal says it has secured 800 new property enquiries for estate agents in the last four...

Once a year you might be perfectly justified in putting your feet up for a weekend and enjoying some great sport...

Jamie Lester, the London estate agent who starred in The Apprentice almost a decade ago, has set up a property industry...

An estate agency has removed a claim that it uploads its properties to Zoopla and PrimeLocation after a complaint to the...

Conservative leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson's plans to reverse stamp duty changes could help to kickstart the prime property market, according to...

The former chief executive of Purplebricks has defended claims that some Local Property Experts are underpaid, saying that success comes through...

Welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today. It's the time of the week when you can catch up with...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

The police have opened an investigation after a number of complaints have been made about the financial affairs of a sales...

The new chief executive of Purplebricks believes hybrid agents could win '20-30% market share' in the UK. Vic Darvey, who replaced Michael...

Purplebricks has revealed its annual results for the year ending April 30 2019.  The hybrid agency has posted an operating loss of...

Estate Agent Today has been contacted by an individual who says he is one of three former Emoov customers intending to...

A leasehold reform campaigner says government proposals risk creating a two-tier market and do nothing to assist leaseholders already hit by...

Gazumping is alive and well in much of the country, despite the slowdown in the property market, according to new research...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

Increasing legislation and regulation has arguably been the biggest talking point in the private rented sector (PRS) over the last few...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

Purplebricks’ former chief executive Lee Wainwright has made a stout defence of the controversial agency’s sales progression process and its local...

Zoopla has announced an improved app which “enhances the house-hunting journey with a fresh design, improved navigation and an intuitive interface” -...

Hello there - if it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity, and as we prepare for a hot weekend for Glastonbury revellers...

Purplebricks has released figures which appear to show it is one of the most successful agencies - or perhaps THE most...

Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...

A 176 year old agency is claiming success with its first online auction lot selling for over twice the guide price. It...

A PropTech firm which claims its products offer “industry-leading” response times says agents lose a majority of their leads due to slow...

The modern method of auction is proving to revolutionise the way properties are bought and sold across the UK.  By putting the...

MyBid4It is an online auction platform which has been developed to partner with Estate Agents and revolutionise the way properties are...

The former chief executive of Purplebricks UK says the agency completes on over 80 per cent of the homes it lists...

The free-to-list property portal Residential People says it now has over 740 independent agents in the UK on board - and...

A national newspaper claims that the 20 millionth domestic EPC in the UK is set to be issued in the next...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

An online auction service which only came into existence in September last year claims to have 150 partner estate agents already,...

Purplebricks has hired the Weber Shandwick PR firm to handle much of its non-investment related public relations. Weber Shandwick has its global...

An interesting analysis of Rightmove’s performance on the stock market has led to questions about the long-term profitability and viability of...

Too many sellers are wedded to the idea that prices will rise after a Brexit deal is resolved, says one of the...

LSL Property Services’ Land & New Homes division says it’s set a record by selling 50 per cent of the units...

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett says rival portals may want to “interfere” with his aim of converting agency members from free...

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

High Street estate agents should re-define themselves in today’s competitive market by becoming Residential Property Experts offering a wide range of...

Sorry about the weather everyone…miserable isn’t it, and the summer is supposed to be well underway? But we’re not allowing our fund-raising...

New research by comparison website GoCompare suggests almost a million house sales have been lost because of Brexit.  The study claims that...

It’s easy to understand why people are hesitant towards processes becoming digital. It is the fear that the digital world is...

Sellers are back with a vengeance according to figures from online agency HouseSimple.  It claims the Brexit date extension has given sellers...

A PropTech firm has repeated claims it first made in March about allegedly inaccurate floorpan measurement and says a new initiative...

An analysis of transactions agreed this spring suggests there will be a surge in prices which will ultimately be reflected later...

My experience in marketing over the last 10 years has been an interesting journey, however I don’t want to bore you...

OnTheMarket claims monthly visits to its website hit a record 25.4m in May - but the portal’s latest update gives no...

A review website set up by a former estate agent says £1m of new funding will allow it to roll out...

With summer in full swing (will someone tell the weather?) we’re having bumper editions of Agents Do Charity, and this weekend’s is...

A new service which aims to provide estate and letting agents with what it calls “game changing” access to property data...

Beleaguered fund manager Neil Woodford, one of the early champions of Purplebricks, has slashed his stake in the company from 28.9...

A portal specialising in prime and super-prime London property has turned perceptions of the capital’s housing market on their head -...

PropTech company Landmark has thrown its weight behind the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ new Home Survey Standard, which is now out...

“You say tomato, I say tomato” is a line in a famous film score way back in the 1937 film Shall...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is running a Certified Property Measurer course aimed at training agents and others in the...

FirstHomeCoach, the brainchild of a former HSBC banker, has launched with the aim of providing “every service” a first time buyer...

Talks are reported to have been held between Purplebricks leading shareholder, Neil Woodford, and the German publishing group Axel Springer about...

Purplebricks share price has risen over 10 per cent - at least temporarily - on news of a major expansion of...

A volume house builder is launching a TV advertising campaign claiming its properties are a “premium alternative” to second hand homes...

It may well seem that the government is pre-occupied with one issue, and one issue alone. While preparations for Brexit take up a...

The Innovative Collaboration Group - a collection of high-profile tech suppliers to the agency industry - has unveiled a raft of new...

NAEA and ARLA Propertymark have launched an initiative called Propertymark Inspire to promote training and compliance awareness amongst agents.  A statement says the...

New research suggests it takes, on average, six months and 24 days to buy a home. The study, for PropTech virtual tours...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

Retired homeowners are increasingly using property wealth to clear unsecured debts and mortgages to strengthen their later life finances, a new...

Hello there and we’re at the start of another Bank Holiday weekend - but no rest for you lot, working hard...

An agent with over 29 years of experience has taken over as  chief executive officer at Humberts - just as the...

A homeowner in London has won a legal case against a chartered surveyor who failed to identify Japanese knotweed during a...

A new sales progression tool that claims to have been hugely successful over an 18-month pilot is being rolled out across...

An IT firm says small and medium-sized estate agencies without the infrastructure of large corporates are putting themselves and their customers...

A Parliamentary committee has claimed that 160 properties in the UK are owned by “high corruption-risk individuals” and wants more to...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the destination where you can catch up with the key moves announced in the...

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...

New free-to-list portals Residential People and Commercial People are aiming to secure one million property listings by Q4 2019. The portals -...

A new portal for the prime London property market has launched this week, recruiting a string of big-name agents.  Vyomm, founded by...

Conveyancing platform The Moving Hub has this week launched its proposition into the estate agency and mortgage intermediary sectors. The firm is...

Further details of Countrywide's closure and consolidation programme, first revealed by Estate Agent Today on Friday, have emerged over the weekend. A...

With a mere matter of weeks until the Tenant Fees Act comes in to effect, I can’t help but wonder just...

London agency Chestertons is launching a franchise offering which will allow businesses outside of the capital to operate under the Chestertons...

An industry veteran is launching a new hub-based hybrid agency and is offering to sell 50 homes for free to raise the...

Two PropTech suppliers have this week announced new partnerships and products with the aim of helping estate agents.  Firstly, sales progression and...

I hope you had another wonderful Bank Holiday weekend; only three weeks to hold on until the next one. Personally, it...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has launched its long-awaited ‘How to sell a home’ and ‘How to...

Equity release, seen by many agents as a reason why fewer older homeowners are downsizing these days, has reported more growth...

During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...

The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent weeks, some might say somewhat ironically by a House of Lords’...

A new and comprehensive analysis of the housing market shows a jaw-dropping collapse in stamp duty revenue going to the Treasury...

With the UK population spending longer in rental accommodation, due to the upfront expense of buying a home, their time and...

A statement from London-focussed agency Chestertons claims to have bucked the poor market in the capital - and says it’s partly...

Mark Witherspoon, well known in the agency industry as the former data services director of Zoopla, has joined the TwentyCi company.  TwentyCi...

A lawyer appears to be suggesting that ‘clean and tidy’ clauses be inserted into house purchase deals, allowing buyers to retain...

It’s clear that some agents are not fans of Trading Standards officers, described in the comments sections of the trade press...

The head of the new Trading Standards authority regulating estate agents says Online firms are treated exactly the same as High...

The trade body for ‘home stagers’ says that properties that have been dressed sell three times faster than those that have...

Research  by HouseSimple suggests that over 31 per cent of homes currently on sale in major UK towns and cities have...

We’re accustomed to tech firms promising disruption in how homes are bought, let, sold and rented: now one is pledging to...

A PropTech firm that lists a customer’s home with successive estate agents until it is sold has raised £500,000 of startup...

A solicitor handling cases involving Japanese Knotweed say the problem could devalue the prices of affected houses by as much as...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

Zoopla has been spelling out more details of prospective buyers’ and renters’ patterns of portal-watching and how they relate to leads...

A quick buy company that describes itself as an “express estate agency” is making a pitch for vendors who may be...

Low risk letting is everyone’s aim, but unless legitimate guidelines are followed it’s difficult to know if a tenant will prove...

An estate agency has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority not to use an advertisement on its website and Facebook...

Another property raffle - this time with what appeared to be a castle as its main prize - has hit trouble...

A new snapshot of market share claims that online agents accounted for 7.0 per cent of all exchanges in the first...

An influential investment blog says the number of analysts and investors still believing in Purplebricks’ growth story is dwindling - and...

The estate agency industry is in a staffing dilemma because of the continuing uncertainty over Brexit and its effect on the...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - your final chance before the Easter break to catch up with the key...

It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

The recent ARLA Propertymark conference featured a hugely interesting line-up of speaks and session during a watershed time for the lettings...

The first hour of a property’s listing on a portal is the most crucial for sellers or landlords according to research...

A ‘property potential’ portal which claims to be highly successful across the south east of England is now going to launch...

Spicerhaart claims that it achieved an average of 104.29 per cent against the market value on properties that were taken into...

A national and regional property auction firm has delivered its best ever first quarter sales in the 12 year history of...

First time buyers purchasing new homes using the government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme paid on average 12 per cent...

The owner of a home for sale has complained to the Advertising Standards Authority after seeing it marketed on Zoopla -...

Agents boasting qualifications could generate higher fees and more clients, especially if they are ‘ahead of the game’ and improve their...

Every estate agency applying to join a new group for independents will be mystery shopped in a bid to ensure it...

Online estate agents have seized on the recent national newspaper article accusing estate agents of over-valuing properties to earn higher fees. The...

OnTheMarket says high take up for its alert service demonstrates that it’s closing the gap on Rightmove. The challenger portal says that...

There’s more bad news for Purplebricks: after a shock 80 per cent downgrading of its stock value by a bank on...

Hello, it’s that time of the week again when we look at the latest recruitment and appointment news in the industry. Just...

Analysts at Berenberg Bank have sharply reduced their price target for Purplebricks by over 80 per cent from 470p to 80p, accusing...

The chairman of franchise giant Hunters says his company’s purchasing power is such that it secures 60 per cent discounts from...

Two new free-to-list portals say they have now attracted 100,000 listings from 1,600 agents. The portals - Residential People and Commercial People...

PropTech players behind a recent trial claim that use of Blockchain can cut a transaction time from a typical three months...

At PayProp we recognise that it’s the hard-working agents and other staff that make the industry a success, so training should...

It’s a testing time for the property industry, amid Brexit fears, a slowing market and the looming tenant fees ban.  There’s no...

A controversial online estate agency has gone into liquidation two years after describing High Street agents as “smug, suited slime-balls.” BetterMove, registered...

New figures from the Equity Release Council suggest more growth in this sector, alarming those agents who see this as a...

Mortgage brokers are claiming that “a big number” of buyers are being cajoled into using estate agents’ in-house brokers. The Financial Conduct...

An insurance company claims that over 29,000 property deals fall through in a year because buyers get cold feet over their...

A mortgage firm claims that around a third of all those who have moved homes since 2016 have done so -...

An online estate agency insists the online/hybrid sector will take a 50 per cent market share in the future - despite...

An anonymous estate agent has renewed his attack on Purplebricks after an article in The Times at the weekend. Estate Agent Today...

The government has revealed that it’s to ‘test’ the workings of the New Homes Ombudsman before the scheme formally launches. Housing Secretary...

An estate agent who operates an online blog has told The Times that Purplebricks has faked price reductions. Other tricks which the agent reveals about...

It’s no secret that the UK’s housing sector is in crisis. Headlines scream about the shortage of new-build homes. TV pundits...

The new portal OneDome is offering what it calls a “consumer-facing digital mortgage product” in a bid to cut fall-throughs. OneDome already...

One thing’s clear in the ongoing mess surrounding Brexit - a lot of people are simply putting their head down and...

Many estate and letting agents are receiving more leads through OnTheMarket than through Rightmove, the challenger portal claims - and it...

Virtual tours are a compelling way of enhancing a property’s potential through online marketing, increased transparency and efficiency for agents, and...

Four high-profile industry figures have sent an open letter urging agents to think about what they call “smarter marketing” in a...

One in eight people buying or selling in the next six months say they will delay their plans because of Brexit...

It’s being suggest that a recent tax tribunal verdict might just open the way to challenges to the three per cent...

A quick-buy firm that buys homes at around 85 per cent of market value claims the industry is concealing how slow...

Extended Permitted Development Rights unveiled in the Chancellor’s recent Spring Statement could create issues concerning Right To Light for homes near...

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

A high profile agent has written a robust defence of the industry following a critical article in a business newspaper - but...

A newspaper claims that 1,228 estate agent branches closed on Britain’s High Streets last year. The Mirror’s business editor, Graham Hiscott, says the...

A survey of owners has revealed that recent leasehold scandals have deterred many would-be buyers from considering new build homes.  The survey,...

Many of the industry’s best known and widely respected suppliers have set up a new group which they say offers agents...

The Law Society claims that the unforeseen charges faced by some purchasers of leasehold properties could be addressed “if developers and...

An industry provider of reservation agreements says its services can “entirely eliminate” fall throughs and reduce failed transactions “to almost zero.” PropTech...

An estate agency which was set up in south Wales late last year is opening a new branch that it describes...

The leasehold system has created many unsellable and unmortgageable homes and should change, MPs say. The all-party Housing, Communities and Local Government...

The founder and former chief executive of Emoov, Russell Quirk, is back in the headlines with a new but until now...

Another new online auction company has launched and is bidding to woo traditional estate agents with the controversial ‘modern method of...

For many years, the majority of agents have stuck to the tried-and-tested 9am-6pm opening hours framework. But is this now changing,...

I don’t believe it’s unfair to state that our government, indeed, the entire political establishment is in some turmoil at the...

Two 'challenger portals' have revealed major new services this morning as they fight to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. OneDome, the new...

A report claims that the hybrid agency EweMove performs above average across a number of measurements. The study comes from TwentyCi, a...

A former senior management figure at Rightmove and online estate agency Doorsteps is going it alone for a new holiday property...

Savills has this morning talked up its investment in onliner Yopa, which it claims is the sixth largest estate agency in...

The Guild of Property Professionals says its network of over 800 independent estate agents across the UK has, collectively, the highest...

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...

The end of 2018 was a bit of a rocky time for online estate agents. Yet only a few years ago...

An interesting debate has been sparked in PropTech this week. It started with an interview, published on YouTube, in which Kristjan Byfield...

Two free-to-list portals launched last month in the UK say they have 1,200 agents and 50,000 listed properties on board in...

Maverick Cornish estate agent Chris Wood has quit the industry with a stinging attack on those who have “taken their toll”...

The Property Ombudsman has issued new guidance over what it calls “a growing issue” - that is, disputes over dual fees. TPO...

A PropTech firm claims agents are currently undervaluing properties in London because of what it calls “outdated and inaccurate property measurement...

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...

Last week, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced a number of measures aimed at further tackling homelessness, including...

The proliferation of big data is paving the way to improving our economy on almost every front as entrepreneurial digital companies...

A slew of allegations have been made against agents and sometimes even by agents, over alleged misdemeanours over property listings as...

Countrywide’s executive chairman and group managing director have spoken to Estate Agent Today about the impact of Brexit on the company,...

Countrywide's report to shareholders this morning warns that the residential market is heading for a difficult 2019 which may hit the...

The head of residential property at a law firm is warning that referral fees can backfire on estate agents who may...

Competition for landlords will be fiercer than ever this year. Landlords are facing a raft of changes and will likely be...

The troubled online agency House Network has amended its website after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority about its claims...

OnTheMarket has stepped up its attack on Rightmove with a stridently-worded email to agents explaining how a drop in leads from...

Outsourced auction provider IAMSold says it is the top independent auctioneer for residential property lots sold in 2018, according to the...

It’s been revealed that Countrywide has been hit with a £215,000 fine as part of a swoop by HMRC cracking down...

The long-running stand off between website AllAgents and Purplebricks appears to be over, with the online agency being ‘readmitted’ by the...

When you recruit a new member of staff, training should be one of your main priorities.  After initial training, ongoing training and...

The Met Office says today, March 1, is the first official day of spring - perfect timing to coincide with the...

A new sales portal has launched with a radically different business model, aiming to pay agents to list on it. It’s the brainchild of...

The controversial property portal Propertyheads has compiled a blacklist of tradesmen who have a criminal record. The website says this is the...

The vast majority of people want homes built as standard for all age groups - a contrary view to those in...

Another For Sale By Owner website has been launched - this one, apparently, because the founder was “frustrated” with estate agents’...

The government’s anti-money laundering campaign Flag It Up has published an A to Z which it claims will help agents understand...

Online estate agent Emoov failed to tell crowdfunding investors it was losing £3m a month before its collapse, a Sunday paper claims. The...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

Monthly mortgage payments as a proportion of income have dropped to 31 per cent now from 43 per cent a decade...

Few can deny that with announcements from MPs and an announcement from Purplebricks, that it’s been an extraordinary week.  While it may...

A portal powered by Artificial Intelligence claims it is offering investors a much-needed and superior alternative to Rightmove and Zoopla. One &...

A new training and development team has been set up by Connells Group. It’s designed - in the company’s words - “to...

As the sales market across much of Britain appears to be mired in political and economic uncertainty, figures from Scotland appear...

In these tougher times, we recognise that helping agents win new inventory is the key to their businesses.  There were more than...

The two men behind a low-profile hybrid estate agency say their company is flourishing after two years in business, during which they...

Interesting news this week from South Africa where the PropTech startup, Flow, has raised R20m in the country’s 'biggest PropTech seed...

A poster advertising shared ownership, promoting homes from a housing association, has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The poster, for...

One of the world’s leading digital analysts has given his latest verdict on the UK portal market and offers a major...

A new survey claims the market is at its worst for eight years. The latest market snapshot from property platform Home says...

A new group called the Federation of Independent Agents has been set up as a network of like-minded independent agents who...

The radically-restructured Humberts estate agency claims the risks it took last year in scrapping branches and moving to ‘hubs’ has paid...

Property consultancy JLL has launched a specialised Help to Buy team in response to what it calls “the increasing demand for...

Barely a day goes by when we don’t read a new report on the unscrupulous practices of landlords; of the sub-standard...

The first major estate agency business to launch a crowdfunding bid since the controversial collapse of Emoov has emphasised its “realistic”...

A design and renovation business has set up a property sourcing business which will find homes requiring renovation. What’s more, it claims...

A new free-to-list property portal is launching in the UK, and has a pledge to serve over 20 counties by the...

There’s been more growth in the equity release sector, suggesting that fewer older owners are downsizing and are instead using their...

OnTheMarket says one of its key aims for 2019 is to match Rightmove’s product offer to agents. “We’re looking to match Rightmove’s...

Mystery surrounds the details of an apparent theft of thousands of pounds by three men who walked into an estate agency...

A London estate agent says his system of ‘moral agreements’ between sellers and buyers prevents chains collapsing and means his company has...

The end of the snow has given way to warmer weather, and while it’s a little early to speak of spring...

The beleaguered Your Move estate agency insists there was no breach of customer privacy after an ex-employee reportedly took confidential data...

Winkworth has set up a dedicated land and new homes division. The franchise agency, which has most of its offices in and...

New figures released this morning from OnTheMarket claim its listing inventory bis now over 80 per cent of the size of...

The Property Franchise Group says its online/hybrid agency EweMove traded profitably throughout  last year and will show “a significant improvement” over...

At the end of January the Asian PropTech company PropertyGuru announced the imminent launch of beta-phase testing of its cutting-edge new product, PropertyGuru Lens. This...

A major restructuring of LSL Property Services has just been announced to shareholders, with substantial numbers of branch closures. The statement says...

Purplebricks might have the last laugh - its biggest critic is ditching his High Street office and making his own agency online. Controversial...

If former Chancellor George Osborne thought his 2014 stamp duty reform would produce more income for the government, it appears he...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT.  Everyone here let us know about their jobs news by emailing press@estateagenttoday.co.uk - please do...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

The head of a For Sale By Owner website claims that some agents are making “vast amounts” of up to £7,000...

The online publication aimed at London’s high-rolling property professionals, Prime Resi, has named what it believes to be the capital’s 10...

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...

An estate agent in the north of England has been confronted by vigilantes who duped him into thinking they were underage girls.  The...

Agents need to focus on more targeted marketing using a mix of traditional and modern methods to optimise their position in...

There’s been a dramatic improvement in the speed of searches being completed and returned by local authorities, the government claims. Housing minister...

Property industry commentator and former online agency chief executive Russell Quirk has defended Rightmove’s charges to agents, saying that compared to...

Connells’ brand Gascoigne Halman has lost its appeal against OnTheMarket. Gascoigne Halman challenged OTM’s old ‘one other portal’ rule at the Competition...

The government has this morning set out wide-ranging changes to redress systems for agents, the sales and lettings sectors, and other...

A new report from Zoopla claims very nearly a third of buyers want to know the street - or even the...

A new bespoke Customer Relationship Management system developed by The Property Franchise Group claims to enable High Street agents to fight...

The industry has long been critical of reports claiming house price movements are in some way uniform across the country, but...

A think tank is suggesting that micro-homes could be the answer to London’s shortage of available homes for first time buyers. The...

Gloomy statements from some industry organisations have suggested the market is in trouble thanks to Brexit uncertainty but Rightmove says visits...

I don’t think I can add anything more to the excellent 2019 pieces we’ve seen on EAT in recent weeks –...

A survey of 6,000 members of the public and 660 estate and letting agents has revealed some striking findings about how...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the housing market outlook over the next three months is the worst for 20...

Our latest case study come from a recent news item to have hit the industry and national press. A disgruntled tenant is claiming...

A Scottish estate agency has changed its website following a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The complaint relates to West Property...

The National Association of Estate Agents has met with other members of a high-level government board to look at ways of...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Beccy Moore. Office Manager for Nicholas Humphreys Tell us more about Nicholas...

Even with 2019 well underway, letting agents need to keep refining their long-term goals and business targets. For agencies with a...

A new property management firm claims that an average of nine estate agencies have gone bust each week since 2010.  Apropos -...

Customers are still trying to get hold of Emoov, Tepilo and Hatched months after they closed down. Estate Agent Today has seen...

Direct Line for Business is launching what it calls an online “end-to-end” insurance product for estate agents and property management companies.  The...

It’s time to think about planning the 2019 events calendar. This year, there are more PropTech conferences scheduled than ever before,...

A branch of the Haart estate agency is reported to have apologised to Purplebricks for claiming that the hybrid agency was...

Zoopla is claiming a big surge in leads provided to agents and a new high in the number of visits to...

Purplebricks has tightened its vice-like grip on the online market according to a new analysis - but the race is on...

Yet another property raffle has had to be abandoned because it has been deemed illegal under Gambling Commission rules. A Yorkshire couple,...

A new analysis claims transaction numbers fell in 241 of 374 local authority areas of the UK last year. Analysis of Land...

We’re back with the first edition of Agents Do Charity for 2019 - and despite the uncertainty everywhere else, one thing...

It’s safe to say that the majority of agents will be glad to see the end of the past two years....

With one year to go, the 2010s will see housebuilding figures in England come in below any decade since the Second...

Early figures suggest record numbers of people visited Rightmove just after Christmas, giving renewed hope that the market may step up...

Hello and welcome to 2019. These are less predictions and more expectations - developments following on from what’s happened in the past...

If you thought Christmas Eve meant no more news in terms of industry movers and shakers…well, think again - we’ve one...

Developers have continued to sell thousands of new-build houses with leaseholds, despite a government pledge to ban the “unscrupulous” practice a...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

Zoopla is launching its latest advertising campaign from Boxing Day with ideas from the creative minds behind Wallace & Gromit.  From Wednesday...

Infamous X Factor rapper Honey G, who just last week was lauded for becoming an estate agent, now says she’s been...

A new website is offering to contact owners of homes that are not for sale, on behalf of people who would...