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Most letting agents don’t set up a business to become accountants but losing control of client money poses serious risks for...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

Let me start by wishing everyone well in these uncertain and precarious times. I truly hope you, your families, friends and...

The founder of an online agency has spoken publicly for the first time about how his near-death experience led him to...

Estate agents who deliberately over-value properties in order to win instructions are effectively committing fraud according to a prominent industry figure. Russell...

News broke last weekend of a further online estate agency casualty as letting agent Upad announced on its website that it...

There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s the...

There's good news for the market in at least one sector - mortgages offered to first time buyers. Latest figures from the...

It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...

Innovate or Die. But What is Innovation? It Isn’t just PropTech A certain Mr Dick Whittington Esquire was once convinced that the...

With the Tenant Fee Ban obliterating a key income stream, letting agents should be looking at ways they can increase the...

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

When they first came onto the scene, online-only estate and lettings agents were predicted to swiftly spell the end for traditional...

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...

Nobody likes change. It makes people feel threatened, undermines their confidence, and makes them worry about the future. But regardless of...

One of the west country’s best known estate agencies is about to enter a new era – led by a managing...

Over the past year I've had so many conversations with agents telling me how they feel that offering a premium customer...

In his keynote speech at the recent Negotiator Conference, Professor Andrew Baum sparked debate throughout the property industry. Baum’s speech, which began...

There’s been another call for the government to reform stamp duty - and this time the request is that the duty...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

I’m writing this a week into my instruction decision. It has been a fascinating journey to date. As I discussed last week,...

An estate agency has started a petition to get bollards erected outside its branch after two accidents, in each of which...

Data from a firm specialising in lone-worker protection suggests that there has been a 27 per cent increase in the number...

It’s been a big week for property news - controversies surrounding Purplebricks, merger discussions between big franchise operators, and another government...

Some good news is here for landlords and letting agents worried about the energy efficiency rating of their property – the...

Let’s be honest - few people saw this coming. The 89 to 11 per cent majority amongst Agents’ Mutual members for...

Savills has apologised to a potential client who accidentally received emails between agents saying one was “lumbered” with an enquiry about...

The agent working as both managing director and chairman of the Halls regional chain covering mid-Wales, the West Midlands and neighbouring...

Purplebricks’ advertising is very negative and critical of the competition. They talk about 'commisery', trying to make potential sellers feel ripped...

The estate agency which was fined £200,000 after a prospective house buyer fell 30 feet into a well during a viewing...

An inquest has ruled that the death of an estate agent was caused by shock or dry-drowning. Twenty-eight-year-old Daniel Hutton died last...

A hit-and-run driver has been jailed for three years and four months after a crash near Newmarket which left an estate...

Stansted estate agent Shaun Whiter says he wants to train to be a para-athlete after losing both legs in a horrific...

The head of Oasis estate agency in Staines has become a hero after saving a man from drowning after a pair...

An agent has expressed his anger and frustration at being the subject of an apparent cyber-attack which involved his office telephone...

An estate agent selling a home says he has been shocked by an incident in which a female prospective buyer fell...

By accident or design, the PR machine at OnTheMarket was beefed up last week.  Just as well. With the portal still reeling...

A body that regulates property searches has criticised some councils for providing “very poor service” which delays transactions. The Property Codes Compliance...

We’ve been facing some pretty adverse weather recently. Gales, storms and terrible flooding in parts of the country have upturned the...

In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given the opportunity to give their views on proposed...

A Plymouth estate agency owner who suffered a ski accident which left him unable to walk or talk is to run...

You can't help but notice that it's back to school time – the shops are full of school uniforms and pencil...

Zoopla says a Labour victory would be “likely” to lead to falling house prices and rising interest rates and suggests “a...