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The Secretary of State for Education has written to the head of an online estate agency to ask him to share...

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

Here’s an unusual story, describing the work of one of Purplebricks’ Local Property Experts who was with the company for around...

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

It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of defections and duplicity worthy of Shakespeare. Yet the estate agency world has...

A husband and wife pair of directors at a property valuation and surveying company have been ordered by the courts to...

To a sales-focused agency, having a lettings department can sometimes feel like losing control of the business. Recent cases of property management...

As an estate agent, you need to be ready to cater for the specific requirements of buyers and sellers, tailoring your...

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...

An estate agent who stole per £300,000 from an estate agency spent the money on designer goods and expensive holidays -...

A statement this morning by franchise agency Winkworth says lettings and property management now accounts for 50 per cent of its turnover. The...

There may be a cloud over the economy right now but growth of 2.7 per cent in house prices last year...

Are you a real Doctor? Not in the conventional sense no, sorry to disappoint! I’m Tom Durrant and I’m the Creative Director...

Rightmove has taken steps to improve its email security and accuracy through the adoption of what has been called a “machine...

More speculation has swirled around the future of Emoov as it appeared that company chief executive and founder Russell Quirk had...

I’m spending a lot of time in airport terminals waiting for flights. They’re not the most comfortable of surroundings, but at...

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - the last one in November. Career moves tend to slow this time...

New figures from the British Independent Retailers Association suggest that there are now 135 fewer independent estate agency branches than at...

When Professor Andrew Baum’s PropTech 3.0 report was first published, a small event was held to celebrate the very first academic...

Agents have continued to express their shock and opposition to the announcement by the government that it wants a stamp duty...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Marco Ferrara, Director of Tili What is Tili and what does...

More than 420,000 people have now used the government’s Help to Buy schemes to get themselves on to the housing ladder...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday feature, Property Jobs Today. There’s plenty going on despite the summer holidays beginning for many...

Auction House says the number of lots it sold in the first half of 2018 was some 3.8 per cent up...

Letting agents are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help compensate for the introduction of...

Russell Quirk, chief executive of Emoov, says his agency is now one of the top seven in the UK following its...

An outspoken estate agent has given the government a clear message - get off our backs , ease the red tape...

I have sold hundreds of lettings businesses over the last twenty-five years. Based on this experience, these are the mistakes that you...

‘Respect’ is the new mantra for politicians: whether it’s about street gang leaders, social media trolls or those on either side...

Firstly, a huge thanks to everyone who shared and commented on my first blog and for all those that emailed me...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Welcome to the latest Agents Do Charity - your opportunity to let the rest of the industry know exactly what great...

The Property Franchise Group’s trading statement this morning reveals a huge 23 per cent rise in revenue for 2017 - £10.2m...

What do you need to know if you are considering selling your sales or lettings business?  Here’s ten top tips to think...

Bitcoin has smashed into the headlines again recently with major news outlets describing the ever increasing worth of this wildly volatile...

Outspoken estate agent Chris Wood has criticised the Advertising Standards Authority for its succession of ‘informally resolved’ judgements on complaints against...

The spread and sophistication of financial crime in the UK in recent years has been unprecedented.  Figures from UK Finance show that...

ZPG - which already owns and operates Zoopla, PrimeLocation, Hometrack and the price comparison website uSwitch - has acquired the financial...

A think tank says the penalties now levied against second home owners - such as the stamp duty surcharge and phasing...

An insurance provider says small estate agencies are peculiarly vulnerable to cyber attack yet are amongst the least prepared amongst their...

Agents’ Mutual (oops, that name might need to change…read on) has been touting its recent legal victory and is about to...

The accounts for Agents’ Mutual, parent company of the OnTheMarket portal, show that revenue for the year ending January 31 was...

Foxtons has reported its half-year figures for the six months to the end of June and, as expected, they show how...

High end estate agency Savills says the credit crunch - roughly 10 years old next month - is still having an...

Estate agents complying with new anti-money laundering regulations introduced this week are unlikely to avoid falling foul of terrorists and criminal...

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...

The number of new homes built in London will reach record levels in 2017, according to high-end agency Savills - but...

An estate agent will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to 76 fraud offences.   The Get Surrey website reports that Ayodele...

The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...

The Adam Smith Institute, a right-wing think-tank, has blasted the campaigning charity Shelter over its allegations of land-banking by house builders in...

We’ve spotted a video from our friends at Kings Group which impressed us with its mix of acting and fun -...

In the world of property and estate agency, competition is always fierce. It’s the same when it comes to your website....

The government says its latest release of figures from its various Help to Buy schemes show that over 185,000 people have...

Harmony – it’s not always a word that springs to mind when thinking about the world of work. But if you think...

The Daily Telegraph appears to have exposed the government’s much-vaunted Buy To Let ISA scheme - billed as helping first time...

It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. When the idea behind the world wide...

House prices in Scotland rose 0.9 per cent in May, taking the average value to £172,119 - still down on a...

The joke doing the rounds last week still seems to be just as relevant this week: “the only man with a...

With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...

No fewer than 555,000 would-be first time purchasers have opened Help To Buy Individual Savings Accounts - HTB Isas - since...

Brandon Lewis, the housing minister, is backing Theresa May as a crowded field of candidates begin seeking support to become leader...

An estate agent is complaining to Rightmove about what he says is its ‘misleading’ method of calculating and publicising leads.  Like many...

When you're on the hunt for a new job, once your diary is starting to get booked up with interviews it's...

I want to take this opportunity to share some findings from the National Landlord Association’s latest Quarterly Landlord Panel. The first is...

Predicting ho­­w the housing market might play out over the next few months is incredibly difficult. There are a significant number...

The prospect of quarterly tax returns being imposed on some businesses - including small estate agencies and other small firms servicing...

Growth Schedule is incredible FREE software very simple to use that enables Estate Agents to manage their social media accounts from...

There are fears that a little-publicised proposal could mean some of the country's smallest estate agencies would have to file tax returns...

This week’s final batch of photos come from agents and other property professionals who have taken a personal approach to the...

An interesting story caught my eye a few weeks ago. A man from Lytham St Annes in Lancashire attempted to sell...

A conveyancer who swindled his clients and HM Revenue and Customs out of almost £352,500 in stamp duty land tax, has...

Jon Hunt, the property billionaire who founded, ran and then sold Foxtons, is worth a cool £1.186 billion - yet is...

A new online service claims to protect agents and others working in the industry from the threat of cybercrime.  The service, called...

A sales director of a branch of Humberts has resigned after being found guilty of stealing £2,500 from a charity. Jane Hale...

Public relations is big business these days. Whole companies are set up purely to provide this service. Major corporations have in-house...

Eighty branch agency Andrews & Partners has reported a 12.9% rise in revenue, representing the company's highest ever turnover figure and...

Last month it was announced that the CHAPS payment system will be extended by one hour and forty minutes from summer...

A London mortgage broker who lied about his company profits to evade almost £115,000 in corporation tax has been found guilty...

I recently visited Life Residential at their bright and modern West London headquarters. I carried out a quick interview with Joint Managing...