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![Call for improved training for Energy Performance Certificate assessors](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_EfficientHome-400x310.png)
A property consultancy is calling for improved accreditation for Energy Performance Certificate assessors. Re:solve Real Estate - which specialises in commercial property...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Accreditation for solicitor estate agents begins next week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents2-400x310.png)
ESPC has relaunched its SPC Property Practice certification, a unique accreditation course for solicitor estate agents. Developed with The Law Society of...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Connells Group becomes first estate agency to be NHQB accredited supplier](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Connells Group has become the first estate agency brand to be named an accredited supplier by the New Homes Quality Board...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Understanding professional indemnity claims in letting agent services](/upload/images/__thumbs/Professional_Indemnity.jpg/Professional_Indemnity__500x326.jpg)
Why professional indemnity claims are on the rise In today's volatile economic landscape, the uncertainty faced by landlords and tenants has reached...
01 November 2023
From: Features
![London agency academy receives Ofsted accreditation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
Dexters has become the first estate agent in the UK to gain an Ofsted accreditation for its academy. The agency’s academy invests...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![At Ease! Agency wins award for being Forces-Friendly](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
Spicerhaart has received a Silver Award in the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which acknowledges the agency group’s commitment to...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPCs - chaos, confusion, and cost - an energy assessor speaks](/upload/images/EPCs%20%E2%80%93%20chaos%2C%20confusion%2C%20and%20cost%20%E2%80%93%20an%20energy%20assessor%20speaks.png)
All landlords need to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPG), with few exemptions. As a property writer, landlord and Domestic Energy...
29 April 2023
From: Features
![Agents should make better use of ‘social proof superpower’ - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
‘Social proof’ will be an agent’s most important tool during the tougher property market, it has been claimed. Industry trainer and founder...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Simplify brands receive new homes accreditation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_427898140.jpg)
Move with Us and Moving Made Easy have been awarded the New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) accreditation for their part-exchange and...
08 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Five key ways that estate agents should be using social media in 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Social%20Media/_TikTok-400x310.png)
Estate agents have the challenging job of creating relationships and trust with their customers, who will make crucial life decisions such...
07 January 2023
From: Features
![The four must-have reports for all letting agencies](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/ReapIT/Lettings%20MI%20Blog%20360x280.png)
By David Boughtflower Business Analyst at Reapit, 14 years in Residential Sales and Lettings Having entered estate agency in the eye of the...
13 December 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Regional agency named among top UK companies to work for](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
Regional agent Redbrik is celebrating a string of successes as it approaches its 10-year anniversary in January. The South Yorkshire and North...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![How estate agents can show they're serious about cutting their carbon footprint](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Green%20Cities-400x310.png)
Amid a cost-of-living crisis, not to mention the uncertainty of a post-Covid economy, real estate businesses across the UK don’t have...
10 September 2022
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - travelling far and wide](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
Agents and property professionals are travelling far and wide to raise money for charity, plus there is a new way to...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Are your property inspection reports up to scratch?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyPurchase-1-400x310.jpg)
I am often guilty of this myself, where I think I am the bees’ knees in all walks of life; whether I...
27 November 2021
From: Features
![The EPC - how it’s defied sceptics, critics and Brexiteers](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energyefficiency400x310.jpg)
I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...
13 November 2021
From: Features
![How do you think Propertymark should be run?](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark has set out a four point strategy for the future of the organisation. The body - which encompasses the National Association...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![They’re Hired! 100 Apprentice agents pledge by London firm](/img/default/eat.png)
Some 100 new apprentice estate agents are to be recruited in London. Dexters, which has 70 offices across the capital including 12...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Is Propertymark’s new chief executive up to the job?](/img/default/eat.png)
The new chief executive of Propertymark, now combining five agency trade bodies including the NAEA and ARLA, has no experience at...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: exclusive Q&A with Tim Balcon, Propertymark’s new CEO](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...
16 January 2021
From: Features
![Propertymark says it’s only agent body with influence on government](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark is the only agency trade body with sufficient influence on, and links with, government to achieve major gains for the...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![PRS regulation - could more authorities follow the lead of Westminster?](/img/default/eat.png)
Back in September, Westminster Council launched a new strategy to help 'protect tenants' and 'ensure they live in good-quality and well-managed...
28 November 2020
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - even as things get just a little tougher…](/img/default/eat.png)
Let’s be honest: things are getting just a little tougher aren’t they? We’re delighted to say that the spirit of the industry...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Technology is central to solving property’s mismeasurement issue](/img/default/eat.png)
To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...
13 June 2020
From: Features
![Agency is one of the best to work for - for the sixth year!](/img/default/eat.png)
Regional estate agency chain Ashtons has been listed in the Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work for, for the...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks is controversial winner of ‘trusted service’ award](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks has won a ‘trusted service’ award - described as “an independent seal of excellence that recognises businesses for delivering exceptional experiences,...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Mandatory qualifications for agents - will they help the industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
Earlier this year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working group announced the initial details of plans for mandatory qualifications and...
18 September 2019
From: Features
![The importance of being part of a trade association](/img/default/eat.png)
When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent. The more...
26 January 2019
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - all the latest industry moves...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, the latest weekly catch-up with moves within and across our industry. A quick...
24 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: Q&A with Stephen Ludlow, ludlowthompson](/img/default/eat.png)
Next week ludlowthompson celebrates its 25th anniversary. Here, I catch up with Stephen Ludlow, co-founder and now executive director of the...
11 August 2018
From: Features
![Guild wins award based on customer reviews rated 4.5 and 5.0](/img/default/eat.png)
The Guild of Property Professionals has won a major award from reviews platform Feefo. The Feefo Gold Service award is described by...
02 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing: ASA investigates complaint against Law Society](/img/default/eat.png)
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has published the details of its investigation into a complaint made against the Law Society. The complaint...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property men hiring prostitutes is a reputational issue for industry - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
Estates Gazette has published a candid article suggesting the explicit hiring of prostitutes by delegates to the annual MIPIM conference may...
29 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Home Buyer Reports & Buildings Surveys could save you thousands in the future](/img/default/eat.png)
Miller Metcalfe Surveyors is a centre of excellence, with accreditation from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for residential surveys and...
28 January 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Competition among regulators is healthy – or is it?](/img/default/eat.png)
When it comes to the regulation of the conveyancing industry, this question is a topic of open and ongoing debate. Licensed conveyancers...
20 November 2015
From: Features
![New legislation means letting agent training is more important than ever](/img/default/eat.png)
With a raft of new legislation introduced recently now will be the ideal time to think about whether staff are up...
06 November 2015
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - as summer turns to autumn](/img/default/eat.png)
The Bank Holiday weekend heralds the end of August and the return to a more normal sales and lettings market for...