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Iain McKenzie, chief executive of the Guild of Property Professionals, has given Estate Agent Today readers four exclusive marketing tips. In a...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....

NAEA Propertymark says the news that two major players in the leasehold sector have reformed their activities must be just the...

Working from home used to get a bad rap. With the phrase mocked as ‘shirking from home’, homeworkers were often seen...

A self employed franchise estate agent business model has been launched by one of the brands in The Property Franchise Group. Hunters...

As agents, we’ve finally got used to the word PropTech - some of us even like it! What’s more, PropTech has,...

It was never going to be easy for Scotland - and there was no sense of jeopardy for an already-through England. Yet...

Home set up and utility management service Just Move In is the latest partner on Reapit’s CRM. The 5,000-plus agents who use Reapit’s...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Thom Hudson, photographer at Meyers Estate Agents What is Meyers...

The Oxfordshire-based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients.   Peter Grant, Managing...

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

The frantic growth in house prices is showing its first sign of slowing down, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly market snapshot,...

For a match between two great rivals, the England-Scotland 0-0 draw on Friday may have brought both nations together. After all it’s...

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

Around 18 months ago, just a few months before the pandemic hit, I did a Natter with the team at software...

In the first of a two-part special with the presidents of the UK’s largest property trade organisation, we carry out an...

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has given his personal backing to the newest recruit of online agency easyProperty - even though...

The row over whether agents should be allowed to vet people who view properties on the basis of their wealth has...

Fine & Country has a new prime London licensee covering Notting Hill and Chelsea - but there will be no High...

Hello and welcome to another ADC, the weekly wrap of good work by the industry. You probably know the score by now...

Agents should prepare for a surge in fall throughs and collapsed sales thanks to the first stamp duty holiday period expiring...

Kerfuffle founder Simon Whale has given Estate Agent Today readers three top tips for improving their performance. The trio of suggestions -...

ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Well I rarely use them now! Chris Hodgkinson, Managing Director What...

A traditional problem for agents has been ‘tyre kickers’ who come to view a home out of curiosity with little or...

The current housing market frenzy would be easier to deal with if upfront buyers’ packs were available, improving transparency and cutting...

The long running saga of insurance firms failing to honour agents’ Business Interruption claims appears to be making progress at last. A...

A leading agent has been in touch with EAT to vent his frustration at the government for extending most of the...

Amro Partners, the Build to Rent and student accommodation operator, has launched a venture capital arm investing in PropTech and FinTech. Amro...

OnTheMarket, which a few days ago indicated it was in profit for the first time, is to woo potential new investors...

The policy and campaigns team at Propertymark, headed by Mark Hayward, has been expanded after what it calls “a number of...

Welcome to our second Euros Agent Match Report, when we get leading agents’ and suppliers’ takes on the matches featuring England and Scotland.  Today...

A former commercial director of Zoopla, who worked at the portal for 12 years, has been named as managing director of...

Michael Jones & Company celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year and, in an effort to both celebrate the work of local...

“A hybrid offering, which serves customers of all needs and capabilities, is what we should all be working towards.” Following Aconveyancing opening...

With just hours to go to the start of the Euros, we can announce our squad for writing Agents Reports on...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its monthly sentiment measure of house prices is at its highest level since 1988. A...

An industry supplier is urging agents to dust off old prospects to build their pipeline and keep the market boom going...

Hello and we’re at the end of another week celebrating all those in our industry who do great work. And this...

Boomin says it’s added over 600 new agency branches during May, with the latest signing being the large Pattinson independent with...

Zoopla has unveiled new features which it says will deliver more value to agents. In-Search Ads gives agents and housebuilders the option...

An app that promotes both on- and off-market homes to prospective buyers has linked up with a moving service PropTech platform.  Houso...

A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50% of home movers selected their estate agent because they liked them....

New research shows that UK estate agents are amongst the best value in the world. Using data from the Global Property Guide...

Despite the vast amount of publicity given to the concept of virtual viewing, a survey suggests relatively few properties on sale...

In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...

OnTheMarket’s new chief executive has posted his first full year’s trading figures - and they suggest the portal is making progress...

The Law Society has published new guidance for what it calls “under-pressure conveyancing solicitors” as the stamp duty deadline of June...

A delighted couple sent “thank you” gifts of jewellery to three staff at an agency after moving into their dream home. The...

The editor of the legal publication the Law Gazette has taken an estate agent to task for daring to suggest that...

As the high-street sees a dramatic increase in footfall1, a trend that is set to continue, agents are elevating their window...

Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

The Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 exposed the dangers of inflammable cladding on residential tower blocks, and what has come...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

A trade union is demanding that the government ban emails from all employers outside office hours - and it wants emails...

Figures released from the government show 19,400 people in the real estate sector are still on furlough - suggesting some agents have back...

A council cracking down on the increase of illegally positioned estate agent boards. Agents are required, under Planning and Highways legislation to...

Hello - it’s Friday already and that means more salutes to those in our industry raising money for good causes. If...

Boomin says it’s going to “reinvent the YouTube channel for property.” The portal’s new YouTube channel has gone live with five unique...

OnTheMarket has announced new functionality in a direct bid to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. The functionality, to go live within the...

Zoopla says just over half of current home owners say they are stuck in a property that’s unsuitable for their needs...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to give its members a tool which, it claims, will show existing owners’ propensity to...

A senior figure in the UK activities of the Keller Williams estate agency has died at the shockingly young age of...

An online agency has issued an outlandish statement that it, and other online agencies, have made the profession more trusted amongst...

We’re only a little over a week away from the Euros, happening at last a year later than scheduled because of...

As estate agencies are covered by Money Laundering Regulations, agents are legally obliged to take customer due diligence measures to limit...

While running customer identification and verification checks is part and parcel of the onboarding process for estate agents, under UK anti...

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US - says it now has 200 self-employed agents operating under its...

A new home buying platform being set up by a challenger portal has revealed details of its mortgage offer to users. OneDome...

Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...

Tech is a fantastic enabler but should never be a complete replacement for the human interactions that add real value to...

Banking has gone through radical changes in the past few years, in step with technology and the sheer amount we can...

Movebutler, the digital onboarding platform from online auction specialist iamproperty, says it has some 900 agency branches signed up. These include Martin...

Buying agents level the playing field with estate agents according to Phil Spencer - the TV property expert who started his...

Hello, and we’re at the start of a long weekend - and as the weather (finally) improves, perhaps that’s the opportunity...

An anonymous conveyancer has admitted increasing fees to deter buyers and sellers in the frenzied housing market during the stamp duty...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...

A new survey of some 700 estate agency customers show that they want to get traditional services like High Street branches,...

A global financial software and analytics firm says it’s launching a new PropTech tool which promises in the near future to...

Before you read on, ask yourself, how many times did you hear “we want to move, but just we can’t find...

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...

A firm has agreed to amend its claim that it was the number one selling agent in its town in 2020,...

In the previous edition of PropTech Today, Nathan Emerson highlighted the importance of effective implementation, linking poor staff engagement to the...

The number of transactions is scheduled to reach 1.52 million this year - way above the norm of between 1.0 and...

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

Telephone and chat support service Moneypenny has outlined a strategy to help agents avoid burn out. The service argues that working throughout...

An unusual price forecast based on conveyancing quotes suggests the housing market is to continue busy over the summer with more...

An assessment by a risk solutions firm shows that estate agents are on average just 53 per cent of the way...

Agents’ views are being sought by Propertymark on how best to improve the housing supply in Northern Ireland. The province’s Department for...

One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest...

OnTheMarket has signed a new deal with a PropTech partner - the second in successive weeks. This latest one is a 12...

One of the industry’s key marketing suppliers has given four tips for agent readers of Estate Agent Today. Graeme Edwards, managing director...

Free to list portal Residential People has launched a market intelligence platform called Prospr. This has been developed with the aim of...

Sarah Edmundson, the chief executive of the Agents Together charity - set up by the Bruce brothers, Michael and Kenny -...

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...

With property fraud on the rise and an ever-increasing number of transactions taking place in the lettings sector, having strict anti-money laundering...

The Planning Bill, which will introduce changes to the planning system in England, was announced last week in the Queen’s Speech....

We recently conducted a survey and discussion session with estate and lettings agencies called Agency panel - Cut through the noise...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launching a new PropTech platform called Fee Street, which is in its own words “dedicated...

The Federation of Independent Agents is forming a partnership with the new portal lead management platform Agent Response. Agent Response is led...

It’s great to enjoy hospitality inside now...but it’s even better to fundraise, perhaps outside in the spring and summer weather. It’ll...

A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies.  This is despite Purplebricks this...

An analysis of over 1.6m listings by Rightmove shows a big return to normality - demand for smaller city centre properties...

A new four part TV series is to lift the lid on some of the agency activities that go on to...

In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...

It’s nearly two years since The Tenant Fees Act came into force for tenancies in England. On 1 June 2019 it...

Three of the leading portals have made major announcements as the fierce rivalry between the big players continues apace.  Firstly Zoopla claims its latest...

Propertymark has produced a new guide for estate agents in the wake of the latest step on the roadmap out of Covid...

An online platform claims each agency branch in the UK has benefited from the stamp duty holiday by over £120,000. WiggyWam says...

A family-run agency has launched a campaign to back the High Street following the reopening of most shops and businesses. London agency...

One of the men behind the defunct Emoov online estate agency has re-emerged as the head of a marketing service. The service...

The man behind the free-to-list portal Residential People says security across all portals should be tightened, with so-called Two Factor Authentication...

The Trading Standards agency team has outlined to Estate Agent Today the process it will follow to improve what it calls...

An industry provider has created a free e-book for agents explaining the latest must-have - a Tech Stack. Tech provider Rex has created...

The controversial demands of Trading Standards for more “material information” to be provided upfront in property details have been criticised by...

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US and led by Adam Day, a veteran of three online firms -...

Welcome to another working week and with it, our regular update on appointments and moves within our industry. Please let us know...

Keller Williams UK has announced that Paul Sloan - who quit as operations director of Spicerhaart just weeks ago - is...

It’s been quite a week for the rental sector. Lettings agents and landlords have had such a torrid time in recent years...

Gathering and analysing feedback at all stages in the customer journey is highly important. So, where do we begin? For many estate...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, Dominic Murphy, Managing Director of DM & Co. in the Midlands, speaks to...

Over the next few years, the property sector is set to change for the better – all thanks to PropTech. While the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Christopher Keen and Company Director  What is ‘company name’ and what...

A leading industry trade body is warning that remote-working agents and smaller independent agencies are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

Zoopla has issued a statement saying it’s entering into a long-term partnership with the Leacders Romans Group, which will be “curated...

The end of the week is always charity day here on EAT, and this week we have a typical cross section...

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

OnTheMarket has signed an exclusive commercial partnership with property data specialist Sprift, to provide free market appraisal guides. These can be customised...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak to someone who has made an excellent impression on the property industry in...

TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...

On 28 April 2021, Fixflo ran the first in a series of quarterly legal update webinars with David Smith, Partner at...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid  In your experience,...

In the first of our revamped PropTech Today series - which will see six industry experts discussing a range of issues...

A new home buying platform set up by a challenger portal will donate £100 to charity for every transaction it fails...

Propertymark is backing the current Mental Health Awareness Week - and says the market boom is a possible cause of additional...

A league table of the most important issues facing vendors places the scale of estate agents’ charges at the bottom - and this...

A series offering “insight and advice” to agents is being launched by Zoopla’s cloud-based software brand, Alto, which was acquired by...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Ben Ridgway, Group Managing Director at iamproperty. What is iamproperty...

Brexit means that the UK’s anti-money laundering laws are no longer governed by the European Union (EU), but any estate agents...

Rightmove is to roll-out two-factor authentication within Rightmove Plus to try to protect agents against attempts by fraudsters to steal leads and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Mark Armstrong, and my business card says...

Even before the pandemic, the estate agency sector was evolving considerably as a younger generation started buying, selling and letting homes,...

Changes to the way the property market operates over the last year - with increased flexibility and remote interactions - has...

Boomin founder Michael Bruce says his new site has enjoyed a stronger start than any other portal in terms of visits, viewings,...

A company which was once an early adopter of using a central resource for self-employed agents working under its name, says...

A market analysis by Fine & Country suggests that annual house price inflation could hit 10 per cent next month. Nicky Stevenson,...

In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...

In a video interview for Letting Agent Today, Neil Cobbold, Chief Sales Officer of PayProp, speaks to property professional Chris Buckler...

Property owners who play it cool when it comes to marketing their home find their frustration soon becomes overheated. The constant we...

A leading industry supplier says there’s been a jaw-dropping 495 per cent year-on-year increase in digital spend from agents - and that...

The interim executive chair of Propertymark has now taken up a leading role in The Conveyancing Association Nicky Heathcote is becoming the...

Hello and if it’s the end of the week it’s time for Agents Do Charity -  your opportunity to respect all...

The current crisis has led to many of us to re-evaluate our lives to ensure that we put ourselves in the...

Estate agents are being invited to a webinar to end their apparent “misconceptions” about the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA has...

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...

Whilst it was once seen as a way to sell niche or run-down properties, auction is now a mainstream method of...

Propertymark Qualifications is reporting a surge in exams being taken and booked as restrictions ease allowing test centres to reopen. Since they...

One of the world’s leading analysts of portals has warned Boomin, OnTheMarket and others challenging Rightmove - millions have been spent...

House prices are 7.1 per cent above their level a year ago as the boom continues. The latest house price index, from...

The anti-money laundering compliance service that is now part of data company LonRes is holding a training session for Rightmove member...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

We have more regulations controlling the sector than ever before and we have more ‘regulators’ involved in controlling the sector than...

You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...

As an estate agent, you should of course be performing robust Know Your Customer (KYC) checks as part of your Anti-Money...

There’s a new warning that the estate agency industry may be in a more fragile financial condition than before the pandemic,...

This time last year the industry was awaiting the launch of a new portal - the free to list public site...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity as we are on the threshold of May why not get on to the...

Agents are being advised on what course of action they should take to safeguard their right to fees should they be dis-instructed...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I chat with Fine & Country UK’s managing director Nicky Stevenson, one of the most...

One of the earliest London agencies to adopt a hub-style operation with self-employed agents working on a high commission basis, has...

The private treaty process has been in need of modernisation for a long time. When we open an account with a...

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

A former senior Foxtons and Douglas & Gordon agent has hit out at “the relentless key performance indicator culture” of some agencies. Matthew...

One in six properties sold for over the original asking price last month, higher than the proportion in February and another sign...

It’s hard to remember a time at any point in the last 20 years when agents have been looking for a...

The estate agency industry is besotted with digital canvassing to try to win business - but that’s the wrong approach to take...

Independent estate agency Dacre, Son & Hartley plans to significantly grow its franchise network across Yorkshire and beyond. Dacres currently employs 125...

Software provider Rex has launched three new live dashboards for agencies, one of which covers agent performance. Rex says the dashboards -...

Rightmove and Zoopla have both made PropTech announcements as the scramble to retain and win agents continues. Rightmove’s draw-a-search tool has been...

If you’re worried the stamp duty holiday is denying the Treasury of much-needed income, think again. Stamp duty receipts soared to £1,196...

An estate agency is investigating how a swastika appeared in a photograph accompanying property details about a house on sale. The Grantham...

As London plays catch-up with the buoyant housing market seen in the rest of the country, two agencies have announced new...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

The TDS annual review 2020 indicates that deposit disputes have remained low over the last year, at around 1%. This is...

I was not surprised when I came across an industry article recently citing that over half of home buyers never visit...

In my previous Estate Agent Today feature, I endeavoured to explain the key differences between APIs and Apps, to help improve...

Potential house buyers may be fine with virtual tours during lockdown periods, but as the country opens up, people are going...

A leading buying agent says the phenomenon of ‘buying unseen’ is the most dramatic property trend to have emerged from the...

Propertymark has shortlisted five of the 700 or so PropTech suppliers in the UK, as part of the trade body’s REACH...

The land and new homes division of Sequence has signed a deal to offer fully-funded part exchange and home buying services...

Hello and welcome to a sunny Friday and this week’s round-up of the industry’s good works. We’re keen to feature agents and...

International investment bank UBS has double-downgraded Purplebricks from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ - and that could be good for independent agents, a...

Two leading agencies and an agent network have signed up to the UK’s first dedicated portal for those finding, researching, buying...

As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...

Momentum is building for agents to provide more information on property details and portals - not wait until a prospective buyer...

Some 45 per cent of people who had their home valued by an agent or sold it in the past three years discovered it...

Iamsold, the company best known for its Modern Method of Auction online platform, has won top spot in an auction league...

National Trading Standards wants agents, portals and industry groups to come up with ways to provide basic essential material information ‘upfront’.  The National...

A hybrid agency which until now has been active only in London is launching new hubs in Manchester and Brighton. Agent &...

The market share of hybrid and online agents has remained at eight per cent, according to property industry consultancy TwentyCi. This figure...

Zoopla today begins a new marketing drive - the latest move in the fierce battle between Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket and Boomin. Zoopla is...

Agents are being urged to push through their pipelines before the upcoming stamp duty deadlines. The plea comes from Simply Conveyancing, which...

Another week begins, another record tumbles - Rightmove this morning reports a monthly price surge of 2.1 per cent has propelled...

If someone broke into your house and took a video of lots of personal information, like photos of family and pets,...

Jason Tebb, the ex-Foxtons agent who is now chief executive of OnTheMarket, has given his first in depth public interview since...

An analysis of the average time taken for properties from 10 leading estate agency brands to complete shows a significant increase...

Rightmove’s new Modern Method of Auction service launches on Monday.  The service - which Rightmove calls Online Conditional Auctions - will involve...

A PropTech firm says its new tool allows comprehensive upfront property information to be shared instantly with all parties in a...

It’s Friday so it’s Charity day of course, and today we get to the root of the issue of lockdown easing...

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...

Zoopla has unveiled a subtle rebranding plus new features and functionality - and says it wants to be number one, not...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

Have you found yourself asking the question: “what is the difference between an API and an App?” No doubt we are all...

Michael Bruce has been promoted from the role of executive chairman of Boomin to group chief executive officer. This is within two...

Rightmove has so far this year recorded 20 of its busiest ever days for visits to the site as the current...

Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...

A survey of 5,000 agents suggests the slow house selling and buying process is one of the biggest challenges facing the...

The founder of Zoopla has returned to the property market with a new proposal to disrupt how agents buy and sell homes. Alex...

One of the industry’s leading consultants has calculated staff turnover rates at the country’s leading estate agencies. Christopher Watkin, the consultant who...

Today is the day that non-essential retail reopens as part of the government's roadmap out of lockdown. For the majority of the...

The ESTAS Group has named a new headline sponsor for its 2021 Forum and Awards, taking over from Zoopla with immediate effect. It’s...

The Competition and Markets Authority says it has pushed Facebook into taking new action to combat fake reviews - an issue...

The Chancellor’s decision to extend the stamp duty holiday has “put a spring in the step" of the housing market according...

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...

We’ve all spent the past nine months adapting to a more digital way of life. Whether that’s been working from home,...

A new survey suggests 53 per cent of buyers never actually visit an estate agent’s office during the course of their...

Winkworth says Covid and its aftermath will not derail plans to open five offices a year.  In a trading statement to shareholders...

The shortage of supply compared to demand, which has characterised the housing market in recent months, could soon be a thing...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - and it’s a special look at plans for this year by our own...

A portal says it’s the most significant challenger to the Big Three of Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket. OneDome says it bases this on...

The property market has performed strongly in recent months  as the impact of the pandemic has encouraged more people to move...

The UK property market is always evolving but never as quickly as it is now. Traditional estate agents are seriously questioning...

A surveyors group has launched a new ‘Home Review’ service which it claims will identify structural problems which create an immediate...

A new name is to appear at the top of Knight Frank from next spring - and he is charged with bringing...

There’s been a drop of no less than 16,000 in the number of physical viewings over the past year thanks to just...

Agents have contacted Estate Agent Today to say they fear the new MatchMaker service on the Boomin portal could be used...

The MP leading a new parliamentary committee on the housing market says a radical reform of tax would help more people move...

Estate agency offices in Wales, closed for many weeks as part of that country’s lockdown, will reopen from next Monday, April 12. The...

The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...

We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

Estate agents play a key role in identifying tax savings that can benefit all parties. If a purchaser can benefit from...

It’s 12 years since we opened our doors with the Fine and Country estate agency in Drayton on April 1 2009. The...

First off, happy Good Friday to all our readers. Here’s to a great, if still slightly different, long Easter bank holiday...

The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...

A new property board game called Gazumped aims to rival Monopoly but reflect a much more realistic view of how the house...

Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...

With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...

Earlier this month, Fixflo held a webinar with David Cox, legal and compliance director of Rightmove, to discuss key government policies...

Targeting the specialist student rental market can be rewarding for letting agents and landlords if they take the right approach. The current...

A company in the German Axel Springer publishing empire - which also invested in Purplebricks in the past - has put...

OnTheMarket has signed a big media deal with the UK’s largest news publisher. The deal is with Reach, which owns nine national...

Here are the first three TV adverts for Boomin, the new property portal which launches on Friday.The new website launches early...

Yopa has instructed two companies to help with its brand building as it battles with other major online players. It’s appointed M.i. Media...

A new survey says 80 per cent of homeowners believe the process of buying a house has remained largely the same or...

First the good news - estate agents are trusted more than politicians and no less than bankers. Now the bad news:...

Buyer behaviour has changed over the past year of the pandemic and it’s up to estate agents to calculate how to...

Agents who use cheap PropTech could end up spending a lot more than they expect, according to an industry expert. Anton Babkov,...

A business that calls itself the UK’s first 24/7 home-based estate agency has announced a new franchisee.  Dorset-based Meyers Estate Agents was...

With just days before the launch of new portal Boomin, Rightmove says it’s hit a record 9.1m visits in a 24...

Few people in the industry have as controversial or challenging a role as Nathan Emerson, the new (but interim) chief executive...

As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...

The Chancellor’s recent announcement that the stamp duty holiday would be extended for another three months was undoubtedly great news for...

We recently launched our state of the property nation survey – a two-minute poll designed to give estate and letting agents...

Unsurprisingly it’s been a busy few months in the property market so far this year, and a busy few months in...

You can’t blame agents for trying to get the highest possible price for their vendor’s property, but Purplebricks probably wins the...

Normal life still seems far away so there hasn’t been the usual spotlight on a good-news-feeling that comes every year on...

On Monday, we launched our state of the property nation survey – a 14-question poll designed to give estate and letting...

New data from The ValPal Network suggests 57 per cent of leads are generated outside office hours, putting the emphasis on...

A new licensee at Fine & Country is taking the brand into a new territory with a sales patch 170 miles wide...

The Guild of Property Professionals says it’s had a strong response to the launch of its Ofqual-accredited Level Three Agency Qualification. It...

The original stamp duty freeze, which started in July 2020, has already helped push house prices to a record high and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Hi, I’m Kersteen McConnell and I am a Business Development...

Some 30 tax documents have been released by HM Treasury this afternoon - a mix of responses to past consultations, proposals...

The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...

PropTech firm Sprift has entered into a deal with The Guild of Property Professionals. The partnership means that Guild member agents have...

Boomin co-founder Kenny Bruce says the UK economy should now be opening up thanks to the success of the Coronavirus vaccines. In...

Energy Performance Certificates ought to be scrapped because they are outdated and not fit for purpose. That’s the view of an influential...

Will Rightmove still be the dominant portal by 2030? Will Boomin really shake up the industry as Purplebricks did before it?...

OnTheMarket has completed its purchase of PropTech firm Glanty - a deal which began 15 months ago.   OTM took an initial 20...

Purplebricks is now part of the mainstream landscape of British estate agency. There - I said it. An agency whose whispered name...

From 4 May 2021, your agency could be blocked from charging late fees, compounding interest on missing rent and taking any...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Ed Mead,  all-round property guru and founder...

The events of the last 12 months have potentially shaped the future of our sector for years to come. There has been...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to offer a formal agency qualification as it goes increasingly on the offensive in a...