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Global property consultancy Knight Frank has launched its latest UK Build to Rent Market Update, revealing that investment in the UK...

London’s ultra-prime housing market for multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers rose by 10% in unit sales and 25% by value of property...

Home sales and house prices may have struggled in 2023 but more affluent buyers and sellers may not have noticed. Analysis by...

The chance for estate agents to control their own industry has been lost for good, OnTheMarket founder Trevor Abrahmsohn has claimed. Writing...

It was US disability rights advocate, Helen Keller, who said: ‘alone, we can do so little, together we can do so...

UK estate agents receive the lowest sales commission across eight of the world’s biggest property markets, new research suggests. The analysis suggests...

Self-employed estate agency platform iad has launched in Florida. The firm described it as another key expansion effort to compliment its recent...

2023 was coined as the ‘year of AI adoption’ and, after trickling into almost every industry, AI has taken centre stage...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

After six years at Keller Williams, well-known industry figure, Chris Buckler is on the lookout for pastures new and exploring agency...

Old Conduit House in Hampstead Village, a beautifully restored Gothic Grade II* Listed 5,054 sqft (470 sqm), six bedroom home, built...

A new mobile-based agency franchise network has attracted 50 agents during the first quarter of the year and is already planning...

International buyers appear to slowly be returning to the prime central London (PCL) market, according to Hamptons data. Figures released by the...

London agent Chestertons has signed a deal with Forbes Global Properties, giving it access to its worldwide reach and audience of...

Property social network and listings website PropertyHeads has launched a sister-version across the pond. The company has launched a US twin which...

Rich Americans will dominate ultra-premium property purchases in 2023, Beauchamp Estates claims. The luxury agent suggests that the strength of the dollar...

Online and Americanised models of self-employed agency have deterred new agents from entering the sector amid a wider decline of professionals...

Wales fans waited more than 60 years to see their team play in the World Cup and the players at least...

Demand for prime London property from Americans doubled between September and October due to favourable dollar exchange rates and increased investor...

Agents are being invited to help shape and be part of the future of the proptech sector. Propertymark is hosting proptech investment company...

Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...

Netflix addicts may have come across Selling Sunset, an American series focused on the drama of US real estate agents selling...

For the record, this isn’t my last Industry Views for Estate Agent Today, although by the time you read this I'll be...

Michael and Kenny Bruce have for the first time given their views on what went wrong for Purplebricks during their time...

The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...

The estate agent known to his thousands of followers on Twitter as Mayfair Guru is predicting a ‘Roaring 2020s’ for the...

Prime Central London’s attraction to multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers appears to have soared during the pandemic. High end agency Beauchamp Estates says...

A new league table of earnings by estate agents, based on basic salary and commission combined, suggests that UK agents earn...

Agents are being offered a theoretical £300,000 if they introduce a buyer willing to pay £30m for a mansion on sale in...

The UK’s biggest property auctioneer is considering whether to bring its sales back into the auction room in the near future. Managing...

A prominent London-focussed buying agent says she is seeing more foreign buyers returning to the UK capital - with more expected...

A sentiment survey amongst wealthy international buyers suggests the affluent sector of the western world is seeing similar house buying frenzy...

One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...

Around 2.66 million landlords were operational in Great Britain in 2019, according to data estimations previously released by Hamptons International. Of those...

The self-employed agency model will not be successful in the UK because the commission in this country is so low. That’s the...

A prime London estate agency is going global - not only with a new office in the UK capital but with...

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

Knight Frank is investing an undisclosed sum in a venture capital firm specialising in PropTech. The money is going into a European...

Property porn as a popular pastime is as big in the US as it is here, as fans of shows like Netflix’s...

REACH, a programme encouraging start-ups in the property world, has released a list of UK companies that will feature in its...

Hello and welcome to the first Agents Do Charity of 2021.  Somehow, this year is only eight days old yet already seems...

I remember so clearly in my Foxtons days, working as a lettings manager in Putney, that lettings, though less sexy than...

I had a wry smile when I read the article on Monday from the conveyancers complaining about people getting off their...

The country producing the largest number of buyers of prime London properties is not China, nor from north America or the...

Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...

Rightmove, which recently posted a 37 per cent drop in revenue for the first six months of 2020, has lost almost...

Another US real estate agency wants to follow Keller Williams, Berkshire Hathaway and others by opening in the United Kingdom. Nest Seekers International...

An American realtor who once predicted his company would have 5,000 UK estate agents working under its banner is now saying...

Swiss bank UBS has upgraded its investment rating on Purplebricks, raising its price target and urging investors to buy. In a note...

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...

One of the key members of the Purplebricks board has stood down after two years. Andreas Wiele joined the Purplebricks board in...

We are all operating in peculiar times. Times of great upheaval. Our lives are both in a complete state of flux...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice.  A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...

Rightmove’s growth rate is at an all-time low, despite what some consider to be an unbeatable lead amongst portals in the...

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

Sellers who failed to mention a motel and diner being constructed nearby have been ordered by a court to pay £285,000...

The new housing minister is Christopher Pincher, who for the past decade has been Conservative MP for Tamworth having had a...

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...

Welcome to another Agents Do Charity, meaning it’s not just Friday but also a day to think about fund-raising in the...

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...

One of the country’s most prominent estate agents has given renewed backing to a pilot project on reservation agreements, being tested...

A few weeks ago, I came across a couple of really interesting articles which I immediately thought worth writing a piece...

In a revival of the Natter’s day in the life of series, I catch up with Rajeev Nayyar, managing director of...

A story from America caught my eye this week. It’s about a company called Curbio partnering with another called The Keyes...

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 often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...

I wrote last week about Keller Williams and how their leader, Gary Keller, is doing an admirable job of driving innovation through...

An agent working at the buying arm of Knight Frank, The Buying Solution, is striking out to set up her own...

Keller Williams continues to drive culture, mentality, and process transformation by partnering with DocuSign to enable electronic signatures. It’s another lesson in...

A leading London estate agency with US connections says there has been a surge in high net worth American buyers in...

Now could be the time to buy shares in Purplebricks and Foxtons if one stock market pundit turns out to be...

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

A high-end estate agency is reporting a dramatic rise in the number of US buyers in London as they have taken...

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

Another bank has slashed its forecast for Purplebricks, citing concerns over its the long-term viability of its international activities in particular. As...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

By thinking outside the box, agents can truly embrace the idea of space-as-a-service and create entirely new, and highly valuable, streams...

“Estate Agents must be suffering from supplier fatigue. Where do you even begin? Most agents haven’t got the time.” So started the...

Hello and welcome to this year’s first edition of Property Jobs Today, reporting on the first industry moves of 2019. We’re told...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that US-owned franchise agency Keller Williams has ‘soft-opened’ two new market centres in the south of...

As 2018 ticks away and 2019 beckons, it’s time for everyone at Estate Agent Today to wish you, your family and...

A high-end estate agency selling some of the country’s most expensive homes says the possible currency falls resulting from Brexit chaos...

With Christmas less than four weeks away (yes, really) the countdown to the festive season begins tomorrow when December begins. Charity...

Outspoken online estate agency chief Russell Quirk says the estate agency industry is “really p****d off” with Rightmove trying to ride...

Several agents have asked me whether they should consider ditching their high street offices and move to an out of town...

An accountancy trade body has revealed that last year it briefed MPs - including the Prime Minister and Housing Minister of...

From where I’m standing there’s a lot in common between the debate between online and traditional agents, and the argument over...

My eye was caught yesterday morning by news that PropTech company, Agent Software, is claiming that ‘some agencies deliberately over-value properties...

When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...

The stock market and at least one City analyst have shrugged their shoulders at the claim by Purplebricks that it is...

  Purplebricks says it enjoyed an 81 per cent growth in revenue in the UK the year to the end of April and...

Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Keller Williams, the US-led firm that has 170,000 agents worldwide, is to open its fourth...

Hello - if it’s Monday, it must be Property Jobs Today, your chance to see a snapshot of the key moves...

The pace of change is extraordinary. As we reach the middle of one conversation, rumblings of the next already begin. I think...

A recent holiday in the US gave me an opportunity to catch up with property news over there - and surprisingly,...

A new online platform claims agents can now offer people a chance to buy a property with, literally, just one click...

Review service allAgents has relaunched its property portal, saying it may become an agent-owned service and pledging to turn it into...

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home.  A floor...