Female agents have shared their view on representation and opportunities in the sector to mark International Women’s Day. Industry data shows while...
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08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Ethical agent network officially launches](/upload/images/shutterstock_431846332(5).jpg)
A network uniting ethical estate agents has officially launched today with 25 members. The Ethical Agent Network (EAN) is led by industry...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Millions of young people ‘unlikely’ to follow parents on property ladder](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AdultChildren-400x310.png)
Almost 2m aspiring homeowners do not think they will be able to follow in the footsteps of their parents by owning...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lack of communication slowing down sale completion times - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_648046987.jpg)
Estate agents spend almost half their working day chasing or being chased for issues as a new report highlights concerns about...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Savills bolsters its south west London residential sales business](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Savills has expanded its residential sales teams in south west London with the appointment of two associate directors. Oliver Morley joins as...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Jonathan Rolande: A missed opportunity on housing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
I listened carefully, and I even played it back afterwards. But, even now, I remain astonished by what I didn’t hear. On Wednesday, in his...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rumours surround future of another Keller Williams market centre](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Keller Williams UK’s (KWUK) Gatwick market centre is rumoured to have closed but the self-employed agency network’s chief executive Ben Taylor...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Keller Williams ‘realigning market centre leadership’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Keller Williams (KW) UK has shifted around responsibility for its market centres amid speculation of closures. The self-employed agency brand’s Aspire market...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![The rise of Estate Agent influencers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
From Million Dollar Listing to Selling Sunset, we’re used to seeing real estate reality TV in full force on Netflix. Whilst...
29 March 2023
From: Features
![International Women’s Day: Female agents highlight importance of girl power](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
Female estate agents have shared the highs and lows of working in the property industry to mark International Women’s Day (IWD). The...
08 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![100 and not out! Kent agency celebrates centenary year](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Tom%20Ross-Bason%20and%20Sam%20Dalton_400x310.png)
A well-known local agency in Kent is turning 100 this year. Starting out in Gillingham in 1922, Wards is now based...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![From Poacher to Gamekeeper - Levelling Up from Agent to Developer](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PlanningImage-400x310.jpg)
The path from agent to developer is not easy, but it is a relatively straightforward one, if you are willing to...
12 March 2022
From: Features
![The Modern Method of Auction is fast, transparent and the future](/upload/images/Auctions/PropertyAuctionHome-400x310.png)
The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...
13 October 2021
From: Features
![Property Natter – 5 ways estate agency has changed since May 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...
22 May 2021
From: Features
![Nicky Stevenson – how do we encourage more women into senior roles?](/img/default/eat.png)
In this week’s In Conversation Today, I chat with Fine & Country UK’s managing director Nicky Stevenson, one of the most...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![High profile agency adopts franchise system for major expansion](/img/default/eat.png)
Independent estate agency Dacre, Son & Hartley plans to significantly grow its franchise network across Yorkshire and beyond. Dacres currently employs 125...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: why agency must never become a closed shop](/img/default/eat.png)
The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...
24 April 2021
From: Features
![First time buyers can now borrow 5.5 times their income](/img/default/eat.png)
The Nationwide Building Society has launched a product which, controversially, allows some first time buyers to borrow 5.5 times their income. From...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![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
![Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property What is LetsBid and...
05 March 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Property Natter: backbone of our industry – Aspire-ing and roaring to greatness](/img/default/eat.png)
Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...
02 January 2021
From: Features
![Countrywide opens a new branch after 50 closures this year](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide, which is thought to have closed over a fifth of its branches in recent years, has opened a new office...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![What lessons did agents learn from the first lockdown?](/img/default/eat.png)
The second England-wide lockdown is here. The good news is that this time round, the property market remains open for business,...
14 November 2020
From: Features
![Leading London independent agency drops franchise structure](/img/default/eat.png)
Aspire, the six-branch south west London agency, has dropped its previous franchise structure and reverted to being owned outright by its...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - what are the differences between UK and US agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...
01 August 2020
From: Features
![PropTech Today: Agents’ Boards - are they protected from technology?](/img/default/eat.png)
Steve, his name was. Steve, the board man. A rather frightening man, if truth be told. When I started at Foxtons, he used...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Embracing the self-employed model – an agent’s view](/img/default/eat.png)
The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...
19 February 2020
From: Features
![Big Tory win: but agents warn over Stamp Duty and Section 21](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![General election 2019: The housing crisis remains a top issue](/img/default/eat.png)
With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...
07 December 2019
From: Features
![The changing profile of first-time buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
Recent Zoopla reports stating that first-time buyers are deciding against purchasing one-bedroom flats came as no surprise to me, or I’m...
23 November 2019
From: Features
![Online boss slams ‘disorganised’ and ‘cloaked’ estate agency industry](/img/default/eat.png)
A new online estate agency has attacked the industry for being “largely cloaked and ambiguous” - and says that of all...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: How will estate agents win and lose talent?](/img/default/eat.png)
The PropTech era is changing the way in which employees decide where they are going to work. As CBRE has discovered in...
10 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Blond ambition - Does Boris Johnson have any housing policies?](/img/default/eat.png)
Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...
22 June 2019
From: Features
![Family home for £1m in London? You'll be lucky, says OnTheMarket](/img/default/eat.png)
Research from OnTheMarket shows that 40 per cent of London homes costing around £1m have only two bedrooms or fewer. And only...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Making the transition from estate agency to property development](/img/default/eat.png)
Property developing is an incredibly diverse and exciting career choice, and something that many people aspire to do in the UK. I...
15 June 2019
From: Features
![A new approach to data can empower Generation Rent to buy](/img/default/eat.png)
Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...
02 February 2019
From: Features
![PropTech Today: will Unmortgage change our industry forever?](/img/default/eat.png)
Those of you who receive (and read) my Sunday PropTech Review will know that, by far and away, the most shared...
19 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Young adults make a splash in waterside living market](/img/default/eat.png)
Young adults rather than the older generations are driving demand in the waterside living market, according to Strutt & Parker. The agent's...
06 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agent battered by GDPR tells government: Cut the red tape!](/img/default/eat.png)
An outspoken estate agent has given the government a clear message - get off our backs , ease the red tape...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Is the stigma of renting at odds with our broken housing market?](/img/default/eat.png)
I’ve written before about the impact of headlines on the property industry. Interest rate speculation. Market booms and busts. Demand...
16 September 2017
From: Features
![Multiple estate agencies link up with mortgage broker](/img/default/eat.png)
Mortgage broker The Mortgage Hut has signed distribution deals with Century 21, Taylor Hill & Bond, Aspire Estate Agents and Wayne...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Estate agents strike gold at the ESTAS](/img/default/eat.png)
The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...
20 May 2017
From: Features
![Over 250,000 'given up on owning a home' claims consumer group](/img/default/eat.png)
Over 250,000 non-homeowners appear to have given up on the dream of owning their own property in the past year alone,...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Finding a safe home for hard-earned income](/img/default/eat.png)
By Wednesday April 19th, a UK citizen, on an average income, had earned £7,789 from their day job so far this...
22 April 2017
From: Features
![Agencies appear on government's 'name and shame' wage list](/img/default/eat.png)
At least one estate agency and one letting agency have been listed on a ‘name and shame’ roll-call of companies not...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Veteran agent urges new recruits to join 'general practice' agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
One of Britain’s most respected veteran estate agents, Hugh Dunsmore-Hardy, is urging new recruits to the industry to join what he...
27 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Housing must remain top of the government’s agenda](/img/default/eat.png)
With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...
16 September 2016
From: Features
![Shadow housing chief is one of dozens of Labour front-benchers to quit](/img/default/eat.png)
The haemorrhage of Labour spokespeople now includes the party’s respected shadow housing minister John Healey. His letter to party leader Jeremy Corbyn...
28 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![The perennial school dilemma in this new market we call normal](/img/default/eat.png)
The summer term – rounders, cricket and hayfever. It's also the last dash before the housing market supposedly closes down for...
23 April 2016
From: Features
![50,000 Right To Buy homes sold since 2012 but only 5,000 replacements started](/img/default/eat.png)
Government figures claim almost 50,000 households in council and other forms of social housing have taken up their Right To Buy...
29 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![The siren call of Lisbon – A tale of rejection, disappointment and betrayal](/img/default/eat.png)
When, during his budget speech, George Osborne announced Capital Gains Tax (CGT) was going down to 20%, I experienced a mix...
25 March 2016
From: Features
![Yet another agency expands its London branch network](/img/default/eat.png)
Yet another agency is opening a new office in Greater London - this time it is Century 21 UK which has...
03 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![London agency chain opens ninth office with promise of more to come](/img/default/eat.png)
Aspire estate agency has opened its ninth office in south west London at Raynes Park, SW20. It is “doing a Foxtons” by...
23 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty and buy to let tax changes: Readers' views put to David Cameron](/img/default/eat.png)
In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given the opportunity to give their views on proposed...
25 January 2016
From: Features
![Government says 36,000 Right To Buy sales in three years](/img/default/eat.png)
The government claims that over 36,000 new home owners have been created through Right to Buy since 2012. Figures released by the...