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Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

One of the country's largest group of independent agencies has named its new chief executive officer - and says it’s a...

The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...

New PropTech products continue to appear, many aimed at enhancing transparency in buying and selling, or helping agents adopt new ways of...

A new PropTech startup is giving prospective buyers the opportunity to receive due diligence at a fraction of the time and...

Knight Frank has launched an auction business to give vendors a wider range of sale options as market uncertainty remains because...

With estate agents increasingly offering auction options to vendors, new research makes interesting reading - and suggests that homes sold via...

In another sign of the buoyant housing market, estate agency Savills is breaking tradition by staging its first ever August auction...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

Savills has held its fourth remote auction, raising some £32m with an 82 per cent success rate - making it the...

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...

The Guild of Property Professionals is relaunching its online auction brand - Guild Auctions - even though it has already successfully...

Zoopla has entered into a partnership with an online platform to promote the so-called Modern Method of Auction option to estate...

An online agency that describes itself as the fifth largest in the sector has announced it’s launching a digital auction service. 99home...

National property auctioneer Pugh & Co is launching an initiative to partner with estate agents across the UK. Via a new network...

Lets Bid works in partnership with a variety of Estate Agents across the Uk from big franchise brands like Winkworth /...

Three more property players have been in touch to share what they're doing to help their staff during lockdown - there...

An online auction platform is offering agents full legal packs with no upfront cost in a bid to keep the housing...

Allsop has staged its first principal residential auction entirely online, and has raised £28m. Some 76 per cent of all lots offered...

Two agents have quit Rightmove and taken to social media to give their reasons. One is the 12-branch Andrew Craig agency which...

Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...

Two auctions held behind closed doors have been deemed a success, and evidence that the property market can still function despite...

Auction houses are the latest part of the residential sector to seek PropTech help to attract business during the Coronavirus crisis. For...

An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - a sure sign that it’s the end of the week and time to...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

Here we go again with another brilliant Christmas pic - this time it’s from Under The Hammer, an online auction service...

Hello and welcome to PJT: even with little more than a fortnight before Christmas it seems there are still plenty of...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Michelle O’Brien, mio Account Manager for Home Counties North What is...

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...

Humberts is the latest estate agency to announce that it’s going to offer customers the controversial Modern Method of Auction option. The...

An estate agency says it is now holding weekly online auctions in addition to its bi-monthly traditional ‘showroom’ auctions. Loveitts, which operates...

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...

Hello there and welcome along to the latest PJT, your weekly catch-up on who’s moving where in agency, amongst suppliers and...

Hello, welcome to another Monday and the latest PJT. As ever, a brief reminder to please let us know your appointments new...

A new online auction service has launched this week, pledging a fairer service for agent partners, as well as buyers and...

Auction House has reported a record number of sales for September, while its founder claims private treaty sales 'won't be able...

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...

Pattinson Auction has claimed its latest live non-online event was a “tremendous success” despite what it calls “misconceptions” about this way...

A company operating the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it is trying to improve the sector’s image after a series...

The Essential Information Group reports that the number of auctions held in the UK in July was just 107. This was 21...

iamproperty, parent company of IAMsold, says it now works with 2,500 estate agency branches nationwide and has sold over 16,500 properties...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Lino Goncalves – Area Sales Manager What is Lets bid property...

Outsourced viewings firm Viewber now handles viewings for more than 50 per cent of all UK auctioneers. The claim is from Essential...

Auction companies have issued statements boasting of their own performance as old school companies and new entrants vie for market share. Firstly...

It’s been reported that a Cheshire estate agent and auction house has gone into administration putting 130 jobs at risk. Around 40...

A 176 year old agency is claiming success with its first online auction lot selling for over twice the guide price. It...

The modern method of auction is proving to revolutionise the way properties are bought and sold across the UK.  By putting the...

MyBid4It is an online auction platform which has been developed to partner with Estate Agents and revolutionise the way properties are...

An online auction service which only came into existence in September last year claims to have 150 partner estate agents already,...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today - the Monday slot where you can catch up with...

The Property Ombudsman says its members must in future disclose referral fees in a bid to make previously-hidden costs open and...

Purplebricks, which recently admitted that it had been over-ambitious in its overseas expansion, says it will give “a further update” on...

A quick buy company that describes itself as an “express estate agency” is making a pitch for vendors who may be...

A national and regional property auction firm has delivered its best ever first quarter sales in the 12 year history of...

The Network Auctions ‘E” online property platform, used by an estimated 100 agents, has been revamped with vendors now offered three...

Outsourced auction provider IAMSold says it is the top independent auctioneer for residential property lots sold in 2018, according to the...

One of the country’s leading property auctioneers is back to the job he loves today after an absence of 12 months...

The first online-only property auction held by a large provincial auction house resulted in a 100 per cent sale rate.  The residential...

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...

The auction firm that purchased the property listings left stranded by the collapse of Emoov is now offering partnership opportunities to...

Estate Agent Today understands from a respected source that the remains of the Emoov and Tepilo online agencies have been acquired...

Century 21 UK appears to have bucked the trend of closing offices and reduced footfall by marking the opening of 16...

The auctioneer Auction House has reported sales up 6.9 per cent in 2018, raising a total of over £455m – a...

One of the country’s major property auction companies has a new base. The 233,000 square foot site in Chesterfield has been acquired...

The auction company that has acquired some 5,000 vendor listings from the failed Emoov and Tepilo agencies says it wants more agents...

A Newcastle-based property company says it has acquired the listings of Emoov and Tepilo. It has emailed and texted vendors to say...

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

The debate about online auction charges levied on buyers continues this morning with the release of figures showing that one company...

A consumer group which has already expressed alarm at some aspects of the so-called ‘Modern Method of Auction’ says it has...

Intelligent Services Group - parent company of online auction service IAM Sold - is rebranding around the IAM name. ISG and its...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

An online auction platform which works with estate agents says this method of selling homes works, with four sales in one...

A firm which links with agents to operate online auctions has hit back at a consumer group's allegations that this growing sector...

A consumer group says agents are securing increasing income from online auctions, but it warns that for buyers there are pitfalls...

Hello and welcome to a new working week, which means your chance to catch up on the key moves in our...

Bradleys Estate Agents, the westcountry’s largest independent agency chain, is the latest agency to sign up with Bamboo, an online property...

Auction House London raised more than £15m in its latest auction, where it saw the biggest catalogue in its history go...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that it’s signed up the north east of England regional agency Pattinson, which has 27 branches...

With the news that Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to sellers, is this something...

Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to vendors. An announcement from PropTech property auction company Bamboo...

The Guild of Property Professionals is set to launch in Northern Ireland later this month. The 800-strong network of independent estate agents...

The online auction platform BidX1 has announced a strategic investment which will be used to accelerate its growth. The investment comes from...

Another agency has teamed up with an auction company to allow it to offer vendors the choice of both in-room and...

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

One of the country’s largest auction houses has had to amend an advertisement on its website after an intervention by the...

The rivalry between online and traditional property auction companies continues apace with one high profile player from each camp claiming major...

An auction house says it was “scoffed at” four years ago when it began offering online options to customers - but...

Major auction companies continue to claim successes despite the challenging housing market. Auction House says a recent auction of London properties produced...

In an era when we are never far away from our phones, tablets or laptops, buying and selling property is benefitting...

Century 21 UK is slashing the cost of becoming a franchisee for a six week period, cutting the price from £23,500...

New online auction house BidX1 says it has raised £2,087,000 from its second UK auction, posting a 70 per cent success...

The UK’s largest property auctioneer says its first quarter’s sales figures for 2018 are ahead of those for the same period...

A 15-month research project says HMRC should do more to engage estate agents in recognising the importance of complying with anti-money...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our regular Monday look at key moves inside our industry. Everyone here simply...

Online auction house BidX1 has launched its first UK online auction following its acquisition of London-based auctioneer Andrews & Robertson. This is...

Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...

Between October and December 2017, some £822 million worth of UK residential property was sold at auction, according to the Essential...

Savills has amended its website concerning auctions after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The complainant challenged whether the listed guide...

Auction House says it has maintained its number one industry ranking, selling 3,485 lots last year – four per cent up...

IAM Sold says it is the largest independent residential auctioneer in the UK based on lots sold, for the second year...

Here’s how the LetsBid Property team is helping them do it. A new property platform called LetsBid has launched in the...

Andrews & Robertson, one of the UK’s highest profile auction houses, has been taken over by Ireland’s BidX1 and is set...

It’s been a trend developing in the past few months - estate agents increasingly flirting with the idea of selling homes...

John Taylor, a high-end international estate agency which until earlier this year had a presence in London, says it intends to...

Earlier this month Fine & Country announced it was to offer an auction option to vendors - now the Surrey agency...

Auction House says it sold more properties in October than during any other month in the company’s 10 year history. The firm...

Fine & Country is to offer auction sales options to vendors in its 200 offices from next year. “The modern method of...

Auction House says it has enjoyed a rise in its volume of lots sold this year, despite what it admits is...

Estate Agent Today understands that Spicerhaart is in the final stages of talks to acquire major regional independent firm butters john...

An online property auction taking place last week encouraged a 'frenetic' round of bidding of the like usually associated with an...

Network Auctions has revealed its 100th partner estate agency office ahead of its next auction in three weeks’ time. Rolfe East in...

The Guild of Property Professionals says the first sale through its white-labelled Guild Auctions operations has produced over £18,000 in commissions...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

The Guild of Property Professionals, which earlier this month merged with easyProperty, has now announced a new link up, this time...

The popularity of property auctions in the UK has increased enormously in recent years, supported by popular TV shows such as...

The sealed bids process - where purchasers submit their final offer by a specific time and date - should be more transparent,...

Midlands estate agency and property auctions firm Loveitts has announced a series of internal promotions to bolster its board. Former associate directors...

The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...

Network Auctions has added 19 additional estate agency offices to its network so far this year.  They include three offices of Chaffers...

Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...

A series of strong sales performances at recent auctions has led one firm to claim the sector is leading the residential industry’s...

It’s been another busy week of fund-raising for agents across the industry, sparing time to do good works despite the market...

Countrywide’s London properties are in future to be sold via the Auction House UK company - and the Countrywide-branded auction which...

Spicerhaart has signed what it describes as one of the world’s top estate agency mentors to work with its teams across...

Auction House claims it has set a new UK auction record, after entering 703 lots into its February auctions. The number instructed...

No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...

Cheffins, the six-office Cambridgeshire-based firm, says it is creating ”a new corporate framework” to intensify its focus on estate agency, rural...

Auction House London claims it has sold a £1m property for its full asking price within seven hours of receiving the...

One of Britain’s most respected veteran estate agents, Hugh Dunsmore-Hardy, is urging new recruits to the industry to join what he...

Auction rooms across the UK are filled with people looking to buy property, from bargain hunters to seasoned investors, ensuring that...

SDL Group, which already owns the 54-branch Century 21 UK franchise, has now announced its third business acquisition in 12 months. Humphreys...

Auction house Clive Emson has launched a digital service through which vendors can sell land and property via an online auction. Clive...

Schools going back, final Bank Holiday over until Christmas, and agents returning from their summer breaks. It can only mean September. But...

Purplebricks says it will have a marketing budget of AUS$17.2m - that's over £9.9m - to spend on marketing for its...

LOT11, an online auction house, is teaming up with short-term lender LendInvest in the first alliance of its kind. LendInvest will ‘pre-qualify’...

Allsop’s latest residential auction in London - its first since the EU referendum - raised £51m, less than 10 per cent...

With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...

Two former directors of Countrywide have joined independent agency butters john bee. Andy Townsend joins as managing director for Lettings and Dominic...

London-based Auction House says the new stamp duty surcharge rules will encourage more sellers to use auctioneers. The additional homes three per...

The UK’s largest property auctioneer has announced that February was the best ever sales month in the company’s nine-year history.  Auction House...

The year is already in full swing with some agents on holiday in the next few days - and deserving a...

High-end agency Savills has launched a dedicated Sports Services team to offer what it calls “a confidential property service to the...

Shepherd Direct Limited - best known for owning the Century 21 UK franchise business which has 50 operators across England -...

Iam-Sold, which offers white label auction services to estate agents, has been named as one of the country’s fastest-growing companies by...

easyProperty is reported to be in talks to raise around £5m to expand its services. Reports over the weekend, including one on...

We may all be reeling from the surprise Autumn Statement stamp duty shocker but estate agents still find time to do...

easyProperty has become the first online estate agency in the UK to link with an online platform that permits the exchange...

Don’t forget there’s an extra hour in bed on Saturday night - a chance to get some extra stamina for your...

The National Association of Valuers and Auctioneers has presented Katie Semmens of land and property firm Clive Emson with its prestigious...

The UK’s largest property auctioneer, Auction House, says the number of lot entries received in the first half of 2015 was...

This month, July, see the 150th anniversary of local estate agency William H Brown - one of the best known names...

Over 28,000 people visited websites connected with the first ever online-only auction for new build properties, according to the event’s organisers,...

The National Association of Estate Agents says HMRC have been making unscheduled visits to individual agency offices to check on their...

Andrews & Robertson, one of the UK’s best known independent property auctioneers, has unveiled a new logo.  The launch completes the recent...

Auction house Allsop is launching the country’s first ever online-only auction for new build homes - and claims it's a first. The...