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The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a partnership with the ESTAS Group, which runs the customer feedback platform and customer...

The ESTAS Group has today revealed the shortlist for its inaugural Conveyancer Awards.  Over 5,000 customers have completed a survey about the...

Online estate agency eMoov has announced the appointment of a new marketing expert. Lucy Milne - formerly marketing director of Just Eat...

Over the past few months, hundreds of agents across the UK have been improving their photography skills by taking part in...

Really? The first day of autumn? Well yes, according to weather professionals who say September 1 is the start of meteorological...

Let’s face it - summer seems to be on holiday itself, if the weather in the UK is anything to go...

Let’s start with a quick fire quiz. How many more leads do you think you’d get with photos that have been...

Three agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman for two or more years, after failing to pay awards...

As discussed in our previous article, it’s all about the first impression. Once your team have handled that initial phone call...

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...

Entries for the new ESTAS Conveyancing Awards are now open and you have just over a month to get nominations in...

The UK PropTech Association (UKPA), of which I am a member of the steering committee, is an organisation with a purpose...

Today we’re publishing what we think is our longest-ever list of charitable activities being conducted by agents and their supporters -...

The Property Ombudsman’s annual report reveals a significant increase in the number of formal complaints resolved by the scheme and a...

A consumer group says it is giving what it calls “the top 1,000 estate agents in England and Wales” badges to...

June marks the start of what professional weather folk call summer - and even if the temperatures are a little variable,...

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...

The banning of letting fees levied on tenants has dominated the industry headlines in recent months but this election campaign suggests...

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...

Graham Norwood, who edits Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, has won the title of Social Media Influencer of the...

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

Over 1,000 guests celebrated the success of the industry at the 14th annual ESTAS awards on Friday. The event, which is sponsored...

There are only a few days to go before The ESTAS - the biggest event in the awards calendar for agents,...

It’s that time of year again – peak conference/event season. And, while Brexit and a shock snap general election are dominating...

Jamie Lester, the former Apprentice reality TV star who ran a high-profile estate agency in London until last autumn, has resurfaced...

One of the biggest days of the year for agents takes place just two weeks tomorrow when The ESTAS take place...

Being featured in newspapers, magazines and websites, as well as on radio and TV, can be a great way to build...

Two figures with high profiles in the world of PropTech have formed a consultancy to try to sell their services to...

Legal Eye has been announced as the latest organisation to support the new customer service awards for the conveyancing sector launch...

Estate Agent Today and its sister publications published by Angels Media feature strongly on the long-list for the 2017 Property Press...

The ESTAS has announced its final - and to some its most prestigious - shortlist for this year’s awards.     The People...

This week I’m lucky enough to be out here in Cannes as a PropTech Ambassador for MIPIM, the international real estate...

One thing that can be guaranteed in the property world each year is a range of conferences and awards dinners. Very...

The ESTAS Group has revealed the shortlist for its 2017 awards - and has announced that this year has seen a...

Estate agency Butters John Bee has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority not to re-run an ad because of an...

So, Property Week has announced its Property Awards shortlist for 2017. Looking at the entries for PropTech Company of the Year, I'm surprised...

Let’s not be distressed that we’re already over 10 per cent of the way through the year - yes, really -...

Excuse the puntastic (or not) title, but as you’ve no doubt already deciphered I took a trip northwards a couple of...

Fund-raising is vitally important to so many organisations as one of our agency contributors this week shows - but as other...

Property4Media , an online service for journalists, has acquired the annual Property Press Awards. This year’s event will take place in late...

Some of the industry’s leading technical experts are this morning launching a new group, the UK PropTech Association, which has already...

London multi-office estate agency Victorstone Property Consultants has won the ‘Best National Guild Member’ accolade at the annual awards of the...

Reapit, the provider of CRM software to much of the estate agency industry, has become one of the partners for the...

The ESTAS awards have a new main category sponsor - PropTech company OneDome. The OneDome service, launched last month, provides free-to-use information...

There’s been a bumper mailbag sent to press@estateagenttoday.co.uk this week to mark what must be the height of the fund-raising season...

Relocation Agent Network has ended the year handing out 28 awards to individuals and firms at a gala dinner in London. The...

Best Estates, named New Agency of the Year at the recent Negotiator Awards, has opened its third office which aims to...

Halloween's over, Guy Fawkes' Night has been and gone - now it's a slide through the Awards season and downhill to...

The ESTAS, the unique customer feedback and awards scheme for estate and letting agents and other sectors of the property industry,...

The award-winning online agency HouseSimple has had one of its advertisements banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The advert was a poster for...

The Guild of Professional Estate Agents has followed in the steps on the ESTAS awards by linking up with a reviews and...

An Essex estate agent who believes he is the youngest in the industry has explained his success to Estate Agent Today...

When a tenant paid his initial one month’s rent in addition to a tenancy deposit in exchange for the keys to...

It may be Halloween but here at Estate Agent Today we’re not getting distracted from honoured our heroic industry’s efforts to...

The ESTAS Group, which already runs the largest award scheme for the estate agency industry, has launched new awards for the...

Despite Brexit and economic uncertainty, there is still confidence from many agencies that are expanding, opening and acquiring even this late...

Jonathan Morgan, who operates Leeds city centre specialist agent Morgans, has won an lifetime achievement award. The award, made at the Yorkshire...

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and answer sessions with some of the key figures in the property...

The ESTAS Group, which runs the national customer feedback scheme and produces the largest annual awards event for the residential agency...

The Apprentice returns this evening on BBC1 at 9pm and, as usual, there’s a property person amongst the 18 hopefuls seeking...

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

The Property Ombudsman scheme’s annual report, just released, reveals that there has been a dramatic 32 per cent surge in the...

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

Estate Agents may say they are different. They may even believe they are different. But, the perception of many vendors is that...

Three agents have been announced as winners of The ESTAS Agent of the Month competition for July.   Each secured their success...

It’s the height of holiday season but despite the rival attractions of traffic jams and airport delays, many agents are still...

The joke doing the rounds last week still seems to be just as relevant this week: “the only man with a...

The Zoopla Property Group have been confirmed as headline partner once again for The ESTAS next year.     The ESTAS is a...

It’s been a remarkable week for Britain and a challenging week for the agency industry - with possibly many more to...

No Letting Go have won Bronze at the Lettings Agency of the Year 2016 Awards.   They have been accredited with the Bronze...

Let’s face it - the biggest distraction for many estate agents in the coming weeks may well be the Euro 2016...

Strutt & Parker won the UK Sales Agency of the Year award at the annual RESI Awards event, organised by Property...

Here are the top letting agents in Britain who go above and beyond to help their customers, as voted for by...

On Tuesday we managed hail, snow, rain, sun and a chilly wind all in one day. Whatever you want to say...

Winners’ reactions and views from a fantastic day of celebration! The Kings Group scooped the gold award for Best Estate Agent in...

On April 15 2016, hundreds of the UK's best estate and letting agents descended on London's Grosvenor House Hotel to celebrate...

The People Awards, which honour the very best individuals in residential agency for 2016, are one of the highest accolades any...

Here’s a reminder that on Estate Agent Today we’re very keen to recognise the side of estate agency that doesn’t get...

The complete list of this year’s ESTAS award winners has now been released after a hugely successful ceremony in London hosted...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Bob Scarff, the head of Countrywide’s estate agency business until last May, has become a...

Many of the country’s top agents are at The ESTAS 2016 this afternoon, but we’re delighted to honour excellence in charitable...

It’s all too easy to look sleazy in the eyes of a sceptical world, and there’s a danger right now that...

The organisers of The ESTAS 2016 have issued a guide to the event, which takes place in a week’s time in...

Storm Katie (makes it sound so harmless when they give it a name like that, doesn’t it?) might have given the...

Despite being round the block quite a few times in the property world, it was only in 2008 that the importance...

Manchester estate agency Ascend Properties has appointed a former agency chief to spearhead sales in the city.  Ged McPartlin, the new sales...

Estate Agent Today’s editor Graham Norwood has won a Gold award as Property Blogger of the Year at the prestigious annual...

The shortlist for the final - and possibly most significant - category of this year's ESTAS has been announced.  The People Awards...

Two estate agents have this week achieved considerable feats, although not for selling property as you might expect. Sally-Ann Neath-Duggan, the manager...

At the end of January I was one of the many people stood listening to the presentation that our co-founder Rachel...

Another Friday, another impressive array of agents doing superb work for causes close to their hearts.  Every week we salute agents helping communities...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Bob Scarff, the head of Countrywide’s estate agency business until last May, has become a...

A record 30,000 surveys have been submitted to the organisers of The ESTAS awards on the performance of estate and letting...

At 29, I'm Romans’ youngest senior manager. Last year I was promoted to a regional management position and I now oversee...

Karl Tatler Estate Agents & Lettings - recently annointed at Estate Agency of the Year at the Sunday Times annual awards...

New partners have been announced for The ESTAS Group's annual awards event taking place in London in April.  The headline sponsor remains...

The NFoPP Awarding Body will hold its annual awards ceremony this May to recognise outstanding achievements in property qualifications completed during...

Who are you? Steve Gosney. What does it say on your business card? Managing Director of Kremer Signs. How long has Kremer Signs...

Countrywide has continued its acquisition programme by taking over a company consulting with house builders in the Home Counties and London.  The acquisition...

Wigan-based agent Ashtons has won the latest Estas Estate Agent of the Month title.   The accolade was achieved due to the...