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If you want to hear of a tale for our industry’s times - featuring housing shortages, planning disputes, rampant  inflation and...

The news in September that Birmingham City Council (‘Europe’s largest local authority’) had been forced to issue a Section 114 notice...

Funny how time flies faster as you get older and I’m reminded that next week, (23rd September, to be precise) it...

Letting agents are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to opening a client account and getting Client...

In recent weeks, the big buzzword across all industries has been AI, as it has the real potential to transform the...

As I watched Liz Truss take to the stage at this week’s Conservative Party conference, my eyes were drawn to the sign behind her. “Getting Britain...

Purplebricks has this morning announced its long-awaited annual results, delayed since July 12 due to internal changes. It shows that revenue...

We are all acutely aware of the surge in demand for rental properties in and around the capital in the months...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Yesterday afternoon, Helena Marston was finally confirmed as Purplebricks new CEO after all the due diligence checks that are required for...

Following a series of unexplained delays, Helena Marston has now finally been confirmed as the new chief executive of beleaguered agency...

A bankrupt builder from Devon persuaded pensioners to pay him £271,000 to construct a home - but his poor workmanship has...

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

One one in five first time buyers have been able to get a mortgage on the first attempt over the past...

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

Property raffles are a legal minefield and many are too good to be true, according to a leading lawyer. There has been...

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

There’s been widespread outrage amongst agents at Rightmove’s offer to allow some agents a deferred payment scheme operating for just three...

Sometimes having prior knowledge of a stressful event can be more stressful than the event itself, just look at Brexit for...

A maverick Cornish estate agent who falsely gave the impression to customers that his business was highly successful has been hit...

An insolvency firm claims 153 estate agencies have gone bust in the past year with more than 7,000 “showing signs of...

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...

I have sold hundreds of lettings businesses over the last twenty-five years. Based on this experience, these are the mistakes that you...

What do you need to know if you are considering selling your sales or lettings business?  Here’s ten top tips to think...

Despite the fact that eight out of 10 statistics are reportedly made up (if you can believe that figure), I bet...

As I sit here writing this on the Glorious 12th, I realise I’m going on about my favourite grouse – agents...

A disillusioned vendor has been running a campaign against standard term agency contracts for almost two years.  Paul Tranter has been specifically...

There’s bad news today for Labour members living in homes valued at £1m or more - one of their own MPs...

“Estate Agents have been highlighted by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) as under reporting relative to their vulnerability to money...