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![Agents Do Charity - some cracking charitable endeavours](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...
05 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - breaking the budget for good causes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Much of the focus may have been on the Spring Budget this week but a variety of charities have received support from...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Thomas Morris boss quits agency brand](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Simon Bradbury has quit his role as managing director of Thomas Morris. An announcement from the brand has revealed that Bradbury, who...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Energy efficiency remains priority for housebuilders](/upload/images/1%20Energy%20efficiency%20remains%20priority%20for%20housebuilders%20by%20Simon%20Jackson.png)
While Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, may have announced a u-turn on Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) plans in September, we continue to...
16 December 2023
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - not so rubbish causes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings: Last week...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Number of homes under offer rises despite market uncertainty](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1119041159.jpg)
The number of properties listed as sold subject to contract (SSTC) has increased by 5% so far this year versus the...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents facing falling demand as asking price cuts rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...
04 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![New transaction tracker reveals sales taking 15 weeks to complete](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Valuation_400x310.png)
Property sales are currently taking 15 weeks on average to complete, new research claims. Challenger portal and property platform OneDome has launched...
26 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Value of property stock currently on the market soars to £117 billion, finds research](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
There is a staggering £117 billion worth of property currently up for sale across the UK property market, according to new...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
There has been plenty of movement in the property jobs market this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - fundraising exploits continue to bloom](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
Agents were busy marking the Platinum Jubilee over the past week but there was still time for fundraising exploits including tree-planting...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Seven independents snapped up by one fast-growing agency](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransaction-400x310.jpg)
An estate agency in the Home Counties has made two more acquisitions, taking the total number to seven independents it has...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – catching up with The Singing Estate Agent](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...
20 November 2021
From: Features
![Developer land banking ‘myth’ debunked by study, major builders say](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UKHousebuilding-400x310.jpg)
A leading planning consultancy has claimed that ‘the myth’ that housing developers are hoarding land after gaining planning consent in order...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Takeover fever continues as biggest agencies seal deals](/img/default/eat.png)
The extraordinary consolidation in the estate agency industry continues apace today with two of the biggest deals reaching critical points. Firstly Hunters’...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents can work in Tier 4 as government publishes guidelines](/img/default/eat.png)
The Westminster government has published extensive guidance on the operation of the new Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions in England. This includes a...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property transaction delays - where ARE the searches?](/img/default/eat.png)
Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...
05 December 2020
From: Features
![Agents urged to use lockdown to train on new sales toolkit](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Change - The key to unlocking demand after the lockdown](/img/default/eat.png)
If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...
18 April 2020
From: Features
![Transaction times slashed and fall-throughs cut by new agents toolkit](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: where Help To Buy made the biggest impact on the market](/img/default/eat.png)
[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Estate agency is changing](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the biggest changes seen in the property market over the last decade is technology growth. With the likes of Rightmove...
11 September 2019
From: Features
![Countrywide insider claims up to 250 branches may have closed](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide’s branch closure programme, shrouded in secrecy even to shareholders, may have involved shutting 250 offices according to an insider. The individual...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: local housing markets to be hit most when Help To Buy ends](/img/default/eat.png)
New research has identified those local housing market potentially worst hit by the planned changes to Help To Buy in 2021,...
02 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Homes take a third longer to sell than two years ago - new figures](/img/default/eat.png)
A property listings platform has revealed what it describes as ‘the best places to sell a home’ in England and Wales. The...
29 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Street-wise: many buyers choose their road before starting online search](/img/default/eat.png)
A new report from Zoopla claims very nearly a third of buyers want to know the street - or even the...
24 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and it's November already...](/img/default/eat.png)
You don’t need EAT to remind you that Christmas is now just next month. Many agents are gearing their fund-raising to that...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - catch up with key moves within the industry](/img/default/eat.png)
If it’s Monday it must be Property Jobs Today, your round up of the industry’s key moves. Are you changing jobs yourself?...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: a changing of the guard?](/img/default/eat.png)
The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...
28 July 2018
From: Features
![Sexual assault on estate agent leads to pensioner's prison term](/img/default/eat.png)
A pensioner who committed sexual assaults on two women - one of them an estate agent - has been sent to...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Estate agent threatened with legal action over fundraising banners](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agency has been threatened with legal action by its local council for displaying fundraising event banners above its office. Country...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Best places to use Help To Buy identified by new analysis](/img/default/eat.png)
New analysis by credit and comparison service Totally Money has revealed the districts where the controversial Help To Buy initiative is...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - last chance to win FREE tickets to Agents Giving Ball](/img/default/eat.png)
Today’s the big day when we make our draw for two lucky Estate Agent Today readers to attend the prestigious Agents’...
01 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Not everyone in the industry likes the stamp duty change...](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents and even the Labour Party have backed the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers’ purchases up to...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and we’d love your Children In Need photos...](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s one of the biggest days of the year for fund-raising in the UK, and we know many across our industry...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Estate Agency Franchise Group launches 19 branch network](/img/default/eat.png)
Two established independent estate agency brands have joined forces to create the Estate Agency Franchise Group and are looking to expand. The...
09 June 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
![The rise of the first-time buyer - is this the return of generation buy?](/img/default/eat.png)
There are more first-time buyers (FTBs) finding a way on to the property ladder than at any time since the Financial...
01 April 2017
From: Features
![House prices in the East head north on demand from the South](/img/default/eat.png)
The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...
28 January 2017
From: Features
![Another key Countrywide move + other agency expansion news](/img/default/eat.png)
Pete Wallace, appointed as Countrywide's retail performance director just a year ago and a long-standing employee of the group before that...
10 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agency defies Brexit gloom by adding eight new branches in one month](/img/default/eat.png)
Leaders’ plans for significant expansion in 2016 remain undeterred by Brexit with eight new branches added to its national network in...
12 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agents talk up market as Brexit uncertainty starts to recede at last](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents from around the country are reporting only limited damage to business or prices caused by the Brexit result of...
07 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - abseiling, tennis-playing and teddy-delivering...](/img/default/eat.png)
Another Friday, another impressive array of agents doing superb work for causes close to their hearts. Every week we salute agents helping communities...
11 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Hunters celebrates most successful year and continues TV ad in 2016](/img/default/eat.png)
Franchise giant Hunters says 2015 was its most successful year to date. The firm opened in 32 new locations during the past...
12 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: Quirky views, website traffic and a love affair with 'hybrid'](/img/default/eat.png)
I’m writing this from the brand spanking new Center Parks in Woburn Forest. Set within 365 acres of lush Bedfordshire forest,...
23 October 2015
From: Features
![Huge revenue increase for expanding agency franchise giant](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest trading figures from Hunters, which in recent years has become one of the country’s largest sales and lettings agents,...