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New data suggests Thursday 28 March was the biggest day for the number of new sellers coming to market so far...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry over the past week. If there are charitable endeavours you think...

More than 5.4m UK consumers were reached by the Best Estate Agent Guide’s Boxing Day social media campaign, it has been...

Buyer demand and new sales at the start of 2024 are already ahead of equivalent 2023 levels, Zoopla. Figures from the portal...

Let’s start at the very beginning - Happy New Year. Now, let’s give thanks to the guy who made January 1st...

There will be many of us working in the property sector who will have raised a glass and toasted seeing the...

Forget the Boxing Day boost, next Monday could be the start of the “first-time buyer boom.” Mortgage technology company Twenty7tec has identified...

Record number of sellers came to market on Boxing Day, according to Rightmove. The portal said it recorded a 26% increase in...

It’s a myth that the property market slows over the festive period, The ValPal Network (TVPN) claims. Data from the lead generation...

The Best Estate Agent Guide is hoping to take advantage of the Boxing Day bounce by launching a marketing campaign promoting...

Rightmove has unveiled plans for the next phase of its marketing campaign, aiming to take advantage of the so-called Boxing Day...

Forget the King’s Speech, Zoopla is hoping for a Christmas Day boost with the launch of its new marketing campaign. The portal...

A media agency that has worked with brands such as Toyota and TalkTalk has been appointed to revive Purplebricks' fortunes. Purplebricks has...

Rightmove is forecasting a Boxing Day bounce this festive period. Analysis by the portal suggests that the number of new properties coming...

Purplebricks has shifted to a free pricing model and will replace the Strike brand. It follows Strike’s acquisition of Purplebricks earlier this...

The property market could be in for a strong end to the year based on typical seasonal trends, research suggests, New research...

As the temperature drops outside, it can be tempting to think activity in the market is likely to freeze out entirely. And,...

Agents are being urged to keep marketing throughout the festive season. The ValPal Network (TVPN) suggests the market is set for a...

The ESTAS team and I are now on the final countdown to Friday 20th October.  Having run the event for twenty...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Moving home has been identified as the most stressful life event, with buyers and sellers citing waiting to exchange as the...

Happy New Year, to you all. Now that we’re all back in harness and Christmas feels like a long-distant memory, I...

A record number of new sellers put their property up for sale on Rightmove on Boxing Day, Rightmove claims. The portal said...

Agents put 11,613 new listings live on Zoopla during Boxing Day, the portal has revealed. That is a 42% increase compared with...

Agents are preparing to return for a full week of work as the festive period comes to an end, but was...

Zoopla is set to unwrap a major new nine-week marketing campaign on Christmas Day in an effort to boost agent leads...

There may be plenty of debate about going live with listings on Boxing Day but Hamptons has chosen the national holiday...

There are Christmas gifts aplenty waiting for agents who maintain their focus on marketing plans throughout December, according to The ValPal...

The World Cup is set to kick off in Qatar this weekend and Estate Agent Today has compiled a team of...

Thanks to a relentless market, the property market has enjoyed a purple patch over the past few years. But now that...

From bike rides to boxing, agents and property professionals have been turning up the heat with their fundraising exploits. Remember, if you...

From golf days to white collar boxing, agents and property professionals have been swinging into action for charitable causes recently. Remember, if...

The Bruce brothers’ new portal Boomin has given its first statistics regarding usage following the launch of a new marketing campaign...

Boomin co-founder and chief executive Michael Bruce has returned to the attack on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket with an open letter,...

A former senior partner of the Fenn Wright agency has died at the age of 82. Roger Dennis, who died on Boxing Day,...

Rightmove claims its visits over the Christmas period were its busiest ever with what it calls ‘buyer demand’ up 23 per...

Savills has announced a major new advertising campaign that will run across all media channels, breaking with a 60 second TV...

Boomin is launching a new ad campaign from Boxing Day, December 26 - the date previously associated with record visits to...

Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...

The average asking price of homes coming to the market has dropped by over £2,000 in the past month - the...

It’s a great sign of our slow but reassuring return to normality when much-missed fundraising events make a welcome comeback -...

Last year saw a monumental shift in almost every aspect of our lives: not least the way we work, socialise and...

As the official advice over holidays descends into farce - can we go this year? if so at home or away?...

Rightmove says it’s recorded the busiest ever start to a New Year in its two decade history with visits to the...

Zoopla saw a record 70.5 per cent increase in traffic on Boxing Day as signs suggest the pre-Christmas boom is set...

One of Countrywide’s top-end brands begins a TV advertisement campaign on Boxing Day.  Hamptons’ ad is the first ever TV promotion from the agency and...

As we approach the most unusual of festive periods, many property professionals will already be thinking about the January market and...

It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has been and gone and the run-up to Christmas is well and truly...

You probably don’t have to listen closely to hear estate agents across the country starting to cheer. It’s been a big...

Zoopla says it wants to know what agents think of its new TV advert which airs from tomorrow but can be...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

Another weekend, another storm: it’s hard to put a smile on your face when winter goes on this long but the...

Zoopla has published a startling set of statistics to demonstrate what it calls “a record January with significant growth in delivery...

Hello and welcome to the last day of January, Brexit Day and - perhaps most importantly - the latest edition of...

Zoopla is launching a new eight week marketing campaign on Boxing Day - and Estate Agent Today has an exclusive look at...

A website has slammed the idea that there is a surge of interest in buying homes on Boxing Day, describing the...

OnTheMarket’s TV advert, promoting its ‘New & exclusive’ feature, will be back on screens from Boxing Day ahead of what it calls a...

Zoopla is advising agents to prepare for a festive rush of leads. The portal says it expects a 60  per cent month-on-month increase...

Property voyeurism and the festive season have long been bedfellows for many Brits. The heady combination of over-indulgence and regret, close proximity...

There’s bad news peak-time TV shows this evening like DIY SOS and Coronation Street - it looks likely that viewers will...

If you haven’t noticed, it’s November already - a month where it’s increasingly popular for men to grow moustaches for charity....

The industry is back to full-strength on its fund-raising judging from our virtual postbag this week with many new reports of...

Early figures suggest record numbers of people visited Rightmove just after Christmas, giving renewed hope that the market may step up...

Zoopla is launching its latest advertising campaign from Boxing Day with ideas from the creative minds behind Wallace & Gromit.  From Wednesday...

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...

Estate and letting agents are being warned not to slow down too early in the run up to Christmas as it...

We have the presidential seal of approval for our Agents Do Charity this week - well, sort of, but we don’t mean...

Agents’ Mutual is officially making no comment on the timetable for the company flotation but speculation within the industry is mounting...

We take a break from the relentless election coverage to look at the great fundraising work being carried out by our industry. Once...

Work has been completed on the £300,000 refurbishment of the lower ground floor of city living specialist estate agency Morgans in...

Rightmove’s web traffic between Boxing Day and the end of last week is up five per cent on the same period...

A single-branch agency operating around Blackpool is offering vendors ultra-low fees if they register their homes for sale online on Boxing...

Campagining housing charity Shelter claims that an estimated 13 million people aged between 18 and 44 feel the high costs of buying...

The weather may be saying otherwise, but we're now in June and agents will be extra busy as buyers look to...

So this is Easter - a busy time for many agents although once again the industry has shown its compassionate side...

Rightmove says it enjoyed record traffic over key Christmas and New Year days for both sales and lettings. Page views on both Christmas...

Zoopla is launching its biggest ever national marketing campaign including new national TV adverts from Boxing Day. The campaign is called Knowing...

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

Rightmove has used its latest monthly house price index to launch its bid to push up its visits to record levels...