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Happy birthday to us….and all members of the The ValPal Network! We are celebrating a decade in business and in those 10...

Hamptons’ branches have been getting into the Christmas spirit with some lovely festive window displays that include plenty of tasting-looking properties. Staff...

Let’s be completely honest - as challenges go, estate agents are up against it trying to persuade reluctant vendors to take...

There are no signs of a post-summer lull in the property jobs market. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

A company that sold a record 465 homes in 2021 has invested in a new office which it claims will “redefine...

The past two years have been a whirlwind of change, challenges and chance. The main catalyst has clearly been the pandemic...

Could estate and letting agents sell their branch office window space for third party advertising, above and beyond promoting the properties...

Christmas - time for a much-needed rest for our industry after getting through a workload which reached almost unprecedented levels in...

A burglar who ransacked an independent agency’s branch office and stole equipment worth almost £2,000 has escaped prison. Bilal Hemmi of Windsor...

In this guest editorial, experienced property solicitor Lorraine Richardson argues that reservation agreements - designed to reduce the number of fall-throughs in...

An estate agency is opening a large new office in London which it claims will be “very different” to the traditional...

Purplebricks has addressed its critics on house sales by pledging to return vendors’ upfront fees if the agency fails to find...

As London plays catch-up with the buoyant housing market seen in the rest of the country, two agencies have announced new...

A new survey suggests 53 per cent of buyers never actually visit an estate agent’s office during the course of their...

Winkworth says Covid and its aftermath will not derail plans to open five offices a year.  In a trading statement to shareholders...

A Sheffield estate agency is pioneering a new form of branch office - one that sells homes at the same time...

Another group of independent estate agents have launched a portal - a rival to a similar project launched by other agencies...

One of the industry's senior agency leaders says it would be a mistake for agents to be stopped from working in...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that all retail staff will be obliged to wear masks when working - and it's now...

Estate Agent Today understands that the Knight Frank agency has been hit by a large number of branch office heads quitting...

A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has revealed that it has recruited over 50 agents in its first...

You’ve probably heard about unified communications (UC) before. But why are your competitors and other organisations moving towards centralised comms platforms? What are...

A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has told Estate Agent Today that its recruitment schedule is running “well...

Countrywide’s shares took another battering yesterday as they plummeted below the psychologically-painful 5p mark - reflecting a 95 per cent loss of...

An estate agency has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority not to use an advertisement on its website and Facebook...

Purplebricks might have the last laugh - its biggest critic is ditching his High Street office and making his own agency online. Controversial...

An estate agent who stole per £300,000 from an estate agency spent the money on designer goods and expensive holidays -...

Royston & Lund, the Nottinghamshire estate agency set up by former Notts County player Gary Lund, is expanding with a second...

One of the many estate agencies hoping to market increasing numbers of new homes has been praised by a developer client...

The main debate at this year’s FUTURE: PropTech conference - the industry’s leading technology forum, held yesterday in London - saw...

It was an end of an era in the property world this week. Christopher Hamer stepped down as the Property Ombudsman...

It’s rare for an incumbent to pivot to a disruptive business model, even in the face of compelling logic that they...