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![Agent dismisses branch manager over offensive anti-Zionist posts](/upload/images/shutterstock_2230875989.jpg)
A branch manager who appeared to celebrate the death of Jewish financier and philanthropist Lord Rothschild and call for other Zionists...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent working in Jewish area suspended after ‘hoping’ Zionists die](/upload/images/shutterstock_1750387934(4).jpg)
An estate agency based in the heart of one of the UK’s largest Jewish communities has faced backlash after one of its...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regional agent names former Purplebricks executive as new CEO](/upload/images/shutterstock_1723539217.jpg)
A former senior executive for Boomin and Purplebricks has returned to traditional estate agency. Tom Kirk, previously chief product officer for Boomin...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![New south coast agent aims to make waves with sustainable focus](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
A new estate agency has launched in West Sussex with a focus on sustainability. Pear Properties has been launched by Marcus Farrell,...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - supporting young Lionesses](/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. If you have a charitable event or...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![At Ease! Agency wins award for being Forces-Friendly](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
Spicerhaart has received a Silver Award in the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which acknowledges the agency group’s commitment to...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![40 Not Out! Proof that estate agency is a people business](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20Equality%20comes%20through%20learning%20-%20PIT%20by%20Chitra%20Stern.jpg)
A well-known Yorkshire estate agent is celebrating 40 years working at the same firm - and he’s marking his involvement in...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency salaries revealed! Are you paid enough?](/upload/images/shutterstock_2291233431.jpg)
A new report highlights levels of agency pay across the property sector. The figures, from Rayner Personnel’s latest Property Sector Salary Report,...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - caring for communities](/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. If you have a charitable event or...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Regional agency brand honours top performers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Essex property group Beresfords has honoured its staff during the brand’s summer awards. The party’s coveted Employee Of the Year; Best Sales...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Regional agent expands reach with new branch opening](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Mackenzie Smith has opened its eighth branch, launching a new office in Camberley, Surrey. The independent brand’s new office is located right...
24 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gascoigne Halman branch manager hits 40-year milestone](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
Gascoigne Halman branch manager Andrew Hayes is celebrating reaching 40 years in estate agency. Hayes discovered estate agency thanks to his father...
24 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency job market booming despite downturn concerns – claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents3-400x310.png)
The estate agency job market remains buoyant despite talk of a property market slowdown, an industry recruiter claims. Agency recruitment firm Rayner...
17 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - marking a record breaking 2022](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-1-18-400x310.png)
Agents are marking a record breaking 2022 for fundraising and are hoping to attract more funds for charitable causes during the...
13 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - meet the lettings professional doing his bit for army veterans](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/CraigPhillipsOffice-400x310.jpg)
The property industry often gets a bad rep, despite all the work that agents and others in the sector do for...
12 November 2022
From: Features
![Sussex agent steps up after buyer's husband dies during property purchase](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
A team of estate agents from Sussex-based Mishon Mackay went the extra mile to assist a buyer who found herself in a...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Connells Group chairman announces retirement](/upload/images/Logos/ConnellsGroupWhiteLogo-400x310.jpg)
Connells Group chairman Stephen Shipperley is set to retire at the end of 2022. It comes as he marked his 45th anniversary...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - turning up the heat](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
Agents and property professionals haven't let the mini-heatwave stop them sweating and stepping up for charity. Here are some of the sector's...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Prime agent upsizes to meet local demand](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/OpeningHours400x310.jpg)
Prime estate agent John D Wood & Co has moved its Chiswick office to a larger premises to boost its sales...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![My First Property Sale: 'Vendor was so impressed she became an agent'](/upload/images/Site%20logos/MFPSLogo-400x310.png)
A EweMove franchisee has revealed how her first sale was so successful that it convinced the vendor to become an estate...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Window dressings! How agents are adding a royal touch to their branches](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/QueenElizabeth-400x310.png)
Agency branch windows are being transformed this week to mark the Queen’s 70 years on the throne. High streets across the country...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the who’s who of the industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
![Property Natter – from barmaid to branch manager to Countrywide’s top negotiator](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
In this week’s Natter, I carry out a Q&A with Lisa Knight, who has taken the impressive journey from barmaid to...
09 April 2022
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - don’t get blown away in the storm!](/upload/images/library/AgentsDoCharity-1-18-400x310.png)
It may be blowing a gale outside but we’re safe and warm here reading about our industry’s great work for good...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Corporate agents too busy measuring targets to do real work - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessObjectives-400x310.jpg)
The head of a hybrid agency has made a blistering attack on the corporate agent business model, accusing it of being...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - video interview with Stephen Brown and RAN 2021!](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
In a first for the Natter, this week's interview is a video affair, with me posing the questions to Stephen Brown,...
04 December 2021
From: Features
![Property Natter - checking in with some of the ESTAS' biggest winners](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
A few weeks ago the ESTAS took place at the Grosvenor House hotel in London - the first chance for many...
06 November 2021
From: Features
![Look After Your Team. Or Someone Else Will](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
Like most aspects of life since the pandemic hit, the employment arena has been hit hard. But not just with uncertainty...
21 August 2021
From: Features
![How to minimise pandemic disruption in your estate agency](/upload/images/library/PropTech-TouchScreen-400x310.jpg)
Last month it was reported that up to 500,000 people had been ‘pinged’ by the NHS in a week. While the...
18 August 2021
From: Features
![Self-Employed Surge - agency has 100 new applicants since January](/img/default/eat.png)
A company which was once an early adopter of using a central resource for self-employed agents working under its name, says...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stock shortage is worst I’ve seen in 30 years, says agent](/img/default/eat.png)
An agent in part of the UK with the strongest seller’s market claims the stock shortage is the worst he’s seen...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Take our 2-minute survey! We want your views on the industry](/img/default/eat.png)
We recently launched our state of the property nation survey – a two-minute poll designed to give estate and letting agents...
27 March 2021
From: Features
![State of the property nation survey…have your say!](/img/default/eat.png)
Will Rightmove still be the dominant portal by 2030? Will Boomin really shake up the industry as Purplebricks did before it?...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - more appointments news from across the UK](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - why not fund-raise instead of going on holiday?](/img/default/eat.png)
As the official advice over holidays descends into farce - can we go this year? if so at home or away?...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - February kicks off with flurry of movers](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tragedy as young branch manager dies from Coronavirus](/img/default/eat.png)
A young Kent estate agent has died after contracting Covid 19 at the age of 28. Chris Cane was branch manager of...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the latest movers and shakers](/img/default/eat.png)
We are on the threshold in December with the pandemic still dominating but we’re delighted there is still positive jobs news...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - backbone of our industry: Golders Green to South Coast](/img/default/eat.png)
As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...
21 November 2020
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - latest news on the movers and shakers](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![From valuer in 2014 to chief executive in 2020 - new agency boss named](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country's largest group of independent agencies has named its new chief executive officer - and says it’s a...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Here's how mio can help agents comply with RoPA framework](/img/default/eat.png)
As the review of the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group continues, Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager and...
01 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Online agency easyProperty expands and seeks new licensees](/img/default/eat.png)
Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![What happens when your sales progressor is off work?](/img/default/eat.png)
At mio, we often have conversations with Estate Agency firms who have a dedicated sales progresser in their team. Whilst there...
09 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Jobs Today - bumper bundle of new appointments](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today: Movers and shakers and new appointments](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT - we know some agencies are reshaping their structures and downsizing but this...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - on a “phew, what a scorcher!” weekend](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s hotting up out there as a beautiful summer’s weekend beckons - an ideal time for some fund-raising in the sun,...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Another Spicerhaart brand wants agents working remotely](/img/default/eat.png)
Butters John Bee, one of the oldest agency brands in the UK, is the latest part of the Spicerhaart group to...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - latest movers into and across our industry](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of branches closing - but there are...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Two thirds of agents want to go self-employed and/or work from home](/img/default/eat.png)
A survey of agents’ attitudes which two weeks ago showed a big majority of agents wanting to work as self employed...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - key appointments made during lockdown](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - our first for some weeks as the coverage has previously been dominated by...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![A Good News story - agent makes good on his hospital bed promise...](/img/default/eat.png)
We all need some good news right now and thanks to Beresfords Property Group, we have one! The firm’s Witham branch manager, Jordan...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Independent agency bought by two of its branch managers](/img/default/eat.png)
A Somerset agency with three offices has changed ownership - but remains an independent. Gibbins Richards has offices in Taunton, Bridgwater and...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Knock Knock: Ex-Purplebricks duo pledge to “shake up industry”](/img/default/eat.png)
A new hybrid set up by ex-Purplebricks territory owners says it wants to "redefine estate agency in the customer's favour." Knock Knock...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![More Valentines windows - have a heart if you can bear it…](/img/default/eat.png)
Thanks so much for your responses to our request for Valentines office window displays - we didn’t realise February 14 was...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity ...Er, it’s time to spend a penny...](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to another Agents Do Charity, meaning it’s not just Friday but also a day to think about fund-raising in the...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the final moves before Christmas](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today before Christmas - and yes, there are still plenty of people moving...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks: so what do Local Property Experts REALLY earn?](/img/default/eat.png)
A statement made by Purplebricks in its trading statement yesterday appears to fly in the face of statements it has made...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![easyProperty's new owner reveals ambitious 'local expert' plans](/img/default/eat.png)
The relaunched easyProperty hybrid agency is to rely exclusively on local marketing to drive awareness and customers, and not follow the...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Case study: Taylors upgrade to new “user friendly and easy to use” sales progression and communication tool](/img/default/eat.png)
Ashleigh Thwaites, Branch Manager at Emersons Green, Taylors shares how mio has transformed her approach to sales progression by making it...
04 November 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Jobs Today - your Monday fix of who’s moving where](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Halloween - and look what this agent has done with her pumpkins...](/img/default/eat.png)
A few days to go before Halloween and it’s great to see agents getting into the swing of the event. Today’s shout...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News
!['We're targeting branch managers and senior negs', says easyProperty director](/img/default/eat.png)
The new managing director of easyProperty claims the hybrid agency will be targeting branch managers and senior negotiators who think they...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![mio gives new direction to William H Brown’s sales progression](/img/default/eat.png)
Robert Anderson, Branch Manager at William H Brown in Leicester shares how sales progression and communication tool, mio, has created a...
23 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Power to the People](/img/default/eat.png)
‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...
19 September 2019
From: Features
![Simon Trippett, Partner at The Property Centre](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Simon Trippett – Partner at The Property Centre. What services...
18 September 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Fox and Sons goes digital and improves their sales progression with mio](/img/default/eat.png)
Fox and Sons goes digital and improves their sales progression with mio Lucy Luxton, Branch Manager at Fox and Sons, Tiverton (Devon)...
09 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![320-mile trip to Lincolnshire? How far would you go to get a contract signed?](/img/default/eat.png)
Here at Estate Agent Today, we're always pleased to highlight the lengths the best agents will go to provide outstanding customer...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![More details emerge on Countrywide’s closure programme](/img/default/eat.png)
Further details of Countrywide's closure and consolidation programme, first revealed by Estate Agent Today on Friday, have emerged over the weekend. A...
13 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Industry veteran launches hybrid and offers to sell 50 homes for free](/img/default/eat.png)
An industry veteran is launching a new hub-based hybrid agency and is offering to sell 50 homes for free to raise the...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and here’s another long weekend to fund-raise…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to another one of those great long weekends that come along often at this time of year -...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and good luck to Marathon runners this weekend…](/img/default/eat.png)
The London Marathon may be just one of literally thousands of fund-raising events but we know it’s a favourite with many...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![The good, the bad and the future of property chain communication](/img/default/eat.png)
Thinking about the state of communication across residential property chains is enough to induce a severe migraine. We work in a world...
20 March 2019
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - in pole position for more fund-raising...](/img/default/eat.png)
You can tell it’s the onset of spring by the fact that this weekend sees the start of the Formula 1...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - your weekly round-up of the big moves](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your weekly chance to catch up on major moves in our industry. Everyone here has...
11 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and here's proof it's not remotely grim up north...](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s a distinctly northern flavour to some of the great fund-raising this week - and in particular Yorkshire. This isn’t the only...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Grottos and windows - more festive fun as Christmas gets closer…](/img/default/eat.png)
The world may be going crazy outside but we’re delighted to tell you that in the estate agency industry it’s still...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - key industry moves and a ‘Rock Star Agent’ invitation](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to our latest edition of Property Jobs Today, a weekly run-through of the key job moves within our...
12 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Reapit sales chief launches as independent PropTech consultant](/img/default/eat.png)
Reapit’s popular former sales manager Peter Fenwick is today formally launching as an independent PropTech consultant. Fenwick, whose departure from Reapit was...
24 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Former Foxtons agent launches business in challenging London market](/img/default/eat.png)
A new estate agency has opened its doors in North London, despite operating in what it describes as a 'weak' London...
04 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - plenty of industry moves over the summer break](/img/default/eat.png)
We may be well into August but there’s little sign of a holiday for our industry, with a string of big...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News
!['The score? Doesn't matter, does it?' - our latest England World Cup review](/img/default/eat.png)
Here’s our third England World Cup match report prepared by a reader - and it’s another terrific review...perhaps more interesting than...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the latest moves within our industry...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today, the regular Monday round-up of moves and changes in our industry. Do please let us...
25 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - and it's a bumper week for moves...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our weekly feature on who’s moving where throughout our industry. And it’s...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: Day in the life of...a Group Managing Director](/img/default/eat.png)
For part two of the 'Day in the life of' series, I spoke to Peter Kavanagh, who first joined Romans in...
24 March 2018
From: Features
![Countrywide reveals 'Back To Basics' plan for 2018 and scraps online service](/img/default/eat.png)
The troubled Countrywide group has this morning revealed its recovery plan to get - in its words - ‘back to basics’...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agency appoints high-flying woman to lead regional sales force](/img/default/eat.png)
Leaders has appointed Debra McHale as its new area sales manager for the north west of England. McHale has worked in the...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Your office decorations wrapped up - and festive greetings from EAT](/img/default/eat.png)
So here it is … a very Merry Christmas from Estate Agent Today and Angels Media, with our very best wishes...
22 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity At Christmas - good works and tinsel](/img/default/eat.png)
Charity comes in all shapes and sizes and we start this Christmas edition of Agents Do Charity with a very unusual...
22 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![New appointments announced by several agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
Despite growing concern about the health of the housing market, a string of estate agencies have made appointments this week. Connells Residential...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Connells Group chairman celebrates 40 years with the same company](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the industry’s longest-serving individuals, Connells Group chairman Stephen Shipperley, this month celebrates 40 years with the business. He joined...
05 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks says LPEs typically earn much more than high street agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks has launched something of a charm offensive to lift the lid on the experience and work of its Local Property...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Two solutions to keep your staff safe](/img/default/eat.png)
Stephanie Slater died last week, aged 50. Whilst she died from cancer (tragically, only 11 days after diagnosis), it’s the events...
06 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - the 'so much for a quiet August' edition...](/img/default/eat.png)
Remember when August used to be quiet with not much news? This year, whether it’s industry upheavals at Countrywide, Purplebricks and Agents’...
18 August 2017
From: Breaking News
11 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks launches drive to recruit hundreds more Local Property Experts](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks has this morning announced a drive to recruit “hundreds” of new Local Property Experts” in a bid to become what...
11 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![The ESTAS – the UK’s best letting agents have their say](/img/default/eat.png)
The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...
27 May 2017
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - in a big week for the industry](/img/default/eat.png)
This week has seen the estate agency industry demonstrating just how big it is these days with Purplebricks raising £50m in...