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Simon Bradbury has returned to estate agency with self-employed brand eXp. Bradbury, who quit as managing director of Thomas Morris in January,...

A local estate agent is spreading the love this Valentine’s Day with a video aiming to get people “on board.” Surrey and...

Simon Bradbury has quit his role as managing director of Thomas Morris. An announcement from the brand has revealed that Bradbury, who...

The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a new learning platform to help boost agent knowledge and skills.  It includes the Guild's...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

Spicerhaart has boosted its senior team with the appointment of a new managing director within its estate agency division.  Tommy Taylor is...

The team behind regional agency brands Simpson & Partners and Simpson and Weekley is developing a hybrid franchise model. Andrew Simpson and...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings: Last week...

Lucy Frazer has been promoted from Housing Minister to Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in Rishi Sunak’s latest...

Agents are marking a record breaking 2022 for fundraising and are hoping to attract more funds for charitable causes during the...

From singing to dressing as superheroes, there are plenty of inspirational examples of agents raising money for good causes this week. Whatever...

Property sales are being put at risk by failure to tackle infestations of bamboo, according to new warnings. Invasive plant removal firm...

MP for South East Cambridgeshire Lucy Frazer has been confirmed as the latest Housing Minister as part of a department reshuffle. Michael...

Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...

I look back on when my dad helped me buy my first car and shared his pearls of wisdom on what...

Agents using Boomin have managed to convert more than 20% of SmartVal valuation requests into instructions. The challenger portal and lead generation...

Savills has opened its 10th office in south west London. It takes its London presence to 42 residential branches and 132 across the country...

With barely more than a week before Christmas, we’re delighted to bring you more heartwarming stories from agents. Despite the difficulties of...

Let no one say agents aren't imaginative, creative and entertaining - or at least no one can say that about Maxine...

The Relocation Agent Network has given awards to its winning agents, at a black tie dinner at its annual conference in...

A new Rich List of the most expensive streets has been revealed by Zoopla.  Kensington Palace Gardens in London holds the title...

Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...

Kevin Thomas, the long time director at Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings, is retiring from the industry after more than 40...

The end of the week is always charity day here on EAT, and this week we have a typical cross section...

A leading agent says that for every house he puts on the market, he has over 40 requests for viewings -...

We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to offer a formal agency qualification as it goes increasingly on the offensive in a...

Boomin has announced another 15 independents as members of the site, which is expected to launch in the near future. “The latest...

Ever since the initial ripples of innovation in the 1990s, PropTech has proceeded to reshape our market beyond recognition; going on...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...

Hello and welcome to the new working week. Here’s the latest information on key hires across our industry: if you have similar...

The Sequence Group is to be the sole selling agent for RoyaleLife, the country’s largest builder of bungalows, exclusively aimed at...

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of  branches closing - but there are...

Independent agencies are the backbone of our industry so it’s great to be able to share images from three such experts...

Welcome to the first February PJT. As the year progresses the industry embarks on more appointments, especially with a market that’s...

Welcome to another Agents Do Charity, meaning it’s not just Friday but also a day to think about fund-raising in the...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

You are an enterprising lot! Today we’ve got two fantastic Christmas videos from agents who’ve kindly responded to our call for...

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...

Connells Group has announced its acquisition of an independent Cambridgeshire agency - and it says it’s on the look out for...

Hello there and we’re at the start of another Bank Holiday weekend - but no rest for you lot, working hard...

Police are continuing to appeal for information on a horrific hammer attack on the owner and chairman of Bridges Estate Agents...

The controversial property portal Propertyheads has compiled a blacklist of tradesmen who have a criminal record. The website says this is the...

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...

Rightmove’s latest assessment of the housing market suggests that Newport in Gwent is the fastest moving area in Britain for vendors. A...

London estate agency chain Dexters is expanding its brand once again thanks to a new partnership with Stirling Ackroyd New Homes.  Dexters...

A new national housing agency – Homes England – has been launched by the newly-rebadged Ministry of Housing Communities and Local...

Rightmove has revealed the top 10 locations outside London where asking prices grew most and where homes sold fastest - and...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to allow its associate members to have ID cards showing clients that they have passed...

One of the country’s leading property-technology experts says the way in which the Agents’ Mutual stock market flotation proposal has been...

As the mainstream mortgage market braces itself for yet another clampdown on buy-to-let lending, a growing number of property investors are...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

It’s been an undeniably tough year for agents so far and no one can say the industry doesn’t deserve a summer...

Independent estate agency network The Guild of Property Professionals has announced that its training scheme has been given formal approval. The Associate...

June marks the start of what professional weather folk call summer - and even if the temperatures are a little variable,...

The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...

Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...

The aftermath of Easter and shock announcement of a snap General Election have done little to stop the industry making plenty...

The government’s attitude of “Nanny knows best” has “squandered another opportunity” to make a real difference to the housing crisis, according...

One of the founders of hybrid agency Purplebricks says sellers in the UK may never accept the sale of their property...

Cheffins, the six-office Cambridgeshire-based firm, says it is creating ”a new corporate framework” to intensify its focus on estate agency, rural...

Technology has been continuing to shape the way estate agents manage their customer service offering for years. It’s now a completely...

A website live chat provider claims research shows that the facility significantly influences activity amongst users of websites on which it...

As we approach another autumn weekend, the country's estate agents and property professionals have not taken their foot off the pedal...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

An estate agency is claiming that the psychology of buying and selling has come to the fore following the EU referendum,...

Rentplus, a business providing Rent To Buy homes, has announced that it has new funding of £20m - on top of...

London house prices rose by 251 and 209 per cent respectively during Thatcher’s and Blair’s time at Number 10 - but...

The price of an average house or flat in the UK rose by £16,000 in the year to May after another...

With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...

Estate agents from around the country are reporting only limited damage to business or prices caused by the Brexit result of...

Prices are wobbling in the London housing market, with the referendum and ongoing currency fluctuations being two of the major causes. That...

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

While buy-to-let lenders brace themselves for further interventions as part of proposals currently being drawn up by the Prudential Regulation Authority...

The glorious thing about the referendum on our EU membership is that four weeks today it will all be over –...

The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered its final few days, and like never before, housing is the...

Police have released footage of an estate agent who has been jailed for four years after repeatedly running over his girlfriend's...

The latest government house price index from the Office for National Statistics shows that house prices across the UK rose by...

Franchise giant Hunters says 2015 was its most successful year to date.  The firm opened in 32 new locations during the past...

In an unexpected announcement, the government says it will "directly commission" companies to build up to 13,000 new affordable homes on...

There has been a mixed response from the agency world to David Cameron's pledge to reform planning, promise that 200,000 new...

There’s been a lot of talk lately about artificial intelligence (AI). We’ve seen it feature prominently this year on film (in...

The latest trading figures from Hunters, which in recent years has become one of the country’s largest sales and lettings agents,...

Butters John Bee recorded its second ESTAS Agent of the Month title in a row when its Crewe branch took the...

Estate agents have given an enthusiastic endorsement to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposals to help boost housing building totals through changes to...

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on the housing...

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on the housing...

Thomas Morris Estate Agents has claimed the world’s first ‘virtual open house’ property viewing.  The firm carried out the event via the...

Hunters has added another 23 franchised offices to its empire with the acquisition of Home Counties estate and letting agency Country...

Estate agency marketing organisation Cream Club - formally known as Cabec Limited - has been put into administration. It was almost two...