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The Women in Estate Agency (WiEA) committee hosted its highly anticipated second annual conference last week. Held at The IET, Savoy Place...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Female agents have shared their view on representation and opportunities in the sector to mark International Women’s Day. Industry data shows while...
08 March 2024
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Homebuyers are snubbing period properties, new analysis suggests. Research by Shawbrook suggests UK buyers are now prioritising sustainability and efficiency over style,...
23 January 2024
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The chief executive and chief financial officer of Belvoir will lose their jobs if the brand’s merger with The Property Franchise...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Agency Express has won the Franchisor of the Year – Gold award at the 2023 British Franchise Association (BFA) HSBC British...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The annual ESTAS Awards have seen 1,000 people from across the industry witness a string of winners, including new categories celebrating...
24 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Former NAEA Propertymark President Stephen McCarron has questioned if agents should be held responsible for clients losing out from overvalued properties. Speaking...
23 October 2023
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Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has launched a ‘Teams’ initiative designed to help its top performing agents expand their business. It is...
22 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has written to the Government to ask why attempts to protect leaseholders are being ignored. It comes as the Earl of...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A QR code on a sales board can land agents multiple leads at around £1 each, says Agency Express managing director,...
29 July 2023
From: Features
A Propertymark-supported amendment that aimed to bolster support for leaseholders in unsafe buildings failed to gain approval in the House of...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
As an estate agent, you know that securing the sale is just step one of a successful journey. But with issues...
01 April 2023
From: Features
It has been a busy first quarter of the year for property industry job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
10 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has reported its second highest year for average revenue per advertiser (ARPA) despite agency branch membership dipping slightly. The portal revealed...
03 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The cost of living crisis in the UK has majorly impacted thousands of peoples’ plans to move home, with mortgage lending...
04 February 2023
From: Features
The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) has formed a new member panel that will be chaired by senior industry figure Eric Walker. The...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Surveying is traditionally a male-dominated profession, and many women who have worked in the profession for many years report that at...
23 December 2022
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The winners of the 2022 allAgents Customer Experience Awards were announced last week. The agency customer feedback website held its second ever...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The boundaries of prime central London are expanding, new research claims. The PCL market is generally described as the exclusive districts of...
22 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Barclays is piloting a new reward scheme for homeowners who are keen to make green improvements to their home but are...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A 31-year old chartered surveyor has become one of the youngest to achieve RICS Fellowship status. James Brook, founder of Novello Chartered...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has named Johan Svanström, former chief executive of travel booking website Expedia Group Inc and McDonald's Corp as its new...
24 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS Customer Service Awards – which are often described as estate agency’s version of the Oscars – took place last...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents have been putting their hands in their pockets and getting active for plenty of good causes over the past week. If...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Spicerhaart has appointed a former Connells area director to lead some of its most high-profile brands. Daniel Ansell has been appointed as...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
From sky dives to golf days, here is how agents have been raising money for charity this week. If there are charitable...
02 September 2022
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Rightmove’s average revenue per agent has reached record levels as firms continue to spend more on the portal’s services. The property website...
29 July 2022
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Independent London agent Dexters has unveiled its latest acquisition. The brand has purchased south east London firm Conran Estates, taking on its...
25 July 2022
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Kent-based agent Miles & Barr has opened its 13th office in the region and is celebrating by offering to sell local...
05 July 2022
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Fine & Country has made its latest move in the metaverse with the launch for a second non-fungible token (NFT) linked...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
NAEA Propertymark’s new president Stephen McCarron has said he intends to focus on making agency an attractive option for school leavers...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A former chairman of challenger bank Monzo has joined OneDome’s board. Tim Brooke Thom has been appointed as non-executive director of the challenger...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The Belvoir Group has announced the acquisition of mortgage broker TIME. The agency franchise and financial services brand has acquired the entire issued...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Independent Kent agent Miles & Barr took a musical approach to an office relocation last weekend. Miles & Barr, which has 12...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The outgoing chief executive of Rightmove has claimed he has a good relationship with the portal’s customers. It was announced this week...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove’s share price hit its lowest level for two years yesterday after it was announced that its chief executive is stepping...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for...
26 March 2022
From: Features
The long-standing commitment of London-focussed agency Dexters to expand through acquisitions is continuing apace. Over the weekend it was announced that the...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s been another large rise in fee earnings for Rightmove this morning, as the portal softens the blow by announcing a...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Our Agents Do Charity column each Friday does a fantastic job of highlighting the amazing charitable work of agents up and...
29 January 2022
From: Features
A regional agency has this week opened a new 8,500 square feet office with a pledge to expand and employ 100...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Two London agencies have announced acquisitions as consolidation in the capital continues apace. Dexters has six new branches after the acquisition of...
30 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to a new week - and even as Christmas approaches there remains plenty to report about people moving...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A business once called “the UK’s poshest estate agent” has revealed that it’s under new management. Bective - formerly called Bective Leslie...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The independent QC leading a review into the governance scandal at the RICS says there was “no fraudulent or criminal misbehaviour”...
10 September 2021
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Spicerhaart - which is increasingly shifting its activities towards agents operating away from traditional branches - has redesigned its boards in...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News
London agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is opening four new branches this year. KFH recently opened new lettings offices in Brook Green...
15 July 2021
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The debate over For Sale and To Let boards continues apace with some local councils wanting to make it difficult or...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News
There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...
09 June 2021
From: Features
Another property company has announced its participation in the Kickstart scheme. The initiative is aimed at young people aged 16 to 24...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Dexters, which last week secured a reported £130m in new investment for the coming years, has snapped up the historic Roy...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News
By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The Sunday Times has made new and detailed allegations regarding the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. For some weeks the newspaper has...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The agency industry’s new leaders for the coming year have expressed strong support for reform recommendations promoted by the Regulation of...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to your regular Friday charity round-up from the industry - appropriately enough on the day of the latest...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
One of the latest 10 agents joining the still-to-launch Boomin portal says it could be the go-to website for all property...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Let’s be honest: things are getting just a little tougher aren’t they? We’re delighted to say that the spirit of the industry...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The Say No To Rightmove campaign has given a thumbs up to the new Boomin listings service created by the brothers...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News
It’s probably not a surprise but new research has revealed where people want to move to - as well as where...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Rightmove’s new chief financial officer has a basic salary of £390,000 plus bonus options coming to a potential total of £1.75m. Alison Dolan has...
04 August 2020
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The death has been announced of Colin Lowman, a veteran south London estate agent who had a 64 year career in...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News
If it’s Friday it’s our regular round-up of fund-raising by and involving the property industry, and it’s remarkable how much is...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has confirmed that its group finance director is to step down at the end of next month. Robyn Perriss is retiring...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News
A series of polls taken by Estate Agent Today suggest substantial numbers of agents remain uncomfortable about returning to trading even...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News
In this time of economic uncertainty, more and more people are becoming unwilling to leave their homes, yet you and your...
11 April 2020
From: Features
The two major portals have unveiled their discounts and deals for agents facing a dramatic loss of business because of the...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has released another stonking set of results - but there are signs that some agents are defecting from the ever-more-expensive...
28 February 2020
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A rugby star has signed a deal to operate the easyProperty franchise in his home town area. Castleford Tigers prop forward Liam...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Here’s the final part of our questioning of the three portals based on comments and queries from our readers - thanks...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has this morning named Andrew Fisher as its non-executive chairman, stepping into the role on January 1. He succeed Scott Forbes,...
22 November 2019
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Rightmove has announced that Robyn Perris is to step down as finance director next year after 12 years at the company. During...
12 November 2019
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A few weeks ago, I came across a couple of really interesting articles which I immediately thought worth writing a piece...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News
An estate agent has been jailed for 19 months and will have to be on the sex offenders’ register for the...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Rightmove’s half year figures this morning continue to show strong growth in profits and revenue - but there are the first...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News
This week, I want to take a look at the Israeli startup, Venn, an urban revitalisation firm which has recently received...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the destination where you can catch up with the key moves announced in the...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News
During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...
04 May 2019
From: Features
Some branches of one of London’s largest agencies, Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, have returned to Zoopla after dropping it just over four...
05 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Well here we are, at the last Agents Do Charity of the year. It’s been a record haul of good works, as...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...
15 December 2018
From: Features
Belvoir has this morning announced that it has acquired MAB Glos, part of the Mortgage Advice Bureau. The £3.6m deal, done through...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...
17 November 2018
From: Features
No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...
20 October 2018
From: Features
‘Up’ is the key word in Rightmove’s figures for the first half of 2018, released to the City and to shareholders...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News
The fast-expanding Spicerhaart group has launched its own in-house Property Marketing Academy and has secured a well-known industry trainer and coach...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is defying the glut of stories suggesting the London market is beset with difficulties and has launched...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News
The Henley Business School is often identified with cutting edge forecasts - but now it has revealed the history of what...
19 April 2018
From: Breaking News
With the rise of Purplebricks in recent years, many will be eager to know what the hybrid agency’s Local Property Experts...
07 April 2018
From: Features
For many estate agents seeking to become entrepreneurs, the idea of starting their own business is undoubtedly daunting, especially when going...
17 March 2018
From: Features
Fine & Country has now opened its latest office in the Kent town of Tunbridge Wells. The firm says that strategically, this...
08 February 2018
From: Breaking News
The UK’s largest property franchise group, Belvoir, says it is reaping rewards from its acquisition of Brook Financial Services and its...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News
The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...
28 October 2017
From: Features
Estate Agent Today understands that Spicerhaart is in the final stages of talks to acquire major regional independent firm butters john...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News
A consumer group says it is giving what it calls “the top 1,000 estate agents in England and Wales” badges to...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Spicerhaart has launched what it calls a talent acquisition team to recruit new agents to the group’s range of brands, as...
05 June 2017
From: Breaking News
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
Residents in two parts of Cornwall will vote tomorrow on whether to join the holiday resort of St Ives in banning...