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The Andrew Grant regional estate agency brand is “very much alive” despite the firm which bore the name losing 54 jobs...

Unnamed government sources quoted in many newspapers today suggest stamp duty reforms may be announced later this year. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is to...

There are various reports of estate agencies closing branches - or not reopening them after lockdown - as they reduce the...

A London agency says it’s seen over 30 new agents join its hub franchise operation during the lockdown, taking the total...

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

The industry’s first virtual awards event has taken place with hundreds of agents participating courtesy of YouTube. Winners of the prestigious ESTAS...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to industry video expert Christopher Watkin. Watkin gives his...

Haart - one of the brands owned by Spicerhaart, which laid off staff in the first hours of the pandemic -...

OnTheMarket says almost 500 branches have signed up in recent months, entitling their business owners to ‘welcome shares’. Of those branches signing...

The estate agency group spearheading the Say No To Rightmove campaign has signed its 36 branches up to new portal Homesearch. The...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

"New property website launches. Not immediately sure what it does differently, what its USP is or who will use it, but...

The return of non-essential businesses to lockdown in Leicester as a result of a localised spike in Coronavirus cases is a...

Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...

Over 50 jobs have been lost as a result of a Midlands regional estate agency falling into administration. The Shropshire Star reports...

A regional agency in the east of England says the Coronavirus lockdown working environment has made it rethink its structure -...

A brand and marketing strategic who also ran one of the country’s most successful lettings agencies for a decade has said...

One of the highest profile and most widely respected figures in the British property industry has died suddenly. He was 72. Tony...

It may be that by the time you read this it’s all over for Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for...

With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...

Countrywide has released details of its trading performance, including the knock its income has received as a result of the housing...

The challenger portal scheduled to launch in less than a week’s time on July 1 has secured the support of 10,000...

Savills has revealed the measures it has taken to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on its activities and balance sheet. The...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Vigus, Managing Director of sales progression platform mio You’ve never...

Estate agents facing crippling running costs as the wider impacts of the Coronavirus crisis hit home may benefit, at least in...

Some weeks later than usual for understandable reasons, the ESTAS Awards 2020 are almost here - and for the first time...

A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...

The new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group says he anticipates his company’s hybrid arm - EweMove - will go...

A regional agency says the Coronavirus crisis was the opportunity for it to complete a takeover of a rival company in...

The latest branch of Fine & Country says it intends to expand both its premises and its workforce by the end...

Midlands regional chain Andrew Grant, which last year closed some branches as it moved to a ‘hub’ structure, appears to have...

The Welsh housing market is back in business today - at least in part. Letting and estate agents can reopen their offices...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

The phrase ‘game-changer’ has been hugely overused. But when applied to how Covid-19 is changing the way estate agents will work...

Most letting agents don’t set up a business to become accountants but losing control of client money poses serious risks for...

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...

Video tours, heralded as the next big thing just a few weeks ago, are being abandoned by buyers and dismissed as...

It’s been confirmed by the Scottish Government that the housing market north of the border resumes for business - and house...

With most fund-raising involving organised runs, treks or mudders, we know how difficult it is right now to do great work...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Darren Loftus and it says Commercial Director on...

Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...

A hybrid agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched has announced a recruitment drive and expansion in...

Purplebricks has instructed a new legal firm to support its sales and lettings activities. Business Insider reports that the commercial team at...

Online sector veterans Russell Quirk and Kenny Bruce have used social media to call for a temporary scrapping of all stamp...

As we emerge from lockdown, quickly progressing sales to completion is vital to replace lost commission income.  What role can mio...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

Today is one month since the government lifted restrictions on agents and the housing market - and since that time the...

Zoopla has upped the stakes in the war between rival websites with two major claims which implicitly challenge both Rightmove and...

Virtual viewings could transform estate agency so fundamentally that they might mean the work of five negotiators could in future be...

More details have been released about a test case being brought by the Financial Conduct Authority about the ongoing Business Interruption...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

A 27 year old agent with a background working in London’s Canary Wharf has headed north to set up his own...

In a video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to Mark Hayward, managing director of NAEA Propertymark about...

If you are an established UK estate agent, the status quo dictates that you will most likely work for ‘the man.’ Corporate...

The brothers who founded Purplebricks - Michael and Kenny Bruce - have returned to the agency industry for the first time...

Russell Jervis, who spent 33 years at Spicerhaart rising to managing director before quitting late last year, has re-emerged this morning...

The Guild of Property Professionals says “a remarkable number” of agencies has joined it during the lockdown. Some 27 agencies signed up...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

In a wide-ranging video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to former agent and founder of Viewber, Ed...

Now that it’s June it’s officially summer (as if we didn’t realise that from the sudden drop in temperatures). With good...

Social distancing will be part of our daily routine moving forward for the foreseeable future and if you run an estate...

An overwhelming 98 per cent of vendors questioned by Zoopla say they remain anxious about the Coronavirus and would prefer to...

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...

I was asked a question by a German journalist yesterday. What is the biggest lesson German and European PropTech founders can...

PropTech supplier mio says it now has over 1,000 agency branches using its sales progression platform - and it’s recruited Countrywide...

A senior property lawyer is to set up a franchise agency which he describes as embracing the best of the High...

Troubled estate agency group Countrywide has invited shareholders to submit questions to the company ahead of its AGM later this month. Countrywide...

A former Purplebricks chief has become managing director of an agency aiming to be a national brand. Jim Harris - a former training...

Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...

There has been a huge surge in demand in some regions of the UK according to new data from Rightmove.  The portal...

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...

Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, and there is a great deal of positive things to be said about a...

The well-known chief executive of Fine & Country, David Lindley, is standing down. An announcement from the agency came late this morning...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign is to release a set of options for member agents to consider if the portal...

Cushman & Wakefield has pulled out of direct sales of homes in the UK. The firm has closed its UK new homes department...

A mystery group, believed to consist of high-level former agents and suppliers, is asking the industry for its feedback on current...

A digital ‘members-only club’ for property professionals around the world has slashed its prices nine months after launching. The Eighth Door is...

The Covid-19 crisis hasn’t caused the revolution it has been reported to have. Despite the challenges it has brought, fundamentally, the...

NAEA Propertymark is advising agents to continue measures to allow them to operate if a second wave of Coronavirus hits later...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Tom Harrington and I’m the founder and...

Letting agents up and down the country have undoubtedly felt the financial strain added by the outbreak of COVID19. Whilst this will continue,...

Many of the leading advocates of the self-employed estate agent business model have talked about why many want new recruits with...

The Chancellor has revealed how he will wean businesses off the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme - meaning that agencies and suppliers...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has revised its Anti-Money Laundering guidance in the light of Coronavirus. It says the scale of...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

The Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into fake and misleading online reviews. The announcement from the watchdog does not...

Typical prices in the UK housing market will drop 12 per cent before long-term growth resumes in 2021 and beyond. That’s the...

It’s another Bank Holiday weekend and the first since lockdown was eased and the housing market returns - so perhaps a...

During March, the coronavirus pandemic put the brakes on the property market with an enforced period of shutdown. However, almost two...

Countrywide says it is pursuing the businessman who failed to complete on the purchase of the troubled agency’s commercial arm, Lambert...

The industry should continue to prepare for large-scale reforms such as mandatory agency training, the licensing of agents and a new...

Outsourced communications provider Moneypenny has launched a new facility called Client Services for agents resuming business. Moneypenny’s 80-strong team of receptionists can...

Rightmove has confirmed that its group finance director is to step down at the end of next month. Robyn Perriss is retiring...

I recently read the news about Settled closing its doors. As of 6.29am on Tuesday morning, the article had been read by 8,642...

Countrywide has refuted claims that none of its branches have so far re-opened for business but has issued an explanation why...

The popular and well respected ex-Knight Frank partner Tom Tangney has joined Rose & Partners, a boutique property firm serving prime...

A daily monitor of mortgage market activity has reported “significant volumes” of business across the sector, even over the weekend. Mortgage technology...

A free to list portal has blasted Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for using agents' data to boost their profits.  Christopher May, chief...

The City regulator which is bringing a test case over insurance firms refusing to honour Business Interruption policies wants policyholders including...

Veteran estate agency owner Paul Rooney has again featured as the most wealthy individual agency owner in the annual Sunday Times...

The biggest awards for the agency sector - The ESTAS - will now be a virtual event on Friday July 3,...

Strutt & Parker is the latest agency to attract hundreds of prospective vendors and buyers to a ‘keep in touch’ webinar. Last...

A series of polls taken by Estate Agent Today suggest substantial numbers of agents remain uncomfortable about returning to trading even...

High end London agency Beauchamp Estates has been selected to join the Bank of England’s advisory panel of companies and senior directors, and to...

The online estate agency Settled appears to have ceased trading with its customers refunded. It was launched in 2014 by former Google...

Who are you? I’m Craig Fenner, a Customer Success Director at Feefo.  I work directly with Feefo’s Enterprise clients to ensure they...

Over the past few weeks, estate agents have been forced to close high street branches and adapt to working from home,...

Foxtons - which has recently closed branches and furloughed staff - has described a shareholder rebellion over senior management bonuses and pay...

Guidance issued by the government explicitly advises agents, buyers and sellers that more activity should be done online if possible. “The process...

An estate agency is running a series of five webinars aimed at helping agent discover new business strategies for the post-Covid...

The fallout from Covid-19 has hit everyone hard. With breaking news today that agents are able to look at how to...

There’s been a huge surge of public interest in the housing market again, just hours after the industry lockdown came to...

It’s back to work today for England’s estate agents and the housing market - but it’s the start of a new...

The announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he was extending the furlough scheme until the end of October appears...

The UK operation of the US-led estate agency Keller Williams is to hold two free online sessions tomorrow aimed at explaining...

The chief executive of NAEA Propertymark says he expects specific government guidance later this week for estate agents to return to...

There’s been a surge in buyers wanting to view properties - but agents must sit on their hands and wait for...

The acting chief executive of OnTheMarket says the Coronavirus crisis could indirectly create a catalyst for change in the portals marketplace. Clive...

First details of the government’s programme to allow businesses to reopen have begun to emerge - with little comfort for estate...

There’s been an explosion of anger about Rightmove’s pledge to undertake its biggest-ever marketing campaign - while at the same time...

There’s been a substantial 20 per cent rise in formal complaints about agents taken up by The Property Ombudsman.  The figures refer...

EweMove is this week hosting a webinar in a bid to win recruits to its hybrid model from agents who may...

Fine & Country is one of those clever agencies employing interior designers to help stage properties, making them look their best...

Three more property players have been in touch to share what they're doing to help their staff during lockdown - there...

There’s been a furious response to the agent who appears to have breached government rules by opening his branch to the...

A third of agencies say at least some of their staff will be working from home permanently when the Coronavirus pandemic...

NAEA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a formal written...

Agencies, many of which campaigned vigorously to be included in the business rates holiday announced in March by the government, have...

An estate agent has reopened his High Street office to the public with social distancing and other safety measures in place. It’s...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has launched a countdown clock on its website to galvanise agents into remembering only 85...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...

Virtual viewings are here to stay and will continue long after lockdown eases according to the head of a PropTech group. Babek...

Countrywide has added its weight to the campaign asking the government to allow agents to get back to work - and...

Since my last column in April, one could argue that very little has changed for agents in terms of the market...

The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...

The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...

The scandal over Business Interruption Insurance policies is hotting up, with class actions being discussed against insurance firms and the Financial Conduct Authority announcing...

LSL Property Services, parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rain, has named a new chief executive officer taking the helm...

The online agency network love2move has won a new agency client despite the Coronavirus lockdown. Pinkerton - which covers the North Down,...

If anyone told us six weeks ago that agents would still be doing such amazing work for their communities during lockdown...

The Haart estate agency chain has launched a portal called Off Market which it describes to sellers as being “a unique...

A major consumer survey of existing home owners and potential movers has resulted in a plea to government to allow house...

Lockdown may be over soon - but who knows what a relaxation of the current restrictions will really mean for our...

The Mail Online is running a story on estate agents allegedly breaking the lockdown by conducting physical viewings in recent weeks...

Business consultancy TwentyCi is the latest to try to put a value on the potential losses to the property industry and...

Rightmove has announced that it’s eligible to access the government’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility - the major loan facility made available to some...

Gareth Samples has been confirmed as the new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group, stepping into the role on Thursday...

Agents and in some cases their brokers continue to do battle with insurers in a bid to secure pay-outs on their...

Only 33 per cent of agents want to return to working the same way as before the Coronavirus crisis, according to...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - our first for some weeks as the coverage has previously been dominated by...

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign, which expects to have some 3,000 offices signed up by the end of the month,...

Estate agents in one small part of the British Isles are reopening their offices this weekend. Agents on the Channel Island of...

It may seem a long time since normal trading took place but many agencies are now finding they are picking up...

Hello - yes it’s Friday in case you lost track, and that means it’s Agents Do Charity day: and once again...

The company at the centre of a controversy over estate agents’ business interruption insurance says its core package does NOT cover...

The Property Ombudsman’s office is still receiving 40 to 50 calls a day from the public, even though most transactions with...

One of prime central London’s most respected estate agencies is warning that it could take until spring 2021 for the luxury...

If there are agents still uncertain as to whether their company or themselves as individuals are claiming the maximum business support,...

Aside from the obvious health crisis, the current pandemic is proving difficult for the business worldwide. However, despite the increasing contact...

A regional agency has thrown its weight behind an independent report which says estate and lettings agents could lead the economy...

We are all operating in peculiar times. Times of great upheaval. Our lives are both in a complete state of flux...

Today is the final day that agencies can register with the government scheme offering furlough pay on April 30. The furlough programme...

Property and construction are amongst the worst hit sectors for businesses in so-called ‘critical distress’ according to figures taken before the worst...

Fine & Country says now is “a great time” for estate agents to go upmarket and become “the luxury agent” in...

One of the industry’s top recruitment gurus wants to check the pulse of the industry - and that includes whether furloughed...

The OneDome and Nethouseprices websites claim to have seen a surge in agents joining in recent weeks as an alternative to...

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...

Let me start by wishing everyone well in these uncertain and precarious times. I truly hope you, your families, friends and...

Purplebricks chief financial officer James Davies has resigned. His place has been taken by Andrew Botha, who has joined from the online...

Investment bank RBC Capital has downgraded its rating of Rightmove and is warning that the property market is entering a prolonged...

An estate agency that runs its own TV shows via YouTube has launched a second season featuring local companies, amenities and...

With a lengthy lockdown already behind us one might think that fund-raising was a step too far - but not for...

Estate agents’ offices will be in the first category of High Street premises to reopen when the lockdown finally ends, newspapers claim this...

A high number of agents across the country have been furloughed in recent weeks and are now at risk of losing...

The last five years have seen unprecedented changes to the property market and agents and their clients have never faced such...

Some estate agents are now receiving small business grants from the government, according to the Guild of Property Professionals. Guild chief executive...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...

Sellers are being warned to make strict checks before responding to advertisements apparently from prospective buyers.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

Another body is calling for a stamp duty holiday to help resuscitate the housing market following the Coronavirus standstill. The Royal Institute...

A PropTech firm is reporting a surge in demand for its remote ID verification software products during the virus lockdown. The software,...

Independent agency Nicol & Co is donating £100 to the NHS for every new instruction signed up by April 21. The agency...

We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...

Just a month ago our homes felt, for many of us, to be a mere pitstop on a centrifuge of work,...

In this time of economic uncertainty, more and more people are becoming unwilling to leave their homes, yet you and your...

Working from home is something of a leveller right now, applying to people in the capital and in the sticks, but...

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

Floorplan and photography supplier FocalAgent is making a free offer to every agent in the UK during the virus crisis -...

As the impact of coronavirus unfolds, we are in constant conversations with customers to understand the challenges they’re facing and to...

Zoopla has confirmed that it’s to extend its ‘three months free’ plan to five months of free portal usage for agents...

An online estate agency which has described the Coronavirus pandemic as “a disrupter and game changer” for the agency industry says...

On April 4, EAT published a piece titled: ‘It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post corona-virus’. To me, this...

One of the industry’s highest profile figures has suggested the Coronavirus crisis could trigger many more agents becoming self-employed. Nicky Stevenson -...

What is thought to be the first survey of sellers since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak suggests that they anticipate...

Individual franchisees operating under the Winkworth banner are receiving what the company calls “comprehensive help” on a range of issues, including...

I won't be the first or last person to say that society and the property industry in which we operate is...

The NAEA and ARLA have jointly written to the government asking it to include agents’ commission in its plans to help those financially...

Industry operators who receive dividends as part of their monthly income are pressing the government to include this in its financial...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...

Much like PropTech, Open Banking has been used as a buzzword in recent years. However, when it comes to the rental...

The Nationwide says government measures mean the impact of Coronavirus on the housing market may be “much less” damaging than many...

Countrywide has strongly denied claims made to Estate Agent Today that some people have felt obliged to work at an admin...

Staff and senior management at a large franchise company running a string of major High Street agency brands are taking voluntary...

Kays Estates in the north of England - one of the agencies ‘powered by Keller Williams’ - has prepared packs for...

The Competitions and Markets Authority has started court proceedings seeking the disqualification of two estate agency directors over a price fixing...

The boss of controversial estate agency Dexters has hit out at social media reports and press articles about company staff working...

LSL Property Services says one of its measures to “rightsize” the organisation during the Coronavirus crisis will be to put agents...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

The human cost of the Coronavirus crisis is growing and devastating, but behind that businesses are being badly hurt too. Many consider...

One of London’s most experienced estate agents says there has been a very significant surge in foreclosure sales in part of...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

Former housing minister Alok Sharma has revealed new measures to allow agencies and other businesses to avoid insolvency during the virus...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

In response to the current coronavirus pandemic, which is having such an impact on all parts of life, including the property...

It’s time to draw a line in the sand and condemn our rival portals for their current charging structure. Little will...

The key figure behind the Say No To Rightmove campaign says the fight for more realistic fees goes on - and...

Rightmove has this morning told its shareholders it is “taking appropriate measures” to shore up the company. It gives no indication of...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

Hello and welcome to a special Agents Do Charity, given over entirely to a wonderful effort to coordinate the industry’s response...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced new measures to help the self-employed - likely to be welcomed by self-employed estate agents. The Chancellor...

An international comparison of how major portals have discounted their charges to agents show Rightmove and Zoopla making “deeper and longer...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

New research of the buying habits of first-time buyers in the UK we’ve undertaken here at reallymoving.com shows that Shared Ownership...

Estate and lettings agencies that have closed temporarily as a result of the Coronavirus lockdown are to be to exempted from...

For complete transparency, I write this column first thing on a Tuesday morning and have done for a couple of years...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...

Propertymark has been told the agents should shut their offices immediately - they are not “essential businesses” under the new Coronavirus...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column . Before we get on with it, a reminder to...

The founder and chairman of Hunters, who is also a Conservative MP, has been criticised for a tweet saying he would...

There has been scepticism across the industry as to the motives behind an unspecified number of lay-offs and permanent branch closures...

While controversy swirls around the approach and motives of the sackings and branch closures at Spicerhaart, other agents are showing how...

The property franchise company Belvoir Lettings has laid off 15 workers from its Grantham headquarters - and warns there may be...

A senior figure in the industry has spoken out against the shock sackings and branch closures announced by Spicerhaart. Jon Cooke, chief...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced a sweeping range of financial measures to try to minimise the impact of Coronavirus...

The two major portals have unveiled their discounts and deals for agents facing a dramatic loss of business because of the...

In an ominous and unexpected trading statement this morning, Foxtons says it will take “all necessary steps” to remain in business. It...

The head of the longest-established agency personnel consultancy in the UK says caution should be exercised over the use of Artificial...

The Property Ombudsman has announced that it will postpone its annual conference, which was to have been on June 18, until...

Industry…we salute you. We thought we may have no good deeds to pass on to readers this week because of the...

One of Britain’s most outspoken and high profile agents has quit Rightmove in spectacular fashion, using an open letter to the...

There’s been widespread outrage amongst agents at Rightmove’s offer to allow some agents a deferred payment scheme operating for just three...

Beleaguered estate agency group Countrywide has asked the government to give agents a business rates holiday. Measures announced in last week’s Budget...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

The former director of customer experience at Purplebricks has been announced as a new partner in a Keller Williams franchise. Sarah Downes,...

Auction houses are the latest part of the residential sector to seek PropTech help to attract business during the Coronavirus crisis. For...

We all know how stressful buying a home is, whether it’s your very first step onto the ladder or your final...

Countrywide shares fell by just over 30 per cent yesterday as the stock market blood-letting continued for property stocks. The value fell 30.86...

Good morning and welcome to the industry’s daily update on how we cope with the challenge of social distancing and self-isolation...

A surveyors’ firm has been wound up after courts declared that it had misled clients over the success of its core...

It's been revealed this evening that Bruce Marsh, who was to become Countrywide's chief operating officer, is now not going to...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

Property expert Phil Spencer will soon be sharing his unique insight into Move iQ’s engaged consumer audience alongside advice from other...

Countrywide’s share price has dived over 50 per cent during the course of the day, following news of LSL pulling out...

Estate Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...

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

Hello and as it’s Monday it’s PJT Day - and there are plenty of people moving jobs in our industry even...

Rightmove’s latest market snapshot, released this morning, appears starkly at odds with the situation described by some agents in recent days. “The...

There’s been a huge change in the way estate agencies operate in recent years, with far more focus on marketing properties...

The lightbulb moment for LonRes was born out of sheer frustration. I’d just missed out on a deal and the postman...

The three leading portals have rejected an appeal to give the industry a payment holiday to help firms through the Coronavirus...

Almost all quoted agencies and portals have suffered as a result of stock market investors being spooked by Coronavirus, with some...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to give guidance to agents on how to run their businesses remotely.  Chief executive Iain McKenzie...

A Somerset agency with three offices has changed ownership - but remains an independent. Gibbins Richards has offices in Taunton, Bridgwater and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Jon Notley and I am the co-founder...

Nested is the latest online agency to base a marketing campaign around criticism of established estate agents.  In three 30-second TV ads...

Savills is the latest agency to warn about the possible threat of Coronavirus to its business activities and success this year. In...

Training operator The Able Agent is to include a module on the Modern Method of Auction in its future programme.  Charlotte Jeffry-Campbell,...

Your business may be growing quicker than you could ever imagine which is great when it comes to raising brand awareness....

There will be a two per cent stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of UK investment properties by non-resident overseas buyers...

The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in the base interest rate to shore up the economy during the Coronavirus...

We live in uncertain times. That I do not need to say to anybody. I am writing this piece aboard my...

Monthly webinars via Facebook are being set up to discuss compliance issues with member agents of the Guild of Property Professionals. “Because...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does it...

LSL Property Services says the Coronavirus crisis has led to a softening of "lead sales indicators" - and it warns of...

Rightmove’s growth rate is at an all-time low, despite what some consider to be an unbeatable lead amongst portals in the...

OnTheMarket has announced this morning that it has given notice to its chief executive, Ian Springett, with immediate effect. The troubled portal's...

Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry. You know the drill by now: if...

It may be that we’re facing another year - make that yet another year - of disruption in the housing market. Coronavirus...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year - a significantly higher figure than 12...