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The Register of Overseas Entities has hit the 30,000 registration milestone. The register, which is administered by Companies House, came into force...

Fine & Country is embarking on its Autumn Regional Tour this month. This events across the UK bring together industry professionals, business...

Charlotte Jeffrey-Campbell, director of The Able Agent Given our focus is centred around helping to drive long-term professionalism across the industry,...

An inventive social media video series launched by Worcestershire estate agency Nicol & Co is showcasing local firms sharing why their...

It’s a brave business owner who actually invites criticism.  I speak from the personal experience of asking the opinions of the...

Former Fine & Country global chief executive Simon Leadbetter is set to embark on his first national tour with his own...

British athletics legends Steve Backley and Roger Black have been named as brand ambassadors for self-employed agency brand eXp UK. They will...

Keller Williams (KW) UK chief executive Ben Taylor has announced a “significant expansion plan” for the UK network but has said...

A financial adviser has hit out at the Bank of England, claiming homeowners and business should be furious about its interest...

The auction market has changed drastically with many business owners accepting that face to face auctions are in some cases, no...

The number of property businesses in the UK has increased over the past five years despite economic challenges. Business owners have had...

As another year ends it is essential to take time and reflect on what you have accomplished over the last 12...

Fine & Country is holding a recruitment open evening in its flagship office on Park Lane in Mayfair, London.  The event will...

Estate agents have the challenging job of creating relationships and trust with their customers, who will make crucial life decisions such...

Industry brothers Matt and Neil Baldock are cooking up a new dinner series called the EA Directors Club for estate and...

Automated rental payment specialists PayProp recently held a high-profile event in London - PayProp Connect - which included a number of...

Inside this short article, my goal is to simply highlight the four most common mistakes l see from reviewing agents' Google Ad...

OnTheMarket has partnered with The Able Agent to provide agents with access to online training courses at discounted rates. As part of...

Fine & Country is to embark on a regional roadshow next month, starting in Wales and moving throughout the UK. The regional...

Fine & Country has launched a new Masterclass Series to share tips on recruitment and retention for agents. Held in London and...

A compliance expert has warned that even though most agents will have robust anti-money laundering (AML) checks and processes in place,...

A leading property recruitment agency says that flexible working, restructuring pay and offering better benefits and incentives can help agencies across...

The right investment can help agents to thrive even during the current cost-of-living crisis. That’s according to cloud-based CRM solution Openview,...

You may be thinking that cost and hassle outweighs the benefits of outsourcing, but read on, you may be surprised! The last...

Agency network Mr and Mrs Clarke has launched a new loan product to help aspiring self-employed business owners launch their own...

Accountancy terminology can be a turn off to many business owners, understandably so given that the majority aren’t working in lettings...

EweMove managing director Nick Neill has set out plans to double the size of the franchise network by 2025 as the brand’s...

OnTheMarket has revealed it is expanding the scope and scale of its successful Town Hall initiative in response to growing demand...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) chief executive Gareth Samples has called for a steer on when the long-awaited Regulation of Property...

Franchise giant Belvoir has snapped up one of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or...

Rightmove says the level of business owners enquiring about leasing office space has now surpassed even pre-pandemic levels in January. Demand is...

In this guest piece, the team at Lifesycle discuss a recent experiment they did with AI and estate agents' data and...

One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model has announced its first franchise agreement - and says...

The Guild of Property Professionals launches its Autumn/Winter 2021 Tour this week - the first time its members have met in person...

There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive. As real estate agents you are responsible for administering and addressing...

OnTheMarket has signed an exclusive commercial partnership with business coaching specialists, Property Academy.  OTM will provide full fee-paying customers with free access...

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...

For over 20 years, Reapit's CRM software has been the obvious choice for any self-respecting estate agency business. Used today by...

One of the best known faces in estate agency has launched his own podcast - and is giving Estate Agent Today...

From July 19 it is likely that business owners, including agencies and industry suppliers, will no longer have to ask staff...

A family-run agency has launched a campaign to back the High Street following the reopening of most shops and businesses. London agency...

Over the next few years, the property sector is set to change for the better – all thanks to PropTech. While the...

In the first of our revamped PropTech Today series - which will see six industry experts discussing a range of issues...

A new working group on mental health in the agency industry is being set up following a poll revealing 62 per cent...

By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...

A survey conducted by charity Agents Together suggests a large majority of industry people would like to see more focus on...

We all know that people can’t move to a new house without going through the Conveyancing process. However, with that said,...

In July, here at Environet UK, we transferred 100% ownership of the company to our employees, in the form of an...

The latest government rules combined with the Prime Minister’s recent address to the nation is clear – tougher measures are required...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

There will not be a single business within the property sector that did not start the year in vastly different circumstances...

With access to finance being such a hot topic at the moment, more and more estate agents are turning to commercial...

You might be forgiven for thinking we’ve been cheated out of our Bank Holidays this year, as so many fell during...

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

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

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

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

For a very long time, it was one of the best ways – if not the best way – of generating...

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...

2020, the start of a new decade. Looking back, 2010 feels like such a long time ago, and looking forward to...

Earlier this year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working group announced the initial details of plans for mandatory qualifications and...

Nicky Stevenson has had a very varied and interesting career in property. She started out as a lettings negotiator for Nicholas...

Trade bodies and property firms have strongly welcomed the recommendations for root and branch reform of the agency industry - and...

Recent figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have revealed a rather worrying landscape for small business owners across the...

The Innovative Collaboration Group - a collection of high-profile tech suppliers to the agency industry - has unveiled a raft of new...

As we move closer to the halfway point of 2019, property market conditions for agents and their clients remain challenging. Brexit may...

The road to opening up your own business can be a long one. If you’ve never done it before, there are...

There are many misconceptions about the franchising world but, whether we’re talking about estate agency franchises or fast food franchises, it’s...

Strutt & Parker says the housing crisis - in the shape of too few homes and their stubbornly high prices -...

There is a perfect storm brewing in the lettings market, and as the saying goes, “you can’t change the direction of...

Given that ‘UK buyers are the most digitally active home hunters’, with HSBC’s Beyond the Bricks report stating that 90% of...

Estate and lettings agency is arguably one of the most fierce, ruthless and relentless industries going. And, with fluctuating stock levels,...

Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work?  Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...

Any letting agent appreciates the effort, dedication, and sometimes heartache, that comes with running a business yet equally knows that when...

I have sold hundreds of lettings businesses over the last twenty-five years. Based on this experience, these are the mistakes that you...

For part two of the 'Day in the life of' series, I spoke to Peter Kavanagh, who first joined Romans in...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

For many estate agents seeking to become entrepreneurs, the idea of starting their own business is undoubtedly daunting, especially when going...

What do you need to know if you are considering selling your sales or lettings business?  Here’s ten top tips to think...

Stephanie Slater died last week, aged 50. Whilst she died from cancer (tragically, only 11 days after diagnosis), it’s the events...

Hunters has boosted its office network over the 200 mark through the acquisition of Besley Hill, one of the longest established...

What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in no particular order: Trump, Brexit, Leicester winning the Premier League, a...

Hunters has developed a formally recognised estate agency qualification for its own network of branches.  The qualification - which Hunters claims is...

The action group representing rebel OnTheMarket agents says it is considering legal action with a barrister named to lead any possible...

A London agent says he has quit OnTheMarket and Agents’ Mutual as a result of the intervention of the Competitions and Markets...

In today's budget, the Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced a number of measures which will impact the property industry.  The Chancellor confirmed...

At the end of January I was one of the many people stood listening to the presentation that our co-founder Rachel...

When you're on the hunt for a new job, once your diary is starting to get booked up with interviews it's...

It’s hard not to have been influenced by the Rugby World Cup over the past month and a half – while...

IT’S often said that the secret of a happy and thriving business is one in which every single employee is the...

Figures from a prime central London agency show a 400 per cent rise in sales to African buyers in the year to...