Leaders has launched its upgraded sustainable office in Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne. The agency brand commissioned green office and retail design consultants Jackson...
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![PropTech Today: Addressing the housing crisis through technology](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/PropTech%20.jpg)
Under the strain of a housing crisis, the UK faces a severe shortage of affordable homes. This is further emphasised by...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Advice for landlords on energy efficiency and sustainability](/upload/images/Energy_EfficientHome-400x310.png)
Despite a consultation starting back in 2020, the proposed legislation hadn’t progressed through Parliament and no doubt many landlords who faced...
22 June 2024
From: Features
![Landmark launches sustainability partnership](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Landmark Information Group has launched a strategic partnership with carbon action specialists Net Zero Now to support businesses across the property. This...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Leaders unveils upgraded sustainable branch](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Leaders has launched its upgraded sustainable office in Guildford, Surrey, with an event for local clients, media, local businesses and Leaders staff. The Leaders Romans...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![What’s hot in housing? The power of heat pumps](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Sava/Heat%20Pumps.png)
Heat pumps are become more prevalent across the UK to power our homes’ heating requirements and they are only likely to...
13 December 2023
From: Sponsored Content
The private rental landscape has been undergoing a profound transformation, with technology playing a pivotal role in shaping the way tenancies...
13 December 2023
From: Features
![On your e-bike! Chestertons partners with sustainable cycling scheme](/upload/images/shutterstock_1428455684.jpg)
Chestertons has become the first corporate partner to sign up to London e-bike operator Forest’s employee scheme in an effort to...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Material information rules will help agents justify higher fees - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech1-400x310.png)
Providing material information upfront could help agents charge higher fees and even reduce their carbon footprint, while those not complying could...
14 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Only 41% of homes in England meet recommend energy rating](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC6-400x310.png)
New 2023 research from Open Property Group found that just 41% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate...
29 March 2023
From: Features
![Newcastle agency drives support for clean-air zone](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Shutterstock_1864450102%20electrical%20car.png)
Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers has begun replacing its fleet of cars with electric vehicles. It comes as a clean air zone is...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Regional agent: How I went carbon neutral](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Alexander400x310.jpg)
The COP27 UN Climate Conference may be over but environmental challenges remain and one agent is urging others in the sector...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![♻️ Introducing - ECO Boards by Kremer Signs ♻️](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Kremer/eco-friendly_logo_360x280px.jpg)
As a signage company we know we have a serious responsibility to the environment to ensure our industry’s future and we...
19 October 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Agents Do Charity - cleaning up for good causes](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-1-18-400x310.png)
From bake sales to beach clean-ups, there have been plenty of ways that agents have been giving back for good causes...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Should agents be doing more remote viewings to cut their carbon footprint?](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/VirtualHomeViewing-400x310.png)
With sustainability and eco-friendliness becoming more important by the minute, new research has suggested significant amounts of carbon could be saved...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![How estate agents can show they're serious about cutting their carbon footprint](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Green%20Cities-400x310.png)
Amid a cost-of-living crisis, not to mention the uncertainty of a post-Covid economy, real estate businesses across the UK don’t have...
10 September 2022
From: Features
![Bristol agent becomes city's first carbon neutral estate agency](/upload/images/library/EnergyCarbonNeutral695x395.jpg)
Bristol-based Alexander May claims to have become the city’s first estate agency business to go carbon neutral and is looking to...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Going green! Agency marketing supplier achieves carbon neutral status](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Green%20Cities-400x310.png)
Property marketing provider NicheCom has gained carbon neutral status. It has been working with Carbon Footprint Ltd over the past six months...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Green Hub launched by Legal & General to support advisers](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EcoHomes-400x310.png)
As the UK works towards its net zero goal by 2050, Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched a Green Hub to support...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Going green! Eco-friendly agency scheme launches carbon footprint calculator](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnvironmentallyFriendly-400x310.jpg)
The Sustainable Agent eco-scheme has launched as carbon footprint calculator to help prospective members find out what their carbon emissions are...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tom Cummuskey, Sales & Marketing Manager at Kremer Signs](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/Kremer%20Signs/400x310%20tom.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Tom Cummuskey, I am the Sales & Marketing...
29 June 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
![Agents doing what they've always done cost viewings](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/virtual%20tour2.jpg)
There are many myths about using virtual tours to sell or let properties. The most common perceptions are that virtual property...
28 May 2022
From: Features
![Top tips for reducing carbon footprint in lettings](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/green-deal400x310.png)
With Earth Day in April and Environment Day looming in June, all businesses and individuals are becoming more aware of their...
25 May 2022
From: Features
![Regional agent offers eco-friendly viewings](/upload/images/Preston%20Baker.jpg)
A Yorkshire based agent has come up with a novel way of reducing its carbon footprint while conducting viewings with potential...
26 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight – would a four-day working week ever work in agency?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents back stamp duty incentives to drive energy efficiency](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/StampDuty1-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has backed a call for stamp duty incentives to be introduced to drive forward domestic energy efficiency. The trade body’s policy...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![New build prices may soar to cover raft of energy efficiency moves](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/ElectricCar-400x310.jpg)
The price of new build homes could soar if developers are expected to pay for additional energy efficiency measures not necessarily...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![It's not Greenwash - another agency goes carbon neutral](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
An agency that operates across and around Bristol is the latest to declare its commitment to go carbon neutral. The associate director...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Buyers want agents to become eco-experts about their stock](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energyefficiency400x310.jpg)
A new survey by Leaders Romans Group shows a significant majority of buyers wanting homes to be more energy efficient -...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency makes commitment to become carbon neutral](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnvironmentallyFriendly-400x310.jpg)
Buying agency Middleton Advisors has made a commitment to go carbon neutral - and its method may be a template for...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Industry rivals unite to push estate agents to Go Green](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnvironmentallyFriendly-400x310.jpg)
Sustainable Agent, a new members-owned eco-scheme for agents and property management companies, has announced a tie-in with review and awards platform ESTAS. As...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![EPCs are misleading and out of date - claim](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energyefficiency400x310.jpg)
Energy Performance Certificates are “misleading” indicators of zero carbon buildings and should no longer be used as official guides to help...
16 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Net Zero carbon scheme launched for agents](/upload/images/library/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
A new membership scheme aiming to increase the industry’s energy efficiency credentials is being launched next year by allAgents. The Sustainable Agent...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lettings Agents and the Green Agenda - why it pays to go eco](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
In this article, the team at The Lettings Hub - which aims to offer tech-driven solutions for the rental market - outline...
06 November 2021
From: Features
![360° virtual tours vs video walk-throughs](/upload/images/library/VirtualViewing-CoreLogic-400x310.jpg)
Virtual tours are becoming an increasing necessity for agents when listing properties for sale or let. Covid has of course accelerated this...
03 November 2021
From: Features
![Sustainability and automation – how can agents reduce their carbon footprint?](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnvironmentallyFriendly-400x310.jpg)
We have all heard the terrible forecasts and listened to Sir David Attenborough’s speeches on the environment and the “we still...
30 October 2021
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - as summer begins to draw to a close](/upload/images/library/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
Awful isn’t it? Where was that sunshine? Well, the clouds have parted when it comes to fund-raising as the industry continues...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Green Glory: Carbon Neutral designation for agency board company](/img/default/eat.png)
Board company Agency Express has become a carbon neutral business - and that’s official. Working with Carbon Neutral Britain, which advises businesses...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: meet the agent poet doing things unconventionally](/img/default/eat.png)
As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...
27 March 2021
From: Features
![Property Natter: why haven’t the Big 4 tech firms got involved with property?](/img/default/eat.png)
For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...
12 September 2020
From: Features
![Virtual Viewings could mean work of five negotiators being done by three](/img/default/eat.png)
Virtual viewings could transform estate agency so fundamentally that they might mean the work of five negotiators could in future be...
11 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - homes of the future](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![How can estate agents close the deal ‘off-grid’?](/img/default/eat.png)
The demand for rural properties is high, and with 20.7% of England’s population in countryside areas, estate agents have a large...