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One of the property market's leading names has welcomed young people into its company for work experience through a partnership with...

A long-standing agency says it’s proud that some of its most successful recent recruits have absolutely no industry experience. Felicity J Lord...

One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...

Self-employed agents working for Purplebricks who want to resist the instruction to become fully employed are being wooed by a Midlands...

Students at a high school have been given an insight into the career opportunities in the property sector. The sixth formers from...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has revealed that what it calls its “second HQ” will be in Wolverhampton,...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

Agencies and suppliers today mark International Women’s Day with events and declarations shining a light on the achievements of female colleagues and...

Some 100 new apprentice estate agents are to be recruited in London. Dexters, which has 70 offices across the capital including 12...

A London estate agency chief executive says agents "have become good at pretending that they are qualified and regulated when the...

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

Connells Group has revealed seven appointments to its board of directors which it links directly with a target to grow presence and...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

There’s a warning today to agency chiefs to keep in touch with their staff as lockdown eases across England in a...

As residential sales and lettings professionals we are conditioned to adapt to change, it’s the nature of the profession. However, developments...

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

Our mental health affects how we think, feel and act. It affects how we handle anxiety, relate to others and impacts...

US-based Keller Williams is going to open its next market centre in West Sussex - the latest example of what it...

In a new video interview, Steve Carroll, director of industry relations at Real Estate Group, tells industry commentator Christopher Watkin why...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...

Lord Sebastian Coe is to be the keynote speaker at the Fine & Country annual conference in February. Known most recently for...

The Liverpool Echo says housing minister Esther McVey, who was born in the city, is now ”reviled” there following comments about poor families. According...

With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...

Estate agents are amongst the workers to suffer the worst fall in wages over the past 10 years according to shock...

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

One of my biggest concerns in all of my writing, speaking and influencing around PropTech is that for the people we...

It’s an eye-catching combination - former professional rugby players turn estate agents, set up in converted shipping containers, and promise in time-honoured fashion...

Many of the industry’s best known and widely respected suppliers have set up a new group which they say offers agents...

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

New research by TheAdvisory consultancy, shared exclusively with Estate Agent Today, reveals exactly how fees have fallen for traditional agents in...

A branch of EweMove - which operates from a traditional High Street office - claims to have generated £140,000 income in...

Howard Quirk, a prominent estate agent in the 60s, 70s and 80s, has passed away, aged 71. He was the senior partner...

The notion of a North-South divide in the UK has been around for as long as I can remember – certainly...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says more women should enter estate agency and other property sectors across the land and...

Earlier this week it was Dads4Daughters Day – a campaign that strives to promote gender equality in the workplace.  I have three...

A new recruitment business for the property industry in general and agents in particular is offering a phased-fees system for clients...

The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...

Fund-raising is vitally important to so many organisations as one of our agency contributors this week shows - but as other...

For young people the length and breadth of the UK, Thursday of this week meant that the waiting was over and...

Who are you? Iain White, Business Consultant and, most importantly, father to 4 boys.  I travel frequently with work so to...

One Direction may be about to split up but this cloud might just have a silver lining for our industry -...

The Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors says it supports a call by housing minister Brandon Lewis for personnel retiring from the...