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Proptech firm iamproperty has overhauled its movebutler platform with more material information features and a Love Island theme. The end-to-end onboarding and...

Agency data and prospecting platform Homesearch has launched a new guide to help firms continue securing instructions during the so-called summer...

A group of mortgage advisers has proposed a range of reforms to reduce barriers to home ownership for first time buyers. The...

In this article, the team at Iceberg Digital highlight how one agent has benefitted from using software that has enabled him...

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

Estate agents are in a unique position – we handle the meeting of people’s aspirations probably more than any other profession....

In this latest video interview, exclusively for EAT and LAT readers, Estate Agent Today's Lee Dahill chats with Mike Dawson from...

Agents have been getting active in recent weeks to raise money for Ukrainian refugees. Fundraising activities range from office-based collections and referencing challenges...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he is considering extending Margaret Thatcher’s Right-to-Buy scheme, that gives council tenants the chance to...

Fundraising efforts featuring bikes, boats and James Bond all feature in this week's edition of Agents Do Charity. Remember, if you have...

Fundraising frolics by agents and property professionals this week include bike rides and triathlon challenges, plus the charity award season returns. Remember,...

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

In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...

Yesterday afternoon, Helena Marston was finally confirmed as Purplebricks new CEO after all the due diligence checks that are required for...

A leading online residential conveyancing firm has opened its new headquarters and apprenticeship academy in Wirral, Merseyside, to try and help...

Technology developed for the estate agency industry has advanced and expanded seismically over the past decade as software vendors develop their...

In July 2020, two leading lettings technology disruptors - Vouch and Goodlord - announced that they were going into partnership. Now,...

Purplebricks say it’s going to complete its transformation from an agency using self-employed local operatives in the field, to having fully...

One of the most valuable assets to any company is the data it stores. According to a recent study completed by...

Zoopla’s cloud based software service Alto has launched a video series giving a behind the scenes look at estate agencies around...

It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for...

Buyers are already tightening their belts and choosing not to borrow as much as they could, but instead calculate what they...

The founder of an estate agency which began life operating from a kitchen table has now won two prestigious awards.  Deborah Richards,...

Ben Ridgway and Jamie Cooke, co-founders of iamproperty Group brought together industry leaders in a recent roundtable to discuss the challenges...

One of the country’s leading agencies says the recent and expected interest rate rises, and the surging inflation, will not blow...

I’m sure most readers would agree with me that cyber-security is vitally important for almost any business, particularly those businesses like...

If 2020 was the year of survival, then 2021 was about the post-Covid boom. The impact of the pandemic on the...

Midlands-based property firm Sheldon Bosley Knight - also known as SBK - has snapped up north Warwickshire estate agency Hawkins. As well as...

Low fee agents such as Purplebricks and some other online operators are generally not trusted by the public when selling their...

The lettings sector looks set to steam ahead in 2022 after a record-breaking 2021, despite the financial and mobility challenges of...

In this guest feature, James Dilgul, Head of Marketing at Fixflo, the market-leading repairs and maintenance management software provider, looks at how...

With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...

Propertymark has appointed an insider to the key role of policy adviser - effectively the position vacated last month by industry...

Barely three weeks into the new year and we’re already talking about plans to raise tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of...

The objective of estate agents in 2022 must be to cut their business costs and employ technology to replace - and...

The past two years have been a whirlwind of change, challenges and chance. The main catalyst has clearly been the pandemic...

Welcome to 2022 and the first Agents Do Charity of the New Year. We’re all learning to live with Covid a little...

As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...

An agency has won one of the most prestigious ‘gongs’ of the season - it’s been named Employer of the Year...

Prominent industry trainer Adam Walker, who has seen around 150,000 people attend his courses over the past 33 years, is suspending...

A record number of conveyancers have been trained in the last 18 months, despite the challenges of the pandemic and extended...

In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...

Guy Leaning, a former high street agent who has now moved into working in the hybrid model of agency, outlines why...

It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...

As we all know, the sector is constantly evolving and as we start to get to grips with the changes, another...

PropertyHeads, a platform describing itself as a social network for house buyers and sellers, has a new PropTech partnership. It’s linked with...

In this article, the team at The Lettings Hub - which aims to offer tech-driven solutions for the rental market - outline...

Tech stack is a term often used nowadays to describe all the software tools within a business. Calling it a stack...

In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...

As you are no doubt aware, building mutually beneficial relationships with conveyancers in your local area can not only make your...

In the UK, 3.5 million households — which is over one-third of UK households — are either privately or socially rented,...

With soaring property prices, supply continuing to be outstripped by demand and overworked and overtired industry professionals; we’re seeing the sector...

The ESTAS – often known as the property world’s version of the Oscars – returns as an in-person event this Friday...

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...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is trying to win back respect within the property industry with new Rules of Conduct...

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...

The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...

I recently took part in a webinar hosted by ICG (The Innovation Collaboration Group) – titled ‘New estate agency revenue streams...

Luke Thirkettle heads up the lettings division at Stratfords, a single-branch lettings and sales agency based in Milton Keynes. Here, he speaks to...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - another opportunity to see how our industry is doing great work...

As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...

A leading planning consultancy has claimed that ‘the myth’ that housing developers are hoarding land after gaining planning consent in order...

It’s certainly the case that awareness of part exchange isn’t very high in the property and agency world, despite the potential...

It’s been a dramatic week in the world of politics – and this has led to another new Housing Secretary, in...

Industry-wide adoption of Unique Property Reference Numbers could be one step closer after an announcement by a major trade body. The Conveyancing...

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...

We are living in the age of information. Our working and personal lives are underpinned by software, data and technology to...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

My neighbour had been seeking to move home for some time. Suggestions that he wanted to get away from his neighbours...

Purplebricks has this morning confirmed that it’s ending its self-employed Local Property Experts operation and is moving to “a fully employed model...

There’s already plenty of talk about autumn - depressing huh? - with agents pondering how the housing market will respond to...

Purplebricks has hired another creating PR agency to work on its consumer campaign. Taylor Herring - part of the larger Publicis group...

A bank which a year ago told investors to sell Rightmove shares has now changed its tune - radically. In August 2020...

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...

Around 2.66 million landlords were operational in Great Britain in 2019, according to data estimations previously released by Hamptons International. Of those...

A property quango wants industry experts to join its board - and will pay £25,000 a year for what it calls...

A bank’s latest study suggests that self employed people are increasingly pessimistic about the chance of them being able to get on...

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...

I want you to ask yourself a question, what is your reputation? By that I mean your personal reputation and your...

Strike - which over the weekend announced a new £11m investment package - has now revealed it has a new chief...

Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...

Foxtons’ chairman and longest-serving board member is to stand down at the end of this year at the latest, after a...

By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...

One of the highest profile supporters of the online estate agency concept has quit the company he founded. Akshay Ruparelia, who is...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....

Working from home used to get a bad rap. With the phrase mocked as ‘shirking from home’, homeworkers were often seen...

As agents, we’ve finally got used to the word PropTech - some of us even like it! What’s more, PropTech has,...

Around 18 months ago, just a few months before the pandemic hit, I did a Natter with the team at software...

Michael Jones & Company celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year and, in an effort to both celebrate the work of local...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

In a trading statement this morning Foxtons has revealed that following a 49 per cent increase in sales revenue in the...

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid  In your experience,...

A series offering “insight and advice” to agents is being launched by Zoopla’s cloud-based software brand, Alto, which was acquired by...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I chat with Fine & Country UK’s managing director Nicky Stevenson, one of the most...

As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...

One housing market index suggests that average house prices in England and Wales have risen by 9.8 per cent in the...

A survey of 5,000 agents suggests the slow house selling and buying process is one of the biggest challenges facing the...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - and it’s a special look at plans for this year by our own...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

Reeds Rains is once again fundraising for the wonderful Cash For Kids - and this time there’s a twist. In previous years...

Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...

Normal life still seems far away so there hasn’t been the usual spotlight on a good-news-feeling that comes every year on...

Knight Frank is investing an undisclosed sum in a venture capital firm specialising in PropTech. The money is going into a European...

Will Rightmove still be the dominant portal by 2030? Will Boomin really shake up the industry as Purplebricks did before it?...

The events of the last 12 months have potentially shaped the future of our sector for years to come. There has been...

Welcome to Agents Do Charity, the weekly fund-raising catch up - as ever, even during challenging times, it’s great to see...

This week’s interviewee in the ‘In Conversation Today’ hotseat is a man better placed than most to shed some light on...

Last year saw a monumental shift in almost every aspect of our lives: not least the way we work, socialise and...

Boomin has revealed its launch date after months of high-profile publicity. It’s to be three and a half weeks from now on...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

Fixflo’s webinar on February 9 saw an industry panel debate 2021’s threats and opportunities for letting agents. The panel discussed a range...

Hello and welcome to Friday, the day when we highlight agents’ great work to raise funds for good causes despite the continuing...

The Chancellor’s rumoured six week extension to the stamp duty holiday has been backed by Rightmove. Over last weekend the Daily Telegraph,...

Two mothers have launched a new estate agency using a virtual office - and they have overcome personal challenges to achieve their...

Propertymark’s qualifications division says it’s seen a 30 per cent rise in apprenticeship registrations since the start of this year. In a...

One of the chief figures behind Brexit and Boris Johnson’s role as London Mayor is now advising that stamp duty should be...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Justin and Victoria Bhoday - a married...

After high levels of publicity for Zoopla and Boomin in recent weeks, Rightmove has struck back with figures suggesting it’s enjoyed...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

Purplebricks has been rated as only the 10th best online agency in the country in a controversial new league table. The list...

Almost a year ago the government announced that estate and lettings agencies were to be included in the business rates relief...

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...

As part of our third PayProp Special Report on COVID-19 rental arrears in the UK, we surveyed over 600 agents, tenants...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am the General Manager of Ravensworth, which is what...

The New Year lull is well and truly over and this week’s Agents Do Charity show fundraising is back in business despite...

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

Purplebricks - which for some years has been the focus of controversies over reviews - has been given a prestigious award...

The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

In the not-too-distant future, it will be possible to order a driverless car to collect you and then drive you to...

The ‘future of residential’ is a huge term to contend with but one that was addressed last week through our RE:Connect...

There’s no doubt that the property market underwent a tumultuous year in 2020, where efficiency was required more than ever. Since the...

A mortgage lender says it will now accept ‘no-search indemnity insurance’ for residential purchases in a bid to speed up the...

1. How would you say Century 21 franchisees have adapted to the challenges during 2020?  If someone had told me at the...

Following a turbulent 2020 in which the property market and the professionals working within it excelled in the face of unprecedented...

As we approach the end of the year, there is no doubt that it has been a turbulent 12 months for...

A house price index that is routinely one of the most pessimistic about the market claims the New Year will see...

The proportion of sales that fell through at the worst point of this year was 52 per cent it’s been claimed. However...

Ever since the initial ripples of innovation in the 1990s, PropTech has proceeded to reshape our market beyond recognition; going on...

Well, what a year it has been for everyone, including the property market. I don’t think there’s anyone out there who...

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

The coronavirus pandemic has somewhat eclipsed Brexit this year – which is no mean feat. Cast your mind back to pre-Covid...

The Homes Act requires landlords to consider whether their tenants' indoor air is safe. Five key air contaminants are listed in...

The sales market is currently strong but the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a warning about a slowdown next...

Connells has this morning made a dramatic improvement in its bid to takeover Countrywide. It has increased its cash offer from 250p...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

If this year has taught us anything, it's that estate agents need their software provider and specifically their CRM, to help...

Hello, and if it’s Friday it can only mean Charity day as we celebrate the industry’s continuing fund-raising despite challenges from...

It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has been and gone and the run-up to Christmas is well and truly...

One of the hybrid agency sector’s leading agents says there are key lessons our industry can learn from the collapse of...

So, we’re back to where we were in the spring, more or less. England is in a national lockdown again to...

A survey of completion times for house sales over the past four years suggests that the worst performing local authority area...

The director of a conveyancing technology company has hit out at what he calls “an over-reliance on outdated processes” and “age-old...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - Friday means charity day, with an update on our industry’s latest...

Asking prices are down for the first time in many months. It’s a small drop - an average of 0.5 per cent...

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly forum for the industry to share its good news on...

The ESTAS awards service and the Agents Together foundation are entering into a partnership. That means all ESTAS customer agents will be...

A London agency says it's discovered the five key priorities that buyers want, following a survey of its own database. “Lockdown and...

It’s Halloween time, and while this year’s festivities may be muted there’s plenty to celebrate as far as agents’ good deeds...

The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...

There is no doubting that 2020 has been a challenging year for all industries, with the lettings market being no exception. Following...

Shorter days and darker nights deflate the spirits, especially in today’s challenging circumstances, but there’s some bright news - a large...

Conveyancers are sending a blunt message to estate agents: transactions will take longer than usual and don’t chase us with queries and...

2020 has definitely been a year of change. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the day-to-day operations of almost every industry...

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...

Online agency Purplebricks says an absence of technology in property details is one of the biggest turn-offs for potential buyers. A survey...

A health business is offering a free support package to estate agencies with between three and 100 employees, to help staff...

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...

The agency leading the Say No To Rightmove campaign has returned all of its offices and brands to Zoopla. The Acorn Group,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Lee Rix - Head of Business Development What is ‘company name’...

Are agents swimming upstream against the Electrical Safety Regulations? 3 months on from the introduction of the ‘Electrical Safety Standards in the...

Hello and welcome to the latest ADC, your regular Friday round-up of great work being done by agents, suppliers and others...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has outlined his measures to help agencies and other businesses survive Coronavirus. His announcements - endorsed by both the...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak today reveals his latest measures to help businesses - including agencies, suppliers and other parts of the property...

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...

Franchise giant Winkworth has reported an 11 per cent drop in gross revenue and profit plummeting 20.2 per cent in the...

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

There’s been a surprise appointment as OnTheMarket chief executive. Instead of popular acting CEO Clive Beattie - who had made it known...

Since June 1, under The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020, landlords in England have been...

The battle between rival self-employed agent business models continues apace with eXp UK - set up last autumn - announcing it...

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...

Agents Do Charity - as the summer heat is on… It’s hotting up outside and while this is set to be a...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

With stamp duty cuts and 90% mortgages on their way back, anyone could think the housing market was about to go...

An investment manager who has a 7.8 per cent stake in Countrywide, is warning that the agency group may not survive...

You have to feel for Rishi Sunak - well, at least a little. Leave to one side that he carries more presentational...

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...

There are high hopes that the new stamp duty holiday will make an already busy market even busier - but not...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has announced that there will be no stamp duty on homes selling for £500,000 or...

The chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents, Mark Hayward, is to retire at the end of this year.  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...

Industry veteran Harry Hill, a former chairman of Countrywide and founder of Rightmove, has now become a mentor at the new...

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

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

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

Covid-19 has placed a spotlight on the impressive variety of fundraising platforms and technologies available – and not often in places...

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

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

A survey of estate agents conducted through trade publications has revealed that market uncertainty and the handling of transactions within government...

National property auctioneer Pugh & Co is launching an initiative to partner with estate agents across the UK. Via a new network...

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

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

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...

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

The Say No To Rightmove campaign is to hold a seminar for agents who have already left the portal or are...

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...

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

The government has temporarily suspended its official house price index as a result of the Coronavirus crisis. In a long and far-reaching announcement...

  On Estate Agent Today this Bank Holiday weekend we’re celebrating the great work agents are doing to keep morale high and...

Tomorrow, Bank Holiday Friday, we’re revealing what agents have been doing to maintain morale in their teams during lockdown. You’ve been generous...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...

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

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

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

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

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

Purplebricks and Countrywide have each recently claimed to be the biggest agency group in the UK but now Connells says that...

Some of the biggest figures in the industry have given Estate Agent Today their reaction to the news - broken yesterday...

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week…which must mean Agents Do Charity. There’s plenty to admire in this week’s entries;...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

Savills has smoked out another money-making opportunity with a new enterprise which it claims has “enormous growth potential.” The property consultancy is teaming...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Joanne (Jo) Tattum. Channel Manager - Property What is Moneypenny and...

Last November, as part of the Conservatives’ general election campaign, Boris Johnson made a surprise announcement that his party would introduce...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its debut last year with teams from the property sector makes a welcome return...

Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...

Estate Agent Today understands that the fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents’ trade group has announced a new partnership - this time...

Following on from the second half of the last decade, the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit mad...

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...

House prices rose 4.0 per cent in 2019 according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax, as a December bounce - some...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

A warning has been issued by a prominent industry figure that more bricks-and-mortar High Street agents will go under in 2020,...

First time buyers reached an estimated 353,436 in 2019, the highest level since 2007. This is the fifth time in six years...

It's been two years since the SDL Group launched its franchise block management business, SDL Property Partners, the first of its...

The new mood of apparent political stability promoted by supporters of Boris Johnson and Brexit appears to have failed to win...

When looking back on the property market this year, the main message we can take is that it has remained extremely...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

Outsourcing important business functions such as marketing, HR and IT to attract cost savings, leverage expertise and gain greater competitive advantage is...

Here’s the final part of our questioning of the three portals based on comments and queries from our readers - thanks...

When we launched Reapit’s Foundations Platform as a Service (PaaS) in November, it may have seemed like a recent development in...

A leading estate agent has urged others in the industry to follow his example and make local TV programmes to build...

A trading statement this morning by LSL Property Services - owners of Reeds Rains, Your Move and Marsh & Parsons -...

In the latest part of the Natter’s ‘day in the life of’ series, I catch up with Chris Osmond, sales director...

No one would argue that unfair fees and practices by rogue landlords is a problem that should be ignored, but the...

I got an overnight flight to Nigeria yesterday. I landed at 5am local time and am only just now getting sensation...

It’s easier than you might think. For any agent the challenge of making a business successful is hard work with the focus...

“Multiple”members of the new trade body, the Federation of Independent Agents, are considering cancelling their subscriptions to Rightmove. FIA founder Graham Lock...

This line is one that I use a lot in my speeches and presentations, often as part of the final slide. I...

Being a market leader means staying on top of industry trends. The more aware you are of what's happening in the...

An estate agency service in the Lake District has rolled out a new benefit to all its staff - and in...

The boss of a 15+ branch estate agency group has explained how he thinks regulation could 'ruin' the estate agency industry. Simon...

The estate and letting agencies which have provided the most consistent levels of high customer service are to be recognised with...

London agency Foxtons has announced some management changes - the first since a shareholder revolt at the firm’s annual general meeting...

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...

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

As the self-employed estate agency market continues to grow in the UK, one of Australia's most succesful proponents of the model...

Some may say that we’re almost in the ninth month of the year but for many, August Bank Holiday heralds the...

Technology will drive the lettings and property management industry in the future. There is already a plethora of various software and other...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

What a credit to the industry so many agents, surveyors and suppliers are: this week’s ADC shows the diverse range of...

As the founder of Jupix, I worked in the property industry between 2008 - 2014. I had the privilege to lead...

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

Rising house prices and the gender pay gap means that there is no English region where a single woman on median...

Sometimes having prior knowledge of a stressful event can be more stressful than the event itself, just look at Brexit for...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

It’s been reported that a Cheshire estate agent and auction house has gone into administration putting 130 jobs at risk. Around 40...

The minister at the centre of reforms to the estate and lettings industry sector has apologised for what she calls “inappropriate...

If it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity day - and we’ve got another bundle of good work for you this week,...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today - the Monday slot where you can catch up with...

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

Instant online valuation service The ValPal Network has revealed a conveyancing partner which it says will help agents boost referral fees.  The...