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![New figures show big local differences in overall stable market](/upload/images/shutterstock_1588827391.jpg)
The Scottish housing market is proving remarkably stable according to figures from the Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre. The average selling price of...
07 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Autumn Budget date confirmed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Labour Government’s first Budget has been set for 30 October. Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed the date as she outlined a £22bn...
30 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour and Tories may be hiding property taxes and more - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The manifestos of all major parties tell us little about their true tax and public service plans, a respected financial think...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![IMF backs health of UK economy but calls for release of green belt land](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Hopes of an interest rate cut have been raised after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggested the UK economy is recovering faster...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![AML compliance done digitally through proper identity verification](/upload/images/APLYiD-Apr24-Blog-1-Enhancing-AML-compliance%202.jpg)
Estate agents and lettings agents have a legal obligation to protect themselves from money laundering and as such you must recognise...
13 May 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Complete Overhaul of EPCs demanded by key consumer body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
An influential consumer body is demanding a complete overhaul of Energy Performance Certificates. Which? says that with millions of households across the...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax-Free Childcare info for self-employed property professionals](/upload/images/4%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Weekend%20features%20-%20Tax-free%20childcare%20By%20EAT%20Team%20.jpg)
The new financial year is often an opportunity to get organised for the year ahead. For self-employed property professionals who are...
20 April 2024
From: Features
![Utilising Our Land - Food vs Energy Production](/upload/images/5%20Utilising%20our%20land%20%20food%20vs%20energy%20production%20-%20weekend%20feature%20by%20Miles%20Thomas.jpg)
Land is our greatest resource: one that has considerable potential to address society’s challenges. So, determining how land is used is...
10 February 2024
From: Features
![OnTheMarket aims to ‘demystify home moving’ with consumer podcast](/upload/images/shutterstock_1931610188.jpg)
OnTheMarket is to launch a six-part podcast series aimed at demystifying the home moving process for less experienced property seekers. It comes...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
!['Non-standard' mortgage borrowers warned of tougher times ahead](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/mortgage-400x310.png)
Hundreds of thousands of mortgage applications could fail in the coming decade as lending criteria tightens amid the cost of living...
21 October 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
![The Do’s & Don’ts When Downsizing](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/Kebbell_400x310.png)
Empty nesters may be considering downsizing their home this September as their children set off to university, whilst other downsizers are...
05 September 2022
From: Marketing & Social Media
![Software firm says agents must invest in the right places amid cost-of-living crisis](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/cost-of-living_400x310.png)
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,...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
02 July 2022
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - turning up the heat](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
Agents and property professionals haven't let the mini-heatwave stop them sweating and stepping up for charity. Here are some of the sector's...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![New material information rules will benefit consumers and agents](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyInformationKeys-400x310.jpg)
Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...
11 May 2022
From: Features
!['Frightening' number of 'agents' unaware of where to report AML concerns](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgent-Tech-400x310.jpg)
A ‘frightening’ number of respondents to a Rightmove online poll appear to be unaware of their anti-money laundering reporting requirements. The portal...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![The biggest problem with PropTech? All the choice it offers!](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-Innovation-400x310.jpg)
Technology developed for the estate agency industry has advanced and expanded seismically over the past decade as software vendors develop their...
06 April 2022
From: Features
![Predictions 2022 - an interview with Simon Shinerock](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Plans-400x310.png)
Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...
05 March 2022
From: Features
![New Year Message - ‘Breaking Through in 22’](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Plans-400x310.png)
The past two years have been a whirlwind of change, challenges and chance. The main catalyst has clearly been the pandemic...
08 January 2022
From: Features
![Phil Spencer and Propertymark link for must-hear podcasts](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Podcast1-400x310.jpeg)
Phil Spencer’s new series of Move iQ podcasts is to be sponsored by Propertymark. During the nine part series, Spencer will talk...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Woke or Wonderful? - new bid to bring diversity to property industry](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
A website called The Changing Face of Property has been launched to encourage young people planning their careers to consider our...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![MovePal - a cautionary tale for agents](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyPeople-400x310.jpg)
I’m going to declare upfront that, as an investor, I have a financial interest in the success of MovePal but I also need...
23 October 2021
From: Features
![Housing market to stay strong in 2022 says buoyant Halifax](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
House prices rose by the most in almost 15 years in September ahead of the end of the stamp duty holiday. The...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer: Content Is King - time to crown your agency website](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PhilSpencer-MoveIQ-EATLAT-400x310.jpg)
It’s a truism that most property enquiries from buyers these days come through portals but there are several reasons why agents...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive: OnTheMarket’s biggest critic will list with portal](/img/default/eat.png)
A long-standing critic of OnTheMarket, who was once excluded from a presentation by the portal’s leadership, has spoken enthusiastically of the...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![OTM reconciliation - why I've decided to join a portal I previously criticised](/img/default/eat.png)
Things can change. For those who remember, it’s no secret that I became one of the industry's strongest critics of OnTheMarket (OTM). My reasons...
21 August 2021
From: Features
![PropTech Today: agents should no longer ignore PropTech's merits](/img/default/eat.png)
Apart from a buoyant market, high transaction levels, and consumer confidence in the property market, one considerable additional benefit which has...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Buying process reform will boost agents’ business long-term - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A prominent advocate of a reformed transaction process says more secure moving systems can help agents maintain high business levels when...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![What’s Your Reputation?](/img/default/eat.png)
I want you to ask yourself a question, what is your reputation? By that I mean your personal reputation and your...
15 July 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Major agency network signs up to ESTAS review service](/img/default/eat.png)
The reviews element of the ESTAS Group has signed a two year deal with Hunters. The agreement means Hunters - now part...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Self-employed agency concept likely to fail, warns leading agent](/img/default/eat.png)
The self-employed agency model will not be successful in the UK because the commission in this country is so low. That’s the...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![10% of wealthy buyers want discounts if they miss SDLT deadline](/img/default/eat.png)
One in 10 buyers say they will seek to renegotiate on the price of their chosen home if they miss the...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: how tech-led will estate agency be in 10 years?](/img/default/eat.png)
Around 18 months ago, just a few months before the pandemic hit, I did a Natter with the team at software...
19 June 2021
From: Features
![Huge scandal of Business Insurance brush-off in defiance of court](/img/default/eat.png)
An agent is challenging the insurer Hiscox over its interpretation of whether to honour a Business Interruption Insurance policy. A standard letter...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Work-from-home agency aims at national roll-out with industry novices](/img/default/eat.png)
A firm calling itself the UK’s first 24/7 home-based agency says it wants to roll out nationally with a network of franchisees...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: the backbone of our industry – charity, Cornwall and family!](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...
05 December 2020
From: Features
![Baileys, Prosecco and a Tree - it can only be your Christmas videos](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest of our parade of estate agency videos and photographs to mark Christmas 2020. It may be a...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Watchdog to probe merger of popular agency crowdfunding sites](/img/default/eat.png)
The Competitions and Markets Authority is to probe the proposed merger of two crowdfunding sites used by numerous property industry companies. Crowdcube...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![How auctions can help agents through the second lockdown](/img/default/eat.png)
As we embark on another nationwide lockdown, the team at SDL Auctions are keen to help agents ride the storm, beat...
11 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![How can agents work with property price data and indices?](/img/default/eat.png)
Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...
27 October 2020
From: PropTech & Innovation
![The PRS is broken - here’s how to fix it](/img/default/eat.png)
The pandemic and the way the government has reacted to the private rental sector (PRS) has got me thinking about the...
19 September 2020
From: Features
![OnTheMarket bags another 500 branches with ‘welcome shares’](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket says almost 500 branches have signed up in recent months, entitling their business owners to ‘welcome shares’. Of those branches signing...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: another attempt at solving a problem that doesn't exist?](/img/default/eat.png)
"New property website launches. Not immediately sure what it does differently, what its USP is or who will use it, but...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Boost for market as mortgage product choice picks up after virus](/img/default/eat.png)
Mortgage product choices for buyers have increased to the highest level in three months according to new data. PropTech platform Mortgage Brain...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![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
![Thought-provoking video series for agents and landlords launches today](/img/default/eat.png)
A new thought-provoking five-part video series is launching to the industry today. ‘Simon says…’ is being hosted by Property Tribes with...
08 June 2020
From: Features
![OnTheMarket’s shares giveaway wants agents to drop Big Two portals](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket says it has another 32 million shares to give away to agents signing full fee contracts with the challenger portal...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Why working from home isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be](/img/default/eat.png)
Let me start by wishing everyone well in these uncertain and precarious times. I truly hope you, your families, friends and...
18 April 2020
From: Features
![Agents quit Rightmove in new spurt of publicity for OnTheMarket](/img/default/eat.png)
Two agents have quit Rightmove and taken to social media to give their reasons. One is the 12-branch Andrew Craig agency which...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property People Register launched: today’s Conquering Corona](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Open letter – why agents need lead generation to help them through the crisis](/img/default/eat.png)
In response to the current coronavirus pandemic, which is having such an impact on all parts of life, including the property...
28 March 2020
From: Features
![It doesn’t have to be like Spicerhaart - another agent’s approach…](/img/default/eat.png)
While controversy swirls around the approach and motives of the sackings and branch closures at Spicerhaart, other agents are showing how...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![How will the coronavirus affect estate agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...
07 March 2020
From: Features
![Property Natter – how did agents advertise in the pre-portal days?](/img/default/eat.png)
In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...
29 February 2020
From: Features
![Seven days left for agents to defend referral fees to Trading Standards](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents now have only seven days to complete a referral fees survey, announced late on Friday by Trading Standards and The...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...
06 February 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
![Going, Going, Gone! More agents sign with online auction firm](/img/default/eat.png)
[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove has “failed miserably” to support estate agents - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A prominent agency owner and industry figure has attacked Rightmove for failing to support estate agents and has accused it of...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: do agents need to adapt to modern communication methods?](/img/default/eat.png)
As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....
16 November 2019
From: Features
![Call to scrap stamp duty for so-called ‘last time buyers’](/img/default/eat.png)
An equity release specialist says the scrapping of stamp duty for so-called last time buyers would lead to more downsizing, freeing...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Regulation will drive more consumers to DIY approach, says agency boss](/img/default/eat.png)
The boss of a 15+ branch estate agency group has explained how he thinks regulation could 'ruin' the estate agency industry. Simon...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property ‘social network’ portal prepares for formal launch this month](/img/default/eat.png)
A portal which describes itself as a social network and which has been operating on a soft launch basis for many...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![More portals needed to disrupt Rightmove and Zoopla says new rival](/img/default/eat.png)
A free-to-list property portal says that contrary to opinion within parts of the agency industry, the more portals there are the...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tenant fees ban – post-apocalyptic or the dawn of a new age?](/img/default/eat.png)
Sometimes having prior knowledge of a stressful event can be more stressful than the event itself, just look at Brexit for...
24 July 2019
From: Features
![PropTech Today: Rightmove fails to understand first rule of innovation](/img/default/eat.png)
The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Praise for estate agency diversifying into equity release](/img/default/eat.png)
Specialist providers catering for the over-50s has welcomed a move by high-end estate agency Knight Frank to move into equity release. Commenting...
11 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property transactions: a simple case of basic arithmetic](/img/default/eat.png)
With somewhere in the region of 1.2 million property sales transactions being completed each year, and 16,500 estate agents actively vying...
06 July 2019
From: Features
![Home Survey Standard: early support for RICS' survey initiative](/img/default/eat.png)
PropTech company Landmark has thrown its weight behind the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ new Home Survey Standard, which is now out...
06 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Independent agents’ group names another top industry firm as partner](/img/default/eat.png)
The fledgling independent agents’ trade group, the Federation of Independent Agents, has signed another partnership deal with a high-profile industry supplier...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket offering more shares to long-term agency sign-ups](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket has applied to the London Stock Exchange for the release of over 528,000 new shares to agents who have signed...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Do’s & Don’ts of transformation - Countrywide, Foxtons](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s not often we can enjoy beautiful sunshine on bank holidays, but I suppose this one was a particularly blessed weekend,...
24 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Explained - the future of tenant referencing after the fees ban](/img/default/eat.png)
Low risk letting is everyone’s aim, but unless legitimate guidelines are followed it’s difficult to know if a tenant will prove...
17 April 2019
From: Features
![PropTech Today: Should agents build, buy, or partner? That is the question](/img/default/eat.png)
Foxtons and Quintain have both recently made an important decision about their technological innovation, the same decision must also be made...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Crunch Time! OnTheMarket says agents should make portal choices soon](/img/default/eat.png)
Many estate and letting agents are receiving more leads through OnTheMarket than through Rightmove, the challenger portal claims - and it...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![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...
02 March 2019
From: Features
![Is the deposit-free rental model a good idea?](/img/default/eat.png)
When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...
15 December 2018
From: Features
![Zoopla targets agency growth under new ex-Apple marketing boss](/img/default/eat.png)
The ‘new broom’ owners of Zoopla have revealed that Gary Bramall is to be the firm’s new chief marketing officer charged with...
07 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Brexit Shambles: No Deal impact on house prices to take centre stage](/img/default/eat.png)
Newspapers are reporting that Brexit’s impact on house prices - especially if there is No Deal - are likely to take...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: It’s time for agents to adapt or die](/img/default/eat.png)
This won’t be a long article. Just to the point and hopefully with a nice angle to it. I get asked at...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Referral fees: agents must be more transparent, government says](/img/default/eat.png)
A government minister has told the estate agency industry that it must be more transparent over the issue of referral fees. In...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![A five-point plan for buying a new agency website](/img/default/eat.png)
Having delivered over 1,800 websites for estate agents over the last 15 years, I have come to recognise one major common...
26 September 2018
From: Features
![Business funding options - what choices do you have?](/img/default/eat.png)
When you are starting up a new business, it is unlikely that you will already have enough capital to invest. Taking...
10 August 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![OnTheMarket vs Rightmove?](/img/default/eat.png)
As you probably know, I have been no fan of OnTheMarket (OTM) over the years. You may see this admission as...
20 July 2018
From: Features
![Conveyancers may have to publish prices, services and reviews](/img/default/eat.png)
As the process of making buying and selling more transparent continues to gather pace, the body that regulates conveyancers says it...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Are cultural stereotypes damaging the UK property sector?](/img/default/eat.png)
100 years ago, 90% of the UK population rented a home. Today, that figure has flipped, and over two thirds are...
26 May 2018
From: Features
![Purplebricks tells government to order agents to publish fees](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks has issued a provocative response to the government’s new measures to promote a more professional and transparent house buying process. The...
11 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![OTM shares - Bumpy ride or on the slide?](/img/default/eat.png)
As noted in Estate Agent Today’s news pages, OnTheMarket’s (OTM) recent dire share performance (at time of writing the price is...
27 March 2018
From: Features
![Rightmove may have to extract more revenue from agents, claims analyst](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the leading PropTech analysts says Rightmove’s huge success means that it has two difficult choices ahead if it is...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - all the moves from across the industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...
12 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: Day in the life of…Winkworth’s head of brand](/img/default/eat.png)
In the first of an ongoing series exploring the people who make the property industry tick, I catch up with James...
10 March 2018
From: Features
![Purplebricks: boards up, shares down?](/img/default/eat.png)
Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...
13 February 2018
From: Features
![OTM - A good buy, or is it goodbye?](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket has finally completed its stock market float, with less capital raised, at a lower than planned valuation and, as I write,...
09 February 2018
From: Features
![OTM float - the OOP is dead, long live the OOP](/img/default/eat.png)
Whatever else you say about OnTheMarket, you can’t say it’s not consistent, consistent in treating its core membership shabbily. We already know...
29 January 2018
From: Features
![Agency unveils radical 'low-cost traditional High Street business model'](/img/default/eat.png)
Arun Estates has launched what it describes as “a major new departure” - a fully-staffed High Street office but covering a...
09 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Another regional chain says it's sceptical of online agency popularity](/img/default/eat.png)
A senior figure in another regional estate agency group has expressed scepticism about the popularity of online choices for vendors. Last week...
08 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: 14 industry leaders give their 2018 predictions](/img/default/eat.png)
Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...