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![More training needed for agents as sales market slows - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents2-400x310.png)
The property market is heading for around 23% fewer sales this year and some agents may need better training to deal...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Video interview - how to be a Mum and run a 200-branch estate agency](/upload/images/library/FemaleInvestor4-400x310-min.jpeg)
Estate Agent Today's good friend Christopher Watkin recently carried out a video interview with Glynis Frew, the well-known former managing director...
20 August 2022
From: Features
![Property Natter – is LinkedIn something agency can no longer ignore?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
For some time, LinkedIn was seen – fairly or unfairly – as stodgy, dull, corporate and formal. The uncool uncle to...
30 July 2022
From: Features
![Agency content experts to share tricks of the trade at industry conference](/upload/images/library/MillennialAgent-400x310.jpg)
Three of the leading industry content specialists are set to gather on stage together for what is believe to be the...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![The mistakes we made at Purplebricks - by the Bruce brothers](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-TeamGB-Board-400x310.jpg)
Michael and Kenny Bruce have for the first time given their views on what went wrong for Purplebricks during their time...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Chris Watkin: “I had to find out more” - property expert checks out Lifesycle](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/AI-PropTech-400x310.jpg)
Well-known property expert and video interviewer Chris Watkin independently investigates how one piece of software is having such a big effect...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why are so many agents moving their CRM to Lifesycle?](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTechCollaboration-1-400x310.jpg)
In this article, the team at Lifesycle outline why agents are increasingly turning to their CRM. Unless you have been living under...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Industry chiefs to address Relocation Agent Network annual conference](/upload/images/Logos/RANlogo-400x310.jpg)
The Relocation Agent Network has unveiled its speakers for its national conference and exhibition early next month. Called RAN Live! 2021 it...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - staff turnover rates at leading estate agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the industry’s leading consultants has calculated staff turnover rates at the country’s leading estate agencies. Christopher Watkin, the consultant who...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and we're back to school, in a good way](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the end of a busy, busy week for agency news. It’s easy to assume the agency business is...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Is there any such thing as a portal war?](/img/default/eat.png)
For a mixture of reasons, I now only write this column every two weeks. At first, I missed the weekly consideration...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Video interview - how can agents use video to make sure they don't go bust?](/img/default/eat.png)
In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to industry video expert Christopher Watkin. Watkin gives his...
04 July 2020
From: Features
![Ex-Countrywide chief joins mentor team at Agents Together](/img/default/eat.png)
Industry veteran Harry Hill, a former chairman of Countrywide and founder of Rightmove, has now become a mentor at the new...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks' founders reveal new project to re-enter the agency industry](/img/default/eat.png)
The brothers who founded Purplebricks - Michael and Kenny Bruce - have returned to the agency industry for the first time...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Don’t kill Rightmove - it could be the agent’s friend, says industry stalwart](/img/default/eat.png)
An industry stalwart has urged critics of Rightmove to fight for the portal to offer agents a fairer pricing system, not...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove in crisis: “No clear downside” to quitting, agents told](/img/default/eat.png)
A new analysis of the simmering Rightmove crisis says there is now “no clear downside” stopping agents leaving. The Financial Times says that Rightmove’s...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove ‘vulnerable’ because of its bad relationship with agents - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s a warning today that Rightmove could be vulnerable to losing its number one portal status because it has such a...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Be a TV star! Call for agents to ‘own their areas’ on social media](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading estate agent has urged others in the industry to follow his example and make local TV programmes to build...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![EA Today: mio welcomes a refreshing take on estate agents’ attitudes to sales progression](/img/default/eat.png)
28th NOVEMBER 2019: Christopher Watkin’s recent thought-provoking interview with Dan Marsden sheds light on the property industry today and offers an...
27 November 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Are UK agency leaders ready for the Millennial workforce?](/img/default/eat.png)
In a new video interview, Steve Carroll, director of industry relations at Real Estate Group, tells industry commentator Christopher Watkin why...
23 November 2019
From: Features
![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
![Purplebricks, Housesimple and Yopa must merge to survive - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Start touting! Agents told to knock on doors and steal their rivals' vendors](/img/default/eat.png)
A controversial estate agent and former head of an online agency is urging agents to knock on the doors of vendors...
24 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove ‘abusing’ agents and should be legally challenged - top consultant](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the industry’s leading consultants says Rightmove is in a form of abusive relationship with agents, who should consider legal...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![UK agents promised true wealth if they follow US-style industry training](/img/default/eat.png)
The US-based real estate firm Keller Williams says it is aiming to be this country’s leading agency training organisation. Ben Taylor, who...
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
![How to run a £10m estate agency with 16 self-employed agents](/img/default/eat.png)
As the self-employed estate agency market continues to grow in the UK, one of Australia's most succesful proponents of the model...
07 September 2019
From: Features
![Online agents undervalued, underpaid and 'not really self-employed' - guru](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the most experienced and high profile figures in the industry says individual agents working for online companies are typically...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks ex-CEO defends record on sales progression and LPEs](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks’ former chief executive Lee Wainwright has made a stout defence of the controversial agency’s sales progression process and its local...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks ex-CEO hits out at untrue claim that agency sold only 50%](/img/default/eat.png)
The former chief executive of Purplebricks UK says the agency completes on over 80 per cent of the homes it lists...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - events agents need to keep an eye out for](/img/default/eat.png)
With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...
20 April 2019
From: Features
![Agents urged to ‘Think Smarter Marketing’ by top industry experts](/img/default/eat.png)
Four high-profile industry figures have sent an open letter urging agents to think about what they call “smarter marketing” in a...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Is PropTech ‘atrocious’ at marketing, or do we need to relax?](/img/default/eat.png)
An interesting debate has been sparked in PropTech this week. It started with an interview, published on YouTube, in which Kristjan Byfield...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive - the final three Quirk interviews](/img/default/eat.png)
“You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over,” is an oft-quoted saying of Richard...
09 February 2019
From: Features
![Property Natter: will the real Housing Minister please stand up?](/img/default/eat.png)
Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...
02 February 2019
From: Features
![Emoov spent £800,000 a month towards the end says Russell Quirk](/img/default/eat.png)
Former Emoov chief executive Russell Quirk has made his first on-the-record comments about the factors behind the dramatic collapse of his...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: “You’re not listening,” agents tell suppliers](/img/default/eat.png)
Last week, the first of a new kind of industry event took place; an open debate between agents and PropTech suppliers. Strong...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – a property invasion on our tellies](/img/default/eat.png)
The death of traditional TV – where viewers sit down together to watch shows at defined times – has been much...
24 February 2018
From: Features
![Top industry figure says OTM float 'just makes money for elite agents'](/img/default/eat.png)
Iain White, the ex-Romans managing director and former Countrywide director, has come out strongly against the demutualisation proposal from Agents’ Mutual...