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Artificial Intelligence is now a part of all our lives, but my attention was grabbed recently by an AI critique of...

TV property guru, Move iQ founder and Estate Agent Today columnist Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One...

Gender-based discrimination remains an issue with the estate agency sector and many female victims are choosing not to report issues, an...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has been trialling property blockchain network Coadjute’s digital property data pack and smart forms and has...

Who says irony is dead? That Purplebricks, of all agencies, should promote the idea of a ‘BS-Tester’ to identify false promises by...

MPs have launched an inquiry on improving the home buying and selling process in England. The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC)...

In the first of a short series of articles, David Beaumont, managing director of Compliance Matters, casts a professional eye over...

The increased focus on upfront material information could push up estate agency professional indemnity (PI) requirements, an industry trainer has warned. Michael...

The Residential Property Surveyors Association (RPSA) has announced an investigation to uncover the tensions between developers and surveyors on snagging. The trade...

Only two out of five UK adults are aware of what conveyancing is, while the number for those who are already...

Propertymark updates Property Information QuestionnairePropertymark has updated its Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ) in light of the latest part B and C...

Renting a flat or house in the UK has never been more difficult. The market is tight, supply is limited and...

Zoopla is rolling out more branded taxis as it recorded a record January for unique vendor leads, the portal claims. The property...

Propertymark has launched a new working relationship with the Belvoir Group to help further improve standards and enhance financial protection for...

Reading the news on Estate & Letting Agent Today every day (as I’m sure you all do, too), there appears to...

UK property professionals should look to Norway when assessing how to improve the home buying process, a housing minister has claimed. Speaking...

The ESTAS Group has scheduled a Big Postcode Reveal event in April to detail winners of its latest award category. The Best...

The emergence of the Digital property market represents the most profound shift for the industry itself since the advent of the...

More than 5.4m UK consumers were reached by the Best Estate Agent Guide’s Boxing Day social media campaign, it has been...

Buyer demand and new sales at the start of 2024 are already ahead of equivalent 2023 levels, Zoopla. Figures from the portal...

The Best Estate Agent Guide is hoping to take advantage of the Boxing Day bounce by launching a marketing campaign promoting...

Two London firms have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) for failing to pay compensation to consumers. This brings the total...

Go back a hundred years and property transactions were a much simpler affair. A group of people could get together in...

Property industry veteran Mal McCallion has helped launch a new artificial intelligence (AI) property search tool that agents can embed in...

Consumer willingness to pay to speed up transaction timeframes is on the rise, research suggests. A survey by iamproperty has found 88%...

One of the most heart-warming parts of my job is having the privilege to be the patron of Agents Giving, the...

There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...

TV presenter Phil Spencer announced the winners at the 20th ESTAS Awards in October As most of you will know The ESTAS...

I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...

There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...

Propertymark Qualifications has honoured the crème de la crème of its students at the London Stadium. Learners, apprentices, employers, training providers, and...

Long-awaited guidance on material information in property listings was revealed yesterday but policing of the rules won’t be any different, it...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has published the long-awaited Parts B and C of material information...

Rightmove’s entry into the mortgage market presents a threat to financial services leads, agents have been warned. The portal said in a...

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has urged members to check their client files to see if they may have been...

Estate agents spend almost half their working day chasing or being chased for issues as a new report highlights concerns about...

Stamp Duty should reflect the current market conditions, an agency boss claims. Speaking exclusively to Estate Agent Today,  Michael Polzler, chief executive...

The number of lenders offering sub-5% mortgage deals has doubled in the past month in a sign that the cost of...

The Land Registry has recorded the first annual drop in property values for a decade in its house price index. Both the...

As we enter the winter months and a traditionally quieter time for the property industry - agents are still contending with...

A former lawyer has used her own experiences of trying to buy a home to launch a platform that matches homebuyers...

Self-employed agency brand eXp Realty has partnered with HomeHunter to help improve the property search process for consumers across its territories...

On Halloween eve, Safestyle decided to give everyone a real fright and announced the company had gone into administration. This has...

Trading Standards has insisted it is still on track to introduce parts B and C of material changes rules for property...

Zoopla has added a new ‘Back to Market’ tag to listings that have fallen through. It will show listings that have had...

UK consumers are feeling financially worse off than they were a year ago but this sentiment isn’t necessarily reflected when it...

The stats on the slowing market are widely known, but a slowdown is by no means doom and gloom – it’s...

Propertymark is extending its political engagement and reach by exhibiting at the party conferences this week. The agency trade body will be...

Customer service has been identified as one of the most important attributes when using an estate agent. A poll of 600 consumers...

A fifth of homeowners are considering moving somewhere cheaper due to the cost of living crisis, KPMG has revealed. The firms latest,...

Clive Humby of Dunn Humby (the Mega Minds behind the Tesco Clubcard) declared that "Data is the new oil" in 2006....

Tangible, tactile, and tested. Those are the three words that Royal Mail used to describe direct mail marketing campaigns. Despite living in...

Around half a million mortgage-holders are facing an imminent financial shock as their fixed deals end in the run-up to Christmas...

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has welcomed two new non-executive directors to its independent board. Louise Baxter, head of the National Trading Standards...

Increasing numbers of customer service issues have been resolved since Zoopla outsourced its support department, the portal claims. Zoopla outsourced its customer...

An industry marketing expert has questioned the strategies of ‘house of brand’ agencies. Writing exclusively for Estate Agent Today, Simon Leadbetter, former...

Fine & Country has launched a marketing campaign centred around becoming the most recommended national estate agency brand among consumers. The campaign...

Changes to consumer behaviour usually arrive in waves. Most of the time these waves are small. They drive minimal impact, with...

Trading Standards has issued new guidance for agents to provide “working definitions” of common property marketing terms. The National Trading Standards &...

OnTheMarket has become the first major UK portal to allow agents to promote their own revenue generating partnerships on listing pages. Agents who...

Estate agents have been urged to be wary of complaints around market appraisals and the handling of offers. The latest annual review...

OnTheMarket is to launch a six-part podcast series aimed at demystifying the home moving process for less experienced property seekers. It comes...

OnTheMarket critic Brett Stone has issued a second open letter to shareholders of the portal, accusing it of “irresponsibly diluting shareholders”...

An improvement is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as ‘an occasion when something gets better or when you make it better’. ...

The majority of UK property professionals are confident that their job will not be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI). A survey by...

Zoopla has delivered strong vendor lead performance for agents in the first half of 2023 despite the challenging macroeconomic backdrop -...

Everyone at Estate Agent Today is delighted to announce that our Editor, Marc Shoffman, has won the prestigious Headlinemoney freelance journalist...

OnTheMarket this morning claims to be the first major UK property portal to use Artificial Intelligence natural-language technology. The controversial technology is...

Mortgage lending criteria and products are failing to keep up with more energy-efficient homebuilding techniques, it has been claimed. The Home Builders...

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

Fortune favours the brave, as the saying goes. So, when you consider how upfront material information can and does make the...

The gap between online and traditional high street agents has shrunk, the chief executive of Yopa has claimed. Speaking at the Propertymark...

It’s a brave business owner who actually invites criticism.  I speak from the personal experience of asking the opinions of the...

Russell Quirk may have already irked plenty of estate agents in his time as boss of collapsed online brand Emoov and...

OnTheMarket has launched a new financial services arm. The portal has unveiled OnTheMarket Money, an umbrella brand providing consumers with access to...

Almost 400,000 borrowers on low-rate mortgage deals are in for a shock when their products expire this year, Equifax has warned. Analysis...

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has formed an independent industry body, the Open Property Data Association (OPDA), for companies...

By Michele Gettins, Chief Marketing Officer at iamproperty Data is a powerful tool and understanding how to successfully identify and utilise reliable...

OnTheMarket has become the first major UK portal to offer a dedicated contact form for Scottish Home Reports. When a property is...

At the recent Home Buying & Selling Group UFI Roadshow in London, it was gratifying to note that panel members and...

Estate agents are invited to the second in a series of Tech Talks this month hosted by proptech brand iamproperty. The latest...

Not every story about our industry makes me smile but I was delighted to read in the trade press about someone...

Estate agents and others in the industry are being invited to a free “Tech Talk” on the power of motivation to...

From Google to Uber, convenience is embedded into contemporary culture. As a society, we’re propelled by on-demand living, with instant solutions for...

Zoopla has outsourced its customer service operation for agents in a move that the portal said will improve the experience for...

Property supply has improved during the first quarter of 2023 following house price corrections and a settling of interest rates, according...

Mandatory regulations and qualifications could lead to higher fees for UK agents, a former industry executive claims. Former Fine & Country global...

Yes it should….and we’re getting closer. Where there’s no chain involved, here at AVRillo, we can be ready to exchange contracts in...

Agents will receive automatic updates for ‘on market’ and ‘sold/let’ by area under the latest innovation from prospecting tool, Spectre. It will assist...

This article is partially based on “Plugging in to the Future”, NHBC Foundation, NF90, used by kind permission. As part of the...

At a time of great uncertainty, the HomeOwners Alliance (HOA) and the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) have announced a partnership...

Agents and consumers have given their backing to minimum industry standards but there are differences when it comes to the level...

Last week was the first ever National Conveyancing Week, which I hope registered with agents and perhaps you even took up...

Eight agents were excluded from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme during the first quarter of 2023 including collapsed online brand Doorsteps for...

I was delighted to read recently about the creation of the first ever ‘register of logbooks’ in the UK, which offers...

According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...

From Million Dollar Listing to Selling Sunset, we’re used to seeing real estate reality TV in full force on Netflix. Whilst...

Viewing ‘time wasters’ and the long conveyancing process have been identified among the main frustrations among vendors when selling a property. It...

Estate agents could be putting their clients’ personal details at risk by taking information such as addresses, bank account or passport details...

A regional estate agent has outlined how the rise and fall of Purplebricks has actually been a good thing for high...