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08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Five top tips that will add value to your home](/upload/images/__thumbs/3%20Weekend%20Feature%20-%20Expert%20reveals%205%20top%20tips%20that%20will%20add%20value%20to%20your%20home%20by%20Jonathan%20Creber.jpg/3%20Weekend%20Feature%20-%20Expert%20reveals%205%20top%20tips%20that%20will%20add%20value%20to%20your%20home%20by%20Jonathan%20Creber__400x229.jpg)
Adding value to a home can be the difference between a quick, successful sale and waiting months for the right person...
07 October 2023
From: Features
![First-time buyers turning to social media for property advice](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/NewHomeowners1-400x310.png)
First-time buyers are turning to social media platforms such as TikTok for homebuying advice and guidance. A survey of first-time buyers aged 18...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - feeling the love](/upload/images/AgentsDoCharity(1).png)
Agents and property professionals are spreading plenty of charitable love ahead of Valentine's Day. See some of the inspirational examples below. Whatever the...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sussex agent steps up after buyer's husband dies during property purchase](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
A team of estate agents from Sussex-based Mishon Mackay went the extra mile to assist a buyer who found herself in a...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Spook-tacular! Agent presents frighteningly fun property listings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/JDW400X310.jpg)
Prime estate agent John D Wood & Co is getting into the Halloween spirit with its property listings. The brand is revelling...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent recognised for armed forces support](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/DanielCobbArmedForces400x310.jpg)
Daniel Cobb Estate Agents has been awarded the Ministry of Defence prestigious Silver award as part of the Armed Forces Defence...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - how to avoid disputes at the end of tenancies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/UnhappyTenants-400x310.png)
Letting agents and landlords who know how to avoid deposit disputes at the end of a tenancy can save time, money,...
15 October 2022
From: Features
![Messy gardens & dangerous décor: 10 ways first-time buyers can be fined up to £5,000](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/Construction%20and%20Maintenance/Messy%20Garden_400x310.png)
As Britain’s housing boom continues, SDL Property Auctions has warned of ten ways new homeowners could be fined up to £5,000...
26 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
![A sign that Christmas is here - Santa’s Hat!](/upload/images/Today%20Site%20Images/Xmas%2C%20Easter%2C%20Halloween/ChristmasStonefieldSanta-400x310.jpg)
Decorating a branch isn’t the only way an agency can celebrate Christmas, as the ingenious folk at Stonefield Agents in Ayr...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Day and night, this is a beautiful Christmas estate agency](/upload/images/Today%20Site%20Images/Xmas%2C%20Easter%2C%20Halloween/ChristmasSnowglobe-400x310.jpg)
We have a day and night version of today’s beautifully-decorated Christmas estate agent branch, courtesy of the good people at RH...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – four ways agents can improve brand recognition this winter](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
As a character from a fairly well-known TV show once said, winter is coming and we’re all contemplating where 2021 has...
23 October 2021
From: Features
![Half a billion to be spent on new private shared ownership scheme](/img/default/eat.png)
A company says it’s gathering £500m in funding to purchase properties for a “gradual home ownership” scheme - a variation on...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the most commonly misunderstood deposit protection terms](/img/default/eat.png)
Knowing adjudication terms and phrases can make all the difference in a deposit dispute. The DPS has been helping landlords and letting...
17 February 2021
From: Features
![Sell high, sell fast - selling for the best price with home staging](/img/default/eat.png)
The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...
19 December 2020
From: Features
![So this is … time for your Christmas pictures and videos](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s already a cliche to say that Christmas will be a little different this year - and in reality it will...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – five ways to enable your agency to thrive this winter](/img/default/eat.png)
The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...
10 October 2020
From: Features
![Conveyancing and mortgage fees blamed for extra moving costs](/img/default/eat.png)
A survey says many people under-estimate the costs of moving with conveyancing and mortgage fees often higher than expected. Some 54 per cent of...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![First-time buyers shun Shared Ownership for Help to Buy](/img/default/eat.png)
New research of the buying habits of first-time buyers in the UK we’ve undertaken here at reallymoving.com shows that Shared Ownership...
25 March 2020
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - the getting-close-to-Christmas edition](/img/default/eat.png)
The election is over and there’s nothing on the agenda except the run-up to Christmas - although there’s still time for...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Elves and Elections - more agency Christmas fun caught on camera](/img/default/eat.png)
We’ve really hit the ground running with our appeal for Christmas pictures and videos from your offices this year - thanks...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![We’re Off! Your Christmas pictures are here as agents go festive](/img/default/eat.png)
We’re now into December and many offices are already decorated for the festive season - and we have our first pictures...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![It’s time again: we want your office Christmas photos and videos!](/img/default/eat.png)
Don’t even think how quickly Christmas has come around again: it’s December 1 on Sunday, so we imagine many offices will...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Introducing the purpose-driven lettings agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Enhanced customer care strategies, relationship-building schemes, cost-cutting measures and new revenue streams can’t help the lettings industry if the fundamental underlying...
23 October 2019
From: Features
![How can the government help the millions of 'trapped' movers?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s no doubt that we live in politically charged times and every day appears to bring something new to the ‘party’. For...
05 October 2019
From: Features
![Major agency launches lifestyle service to bolster sales and lettings income](/img/default/eat.png)
Humberts, the agency which was one of the first to ditch High Street offices in favour of fewer larger hubs, has...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tree-mendous! More Christmas agency office pictures...](/img/default/eat.png)
Your terrific festive photographs keep on rolling in and we’re delighted to share them with the industry - and we’d like...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: Day in the life of...a Group Managing Director](/img/default/eat.png)
For part two of the 'Day in the life of' series, I spoke to Peter Kavanagh, who first joined Romans in...
24 March 2018
From: Features
![Ho Ho Ho - more pictures of your festive decorated offices](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents look like they’re getting into their decorative strive - here are two more terrific-looking offices sent in by our readers. If...
01 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Halloween Gore-fest! More photos and a video of your celebrations](/img/default/eat.png)
Thanks so much for sending in more photographs of your branches as they prepare for Halloween. We have some here but want...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Halloween - we want your blood-soaked photographs please...](/img/default/eat.png)
You may think there are enough horror stories going around the agency industry and Britain as a whole right now -...
19 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![High-end agency allowing interior designers to use brand name](/img/default/eat.png)
Fine & Country is to allow interior designers to operate under its brand name. Fine & Country Interior Design will be run...
18 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - more heart-warming examples of kindness](/img/default/eat.png)
As we end an especially tragic week, it is heart-warming to remember how our industry - along with so many other...
26 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - the never-mind-the-ballots edition](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s no sign yet that the snap General Election is distracting our industry from continuing its fine record of doing good...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![More Christmas office pictures - and here's Santa cutting the ribbon...](/img/default/eat.png)
Thanks for your continuing enthusiasm sending in your office photographs as we continue the countdown to Christmas. We’ll be publishing more next...
16 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![More of your pictures - Santas, sleighs and trees in the offices!](/img/default/eat.png)
It may have been a challenging year for parts of the industry but there’s no lack of motivation when it comes...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![A flurry of agents' Christmas windows - let it snow, let it snow...](/img/default/eat.png)
Thanks so much for your enthusiastic response to our request for pictures of your fabulous office windows and decorations - they’re...
05 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![The future looks bright for Bristol](/img/default/eat.png)
A campaign has been launched to make Bristol the colour capital of the UK by ensuring that more homes are painted...
02 September 2016
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity: HM at 90 and other great fund-raising events...](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a glut of fundraising events surrounding the 90th birthday celebrations for HM The Queen - and we salute those...
20 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Your office decoration pictures make it a great start to Easter](/img/default/eat.png)
Thanks so much for the first photographs of your office’s decorations sent in to us here at Estate Agent Today. We’re keen...
25 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Decorating your office for Spring 2016? If so, send us your pictures...](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s a particularly busy spring season this year - we hope that’s because of plenty of business coming to your agency,...