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28 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents need to use social media for more than just posting property listings, an industry digital marketing expert claims. Craig Vile, director...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News

There was an article in Estate Agent Today recently that suggested only four per cent of properties on Rightmove and Zoopla...
11 June 2022
From: Features

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features

An estate agent who has spent eight years working for traditional agencies has now set up his own hybrid operation, using...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The branding and technology supplier epropservices - which also owns Fine & Country and the Guild of Property Professionals - is changing...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has confirmed its intention to sell the sales side of Douglas & Gordon, the London agency chain it acquired only...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Estate Agents: “We’re on a mission to revolutionise the traditional concept of estate agency. We don’t have...
03 December 2021
From: Sponsored Content

A few weeks ago the ESTAS took place at the Grosvenor House hotel in London - the first chance for many...
06 November 2021
From: Features

2021 redefined what it meant to offer exceptional customer experiences for consumers across multiple industries, but particularly for the residential property...
13 October 2021
From: Features

A Borders estate agency business, Hastings Legal and Property, has invested in Halo Digital Signage – hailed as ‘the new generation...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Even at the height of summer (or the British wet season, as some call it) there are substantial numbers of job...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Strike - which over the weekend announced a new £11m investment package - has now revealed it has a new chief...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Iain McKenzie, chief executive of the Guild of Property Professionals, has given Estate Agent Today readers four exclusive marketing tips. In a...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50% of home movers selected their estate agent because they liked them....
09 June 2021
From: Features

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...
13 May 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

A leading industry supplier says there’s been a jaw-dropping 495 per cent year-on-year increase in digital spend from agents - and that...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...
01 May 2021
From: Features

The estate agency industry is besotted with digital canvassing to try to win business - but that’s the wrong approach to take...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News

International investment bank UBS has double-downgraded Purplebricks from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ - and that could be good for independent agents, a...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News

We’ve all spent the past nine months adapting to a more digital way of life. Whether that’s been working from home,...
10 April 2021
From: Features

Agency marketing platform BriefYourMarket has acquired live chat and customer experience provider Yomdel. BriefYourMarket says the addition of Yomdel to its offer...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Digital channels are essential for agents’ promotion of properties but there is still a key place for print and direct mail...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News

epropservices - parent company of The Guild and Fine & Country - has made another significant PropTech acquisition, its second in three...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Challenger portal OneDome has signed up one of the larger UK agencies, the Leaders Romans Group. LRG will list all its residential sales...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Agency websites supplier Property Webmasters has secured a substantial but undisclosed cash injection to expand internationally. The investment comes from Net Ventures...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Let’s address the elephant in the room first - the property sector and how we market properties is changing. Gone are the...
10 February 2021
From: Features

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...
21 November 2020
From: Features

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...
27 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

A new tool which identifies preferences of Facebook users and then targets them with ads for appropriate homes on sale, is...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...
23 September 2020
From: Features

Across the UK and Europe, lockdown measures are changing and the markets are kicking back into life as we grow accustomed...
16 September 2020
From: Features

The online agency Housesimple has rebranded to become 'Strike' with immediate effect. The news comes as a surprise given the apparent success...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A London Labour council has won draconian powers to effectively ban For Sale and To Let boards in several parts of...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s no doubt we’re in a less-than-rosy phase of the property cycle. This, however, is not another doom and gloom piece:...
06 June 2020
From: Features

It may seem a long time since normal trading took place but many agencies are now finding they are picking up...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The OneDome and Nethouseprices websites claim to have seen a surge in agents joining in recent weeks as an alternative to...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

In this time of economic uncertainty, more and more people are becoming unwilling to leave their homes, yet you and your...
11 April 2020
From: Features

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...
04 April 2020
From: Features

There’s been a huge change in the way estate agencies operate in recent years, with far more focus on marketing properties...
14 March 2020
From: Features

There’s been a surge in UK enquiries to global free-to-list portal Residential People, and a comparable rise in interest from Chinese...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry - and it’s March already. If there...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...
29 February 2020
From: Features

A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites - especially Rightmove - are contributing to estate agencies...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

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;...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group - which owns Martin & Co, EweMove and three other brands - is to have a former...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has published a startling set of statistics to demonstrate what it calls “a record January with significant growth in delivery...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

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

Hello and welcome to a new week, and a new edition of PJT. If you’re on the move or your firm has...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News

UK estate agents are amongst the worst paid in any country in the world according to new data. Digital marketing firm Yell...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News

First things first, a big happy New Year to everyone. Welcome to 2020! It looks set to be another interesting year...
04 January 2020
From: Features

Iceberg Digital launches what it calls its “new flagship marketing platform” named Lifesycle on Monday, January 6. The data marketing platform -...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The head of a new property portal is urging agents to forget about spending money on For Sale and To Let...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The competition is hotting up between Zoopla and OnTheMarket for new homes listings. Today Zoopla has revealed that it has seen a...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Zoopla is mining data from users of its website to target sellers on Facebook and Instagram, producing leads and making it unnecessary for agencies to...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Landmark Information’s online valuation tool SmartVal is being retired by the company, with agents who use it being advised to switch to...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Two of the PropTech sector's highest profile digital marketing suppliers are integrating in a bid to help agents nurture the leads...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News

When you think of the best ad campaigns – from moustachioed opera singers and talking meerkats to millions of bouncing balls...
06 April 2019
From: Features

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your weekly chance to catch up on major moves in our industry. Everyone here has...
11 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The former chief information officer of Foxtons has taken a senior position at Hunters. The appointment of Dan Rafferty as Hunters’ chief operating...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive. Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...
02 March 2019
From: Features

The former LSL director of estate agency, David Newnes, has made what is officially described as “a significant investment” in a...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket says it now has listings agreements with more than 12,500 estate and lettings agency branches. In a statement to shareholders and...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Fine & Country has revealed that it is the fastest-growing premium agency in the UK. Quoting research from TwentyCi - the business...
24 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A new bespoke Customer Relationship Management system developed by The Property Franchise Group claims to enable High Street agents to fight...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News

For my final EAT contribution of 2018, I’ve put together a list of Christmas gifts that you could buy your PropTech-loving...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News

PropTech has been mainstream for a few years now, and as more agents are familiar with the range of products and...
01 December 2018
From: Features

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...
17 November 2018
From: Features

1. Who are you and what do you do? HeyJuno Property is a business dedicated to empowering estate and letting agents throughout...
06 November 2018
From: 60 Second Interview

Given that ‘UK buyers are the most digitally active home hunters’, with HSBC’s Beyond the Bricks report stating that 90% of...
24 October 2018
From: Features

Several agents have asked me whether they should consider ditching their high street offices and move to an out of town...
06 October 2018
From: Features

Google celebrated its 20th birthday last month. Yes, it might be hard to recall a time when it wasn’t integral in...
06 October 2018
From: Features

Over the last 10 years, so much has changed within the marketing sector, including the surge of mobile use, the way...
19 September 2018
From: Features

An estate agency is pioneering a new business model in which it charges no commission whatsoever to the vendor. Freeagent247, an online...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Fake news has become the popular catchphrase of a certain orange-tinted president in recent years. And everyone, from tech giants like...
08 September 2018
From: Features

How can you use data to benefit and better your business? It’s something you’ll no doubt have asked yourself down the...
21 May 2018
From: Sponsored Content

As promised a few weeks ago, this week’s Natter concentrates on the importance of content, design and social media, three easily...
19 May 2018
From: Features

One of the most important aspects of running a successful estate or letting agency is being able to generate new business...
21 March 2018
From: Features

LSL Property Services - parent company to 12 brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and London’s Marsh & Parsons - has...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The printing industry is in the midst of a decline as digital products and services displace printed materials, which is why...
03 February 2018
From: Features

In recent years January has become the month of detoxes, fad diets, health kicks such as Dry January and Veganuary, and...
27 January 2018
From: Features

After the fun and over-indulgence of the festivities, most of us are now back to the world of work. And, with...
13 January 2018
From: Features

We would like to take this opportunity to provide a clarification to a newsflash sent by Property Industry Eye on January 1. The...
02 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...
28 October 2017
From: Features

How has the world of estate agency changed in the last few decades? That’s the question this week’s Natter is going...
16 September 2017
From: Features

Foxtons is reported to have teamed up with Oracle to improve its targeted digital marketing and lead generation. Oracle’s Marketing Cloud product...
11 July 2017
From: Breaking News

How many property professionals are truly happy with their revenue? High levels of competition from new market entrants is a significant...
08 July 2017
From: Features

Mark Goddard was the founder and CEO of The Property Software Group (PSG), a property software solutions firm established in 2007,...
01 July 2017
From: Features

The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...
20 May 2017
From: Features

It’s that time of year again – peak conference/event season. And, while Brexit and a shock snap general election are dominating...
06 May 2017
From: Features

Two figures with high profiles in the world of PropTech have formed a consultancy to try to sell their services to...
20 April 2017
From: Breaking News

In a week that I am recovering from the exuberance of MIPIM, there are two big pieces of fundraising news that...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News

There has been some really interesting talk recently of the relationship between FinTech (Finance Technology) and PropTech (Property Technology). A few...
01 March 2017
From: Breaking News

So, Property Week has announced its Property Awards shortlist for 2017. Looking at the entries for PropTech Company of the Year, I'm surprised...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Excuse the puntastic (or not) title, but as you’ve no doubt already deciphered I took a trip northwards a couple of...
11 February 2017
From: Features

The first week of February has seen some extraordinary goings on in the property sector, from which two stories particularly stand out...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News

James Dearsley, founder of The Digital Marketing Bureau and arguably the best known figure in the fast-emerging property technology sector, is...
07 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Facebook is a difficult beast to tame. You have 2,000 followers, but your most recent post was only seen by 200 people....
05 November 2016
From: Features

It’s all been kicking off in recent weeks, hasn’t it? Marmite wars, the endless Trump v Clinton debate, Samsung phones blowing...
28 October 2016
From: Features

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and answer sessions with some of the key figures in the property...
14 October 2016
From: Features

Two estate agencies have incorporated video footage on to their website homepages in order to promote their brands to prospective clients. Lumley...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Later on, the title of this piece should become clearer (at least I hope so). First, though, a few bits and...
09 September 2016
From: Features

A long-standing analyst of property portals and websites worldwide has included Rightmove, Purplebricks and easyProperty in a list of 10 sites...
08 September 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. When the idea behind the world wide...
19 August 2016
From: Features

Last few seats in Manchester. Use “June50” to get £50 off. “Social media is like exercise. We know that we should do it...
12 May 2016
From: Sponsored Content

I wish it were otherwise, but there’s a crisis just beginning to sweep over newspapers – with, a bit beneath the...
06 May 2016
From: Features

A digital marketing agency says it has identified ‘top key phrases’ used by would-be buyers when they begin their property searches...
26 April 2016
From: Breaking News

An estate agency display specialist is strongly refuting comments made by a digital marketing company that agents are doing too little...
05 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Last few seats in April. Use Apr50 to get £50 off. “Social media is like exercise. We know that we should do...
29 March 2016
From: Sponsored Content

An online estate agent who a year ago predicted that OnTheMarket would not survive for 12 months has issued a statement...
26 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Over the past few years Rightmove and Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) have each been spending massive sums on marketing and product...
16 October 2015
From: Features

Readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given an exclusive opportunity to pose questions to Zoopla Property Group...
16 September 2015
From: Features

Property software firm VTUK has launched a digital security protection service for estate agents. With a growing industry focus on digital marketing...
27 August 2015
From: Breaking News

A review of 30 prominent property sales websites undertaken by a digital marketing company demonstrates, perhaps predictably, a huge lead for...
23 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency Hatched says its social and digital marketing package offered to clients is generating 350 per cent more visits...
12 May 2015
From: Breaking News

Thanks to everyone for keeping our readers updated on what’s happening in the world of estate agency charity fund-raising. If you want...