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05 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Another week and another frenzy of news, culminating in the Budget and the extension of the stamp duty holiday. A cliff edge...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that some far reaching changes to property taxes may not be unveiled at Wednesday’s Budget and may wait...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla says over 250 agents have now signed up to its partnership deal with PropTech firm FocalAgent, set up by former...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The acquisition of Countrywide by Connells might just be the deal of the century in the British estate agency industry. That’s the...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Some 12 per cent of buyers will pull out of their transaction if it does not complete in time for their stamp...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

An agency says it now sells more prime London properties than any of its rivals. Chestertons makes the claim based on figures...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Industry supplier Kerfuffle and high-profile training service Marvellous have launched a competition for the children of agents and suppliers. The kids are...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News

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

Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...
13 February 2021
From: Features

The rise and rise of portal listings and changing consumer habits during the pandemic may mean the death of the High...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents should put as much emphasis on ensuring a house move actually happens as on winning the instruction to begin with,...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The government has given details of two new taxes to provide funds to address the cladding problem on high rise tower blocks...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents and a wide range of property experts have demanded yet more government funds to end the cladding crisis that is...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A housing market analyst says stamp duty, for all its unpopularity within the property industry, may not be so bad after...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The high-end housing market on Jersey has been rocked by a plan from the island’s government which may ban foreign investors from...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...
06 February 2021
From: Features

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Justin and Victoria Bhoday - a married...
06 February 2021
From: Features

Pressure is building for widespread property tax reform beyond short term issues regarding stamp duty. Many MPs in this week’s 65-minute special...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Estate agents have kept up the pressure on the Westminster government to consider some kind of tapered ending to the stamp...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s most popular tourist destinations may ban the sale of new builds to second home buyers. The council in Padstow -...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Property portals remain an essential marketing tool for estate agents and their value is clearly appreciated by consumers. However, with a...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...
30 January 2021
From: Features

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we evaluate our lives and, looking more specifically at the property market, it...
30 January 2021
From: Features

Members of staff at an estate agency branch in the Midlands tested positive for Coronavirus in consecutive weeks, triggering a temporary...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla's latest figures suggest 70,000 transactions are likely to miss the stamp duty holiday deadline of March 31. And the portal says: “The...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News

While the property industry has suffered far less than other sectors during the past year, it would be short of the...
16 January 2021
From: Features

There's good news for thousands of estate agencies awaiting pay outs under Business Interruption Insurance schemes. The agents are amongst 370,000 businesses whose...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A housing index says the market continues to defy Coronavirus and Brexit worries with asking prices up 4.9 per cent in...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Two of the most outspoken agents in the industry have criticised those calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The Supreme Court will give its judgment on the long-running Business Interruption Insurance case on Friday. In November a Supreme Court appeal...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Property expert Phil Spencer is warning that “chaos” and “mayhem” looms in the housing market if the stamp duty holiday is...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Hello and welcome to the first Agents Do Charity of 2021. Somehow, this year is only eight days old yet already seems...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

London’s largest independent estate agency, Dexters, suggests that the stamp duty holiday ending in 12 weeks time will have relatively little...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...
02 January 2021
From: Features

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...
02 January 2021
From: Features

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The Brexit deal agreed in dramatic form on Christmas Eve is one part of a cocktail eventually boosting the London market...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The pandemic has reignited the flagging country house market and boosted demand for larger homes with gardens, claims Savills. Larger country houses...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

He’s gone from Downing Street but the legacy of Dominic Cummings lives on in Rightmove’s top searches of 2020. Barnard Castle -...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

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

The hundreds of estate and lettings agencies involved in various Business Interruption Insurance policies must wait even longer to find their...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Mystery still surrounds the number of homes actually sold by Purplebricks, despite upbeat statements regarding the number of instructions it wins. The...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks says it’s to continue to test new pricing models next year - and has not ruled out completely moving away...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s no let up in your fantastic festive photos and videos as we enter the final laps of the race to...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...
12 December 2020
From: Features

The coronavirus pandemic has somewhat eclipsed Brexit this year – which is no mean feat. Cast your mind back to pre-Covid...
12 December 2020
From: Features

A prominent London agency says cash buyers are securing substantial discounts in prime areas of the capital. The biggest cash discount currently...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

First off, hello and welcome to this new series – appearing in Estate Agent Today’s Breaking News section each month –...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The sales market is currently strong but the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a warning about a slowdown next...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low, according to a new report by academics. The...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Another day, another house price record as the bull market continues. The latest Halifax index shows prices surging 7.6 per cent to...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Put the pandemic on the back burner. Forget the freezing weather. Here’s a great way to start a working week -...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

‘Many are in complete denial about the time it takes and still think it’s eight to 10 weeks.’ I won’t tell you...
05 December 2020
From: Features

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content

A new survey of prime London property shows 21 per cent of homes on sale have had their asking prices cut...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

An alarming story has appeared in the mortgage trade press, highlighting an apparent pitfall in the house buying process that has...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Rezi’s integration with Zapier has transformed the way in which estate agents can now save time, money and resource. Agents are...
27 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content

One of the highest profile figures in the agency industry - and a past critic of Purplebricks - has come out as a vociferous...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

We’re just a few days from December so why not get into the festive spirit a little early and get some...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Moving home is emotionally fraught. Buyers and sellers will get upset and unfortunately some people will take it out on you....
25 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content

What’s the happiest place in Britain? Rightmove has the answer. In a new ‘Happy At Home’ index calculated by the portal and...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents anxious to know if they will receive a payout from their Business Interruption Insurance will have to wait still longer...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Countrywide’s two up-market brands, Hamptons International, has unveiled a new look which it describes as part of “a transformational...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

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

Tenants, landlords, agents, and house buyers all breathed a sigh of relief on Halloween when the government announced that home moves...
21 November 2020
From: Features

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Asking prices are down for the first time in many months. It’s a small drop - an average of 0.5 per cent...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to your regular Friday charity round-up from the industry - appropriately enough on the day of the latest...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A relaunched home buying service says it wants to partner with agents to unlock sales if the housing market deteriorates. The service...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Firstly, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Lockdown 2, as it’s being known, is now with us, but fortunately...
07 November 2020
From: Features

The Business Interruption Insurance saga, involving hundreds of agencies awaiting pay-outs on policies, enters its next and final stage later this month. An...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Buyers in around 30 per cent of English cities are almost certainly already too late to complete a purchase by March 31...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Advanced information released today about Boomin suggests it will seek a much closer relationship with agents than existing portals, with lifetime...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has issued a statement to its shareholders saying it’s ‘never been more relevant’. However, the expected radical change to its fees structure appears...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A London agency says it's discovered the five key priorities that buyers want, following a survey of its own database. “Lockdown and...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

An extensive culling of branches and staff continues apace at Countrywide as it significantly reduces the size of both its office...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...
27 October 2020
From: Recruitment & Business Matters

Here is a quick read focusing on 5 things you can check your business is doing while on your tea break....
27 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...
27 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

I was asked recently, how can an agent generate more landlord leads? Well that got me thinking, firstly, we have to...
27 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...
27 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...
27 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

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

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

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...
27 October 2020
From: PropTech & Innovation

Yet-to-launch portal Boomin has secured the support of 10 more estate agencies, one of them the national chain Humberts. In its third...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today can reveal that a string of Countrywide offices across the country have been closed in recent weeks - but...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....
24 October 2020
From: Features

In recent years, the extent and role of the private rented sector (PRS) in the housing market has seen significant changes. The...
24 October 2020
From: Features

Delays across the house buying sector mean those wanting to benefit from the stamp duty holiday need to begin the buying...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Some 713 estate agency branches have failed to reopen following the spring lockdown according to a business consultancy. TwentyCi says that is the...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The country producing the largest number of buyers of prime London properties is not China, nor from north America or the...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

When letting agents are preparing to migrate from one piece of client accounting software to another, it can sometimes seem like...
17 October 2020
From: Features

A health business is offering a free support package to estate agencies with between three and 100 employees, to help staff...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform wants to find out agents’ views on a range of industry issues - and that includes whether they...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News

New figures released this morning give weight to calls for the complete scrapping of stamp duty. The dats shows there have been...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A businessman with links to serious criminals has lost his vast investment property empire worth nearly £10m after a National Crime...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News

London’s properties are “over-valued” according to a leading bank. UBS, which has what it calls a Global Real Estate Bubble Index, says...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A North of England estate agency has been acquired in a management buyout. Dowen Estate Agents has eight branches across the North...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind the recommendation of Trading Standards that agents must by law be...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A woman who bought a London house in 2012 is now suing the conveyancers that worked for her at the time...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

As the review of the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group continues, Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager and...
01 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Savills has boosted its forecast for housing transactions this year because the stamp duty holiday has been such a success at...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Are agents swimming upstream against the Electrical Safety Regulations? 3 months on from the introduction of the ‘Electrical Safety Standards in the...
29 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content

One of the country’s major regional agencies has unveiled a ‘super hub’ structure which began life as a lockdown measure but...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that in August, some 13 per cent of properties sold for more than the original asking...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and at the start of another working week, welcome to our regular jobs slot announcing who’s moving where within the...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...
26 September 2020
From: Features

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has encouraged people to complain if they are unhappy about working conditions and thousands of complaints...
26 September 2020
From: Features

Hello and welcome to the latest ADC, your regular Friday round-up of great work being done by agents, suppliers and others...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content

The regional agency group which master-minded the Say No To Rightmove campaign has made a big commitment to the future of...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been criticised for its lack of enforcement of anti-money laundering (AML) legislation so far in...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A highly-experienced former Savills agent has launched his own buying agency focusing on the prime country market in Surrey. The new company,...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News

National property consultancy Carter Jonas has bucked the trend of remote working and closing branches to announce it has secured 12,000...
17 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The result of a test case over Business Interruption Insurance involving agents has been handed down by the High Court. It has...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A tax expert says that there is 'zero likelihood' of the government changing its mind on stamp duty changes for overseas...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...
12 September 2020
From: Features

Hello and welcome to the weekend and that means a charity-fix for all those agents and suppliers doing great fund-raising in these...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading agent says the government’s new Coronavirus clampdown from Monday will push more home owners to sell. Caspar Harvard-Wills, a partner at...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents involved in a test case over their Business Interruption insurance will know the result next Tuesday morning. The test case concluded...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Winkworth has reported an 11 per cent drop in gross revenue and profit plummeting 20.2 per cent in the...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank has launched an auction business to give vendors a wider range of sale options as market uncertainty remains because...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting. After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...
09 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content

At mio, we often have conversations with Estate Agency firms who have a dedicated sales progresser in their team. Whilst there...
09 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Hybrid agency EweMove has outperformed its traditional sister companies within The Property Franchise Group over the past six months. That’s the clear...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The National Association of Estate Agents is inviting members to join a panel reviewing new PropTech produced as a result of...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News

NAEA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a Competitions and Markets Authority investigation into whether consumer protection law has been broken...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...
03 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content

A self-employed agent has gone public to lavish praise on the mentoring scheme which is part of the Agents Together charity. Cameron Carter,...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s good news from the think-tank the Resolution Foundation, which says the threat of negative equity because of the Coronavirus crisis...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Recent speculation that the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad would be playing a reduced role in the housing market has...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...
29 August 2020
From: Features

If yet more proof were needed of the housing boom this summer, NAEA Propertymark says its sales agreed data suggests a...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The stamp duty holiday running until March next year has triggered a surge in interest in UK property from Hong Kong...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents are being advised to operate an appointments-only system if they have offices with only one person on duty during the...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the most prominent companies involved in identifying and treating Japanese Knotweed has recruited a new member of the team...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A home office set up in a dedicated room apparently adds £17,500 to the value of a property. Direct Line Insurance has...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Property raffles are a legal minefield and many are too good to be true, according to a leading lawyer. There has been...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The UK residential activities of high-end agency Savills suffered a 54 per cent reduction in profits and an eight per cent...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm that regularly claims London homes are mis-measured in property descriptions has taken a swipe at Purplebricks. Pupil, a spatial...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks says changes to its fees structure - possibly becoming less reliant on controversial upfront charges - has been delayed until...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the main points I’ve had reinforced to me from agent after agent over the last year of hosting a...
01 August 2020
From: Features

Agents are awaiting the outcome of a test case regarding Business Interruption Insurance, which may determine whether they receive thousands of...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Steve, his name was. Steve, the board man. A rather frightening man, if truth be told. When I started at Foxtons, he used...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a very large rise in the number of complaints submitted by consumers to the Property Redress Scheme. This is partly...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says a study of some 400,000 homes on its portal has revealed that those with a coveted south-facing garden have...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...
28 July 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Home owners in England will be entitled to add up to two storeys to the height of their home via a...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

An eight day court hearing kicks off this morning as the Financial Conduct Authority begins a test case regarding Business Interruption...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank has reported a remarkable set of figures for June showing how the housing market has bounced back with a...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News

At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...
11 July 2020
From: Features

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...
11 July 2020
From: Features

A new study of British agents suggests that buyers with accents from most of the rest of the world receive less...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Have you ever wondered how industry-specific software and property portals have influenced the typical estate agency of today? A new book, which...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of a hybrid agency in London has revealed why he deserted big corporates to create his own company. Rollo...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The property market has been reopen for almost eight weeks now and during that time demand from prospective buyers has soared. Rightmove...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents, Mark Hayward, is to retire at the end of this year. The...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A personnel company wants agents to tell them how much they earn in another anonymous online survey. Rayner Personnel - which recently...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of 2,000 prospective movers by Zoopla shows the vast majority still intent on buying - but younger purchasers’ plans...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News

With the UK housing market now largely open - there are still restrictions in some areas on home moves to occupied properties...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The recommendations to regulate and train the estate agency industry put forward a year ago remain on the Housing Secretary’s desk...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello - Friday already so that means another Agents Do Charity, marking the wonderful work of our industry even in these...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...
20 June 2020
From: Features

A successful property newspaper has collapsed after one of its former directors turned computer hacker and deliberately deleted over 5,000 files...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has set out strategy suggestions for independent agents facing steep portal bills. A 10-page document reveals...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Chris Pincher has now been named in media investigations into allegations concerning his political boss, Robert Jenrick, and the...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Back in the day, party politics and the private rental sector used to be straightforward. Conservatives were pro-landlord, Labour were pro-tenant, while...
13 June 2020
From: Features

More details have been released about a test case being brought by the Financial Conduct Authority about the ongoing Business Interruption...
11 June 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...
10 June 2020
From: Features

The managing director of a Winkworth branch is threatening to report a senior member of a nearby Countrywide office to the...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...
06 June 2020
From: Features

How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...
06 June 2020
From: Features

Now that it’s June it’s officially summer (as if we didn’t realise that from the sudden drop in temperatures). With good...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Rupert and Annabel Wakley - both long-time stalwarts of Knight Frank’s country department - have moved over to the rival Jackson-Stops...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, and there is a great deal of positive things to be said about a...
30 May 2020
From: Features

A mystery group, believed to consist of high-level former agents and suppliers, is asking the industry for its feedback on current...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - accused by some of breaking the lockdown some weeks ago - is now in more hot...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A digital ‘members-only club’ for property professionals around the world has slashed its prices nine months after launching. The Eighth Door is...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Letting agents up and down the country have undoubtedly felt the financial strain added by the outbreak of COVID19. Whilst this will continue,...
26 May 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Many of the leading advocates of the self-employed estate agent business model have talked about why many want new recruits with...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The Chancellor has revealed how he will wean businesses off the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme - meaning that agencies and suppliers...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...
23 May 2020
From: Features
During March, the coronavirus pandemic put the brakes on the property market with an enforced period of shutdown. However, almost two...
21 May 2020
From: Sponsored Content

As last Friday was the VE Day Anniversary bank holiday we have a bumper bundle of fund-raising activities to report on...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Over the past few weeks, estate agents have been forced to close high street branches and adapt to working from home,...
14 May 2020
From: Sponsored Content

An estate agent has reopened his High Street office to the public with social distancing and other safety measures in place. It’s...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has added its weight to the campaign asking the government to allow agents to get back to work - and...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove, Zoopla and even OnTheMarket could make money even if they did not charge agents anything at all to list properties....
29 April 2020
From: Breaking News

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...
25 April 2020
From: Features

A property law firm is the latest to back a call for a stamp duty holiday to help kick-start the housing...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello - yes it’s Friday in case you lost track, and that means it’s Agents Do Charity day: and once again...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News
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Aside from the obvious health crisis, the current pandemic is proving difficult for the business worldwide. However, despite the increasing contact...
22 April 2020
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A regional agency has thrown its weight behind an independent report which says estate and lettings agents could lead the economy...
22 April 2020
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The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...
21 April 2020
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Another west country tourist hotspot looks set to ban any future new-build home being sold as a holiday or additional property. Bigbury...
21 April 2020
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Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...
20 April 2020
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If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...
18 April 2020
From: Features

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

A trade body has reported some council search departments to the government for refusing to provide email details and forcing search...
16 April 2020
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Some estate agents are now receiving small business grants from the government, according to the Guild of Property Professionals. Guild chief executive...
15 April 2020
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Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...
14 April 2020
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11 April 2020
From: Features

On April 4, EAT published a piece titled: ‘It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post corona-virus’. To me, this...
08 April 2020
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An estate agency has been targeted by scammers who leave fake reviews if they haven’t been given a pay-off. Minors & Brady...
06 April 2020
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Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where...
06 April 2020
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The latest market forecast comes from Knight Frank which says that by the end of the year there will have been...
06 April 2020
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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 a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...
04 April 2020
From: Features

Based on our historical data over twenty years of nationwide operation and a survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, we estimate...
04 April 2020
From: Features

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times. If you have any appropriate advice you...
03 April 2020
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Staff and senior management at a large franchise company running a string of major High Street agency brands are taking voluntary...
02 April 2020
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Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...
02 April 2020
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Late last year a buying agent at Stacks Property Search and Acquisition set up a village Good Neighbour Scheme with her...
01 April 2020
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Can any agency beat Knight Frank for a brilliant collection of selfless work? We doubt it, as the agency has provided...
01 April 2020
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It seems an eternity ago but the housing market in February - that’s only last month - was in rude health...
31 March 2020
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The advantage given to overseas buyers when Sterling weakened during the long-running Brexit saga has returned with the arrival of the...
27 March 2020
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An international comparison of how major portals have discounted their charges to agents show Rightmove and Zoopla making “deeper and longer...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A video interview released this morning features the experiences of eight agents who have quit Rightmove in the past two years,...
23 March 2020
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The two major portals have unveiled their discounts and deals for agents facing a dramatic loss of business because of the...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A free-to-list property portal is warning the estate agency industry that it’s facing “dark days” thanks to the Coronavirus crisis and...
20 March 2020
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There’s been widespread outrage amongst agents at Rightmove’s offer to allow some agents a deferred payment scheme operating for just three...
19 March 2020
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Hello and as it’s Monday it’s PJT Day - and there are plenty of people moving jobs in our industry even...
16 March 2020
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The stamp duty surcharge for non-resident investment buyers announced in yesterday’s Budget is dwarfed by discounts they receive thanks to the...
12 March 2020
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With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...
11 March 2020
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LSL Property Services says the Coronavirus crisis has led to a softening of "lead sales indicators" - and it warns of...
10 March 2020
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Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year - a significantly higher figure than 12...
06 March 2020
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The head of a firm that has been creating digital property log books for well over a decade says the house-moving...
06 March 2020
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Hello and because it’s Friday there are two pieces of good news: it’s nearly the weekend and it’s the day for...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Increasing numbers of reports suggest that the government will use next week’s Budget to confirm a three per cent stamp duty...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News

By now, most letting agents and landlords will have heard about the draft legislation laid in Parliament concerning a mandatory minimum...
04 March 2020
From: Features

A survey suggests that 77 per cent of first time buyers do not purchase their initial property in the same town...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents and senior industry figures fear Coronavirus may derail the strong start to the 2020 housing market. One of the country’s leading...
02 March 2020
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House prices have risen 2.3 per cent in the past year - the strongest rate of inflation for property since July...
02 March 2020
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Rightmove has released another stonking set of results - but there are signs that some agents are defecting from the ever-more-expensive...
28 February 2020
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The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...
28 February 2020
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New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents show a big surge in demand despite the winter weather since the...
27 February 2020
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Buyers and sellers using online estate agencies could inadvertently sign contracts if they carelessly use email signature blocks. Blocks are the ‘auto-signatures’...
26 February 2020
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Both Countrywide and LSL Property Services have submitted early online paperwork to The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, an independent body...
26 February 2020
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What an interesting few days it’s been. I don’t think the topic of this week’s column is doing anything good for our...
26 February 2020
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Another westcountry town may ban new-build homes being sold as holiday properties, even though the idea has backfired elsewhere. Fowey in Cornwall -...
26 February 2020
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An estate agent who has himself made the move from the High Street to a hybrid operation has urged anyone in...
25 February 2020
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Boydens, a seven branch family-owned business that dates back to 1852, has become the latest agency to join Zoopla. It will list...
24 February 2020
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There’s something of a conspiracy of silence over the problem of short lets. That is a stark claim but many siren voices...
22 February 2020
From: Features

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...
22 February 2020
From: Features

Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...
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
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It’s been revealed that the branch closure programme by Your Move and Reeds Rains last year resulted in 460 lost jobs...
20 February 2020
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A legal challenge by HM Revenue and Customs has stopped a bid to secure a stamp duty discount on a property. The...
20 February 2020
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The new housing minister is Christopher Pincher, who for the past decade has been Conservative MP for Tamworth having had a...
14 February 2020
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Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the end of the week, which always means a round-up of our industry’s good work for charity....
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...
06 February 2020
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It’s just over a week to Valentine’s Day and we’re delighted to see that at least one agent is in an...
06 February 2020
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The ‘on-demand’ economy is reshaping our world. The way we order food, get around, and even access healthcare has changed irreversibly...
05 February 2020
From: Features

“It appears conveyancers either aren’t too concerned with PropTech right now, or they don’t yet have all the information needed to...
05 February 2020
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A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...
04 February 2020
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After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...
01 February 2020
From: Features

Hello and welcome to the last day of January, Brexit Day and - perhaps most importantly - the latest edition of...
31 January 2020
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London-focussed high end agency Chestertons says it’s on the hunt for acquisitions after posting what it describes as a “record performance”...
30 January 2020
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The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today for its monthly decision on whether the move base rate - and...
30 January 2020
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Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...
29 January 2020
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It’s been reported that two founders of an estate agency at Leigh in Greater Manchester have been banned until 2025 after...
28 January 2020
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Hello - if it’s Monday it’s PJT day, so welcome to the latest update on key moves within our industry. Let us...
27 January 2020
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The high-end estate agent who has quit his post after being found to have posted pictures of clients’ houses on Instagram...
23 January 2020
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The annual conference of the National Association of Estate Agents takes place on February 27 - the date when the future...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News

HM Land Registry appears to be making painfully slow progress on digitising land charge search data - contrary to its earlier...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...
15 January 2020
From: Features

Zoopla has revealed large growth in agency membership and visitor figures for 2019. Since being bought by US equity firm Silver Lake,...
15 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The total value of the UK’s housing stock hit £7.39 trillion in 2019, a new record high. The claim, in an analysis...
15 January 2020
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A hybrid estate agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched says it aims to recruit 25 agents...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the first PJT of 2020 - a new decade and, for many, a time of new opportunities. We’re always...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a long-term trend of growing numbers of Londoners quitting the capital to afford a home elsewhere - and typically...
13 January 2020
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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

Government figures suggest that the number of second homes in the UK has dropped two per cent in the eight year...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News

House price growth in the past decade was at its weakest for 30 years - and despite that it remains though...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Nicky Stevenson, formerly the managing director of the Property Academy, has quit hybrid agency Keller Williams UK after just eight months. Stevenson’s...
07 January 2020
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Chancellors Estate Agents is next month opening its newest branch in Swindon - the first time the company has operated in...
07 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...
04 January 2020
From: Features

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

The year just ending was when the North-South divide in house prices and capital appreciation slammed into reverse gear according to...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of residential sales rose 1.9 per cent to 102,050 in November compared to the same month last year, the...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Zoopla is launching a new eight week marketing campaign on Boxing Day - and Estate Agent Today has an exclusive look at...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Today, with the festive break around the corner, we have another video from an agent - but this one is distinctly...
23 December 2019
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A former residential chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has posed key questions for the government to answer over...
20 December 2019
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A major regional estate agency is expanding with another physical office because it says the traditional High Street business model delivers...
18 December 2019
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The National Association of Estate Agents has given its analysis of 2019 - and it may have been a better year...
18 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Outsourcing important business functions such as marketing, HR and IT to attract cost savings, leverage expertise and gain greater competitive advantage is...
14 December 2019
From: Features

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

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

Foxtons is reported to have closed four more branches across London, backing up widespread industry speculation that the agency is retrenching further in...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket’s TV advert, promoting its ‘New & exclusive’ feature, will be back on screens from Boxing Day ahead of what it calls a...
11 December 2019
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Christmas gets ever closer and we’re delighted that you’re sending in those splendid festive videos and still photographs. Everyone today got in...
10 December 2019
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Hello and welcome to PJT: even with little more than a fortnight before Christmas it seems there are still plenty of...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...
07 December 2019
From: Features

You are an enterprising lot! Today we’ve got two fantastic Christmas videos from agents who’ve kindly responded to our call for...
04 December 2019
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The man who founded Zoopla is now a second hand car salesman - but with a digital difference. Alex Chesterman, who founded...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Hinkins and I’m a Sales Consultant...
02 December 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

Property voyeurism and the festive season have long been bedfellows for many Brits. The heady combination of over-indulgence and regret, close proximity...
30 November 2019
From: Features

House prices increased 0.5 per cent in November, which was the strongest monthly rise since April according to the Nationwide. However, annual...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A new digital ‘members-only club’ is being launched for property professionals around the world. The Eighth Door is a web and app-based...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

He portrays himself as a scourge of the Remoaner elite and a champion of the people, but when it comes to...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents continues to show how political uncertainty is dampening sentiment and...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Recent Zoopla reports stating that first-time buyers are deciding against purchasing one-bedroom flats came as no surprise to me, or I’m...
23 November 2019
From: Features

A conveyancing company has thrown its weight behind reforms to surveys outlined by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. As Estate Agent Today...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Last week, it was announced that Plentific, the London-based tenant experience, has raised $32 million in Series B funding. Plentific’s model sees...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Troubled London estate agency Foxtons says it has rewritten its remuneration policy for its senior management following a shareholder revolt at...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company that monitors search times for transactions says only just over two thirds of them are now completed in...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has struck an innovative eight-year exclusivity agreement with Dacres, the 20 office estate agency network based in Yorkshire, to deliver...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

If you haven’t noticed, it’s November already - a month where it’s increasingly popular for men to grow moustaches for charity....
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Ashleigh Thwaites, Branch Manager at Emersons Green, Taylors shares how mio has transformed her approach to sales progression by making it...
04 November 2019
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OnTheMarket will on Wednesday of this week issue over a million shares to agents who have signed new long-term listing agreements...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The phrase ‘death of the high street’ can be found in nearly any publication in any given week. And for fair...
02 November 2019
From: Features

Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Foxtons' latest trading statement shows another fall in sales revenue - but this time lettings income is down too. In an announcement...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents and property industry figures have given a clear message to the government six weeks ahead of the General Election -...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Almost inevitably on Halloween, there’s a report today on the horror stories that deter buyers - but it may well be...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Thanks a lot - or should that be fangs so much? - for sending in photographs of your brilliantly decorated offices...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - no surprises there. And it’s not...
29 October 2019
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Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the most high profile estate agencies in the Republic of Ireland says it may re-enter the UK market after...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

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

One of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or freelance agents operating under the same...
24 October 2019
From: Breaking News

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

First details have emerged of the information vendors may have to provide up-front In future transactions if government house buying reforms...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has unveiled new functionality that it claims will make searching for new homes easier for consumers - and resumes the...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Since I started working with Zero Deposit for me the market leader in deposit replacement alternatives, the most common question I am...
19 October 2019
From: Features

Agents have expressed quiet optimism that the market may be over the worst as it continues to show resilience in the...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Upad, the national online letting agent set up by entrepreneur James Davis has announced that it is “closed to new business”...
15 October 2019
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There has been a surprise, but small, increase in the market share of online estate agents according to the latest survey. Business...
15 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Consumer demand for new build homes has dropped to a six-year low, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). The organisation's House...
09 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Three key industry organisations have endorsed a best practice guide for the controversial Modern Method of Auction. The iamsold guide is aimed at...
03 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A growing free-to-list property portal says there's never been a better time for estate agents to target foreign investors. Residential People, which,...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks - which is at the centre of a string of controversies - has joined the growing campaign for stamp duty...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Briefings from the Conservative Party to The Sun newspaper suggest that the party will this week announce further relaxation in planning...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Stamp duty won’t take centre stage at the Conservative Party conference - that’ll be Brexit, quelle surprise. But if the government...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News

When Jasmine Fakir moved from her home in Brent, north London, to look after her ill mother she certainly did not...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News

As an agent, it’s part of your role to protect and advise your clients throughout the buying and selling process. Mortgages are...
26 September 2019
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The price premium paid by purchasers for a freehold property rather than a leasehold is at its highest for eight years. An...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...
21 September 2019
From: Features

HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that the original Emoov online agency has been fined for breaches of money laundering regulations. HMRC...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A report by the influential Public Accounts committee of MPs has been highly sceptical of the effectiveness of Help To Buy. It...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The new housing minister has admitted that her party has tried to “put a lid” on house price rises and has...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A pessimistic set of figures on asking prices, transaction volumes and stock levels culminates in Rightmove urging vendors to be willing...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Our first wonderful fund-raising agents this week are walking over hot coals - now that’s a dare for you. But you don’t...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Winkworth’s trading statement for the first half of 2019 show the company’s revenue and pre-tax profit both dipping slightly - but...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A survey claims that millions of potential sellers would use online estate agents - and bizarrely, this includes an online agency...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Hunters says its branch network has now hit 200 following a spate of acquisitions in the first half of...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

High end agency Knight Frank says prices in prime central London have fallen again - although the 4.4 per cent drop...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Professional client account solutions for modern letting agents Letting agents will need to come up with new ways to manage client money...
05 September 2019
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Whinge. Moan. Lead quality. Crap market. Decision procrastination. Fee pressure. Bloody competitors. Especially Purplebricks. Brexit, of course, Brexit... These are just some...
05 September 2019
From: Features

No less than 56 per cent of properties across the UK are in areas that are affordable for first time buyers...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

I think I speak for most people when I say that we are not currently where we thought we would be...
31 August 2019
From: Features

An independent estate agency says a No Deal Brexit will prompt a “feeding frenzy” of foreign buyers who are already “piling...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Essential Information Group reports that the number of auctions held in the UK in July was just 107. This was 21...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Guardian has revealed that small investors lured into putting money into TV property guru Kevin McCloud’s eco-friendly housing projects -...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...
24 August 2019
From: Features

The former Countrywide chief executive Grenville Turner says it is an option for online estate agency Yopa to go to an...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The international estate agency Engel & Volkers is closing its single prime central London office - despite past claims that sales...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s blog suggests that pro-standard photos can increase enquiries by up to four times, but how do you make great photos? You...
21 August 2019
From: Features

The typical new real estate agency forms when an entrepreneurial high performer quits their job at a leading chain and sets...
17 August 2019
From: Features
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A London council admits that it typically takes 50 working days for a search - which means a Local Land Charge...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News

With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...
10 August 2019
From: Features

House prices fell unexpectedly for the second month in a row in July according to the Halifax - but the mortgage...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that last month’s optimistic assessment of the housing market has...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading figure in urban design is urging new Prime Minister Boris Johnson to stand up for the pioneering space standards...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Rising house prices and the gender pay gap means that there is no English region where a single woman on median...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has thrown its weight behind the proposals for a new single industry-wide regulator taking on the roles of Trading Standards...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Outsourced viewings firm Viewber now handles viewings for more than 50 per cent of all UK auctioneers. The claim is from Essential...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...
03 August 2019
From: Features

If you’d asked me at the start of the year how I thought the political landscape might look now, I wouldn’t...
03 August 2019
From: Features

It’s another Friday so it’s another Agents Do Charity - of course! It’s August and the height of the holidays but as...
02 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Seemingly-endless uncertainty over Brexit and now speculation over whether there will be an easing of stamp duty on transactions is making...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Connells Group has this morning announced a profits dip for the first six months of the year. Its pre-tax profits were £26.2m...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services, parent firm of Your Move and Reeds Rains, says the company’s branch closure programme was a success with profits...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...
29 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new Property Jobs Today column, bringing you the industry’s...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News

British homes have increased in value by an average of £11 per day since the beginning of the year, but with...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Data from UK Finance, which represents most of the country’s lenders, shows that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in...
25 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government is the relatively unknown Robert Jenrick - but his new housing...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s most respected agents has advised the agency industry to treat Boris Johnson’s pledges with real caution. Black Brick buying...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

London and South East England are to see house price falls this year and only “very modest” growth in 2020 -...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...
23 July 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s more ammunition today for those agents who argue that equity release stops people moving and thus cuts the number of...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A recent study has revealed what the biggest moving home fails are in the UK, including damaged furniture, scratched walls and...
18 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your Monday catch-up on all the key appointments news in the industry. Please...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A new website devoted solely to prime off-market properties is looking for agents who will use it to find buyers seeking...
10 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...
06 July 2019
From: Features

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...
03 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content

This week, I want to take a look at the Israeli startup, Venn, an urban revitalisation firm which has recently received...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News

– use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...
01 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Hello and welcome to both this week’s PJT and welcome to July. It may be summer and Wimbledon time, but there’s no...