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![Agents Do Charity - an 'egg-cellent' week for fundraising](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![The property industry must pull together to stop from falling apart, industry report reveals](/upload/images/4%20shutterstock_1325564924.jpg)
Now more than ever, property professionals across the sector need to pull together and collaborate more closely to make business gains,...
15 July 2023
From: Features
![Developer launches webinar series aimed at helping homebuyers](/upload/images/shutterstock_1692360436.jpg)
Savills and OnTheMarket are among property brands set to deliver a webinar next week aimed at helping buyers to understand what...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark unveils heavyweight panel for industry conference](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
Propertymark has released details of a panel featuring several industry heavyweights at its much anticipated conference in June. Founder of emoov-turned-property-pundit and...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Estate agency is about more than commission - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
Estate agency should be about more than just earning a commission, senior property leaders have said. The issue of commission was discussed...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Don’t rely on Rightmove to sell homes, agents told](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertyFind1-400x310.png)
The way to sell a property has changed and agents shouldn’t rely on just listing on Rightmove, senior property leaders have...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Industry figures acquire agency network](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
The Relocation Agent Network (RAN) has been sold to a company featuring respected estate agency industry figures. RAN’s owner Dwellworks has completed...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Estate Agency 2023: Who will win and who will lose](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss estate agency in 2023. Who is embracing technology, and how...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency duo combine to take ownership of London branch](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/LondonPropertySector-400x310.png)
Two members of Ellis & Co’s Mill Hill team have joined forces to takeover the office following the death of its...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Forced into a corner with your CRM?](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/ReapIT/Image%201.jpg)
Choosing the right technology platform for your agency is hard. Getting it wrong is easy. The last thing you need is to...
06 September 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Natter – why is the property market joining the podcast party?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
If there’s one thing that received a boost as a result of Covid and lockdowns, it’s podcasts – which reached whole...
16 July 2022
From: Features
![Winkworth office plans sales boost after moving to new owner](/upload/images/Logos/Winkworth-logo400x310.png)
Winkworth Shepherd’s Bush has passed to new owners in the latest example of succession planning at the franchise agency network. Its former owner,...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - fundraising exploits continue to bloom](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
Agents were busy marking the Platinum Jubilee over the past week but there was still time for fundraising exploits including tree-planting...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency franchisees given chance to earn shares by joining Boomin](/upload/images/library/Boomin-Logo-400x310.jpg)
Agency franchisees with brands such as Hunters, Martin & Co, Belvoir and EasyProperty are being given the chance to sign up...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![The Property Franchise Group plans more agency acquisitions](/upload/images/library/MergersAcquisitions-400x310.jpg)
The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) is planning more acquisitions after a busy 2021 for buying-up agencies. The umbrella property brand, which incorporates...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![The Property Franchise Group hits records revenues](/upload/images/Logos/PropertyFranch-2018-Logo-400x310.jpg)
The Property Franchise Group has reported record like-for-like revenue for 2021. The umbrella property brand, which incorporates well-known names such as EweMove,...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Outstanding year for EweMove hybrid agency as parent firm booms](/upload/images/library/EweMove-Logo-400x310.jpg)
Hybrid agency EweMove - which has a mix of working-from-home agents and High Street branches - has had an outstanding year...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Are reservation agreements the future of agency? These agents think so!](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyInformationKeys-400x310.jpg)
You’ve heard me bang on about the wonder of reservation agreements for some time now, but it’s definitely the case that...
11 December 2021
From: Features
![Business boost for EweMove, Martin & Co and other TPFG brands](/upload/images/Logos/PropertyFranch-2018-Logo-400x310.jpg)
The Property Franchise Group, the agency industry’s largest franchise operation, has reported strong performance in recent months. Chief executive Gareth Samples has...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - how agencies rank for SEO and Google searches](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropertySearch-7-400x310.jpg)
An online intelligence platform has started ranking agencies in terms of their SEO and Google searches. The platform - Industry Alerts, which...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today - the importance of additional revenue streams for agents](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
I recently took part in a webinar hosted by ICG (The Innovation Collaboration Group) – titled ‘New estate agency revenue streams...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Purplebricks staff set up new agency and reveal big expansion](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/open-image400x310.png)
The self-employed partnership known as The Agency UK - founded by three refugees from Purplebricks - has announced a major expansion. The...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![TPFG announces record interim results, boosted by Hunters acquisition](/upload/images/Logos/PropertyFranch-2018-Logo-400x310.jpg)
The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) – the umbrella property brand which incorporates well-known names such as EweMove, Ellis & Co, Martin...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![EweMove on track to double in size by the end of next year](/upload/images/Logos/EweMove-Logo-400x310.jpg)
Hybrid agency EweMove has continued growing with the sale of 37 new territories in the first six months of the year...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - Inclusion, fund-raising and giving…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello, and we’re at the start of a long weekend - and as the weather (finally) improves, perhaps that’s the opportunity...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![In Conversation Today – ‘I've always believed agents should be regulated’](/img/default/eat.png)
In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Furlough funding refunded to government by major agency group](/img/default/eat.png)
Another major agency group has agreed to repay substantial sums it claimed under the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, introduced to...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Bigger senior management team named at The Property Franchise Group](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Franchise Group, which earlier this year completed a buy out of franchise rival Hunters, has expanded its senior management...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Takeover fever continues as biggest agencies seal deals](/img/default/eat.png)
The extraordinary consolidation in the estate agency industry continues apace today with two of the biggest deals reaching critical points. Firstly Hunters’...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lifesycle reinvents matching, registrations and viewing feedback](/img/default/eat.png)
Fundamental changes to the way in which agents can work were shown at the online launch of Lifesycle 2 by Iceberg...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - Key challenges to agency businesses in 2021](/img/default/eat.png)
Fixflo’s webinar on February 9 saw an industry panel debate 2021’s threats and opportunities for letting agents. The panel discussed a range...
20 February 2021
From: Features
![Boomin pledges ‘highly memorable’ TV ads as launch date nears](/img/default/eat.png)
Boomin, created by Michael and Kenny Bruce, promises “highly memorable and engaging” TV and radio ads at its launch in the near...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – will 2021 be the year of the merger?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Franchise Mega Agency - Hunters and TPFG talk for another week](/img/default/eat.png)
Talks continue between The Property Franchise Group and Hunters with both companies agreeing a new deadline of next Friday, January 29. Just...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tier 5 Lockdown - will housing market remain open?](/img/default/eat.png)
The government is considering stricter tier structures for the coming weeks as the number of Coronavirus infections continues to rise. There is...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Should agents scrap viewings in Tier 4 areas? This one has...](/img/default/eat.png)
An agency operating in the new Tier 4 area has abandoned viewings and visits to homes until New Year, even though the...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Takeover: Hunters gives January 1 deadline to Property Franchise Group](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Franchise Group has approached Hunters about a possible takeover. Confirmation came this morning in a statement from Hunters, which you can...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - heartwarming festive fund-raising galore…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello, and if it’s Friday it can only mean Charity day as we celebrate the industry’s continuing fund-raising despite challenges from...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Ewe interested? Hybrid aims to double in size by late 2022](/img/default/eat.png)
High profile franchise hybrid agency EweMove has announced ambitious plans to double agent numbers within two years. The firm - which has...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity … on Children In Need day…](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Boomin signs up hundreds of new franchise branches](/img/default/eat.png)
The six brands that make up The Property Franchise Group are the latest signings for yet-to-launch portal Boomin. TPFG’s brands are national...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Covid employment advice service set up by Propertymark](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark has teamed up with an employment and health and safety specialist to establish a service for member agents with Coronavirus-related...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Safety in agents’ offices: understanding the law on whistleblowing](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Safety first: five-step risk assessment for agents’ offices](/img/default/eat.png)
With the high street open again, and the Chancellor’s temporary stamp duty holiday helping to stimulate the market, estate and letting...
19 September 2020
From: Features
![Hybrid agency outpaces High Street brands, company results show](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Hybrid EweMove outshines traditional agencies, suggests parent firm](/img/default/eat.png)
The EweMove hybrid agency has been singled out for special praise in a trading statement from its parent company, which also...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Franchise group revenue hit by 20% because of virus lockdown](/img/default/eat.png)
Revenue for The Property Franchise Group was hit by 20 per cent cent thanks for the lockdown - but sales listings...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![EweMove, Martin & Co and other franchises using PropTech to reopen](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Franchise Group - parent company of six agency brands including EweMove and Martin & Co - says all of...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - lockdown love for fund-raising knows no bounds…](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Voluntary pay cut taken by agencies’ senior management](/img/default/eat.png)
Staff and senior management at a large franchise company running a string of major High Street agency brands are taking voluntary...
02 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![How To Furlough - a key way to keep staff as we're Conquering Corona](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Surveyors’ firm wound-up after lying to clients over success rate](/img/default/eat.png)
A surveyors’ firm has been wound up after courts declared that it had misled clients over the success of its core...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - as we’re gathering around the tree…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity’s final edition before this Christmas and the New Year. It’s been a terrific year for...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![No mention of EweMove performance in latest TPFG trading statement](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Franchise Group has issued a trading statement that is upbeat on lettings but warns that the sales market has...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - your Monday fix of who’s moving where](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Agents Do Charity - let’s stay calm and carry on doing good work](/img/default/eat.png)
In an increasingly aggressive UK right now, it’s worth remembering that most people just want to get along and do good...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - sleeping over and bowling overs…](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Jobs Today - the latest industry movers and shakers…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to both this week’s PJT and welcome to July. It may be summer and Wimbledon time, but there’s no...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - a bumper round-up this week...](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - because last week there was a Bank Holiday, we have a bumper edition...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - don’t count your Easter chickens...](/img/default/eat.png)
With next Friday being Easter, this is the last ADC for a fortnight - so it’s our chance to honour those...
12 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - all the industry’s top moves....](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello, it’s that time of the week again when we look at the latest recruitment and appointment news in the industry. Just...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - this year's final update on new appointments](/img/default/eat.png)
If you thought Christmas Eve meant no more news in terms of industry movers and shakers…well, think again - we’ve one...
24 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Was 2018 Peak PropTech…or is the best yet to come?](/img/default/eat.png)
In the past year it seems every other story has been about PropTech - the big stuff like Purplebricks and the...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Independent agents try to woo developers with PX collaboration](/img/default/eat.png)
The Land & New Homes Network has announced a part exchange and assisted move collaboration with Relocation Agent Network in a...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Japanese Knotweed remains problem for sellers despite recent 'all clear'](/img/default/eat.png)
Japanese Knotweed remains a major problem for a property sale - and that’s despite a recent study suggesting that the growth...
23 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - and it's a bumper week for moves...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our weekly feature on who’s moving where throughout our industry. And it’s...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Another OnTheMarket founding agency returns to list on ZPG's two sites](/img/default/eat.png)
ZPG has announced that it has signed a listings agreement with Chestertons, one of the estate agencies involved in the founding...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - running, cycling, painting and jet-washing...](/img/default/eat.png)
Thanks once again for your contributions to this weekly round-up of agents’ good works; we love covering these stories which show...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![New websites for The Property Franchise Group high street brands](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Franchise Group has launched five new websites, one for each of its high street brands. These are CJ Hole, Ellis & Co,...
14 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![The winners are.... this year's Relocation Agent Network awards](/img/default/eat.png)
Members of the Relocation Agent Network are celebrating after a successful annual awards event in London, combined with keynote conference sessions...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir raises the stakes in Property Franchise Group merger bid](/img/default/eat.png)
Belvoir has revealed that it has won the backing of a minority shareholder in The Property Franchise Group to resume merger...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir reveals wish to merge with Property Franchise Group](/img/default/eat.png)
Belvoir has announced that it has made an approach to The Property Franchise Group regarding a possible merger. In a statement to...
19 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - as the summer holidays start...](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been an undeniably tough year for agents so far and no one can say the industry doesn’t deserve a summer...
21 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Senior agent undeterred by downbeat Halifax house price index](/img/default/eat.png)
Former RICS residential chief Jeremy Leaf says he is not downcast by the latest Halifax house price index which shows prices...
10 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks: nothing divides estate agency more than this](/img/default/eat.png)
Few things provoke argument within the industry more than the online v traditional agency debate - and within that debate, nothing...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents' new homes network to launch lead generation campaign this year](/img/default/eat.png)
A network which helps estate agents win more instructions in the land and new homes sector is launching a lead generation...
27 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![RICS debate urges industry to unite and simplify house buying process](/img/default/eat.png)
A gathering of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has called on the industry to unite and improve the buying and selling process...
26 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices: annual growth tempered by quarterly fall](/img/default/eat.png)
Average house prices in the three months to May were 3.3% higher than in the same period of 2016, according to...
08 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![General election 2017: Facing the UK’s housing crisis](/img/default/eat.png)
Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...
03 June 2017
From: Features
![Down-valuations and asking price cuts spreading, warns broker](/img/default/eat.png)
The director of a respected mortgage broker is warning that market sentiment is changing with more down-valuations from surveyors and some...
09 May 2017
From: Breaking News
!['Optimised websites' are next goal after agency group's winning streak](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Franchise Group says it has seen 13 consecutive years of growth for the five High Street brands within its...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Annual house price inflation at its lowest for four years](/img/default/eat.png)
Average house prices across the UK in the three months to March were only 0.1 per cent higher than in the...
10 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Twelve new EweMove franchises added so far this year](/img/default/eat.png)
Property Franchise Group - formerly known as Martin & Co - has announced that 12 EweMove franchises have been sold in...
05 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Is building homes in factories the solution to the housing crisis?](/img/default/eat.png)
The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...
11 February 2017
From: Features
![House prices cool as Halifax warns 2017 will see a slowdown](/img/default/eat.png)
Annual growth in house prices slowed in January - a taste of things to come in 2017 according to the house...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![100-plus branches to return to Zoopla in new franchise deal](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate Agent Today has been told that a deal between the Property Franchise Group and ZPG - the new name for...
07 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid will be 'fast-growing challenger brand' says agency chief](/img/default/eat.png)
Hybrid agency EweMove is rapidly expanding its network footprint this year and will be a “challenger brand” deliberately designed to be...
03 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices in the East head north on demand from the South](/img/default/eat.png)
The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...
28 January 2017
From: Features
![New homes agency group speaks up for Garden Village plans](/img/default/eat.png)
A new body set up to forge links between developers and estate agents has spoken up in favour of the government’s...
05 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Happy New Year from Estate Agent Today - this is what's in store...](/img/default/eat.png)
This is the final Estate Agent Today until Tuesday January 3 2017, so everyone at Angels Media sends all good wishes for...
30 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![House prices could rise 4% in 2017 but transactions will drop - Halifax](/img/default/eat.png)
The Halifax says house prices across the UK will rise between 1.0 and 4.0 per cent in the next 12 months...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![What next for property in 2017?](/img/default/eat.png)
Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...
17 December 2016
From: Features
![Latest index confirms trend that house price growth will slow in 2017](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest index from the Halifax shows that prices in the three months to November were 0.8 per cent higher than...
08 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Transactions and prices are softening, warns the Halifax](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices in the three months to late October were on average 5.2 per cent higher than over the same period...
08 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agency bucks London slump with new office ahead of rebrand](/img/default/eat.png)
The eventual rebrand of former independent agency W A Ellis is set to be completed next year following the opening of...
19 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Low stock and declining transactions but prices holding up says Halifax](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices fell a negligible 0.1 per cent in the three months to September as compared to the previous quarter, but...
10 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![House prices dip in August but remain 6.9% up over the full year](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices dipped 0.2 per cent last month but remain 0.7 per cent higher than three months ago and a full...
08 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - as we head into autumn (ugh...)](/img/default/eat.png)
Schools going back, final Bank Holiday over until Christmas, and agents returning from their summer breaks. It can only mean September. But...