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Agents and property professionals haven't let the mini-heatwave stop them sweating and stepping up for charity. Here are some of the sector's...

If a picture paints a thousand words, then compelling videos paint an entire book. Whereas photos and text can only show...

There are some inspiring examples of agents and property professionals raising money for all-important children's charities this week. Remember, if you have...

Agent marketing platform Growth Track has rebranded with a new offering aiming to save firm’s money and boost their digital presence. Now...

A housing analyst has urged buyers to look beyond average prices. Kate Faulkner, founder of Propertychecklists.co.uk, said she is on a mission...

Agents were busy marking the Platinum Jubilee over the past week but there was still time for fundraising exploits including tree-planting...

Zoopla is piloting a new data migration tool to quickly transfer agent data from its Jupix to Alto software brand in just...

House price growth may be slowing but there is still plenty of movement in the property jobs market. Here are some of...

For years, the issue of phone etiquette created tension between estate agents and the legal profession, the former claiming lawyers won’t...

Agents and property professionals are travelling far and wide to raise money for charity, plus there is a new way to...

Many agents will remember the nerves and jubilation of their first property sale. Estate Agent Today has launched a new video series...

Agents have been getting active in recent weeks to raise money for Ukrainian refugees. Fundraising activities range from office-based collections and referencing challenges...

Referral fees, lack of trust and too much email have been identified as barriers to greater collaboration between conveyancers and estate...

Fundraising efforts featuring bikes, boats and James Bond all feature in this week's edition of Agents Do Charity. Remember, if you have...

Speedy property sales may not be as good as they seem, an industry figure has warned. Recent figures released by Rightmove indicate...

In this guest piece, the team at Iceberg Digital set out the benefits of Lifesycle 3, which is to appear this autumn. Perfect...

Many agents will remember the nerves and jubilation of their first property sale. Estate Agent Today has launched a new video series...

In this guest piece, Colum Smith, a property expert at law firm Taylor Rose MW, sets out why speedier transactions could...

Fundraising frolics by agents and property professionals this week include bike rides and triathlon challenges, plus the charity award season returns. Remember,...

You can tell that spring is in the air as this week's Agents Do Charity is full of outdoor fundraising pursuits...

The property recruitment market seems to be moving as fast as house prices. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

Zoopla has launched a new tool that promises to speed up and improve how agents receive leads. The portal previously sent leads...

In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...

First off, here at EAT we hope everyone enjoyed the Easter celebrations and didn’t eat too much chocolate! Despite the Easter break,...

As amendments to smoke and carbon monoxide alarm legislation loom for rented properties later this year, we look at how inventory...

Spring may be struggling to break through the clouds but agents are continuing to step up for good causes. The humanitarian crisis...

One of the most valuable assets to any company is the data it stores. According to a recent study completed by...

In a new column, solicitor Colum Smith, an expert in combating fraud at Taylor Rose MW Solicitors, explains why those looking...

Hello and welcome to the weekend, and another ADC - our chance to pay tribute to fundraisers throughout our industry. Want to...

These are undeniably darker days as news comes through of a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine - we have the first agency...

We know that agents rely heavily on property software solutions to run their agency, particularly to ease the burden of administrative...

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...

No matter how dark the news, there’s light in our industry thanks to so many agents and suppliers doing good deeds....

It’s feared one of the country’s oldest estate agencies may have entered receivership. The Drew Pearce company of agents and chartered surveyors...

Alexander Siedes, CEO of Homeppl, reveals the top five ways people try and commit tenancy fraud and how to spot and stop...

It may be blowing a gale outside but we’re safe and warm here reading about our industry’s great work for good...

Hello and if it’s Friday, it’s definitely the day for Agents Do Charity. We’re leading up to Valentine’s - a neat opportunity...

Hello and welcome to the latest Agents Do Charity, our weekly round-up of who’s-doing-what-good-deeds in our industry. Want to be involved? Well...

For an unregulated industry, agents have an awful lot of regulations to deal with. For example, there’s the mandatory membership of a...

There’s an ingenious twist to one agency’s fund-raising this week, and EAT readers (along with the wider public) can have a...

In this guest piece, the team at Lifesycle discuss a recent experiment they did with AI and estate agents' data and...

This is our first Property Jobs Today column of 2022 and it’s testimony to how busy our industry is right now...

In this guest feature, James Dilgul, Head of Marketing at Fixflo, the market-leading repairs and maintenance management software provider, looks at how...

Barely three weeks into the new year and we’re already talking about plans to raise tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of...

Imagine a world where you, as an agent, could focus on what you do best. Building and managing relationships, showing properties,...

A law firm is warning that one of the key risks facing that industry this year revolves around professional negligence claims against...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

Vote? Well, whether we have a change of Prime Minister or not, there’s an important vote today - for great charitable...

A warning has gone out to estate agents that “more and more” reports are being filed about cyber attacks on agencies...

Welcome to 2022 and the first Agents Do Charity of the New Year. We’re all learning to live with Covid a little...

Welcome to Christmas week! We have a real cracker of a video for you today thanks to Jodene Schofield, a director at...

With barely more than a week before Christmas, we’re delighted to bring you more heartwarming stories from agents. Despite the difficulties of...

Hello and welcome to our latest fantastic festive display from an agency - this time, Dawsons. The agency’s senior partner Chris Hope...

We have some beautiful agency branch windows to show at the start of this week. Many thanks to Faye Hamer from Choice...

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on all aspects of our lives, but undoubtedly one major negative side effect...

We have a charming Christmas video for readers today, courtesy of Paul Higglesden of the Chatham agency Garratt Anderson & Partners. Thanks...

With tenancy fraud on the rise, landlords are increasingly wary. So, they want to work with agencies who do everything they...

There’s good news for people in Newbury, Berkshire - the Christmas windows at Hillier & Wilson estate agency have now been...

Today we have photographs from another office that’s been persistent - or should that be puss-insistent - in celebrating the festive...

Decorating a branch isn’t the only way an agency can celebrate Christmas, as the ingenious folk at Stonefield Agents in Ayr...

We’re already on December 2 - and what better way to celebrate the countdown to Christmas than by showing off a...

With December just days away we’re receiving more videos and images to entertain the industry in the countdown to Christmas. Today’s is from...

We’re delighted to have received images of another agency’s fantastic - should that be Santa-stic? - Christmas decorations.  These images are from...

Hello and welcome to the latest Agents Do Charity, your weekly opportunity to salute those in our industry doing so much...

A PropTech platform is urging agents to keep in touch with clients on their databases to increase their chances of future...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and even as Christmas approaches there remains plenty to report about people moving...

Boomin has launched a new tool - Chainmaker - which it claims cuts fall throughs and introduces agents to ‘hot buyers’. The software...

It’s Remembrance weekend, and on Sunday at least we fall silent to honour those who gave so much for many generations. When...

Agents are being offered a theoretical £300,000 if they introduce a buyer willing to pay £30m for a mansion on sale in...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget did not ignore Capital Gains Tax after all.   For those selling UK residential property the deadline to file...

In the UK, 3.5 million households — which is over one-third of UK households — are either privately or socially rented,...

PropTech is booming, and its rise was only accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the real estate industry – as...

Buyers are being warned about scams conning people out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. The Law Society of England and Wales...

I’m going to declare upfront that, as an investor, I have a financial interest in the success of MovePal but I also need...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - an opportunity for you to catch up with charity news from...

If there is one thing that modern consumers have come to expect, it’s convenience. As a nation, we’re driven by on-demand...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in our industry. If you have...

We’re building up towards both Christmas and the Awards season right now, and that gives plenty of opportunities for fund raising,...

It’s been revealed that HM Revenue & Customs scours the listings on both Rightmove and Zoopla to assess whether property investors...

Fund-raising takes all sorts of shapes and sizes and this week we have a splendid selection proving that point. Don’t miss out...

The telecoms solutions company behind "Phone-in-a-Phone" (PiP) now brings property professionals the UK's first mobile-only business phone system in an app...

Estate agents, even before Covid-19 reared its ugly head, were flexible, hybrid workers. It is a job that requires a significant...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - another opportunity to see how our industry is doing great work...

Hello and welcome to the first PJT of autumn - an update on who’s moving where right now. Please let us know...

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....

We may be getting an extended summer but agents haven’t just been basking in the heatwave. There has been plenty of goodwill...

The worst of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be firmly in the rear-view mirror as we move into the last quarter...

What estate agency is going to look like in the post-pandemic world, and what the role of the physical branch will...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another edition of good will and cheer generated by the industry’s fund-raising heroes. It’s...

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...

Day in, day out, I see how good estate agents really are.  Whether it’s in my day job on Location, Location, Location...

Spicerhaart - which is increasingly shifting its activities towards agents operating away from traditional branches - is investing more than £6m...

Hello, and here’s the bad news to get it over with - this is the final Bank Holiday weekend before…Christmas. Now that’s...

There’s a lot being said about how the workforce will operate in the post-pandemic world. We’re still largely remote at Homesearch but as...

Hello and welcome to our final Property Jobs Today before the start of autumn - and it’s good to see people...

Awful isn’t it? Where was that sunshine? Well, the clouds have parted when it comes to fund-raising as the industry continues...

Last month it was reported that up to 500,000 people had been ‘pinged’ by the NHS in a week. While the...

Hello and welcome to another round-up of our industry’s wonderful work for good causes. Before we salute this week’s heroes, our usual...

Viewings are in the news right now and with good reason.  As the impact of the stamp duty holiday fades, and transaction...

Even at the height of summer (or the British wet season, as some call it) there are substantial numbers of job...

It’s a great sign of our slow but reassuring return to normality when much-missed fundraising events make a welcome comeback -...

Trust the process: subscribe your landlords and tenants to Task Plans and receive automated prompts when it’s the right time to...

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has proven to be the answer for many problems faced by sectors across...

We’re about to enter August and second half of the Olympic Games - and fund-raising is happening at a Gold medal...

Hello and welcome to another Property Jobs Today, your chance to see the latest moves in our industry. Why not be a...

Boy it’s been hot out there - yet even 30 degrees or more have failed to stifle the enthusiasm of our...

The biggest challenge facing many agents in the current climate is the general shortage of stock, both for sales & lettings. Let’s...

Let it never be said that this column isn’t here to help out agents directly. In this week’s Natter, I speak...

It’s British Grand Prix weekend, one of the big events on the sporting calendar and this year back with a full...

Working in real estate can be incredibly rewarding, but it takes a lot of hard work to be able to succeed...

As the country prepares to cheer on England (can we speak for the other UK nations too?) here’s a look at...

It may be the height of summer but the industry is still super-busy and new appointments continue to come thick and...

There’s no need for excuses if you’re not fund raising for good causes on Saturday evening - tens of millions will...

It’s been another terrific week for good deeds by our industry - so often under-reported but so important for agents and...

Welcome to the start of another week and as the housing market continues at full pelt, so does the movement of...

Hello and welcome to another ADC, the weekly wrap of good work by the industry. You probably know the score by now...

A traditional problem for agents has been ‘tyre kickers’ who come to view a home out of curiosity with little or...

“A hybrid offering, which serves customers of all needs and capabilities, is what we should all be working towards.” Following Aconveyancing opening...

Hello and we’re at the end of another week celebrating all those in our industry who do great work. And this...

An estate agent has been accused of charging prospective clients to view a property. The claim has been made on Twitter by...

A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50% of home movers selected their estate agent because they liked them....

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s on the move. Let us know...

A trade union is demanding that the government ban emails from all employers outside office hours - and it wants emails...

OnTheMarket has announced new functionality in a direct bid to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. The functionality, to go live within the...

We’re only a little over a week away from the Euros, happening at last a year later than scheduled because of...

Hello, and we’re at the start of a long weekend - and as the weather (finally) improves, perhaps that’s the opportunity...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...

A new survey of some 700 estate agency customers show that they want to get traditional services like High Street branches,...

Agents’ views are being sought by Propertymark on how best to improve the housing supply in Northern Ireland. The province’s Department for...

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...

Welcome to another working week and with it, our regular update on appointments and moves within our industry. Please let us know...

Gathering and analysing feedback at all stages in the customer journey is highly important. So, where do we begin? For many estate...

On 28 April 2021, Fixflo ran the first in a series of quarterly legal update webinars with David Smith, Partner at...

Brexit means that the UK’s anti-money laundering laws are no longer governed by the European Union (EU), but any estate agents...

Rightmove is to roll-out two-factor authentication within Rightmove Plus to try to protect agents against attempts by fraudsters to steal leads and...

In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...

Hello and if it’s the end of the week it’s time for Agents Do Charity -  your opportunity to respect all...

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...

You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity as we are on the threshold of May why not get on to the...

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

The TDS annual review 2020 indicates that deposit disputes have remained low over the last year, at around 1%. This is...

I was not surprised when I came across an industry article recently citing that over half of home buyers never visit...

Potential house buyers may be fine with virtual tours during lockdown periods, but as the country opens up, people are going...

Hello and welcome to a sunny Friday and this week’s round-up of the industry’s good works. We’re keen to feature agents and...

Jason Tebb, the ex-Foxtons agent who is now chief executive of OnTheMarket, has given his first in depth public interview since...

It’s Friday so it’s Charity day of course, and today we get to the root of the issue of lockdown easing...

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...

Zoopla has unveiled a subtle rebranding plus new features and functionality - and says it wants to be number one, not...

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...

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

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - and it’s a special look at plans for this year by our own...

Hello, and as we near the first Bank Holiday of the year (and a little light at the end of the...

Normal life still seems far away so there hasn’t been the usual spotlight on a good-news-feeling that comes every year on...

Will Rightmove still be the dominant portal by 2030? Will Boomin really shake up the industry as Purplebricks did before it?...

Welcome to Agents Do Charity, the weekly fund-raising catch up - as ever, even during challenging times, it’s great to see...

Digital channels are essential for agents’ promotion of properties but there is still a key place for print and direct mail...

If it’s Monday, it’s jobs news day on EAT - welcome to the latest update. Want to be featured in our next...

Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...

Rightmove has promised to keep its restrictions on access to Rightmove Plus under review - and says it’s aiming to help...

Hello and welcome to the end of another week - and a step in the right direction towards the easing of...

Agents are up in arms at a Rightmove restriction temporarily preventing access to parts of its listing back-end.  Agents received an email...

The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...

Every estate agency can now sign up for the government’s free Coronavirus workplace testing programme - the deadline is March 31. The...

Hello and welcome to this edition of Property Jobs Today, a chance to catch up with who’s moving where in the...

As a property agent, fancy marketing terminology such as ‘omnichannel’ might not hold too much interest for you right now. We’re in...

It might be tempting during the pandemic to focus simply on the business, yet many agents have been turning their attention...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property What is LetsBid and...

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...

Hello, welcome to our latest charity roundup, and as the weather improves and the vaccine roll-out lifts the spirits, so we...

A conveyancing trade publication wants those involved in residential transactions to be kind to each other - especially as the stamp duty...

Propertymark - still reeling over two senior resignations in less than a week - says its lobbying sessions with politicians are...

A report drawn up by a software firm analyses sales, lettings and valuation leads from agents listing on Rightmove, Zoopla and...

A high-profile London agency is asking the police and property industry bodies including Trading Standards to investigate a fake company posing under...

Hello and welcome to Friday, the day when we highlight agents’ great work to raise funds for good causes despite the continuing...

The new chief executive of Propertymark has declined to answer questions relating to the resignation of the NAEA president only half...

Mystery over the unusual nature of the resignation of the NAEA President, announced last weekend, has deepened in the past 24...

NAEA Propertymark President Kirsty Finney has quit just six months into her year in office. An email was sent to the association's members...

It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...

Let’s address the elephant in the room first - the property sector and how we market properties is changing. Gone are the...

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, we have all seen a dramatic change in that way that we live and work,...

Agents can win more instructions by using text messages to prospective sellers as part of a short term ‘nurture’ campaign, according...

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...

Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...

There is little doubt that the last year was one which none of us will easily forget both personally and professionally....

The New Year lull is well and truly over and this week’s Agents Do Charity show fundraising is back in business despite...

The MP who presides over online petitions such as the one calling for an extension of the stamp duty holiday says...

Another group of independent estate agents have launched a portal - a rival to a similar project launched by other agencies...

Hello and welcome to the end of a busy, busy week for agency news.  It’s easy to assume the agency business is...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...

Independent agents inspired by the Say No To Rightmove campaign are to launch a rival portal next month. Wearethemarket is a portal...

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

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

January presents an opportune time for agency leaders to resolve and plan for resilience, performance and growth in 2021. With most of...

Hello and a final ‘send your pictures and videos’ message from us to you. There’s still time to email images to press@estateagenttoday.co.uk...

Here we are, on the brink of a festive season like never before, and approaching the end of 2020. Although a dreadful...

With a headline like that, we can only be talking about the annual EweMove Christmas video, consisting of the hybrid agency’s...

There’s no let up in your fantastic festive photos and videos as we enter the final laps of the race to...

Hello - and here we are nearing the end of the strangest of years.  With agents and industry suppliers rushed off their...

Solicitors’ leaders say members of their industry are suffering mental health problems as a result of the workload to meet the...

Hello and welcome to the final full working week before Christmas 2020. With everyone pre-occupied with Covid, the festive season has crept...

Welcome to the weekend - and there are just two of these left before Christmas, so it’s time to hit the...

Hello and welcome to our latest doffing of the cap in honour of those in our industry fund-raising for great causes....

Hello - December is whizzing along. Do you know it’s just two weeks today that we will be enjoying Christmas Eve?...

With just over two weeks to go to Christmas and the well-deserved break for the industry, we’re delighted that your pictures...

It’s always a treat each year to see the video and Christmas images produced by RedDoor Homes, a hard-working independent agency...

It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has been and gone and the run-up to Christmas is well and truly...

We are on the threshold in December with the pandemic still dominating but we’re delighted there is still positive jobs news...

We’re just a few days from December so why not get into the festive spirit a little early and get some...

So, we’re back to where we were in the spring, more or less. England is in a national lockdown again to...

Moving home is emotionally fraught. Buyers and sellers will get upset and unfortunately some people will take it out on you....

The Guild of Property Professionals is urging the industry - all agents, not just its own members - to lobby MPs...

Newspapers are pushed through the door, whereas websites have to pull in visitors - it’s a simple but fundamental difference with vast implications...

It’s no secret that the recent pandemic has forced more businesses to operate remotely, but the shift for estate agents has...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...

Many agents are brilliant at giving a personal touch and are professional in the way they treat customers, but I would...

The UK lettings market is no stranger to technology. But only a few of the early initiatives have remained, and landlords...

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly forum for the industry to share its good news on...

New guidance spells out how leniency can be exercised on agencies or individuals who inform on anti-competition cartels of the kind that...

Purplebricks recently launched a meditation service to help buyers and sellers manage stress. You might disagree with the idea, but moving...

Advanced information released today about Boomin suggests it will seek a much closer relationship with agents than existing portals, with lifetime...

Clear communication and common-sense actions by landlords, letting agents and students at the start of a tenancy can drastically improve the...

It’s Halloween time, and while this year’s festivities may be muted there’s plenty to celebrate as far as agents’ good deeds...

Here is a quick read focusing on 5 things you can check your business is doing while on your tea break....

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and evenings that get darker earlier.  As winter approaches we’re continuing to bring you...

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the way every industry operates and the property sector is no exception. Following an enforced seven-week...

Let’s be honest: things are getting just a little tougher aren’t they?  We’re delighted to say that the spirit of the industry...

Hello and welcome to PJT, our Monday feature giving you the inside track on major moves in and across our industry. Let...

A right wing magazine once edited by Boris Johnson has called estate agents “spivs with tape measures” who conceal information from...

The latest government rules combined with the Prime Minister’s recent address to the nation is clear – tougher measures are required...

Propertymark has teamed up with an employment and health and safety specialist to establish a service for member agents with Coronavirus-related...

There’s no stopping our industry - whether it’s local lockdowns or early autumn storms, agents and suppliers continue doing great work for...

As the review of the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group continues, Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager and...

Hello and at the start of another working week, welcome to our regular jobs slot announcing who’s moving where within the...

A new PropTech product claims to help agents generate and nurture leads - even while they sleep. MovePal generates leads through Facebook...

Hello and welcome to the latest ADC, your regular Friday round-up of great work being done by agents, suppliers and others...

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

Two agencies have entered the debate on whether the current frenzied housing market is seeing delays in completions. Yesterday EAT reported that...

Despite the recent effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is still much opportunity in the market for letting agents to grow...

With the high street open again, and the Chancellor’s temporary stamp duty holiday helping to stimulate the market, estate and letting...

Hello and welcome to the new working week. Here’s the latest information on key hires across our industry: if you have similar...

The estate agency industry is still under the spotlight for possible illegal price fixing cartels according to the Competition and Markets...

Hello and welcome to the weekend and that means a charity-fix for all those agents and suppliers doing great fund-raising in these...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...

There will not be a single business within the property sector that did not start the year in vastly different circumstances...

For many agents it’s been a big week…not because of the surge of buyers, but because their children have returned to...

An agency that has now closed down has been expelled by The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay an award of...

Some 275,000 subscribers have signed up for the latest Zoopla email education programme under the Zooploma banner. This one is aimed at...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT, the industry’s summary of new movers. Of course many agencies are reassessing their...

The last few months have been tough for the property sector, and the pressure will continue as estate agents across the...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, a weekly round-up of news as the industry continues fund-raising even in these challenging...

New information has come to light which suggests that a leading marketing platform may be planning to step into the CRM...

HM Land Registry is now accepting witnessed electronic signatures on documents for the  transfer of ownership of property, the creation of...

Agents Do Charity - as the summer heat is on… It’s hotting up outside and while this is set to be a...

More than 24 hours after the government's announcement about the compulsory wearing of facemasks by shoppers in England, and there is...

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...

Evidence is pouring in that the stamp duty holiday introduced 48 hours ago has already produced huge levels of interest from...

There are high hopes that the new stamp duty holiday will make an already busy market even busier - but not...

Have you ever wondered how industry-specific software and property portals have influenced the typical estate agency of today? A new book, which...

Let’s face it sales progression is difficult and frustrating: 1)The process has never been properly joined up - the average chain has...

How businesses can list properties on Facebook Marketplace   What is Facebook Marketplace? Marketplace is a discovery and search experience on Facebook designed to...

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of  branches closing - but there are...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...

Hello - Friday already so that means another Agents Do Charity, marking the wonderful work of our industry even in these...

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

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...

With most fund-raising involving organised runs, treks or mudders, we know how difficult it is right now to do great work...

Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...

Zoopla has upped the stakes in the war between rival websites with two major claims which implicitly challenge both Rightmove and...

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

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

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...

Consumers are not as worried as they should be about conveyancing fraud, putting them at risk of losing life-changing sums of...

Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...

If it’s Friday it’s our regular round-up of fund-raising by and involving the property industry, and it’s remarkable how much is...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - accused by some of breaking the lockdown some weeks ago - is now in more hot...

A specialist legal advisory service is urging conveyancers to use the reopening of the housing market as an opportunity to increase...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

It’s a Bank Holiday weekend and if you’re taking time off we hope you and your families enjoy a well-earned break. We’ll...

It’s another Bank Holiday weekend and the first since lockdown was eased and the housing market returns - so perhaps a...

NetAnAgent, a website which offers consumers instant quotes from a selection of traditional and online agents, has changed some of its...