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There are various reports of estate agencies closing branches - or not reopening them after lockdown - as they reduce the...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

A regional agency in the east of England says the Coronavirus lockdown working environment has made it rethink its structure -...

Savills has revealed the measures it has taken to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on its activities and balance sheet. The...

The devolved government in Wales - where the housing market is still officially closed - has urged agents to report rivals...

If you are an established UK estate agent, the status quo dictates that you will most likely work for ‘the man.’ Corporate...

Social distancing will be part of our daily routine moving forward for the foreseeable future and if you run an estate...

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

A survey of sellers by a high-end agency suggests that around a third expect price falls of six per cent or...

A well-known saying in estate agency is that first-time buyers are the sellers of the future. If we believe this to...

Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, and there is a great deal of positive things to be said about a...

The Covid-19 crisis hasn’t caused the revolution it has been reported to have. Despite the challenges it has brought, fundamentally, the...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

A large majority of property professionals polled by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors say a stamp duty holiday would be...

It’s back to work today for England’s estate agents and the housing market - but it’s the start of a new...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

A third of agencies say at least some of their staff will be working from home permanently when the Coronavirus pandemic...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

The scandal over Business Interruption Insurance policies is hotting up, with class actions being discussed against insurance firms and the Financial Conduct Authority announcing...

The Kremer Signs company has unveiled a package of products for agents to use in the new era of social distancing.  These...

Savills has kept in touch with almost 2,000 of its vendors and prospective buyers through two mass webinars. Entitled ‘What COVID-19 means...

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...

The company at the centre of a controversy over estate agents’ business interruption insurance says its core package does NOT cover...

Aside from the obvious health crisis, the current pandemic is proving difficult for the business worldwide. However, despite the increasing contact...

One of the most important aspects of being a successful and profitable agent is selecting the right tenants. The industry manages this...

The last five years have seen unprecedented changes to the property market and agents and their clients have never faced such...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

Hello and welcome to this week’s list of good work - yes, despite the virus lockdown.  Earlier this week we featured many...

Countrywide has strongly denied claims made to Estate Agent Today that some people have felt obliged to work at an admin...

LSL Property Services says one of its measures to “rightsize” the organisation during the Coronavirus crisis will be to put agents...

One of London’s most experienced estate agents says there has been a very significant surge in foreclosure sales in part of...

Estate and lettings agencies that have closed temporarily as a result of the Coronavirus lockdown are to be to exempted from...

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus early-warning statements like that from Foxtons indicate the anxiety in the...

The two major portals have unveiled their discounts and deals for agents facing a dramatic loss of business because of the...

The lightbulb moment for LonRes was born out of sheer frustration. I’d just missed out on a deal and the postman...

The three leading portals have rejected an appeal to give the industry a payment holiday to help firms through the Coronavirus...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

The government has launched a competition to attract what it calls “the best and brightest talents of the housing industry” to...

Rightmove has released another stonking set of results - but there are signs that some agents are defecting from the ever-more-expensive...

Regional estate agency chain Ashtons has been listed in the Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work for, for the...

Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Joanne (Jo) Tattum. Channel Manager - Property What is Moneypenny and...

Annual house price growth increased to 4.1 per cent in January, up slightly from the end of 2019, according to Halifax...

Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...

One of the country’s leading housing market research experts has been poached from Knight Frank to join Zoopla. Gráinne Gilmore - a...

The Law Society is telling prospective house purchasers to probe flood risks in the light of a new practice note it...

“It appears conveyancers either aren’t too concerned with PropTech right now, or they don’t yet have all the information needed to...

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its debut last year with teams from the property sector makes a welcome return...

Estate Agent Today understands that the fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents’ trade group has announced a new partnership - this time...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

“There won’t be a single home but millions of different homes”, is one quote.  “There will be an end to gadgets”, is...

When we launched Reapit’s Foundations Platform as a Service (PaaS) in November, it may have seemed like a recent development in...

There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

An online agency which is free to list for vendors says it wants prospective buyers to stay in the property they...

Countrywide says it is constantly keeping its current branch structure under review, saying any responsible agency would have to consider the...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

Cash-strapped Countrywide has this morning announced that it is selling its commercial business, Lambert Smith Hampton, for £38m. In a surprise statement...

I got an overnight flight to Nigeria yesterday. I landed at 5am local time and am only just now getting sensation...

Humberts is the latest estate agency to announce that it’s going to offer customers the controversial Modern Method of Auction option. The...

Lord Sebastian Coe is to be the keynote speaker at the Fine & Country annual conference in February. Known most recently for...

A London council wants government backing for a borough-wide Section 7 direction - effectively banning all agents’ boards being erected without...

A Labour proposal to dramatically improve energy efficiency in almost every British home would cost an estimated £60 billion. The upgrades would...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Milton Rodosthenous, Director of Equity and Capital & LetsBid Property.  What...

Since I started working with Zero Deposit for me the market leader in deposit replacement alternatives, the most common question I am...

There has been a real wind of change in estate agency and over the last 18 months we have seen the...

An estate agency service in the Lake District has rolled out a new benefit to all its staff - and in...

I want to take the time this week to talk about PropTech startups and how they can often be seen to...

There’s a clear change of mood music in the country now regarding environmental issues. You don’t need to be old to remember...

Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, who earlier this month told a newspaper that he wanted to introduce a Right To Buy policy for...

Last week we covered a story, broken by The Times, about a new website allowing users to discover the air quality...

The Bank of England has once again maintained base rate at 0.75 per cent - but it is warning that the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Simon Trippett – Partner at The Property Centre. What services...

A former Local Property Expert and manager at Purplebricks has gone on record to reveal what it was really like to work...

As the founder of Jupix, I worked in the property industry between 2008 - 2014. I had the privilege to lead...

With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...

The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that last month’s optimistic assessment of the housing market has...

I wrote last week about Keller Williams and how their leader, Gary Keller, is doing an admirable job of driving innovation through...

Connells Group has repeated its claim, made in recent months in the light of trading figures, that it is now the...

It’s another Friday so it’s another Agents Do Charity - of course! It’s August and the height of the holidays but as...

Nicky Stevenson has had a very varied and interesting career in property. She started out as a lettings negotiator for Nicholas...

I feel I am in a fortunate position. I have been central to the PropTech movement for a number of years,...

This may be the final full day in office for Kit Malthouse, the latest politician to occupy the short-term position of housing...

An estate agent who ruthlessly used his position as a prominent figure in the community to win the trust of vulnerable...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your regular weekly column giving all the key appointments news in the...

A recent study has revealed what the biggest moving home fails are in the UK, including damaged furniture, scratched walls and...

The PropTech era is changing the way in which employees decide where they are going to work. As CBRE has discovered in...

I want to take the time this week to look at an area of PropTech and real estate which is seeing...

A company which promotes property raffles have been told that it cannot repeat certain elements of its advertisements on Facebook and...

A series of damning reviews about Purplebricks’ working environment, apparently written by existing and former staff, have appeared online. Indeed is a...

Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policy that was implemented in 2012 was designed to make staying and residing in the UK as...

In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...

A Parliamentary committee has claimed that 160 properties in the UK are owned by “high corruption-risk individuals” and wants more to...

During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...

The Guild of Property Professionals' regional roadshow for existing and potential members, resumes its activities next week with a visit to...

With the UK population spending longer in rental accommodation, due to the upfront expense of buying a home, their time and...

My article last week has sparked some really great engagement, which I’m delighted about!  Thank you to everyone who commented or dropped...

Hello, it’s that time of the week again when we look at the latest recruitment and appointment news in the industry. Just...

The chairman of franchise giant Hunters says his company’s purchasing power is such that it secures 60 per cent discounts from...

Welcome to another ADC, the weekly round-up each Friday of agents’ great fund-raising work.  This week we show the diversity of charitable...

It’s no secret that the UK’s housing sector is in crisis. Headlines scream about the shortage of new-build homes. TV pundits...

When they first came onto the scene, online-only estate and lettings agents were predicted to swiftly spell the end for traditional...

This month’s MIPIM conference in Cannes once again played host to the final round of the much coveted MIPIM Startup Competition.  The...

Nested, an innovative online agency that offers vendors a form of guaranteed sale, has laid off 20 per cent of its workforce...

The proliferation of big data is paving the way to improving our economy on almost every front as entrepreneurial digital companies...

Competition for landlords will be fiercer than ever this year. Landlords are facing a raft of changes and will likely be...

A couple of weeks ago, SoftBank’s Vision Fund led a whopping $200 million investment injection into Clutter, the US-based on-demand storage...

LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rains, has substantially 'written down' its investment in online estate...

The demand for rural properties is high, and with 20.7% of England’s population in countryside areas, estate agents have a large...

Rightmove has this morning given its 2018 report to shareholders, laying bare the huge financial wealth of the company which dominates...

Nobody likes change. It makes people feel threatened, undermines their confidence, and makes them worry about the future. But regardless of...

Estate agents and property firms are being invited to take part in the inaugural Property & Construction leg of an event...

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity - our tribute to the great work done by our industry in...

Strutt & Parker says transaction levels in Prime Central London, already at a low ebb, plummeted a further nine per cent...

To a sales-focused agency, having a lettings department can sometimes feel like losing control of the business. Recent cases of property management...

At the end of January the Asian PropTech company PropertyGuru announced the imminent launch of beta-phase testing of its cutting-edge new product, PropertyGuru Lens. This...

When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent. The more...

High-end agency Savills says London’s super-rich are now buying and selling more actively than a year ago.  The agency says London’s so-called...

The industry is back to full-strength on its fund-raising judging from our virtual postbag this week with many new reports of...

Savills’ residential business grew market share last year in the UK despite what it calls “challenging conditions.” In a trading statement to...

Kenny Bruce, one of the founders of sector-leading online agency Purplebricks, has sent his good wishes to Russell Quirk, who founded...

It’s safe to say that the majority of agents will be glad to see the end of the past two years....

Thanks to vast improvements in processing powers, the use of virtual reality (VR) in some sectors is becoming more evident than...

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...

Photos and floor plans remain an essential tool in property marketing. Despite a wealth of choice from aspiring UK PropTech start-ups the...

Intelligent Services Group - parent company of online auction service IAM Sold - is rebranding around the IAM name. ISG and its...

It’s the most obvious visual medium high street agents have at their disposal, and for many decades has been absolutely pivotal...

A firm which links with agents to operate online auctions has hit back at a consumer group's allegations that this growing sector...

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...

A new internet and DAB radio station specialising on the subject of property will launch from purpose built studios next month. Property...

One of London’s highest profile and most outspoken estate agent chiefs has scolded ‘Maybot’ Theresa May on the day she is to...

From where I’m standing there’s a lot in common between the debate between online and traditional agents, and the argument over...

Peter Long, the chairman of the troubled Royal Mail organisation, has stepped down from that role to focus full time on...

In the past decade or so there has been a movement towards the use of digital signage screens within a number...

It’s a highly competitive environment out there, where there's a constant and never-ending struggle that every agency manager, director or owner...

Japanese Knotweed remains a major problem for a property sale - and that’s despite a recent study suggesting that the growth...

Renting has long been characterised as a stepping stone onto the housing ladder for the younger generations. But in recent years,...

The director of an estate agency has been ordered to pay more that £1,800 for failing to dispose of waste properly. Adebayo...

It’s no secret that technology has changed the way businesses operate, in all sectors. With that has come changes to the...

It may seem innocuous enough but a speech at a party by pro-Brexit housing minister Dominic Raab is being interpreted by...

Estate agents don’t necessarily have the most eco-friendly image as an industry - but here’s one who’s really making a statement...

A major regional agent is calling on others to join it in an initiative to create a more friendly and welcoming...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Four estate agencies have opened new branches, either as a result of expansion or because of acquisitions. Homes4u has opened a futuristic...

A new study reveals precisely how little first time buyers apparently understand about the buying process.  In a survey of 500 people...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - our regular Monday look at who’s moving where within our industry. You...

Just like that, the Easter Bank Holiday has come and gone and I find myself now looking ahead to the Summer.  The...

Three weeks has flown by (I missed an early deadline last week - apologies) and I find myself writing the next...

Greetings from Cannes, where the sun is finally shining over MIPIM. I’m sure many of you are out here, too, and...

Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...

A new report by the residential property team of a legal firm has found widespread criticism of online agents’ over their...

One of the industry’s largest sign makers has been spelling out its environmental credentials on the back of increased concern about...

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

Hands up if you’ve read all of the property reports that have been published in the past week or so? Forever...

What does your role involve? By answering my estate agent clients’ telephone calls, I assist in their day-to-day office needs.  An...

In the UK, there are over 3.9 million homes situated in off-grid areas with no access to mains gas, so it’s...

The spread and sophistication of financial crime in the UK in recent years has been unprecedented.  Figures from UK Finance show that...

Winter really is the time for fund-raising - and thanks for letting us know exactly what you are up to to...

A recent National Association of Estate Agents press release suggesting solar panels were among the “top things” to devalue a home...

There’s a particularly heart-warming theme to Agents Do Charity this week...several of our heroic industry figures are raising funds for children and...

Auction House says it has enjoyed a rise in its volume of lots sold this year, despite what it admits is...

What is your experience in the property industry? I worked in estate agency for 12 years before joining Moneypenny and really enjoyed...

An estate agent with a career of nearly 24 years has lost his employment tribunal after a judge ruled he gave...

Confidence in buying property remains negative according to the quarterly sentiment measure undertaken by the Building Societies Association. Over a quarter of...

Some customers dislike entering traditional estate agency branches, occasionally feeling 'like prey' for sales staff when they enter. This is one of...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

A Conservative commitment to allow more fracking is the trigger for conveyancers to gather yet more environmental information during the search...

Estate agents complying with new anti-money laundering regulations introduced this week are unlikely to avoid falling foul of terrorists and criminal...

The detailed paperwork accompanying the Queen’s Speech includes the Conservative party manifesto pledge to streamline house buying - but gives no...

Average prices in prime central London remained flat in May but are down 6.6 per cent on the year according to...

“Housing policy should be in independent hands.” That was the conclusion of a panel debate that Andrews held, not recently, but two...

In their election rhetoric all the political parties informed us that the UK is experiencing a ‘housing crisis’, with all promising...

Berkshire estate agents Braxton partnered with MPL Interiors to increase the size of its Maidenhead High Street office and refit its...

London estate agency Marsh & Parsons has announced that its sales director Liza-Jane Kelly has taken the decision to leave after...

As debate continues over the merits of upfront fees against post-sale commission for agents and consumers, the fledgling UK ProperTech Association...

It’s never more obvious how important good communication is for letting agents than in times of bad weather. Havoc caused by...

It’s peak business season for many agents right now and yet they still have time to do good work for charities...

Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...

Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...

No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...

Most would-be house buyers have moved on from the shock result of the EU referendum and are likely to renew their...

After years of surveys suggesting the UK’s new-build homes were getting smaller, and may even be the smallest in much of...

Strutt & Parker has seen a fall in revenue and profits for the year ending April 30 - and it puts...

Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt has told Estate Agent Today the transformation she wishes to see within the group may take...

Purplebricks chief executive Michael Bruce has suggested that calling his area representatives ‘Local Property Experts’ means they can be more proud...

It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...

The result of a referendum in a tourist hotspot seeking a ban on the sale of new-build flats and houses to...

It is a tedious fact, but the housing market is underpinned by economic fundamentals. This won’t be a surprise.  However, at a...

A key decision that may have far-reaching implications for the sale of holiday homes has been delayed by a High Court...

After two long years, Moneypenny finally moved into its new headquarters over the summer.  It was a milestone we had all been...

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote have so far proved to be ‘wide...

Next week sees a court case which will decide whether there will have to be a re-run of the ‘second homes...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

The British Banking Association’s latest mortgage lending figures suggest early signs of fall-out from the surprise vote for the UK to...

Jackson-Stops & Staff says the housing market has weakened a little since the EU referendum but prices have not suffered and...

There is likely to be an October court date set for a judicial review into a ban on new-build houses and...

Countrywide has closed an office of one of its best-known London brands, Faron Sutaria, and is merging its activities with a nearby...

What a month it has been. By the time you read this, we'll have a new Prime Minister, a new Cabinet,...

One estate agency leader - you’d all recognise his name - described the victory of the Leave camp in the referendum...

Rightmove has released a series of online ‘portraits of how London might look after the completion of a series of development,...

A new e-conveyancing platform has been launched in Edinburgh ahead of a roll-out across all of Scotland. This system, Altis, is the...

  Who are you? Carole Marsden   What does it say on your business card? UK Sales Director What attracted you to join SearchFlow?  SearchFlow has...

Sales skills, and the ability to negotiate in particular, have always been a core ingredient for any estate agent – and...

An independent agency in East Sussex is celebrating after being crowned the best environmental business of the year in its area...

A judicial review into the process surrounding the controversial 'second homes referendum' in St Ives means the result could, in theory,...

An estate agency is defending itself after sharp criticisms from local groups following the display of the firm’s banners on lampposts. Greene...

A high end estate agency is calling for “a dramatic increase” in purpose-built retirement housing for older people.  Knight Frank says around...

It's a high quality RICS approved report, carried out by one of our RICS accredited local surveyors. The RICS HomeBuyer Survey is...

In what some industry observers may see as a shrewd marketing move, OnTheMarket is believed to be considering a name change...

Forget the gloomy stamp duty news, or the prospect that a new house price index might revalue house prices downwards, or...

Property has long been a safe investment. Before the downturn in 2008, sellers were able to gain a healthy capital return.  Post-economic...

Who are you? Montana Hassan Tell us about yourself? I am the Business Development Director of Gnomen, my primary focus is to build strong...

A local council is banning estate and letting agents’ boards after it has been handed legal powers to ‘prevent their spread’. Agents...

A centre-right think tank founded by Tory former planning minister Nick Boles is urging a review of stamp duty to link...

Software. You might not give it much thought a lot of the time, but it’s an absolutely crucial part of how...

Estate agents with a difference, a twist, a unique selling point, whatever you want to call it, seem to be becoming...

An influential committee of the House of Lords has waded into the argument over whether the government’s new Starter Homes are...

With the scale of devastation from flooding witnessed recently, anxiety about purchasing a property in a flood risk area is heightened....

A poll of conveyancers suggests that the vast majority believe environmental searches to identify the risk of flooding will become standard...

Surely people will start moving again soon. The employment rate for the last quarter of 2015 is likely to be the...

Over the past six months I’ve noticed a number of key themes emerge from the conversations I’ve had with agents –...

Last week, on the latest series of The Apprentice, Lord Sugar threw his teams into the London property market.  As expected, Twitter...

This week, Storm Desmond has left devastation in its wake. Once again, the nation’s attention is drawn to the threat flooding...

A new survey of over 1,350 homeowners across the UK shows that a large number regard the conveyancing process as too...

Who are you? Colin Breavington What does it say on your business card? Operations Director We hear SearchFlow is expanding next year, can you give...

The answer to the question is that we all should; both in terms of the contribution we can make to the...

On Wednesday 21st October future and reality will collide. Back to the Future’s Marty McFly will arrive in the DeLorean to...

You know you’re doing something right when for the third year running you are shortlisted for the Supplier of the Year...

It’s Friday so it’s time for us to salute those agents who tirelessly go the extra mile for good causes -...

This month analysis by the Office for National Statistics revealed that the average home in England and Wales cost a record...

Lending for house buying is still down compared to this time last year but there are signs that the market is...

The Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors says it supports a call by housing minister Brandon Lewis for personnel retiring from the...

Estate agency board specialist company Agency Express has won gold in this year’s HSBC Franchise of the Year Awards against an...

A house is pretty much the largest investment a person will make in their lifetime, and it’s natural to want the...

Search the internet and you will find a multitude of articles claiming that upgrading a property with green improvements can add...

So spring has sprung and the Hare is on the loose. After a very long gestation period, the Veyo leveret has...

The reluctance of existing mortgaged homeowners to move house is starving the market of a source of new supply and risking...

There has been much debate in recent years about Britain’s desperate need for more housing stock. Demand has been outstripping supply...

It’s New Year – time for all those resolutions and good intentions. It’s a great time for all property professionals to...

Environmental group Greenpeace claims that a survey of 60 estate agents operating close to potential fracking sites suggests tens of thousands...

With another hung parliament looking increasingly likely, the so-called ‘challenger parties’ look set to have a major say in who forms...

“More than 1 in 3 agreed property deals in England & Wales fall through… Gazeal is a new system for property sales,...