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MPs have called for carbon emissions to be considered when it comes to house building. A report released this week by the Environmental Audit...

A mobile phone may be a decent perk for agents and seen as essential for communicating while out on the road. But...

With Earth Day in April and Environment Day looming in June, all businesses and individuals are becoming more aware of their...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) is aiming to become the first carbon neutral estate agency network. It has teamed up with...

Industry charity and mentoring group Agents Together is planning to help firms prioritise mental wellbeing. It has developed a checklist that agents...

With new and exciting PropTech solutions approaching the market, Nathan Emerson, CEO of Propertymark, discusses some of their relevance and whether...

The government last night revealed more details on its flagship Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill including letting local authorities double council...

Two senior agency figures have suggested there is more work needed to level the playing field for women in the sector. The...

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

A Yorkshire based agent has come up with a novel way of reducing its carbon footprint while conducting viewings with potential...

EweMove managing director Nick Neill has set out plans to double the size of the franchise network by 2025 as the brand’s...

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

The latest trading update from Foxtons has revealed that sales revenue in the first quarter of this year was down 9%...

Estate agents are being encouraged to go green this Friday to raise awareness for the upcoming World Earth Day. Jerry Lyons who...

In this week’s Natter, I carry out a Q&A with Lisa Knight, who has taken the impressive journey from barmaid to...

PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...

Technology developed for the estate agency industry has advanced and expanded seismically over the past decade as software vendors develop their...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

Buyers are focusing increasingly on green fixtures and fittings according to a new study. Insurance firm Aviva says the most in-demand features...

The introduction of a register of land owners has triggered concern from the agents’ trade body Propertymark.  A Register of Persons Holding...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity, the weekly round up of fund-raising in our industry. Once more our thoughts are...

If you want to sex-up the Chancellor’s financial statement scheduled for lunchtime on Wednesday, you’d call it a Budget or a...

PropTech solutions have continued to ingratiate themselves in both the forefront of an agency within advertising mediums and in the backend...

As regular readers will know, I like to use this column to shout out about the independent agents who are the...

Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...

Normally estate agents are rightly proud of their professional abilities to provide expertise to vendors when it comes to selling -...

A company that sold a record 465 homes in 2021 has invested in a new office which it claims will “redefine...

A famous environmental campaigner has sold his home to a local - because he feels second homes are “obscene and grotesque.” Green...

Property events and functions are now back in full swing, with 2022 likely to be the first ‘normal’ year for this...

The UK property industry has long been a target of fraudsters due to the low levels of transparency and the fact...

The majority of homeowners and homebuyers believe Stamp Duty Land Tax is outdated and needs reform. The mortgage lender Butterfield commissioned an...

The total value of all UK homes broke the £8 trillion barrier in 2021 according to Savills - and London is...

An extensive online training programme has been devised to help properly professionals identify and treat Japanese Knotweed. A programme of 15 videos...

As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...

An agency has won one of the most prestigious ‘gongs’ of the season - it’s been named Employer of the Year...

Around a quarter of mortgage lenders currently have ‘green’ products promoting improved EPCs - and the vast majority of the rest...

Compliance check list - are you New Year ready? The start of a new year is a great time for estate agents...

A petition is being started, urging the government to ban the payment of referral fees to estate agents. It’s reported to have...

The price of new build homes could soar if developers are expected to pay for additional energy efficiency measures not necessarily...

An agency that operates across and around Bristol is the latest to declare its commitment to go carbon neutral. The associate director...

Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in terms of leasehold reform – although we are calling upon the...

Well it’s about time isn’t it? We mean winter - it’s here at last, with white, wintry weather that gets us...

The head of a small hybrid firm that describes traditional agencies with offices as “antiquated” says property professionals working for corporates...

Sustainable Agent, a new members-owned eco-scheme for agents and property management companies, has announced a tie-in with review and awards platform ESTAS. As...

I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...

In this article, the team at The Lettings Hub - which aims to offer tech-driven solutions for the rental market - outline...

There’s been a huge rise in references to electric car charging within property listings submitted to Rightmove. The number of homes listed...

Tech stack is a term often used nowadays to describe all the software tools within a business. Calling it a stack...

We have all heard the terrible forecasts and listened to Sir David Attenborough’s speeches on the environment and the “we still...

New research shows that despite media attention and new government policies, better energy efficiency is not a key issue for the...

Leeds estate agency Adair Paxton is enhancing its sustainability credentials and helping to tackle climate change by planting two trees for...

Knight Frank has beaten a string of prestigious household name companies to take the Overall Winner award at the 2021 Customer...

Rising inflation triggered by the supply chain crisis following Brexit and the pandemic may undermine recent house price gains according to...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is trying to win back respect within the property industry with new Rules of Conduct...

Best and Final Offers should be scrapped - and a property expert claims that would be good because they do a massive...

Prices in prime central London have risen for the past two quarters, prompting a tentative claim that the market may be...

By the time I next write this column, we’ll be just days before the next Budget and Autumn Statement. So I’ll...

In this piece, Tom Davis, press officer at Propertymark, explores the debate surrounding a locked or open-door policy, and whether the...

The Halifax claims that homes with the highest energy ratings are worth up to £40,000 more on average compared to less...

As we motor towards the next major global climate change conference – the UN’s COP26 being held in Glasgow from 31...

Agents are being warned about removing personal data and information from marketing material. Paul Offley, compliance officer at The Guild of Property...

The pandemic has led to many people ditching more formal wear as they work from home on a more regular basis,...

Industry-wide adoption of Unique Property Reference Numbers could be one step closer after an announcement by a major trade body. The Conveyancing...

Robert Jenrick has been sacked from his post as Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary. He was the third major name to...

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

Regulators are warning the UK’s property, finance and legal sectors to be aware of the possible impacts of the exit from...

Exchanges of properties in prime central London, following the end of the largest part of the stamp duty holiday, suggest the...

The Federation of Independent Agents has passed the key milestone of 50 member branches covering in excess of 200 exclusive postcode...

The growing number of lettings sector rules is a hotly debated issue, while the sales sector has been seeing its own...

A sentiment survey amongst wealthy international buyers suggests the affluent sector of the western world is seeing similar house buying frenzy...

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...

Proposals to resuscitate the self-build housing sector have been welcomed by the government. Conservative MP Richard Bacon has published an independent report...

A  mortgage expert says surveyors should improve their standard services to cover the threat of climate change.  This comes after a summer...

Like most aspects of life since the pandemic hit, the employment arena has been hit hard. But not just with uncertainty...

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

Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...

Apart from a buoyant market, high transaction levels, and consumer confidence in the property market, one considerable additional benefit which has...

The controversial proposal by a PropTech start up to charge potential viewers of properties to let or for sale has been...

A survey suggests that almost half of first time buyers have at some time pulled out of deals because of environmental...

For over 20 years, Reapit's CRM software has been the obvious choice for any self-respecting estate agency business. Used today by...

Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...

The first stamp duty holiday deadline has now passed, and we can all sigh a slight relief after the sheer numbers...

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

Board company Agency Express has become a carbon neutral business - and that’s official. Working with Carbon Neutral Britain, which advises businesses...

It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change what they have always done, particularly if their results have proven...

The distribution of home ownership across different generations has been a cause of strife according to a think-tank. The Resolution Foundation’s latest...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....

Buyers are not told the true scale of flood risk in many properties - and the rush to beat the stamp...

A council cracking down on the increase of illegally positioned estate agent boards. Agents are required, under Planning and Highways legislation to...

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

A leading industry supplier says there’s been a jaw-dropping 495 per cent year-on-year increase in digital spend from agents - and that...

The new Mayor of London, to be decided in an election tomorrow, has just received a six point set of demands...

We have more regulations controlling the sector than ever before and we have more ‘regulators’ involved in controlling the sector than...

An estate agency is to link with a home set-up service and says it will give its referral fees to an...

The Property Franchise Group, which earlier this year completed a buy out of franchise rival Hunters, has expanded its senior management...

With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...

New data from The ValPal Network suggests 57 per cent of leads are generated outside office hours, putting the emphasis on...

Energy Performance Certificates ought to be scrapped because they are outdated and not fit for purpose. That’s the view of an influential...

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

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

Leaders Romans Group is to use only fully recycled material to create its sales and lettings boards across all of its...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

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

Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them buy in the past year, according to new...

On March 23rd 2021, Dezrez and its partners are hosting EAvolution21 the event that showcases the latest in PropTech using an...

An announcement from Propertymark this afternoon says: The Board of Propertymark has accepted the resignation of its CEO, Tim Balcon. Following four...

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

Agents will soon have a chance to hear a US motivational speaker described as one of the world’s most influential sales...

We’re now in Lockdown 3.0 and most of us have become used to juggling home-working, home schooling and a million and...

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

As we now find ourselves in the UK’s third national lockdown in 10 months, what tenants want, and need from their...

Members of staff at an estate agency branch in the Midlands tested positive for Coronavirus in consecutive weeks, triggering a temporary...

The new chief executive of Propertymark, now combining five agency trade bodies including the NAEA and ARLA, has no experience at...

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

I have written this column for over four years. I started writing it at a time when no-one really knew anything...

The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

A leading business consultancy says the level of working-from-home in the UK by 2025 will be five times that before the pandemic. Estate...

One of Countrywide’s top-end brands begins a TV advertisement campaign on Boxing Day.  Hamptons’ ad is the first ever TV promotion from the agency and...

Propertymark has told the government that it needs to introduce overarching regulation of agents now, because existing piecemeal provisions are unmanageable...

This is a time of year when many people consider buying a pet as a present but for the millions of...

Who are you? Hi, I’m Richard Price, Managing Director at Dezrez. Who are Dezrez and what EACRM do you provide? At Dezrez we’re on...

Another day, another house price record as the bull market continues. The latest Halifax index shows prices surging 7.6 per cent to...

A new family-run estate agency in Cornwall claims to be the first in the county to focus on green thinking, championing...

If this year has taught us anything, it's that estate agents need their software provider and specifically their CRM, to help...

One of the biggest supporters of the self employed estate agent business model admits there are risks and it’s not for...

The agency industry may look back on this year and say: “Well...to be honest we didn’t really see it coming.” No, no,...

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...

As what now seems like a common occurrence everything has changed again since I last sat down to write about the...

A PropTech platform that says it halves the time taken for transactions has just completed a multi-million pound investment round. Coadjute - which...

Kate Cox, Moneypenny's chief marketing officer, provides agents with an in-depth guide on lead capture. Alongside uncovering the importance of lead capture...

A new survey has been launched by the Residential Property Surveyors Association. The RPSA - which wants to rival the RICS as...

A London property investment consultancy says 22 per cent of properties it’s advised overseas purchasers on this year have been bought sight-unseen. London...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

There’s no denying it, job hunting can be hard work – even more so at the moment, with all that’s going...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

An agency recruitment firm says there’s been a big rise in short-term vacancies being offered since lockdown restrictions were lifted in the...

The Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday has been a hot topic of conversation for many in the residential property industry –...

House prices in September were 7.3 per cent higher than a year earlier – the highest house price inflation since June 2016. The Halifax...

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

Recently, when giving speeches, I have discussed investment trends and industry trends that the built environment is experiencing. They are quite...

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

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

Propertymark, which will from later this year combine both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

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

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

Strutt & Parker is warning that in a worst-case scenario house prices in some locations could drop 10 per cent this...

A survey of estate agents’ market share post-lockdown indicates significant advances for independent agencies and online operators. TwentyCi, a data consultancy, says...

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...

Wearing a face covering in shops and supermarkets is to be made mandatory in England.  Anyone failing to comply with the order...

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...

What work did I do through lockdown? I went to work for a company who provide Domiciliary care for the vulnerable and elderly...

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...