As most of the regular readers of this column will know (and because I’m not shy about admitting it) – I’ve...
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As the Group HR Director of LRG – an organisation of over 3,000 employees – and perhaps more importantly, as a...
09 March 2024
From: Features
Much of the focus may have been on the Spring Budget this week but a variety of charities have received support from...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The estate agency industry is being urged to do more to tackle the issue of gender jaws, it has been warned. The...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
What will happen to house prices? Should I rent or buy? Will a Labour or Tory Government be better for homeowners....
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Most weeks there are stories within the property sector that quietly slip under the radar - but which hold huge significance. Last...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
As electric vehicles increasingly populate our roads and the necessity for accessible charging grows, enquiries about electric vehicle chargepoints when buying...
09 October 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
It may be all change - again - at the Department of Levelling Up, Communities and Local Government if media speculation...
17 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Recent tragic deaths of women walking home alone, notably Sarah Everard, have highlighted the need to address gender inequality in the...
25 March 2023
From: Features
Female estate agents have shared the highs and lows of working in the property industry to mark International Women’s Day (IWD). The...
08 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A representative of major Purplebricks shareholder Axel Springer has stood down from the online agent’s board. It comes as the beleaguered brand...
07 March 2023
From: Breaking News
According to Women Count 2022, an Insights report from The Pipeline, women still face entrenched systemic barriers on their route to...
04 March 2023
From: Features
By the Co-founders of Freehold; David Mann MBE, Partner at Tuffin Ferraby Taylor and Saleem Fazal MBE, Real Estate Partner at...
18 February 2023
From: Features
Customer review platform ESTAS has partnered with the Women in Estate Agency Group (WIEA) to promote the health, wealth, and empowerment...
20 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The World Cup is set to kick off in Qatar this weekend and Estate Agent Today has compiled a team of...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Earlier this year, we ran a story asking whether agency would ever embrace a four-day week. This came ahead of the...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Double-think, for those who have not read George Orwell, is when people are expected to accept two conflicting beliefs as truth,...
06 August 2022
From: Features
In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...
28 May 2022
From: Features
Two senior agency figures have suggested there is more work needed to level the playing field for women in the sector. The...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
What a difference two months and some local elections make. Cast your minds back to March 9 and the annual report of...
07 May 2022
From: Features
An authoritative study on the housing market has shown that the big losers from the pandemic have been first time buyers. The...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Zoopla employees have held a 'March for March' challenge to raise funds for The Captain Tom Foundation. This is a fine cause...
02 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Agencies and suppliers today mark International Women’s Day with events and declarations shining a light on the achievements of female colleagues and...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
This week’s In Conversation Today interviewee needs no introduction. One of the property industry’s most recognisable names, she has been a...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...
21 November 2020
From: Features
Hunters has become one of the first major agencies to reveal the gender balance of its staff - and 60 per...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Innovate or Die. But What is Innovation? It Isn’t just PropTech A certain Mr Dick Whittington Esquire was once convinced that the...
22 August 2019
From: Features
With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...
06 July 2019
From: Features
The minister at the centre of reforms to the estate and lettings industry sector has apologised for what she calls “inappropriate...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policy that was implemented in 2012 was designed to make staying and residing in the UK as...
08 June 2019
From: Features
In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...
01 June 2019
From: Features
By now we’ve all seen news about the long-term decline in property sales and competition from online alternatives leading to ‘more...
04 July 2018
From: Breaking News
100 years ago, 90% of the UK population rented a home. Today, that figure has flipped, and over two thirds are...
26 May 2018
From: Features
Every week we carry reports of how great causes are helped by individual agents and other property professionals - this week...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says more women should enter estate agency and other property sectors across the land and...
22 August 2017
From: Breaking News
After my article last week predicting that Agents’ Mutual would likely seek to raise external capital, including possibly on the public markets,...
09 August 2017
From: Features
When it comes to provoking anger in property professionals, taxation takes some beating. Press releases are still arriving berating the December...
01 July 2017
From: Features
Earlier this week it was Dads4Daughters Day – a campaign that strives to promote gender equality in the workplace. I have three...
18 March 2017
From: Features
Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...
11 March 2017
From: Features
Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...
04 March 2017
From: Features
London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan says some 270,000 homes in London have been granted planning permission but have not yet been...
25 October 2016
From: Breaking News
A fantastic exclusive this week as I carry out a question and answer session with one of the leading names in...
16 September 2016
From: Features
The credit agency Standard & Poor’s has taken the radical line of accusing the Bank of England’s low interest-rate regime of...
11 February 2016
From: Breaking News
In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given the opportunity to give their views on proposed...
25 January 2016
From: Features
Diversity is a hot topic in offices across the UK as issues regarding the difference in pay and opportunities are being...
11 December 2015
From: Features
Stephen Moss, CEO of Pring.co.uk the UK’s leading property investment search engine, takes a look at the impact of ‘Corbynmania’ on...