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Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

More than 20 property organisations and professionals have been named as finalists in the upcoming Variety North West PROPs awards. The winners...

As estate agents, it is important to make sure that your business is efficient and cost-effective. One of the ways to...

There’s a warning today that confusion over plans to transition rural properties to greener heating systems may be deterring buyers. Trade association...

Here’s the news you don’t normally get to hear about - the agency industry in full swing doing good work. If you’ve...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Despite most businesses across industry now adopting some form of digital alternative to traditional work methods, many in the private rental...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Agents Giving: Entries are now open for...

As the first signs of spring begin to appear, we look at how letting agents and landlords can start the season...

Crest Nicholson has become the first UK housebuilder to have its science-based net-zero aim checked and validated by the Science Based...

In recent years, we’ve witnessed a massive influx of channels for media consumers – two of the biggest of which are...

What do Tilly Ramsay and Kim Kardashian have in common? Other than both having well-known fathers, they’ve both also mastered the art...

As the great sporting summer continues – with the Lionesses triumphant against Germany last Sunday, the ongoing Commonwealth Games, and the...

It’s the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell fire tragedy, but are high rises any safer today than they were then? On 14th...

Cardiff estate agent Thomas H Wood has become the lead sponsor for Whitchurch Heath Cricket Club for its 2022 season. The established...

There are many myths about using virtual tours to sell or let properties. The most common perceptions are that virtual property...

Agents are being offered an easier way to offer 3D virtual viewings that could get homes listed more quickly. Spatial data technology...

A leading London agency has launched an urgent appeal for goods and equipment to be handed in to its offices today...

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...

A burglar who ransacked an independent agency’s branch office and stole equipment worth almost £2,000 has escaped prison. Bilal Hemmi of Windsor...

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

An agent has contacted Estate Agent Today to issue what he calls “an urgent alert” about the risk of Capital Gains...

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

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

It’s pretty cold out there, making a difficult time that much worse - except for fans of sledging of course. But many...

Well, what a start to 2021! None of us thought things would change as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s...

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

Rightmove has issued a lengthy guidance note to prospective buyers, including a suggestion they ask estate agents whether PPE will be...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 have been in place for several months now. While letting...

Across the UK and Europe, lockdown measures are changing and the markets are kicking back into life as we grow accustomed...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

Since June 1, under The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020, landlords in England have been...

New guidance on face coverings for agents working in branches, and for those dealing directly with visitors, was issued last evening. A statement...

With stamp duty cuts and 90% mortgages on their way back, anyone could think the housing market was about to go...

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

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

The managing director of a Winkworth branch is threatening to report a senior member of a nearby Countrywide office to the...

A food packaging manufacturer is re-shaping its production line to make PPE equipment which it is selling to estate and letting...

There’s been a surge in buyers wanting to view properties - but agents must sit on their hands and wait for...

First details of the government’s programme to allow businesses to reopen have begun to emerge - with little comfort for estate...

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

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

Since my last column in April, one could argue that very little has changed for agents in terms of the market...

The government of one part of the British Isles has produced guidelines for removal firms. Until now, house moving in an era...

Hello - yes it’s Friday in case you lost track, and that means it’s Agents Do Charity day: and once again...

Hello and welcome to a special Agents Do Charity, given over entirely to a wonderful effort to coordinate the industry’s response...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity’s final edition before this Christmas and the New Year. It’s been a terrific year for...

In recent months, we’ve seen headlines dominated by changes to tenancy rules, government consultations and more than a few scare stories. Landlords...

A PropTech company is suggesting that property mis-measurements and resulting over-valuations may be the next PPI scandal. The firm - Spec, which...

Rightmove’s blog suggests that pro-standard photos can increase enquiries by up to four times, but how do you make great photos? You...

What a credit to the industry so many agents, surveyors and suppliers are: this week’s ADC shows the diverse range of...

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

A survey by the Centre for Ageing Better recently showed that 72% of people want to see every new home built...

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

‘I need more power’ - it’s a common request experienced by landlords, letting agents and commercial estate agents across the country. Be...

There’s been a four per cent rise in the number of estate agencies becoming insolvent according to a new report. In the...

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

When you are starting up a new business, it is unlikely that you will already have enough capital to invest. Taking...

The dream may be over but the return to reality can at least be staged in the spirit of an England...

You don’t have to look far to see an abundance of photo failures, just head to any property portal and they’ll pop...

So here’s another week’s great work being done by colleagues in our industry - and we’re very pleased to salute them. Everybody...

Getting your property marketing right is vital, and the starting point is with professional images.  With most buyers browsing the internet for...

An estate agent has offered a reward of £1,000 for information to help find a safe stolen from his premises during...

After the fun and over-indulgence of the festivities, most of us are now back to the world of work. And, with...

Landlords are being urged to step up and ensure that all rented properties and accommodation meet recent laws relating to carbon...

British politics is extraordinarily volatile right now and the ongoing battle between austerity and anti-austerity, Leave and Remain, and Conservative and...

Thieves have broken into an estate agency branch within a fortnight of it opening and are reported to have stolen equipment...

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

A gentle reminder to everyone that the clocks ‘fall back’ an hour this weekend - meaning we have an extra hour...

Employment tribunal fees could soon become extinct, after the Supreme Court ruled they were an obstacle to the ‘access of justice’.  Once...

A telephone number is more than just a number. To consumers, it gives useful information about the company it belongs to....

A survey of 1,000 parents has apparently revealed just how much they pay when their offspring first leaves home to live...

It’s been another busy week of fund-raising for agents across the industry, sparing time to do good works despite the market...

There’s been a bumper mailbag sent to press@estateagenttoday.co.uk this week to mark what must be the height of the fund-raising season...

Despite storms in the North and September sun in the South, estate agents haven't been deterred from giving their all for charity this...

An estate agency has been ordered to pay a £400 fine after dumping a load of rubbish in a London street.   Wandsworth...

Much of the nation’s attention may have been on saying Remain or Leave in the EU Referendum but this enormous decision...

Let’s face it - the biggest distraction for many estate agents in the coming weeks may well be the Euro 2016...

As we approach another Bank Holiday weekend, estate and letting agents across the country have again been raising thousands of pounds...

After visiting the Fairfield showroom in the Fleet office, Simon Silby at James Griffin Estate Agents decided to meet with a...

Unbelievable transformation from start to finish Harper & Woods Estate Agents approached Fairfield Displays with an idea of creating a stylish and...

An estate agent has been nominated for a national award as result of his local campaigning to help rebuild play equipment...

We are always happy to salute those agents who work tirelessly to improve their communities and those who need help more...

As the summer holidays near, we’re continuing to publicise the side of estate agency that rarely presents itself to the public...

Every estate agent will know those nightmare clients, the ones with a nice property that they’ve just crammed full of every...

Mike Poole was keen to update the window display of his Middlesbrough branch and decided that LED Light Pockets™ were the...

Regents Estate Agents and Mortgages (REM) contacted Fairfield with the intentions of updating their old displays with bright LED Light Pockets™....