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

The result of a test case over Business Interruption Insurance involving agents has been handed down by the High Court. It has...

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

As many in the industry will know, Ian Westerling passed away last week at the age of 51: he was a...

It’s no surprise the mainstream news remains dominated by coronavirus - not so much the actual effect of it right now,...

Property portal Boomin has been "courted by a range of potential backers" according to Sky News. The news service - which has...

One of the victims of a notorious estate agency price fixing cartel has spoken out against one of the offenders.  Christina Davis...

One of the most experienced British estate agents says the new portal Boomin - expected to launch next month, October -...

An American realtor who once predicted his company would have 5,000 UK estate agents working under its banner is now saying...

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

A new portal launches today with 100,000 listings and a pledge to target buyers largely ignored by established websites - investors. It’s...

Hindsight is 20-20 vision, of course, and we can all see things we did ‘then’ that we would not do ‘now’....

Whisper it quietly but in just 10 days time we have the final Bank Holiday before Christmas. We would like to mark...

Countrywide has rejected a claim by one of its biggest shareholders that it does not engage with investors over future strategy...

An online agency says it’s offering its customers a kind of ‘fall-through insurance’ after over 100 deals collapsed between mid-March and...

If anyone thought the days of Purplebricks bosses making millions were in the past,  think again. The chief executive and chief finance...

A digital resource hub for estate agents claims to shorten transaction times. Sort Move, which has been operating since late 2019,...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

Zoopla says it wants to know what agents think of its new TV advert which airs from tomorrow but can be...

A leading expert on estate agency and the housing market in Australia has lifted the lid on how Purplebricks failed down...

It must have been a close thing on Friday as to whose faces were looking the most glum - those at...

The Zoopla Rental Market Report, published this week, mentioned a two-speed rental market, but what does that mean? We are seeing two...

A PropTech firm that regularly claims London homes are mis-measured in property descriptions has taken a swipe at Purplebricks. Pupil, a spatial...

A law practice says HM Revenue & Customs is launching a probe into companies that have allegedly abused the Coronavirus furlough...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

Agents are awaiting the outcome of a test case regarding Business Interruption Insurance, which may determine whether they receive thousands of...

A new analysis of corporate estate agencies’ social media followings and websites shows the big winners to be Savills, Foxtons and...

A founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, suggests there was nothing wrong with the controversial Commisery TV ads that contributed to making...

If a week is a long time in politics (an old phrase, for younger readers), then a year is a very long...

Zoopla's Research and Insight Director Richard Donnell writes: Just over a fortnight on since the Chancellor announced the Stamp Duty holiday and...

Purplebricks has changed the wording of an advertisement on its website after a watchdog stepped in following a complaint. According to the...

Large scale increases in and changes to the Capital Gains Tax regime could seriously hurt the housing market, a senior figure...

Conferences, events and awards dinners are a hugely important part of the property calendar, bringing the great and the good of...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Matt Nicol, managing director of Nicol &...

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

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

You have to feel for Rishi Sunak - well, at least a little. Leave to one side that he carries more presentational...

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

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

The industry’s first virtual awards event has taken place with hundreds of agents participating courtesy of YouTube. Winners of the prestigious ESTAS...

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

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to industry video expert Christopher Watkin. Watkin gives his...

With the UK housing market now largely open - there are still restrictions in some areas on home moves to occupied properties...

The recommendations to regulate and train the estate agency industry put forward a year ago remain on the Housing Secretary’s desk...

Over 50 jobs have been lost as a result of a Midlands regional estate agency falling into administration. The Shropshire Star reports...

It may be that by the time you read this it’s all over for Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for...

The challenger portal scheduled to launch in less than a week’s time on July 1 has secured the support of 10,000...

Industry veteran Harry Hill, a former chairman of Countrywide and founder of Rightmove, has now become a mentor at the new...

The death has been announced of one of the country’s leading campaigners against the injustices of the leasehold system, Louie Burns. Burns...

The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign has revealed to Estate Agent Today that he has lobbied the portal...

The former commercial director of Rightmove has made a strong defence of much of the company’s activities, including the charges it...

Back in the day, party politics and the private rental sector used to be straightforward. Conservatives were pro-landlord, Labour were pro-tenant, while...

OnTheMarket says it still aims to be the number one portal, but the acting chief executive has revealed a far more...

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

The brothers who founded Purplebricks - Michael and Kenny Bruce - have returned to the agency industry for the first time...

A survey of estate agents conducted through trade publications has revealed that market uncertainty and the handling of transactions within government...

A new thought-provoking five-part video series is launching to the industry today. ‘Simon says…’ is being hosted by Property Tribes with...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

A senior property lawyer is to set up a franchise agency which he describes as embracing the best of the High...

Dominic Cummings has been at worst a cause of huge anger to a nation that’s already extremely anxious. At best, he’s been...

Rightmove has enjoyed over six million visits to its portal in one day, for the first time ever. Three days ago -...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign is to release a set of options for member agents to consider if the portal...

A mystery group, believed to consist of high-level former agents and suppliers, is asking the industry for its feedback on current...

Many of the leading advocates of the self-employed estate agent business model have talked about why many want new recruits with...

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

** 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...

** 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...

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

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...

The founder of OnTheMarket has revealed why the portal floated on the stock market and why Ian Springett was the right...

Countrywide has refuted claims that none of its branches have so far re-opened for business but has issued an explanation why...

It’s been revealed that the home moving advice service set up by Phil Spencer is entering a collaboration with awards and...

Rightmove has taken the unusual step this weekend of issuing its usual monthly asking price index on a Saturday instead of...

Homesearch - the new property portal which describes itself as “the future of the property industry” - has delayed its launch. It was scheduled...

A series of polls taken by Estate Agent Today suggest substantial numbers of agents remain uncomfortable about returning to trading even...

The announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he was extending the furlough scheme until the end of October appears...

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

There’s a warning today to agency chiefs to keep in touch with their staff as lockdown eases across England in a...

Details being presented to Parliament today may include information on how agents can return to work in some sort of ‘new normal.’ A 50...

There’s been an explosion of anger about Rightmove’s pledge to undertake its biggest-ever marketing campaign - while at the same time...

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

  On Estate Agent Today this Bank Holiday weekend we’re celebrating the great work agents are doing to keep morale high and...

In normal times, the Winkworth team based at their Notting Hill office in west London would head to the fashionable Walmer...

Over Easter we carried stories of good deeds done by agents and how firms were coping with working from home -...

Fine & Country is one of those clever agencies employing interior designers to help stage properties, making them look their best...

Three more property players have been in touch to share what they're doing to help their staff during lockdown - there...

There’s been a furious response to the agent who appears to have breached government rules by opening his branch to the...

Tomorrow, Bank Holiday Friday, we’re revealing what agents have been doing to maintain morale in their teams during lockdown. You’ve been generous...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has launched a countdown clock on its website to galvanise agents into remembering only 85...

The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Sam Hunter, director of Homesearch. Alongside asking Hunter...

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

Conveyancing search provider Searchflow has amended its website after an intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority. A claim on the site stated:...

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

It may seem a long time since normal trading took place but many agencies are now finding they are picking up...

A Fine & Country agent has just sold a home based on a video viewing, and is now sharing tips with...

An industry stalwart has urged critics of Rightmove to fight for the portal to offer agents a fairer pricing system, not...

The government is being urged to allow estate and lettings agents to return to work as soon as possible when the...

A new analysis of the simmering Rightmove crisis says there is now “no clear downside” stopping agents leaving. The Financial Times says that Rightmove’s...

Ed Mead, co-founder of outsourced viewing service Viewber and a high profile agent for over 30 years, has had his closest...

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...

The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign says that agents are demanding that there is “no return to full...

To many less fortunate on the follicle front, high profile industry supplier Ed Mead has enjoyed an infuriatingly good head of...

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...

A high-profile regional agency is “cracking on” with support for a hospice for children and young people that cannot raise funds during...

A branch of Northwood is offering its pool car to any NHS workers who need it during the Coronavirus crisis. The Fiat...

The John Bray agency based at Rock in Cornwall typically deals with some of the most expensive real estate in the...

Independent agency Nicol & Co is donating £100 to the NHS for every new instruction signed up by April 21. The agency...

This Easter, and during the whole period of the Coronavirus crisis, Agents Giving is reminding everyone to use the hashtag #IndustryActsofKindness...

We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Christopher May, director of free-to-list portal Residential...

You wouldn’t expect anything other than very upscale home offices from an esteemed agency with a wonderful history - and that’s...

You know the old saying - a dog is an agent’s best friend?  Well that’s clearly true for this trio of agencies...

Working from home is something of a leveller right now, applying to people in the capital and in the sticks, but...

You wouldn’t expect the good folk at Strutt & Parker to have anything less than a superlative set of home offices...

Independent agencies are the backbone of our industry so it’s great to be able to share images from three such experts...

For many this coming Easter weekend will be the strangest ever - for agents and industry suppliers it will not be...

Almost every part of the agency industry is operating remotely these days - and we would love to know how you’re...

Industry operators who receive dividends as part of their monthly income are pressing the government to include this in its financial...

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...

Purplebricks Local Property Experts are asking sellers who are not allowing agents into their homes during the virus crisis to draw...

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

Late last year a buying agent at Stacks Property Search and Acquisition set up a village Good Neighbour Scheme with her...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

The key figure behind the Say No To Rightmove campaign says the fight for more realistic fees goes on - and...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

*** Please see this story for the latest news on house moving, updated 12 noon on Tuesday March 24 *** The property...

A video has been launched this morning explaining how agents can get their sellers and landlords to use iPhones to make...

While controversy swirls around the approach and motives of the sackings and branch closures at Spicerhaart, other agents are showing how...

The property franchise company Belvoir Lettings has laid off 15 workers from its Grantham headquarters - and warns there may be...

A senior figure in the industry has spoken out against the shock sackings and branch closures announced by Spicerhaart. Jon Cooke, chief...

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

Agent disenchantment with the major portals has continued as a torrid week nears its end. The spotlight has now shifted to Zoopla...

One of Britain’s most outspoken and high profile agents has quit Rightmove in spectacular fashion, using an open letter to the...

There’s been widespread outrage amongst agents at Rightmove’s offer to allow some agents a deferred payment scheme operating for just three...

Estate Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...

Estate Agent Today understands that the Knight Frank agency has been hit by a large number of branch office heads quitting...

There’s been a huge change in the way estate agencies operate in recent years, with far more focus on marketing properties...

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

It may be that we’re facing another year - make that yet another year - of disruption in the housing market. Coronavirus...

Estate Agent Today understands that three senior figures have departed from a key central London branch of Knight Frank. Each of them was...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...

An estate agent has sold a home off-market by posting teaser photographs on Instagram.  The buyer - who was in the French...

Some of the biggest figures in the industry have given Estate Agent Today their reaction to the news - broken yesterday...

There’s something of a conspiracy of silence over the problem of short lets. That is a stark claim but many siren voices...

A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites - especially Rightmove - are contributing to estate agencies...

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

Hello and welcome to the end of the week…which must mean Agents Do Charity. There’s plenty to admire in this week’s entries;...

It’s been revealed that the branch closure programme by Your Move and Reeds Rains last year resulted in 460 lost jobs...

Countrywide is remaining silent over the stalled sale of its commercial arm. The troubled agency group’s share price dropped over 3.5 per...

A number of estate agents have recently received phishing emails, fraudulently claiming to be from the main portals and trying to...

An online valuation service says the number of leads it generated for agents in January was over double the figure in...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

It’s Valentine’s Day and everyone at Estate Agent Today hopes there is love in the air where you are…at least after...

Another weekend, another storm: it’s hard to put a smile on your face when winter goes on this long but the...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of the most senior figures in Countrywide’s upmarket John D Wood and Hampton International brands...

One of Britain’s most experienced estate agents says there’s no alternative to Rightmove, and the portal’s relationship with the industry is...

The Law Society’s new TA6 Property Information Form has just launched, as previewed on Estate Agent Today 10 days ago.  “The TA6...

Countrywide is declining to explain why due diligence on the sale of its commercial arm did not catch a problem which...

With just a few day’s to go to Valentine’s, we’re delighted to have another themed agency window to share with readers. Many...

The mystery of why Countrywide’s crucial sale of its commercial arm has failed to go through as scheduled deepened over the...

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

Now we’re well into the second month of the year, we have reached a crucial point in the ongoing plans to...

The war of words between estate agency review website allAgents and consumer review service Trustpilot continues apace. Trustpilot has hit back, describing allAgents’...

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...

Unfortunately for consumers, buying and selling properties is rarely plain sailing. But fortunately for agents, this provides you with an opportunity to...

Welcome to the first February PJT. As the year progresses the industry embarks on more appointments, especially with a market that’s...

For a very long time, it was one of the best ways – if not the best way – of generating...

The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...

Here’s a reminder of some news we broke last week - the hugely-respected Phil Spencer starts a regular column for the...

Estate agents concerned over security breaches will be closely analysing what happens with a case concerning a London firm’s compromised email...

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...

Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...

Independent agents in a fast-growing trade body are to be given the opportunity to secure exclusivity on land deals and new...

The group charged with pioneering Reservation Agreements in the house buying process admits both the industry and the public are split...

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...

Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...

The hugely-respected Phil Spencer is to write a regular column for the industry on Estate Agent Today under the auspices of...

The founder of an online agency has spoken publicly for the first time about how his near-death experience led him to...

An agent is defying attempts by a property portal to get him to pay subscriptions for two branches - because he...

When is a property really off-market? There may be many answers to that question but it’s likely that few would consider...

A rugby star has signed a deal to operate the easyProperty franchise in his home town area. Castleford Tigers prop forward Liam...

Another hub-based agency has launched in the capital, following in the footsteps of operations like Harding Green, Orchards and Keller Williams. Mariel...

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

Following on from the second half of the last decade, the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit mad...

HM Land Registry appears to be making painfully slow progress on digitising land charge search data - contrary to its earlier...

A hybrid estate agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched says it aims to recruit 25 agents...

A survey of readers of Estate Agent Today suggest that the majority believe the Chancellor will fail to honour a pledge...

In six years of editing Estate Agent Today, some of my most dramatic moments have been covering the troubles - some...

There’s a warning today that Rightmove could be vulnerable to losing its number one portal status because it has such a...

There have been two developments on the controversial subject of online reviews. One concerns the online agency Emoov, which three months ago...

Purplebricks is not revealing details of the different pricing strategies it is testing “in the field” early this year. Last month the...

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

First things first, a big happy New Year to everyone. Welcome to 2020! It looks set to be another interesting year...

Countrywide’s share price yesterday went from little over 7p to 360p in one fell swoop. Is it the end of uncertainty about...

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...

A new year dawns - but will 2020 bring new change for the agency industry now that the market appears to...

This is our last edition of Estate Agent Today until Friday December 27 and everyone at Angels Media, EAT and the...

Zoopla is launching a new eight week marketing campaign on Boxing Day - and Estate Agent Today has an exclusive look at...

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...

Connells has confirmed that it has closed two branches in Dorset in the south west of England, in addition to the...

We’re back to our Christmas celebration photographs, and with the holiday break just over a week away here’s a reminder that...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

A leading estate agent has urged others in the industry to follow his example and make local TV programmes to build...

Humberts has signed off in bizarre style leaving only false contact details on its website. The historic agency - which closed several...

The portals say they are ready and willing to play their part in changes approaching the industry, ranging from new agency...

The relaunched easyProperty hybrid agency is to rely exclusively on local marketing to drive awareness and customers, and not follow the...

Humberts' experiment rejecting branches and promoting a supposedly one-stop-shop for property related services has failed with reports that the firm is likely...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

The dispute between controversial online estate agency Emoov and the Advertising Standards Authority is rumbling on.  In the first half of November...

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

In the latest part of the Natter’s ‘day in the life of’ series, I catch up with Chris Osmond, sales director...

Problems with relationships are usually helped, if not always resolved, by people asking straight questions and getting straight answers. That’s what we...

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

A new portal has been launched aiming to take on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket in the retirement property sector - and...

It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...

It normally costs estate or lettings agents £10,000 to buy a franchise for the online company called The Good Estate Agent...

Congratulations from everyone at Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today to all those who triumphed at the Relocation Agent Network...

A prominent regional agent says the industry owes it to vendors to try competing marketing outlets for property, and not to...

In a new video interview, Steve Carroll, director of industry relations at Real Estate Group, tells industry commentator Christopher Watkin why...

A conveyancing company has thrown its weight behind reforms to surveys outlined by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. As Estate Agent Today...

An online estate agency which last week claimed it had resolved a dispute over reviews it showed on its website is...

A survey conducted by Estate Agent Today suggests there is huge anger from agencies against Rightmove in particular for its fees. On...

A prominent agency owner and industry figure has attacked Rightmove for failing to support estate agents and has accused it of...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

The big question for the industry at the moment is the cost and future of portals.  This is especially key for agents...

Foxtons has revealed that the chair of the troubled agency’s remuneration committee has stood down with immediate effect. This are also unconfirmed...

Purplebricks claims it actually sells - not just lists - three times more than the UK’s next largest estate agency.  The claim...

“Multiple”members of the new trade body, the Federation of Independent Agents, are considering cancelling their subscriptions to Rightmove. FIA founder Graham Lock...

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...

An online agent claims to have the answer to why fewer people are buying and selling these days. It’s not Brexit, stamp...

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...

It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...

Just because Halloween has officially been and gone for another year, doesn’t mean we would give up a chance to celebrate...

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...

A small online agency which in six months of trading has secured around 140 sales says it’s on course to be...

The founder of Rightmove and former Countrywide chief executive Harry Hill is one of a number of investors behind a new...

There are many adjectives that can be applied to Boris Johnson, probably very few of them complimentary, but there’s one that...

OnTheMarket is being accused by an agent of charging a monthly fee for a branch it knows to be shut. Ian King...

A controversial estate agent and former head of an online agency is urging agents to knock on the doors of vendors...

One of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or freelance agents operating under the same...

A London agency has told Estate Agent Today that it makes some of its buyers pay upwards of £5,000 in Reservation...

One of the industry’s leading consultants says Rightmove is in a form of abusive relationship with agents, who should consider legal...

Yopa – launched in 2015 as part of the new breed of hybrid operators seeking to shake up the industry –...

A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has told Estate Agent Today that its recruitment schedule is running “well...

As the country nears a Brexit deal (maybe… perhaps… possibly) there’s time to reflect on a quite contrasting process - the no-nonsense...

A trade body has sharply criticised HM Land Registry for its slow progress on digitising local searches after a promising start...

The US-based real estate firm Keller Williams says it is aiming to be this country’s leading agency training organisation. Ben Taylor, who...

A relatively new company which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents says it...

One of the legends of property journalism, Anne Ashworth, has left her position as editor of The Times’ highly regarded Bricks...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

England rugby fans will have been disappointed to find out that Saturday's planned World Cup group stage clash with France in...

A new online auction service has launched this week, pledging a fairer service for agent partners, as well as buyers and...

The ValPal Network, which consists of over 800 agency brands with more than 4,000 offices, has launched a new product which...

In a revival of the Natter’s day in the life of series, I catch up with Rajeev Nayyar, managing director of...

A former sales agent with a historic property name and heritage has launched his own buying agency after becoming 'frustrated' with...

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

How can estate and letting agents nurture leads who aren't ready to sell or let a property instantly? It's a question many...

A well known regional agent has closed one of its offices saying “the old shop window of an estate agency is...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

A hybrid estate and lettings agency operating currently in Manchester, Liverpool and others parts of the north of England has told...

Former Purplebricks chief executive Lee Wainwright says the problem for estate agents maintaining a strong level of fees isn’t competition from...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

As the self-employed estate agency market continues to grow in the UK, one of Australia's most succesful proponents of the model...

In the old days an agent would procure clients based upon their position in the high street, the size of the...

Former Purplebricks US chief executive officer Eric Eckardt is seeking some £6m in funding from across the world for his latest...

A leading London estate agent has written to The Times dismissing MPs who have been squabbling over Brexit and a possible...

A new online estate agency has attacked the industry for being “largely cloaked and ambiguous” - and says that of all...

It’s been quite a week for news so you might have missed this story - there is yet another boost for...

A veteran estate agent has got hot under the collar about a London firm which has ordered its negotiators and other...

There has been a sceptical response by agents and others in the property industry to the government’s latest headline-grabbing tweaks to...

A well-respected agent who was president of the NAEA just five years ago has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking...

Crowdfunding has been largely avoided by property companies for much of the past year following controversies surrounding Emoov’s fund raising -...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

New compulsory qualifications for estate agents will not only offer more transparency for customers but will help recruit better staff into...

It’s that time again. Each year I take a look at newspaper readership - not from the angle of journalists, but...

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