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Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...
27 February 2021
From: Features

The acquisition of Countrywide by Connells might just be the deal of the century in the British estate agency industry. That’s the...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News

When it comes to communications, Propertymark could do with a lot fewer confidentiality agreements and a lot more transparency. And I...
20 February 2021
From: Features

A high-profile London agency is asking the police and property industry bodies including Trading Standards to investigate a fake company posing under...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Wild speculation about the sale of Dexters yesterday turned out to be plain wrong - and instead the company has landed substantial investment. Oakley Capital, a...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News
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Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The new chief executive of Propertymark has declined to answer questions relating to the resignation of the NAEA president only half...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Estate agents quitting companies and setting up on their own will prosper only by tapping into the most appropriate level of...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A new service is offering agents free welcome boxes which can be passed over to buyers and tenants who move in. The...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Mystery over the unusual nature of the resignation of the NAEA President, announced last weekend, has deepened in the past 24...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents and conveyancers are expressing doubt over whether a possible six week extension to the stamp duty holiday will be enough...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News

An agent is challenging the insurer Hiscox over its interpretation of whether to honour a Business Interruption Insurance policy. A standard letter...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is the latest portal to forge a link with the controversial Modern Method of Auction service being offered to agents. A...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...
13 February 2021
From: Features

The rise and rise of portal listings and changing consumer habits during the pandemic may mean the death of the High...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...
06 February 2021
From: Features

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Justin and Victoria Bhoday - a married...
06 February 2021
From: Features

Agents can win more instructions by using text messages to prospective sellers as part of a short term ‘nurture’ campaign, according...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A newspaper claims that thousands of customers’ financial details held by Foxtons Group are being freely accessed on the so-called dark...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...
30 January 2021
From: Features

Property commentator Phil Spencer says lockdown - which we know will now last for another six weeks at least, and possibly...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has revealed a multi-million-pound programme of future developments which have taken 18 months to finalise. Chief executive Charlie Bryant has told...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The new chief executive of Propertymark, now combining five agency trade bodies including the NAEA and ARLA, has no experience at...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark, combining both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents, claims to speak for the...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...
23 January 2021
From: Features

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors last night announced a dramatic U-turn in the controversy over a report by an independent...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A hybrid agency is appealing to corporate estate agents to jump ship and try its self employed business model. Mr & Mrs...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...
16 January 2021
From: Features

Propertymark is the only agency trade body with sufficient influence on, and links with, government to achieve major gains for the...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the end of a busy, busy week for agency news. It’s easy to assume the agency business is...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the most respected figures in the industry, trainer and consultant Richard Rawlings, is suggesting that stamp duty should be...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The president of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors insists that the organisation is acting on recommendations of a probe into...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate agency is being criticised for marketing properties as second homes in an area reportedly suffering a housing shortage. Local media...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Just a week ago, I thought it was all over. Christmas and New Year had gone, as had the passionate calls...
09 January 2021
From: Features

Independent agents inspired by the Say No To Rightmove campaign are to launch a rival portal next month. Wearethemarket is a portal...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s a call this morning for estate and letting agents to regard the physical viewing of any property on sale or...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents are sharply split over how they should operate during the current phase of the Coronavirus crisis. In a poll of almost...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...
02 January 2021
From: Features

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...
02 January 2021
From: Features

Many agents will be closed on New Year’s Day - the last Bank Holiday for some months and at the start...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News
24 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The shock and almost immediate increase in stamp duty on additional homes in Wales has prompted one question in the industry...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

As Christmas gets ever-closer, today’s video from an industry supplier is a touching montage of how bad things got this year...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Christmas week! There are just a few days to go before the industry’s festive break. On that subject,...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...
19 December 2020
From: Features

The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...
12 December 2020
From: Features

First off, hello and welcome to this new series – appearing in Estate Agent Today’s Breaking News section each month –...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to our latest selection of photos from agencies which have dressed their offices for Christmas. We’ve had another great...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...
05 December 2020
From: Features

The industry regulator who comes into force when the Regulation of Property Agents’ recommendations are adopted may take over versions of...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello, and if it’s Friday it can only mean Charity day as we celebrate the industry’s continuing fund-raising despite challenges from...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the hybrid agency sector’s leading agents says there are key lessons our industry can learn from the collapse of...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman has joined calls for greater disclosure of referral fees by agents. The issue has become a hot topic in...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The agency industry may look back on this year and say: “Well...to be honest we didn’t really see it coming.” No, no,...
28 November 2020
From: Features

One of the highest profile figures in the agency industry - and a past critic of Purplebricks - has come out as a vociferous...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Propertymark is in touch with the government to see how the new Tier structure being introduced on December 3 will affect...
24 November 2020
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

The Boomin portal, which incentivises agents to cross-sell and benefit from referral fees, is to receive advice on fee disclosure from...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent PropTech supplier wants agents to hand over much more information to conveyancers to allow them to make faster progress on...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

With a new President elected and the old one reluctant to move out, this is a good time to see how...
14 November 2020
From: Features

A leading enthusiast of the self-employed agency business model says even in these challenging times people can make a success of...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

As you may have seen over the weekend, the long-running Property Natter column – penned by Angels Media chief executive, Nat...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Your Move is to become the English Football League’s official Communities Supporter for the coming season. The agency is already an Official...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Firstly, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Lockdown 2, as it’s being known, is now with us, but fortunately...
07 November 2020
From: Features

Fledgling portal Boomin - launching later this month - has announced another 10 independent regional agencies as founder members. This includes its...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

An agency in London which was stung by fierce criticism in the spring lockdown has announced its policy for branch activity...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News

An online agency says its virtual auction service can be used even by its rivals between now and the end of...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News

“I’ve got 47 years of experience as an agent. Do I still have to get a qualification?” asked one attendee at...
31 October 2020
From: Features

OnTheMarket has handed out more shares to agencies signing long-term agreements with the portal. It was almost three years ago that OTM, then...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

An extensive culling of branches and staff continues apace at Countrywide as it significantly reduces the size of both its office...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today can reveal that a string of Countrywide offices across the country have been closed in recent weeks - but...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...
24 October 2020
From: Features

At least two branches of a Countrywide agency have been closed, shortly before news broke of a proposal for a large...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the industry's senior agency leaders says it would be a mistake for agents to be stopped from working in...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Most agents' branches in Wales are expected to close for just over two weeks from 6pm this Friday, October 23 - moving...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Foxtons is alleged by a newspaper to have suffered a malware attack and data breach which closed its MyFoxtons client website. The...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Book review by Graham Norwood, editor of Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and Landlord Today. If a letting agent wants to...
17 October 2020
From: Features

OnTheMarket’s acting chief executive says the portal will embrace more social media and innovative marketing strategies in the coming period. Yesterday the...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new portal-style PropTech product has launched and wants to recruit estate agents to its fold - despite describing the way...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...
10 October 2020
From: Features

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has admitted that getting the number one portal to change its fee structure “may take...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News

We all know what the problem is, but what’s the solution? The problem is that landlords, thinking they offer a valuable service...
03 October 2020
From: Features

One of the country’s major regional agencies has unveiled a ‘super hub’ structure which began life as a lockdown measure but...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and at the start of another working week, welcome to our regular jobs slot announcing who’s moving where within the...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech product claims to help agents generate and nurture leads - even while they sleep. MovePal generates leads through Facebook...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...
23 September 2020
From: Features

The result of a test case over Business Interruption Insurance involving agents has been handed down by the High Court. It has...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...
12 September 2020
From: Features

As many in the industry will know, Ian Westerling passed away last week at the age of 51: he was a...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s no surprise the mainstream news remains dominated by coronavirus - not so much the actual effect of it right now,...
05 September 2020
From: Features

Property portal Boomin has been "courted by a range of potential backers" according to Sky News. The news service - which has...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the victims of a notorious estate agency price fixing cartel has spoken out against one of the offenders. Christina Davis...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the most experienced British estate agents says the new portal Boomin - expected to launch next month, October -...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

An American realtor who once predicted his company would have 5,000 UK estate agents working under its banner is now saying...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...
29 August 2020
From: Features

A new portal launches today with 100,000 listings and a pledge to target buyers largely ignored by established websites - investors. It’s...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Hindsight is 20-20 vision, of course, and we can all see things we did ‘then’ that we would not do ‘now’....
22 August 2020
From: Features

Whisper it quietly but in just 10 days time we have the final Bank Holiday before Christmas. We would like to mark...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has rejected a claim by one of its biggest shareholders that it does not engage with investors over future strategy...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News

An online agency says it’s offering its customers a kind of ‘fall-through insurance’ after over 100 deals collapsed between mid-March and...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

If anyone thought the days of Purplebricks bosses making millions were in the past, think again. The chief executive and chief finance...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A digital resource hub for estate agents claims to shorten transaction times. Sort Move, which has been operating since late 2019,...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...
15 August 2020
From: Features

Zoopla says it wants to know what agents think of its new TV advert which airs from tomorrow but can be...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading expert on estate agency and the housing market in Australia has lifted the lid on how Purplebricks failed down...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

It must have been a close thing on Friday as to whose faces were looking the most glum - those at...
08 August 2020
From: Features

The Zoopla Rental Market Report, published this week, mentioned a two-speed rental market, but what does that mean? We are seeing two...
08 August 2020
From: Features

A PropTech firm that regularly claims London homes are mis-measured in property descriptions has taken a swipe at Purplebricks. Pupil, a spatial...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A law practice says HM Revenue & Customs is launching a probe into companies that have allegedly abused the Coronavirus furlough...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...
01 August 2020
From: Features

Agents are awaiting the outcome of a test case regarding Business Interruption Insurance, which may determine whether they receive thousands of...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of corporate estate agencies’ social media followings and websites shows the big winners to be Savills, Foxtons and...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, suggests there was nothing wrong with the controversial Commisery TV ads that contributed to making...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News

If a week is a long time in politics (an old phrase, for younger readers), then a year is a very long...
25 July 2020
From: Features

Zoopla's Research and Insight Director Richard Donnell writes: Just over a fortnight on since the Chancellor announced the Stamp Duty holiday and...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has changed the wording of an advertisement on its website after a watchdog stepped in following a complaint. According to the...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Large scale increases in and changes to the Capital Gains Tax regime could seriously hurt the housing market, a senior figure...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Conferences, events and awards dinners are a hugely important part of the property calendar, bringing the great and the good of...
18 July 2020
From: Features

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Matt Nicol, managing director of Nicol &...
18 July 2020
From: Features

More than 24 hours after the government's announcement about the compulsory wearing of facemasks by shoppers in England, and there is...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Wearing a face covering in shops and supermarkets is to be made mandatory in England. Anyone failing to comply with the order...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News

You have to feel for Rishi Sunak - well, at least a little. Leave to one side that he carries more presentational...
11 July 2020
From: Features

Have you ever wondered how industry-specific software and property portals have influenced the typical estate agency of today? A new book, which...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There are various reports of estate agencies closing branches - or not reopening them after lockdown - as they reduce the...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The industry’s first virtual awards event has taken place with hundreds of agents participating courtesy of YouTube. Winners of the prestigious ESTAS...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...
04 July 2020
From: Features

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to industry video expert Christopher Watkin. Watkin gives his...
04 July 2020
From: Features

With the UK housing market now largely open - there are still restrictions in some areas on home moves to occupied properties...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The recommendations to regulate and train the estate agency industry put forward a year ago remain on the Housing Secretary’s desk...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Over 50 jobs have been lost as a result of a Midlands regional estate agency falling into administration. The Shropshire Star reports...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News

It may be that by the time you read this it’s all over for Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for...
27 June 2020
From: Features

The challenger portal scheduled to launch in less than a week’s time on July 1 has secured the support of 10,000...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Industry veteran Harry Hill, a former chairman of Countrywide and founder of Rightmove, has now become a mentor at the new...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The death has been announced of one of the country’s leading campaigners against the injustices of the leasehold system, Louie Burns. Burns...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign has revealed to Estate Agent Today that he has lobbied the portal...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The former commercial director of Rightmove has made a strong defence of much of the company’s activities, including the charges it...
18 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Back in the day, party politics and the private rental sector used to be straightforward. Conservatives were pro-landlord, Labour were pro-tenant, while...
13 June 2020
From: Features

OnTheMarket says it still aims to be the number one portal, but the acting chief executive has revealed a far more...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The managing director of a Winkworth branch is threatening to report a senior member of a nearby Countrywide office to the...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The brothers who founded Purplebricks - Michael and Kenny Bruce - have returned to the agency industry for the first time...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of estate agents conducted through trade publications has revealed that market uncertainty and the handling of transactions within government...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A new thought-provoking five-part video series is launching to the industry today. ‘Simon says…’ is being hosted by Property Tribes with...
08 June 2020
From: Features

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...
06 June 2020
From: Features

A senior property lawyer is to set up a franchise agency which he describes as embracing the best of the High...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Dominic Cummings has been at worst a cause of huge anger to a nation that’s already extremely anxious. At best, he’s been...
30 May 2020
From: Features

Rightmove has enjoyed over six million visits to its portal in one day, for the first time ever. Three days ago -...
30 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The Say No To Rightmove campaign is to release a set of options for member agents to consider if the portal...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A mystery group, believed to consist of high-level former agents and suppliers, is asking the industry for its feedback on current...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Many of the leading advocates of the self-employed estate agent business model have talked about why many want new recruits with...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...
23 May 2020
From: Features

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...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The founder of OnTheMarket has revealed why the portal floated on the stock market and why Ian Springett was the right...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has refuted claims that none of its branches have so far re-opened for business but has issued an explanation why...
19 May 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that the home moving advice service set up by Phil Spencer is entering a collaboration with awards and...
19 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has taken the unusual step this weekend of issuing its usual monthly asking price index on a Saturday instead of...
16 May 2020
From: Features

Homesearch - the new property portal which describes itself as “the future of the property industry” - has delayed its launch. It was scheduled...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A series of polls taken by Estate Agent Today suggest substantial numbers of agents remain uncomfortable about returning to trading even...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he was extending the furlough scheme until the end of October appears...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a surge in buyers wanting to view properties - but agents must sit on their hands and wait for...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a warning today to agency chiefs to keep in touch with their staff as lockdown eases across England in a...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Details being presented to Parliament today may include information on how agents can return to work in some sort of ‘new normal.’ A 50...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been an explosion of anger about Rightmove’s pledge to undertake its biggest-ever marketing campaign - while at the same time...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...
09 May 2020
From: Features

On Estate Agent Today this Bank Holiday weekend we’re celebrating the great work agents are doing to keep morale high and...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News

In normal times, the Winkworth team based at their Notting Hill office in west London would head to the fashionable Walmer...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Over Easter we carried stories of good deeds done by agents and how firms were coping with working from home -...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Fine & Country is one of those clever agencies employing interior designers to help stage properties, making them look their best...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Three more property players have been in touch to share what they're doing to help their staff during lockdown - there...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a furious response to the agent who appears to have breached government rules by opening his branch to the...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Tomorrow, Bank Holiday Friday, we’re revealing what agents have been doing to maintain morale in their teams during lockdown. You’ve been generous...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has launched a countdown clock on its website to galvanise agents into remembering only 85...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...
02 May 2020
From: Features

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Sam Hunter, director of Homesearch. Alongside asking Hunter...
02 May 2020
From: Features

The scandal over Business Interruption Insurance policies is hotting up, with class actions being discussed against insurance firms and the Financial Conduct Authority announcing...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Conveyancing search provider Searchflow has amended its website after an intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority. A claim on the site stated:...
29 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....
25 April 2020
From: Features

It may seem a long time since normal trading took place but many agencies are now finding they are picking up...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A Fine & Country agent has just sold a home based on a video viewing, and is now sharing tips with...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News

An industry stalwart has urged critics of Rightmove to fight for the portal to offer agents a fairer pricing system, not...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The government is being urged to allow estate and lettings agents to return to work as soon as possible when the...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Ed Mead, co-founder of outsourced viewing service Viewber and a high profile agent for over 30 years, has had his closest...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...
18 April 2020
From: Features

The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign says that agents are demanding that there is “no return to full...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News

To many less fortunate on the follicle front, high profile industry supplier Ed Mead has enjoyed an infuriatingly good head of...
15 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A high-profile regional agency is “cracking on” with support for a hospice for children and young people that cannot raise funds during...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A branch of Northwood is offering its pool car to any NHS workers who need it during the Coronavirus crisis. The Fiat...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The John Bray agency based at Rock in Cornwall typically deals with some of the most expensive real estate in the...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Independent agency Nicol & Co is donating £100 to the NHS for every new instruction signed up by April 21. The agency...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News

This Easter, and during the whole period of the Coronavirus crisis, Agents Giving is reminding everyone to use the hashtag #IndustryActsofKindness...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News

We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...
11 April 2020
From: Features

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Christopher May, director of free-to-list portal Residential...
11 April 2020
From: Features

You wouldn’t expect anything other than very upscale home offices from an esteemed agency with a wonderful history - and that’s...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

You know the old saying - a dog is an agent’s best friend? Well that’s clearly true for this trio of agencies...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Working from home is something of a leveller right now, applying to people in the capital and in the sticks, but...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

You wouldn’t expect the good folk at Strutt & Parker to have anything less than a superlative set of home offices...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Independent agencies are the backbone of our industry so it’s great to be able to share images from three such experts...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

For many this coming Easter weekend will be the strangest ever - for agents and industry suppliers it will not be...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Almost every part of the agency industry is operating remotely these days - and we would love to know how you’re...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Industry operators who receive dividends as part of their monthly income are pressing the government to include this in its financial...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...
04 April 2020
From: Features

Purplebricks Local Property Experts are asking sellers who are not allowing agents into their homes during the virus crisis to draw...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has strongly denied claims made to Estate Agent Today that some people have felt obliged to work at an admin...
02 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Late last year a buying agent at Stacks Property Search and Acquisition set up a village Good Neighbour Scheme with her...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...
28 March 2020
From: Features

The key figure behind the Say No To Rightmove campaign says the fight for more realistic fees goes on - and...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News

*** Please see this story for the latest news on house moving, updated 12 noon on Tuesday March 24 *** The property...
24 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A video has been launched this morning explaining how agents can get their sellers and landlords to use iPhones to make...
24 March 2020
From: Breaking News

While controversy swirls around the approach and motives of the sackings and branch closures at Spicerhaart, other agents are showing how...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The property franchise company Belvoir Lettings has laid off 15 workers from its Grantham headquarters - and warns there may be...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A senior figure in the industry has spoken out against the shock sackings and branch closures announced by Spicerhaart. Jon Cooke, chief...
21 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus early-warning statements like that from Foxtons indicate the anxiety in the...
21 March 2020
From: Features

Agent disenchantment with the major portals has continued as a torrid week nears its end. The spotlight has now shifted to Zoopla...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s most outspoken and high profile agents has quit Rightmove in spectacular fashion, using an open letter to the...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been widespread outrage amongst agents at Rightmove’s offer to allow some agents a deferred payment scheme operating for just three...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today understands that the Knight Frank agency has been hit by a large number of branch office heads quitting...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a huge change in the way estate agencies operate in recent years, with far more focus on marketing properties...
14 March 2020
From: Features

The three leading portals have rejected an appeal to give the industry a payment holiday to help firms through the Coronavirus...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News

It may be that we’re facing another year - make that yet another year - of disruption in the housing market. Coronavirus...
07 March 2020
From: Features

Estate Agent Today understands that three senior figures have departed from a key central London branch of Knight Frank. Each of them was...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...
29 February 2020
From: Features

In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...
29 February 2020
From: Features

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

An estate agent has sold a home off-market by posting teaser photographs on Instagram. The buyer - who was in the French...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Some of the biggest figures in the industry have given Estate Agent Today their reaction to the news - broken yesterday...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s something of a conspiracy of silence over the problem of short lets. That is a stark claim but many siren voices...
22 February 2020
From: Features

A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites - especially Rightmove - are contributing to estate agencies...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

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;...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that the branch closure programme by Your Move and Reeds Rains last year resulted in 460 lost jobs...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide is remaining silent over the stalled sale of its commercial arm. The troubled agency group’s share price dropped over 3.5 per...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A number of estate agents have recently received phishing emails, fraudulently claiming to be from the main portals and trying to...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

An online valuation service says the number of leads it generated for agents in January was over double the figure in...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...
15 February 2020
From: Features

It’s Valentine’s Day and everyone at Estate Agent Today hopes there is love in the air where you are…at least after...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Another weekend, another storm: it’s hard to put a smile on your face when winter goes on this long but the...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of the most senior figures in Countrywide’s upmarket John D Wood and Hampton International brands...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s most experienced estate agents says there’s no alternative to Rightmove, and the portal’s relationship with the industry is...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Law Society’s new TA6 Property Information Form has just launched, as previewed on Estate Agent Today 10 days ago. “The TA6...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide is declining to explain why due diligence on the sale of its commercial arm did not catch a problem which...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The mystery of why Countrywide’s crucial sale of its commercial arm has failed to go through as scheduled deepened over the...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...
08 February 2020
From: Features

Now we’re well into the second month of the year, we have reached a crucial point in the ongoing plans to...
08 February 2020
From: Features

The war of words between estate agency review website allAgents and consumer review service Trustpilot continues apace. Trustpilot has hit back, describing allAgents’...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...
04 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Unfortunately for consumers, buying and selling properties is rarely plain sailing. But fortunately for agents, this provides you with an opportunity to...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Welcome to the first February PJT. As the year progresses the industry embarks on more appointments, especially with a market that’s...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News
01 February 2020
From: Features

The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Here’s a reminder of some news we broke last week - the hugely-respected Phil Spencer starts a regular column for the...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Estate agents concerned over security breaches will be closely analysing what happens with a case concerning a London firm’s compromised email...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Independent agents in a fast-growing trade body are to be given the opportunity to secure exclusivity on land deals and new...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The group charged with pioneering Reservation Agreements in the house buying process admits both the industry and the public are split...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...
25 January 2020
From: Features

Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...
25 January 2020
From: Features

The hugely-respected Phil Spencer is to write a regular column for the industry on Estate Agent Today under the auspices of...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The founder of an online agency has spoken publicly for the first time about how his near-death experience led him to...
23 January 2020
From: Breaking News

An agent is defying attempts by a property portal to get him to pay subscriptions for two branches - because he...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

When is a property really off-market? There may be many answers to that question but it’s likely that few would consider...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A rugby star has signed a deal to operate the easyProperty franchise in his home town area. Castleford Tigers prop forward Liam...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Another hub-based agency has launched in the capital, following in the footsteps of operations like Harding Green, Orchards and Keller Williams. Mariel...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today understands that the fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents’ trade group has announced a new partnership - this time...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News

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

HM Land Registry appears to be making painfully slow progress on digitising land charge search data - contrary to its earlier...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A hybrid estate agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched says it aims to recruit 25 agents...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of readers of Estate Agent Today suggest that the majority believe the Chancellor will fail to honour a pledge...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

In six years of editing Estate Agent Today, some of my most dramatic moments have been covering the troubles - some...
11 January 2020
From: Features

There’s a warning today that Rightmove could be vulnerable to losing its number one portal status because it has such a...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News

There have been two developments on the controversial subject of online reviews. One concerns the online agency Emoov, which three months ago...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks is not revealing details of the different pricing strategies it is testing “in the field” early this year. Last month the...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...
04 January 2020
From: Features

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

Countrywide’s share price yesterday went from little over 7p to 360p in one fell swoop. Is it the end of uncertainty about...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A new year dawns - but will 2020 bring new change for the agency industry now that the market appears to...
28 December 2019
From: Features

This is our last edition of Estate Agent Today until Friday December 27 and everyone at Angels Media, EAT and the...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Zoopla is launching a new eight week marketing campaign on Boxing Day - and Estate Agent Today has an exclusive look at...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...
21 December 2019
From: Features

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...
21 December 2019
From: Features

Connells has confirmed that it has closed two branches in Dorset in the south west of England, in addition to the...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

We’re back to our Christmas celebration photographs, and with the holiday break just over a week away here’s a reminder that...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
14 December 2019
From: Features

A leading estate agent has urged others in the industry to follow his example and make local TV programmes to build...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Humberts has signed off in bizarre style leaving only false contact details on its website. The historic agency - which closed several...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The portals say they are ready and willing to play their part in changes approaching the industry, ranging from new agency...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The relaunched easyProperty hybrid agency is to rely exclusively on local marketing to drive awareness and customers, and not follow the...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Humberts' experiment rejecting branches and promoting a supposedly one-stop-shop for property related services has failed with reports that the firm is likely...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...
07 December 2019
From: Features

There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...
07 December 2019
From: Features

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The dispute between controversial online estate agency Emoov and the Advertising Standards Authority is rumbling on. In the first half of November...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide says it is constantly keeping its current branch structure under review, saying any responsible agency would have to consider the...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News

In the latest part of the Natter’s ‘day in the life of’ series, I catch up with Chris Osmond, sales director...
30 November 2019
From: Features

Problems with relationships are usually helped, if not always resolved, by people asking straight questions and getting straight answers. That’s what we...
30 November 2019
From: Features

Cash-strapped Countrywide has this morning announced that it is selling its commercial business, Lambert Smith Hampton, for £38m. In a surprise statement...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A new portal has been launched aiming to take on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket in the retirement property sector - and...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News

It normally costs estate or lettings agents £10,000 to buy a franchise for the online company called The Good Estate Agent...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Congratulations from everyone at Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today to all those who triumphed at the Relocation Agent Network...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A prominent regional agent says the industry owes it to vendors to try competing marketing outlets for property, and not to...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

In a new video interview, Steve Carroll, director of industry relations at Real Estate Group, tells industry commentator Christopher Watkin why...
23 November 2019
From: Features

A conveyancing company has thrown its weight behind reforms to surveys outlined by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. As Estate Agent Today...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

An online estate agency which last week claimed it had resolved a dispute over reviews it showed on its website is...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A survey conducted by Estate Agent Today suggests there is huge anger from agencies against Rightmove in particular for its fees. On...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A prominent agency owner and industry figure has attacked Rightmove for failing to support estate agents and has accused it of...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....
16 November 2019
From: Features

The big question for the industry at the moment is the cost and future of portals. This is especially key for agents...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has revealed that the chair of the troubled agency’s remuneration committee has stood down with immediate effect. This are also unconfirmed...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks claims it actually sells - not just lists - three times more than the UK’s next largest estate agency. The claim...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

“Multiple”members of the new trade body, the Federation of Independent Agents, are considering cancelling their subscriptions to Rightmove. FIA founder Graham Lock...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...
09 November 2019
From: Features

An online agent claims to have the answer to why fewer people are buying and selling these days. It’s not Brexit, stamp...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...
02 November 2019
From: Features

It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Just because Halloween has officially been and gone for another year, doesn’t mean we would give up a chance to celebrate...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A small online agency which in six months of trading has secured around 140 sales says it’s on course to be...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The founder of Rightmove and former Countrywide chief executive Harry Hill is one of a number of investors behind a new...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

There are many adjectives that can be applied to Boris Johnson, probably very few of them complimentary, but there’s one that...
26 October 2019
From: Features

OnTheMarket is being accused by an agent of charging a monthly fee for a branch it knows to be shut. Ian King...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A controversial estate agent and former head of an online agency is urging agents to knock on the doors of vendors...
24 October 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or freelance agents operating under the same...
24 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A London agency has told Estate Agent Today that it makes some of its buyers pay upwards of £5,000 in Reservation...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the industry’s leading consultants says Rightmove is in a form of abusive relationship with agents, who should consider legal...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Yopa – launched in 2015 as part of the new breed of hybrid operators seeking to shake up the industry –...
19 October 2019
From: Features

A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has told Estate Agent Today that its recruitment schedule is running “well...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

As the country nears a Brexit deal (maybe… perhaps… possibly) there’s time to reflect on a quite contrasting process - the no-nonsense...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade body has sharply criticised HM Land Registry for its slow progress on digitising local searches after a promising start...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The US-based real estate firm Keller Williams says it is aiming to be this country’s leading agency training organisation. Ben Taylor, who...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A relatively new company which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents says it...
15 October 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the legends of property journalism, Anne Ashworth, has left her position as editor of The Times’ highly regarded Bricks...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...
12 October 2019
From: Features

England rugby fans will have been disappointed to find out that Saturday's planned World Cup group stage clash with France in...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A new online auction service has launched this week, pledging a fairer service for agent partners, as well as buyers and...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The ValPal Network, which consists of over 800 agency brands with more than 4,000 offices, has launched a new product which...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News

In a revival of the Natter’s day in the life of series, I catch up with Rajeev Nayyar, managing director of...
05 October 2019
From: Features

A former sales agent with a historic property name and heritage has launched his own buying agency after becoming 'frustrated' with...
03 October 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s a clear change of mood music in the country now regarding environmental issues. You don’t need to be old to remember...
28 September 2019
From: Features

How can estate and letting agents nurture leads who aren't ready to sell or let a property instantly? It's a question many...
28 September 2019
From: Features

A well known regional agent has closed one of its offices saying “the old shop window of an estate agency is...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...
21 September 2019
From: Features

A hybrid estate and lettings agency operating currently in Manchester, Liverpool and others parts of the north of England has told...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Former Purplebricks chief executive Lee Wainwright says the problem for estate agents maintaining a strong level of fees isn’t competition from...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...
14 September 2019
From: Features

As the self-employed estate agency market continues to grow in the UK, one of Australia's most succesful proponents of the model...
07 September 2019
From: Features

In the old days an agent would procure clients based upon their position in the high street, the size of the...
04 September 2019
From: Features

Former Purplebricks US chief executive officer Eric Eckardt is seeking some £6m in funding from across the world for his latest...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading London estate agent has written to The Times dismissing MPs who have been squabbling over Brexit and a possible...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A new online estate agency has attacked the industry for being “largely cloaked and ambiguous” - and says that of all...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s been quite a week for news so you might have missed this story - there is yet another boost for...
31 August 2019
From: Features

A veteran estate agent has got hot under the collar about a London firm which has ordered its negotiators and other...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News

There has been a sceptical response by agents and others in the property industry to the government’s latest headline-grabbing tweaks to...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A well-respected agent who was president of the NAEA just five years ago has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Crowdfunding has been largely avoided by property companies for much of the past year following controversies surrounding Emoov’s fund raising -...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...
24 August 2019
From: Features

New compulsory qualifications for estate agents will not only offer more transparency for customers but will help recruit better staff into...
20 August 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s that time again. Each year I take a look at newspaper readership - not from the angle of journalists, but...
17 August 2019
From: Features

A former Local Property Expert and manager at Purplebricks has gone on record to reveal what it was really like to work...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Richard Rawlings’ annual roadshow opens on September 3 with the first of 17 stops across the UK, each giving a three...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s branch closure programme, shrouded in secrecy even to shareholders, may have involved shutting 250 offices according to an insider. The individual...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News

iamproperty, parent company of IAMsold, says it now works with 2,500 estate agency branches nationwide and has sold over 16,500 properties...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A London council admits that it typically takes 50 working days for a search - which means a Local Land Charge...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Savills says it’s not commenting on whether it will list on Zoopla in the future. Last week Knight Frank - which in...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News

With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...
10 August 2019
From: Features

One of the most experienced and high profile figures in the industry says individual agents working for online companies are typically...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the agencies most active in the creation of OnTheMarket is trialling a return to listing on Zoopla after an...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech start up says its new free tool allows prospective sellers and buyers to get an automated valuation of their...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has thrown its weight behind the proposals for a new single industry-wide regulator taking on the roles of Trading Standards...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...
03 August 2019
From: Features

I missed the biggest property story of the week and it’s only scant consolation that almost everyone else seemed to miss it...
03 August 2019
From: Features

Former Countrywide employees who take to social media or the mainstream press to criticise the company are betraying those who remained...
02 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has told Estate Agent Today that it will not be releasing any figures on the branch closure programme it introduced...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

In a trading statement this morning, Countrywide says it has “a new covenant package with lenders provides the financial flexibility to...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Nicky Stevenson has had a very varied and interesting career in property. She started out as a lettings negotiator for Nicholas...
27 July 2019
From: Features

The industry press has given substantial space to recommendations from the Regulation of Property Agents, the government’s working party which has...
20 July 2019
From: Features

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your Monday catch-up on all the key appointments news in the industry. Please...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...
13 July 2019
From: Features

The Property Ombudsman will in future refer more estate agents to the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team if...
11 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...
06 July 2019
From: Features

The new owners of Emoov have confirmed that 70 previous customers have opted to re-list their homes with the firm since it...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The new chief executive of Purplebricks believes hybrid agents could win '20-30% market share' in the UK. Vic Darvey, who replaced Michael...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today has been contacted by an individual who says he is one of three former Emoov customers intending to...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...
29 June 2019
From: Features

Purplebricks’ former chief executive Lee Wainwright has made a stout defence of the controversial agency’s sales progression process and its local...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has released figures which appear to show it is one of the most successful agencies - or perhaps THE most...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The former chief executive of Purplebricks UK says the agency completes on over 80 per cent of the homes it lists...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A former Territory Owner at Purplebricks, who at one time managed 11 Local Property Experts, has spoken out in support of...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...
22 June 2019
From: Features

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...
15 June 2019
From: Features

The founder of Zoopla has explained how the portal got its name and branding, and the philosophy behind it when it...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide is declining to comment on speculation that it is making 36 of its sales progression staff redundant. Estate Agent Today, which...
12 June 2019
From: Breaking News

South west regional agency Luscombe Maye has amended an advertisement for a new housing development following a complaint to a watchdog. A...
12 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A member of a legal information and networking organisation says an online estate agency expects him to do some work in...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News

We like a good video here at Estate Agent Today, and we know our industry can take a joke even if...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Emoov and Countrywide: what a pair, observers might say. They present a tale of two failures - although, in the case of...
08 June 2019
From: Features

Rightmove says its data quality team is to conduct “a full review of the current customer” after an allegation about a...
05 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A TV production company is looking for family-run estate agencies to be considered for a possible reality TV show. Curve Media -...