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A senior agency executive has said minimum standards and qualifications are “desperately needed” in the property sector. Adam Day, international expansion leader...

Historic agency brand Humberts is looking to have between 20 and 30 offices over the next five years as it marks...

In the third part of this exclusive series with Homesearch’s chief operating officer, Sam Hunter, Angels Media’s Lee Dahill questions him...

Portals are aiming to boost consumer awareness of new material information rules rather than refusing non-compliant listings. Agency listings have been required...

Industry veteran Eddie Goldsmith has revealed why solicitors may sometimes have to “fob-off” estate agents and how to get around it. Goldsmith,...

NAEA Propertymark’s new president Stephen McCarron has said he intends to focus on making agency an attractive option for school leavers...

Dexters is set for more acquisitions in 2022 as agents exit the sector amid concerns over new rules and regulations, its...

Between you and me, dear reader, I had little to no idea about what the metaverse was before researching it for...

Outgoing NAEA Propertymark president Liana Loporto has shared her regrets that she didn’t see the Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) rules...

OnTheMarket has been having “positive discussions” with founding shareholder agents about renewing their contracts once they expire next year. Agents who invested...

There was an article in Estate Agent Today recently that suggested only four per cent of properties on Rightmove and Zoopla...

Four estate agents have had their anti-money laundering (AML) registrations cancelled by HMRC so far this year. The taxman has published its...

A EweMove franchisee has revealed how her first sale was so successful that it convinced the vendor to become an estate...

AllAgents has revealed the 10 worst rated agency brands on its customer review platform, with Purplebricks leading the worst performers. The reviews...

Foxtons is rumoured to have raided London rival Chestertons for its chief executive Guy Gittins. Estate Agent Today revealed on Friday that...

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

Agents from Leaders are getting into the Platinum Jubilee spirit across the country. The brand’s branches have added a royal touch to...

Winkworth has seen a boom in potential franchisees while the first wave of agents are also working on succession planning. Writing exclusively...

The new owner of Century 21 UK, the British arm of the US-based franchising agency, has set his sights on rivalling...

Almost three quarters of property professionals agree that estate agent pay is too low. A poll conducted by Estate Agent Today found 73%...

Many agents will remember the nerves and jubilation of their first property sale. Estate Agent Today has launched a new video series...

Proptech firm Gazeal is working on buyer-focused product that can be used to show a seller they are serious about a...

In this latest video interview, exclusively for EAT and LAT readers, Estate Agent Today's Lee Dahill chats with Mike Dawson from...

Excitement is building for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. A four-day Bank Holiday to mark the occasion will kick off on 2...

More than 30 agents and property firms such as auction houses and valuers were reprimanded by HMRC for anti-money laundering breaches...

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...

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

Many agents will remember the nerves and jubilation of their first property sale. Estate Agent Today has launched a new video series...

Agency trade bodies have backed the “clarity” provided by Trading Standards after it deemed “price on application” listings unlawful. It comes as...

An online auctioneer has hit out at exclusive partner agreements between agents and traditional auction houses.  Stuart Collar-Brown, co-founder and director of...

An industry veteran who helped train Purplebricks agents has partnered with easyProperty to foster its franchisee talent. The online hybrid agent is...

Agents lost out on £600,000 worth of owed commission from withdrawn listings last year, industry data suggests. Withdrawn sales are an occupational hazard...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Property portals are preparing to support agents in complying with a new era of upfront material information. From the end of May,...

Agency franchisees with brands such as Hunters, Martin & Co, Belvoir and EasyProperty are being given the chance to sign up...

An estate agent has hit back at the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after the watchdog banned a poster advertising the firm’s...

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

The government is being urged to go further with its clampdown on fake reviews. A government announcement aimed at protecting consumers last...

From the beginning of April, long-awaited rules from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) came into effect....

Yesterday afternoon, Helena Marston was finally confirmed as Purplebricks new CEO after all the due diligence checks that are required for...

A leading figure in the Say No To Rightmove (STNR) campaign says the attempts to get agents to ditch Rightmove have...

The government has insisted it is still committed to introducing agency qualifications and minimum standards in the sector. It is almost three...

Online agent Strike is preparing to name a home seller who will be reimbursed the equivalent of an estate agent fee...

Boomin has unveiled its latest round of paying agents. The challenger portal, launched by former Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce, has revealed 10...

Hundreds of former Purplebricks agents have now signed up to a potential legal claim against the firm. Contractors For Justice, known as...

Keller Williams has marked a record month for new agents but has announced the closure of its Bristol market centre hub...

Estate agents are being urged to ensure clients have instructed a solicitor from “day dot.” Speaking in an exclusive video interview with...

Lawyers working on a class action against online agents including Purplebricks have said they will be ready to send a letter...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) chief executive Gareth Samples has called for a steer on when the long-awaited Regulation of Property...

Foxtons, Chancellors and Douglas & Gordon have been named among the first paid-up agency brands on Boomin. The challenger portal, launched by...

Agents are preparing their businesses for the cost of living crunch, with considerations on fuel use, heating and window display lighting. Much...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said it may consider complaints about ‘misleading SSTC listings’ on portals but suggests it may...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) is planning more acquisitions after a busy 2021 for buying-up agencies. The umbrella property brand, which incorporates...

Zoopla has unveiled a Sales Advisory Board in an attempt to give agents a greater say in how the portal is...

Trading Standards has advised agents to update listings once they reach the "sold subject to contract" (SSTC) stage. It comes after legal...

Purplebricks ended the trading day yesterday without being able to formally welcome its new chief executive but the markets appeared to...

A former UK national sales director at Purplebricks has been reunited with the online agent’s founder Michael Bruce at Boomin. Paul Vickerstaff,...

Visual images are key for securing the quickest sales at the best prices, according to a formal estate agency chief who...

For the record, this isn’t my last Industry Views for Estate Agent Today, although by the time you read this I'll be...

Sky News is reporting that Boomin, the portal founded by Purplebricks creator Michael Bruce, is close to finalising a new round...

The self-employed model, after years of not really catching on fully, was given a major boost by the pandemic and the...

The owner of an estate agency has died suddenly, plunging the local community into shock. Ciaran McGurgan founded Maison Real Estate in...

In this exclusive for Estate Agent Today readers, video supremo and property expert Chris Watkin conducts an interview with the Bruce...

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

This week, you will have all seen the sad news that Graham Norwood is stepping down as editor of Estate Agent...

An estate agent has suggested on social media that people who buy a Greggs breakfast each day could save well over...

Estate Agent Today is to have a new editor from April 4. He is award winning journalist and podcaster Marc Shoffman who...

For the second time in recent weeks, Purplebricks has de-listed a property after an unacceptable comment by the seller on social...

The international reviews service Trustpilot has batted away criticism from a property website that it ignores breaches of its guidelines. Last week,...

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

A row has broken out over a company which has made allegations about Trustpilot reviews of OnTheMarket. A company called KwikChex says...

Almost exactly a decade ago I wrote a blog on the back of a spate on mainstream news stories about prime...

Momentum is building up in support of the government’s probe into whether the London homes of oligarchs on the sanctions list...

The government is considering seizing British property owned by Russian oligarchs on the sanctions list without paying compensation. The Financial Times says Housing...

Some agents say they have as many as one in 10 vendors taking their properties off the market and seeking to...

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...

PropTech supplier tmgroup is to hold a six-part webinar series called Achieving Change: Think tomorrow, act today. The webinars - from linked...

It’s feared one of the country’s oldest estate agencies may have entered receivership. The Drew Pearce company of agents and chartered surveyors...

If the UK and its allies have been played by Russia over the Ukraine ‘invasion’, and it’s beginning to look that...

The Mail Online website alleges that an after-hours party at an estate agency office involved staff apparently inhaling drugs from balloons. The...

Seven years after it launched on the London Stock Market, speculation continues that Purplebricks may be about to de-list and return...

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

The head of one of Britain’s most successful agency groups says he is a big fan of PropTech - but it...

Here’s the odd thing about interest rates - we all care about them, but they don’t directly affect that many people...

An estate agency has brought cheer - or should that be cheers? - to the local community by brewing a beer. Neil...

Our Agents Do Charity column each Friday does a fantastic job of highlighting the amazing charitable work of agents up and...

Was Purplebricks right to delist a property from its website when it discovered the vendors - a Christian couple - were opposed...

Purplebricks’ decision to de-list a property after the Christian vendors made anti-gay comments has won widespread support from industry figures, including...

Will he stay or will he go? You don’t need me to say who ‘he’ is - it’s the only story...

An estate agency that launched in 2018 saying that High Street offices were dead…has now opened its second physical branch in...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

Estate Agent Today understands that the civil servant who has been at the heart of plans to reform the house buying...

At the risk of mixing my metaphors, any mention of energy has become something of a blue touch paper in the...

Could estate and letting agents sell their branch office window space for third party advertising, above and beyond promoting the properties...

A hybrid agency that charges no fees to vendors but instead relies on referral fees for income has officially rolled out...

If UK agents were paid higher fees they could perform a better service to the public. That’s the view of Mark Hayward,...

Purplebricks has this morning said that a newspaper report over the weekend, claiming part of the business is to be sold...

A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...

Propertymark’s chief executive has rejected claims that his organisation’s housing market data inaccurately states the numbers of prospective buyers for each...

The team at Estate Agent Today and our publisher, Angels Media, wish all agents a very prosperous New Year.  Thank you for your...

Zoopla’s chief operating officer says the portal has made progress for agents in 2021 but recognises there’s more to do next...

One of the founders and leading figures in the Agents Together industry charity says one silver lining of the pandemic has...

We’ve had a terrific display of agency and supplier videos running every weekday since late November - a wonderful lead-in to...

Hello, and with Christmas around the corner we have perhaps the most charming and well-produced festive video we’ve seen from an...

The chair of the strategic board of fledgling Boomin says most existing portals are merely operating like digital newspapers with listings,...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

The chief executive of Propertymark says agents should be trained - but it’s then vital they use their training as a...

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...

An estate agency that three years ago launched saying that High Street offices were unnecessary has had a rethink - and...

Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...

There’s good news for people in Newbury, Berkshire - the Christmas windows at Hillier & Wilson estate agency have now been...

Purplebricks’ official statement on the departure of chief marketing officer Ben Carter merely says he’s leaving at the end of the...

Angels Media was the official media sponsor of the highly successful Relocation Agent Network’s conference on Friday, with Angels chief executive...

In a first for the Natter, this week's interview is a video affair, with me posing the questions to Stephen Brown,...

Hello and welcome to a very special edition of Agents Do Charity - a tribute to someone who has arguably done...

Purplebricks insists there is no basis for a class action legal case over its employment practices which may start this month. A pressure group, Contractors...

Tomorrow sees the Relocation Agent Network’s first in-person conference since 2019.   The event, at the Metropole Hilton in Birmingham, will focus...

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

The perception of the housing market, especially in London, being awash with ‘dirty’ money is a problem that needs to be...

Let’s begin with total transparency from this author: I believe there’s a place for Build To Rent in the wider portfolio...

A London agency has undergone what it calls a ‘genteel’ rebrand with a subtle change of name - but a major...

The police have been called in to investigate the ongoing cyber-security incident which has led to many firms in the Simplify...

In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...

In this latest video interview with the industry, Estate Agent Today's Lee Dahill chats to Richard Price, managing director of Dezrez,...

With the conveyancing crisis at the Simplify Group now approaching two weeks old, it appears Purplebricks has been the worst affected...

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

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

With Remembrance Sunday this weekend, the nation and our industry will remember those who fell. Yesterday on Estate Agent Today we featured one...

Today is the 11th day of the 11th month - the traditional annual Armistice Day, commemorating the signing of the armistice...

A few weeks ago the ESTAS took place at the Grosvenor House hotel in London - the first chance for many...

The leader of the organisation proposing a class action against Purplebricks says there’s been a “phenomenal” response to his request for...

Reservation Agreements provide agents with absolute certainty that both sellers and buyers are being honest. “If they’re lying or… shall we say,...

A PropTech chief says agents are now competing with each other for substantially less stock on the market - meaning their...

We’ve probably all learned to be a little less cynical about politicians in recent weeks, given the tragic events. We perhaps...

The ValPal Network has won the ESTAS’ Supplier Awards – Best in Sector: Online Valuation Tool prize for the fifth year...

PropTech is booming, and its rise was only accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the real estate industry – as...

As a character from a fairly well-known TV show once said, winter is coming and we’re all contemplating where 2021 has...

An alert has gone out to sales and lettings agents to be more diligent with their checking of data, and to...

Some 1,100 guests are expected to attend the ESTAS awards tomorrow - the first time agents, conveyancers and brokers will gather...

A claims firm wants to commence proceedings against online estate agency companies such as Purplebricks and Yopa. It's on behalf of thousands...

PropTech and CRMs should be about far more than merely gathering data - they should be telling agents which prospects are...

Within weeks the focus of the industry will be on the White Paper to be issued on rental reform before Christmas. Let’s...

Estate agents who differentiate themselves from competitors should not be afraid of charging more - and should have confidence when doing...

It’s been revealed that HM Revenue & Customs scours the listings on both Rightmove and Zoopla to assess whether property investors...

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...

Former Housing Secretary James Brokenshire has died at the age of 53. The Conservative ex-Cabinet minister, who was diagnosed with lung cancer...

An estate agent claims he may be the highest paid in the industry this year - and he puts it down to...

Fledgling portal Boomin says its new SmartVal tool has received over 10,000 requests since launching in early September. SmartVal is powered in part by...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about a property advertised by Connells-owned Countrywide estate agents. The issue revolves...

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

The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...

A video interview claims to spill the beans on how sales progression can be accelerated by three to four weeks. Estate agent...

Chris Watkin - the famous industry content creator, ghostwriter and trainer - has made a series of controversial statements about agents...

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

Photography has become an increasingly important weapon in an agent’s armoury in recent years as listings compete for space on portals,...

The property market over the last 18 months has seen unprecedented activity - as a result of changed priorities, the stamp...

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...

The independent QC leading a review into the governance scandal at the RICS says there was “no fraudulent or criminal misbehaviour”...

Purplebricks says it’s beginning interviewing this week for roles at three key levels where there were not enough ‘switchers’ willing to...

Purplebricks says its aim to move 650 staff from self-employed status to employed has had a 95 per cent success rate. It...

Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Estate Agent Today stories)?  Who are these people and...

A TV advertising campaign begins today to promote SmartVal, its real-time valuation tool available on the Boomin portal. The advertisements will start...

Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

The work of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team is “vital” it claims - and the case of the...

Auction service Iamsold says a small-sample survey it conducted of agents suggests that increasing numbers are looking favourably on auctions as...

A long-standing critic of OnTheMarket, who was once excluded from a presentation by the portal’s leadership, has spoken enthusiastically of the...

I’m sorry to break this to you but in 10 days’ time it will be autumn - and we will have...

One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...

Michael Bruce says the new SmartVal automated valuation system he is this month introducing on Boomin will be the most accurate...

Purplebricks’ chief executive says a £4m marketing blitz scheduled for the autumn will go ahead despite the upheaval caused by the...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says he wants to move his agency’s 600 Local Property Experts from self-employed to employed status...

Purplebricks has this morning confirmed that it’s ending its self-employed Local Property Experts operation and is moving to “a fully employed model...

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

There’s already plenty of talk about autumn - depressing huh? - with agents pondering how the housing market will respond to...

Purplebricks has hired another creating PR agency to work on its consumer campaign. Taylor Herring - part of the larger Publicis group...

Boomin has revealed to Estate Agent Today the latest figures on agency branches signed up to its fledgling portal. It says it...

The head of Boomin has attacked Rightmove for the fees it currently charges agents, the likelihood of higher fees to come,...

One of the best known faces in estate agency has launched his own podcast - and is giving Estate Agent Today...

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...

The platform behind a controversial proposal to charge prospective buyers and renters £30 or more to view a property on the...

Boomin has given its member agents more details of its new valuation tool being launched next month. Called SmartVal, it is described...

The controversial ViewRabbit service, which proposes to charge prospective buyers and tenants for viewing properties, may seek international investment. The site has...

Propertymark says a new pay-per-viewing service is “interesting” but warns agents to protect themselves by abiding by consumer protection regulations. The warning has come following...

LSL Property Services has told Estate Agent Today that the company did not agree to a potential sale of its mortgage arm at...

There’s gathering momentum to do ‘something’ about the unfairness of council tax and stamp duty. This isn’t new in principle. Agents have...

An agent support service set up in the early days of the pandemic has closed down with its architect saying “If...

Creating a New Homes division could be a good way of expanding an agency business according to the head of a...

Let it never be said that this column isn’t here to help out agents directly. In this week’s Natter, I speak...

High end agency Savills is conducting “a full investigation” into a racist tweet posted overnight. A Savills statement posted on Twitter this...

Purplebricks is to launch an extensive marketing campaign after this summer’s Olympics to emphasise the local knowledge of its 600 agents...

At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...

Estate agents are being advised to emphasise to customers that they are local experts. “Show [the public] that you really know your...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says research into pricing strategies has suggested around a third of sellers at least consider using...

Digital signatures are not new but the relative slowness with which they have been adopted by the industry is disappointing, according...

The industry’s two leading trade bodies have spoken out about the incident in which an agent accosted England’s chief medical officer,...

In the world of football – very topical at the moment, as we all enjoy the Euros – there is an...

The debate over For Sale and To Let boards continues apace with some local councils wanting to make it difficult or...

I recently saw a fly-through video for a home on sale for well over £2m. The imagery was good (made better by...

Phil Spencer has interviewed five key regional estate agents in the latest of his Move iQ industry videos. It’s a fascinating insight...

It’s been another terrific week for good deeds by our industry - so often under-reported but so important for agents and...

Iain McKenzie, chief executive of the Guild of Property Professionals, has given Estate Agent Today readers four exclusive marketing tips. In a...

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

Around 18 months ago, just a few months before the pandemic hit, I did a Natter with the team at software...

The row over whether agents should be allowed to vet people who view properties on the basis of their wealth has...

Kerfuffle founder Simon Whale has given Estate Agent Today readers three top tips for improving their performance. The trio of suggestions -...

A traditional problem for agents has been ‘tyre kickers’ who come to view a home out of curiosity with little or...

Right now it seems that another day means another house price record, an all-time high for transactions, and a conveyancing log-jam...

With just hours to go to the start of the Euros, we can announce our squad for writing Agents Reports on...

An estate agent has been accused of charging prospective clients to view a property. The claim has been made on Twitter by...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

Figures released from the government show 19,400 people in the real estate sector are still on furlough - suggesting some agents have back...

We’re only a little over a week away from the Euros, happening at last a year later than scheduled because of...

Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...

An anonymous conveyancer has admitted increasing fees to deter buyers and sellers in the frenzied housing market during the stamp duty...

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...

A firm has agreed to amend its claim that it was the number one selling agent in its town in 2020,...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

One of the industry’s key marketing suppliers has given four tips for agent readers of Estate Agent Today. Graeme Edwards, managing director...

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

The Trading Standards agency team has outlined to Estate Agent Today the process it will follow to improve what it calls...

It’s been quite a week for the rental sector. Lettings agents and landlords have had such a torrid time in recent years...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, Dominic Murphy, Managing Director of DM & Co. in the Midlands, speaks to...

In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...

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

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

This time last year the industry was awaiting the launch of a new portal - the free to list public site...

The estate agency industry is besotted with digital canvassing to try to win business - but that’s the wrong approach to take...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

In my previous Estate Agent Today feature, I endeavoured to explain the key differences between APIs and Apps, to help improve...

As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...

The veteran estate agent who led criticism of Countrywide’s former management is turning his glare on Foxtons. The London estate agency has...

For many, the funeral of HRH Prince Philip will be a solemn affair, while for some it will also be a...

New research shared with Estate Agent Today suggest that in areas of the country almost four in 10 homes for sale...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

Michael Bruce has been promoted from the role of executive chairman of Boomin to group chief executive officer. This is within two...

One of the industry’s leading consultants has calculated staff turnover rates at the country’s leading estate agencies. Christopher Watkin, the consultant who...

Today is the day that non-essential retail reopens as part of the government's roadmap out of lockdown. For the majority of the...

The Competition and Markets Authority says it has pushed Facebook into taking new action to combat fake reviews - an issue...

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...

Agents have contacted Estate Agent Today to say they fear the new MatchMaker service on the Boomin portal could be used...

The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...

First the good news - estate agents are trusted more than politicians and no less than bankers. Now the bad news:...

Buyer behaviour has changed over the past year of the pandemic and it’s up to estate agents to calculate how to...

Few people in the industry have as controversial or challenging a role as Nathan Emerson, the new (but interim) chief executive...

As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...

We recently launched our state of the property nation survey – a two-minute poll designed to give estate and letting agents...

Nathan Emerson, the new chief executive of Propertymark, says his mission is to make the organisation more transparent - and to...

Purplebricks has removed advertising claims which suggested it sold homes for a higher sum, on average, than rival agencies. The Advertising Standards...

Purplebricks is now part of the mainstream landscape of British estate agency. There - I said it. An agency whose whispered name...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Ed Mead,  all-round property guru and founder...

On Monday next week, Estate Agent Today will launch its state of the property nation survey, a 14-question poll for UK...

Purplebricks is to tilt its marketing increasingly towards local advertising on traditional and online platforms, and promoting the ‘on the street’...

Online agency Yopa says it will change a claim on its website that appears to suggest no fee will be charged...

A Sheffield estate agency is pioneering a new form of branch office - one that sells homes at the same time...

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

Agents are up in arms at a Rightmove restriction temporarily preventing access to parts of its listing back-end.  Agents received an email...

The head of finance at Propertymark has quit - another high profile departure for the troubled organisation. Estate Agent Today broke the news...

One of the biggest TV hits of lockdown has been the Netflix show Call My Agent! It’s a surprise success, perhaps, because...

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

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

The acquisition of Countrywide by Connells might just be the deal of the century in the British estate agency industry. That’s the...

When it comes to communications, Propertymark could do with a lot fewer confidentiality agreements and a lot more transparency. And I...

A high-profile London agency is asking the police and property industry bodies including Trading Standards to investigate a fake company posing under...

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...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

The new chief executive of Propertymark has declined to answer questions relating to the resignation of the NAEA president only half...

Estate agents quitting companies and setting up on their own will prosper only by tapping into the most appropriate level of...

A new service is offering agents free welcome boxes which can be passed over to buyers and tenants who move in. The...

Mystery over the unusual nature of the resignation of the NAEA President, announced last weekend, has deepened in the past 24...

Agents and conveyancers are expressing doubt over whether a possible six week extension to the stamp duty holiday will be enough...

An agent is challenging the insurer Hiscox over its interpretation of whether to honour a Business Interruption Insurance policy. A standard letter...

Rightmove is the latest portal to forge a link with the controversial Modern Method of Auction service being offered to agents. A...

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

The rise and rise of portal listings and changing consumer habits during the pandemic may mean the death of the High...

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

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Justin and Victoria Bhoday - a married...

Agents can win more instructions by using text messages to prospective sellers as part of a short term ‘nurture’ campaign, according...

A newspaper claims that thousands of customers’ financial details held by Foxtons Group are being freely accessed on the so-called dark...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

Property commentator Phil Spencer says lockdown - which we know will now last for another six weeks at least, and possibly...

Zoopla has revealed a multi-million-pound programme of future developments which have taken 18 months to finalise. Chief executive Charlie Bryant has told...

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

Propertymark, combining both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents, claims to speak for the...

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors last night announced a dramatic U-turn in the controversy over a report by an independent...

A hybrid agency is appealing to corporate estate agents to jump ship and try its self employed business model. Mr & Mrs...

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

Propertymark is the only agency trade body with sufficient influence on, and links with, government to achieve major gains for the...