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As part of its commitment to promoting and enforcing high standards, RICS has launched its Home Survey Standard, which will become...

Outsourcing important business functions such as marketing, HR and IT to attract cost savings, leverage expertise and gain greater competitive advantage is...

A statement made by Purplebricks in its trading statement yesterday appears to fly in the face of statements it has made...

A high-profile investment advice service says as OnTheMarket nears two years listed on the stock market it “has yet to deliver...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

The latest snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that the UK housing market is still on hold, pending...

It’s polling day, and not just to decide whether Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn will become Prime Minister. Our latest estate agency...

When we launched Reapit’s Foundations Platform as a Service (PaaS) in November, it may have seemed like a recent development in...

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands.  The offer is...

Agents who join the fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents will have full access to the new Homesearch mine of data. Homesearch debuted...

Hello and welcome to another day of our estate agency decoration pictures and videos. Every one that we have shown so far...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio What is mio and what...

Christmas gets ever closer and we’re delighted that you’re sending in those splendid festive videos and still photographs. Everyone today got in...

There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...

The Fifth Money Laundering Directive becomes law in the UK on January 10 2020, strengthening the responsibilities placed on private companies...

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - and it’s not just because we...

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

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

A new portal claims it will do what OnTheMarket failed to do, and offer an agent-led operation charging every agency branch...

Sotheby’s International Realty says two recent sales it achieved 115 miles away from its closest office prove that local agents are...

Everyone thought John Bercow was short. It probably didn’t help that I was on stage just before him. 5ft 6 versus...

There’s been a new warning to estate agents to check they are fully compliant with GDPR regulations following a European case...

love2move, which offers High Street agents a white-labelled digital platform that allows them to offer online services to vendors, has revealed...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Hinkins and I’m a Sales Consultant...

Zoopla is advising agents to prepare for a festive rush of leads. The portal says it expects a 60  per cent month-on-month increase...

The National Association of Estate Agents is warning UK agents to take stock of their data collection and retention procedures following...

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

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

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

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

Homesearch, the data service which launched this year as free-to-use with a subscription model launching in 2020, has announced it’s introducing...

28th NOVEMBER 2019: Christopher Watkin’s recent thought-provoking interview with Dan Marsden sheds light on the property industry today and offers an...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Michelle O’Brien, mio Account Manager for Home Counties North What is...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents continues to show how political uncertainty is dampening sentiment and...

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

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...

Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today for November - the festive month of December is just around the...

A traditional property agent says critics of Purplebricks underestimate the beneficial impact the firm has had on the UK agency industry. And...

Local media in the south west are reporting that a Torquay estate agent took his own life after telling his partner...

The Great Debate over the charges levied on agents by portals and the huge profits that Rightmove and Zoopla make has...

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

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...

Last winter, Agents Giving had a fantastic response to our Winter Coat Drive, which saw the collection of more than 1,500...

Rightmove has been given the green light to continue using the claim that “every second someone contacts an estate agent about a...

The head of the UK’s longest-established agency recruitment consultancy says experience and qualifications are not key when looking for new staff. Property...

Two separate former High Street estate agents have sung the praise of switching to the hybrid business model. Appleby’s in Gloucestershire is...

Mark Bentley, the immediate past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has become the highest profile agent yet to...

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

House prices dipped a tiny 0.1 per cent in October - but this led to the annual rate coming in at...

If you haven’t noticed, it’s November already - a month where it’s increasingly popular for men to grow moustaches for charity....

An estate agency has been fined £30,000 for waiting until minutes after the sale of a flat was completed to tell...

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

You’ve probably heard about unified communications (UC) before. But why are your competitors and other organisations moving towards centralised comms platforms? What are...

A London council wants government backing for a borough-wide Section 7 direction - effectively banning all agents’ boards being erected without...

Until now General Election pledges of stamp duty reforms were restricted to the Conservatives - but now a tax consultancy says...

This line is one that I use a lot in my speeches and presentations, often as part of the final slide. I...

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

Buyers and sellers changing their minds lie behind almost a third of fall-throughs - the single biggest reason why transactions collapse,...

A new study by the London School of Economics suggests that a high profile ban on the sale of new homes...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Milton Rodosthenous, Director of Equity and Capital & LetsBid Property.  What...

Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...

Agents and property industry figures have given a clear message to the government six weeks ahead of the General Election -...

A tax expert is urging owners of second homes, as well as property investors and existing landlords, to seek independent financial...

I was shocked, not so long ago, by an out of office reply I received upon sending an email to a...

An estate agency will pay out over £40,000 after being found to have misled customers and allowing one of its own...

Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...

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

It’s that time again, with the clocks going back an hour to mark the start of slightly brighter mornings and significantly...

Young homebuyers want tech-savvy, astute and attentive estate agents who are able to handle their complex requirements via a range of...

One of the country’s most prominent estate agents has given renewed backing to a pilot project on reservation agreements, being tested...

Hello, welcome to another Monday and the latest PJT. As ever, a brief reminder to please let us know your appointments new...

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

Since I started working with Zero Deposit for me the market leader in deposit replacement alternatives, the most common question I am...

Controversy and Purplebricks have gone hand in hand since the agency was first launched in 2012, through its float on the...

The police are looking for witnesses or anyone who can help identify the burglars accused of an extensive spray-paint attack on...

News broke last weekend of a further online estate agency casualty as letting agent Upad announced on its website that it...

There has been a real wind of change in estate agency and over the last 18 months we have seen the...

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

This is stating the obvious to estate agents but the government has revealed that homes near parks, gardens, playing fields and...

Upad, the national online letting agent set up by entrepreneur James Davis has announced that it is “closed to new business”...

There has been a surprise, but small, increase in the market share of online estate agents according to the latest survey. Business...

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

An estate agency service in the Lake District has rolled out a new benefit to all its staff - and in...

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

The boss of a 15+ branch estate agency group has explained how he thinks regulation could 'ruin' the estate agency industry. Simon...

A regional agency operating across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire has announced an acquisition which adds two branches to its network. This week, Alexander...

Raise more money for your charity with help from the industry charity – Agents Giving. At Agents Giving we work with estate and...

An estate agency based in Cumbria has rebranded to Hunters following a management buyout. Cumberland Estate Agents has been purchased by its...

I have been banging on about partnerships and collaborations for years now. Whether it’s between two real estate firms, two PropTech firms,...

Auction House has reported a record number of sales for September, while its founder claims private treaty sales 'won't be able...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Masters – Account Manager for the Midlands What is ‘company...

The latest figures from Halifax show annual house price growth has dipped to a six-year low. Average property price growth in...

Halloween is just over three weeks away and while the government prepares for the planned departure from the EU on the...

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

Welcome back to Property Jobs Today - your Monday roundup of all the latest employment news from the industry. If you have...

Estate agents are being encouraged to consider providing increased flexible working options for their staff, including increased opportunities to work from...

A yet-to-launch estate agency comparison site is nearing its crowdfunding target of £50,000. Invite Agents, which is crowdfunding on crowdcube, had, as...

It may only be October 4, but temperatures have already started to drop this week as preparations for winter begin. As we...

Three key industry organisations have endorsed a best practice guide for the controversial Modern Method of Auction. The iamsold guide is aimed at...

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

Property professionals are increasingly worried about the threat of cyber attacks, according to new research. Some 41% of 'real estate professionals from...

An independent estate agency has committed its future to the high street by moving one of its offices to a more...

It never rains but it pours. And that’s certainly been the case for the online estate agency sector in the last...

Hybrid agency Yopa has announced that its chief executive, Ben Poynter, will be standing down at the end of October to...

I want to take the time this week to talk about PropTech startups and how they can often be seen to...

A growing free-to-list property portal says there's never been a better time for estate agents to target foreign investors. Residential People, which,...

London-focussed business-to-business deal data service LonRes has acquired an anti-money laundering compliance consultancy specialising in residential and commercial property. Financial Crime Services,...

The reform of the buying process is to take centre stage at a special conference called Bold Legal LIVE! taking place...

The German-based Alex Springer publishing company, which is already the largest single investor in Purplebricks, has acquired a prominent online estate...

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

When Jasmine Fakir moved from her home in Brent, north London, to look after her ill mother she certainly did not...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents shows that the late summer period was a good one...

The collapse of Thomas Cook, widely seen as failing modernise with the expectations of modern shoppers, is a clear lesson for...

Picture this: You have finally pushed that sale or purchase through, which means your client is over the moon and happy...

Tim Hyatt, currently in charge of Knight Frank’s London residential operation, is to take over as the firm’s residential work across...

The Federation of Independent Agents, the new trade group set up in May, is holding its first conference this week.  The FIA...

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

A sales and lettings agency which has entered insolvency is reported by a local newspaper to have offered vendors cut-price fees...

Last week we covered a story, broken by The Times, about a new website allowing users to discover the air quality...

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...

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

HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that the original Emoov online agency has been fined for breaches of money laundering regulations. HMRC...

A quick move company claims that the general public underestimate estate agents’ fees by around £6,000.  A survey of 2,000 home owners...

The first speakers have been announced for the 2020 conference of the National Association of Estate Agents, to be held on...

Property management service Move with Us has announced a new partnership with chain management service View My Chain. Move with Us, founded...

‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...

Earlier this year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working group announced the initial details of plans for mandatory qualifications and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Simon Trippett – Partner at The Property Centre. What services...

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

A study from Santander Mortgages has blown the cover on first time buyers, suggesting they know almost nothing and research very...

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

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

A comprehensive report into the changing complexion of the High Street suggests that some 143 estate agents’ offices closed in the...

The independent Seel and Co, one of Cardiff’s and Wales’ oldest independent agencies and auction houses, has been acquired by Jeffrey...

One of the biggest changes seen in the property market over the last decade is technology growth. With the likes of Rightmove...

The Guild of Property Professionals has welcomed government steps to provide buyers and sellers with greater transparency in transactions - and...

The parent company of franchised hybrid estate agency EweMove says that experienced estate agents outperform inexperienced franchisees - but only for...

A £3.6 billion Towns Fund to support towns across England to build prosperous futures through innovative regeneration is a perfect chance...

The government has issued a revised version of its official How To Buy and How To Sell documents, aimed at consumers...

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

It’s been six years since the Help to Buy scheme was launched, with the honourable intentions of helping more people onto...

A survey claims that millions of potential sellers would use online estate agents - and bizarrely, this includes an online agency...

A portal which describes itself as a social network and which has been operating on a soft launch basis for many...

Whinge. Moan. Lead quality. Crap market. Decision procrastination. Fee pressure. Bloody competitors. Especially Purplebricks. Brexit, of course, Brexit... These are just some...

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

A new PropTech online platform called BestAgent Property Marketplace is to launch next year following a series of 12 meetings this autumn. It...

A company operating the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it is trying to improve the sector’s image after a series...

Some may say that we’re almost in the ninth month of the year but for many, August Bank Holiday heralds the...

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

The National Association of Estate Agents has told the government that it wants one single Ombudsman to provide redress across all...

The head of online agency Housesimple has made another strident attack on the integrity of High Street agents by saying some...

As real estate firms begin to execute their Q3 strategies and think more closely about Q4, there is one major question...

Since first meeting the mio team at The Negotiator Awards back in November 2018 – and being presented with no less...

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

A new digital platform has been set up in a bid to provide a one-stop-shop for self-build enthusiasts - and it...

Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...

Global free-to-list property portal Residential People has announced it’s almost at its next milestone of 800,000 listings within its first six...

We’re fast approaching the last Bank Holiday before Christmas (ugh) so enjoy it - because on Tuesday we’re all going to...

Innovate or Die. But What is Innovation? It Isn’t just PropTech A certain Mr Dick Whittington Esquire was once convinced that the...

One of the country’s leading estate agents is leading the calls on Chancellor Sajid Javid to sort out the government’s stamp...

News this week tells of Zehomes, the German property management company, raising €13 million in Series-A funding, bringing its all-time total...

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

The Guild of Property Professionals is launching its second tour of 2019 with an added bonus - a free training session...

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

The typical new real estate agency forms when an entrepreneurial high performer quits their job at a leading chain and sets...

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

As the founder of Jupix, I worked in the property industry between 2008 - 2014. I had the privilege to lead...

Estate agents have collectively been fiercely criticised for allegedly exaggerating valuations to win instructions, doing a disservice to vendors and not...

Carl Hemming, Director from Ginger in Balsall Common explains how mio has quickly proven to be a cost-effective way to simplify...

Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...

With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...

One of the most experienced and high profile figures in the industry says individual agents working for online companies are typically...

One of the largest surveys of housing concerns amongst consumers suggests that agents fees - once a major issue - is...

I wrote last week about Keller Williams and how their leader, Gary Keller, is doing an admirable job of driving innovation through...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Lino Goncalves – Area Sales Manager What is Lets bid property...

Traditionally speaking, users who are looking to buy, rent, or sell their property to customers on an international basis have been...

Hello and welcome to PJT, breaking you in to the working week every Monday with news of the movers and shakers...

It’s another Friday so it’s another Agents Do Charity - of course! It’s August and the height of the holidays but as...

The Advertising Standards Authority has issued a guidance note warning online estate agents, after complaints about them have “grown dramatically”. “Property is big...

Estate and letting agents will for the first time be able to use WhatsApp to respond to leads on a 24/7...

When an industry disruptor enters a marketplace the impact on existing operators can be significant. It has been seen most notably...

A note sent out by OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has suggested that the way estate agents work may directly lead...

The National Association of Estate Agents says that  both demand and particularly supply have dipped in the past month - but...

1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...

Matt Nicholson, Sales Progressor at Edwards & Co in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, explains how adopting sales progression and communication tool, mio, has...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new Property Jobs Today column, bringing you the industry’s...

Nicky Stevenson has had a very varied and interesting career in property. She started out as a lettings negotiator for Nicholas...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Eric Woodhams F.N.A.E.A. mio Account Manager What is mio and what...

Some estate agents are charging as much as 2.9 per cent commission according to a survey by comparison website GetAgent. While the...

One of the earliest property websites, nethouseprices.com, has been acquired by fledgling property portal OneDome.  Nethouseprices was set up in 2004 and...

Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather.  Yet...

How many of you are in favour of estate agents being licenced? Would most agents rather not be overseen by a regulator...

Sometimes having prior knowledge of a stressful event can be more stressful than the event itself, just look at Brexit for...

Estate agents are amongst the workers to suffer the worst fall in wages over the past 10 years according to shock...

A bid to ban the building of new homes for out-of-town buyers has backfired on a Cornish community - and now...

The chief executive of Hunters franchise operation, Glynis Frew, says online estate agencies have given the industry two ‘positives’ - but...

An online agency which last autumn said it wanted to have as much as a three per cent market share of...

The fledgling Federation of Independent Agents has revealed a list of agents which have joined the scheme.  The very latest is Oakwood...

Property pundit Henry Pryor says he is invited on TV and radio in order to provide “balance” against estate agents who...

In a marketplace as competitive as the property industry, you may think that generating leads is the most important focus for...

Trade bodies and property firms have strongly welcomed the recommendations for root and branch reform of the agency industry - and...

One of the country’s leading estate agents says shifting the burden of stamp duty away from the buyer - which is...

Trade organisations including the National Association of Estate Agents have welcomed today’s publication of the report of the Regulation of Property...

A trade association of agents selling properties overseas has launched a new feature which it claims will give buyers greater security...

There’s more bad news for online estate agencies this morning as a survey reveals that they have only a seven per cent...

The price of property coming to market fell by 0.2 per cent or an average of £656 in the past month...

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

A new global free-to-list property portal says it has secured 800 new property enquiries for estate agents in the last four...

The Property Ombudsman will in future refer more estate agents to the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team if...

If agents ran their databases more efficiently, the property portals might find themselves redundant. Controversial opening statement aside, the reality is that...

The PropTech era is changing the way in which employees decide where they are going to work. As CBRE has discovered in...

Estate agents have been urged to ensure they are carrying out an annual independent audit of their anti-money laundering (AML) processes. ID...

The former chief executive of Purplebricks has defended claims that some Local Property Experts are underpaid, saying that success comes through...

Welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today. It's the time of the week when you can catch up with...

With somewhere in the region of 1.2 million property sales transactions being completed each year, and 16,500 estate agents actively vying...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card?             Becky Howes, mio Account Manager What...

The new owners of Emoov have confirmed that 70 previous customers have opted to re-list their homes with the firm since it...

Friday is Agents Do Charity day and as the country enjoys the delights of Wimbledon and rues the Lionesses' departure from...

The average British homeowner stays in their property for 20.8 years, according to new research by Zoopla. The property portal analysed the...

It’s likely that your agency or one of your clients has recently fallen foul of an old-fashioned trend which has been...

Fine & Country, the international network of prime estate agencies, has this week announced the opening of two new offices. The first...

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

This week, I want to take a look at the Israeli startup, Venn, an urban revitalisation firm which has recently received...

Petty Estate Agents has acquired the real estate division of Cheshire-based Wright Marshall out of administration. The deal safeguards the company after...

The head of a website that contrasts the performances of rival estate agents is urging buyers to ‘drill down’ and find...

New figures released show High Street estate agents taking an increasingly large market share as online operators continue to crumble. According to the...

An estate agent in the west country has died, aged just 28. Adam Reed worked for the Smart Estate Agent, a fixed-fee...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

Purplebricks’ former chief executive Lee Wainwright has made a stout defence of the controversial agency’s sales progression process and its local...

Hello there - if it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity, and as we prepare for a hot weekend for Glastonbury revellers...

Purplebricks has released figures which appear to show it is one of the most successful agencies - or perhaps THE most...

A PropTech firm which claims its products offer “industry-leading” response times says agents lose a majority of their leads due to slow...

The modern method of auction is proving to revolutionise the way properties are bought and sold across the UK.  By putting the...

MyBid4It is an online auction platform which has been developed to partner with Estate Agents and revolutionise the way properties are...

New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents suggest that supply is at last creeping back up to seasonal norms...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Mark Worrall the co-founder of love2move What is love2move and...

The former chief executive of Purplebricks UK says the agency completes on over 80 per cent of the homes it lists...

The free-to-list property portal Residential People says it now has over 740 independent agents in the UK on board - and...

London Central Portfolio, a respected property consultancy that has been pessimistic about the market in prime areas of the capital, says...

A former Territory Owner at Purplebricks, who at one time managed 11 Local Property Experts, has spoken out in support of...

Recent figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have revealed a rather worrying landscape for small business owners across the...

You may be right in thinking that Brexit has dominated the thinking of the government in the last three years. However,...

An online auction service which only came into existence in September last year claims to have 150 partner estate agents already,...

Purplebricks is the “Official Estate Agent Of Team GB” for the build-up to and completion of next summer’s Olympics in Tokyo. It is going...

Too many sellers are wedded to the idea that prices will rise after a Brexit deal is resolved, says one of the...

A series of damning reviews about Purplebricks’ working environment, apparently written by existing and former staff, have appeared online. Indeed is a...

Conveyancing platform The Moving Hub and Acquaint CRM have announced a strategic partnership. New and existing users of Acquaint CRM will have...

West Sussex estate agency Robert Luff and Co has merged with the long established company Sawyers Estate Agents. This creates a new...

An analyst on shares website Motley Fool says Purplebricks is not only in surprisingly strong financial health, but is actually outperforming...

A survey suggests there’s no firm correlation between a traditional agency’s opening hours and its performance in selling property - and...

High Street estate agents should re-define themselves in today’s competitive market by becoming Residential Property Experts offering a wide range of...

A firm that offers a white-labelled online agency platform to traditional High Street agents has signed up a new customer. love2move was...

The Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally found that four agencies broke competition law by taking part in a price fixing...

A buying agent has revealed how she advises potential clients to use portals when looking for a property to buy -...

A PropTech firm has repeated claims it first made in March about allegedly inaccurate floorpan measurement and says a new initiative...

A member of a legal information and networking organisation says an online estate agency expects him to do some work in...

With summer in full swing (will someone tell the weather?) we’re having bumper editions of Agents Do Charity, and this weekend’s is...

A recent survey conducted by comparison website GetAgent found that traditional high street agents have been given a firm thumbs up...

The estate agency industry is at a crossroads. A turbulent market, unstable political situation and a chronic lack of public confidence has...

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

An estate agency in St Albans has rebranded as Fine & Country. JW&Co Langleys office in St Albans was acquired by Tom...

It may well seem that the government is pre-occupied with one issue, and one issue alone. While preparations for Brexit take up a...

In recent years, estate and letting agents have been faced with a series of tough challenges to absorb and react to. There...

Traditional High Street estate agents have been given the thumbs up by sellers in a new survey of over 5,000 vendors...

Hello - it’s that time of the week again when we celebrate the agency industry’s fantastic fund-raising. We were delighted that our...

The number of sales agreed per branch has increased for the first time this year, rising from an average of seven...

In recent years click & collect has become a popular way for retailers, supermarkets and online shopping sites such as Amazon...

As we move closer to the halfway point of 2019, property market conditions for agents and their clients remain challenging. Brexit may...

One of the capital’s most outspoken estate agents at the upper end of the market has given eye-watering statistics to show...

We’ve reached the final instalment of my market transformation do’s and don’ts.  In previous articles, we’ve looked at: Do encourage, don’t deter;...

New data from property consultancy The Advisory shows that the top 10 online estate agents now have a combined market share...

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...

The UK property market can be seen by criminals as an effective vehicle to conceal the proceeds of economic crime. Criminally...

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

A survey undertaken by the respected Economist Intelligence Unit and a risk solutions company suggests that estate agency may be one...

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the commitment by the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the mis-selling of...

An expert who has invested in an online agency in the past has slammed Purplebricks’ business model. James Max, who presents the...

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...

The fledgling independent agents’ trade group, the Federation of Independent Agents, has signed another partnership deal with a high-profile industry supplier...

New free-to-list portals Residential People and Commercial People are aiming to secure one million property listings by Q4 2019. The portals -...

Conveyancing platform The Moving Hub has this week launched its proposition into the estate agency and mortgage intermediary sectors. The firm is...

99home is the latest online agency to launch a no sale, no fee option for its vendors. The firm, which was launched...

An online auction platform has launched a new instant property purchase feature as part of its expansion plans. Under The Hammer, a...

Fresh analysis by Zoopla has revealed Britain's fastest moving property markets with the lowest number of average days for a seller...

Two PropTech suppliers have this week announced new partnerships and products with the aim of helping estate agents.  Firstly, sales progression and...

In a world where people want instant gratification, it’s important to find ways to connect and engage with customers when they...

OnTheMarket has revealed several agents have signed up to the portal on long-term contracts and stopped listing properties on Rightmove. The agencies...

An estate agency has contacted the police after 26 of its boards disappeared since September 2018.  Manor Estate Agents, an all-female agency...