Yesterday we covered the story of self-employed estate agency brokerage eXp revealing three new agencies to have taken on the corporate...
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![Coup for Self-Employed Agency Brand as high flying agent joins](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
An agent with 15 years experience at high end agencies Hamptons and Knight Frank has joined a self-employed brokerage brand. Sally Jane...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer - Nurture, Not Nature, Will Help Agents In This Market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/Phil%20Spencer.png)
It’s the start of what promises - perhaps ‘threatens’ is a better word - to be a challenging second half of...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Experienced agents must educate ‘newbies’ on tougher markets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20Equality%20comes%20through%20learning%20-%20PIT%20by%20Chitra%20Stern.jpg)
Experienced agency owners mustn’t let their teams get carried away during the good times in the property market, senior industry executives...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket: Experienced agents key to selling homes in ‘magic 30-day window’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Buyers and sellers remain confident about getting moving in the property market but homes are taking longer to shift, OnTheMarket data...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Why logbooks make sense](/upload/images/Phil%20Spencer(1).png)
I was delighted to read recently about the creation of the first ever ‘register of logbooks’ in the UK, which offers...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![eXp launches referral network for agents to share sellers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-2-400x310.png)
Agency brand eXp UK has launched a new network referral programme for its self-employed agents to earn extra commission by sending...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![The rise of outsourcing in Estate Agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/MillenialAgents1-400x310.png)
The last two years have been dramatic and decisive for many people and many businesses. Both have reassessed their work approaches...
08 January 2022
From: Features
![Interview: experienced agents show increased appetite for training and qualifications](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessStrategyMeeting-400x310.jpg)
Since the announcement of the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA), an increasing amount of Principle, Partners and Directors (PPD) from the...
04 September 2021
From: Features
![Agencies must adapt to compete with self-employed lifestyle - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-Meeting-400x310.jpg)
A leading industry personnel expert says agencies must do more to attract new staff, including adapting how they work to compete...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide: Where did it all go wrong? A former insider gives his view...](/img/default/eat.png)
This week’s interviewee in the ‘In Conversation Today’ hotseat is a man better placed than most to shed some light on...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![How to ensure your letting business remains compliant](/img/default/eat.png)
Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...
20 February 2021
From: Features
![Self-employed brand now has 150-plus agents across the UK](/img/default/eat.png)
eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US and led by Adam Day, a veteran of three online agencies -...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive - Agents' training and licensing latest from the chair of RoPA](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Natter - backbone of our industry: Golders Green to South Coast](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Does experience still count in estate agency?](/img/default/eat.png)
“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
![Self-employed agency model booming claims high end brand](/img/default/eat.png)
The frenzied housing market and the uncertain wider economic outlook during the pandemic have combined to lead to a surge in...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Another self-employed agency model boasts of 100 new recruits](/img/default/eat.png)
The battle between rival self-employed agent business models continues apace with eXp UK - set up last autumn - announcing it...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Self-employed agents - the way forward for the industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Conquering Corona - self-employment webinar, more PropTech offers](/img/default/eat.png)
Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks asking sellers to draw their own floorplans](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Natter – how did agents advertise in the pre-portal days?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Over 50 agents join new national agency in first three months](/img/default/eat.png)
A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has revealed that it has recruited over 50 agents in its first...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Self-employed agent option launched by high end estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Fine & Country has introduced a self-employed agency business model to be run by well-known former Property Academy chief Nicky Stevenson. The...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Is this why Countywide, Purplebricks and Foxtons are struggling?](/img/default/eat.png)
An outspoken industry commentator says some of the country’s leading agencies are failing because they’re not actually run by experienced agents. Russell...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Every agent must pass qualification exams in ‘new era’](/img/default/eat.png)
Some older estate agents may end up retiring when mandatory examinations and qualifications are introduced as there will be no ‘free...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![EXCLUSIVE: New national agency recruitment ‘ahead of expectations’](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Which way will you turn at the estate agency industry’s crossroad?](/img/default/eat.png)
The estate agency industry is at a crossroads. A turbulent market, unstable political situation and a chronic lack of public confidence has...
05 June 2019
From: Features
![Join Us! Call for “disillusioned” agents to become prime London entrepreneurs](/img/default/eat.png)
A new prime London hybrid agency wants what it calls “disillusioned property professionals” to join the firm and take advantage of...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Job-sharing agents? The idea could work says personnel guru](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Personnel recruitment consultancy says more job-sharing could be introduced in the industry, preventing talent going to waste. Managing director Anthony...
11 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![My journey from franchisee to MD at the UK’s original hybrid agency](/img/default/eat.png)
After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in 2005, I took careful consideration over my career moves and prospective...
22 August 2018
From: Features
![Buying agent claims she was offered bribe to secure a higher offer on house](/img/default/eat.png)
A central London buying agent says she was once offered a bribe by an estate agent to try to persuade a...
17 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Platt's legacy - Countrywide's recent torrid years](/img/default/eat.png)
It is now an industry truism to say that Alison Platt has transformed Countrywide - but recent evidence, and now doubt...