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Gender-based discrimination remains an issue with the estate agency sector and many female victims are choosing not to report issues, an...

A safety alert has been issued after several female agents warned of being harassed on phone calls. The Women In Estate Agency...

As most of the regular readers of this column will know (and because I’m not shy about admitting it) – I’ve...

In celebration of International Women's Day, Tunbridge Wells property services company Presence & Co. proudly spotlights the exceptional achievements of our...

Female agents have shared their view on representation and opportunities in the sector to mark International Women’s Day. Industry data shows while...

Female representation at estate agency conferences and awards was a big theme of 2023 and now there is a chance to...

The estate agency industry is being urged to do more to tackle the issue of gender jaws, it has been warned. The...

An opinion piece by Sam Reynolds, CEO of Zero Deposit Just weeks ago, the Bank of England brought a halt to its...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Almost 4,000 agents have completed Propertymark Qualifications’ exams so far this year, the trade body has revealed. The figures equate to an...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

The gender pay gap in estate agency has grown, new research suggests. Analysis of industry data from the Office for National Statistics...

Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes, has been announced as Propertymark’s final keynote speaker for its landmark conference next month. She will...

Just 8% of estate agencies launched last year were started by women, new research suggests. Companies House data analysed by Instant Offices...

Female estate agents have shared the highs and lows of working in the property industry to mark International Women’s Day (IWD). The...

Mary Beeton, head of residential sales and residential development at Hamptons is celebrating her twentieth year at Hamptons. She is part of the...

Surveying is traditionally a male-dominated profession, and many women who have worked in the profession for many years report that at...

The property industry often gets a bad rep, despite all the work that agents and others in the sector do for...

First off, my own quick tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Despite her age and declining...

Estate Agent Today's good friend Christopher Watkin recently carried out a video interview with Glynis Frew, the well-known former managing director...

A network for women working in the residential property industry has signed up a trio of high-profile sponsors. Residential property industry suppliers...

Increasing numbers of women are being flagged during anti-money laundering (AML) compliance checks. AML platform Credas Technologies suggests the main reason for...

House price growth may be slowing but there is still plenty of movement in the property jobs market. Here are some of...

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

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

In this week’s Natter, I carry out a Q&A with Lisa Knight, who has taken the impressive journey from barmaid to...

The Women In Property group claims talented females are being lost to the industry due to the menopause.  It says panic attacks,...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - another opportunity to see how our industry is doing great work...

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

Our story yesterday on whether agents should continue to dress formally post-pandemic seemed to relight the fire on a long-time debate...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have another industry big-hitter and one of the most high-profile female leaders in property...

A prominent London estate agency owner wants an industry anti-racism campaign to counter what she describes as the “discrimination and prejudice...

There is growing criticism of Savills on social media following the controversy over a racist tweet apparently sent from the personal...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I chat with Fine & Country UK’s managing director Nicky Stevenson, one of the most...

You could be forgiven for overlooking International Women’s Day on Monday. Well, almost. Focus was instead turned to the first day back...

Agencies and suppliers today mark International Women’s Day with events and declarations shining a light on the achievements of female colleagues and...

This week’s In Conversation Today interviewee needs no introduction. One of the property industry’s most recognisable names, she has been a...

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...

Hunters has become one of the first major agencies to reveal the gender balance of its staff - and 60 per...

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

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;...

Our first wonderful fund-raising agents this week are walking over hot coals - now that’s a dare for you. But you don’t...

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

ARLA and NAEA Propertymark have announced their top teams for the year ahead - and on the estate agency side, the...

In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...

It was long awaited, much anticipated and, thankfully, incredibly well attended. FUTURE PropTech 2019 was a big hit and a truly global affair. For...

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

A maverick estate agent pictured wearing a yellow vest has threatened to mount what he calls a “civil protest” if Brexit...

Activists from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender movement are reported to have staged what they called a “queer kiss-in" outside...

Paul Lamplugh, the father of estate agent Suzy who was presumed murdered 33 years ago, has died - tragically, without ever...

A pensioner who committed sexual assaults on two women - one of them an estate agent - has been sent to...

An estate agent has been jailed for 18 months after he took out £30,000 worth of loans in the name of...

Countrywide has revealed precisely how many brands, branches and staff it has following the extensive and multiple restructurings of recent years. In...

Franchise agency Winkworth is marking International Women’s Day - that’s today - by celebrating the achievements of its female franchisees and...

Data from a firm specialising in lone-worker protection suggests that there has been a 27 per cent increase in the number...

Saudi Arabia has announced it’s to build a new mega-city, rising out of the desert sands in the kingdom’s north, adorning...

It’s been quite a week, much of it concerning the technology that increasingly underpins our industry.  A glut of fund-raising and relaunching...

Really? The first day of autumn? Well yes, according to weather professionals who say September 1 is the start of meteorological...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says more women should enter estate agency and other property sectors across the land and...

A study using ‘eye-tracking’ technology has revealed what prospective buyers pay most attention to during viewings and shows critical differences between...

Our recent roundtable on the proposed ban on tenant fees generated ten tips for growing a lettings business. We’re exploring each tip in more...

It’s peak business season for many agents right now and yet they still have time to do good work for charities...

Women may make better estate agents than men even though males dominate the sales sector, explains one of the industry’s most...

Earlier this week it was Dads4Daughters Day – a campaign that strives to promote gender equality in the workplace.  I have three...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says it is “disheartening” that the gender pay gap is widening in some aspects of...

An online tool created by the Government Equalities Office reveals that women working in estate agency and auctioneering in the UK...

A health service tribunal has found that a senior paramedic tried to sexually assault an estate agent as she prepared for...

Liz runs her own estate agency in Gateshead. When researchers for the Suzy Lamplugh Trust got in touch earlier in the year to...

Suzy Lamplugh was just 25 years old when she disappeared whilst working as an estate agent in London in 1986. She’d...

Three decades after 25-year-old Suzy Lamplugh disappeared on a house viewing, the charity set up in her name is calling on...

Older readers may recall a terrific movie called Network where a character, disillusioned by life, shouts from a window: “I’m as...

Settled, which was set up in 2015 and earlier this year announced it was hunting for an additional £1m in funding,...

Online agency Settled has been described by a major national newspaper as having “halved the time it takes to sell a...

An estate agent selling a home says he has been shocked by an incident in which a female prospective buyer fell...

It’s that time of the week where, despite stamp duty buying surges and the beginning of the traditional spring sales season,...

Estates Gazette has published a candid article suggesting the explicit hiring of prostitutes by delegates to the annual MIPIM conference may...

Diversity is a hot topic in offices across the UK as issues regarding the difference in pay and opportunities are being...

The big online estate agencies appear to have come of age. No, no - I'm not saying they're good, bad, better or...

Another day, another website for online property sales - but this site does not describe itself as an estate agent and...

allAgents has revealed its 2015 winners based on reviews posted about what it describes as “80,000 individual staff members automatically entered”...

As the summer holidays near, we’re continuing to publicise the side of estate agency that rarely presents itself to the public...

An agent conducting a viewing on a property caught a burglar red-handed, leading to him dropping the TV set he was...