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![Property Natter - Buyers 'tak' the high road to stronger market](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
When we talk in general terms about the UK housing market, we tend to draw a picture of generality. Facts and figures...
13 April 2024
From: Features
![Warm words and cold comfort on the menu for Budget Day](/upload/images/3%20Warm%20words%20and%20cold%20comfort%2C%20by%20Rollo%20Miles.jpg)
Last weekend, Levelling Up and Housing Secretary, Michael Gove wrote in the Sunday Times that the nation’s housing crisis was so...
17 February 2024
From: Features
![Property Natter - I feel the need. The need for speed-ier house purchases](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
It was actor Charlies Sheen who said: ‘I have one speed. I have one gear. Go!’ The same might not be said...
25 November 2023
From: Features
![PropTech Today - Three undeniable benefits of utilising integrations within your techstack](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
Digital transformation is now happening at a monumental pace, and dependence on technology is growing to new heights. In fact, the...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Storm blows in reasons to be cheerful](/upload/images/1%20Natter%20-%20Storm%20blows%20in%20reasons%20to%20be%20cheerful(1).jpg)
As much of the country battened down the hatches for the first storm of the season, there may have been a...
30 September 2023
From: Features
![It’s Do-or-Die for housing market tomorrow - new warning](/upload/images/shutterstock_1888304338.jpg)
The publication of inflation figures by the government tomorrow will be a Do-Or-Die moment for the housing market, it’s been claimed. At...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla founder falls-off UK Rich List](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_542055781.jpg)
Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman has fallen out of the 2023 Sunday Times Rich List while Foxtons supremo Jon Hunt has seen...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![The rise of Estate Agent influencers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
From Million Dollar Listing to Selling Sunset, we’re used to seeing real estate reality TV in full force on Netflix. Whilst...
29 March 2023
From: Features
![Celebrating LGBTQ+ people in the workplace this LGBTQ+ History month](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20Equality%20comes%20through%20learning%20-%20PIT%20by%20Chitra%20Stern.jpg)
By the Co-founders of Freehold; David Mann MBE, Partner at Tuffin Ferraby Taylor and Saleem Fazal MBE, Real Estate Partner at...
18 February 2023
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
It has been another busy month for job moves in the estate agency sector. Here are some of the latest moves that...
30 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Kick off! Meet our World Cup reporting team](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/World%20Cup%20Agent%20Match%20Report-400x310.png)
The World Cup is set to kick off in Qatar this weekend and Estate Agent Today has compiled a team of...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - day in the life of a NTSELAT policy manager](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...
05 November 2022
From: Features
![Housing Under Rishi - don’t expect much (but be grateful for that)](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Rishi%20Sunak%2003_400x310.png)
And…breathe. For a while back there, the only certainty for the housing market was uncertainty. That isn’t to say the election of Rishi...
29 October 2022
From: Features
![Buyers and sellers rush to auctions to beat market slowdown - claim](/upload/images/Auctions/AuctioneerGavel-400x310.jpg)
Auctioneers claim they are benefiting from a sales market slowdown as buyers rush to make use of mortgage offers and sellers...
28 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity- a heartwarming choice of causes](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-NewLogo2-400x310.jpg)
A variety of charities have received support from the property industry over the past week, from on land to under the...
07 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Quality marketing counts more than ever in tougher conditions, claims firm](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Focal%20Agent_400x310.png)
Estate agents need to concentrate on quality marketing more than ever before as mortgage interest rates rise and lenders become ever...
06 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
There are no signs of a post-summer lull in the property jobs market. Here are some of the latest moves that took...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla urges couples to tackle 'awkward conversations' when buying a home](/upload/images/library/zoopla_new_logo400x310.png)
Zoopla is urging couples to tackle the “awkward but all-important financial and ‘what if’ questions” ahead of buying a property together...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
The property jobs market hasn't taken a summer holiday this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took place during...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: a day in the life of a Conveyancer](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
In a welcome return to a favourite series of mine - and a timely one at that, given the current back...
13 August 2022
From: Features
![Exclusive Q&A with PEXA - what is its role in the UK?](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropertyTechnology-1-400x310.jpg)
It was announced back in February this year that PEXA, the Australian FinTech/PropTech that enabled the world’s first fully digitised property settlement...
06 August 2022
From: Features
![Estate agency marks 30 'Goldin' years](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/OpeningHours400x310.jpg)
London estate agency Alan Goldin Estates is celebrating 30 years in the business. To mark this milestone, the Temple Fortune-based estate agent...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive - what makes an agency industry leader tick](/upload/images/Headshots%20and%20Property%20People/DavidVotta-400x310.png)
People in prominent positions in the housing industry aren’t always perfect role models. After all, Chris Pincher was housing minister for...
09 July 2022
From: Features
![Agent calls for housing tsar as minister quits and Gove is sacked](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingHelp-400x310.jpg)
Independent agent Barrows and Forrester has called for the appointment of a housing tsar for a fixed term as yet another...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
There has been plenty of movement in the property jobs market this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Homebuyers undeterred after 'two years of turmoil'](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialTenants-Tablet-400x310.jpg)
The economic turmoil of the past two years has done little to deter people from buying a property, research suggests. Buyers and...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
House price growth may be slowing but there is still plenty of movement in the property jobs market. Here are some of...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - walking, running and kicking for Ukraine](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
Agents have been getting active in recent weeks to raise money for Ukrainian refugees. Fundraising activities range from office-based collections and referencing challenges...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Back of the net! Scottish agency partners with Premiership football club](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Football-Field-Image-400x310.jpg)
Scottish estate and lettings agent Stonehouse has sealed a new partnership deal with Aberdeen Football Club. Stonehouse, an Aberdeen-based sister brand to...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – will the challenger banks ever become major lenders?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...
14 May 2022
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - fundraising activity in full bloom](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
You can tell that spring is in the air as this week's Agents Do Charity is full of outdoor fundraising pursuits...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - for so many heart-breaking, heart-warming causes](/upload/images/library/AgentsDoCharity-1-18-400x310.png)
These are undeniably darker days as news comes through of a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine - we have the first agency...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sellers don’t switch agents so touting doesn’t work - claim](/upload/images/library/LoudSpeaker-1-400x310.jpg)
A popular myth suggesting 50 per cent of homes sell with a second agent, is simply untrue. That’s the claim from property...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Will Purplebricks quit stock market or 'do a Countrywide'?](/upload/images/library/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
Seven years after it launched on the London Stock Market, speculation continues that Purplebricks may be about to de-list and return...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates - Do They Matter Any More?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/AdobeStock_236686919.jpeg)
Here’s the odd thing about interest rates - we all care about them, but they don’t directly affect that many people...
05 February 2022
From: Features
![Bottoms Up! Agent brews his own beer and it’s in a local pub](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/BeerEstateAgent400x310.jpg)
An estate agency has brought cheer - or should that be cheers? - to the local community by brewing a beer. Neil...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency set to celebrate 150th anniversary of trading](/upload/images/Logos/John-D-Wood400x310.png)
John D Wood - the lettings and estate agency now part of the Connells empire - is celebrating its 150th birthday...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks denies sell-off rumour](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
Purplebricks has this morning said that a newspaper report over the weekend, claiming part of the business is to be sold...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Popular and well known agent dies approaching landmark year](/upload/images/library/PassAway-400x310.png)
A well known westcountry estate agent has died just ahead of what would have been his 50th year with the same...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - who’s moving where in our industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
Hello and welcome to a new week - and even as Christmas approaches there remains plenty to report about people moving...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Self-employed agency expanding beyond London for first time](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropertyOnline-400x310.jpg)
The Nested online agency, which recently revamped its business model to attract more self-employed agents, is expanding outside London for the...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Blow for self-employed agents as survey shows financial crisis](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennial-Tenant-Kitchen-400x310.jpg)
A survey conducted by a bank suggests that over half of the self-employed sector of the economy believes its financial position...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - good causes galore, thanks to our industry’s efforts](/upload/images/library/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
The Karma Club: An industry partner has celebrated its second birthday by reaching a landmark of more than £15,000 donated to...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - with an Olympic surge in fund-raising…](/img/default/eat.png)
We’re about to enter August and second half of the Olympic Games - and fund-raising is happening at a Gold medal...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Hero estate agent saves woman from drowning](/img/default/eat.png)
A young estate agent is being praised because of his heroic actions to save a woman from drowning. Austin Mellor - just...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - even in a mini heatwave…](/img/default/eat.png)
Boy it’s been hot out there - yet even 30 degrees or more have failed to stifle the enthusiasm of our...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lights! Camera! Estate Agent! - Oscar winner’s son joins hybrid](/img/default/eat.png)
The son of an Oscar winner has been named as the latest estate agent working under the easyProperty banner. Damian Wanstall is...
09 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive: interview with Angela Davey, ARLA Propertymark's President](/img/default/eat.png)
Last weekend we spoke with Liana Loporto, NAEA Propertymark’s president, in an exclusive interview. Here we follow that up with an...
26 June 2021
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to the start of another week and as the housing market continues at full pelt, so does the movement of...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Boomin reveals yet another senior management figure](/img/default/eat.png)
A former commercial director of Zoopla, who worked at the portal for 12 years, has been named as managing director of...
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - summer movers and shakers in the business](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s on the move. Let us know...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Book Review: The Keys To The Capital by James Macleod](/img/default/eat.png)
Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...
29 May 2021
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - who’s moving where, why and when](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to another working week and with it, our regular update on appointments and moves within our industry. Please let us know...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech revolution: how will the sector look in 2025?](/img/default/eat.png)
Over the next few years, the property sector is set to change for the better – all thanks to PropTech. While the...
15 May 2021
From: Features
![What should agents do with cool customers in a hot market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Property owners who play it cool when it comes to marketing their home find their frustration soon becomes overheated. The constant we...
08 May 2021
From: Features
![Estate agent case studies: ‘abandoning the corporate world for the new’](/img/default/eat.png)
Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...
01 May 2021
From: Features
![Property Natter: why agency must never become a closed shop](/img/default/eat.png)
The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...
24 April 2021
From: Features
![Revealed - the thinking behind Zoopla's new look, features and functionality](/img/default/eat.png)
As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...
21 April 2021
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - a bumper bundle of movers and shakers](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to another working week, and the latest on jobs and staff movement across our industry. You can be part...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - Have we got hair-raising news for you…](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s Friday so it’s Charity day of course, and today we get to the root of the issue of lockdown easing...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![One year of Covid-19 – How have estate agents coped?](/img/default/eat.png)
With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...
31 March 2021
From: Features
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - who’s going where this spring?](/img/default/eat.png)
If it’s Monday, it’s jobs news day on EAT - welcome to the latest update. Want to be featured in our next...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty holiday: how to keep your chain intact](/img/default/eat.png)
Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...
13 March 2021
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - all the latest movers and shakers](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this edition of Property Jobs Today, a chance to catch up with who’s moving where in the...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Game Over for Propertymark? What future after shock resignations?](/img/default/eat.png)
Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Shirty! Get your kids hot under the collar for a great cause…](/img/default/eat.png)
Industry supplier Kerfuffle and high-profile training service Marvellous have launched a competition for the children of agents and suppliers. The kids are...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Mayhem: Is a six week extension long enough?](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents and conveyancers are expressing doubt over whether a possible six week extension to the stamp duty holiday will be enough...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - more appointments news from across the UK](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - ‘I work for myself, not by myself’ – a self-employed agent’s tale](/img/default/eat.png)
In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...
13 February 2021
From: Features
![‘Very few new portals can seriously compete with us’ - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![New Property Tax Grab: Wealth tax supporters repeat call for levy](/img/default/eat.png)
A group that last year floated the concept of a one-off wealth tax - which would include taxing main homes as...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - February kicks off with flurry of movers](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why don’t agencies list on the stock market anymore?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...
23 January 2021
From: Features
![In Conversation Today – Q&A with the man behind a 2020 success story](/img/default/eat.png)
By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: exclusive Q&A with Tim Balcon, Propertymark’s new CEO](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...
16 January 2021
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - the New Year shakers and movers…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - 2020’s final look at movers and shakers](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello - and here we are nearing the end of the strangest of years. With agents and industry suppliers rushed off their...
14 December 2020
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 Jobs Today - the latest movers and shakers](/img/default/eat.png)
We are on the threshold in December with the pandemic still dominating but we’re delighted there is still positive jobs news...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - movers and shakers across our industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the inside track on who’s going where](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to a new week - and evenings that get darker earlier. As winter approaches we’re continuing to bring you...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![It's a cover up! Free face masks from Propertymark's charity](/img/default/eat.png)
They’ve got it covered - the charitable arm of Propertymark is offering free face coverings to member agents. The Arbon Trust is...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: ‘Don't blame us, we are not the problem - you are’](/img/default/eat.png)
I had a wry smile when I read the article on Monday from the conveyancers complaining about people getting off their...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - latest news on the movers and shakers](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - movers and shakers in their new roles](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to PJT, our Monday feature giving you the inside track on major moves in and across our industry. Let...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Are agents swimming upstream against the Electrical Safety Regulations? 3 months on from the introduction of the ‘Electrical Safety Standards in the...
29 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Jobs Today - the latest movers and shakers for the industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and at the start of another working week, welcome to our regular jobs slot announcing who’s moving where within the...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - a reminder we’re here to help through the virus](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest ADC, your regular Friday round-up of great work being done by agents, suppliers and others...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top agent becomes growth and compliance head in franchise group](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Franchise Group has named high-profile industry veteran Eric Walker as managing director of Martin & Co (South and Scotland). Walker...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: why haven’t the Big 4 tech firms got involved with property?](/img/default/eat.png)
For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...
12 September 2020
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - bumper bundle of new appointments](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Shock appointment: Ex-Foxtons man is OnTheMarket's new CEO](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a surprise appointment as OnTheMarket chief executive. Instead of popular acting CEO Clive Beattie - who had made it known...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today: Movers and shakers and new appointments](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT - we know some agencies are reshaping their structures and downsizing but this...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – what does agency look like Down Under?](/img/default/eat.png)
In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...
15 August 2020
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - more new appointments in our industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to another week. We’re more than aware that it’s a challenging time for our industry as for most...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - no holiday for industry fund-raisers…](/img/default/eat.png)
There are high hopes that the new stamp duty holiday will make an already busy market even busier - but not...