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

A High Street estate agent on Merseyside has criticised online rivals for creating nightmares for vendors who are then obliged to...

A leading accountant is warning of a possible stamp duty change affecting residential property this year. HMRC is currently consulting on a...

The past two years have been a whirlwind of change, challenges and chance. The main catalyst has clearly been the pandemic...

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

The online agency Strike - which has a business model selling homes for free and relying on referral fees for revenue...

Christmas - time for a much-needed rest for our industry after getting through a workload which reached almost unprecedented levels in...

The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years, in response to surging...

Hello and welcome to our latest fantastic festive display from an agency - this time, Dawsons. The agency’s senior partner Chris Hope...

You’ve heard me bang on about the wonder of reservation agreements for some time now, but it’s definitely the case that...

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

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

The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...

Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Estate Agents: “We’re on a mission to revolutionise the traditional concept of estate agency.   We don’t have...

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

A long-standing estate agency with three major branches has shut after 27 years of trading - blaming online competition and ‘race...

The head of a small hybrid firm that describes traditional agencies with offices as “antiquated” says property professionals working for corporates...

A family franchise agency that prides itself on saving costs associated with traditional High Street premises has nonetheless opened a new office...

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

Guy Leaning, a former high street agent who has now moved into working in the hybrid model of agency, outlines why...

The Relocation Agent Network has unveiled its speakers for its national conference and exhibition early next month. Called RAN Live! 2021 it...

An independent estate agency with an eye to fashion has launched a second office in the Home Counties, just nine months...

The concept of the High Street estate agency branch has been given an endorsement by two companies announcing new offices. Fine &...

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

A new service has been launched claiming to offer ‘a new supportive partnership opportunity’ for agents to earn referral fees. Cox &...

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...

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

Like most industries, estate agency is changing. A general trend to a more hybrid model, accelerated by the pandemic has resulted...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has hinted for the second time that he is looking towards property to help fund his...

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

Franchise giant Winkworth says it has backed the start up of a commercial company advising on investment in retail or business...

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

Jackson-Stops, which currently has 42 branches across the UK, has revealed it’s going to have another 20 by the end of...

Many Britains are apparently under-estimating the impact of furlough on their ability to get a mortgage and buy a property. A new...

Two former Local Property Experts at Purplebricks have set up their own hybrid agency, offering an upfront fee or a no-sale-no-fee...

A new survey of online and hybrid agents claims that they are now taking a 13 per cent share of the...

The housing market could be in for a financial boost of an unusual kind as a High Street bank plans to...

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

An estate agency is celebrating its 21st anniversary by launching a new ‘realtor’ franchise model based on enhanced technology and personalised...

An estate agency which at one time hoped to be operating nationwide this year has now revised its target. Hortons says it...

A new online forum wants to unite estate agents and conveyancers, and ditch the traditional rivalry between the two professional disciplines. It’s...

A leading industry personnel expert says agencies must do more to attract new staff, including adapting how they work to compete...

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

An estate agency is opening a large new office in London which it claims will be “very different” to the traditional...

The son of an Oscar winner has been named as the latest estate agent working under the easyProperty banner. Damian Wanstall is...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Matt Ratliff, Chief Technology Officer of Sort Group. How has your...

Purplebricks has addressed its critics on house sales by pledging to return vendors’ upfront fees if the agency fails to find...

It may be the height of summer but the industry is still super-busy and new appointments continue to come thick and...

Property portal app MoveStreets says the latest upgrade to its app sends leads to agents’ inboxes and allows users to instantly arrange...

The self-employed agency model will not be successful in the UK because the commission in this country is so low. That’s the...

Peter Everett - a veteran High Street estate agent with a quarter of a century at LSL and a decade at...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Thom Hudson, photographer at Meyers Estate Agents What is Meyers...

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

Fine & Country has a new prime London licensee covering Notting Hill and Chelsea - but there will be no High...

Agents should prepare for a surge in fall throughs and collapsed sales thanks to the first stamp duty holiday period expiring...

EweMove, the high profile hybrid estate agency owned by The Property Franchise Group, says it has recruited a record 30 new...

The policy and campaigns team at Propertymark, headed by Mark Hayward, has been expanded after what it calls “a number of...

“A hybrid offering, which serves customers of all needs and capabilities, is what we should all be working towards.” Following Aconveyancing opening...

A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50% of home movers selected their estate agent because they liked them....

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s on the move. Let us know...

Tech is a fantastic enabler but should never be a complete replacement for the human interactions that add real value to...

Banking has gone through radical changes in the past few years, in step with technology and the sheer amount we can...

A new survey of some 700 estate agency customers show that they want to get traditional services like High Street branches,...

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

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

A family-run agency has launched a campaign to back the High Street following the reopening of most shops and businesses. London agency...

An agency is backing the conversion of empty retail units into homes - and has figures to prove how big an impact...

The Property Franchise Group’s hybrid agency EweMove more than doubled its income in 2020 to £5m, according to a statement to...

As London plays catch-up with the buoyant housing market seen in the rest of the country, two agencies have announced new...

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

The Nationwide Building Society has launched a product which, controversially, allows some first time buyers to borrow 5.5 times their income. From...

The market share of hybrid and online agents has remained at eight per cent, according to property industry consultancy TwentyCi. This figure...

An agent in part of the UK with the strongest seller’s market claims the stock shortage is the worst he’s seen...

Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...

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

Chancellors today opens its 56th and newest branch with what it calls its most generous ever offer to potential customers. The office...

Purplebricks is this summer starting a £7m campaign in a bid to to increase market share, using a new media partner. The...

A new survey suggests 53 per cent of buyers never actually visit an estate agent’s office during the course of their...

The UK property market is always evolving but never as quickly as it is now. Traditional estate agents are seriously questioning...

It’s 12 years since we opened our doors with the Fine and Country estate agency in Drayton on April 1 2009. The...

First off, happy Good Friday to all our readers. Here’s to a great, if still slightly different, long Easter bank holiday...

With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...

A business that calls itself the UK’s first 24/7 home-based estate agency has announced a new franchisee.  Dorset-based Meyers Estate Agents was...

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...

On Monday, we launched our state of the property nation survey – a 14-question poll designed to give estate and letting...

Will Rightmove still be the dominant portal by 2030? Will Boomin really shake up the industry as Purplebricks did before it?...

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

The events of the last 12 months have potentially shaped the future of our sector for years to come. There has been...

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

A new estate agency says it aims to sell homes within 30 days - and dismisses the idea of a traditional...

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

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

A prominent estate agent has warned buyers and sellers about the perils of the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA is now...

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

Connells Group, which is of course acquiring Countrywide, has announced it's snapped up another agency - albeit a much smaller one. It...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Franchising What is Meyers and what...

The Federation of Independent Agents has released details of the entry criteria for agencies interested in joining the growing group. “We’re already...

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

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...

Let’s address the elephant in the room first - the property sector and how we market properties is changing. Gone are the...

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

A branch of franchise agency CJ Hole is marking what it calls “an incredible 30 years of success” this month. The Burnham-on-Sea...

A new survey suggests online agents are favoured by only three per cent of sellers. The study involved a modest sample -...

Almost a year ago the government announced that estate and lettings agencies were to be included in the business rates relief...

A property industry body representing developers wants the government to think again about making it easier for redundant High Street shops...

The property sector is set to lead the UK out of its Covid slump according to Ernst & Young’s latest forecast....

If your house is anything like mine, the postman has a path beaten to your door over the last nine months. In...

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

By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...

Purplebricks - which for some years has been the focus of controversies over reviews - has been given a prestigious award...

A firm calling itself the UK’s first 24/7 home-based agency says it wants to roll out nationally with a network of franchisees...

The Northern Research Group, which has the backing of over 50 Conservative MPs in the north of England, wants the Chancellor...

Revenues for LSL Property Services - owner of Your Move and Reeds Rains - dropped last year by 15 per cent. Although...

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

While the property industry has suffered far less than other sectors during the past year, it would be short of the...

A leading business consultancy says the level of working-from-home in the UK by 2025 will be five times that before the pandemic. Estate...

To kick off 2021, we have a Q&A with one of the most high-profile – and, it has to be said,...

Agents have been outlining how they have beefed up their measures to combat the risk of Coronavirus, especially during property viewings. “We...

1. How would you say Century 21 franchisees have adapted to the challenges during 2020?  If someone had told me at the...

There’s a call this morning for estate and letting agents to regard the physical viewing of any property on sale or...

Agents are sharply split over how they should operate during the current phase of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a poll of almost...

An estate agency group has launched new franchise business models to help those in the industry impacted by Covid-19. Century 21 UK...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

Start-up letting agents looking to enter the market are finding it increasingly difficult to set up in business as banks point...

Another day, another index, another record - house prices rose 5.4 per cent annually in October according to official figures from the Office...

A new family-run estate agency in Cornwall claims to be the first in the county to focus on green thinking, championing...

We’re just a few days from December so why not get into the festive spirit a little early and get some...

Online network love2move - which gives partner High Street agents an option to offer vendors an online sales service - is...

A statement this morning from Countrywide's board says both its executive chairman and its group managing director are leaving the company.  It...

Connells Group has announced a major recruitment drive as it looks to create 250 new agents' positions - and it’s launched...

High profile franchise hybrid agency EweMove has announced ambitious plans to double agent numbers within two years. The firm - which has...

Purplebricks has just appointed its new chief marketing officer, who was most recently global director of restaurants at a food chain. Ben...

One of the country’s top buying agents is advising purchasers and vendors to avoid online agencies and 'bucketshop' conveyancers. Edward Heaton - founder...

A leading enthusiast of the self-employed agency business model says even in these challenging times people can make a success of...

Countrywide shares soared yesterday, rising 47 per cent on the previous close at one point as investors relished the prospect of...

Your Move is to become the English Football League’s official Communities Supporter for the coming season. The agency is already an Official...

Strike, the firm previously known as HouseSimple, has launched another attack on the charges levied by High Street agents. This time it is...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

2020 has been a testing year right from the start. With Storms Ciara and Dennis causing £184m+ worth of damage to...

The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...

There is no doubting that 2020 has been a challenging year for all industries, with the lettings market being no exception. Following...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

Some 713 estate agency branches have failed to reopen following the spring lockdown according to a business consultancy. TwentyCi says that is the...

Most agents' branches in Wales are expected to close for just over two weeks from 6pm this Friday, October 23 - moving...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...

Lawyers, politicians, bankers, insurance sellers – no matter where you go, there are some professions that are just always going to...

Two agencies have announced the opening of offices in out-of-town-centre locations with easy parking. In Loughborough, well-known local agency Andrew Granger &...

An estate agency in the south of England has abandoned its online-only strategy and has decided to open a physical office...

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...

A new survey of the market share split between High Street and online agencies shows that Purplebricks remains the digital market...

It’s about this time of year, pandemic or not, that agents may be asked one particularly awkward question by a vendor...

The latest government rules combined with the Prime Minister’s recent address to the nation is clear – tougher measures are required...

Hello and at the start of another working week, welcome to our regular jobs slot announcing who’s moving where within the...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak today reveals his latest measures to help businesses - including agencies, suppliers and other parts of the property...

The regional agency group which master-minded the Say No To Rightmove campaign has made a big commitment to the future of...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that all retail staff will be obliged to wear masks when working - and it's now...

Connells Group has revealed seven appointments to its board of directors which it links directly with a target to grow presence and...

With the high street open again, and the Chancellor’s temporary stamp duty holiday helping to stimulate the market, estate and letting...

Hello and welcome to the new working week. Here’s the latest information on key hires across our industry: if you have similar...

Hybrid agency EweMove has outperformed its traditional sister companies within The Property Franchise Group over the past six months. That’s the clear...

With estate agents increasingly offering auction options to vendors, new research makes interesting reading - and suggests that homes sold via...

With access to finance being such a hot topic at the moment, more and more estate agents are turning to commercial...

OneDome, which operates two free-to-list property listing sites, says it’s had a record month as it strives to build an alternative...

Hindsight is 20-20 vision, of course, and we can all see things we did ‘then’ that we would not do ‘now’....

Letting agents are struggling to open new bank accounts and even large established letting agents with a long history of trading...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

A new agency called Eazy Agent has launched - it’s another online operation, this time with a starting price of £249. For...

Connells Group has announced its trading statement for the first half of 2020 - and its support for its staff is...

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

OneDome has released a list of High Street agencies that have signed up to its free-to-list portal and sister website Nethouseprices  -...

Fine & Country has announced it signed a string of agencies to its brand during lockdown. Most F&C agents members are High...

New guidance on face coverings for agents working in branches, and for those dealing directly with visitors, was issued last evening. A statement...

Difference should be celebrated. But in our industry it rarely is. I was on the board of a large corporate where...

Rightmove says it’s going to reject over £150,000 in payouts from the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The portal furloughed 160 employees...

The chief executive of a hybrid agency in London has revealed why he deserted big corporates to create his own company. Rollo...

Estate agents facing crippling running costs as the wider impacts of the Coronavirus crisis hit home may benefit, at least in...

The new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group says he anticipates his company’s hybrid arm - EweMove - will go...

The phrase ‘game-changer’ has been hugely overused. But when applied to how Covid-19 is changing the way estate agents will work...

One of the leading ‘new breed’ of hybrids relying on self-employed agents is opening a share offer to investors in a...

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...

A hybrid agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched has announced a recruitment drive and expansion in...

A start-up estate agency in London says it’s going to market only refurbished homes that will then be given a warranty...

A 27 year old agent with a background working in London’s Canary Wharf has headed north to set up his own...

A new high end agency called The Country House Department is launching with an initial focus on Oxfordshire, Berkshire and The...

If you are an established UK estate agent, the status quo dictates that you will most likely work for ‘the man.’ Corporate...

How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...

A senior property lawyer is to set up a franchise agency which he describes as embracing the best of the High...

A series of polls taken by Estate Agent Today suggest substantial numbers of agents remain uncomfortable about returning to trading even...

Over the past few weeks, estate agents have been forced to close high street branches and adapt to working from home,...

EweMove is this week hosting a webinar in a bid to win recruits to its hybrid model from agents who may...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

A third of agencies say at least some of their staff will be working from home permanently when the Coronavirus pandemic...

An estate agent has reopened his High Street office to the public with social distancing and other safety measures in place. It’s...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...

Countrywide has added its weight to the campaign asking the government to allow agents to get back to work - and...

The online agency network love2move has won a new agency client despite the Coronavirus lockdown. Pinkerton - which covers the North Down,...

Countrywide’s senior staff earning over £45,000 per year have had their pay cut by a fifth while some 78 per cent...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - our first for some weeks as the coverage has previously been dominated by...

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...

Let me start by wishing everyone well in these uncertain and precarious times. I truly hope you, your families, friends and...

Estate agents’ offices will be in the first category of High Street premises to reopen when the lockdown finally ends, newspapers claim this...

The last five years have seen unprecedented changes to the property market and agents and their clients have never faced such...

On April 4, EAT published a piece titled: ‘It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post corona-virus’. To me, this...

One of the industry’s highest profile figures has suggested the Coronavirus crisis could trigger many more agents becoming self-employed. Nicky Stevenson -...

Individual franchisees operating under the Winkworth banner are receiving what the company calls “comprehensive help” on a range of issues, including...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

Staff and senior management at a large franchise company running a string of major High Street agency brands are taking voluntary...

Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...

Estate and lettings agencies that have closed temporarily as a result of the Coronavirus lockdown are to be to exempted from...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column . Before we get on with it, a reminder to...

Over 600 agents have now signed up to the Say No To Rightmove campaign including some of the biggest names on...

The property franchise company Belvoir Lettings has laid off 15 workers from its Grantham headquarters - and warns there may be...

Beleaguered estate agency group Countrywide has asked the government to give agents a business rates holiday. Measures announced in last week’s Budget...

We all know how stressful buying a home is, whether it’s your very first step onto the ladder or your final...

Countrywide shares fell by just over 30 per cent yesterday as the stock market blood-letting continued for property stocks. The value fell 30.86...

There’s been a huge change in the way estate agencies operate in recent years, with far more focus on marketing properties...

The three leading portals have rejected an appeal to give the industry a payment holiday to help firms through the Coronavirus...

Nested is the latest online agency to base a marketing campaign around criticism of established estate agents.  In three 30-second TV ads...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year - a significantly higher figure than 12...

A new hybrid set up by ex-Purplebricks territory owners says it wants to "redefine estate agency in the customer's favour." Knock Knock...

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

What an interesting few days it’s been. I don’t think the topic of this week’s column is doing anything good for our...

An estate agent who has himself made the move from the High Street to a hybrid operation has urged anyone in...

A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has revealed that it has recruited over 50 agents in its first...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

The government has dismissed a request from the NAEA and ARLA Propertymark to review business rates for agency offices on High...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says agents are “miles behind” in using digital information to provide a personalised service.  Vic Darvey has given...

An online agency’s claim that it sells homes “for free” has been disputed by a High Street rival - but the...

Welcome to the first February PJT. As the year progresses the industry embarks on more appointments, especially with a market that’s...

Understanding the customer journey plays a huge role in the success of any estate agent. From that very first viewing right through...

A hub-style agency says it’s achieved what it calls a mega-sale - and claims it’s the largest ever by a hub...

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...

Welcome to this week’s charity round-up, where we include a possible kick-start to your fund-raising efforts for 2020. Whatever you’re doing this...

The founder of an online agency has spoken publicly for the first time about how his near-death experience led him to...

The NAEA and ARLA have written a joint letter to government on the impact of business rates on High Street agency...

Tributes have been paid to an estate agent known for his “infectious giggle” and great sense of humour.  Gerald Flint, who with...

The Property Franchise Group - which operates five High Street agency brands and the EweMove hybrid - has set up a...

In six years of editing Estate Agent Today, some of my most dramatic moments have been covering the troubles - some...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

A warning has been issued by a prominent industry figure that more bricks-and-mortar High Street agents will go under in 2020,...

Today, with the festive break around the corner, we have another video from an agent - but this one is distinctly...

Connells has confirmed that it has closed two branches in Dorset in the south west of England, in addition to the...

A major regional estate agency is expanding with another physical office because it says the traditional High Street business model delivers...

love2move, the digital platform that allows High Street agents to operate parallel online agencies alongside their traditional offerings, is holding a...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

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 new tie-up between Coadjute, a network for decentralised workflow and data sharing within the property industry, and banks including NatWest...

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

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

The relaunched easyProperty hybrid agency is to rely exclusively on local marketing to drive awareness and customers, and not follow the...

Hello and welcome to PJT: even with little more than a fortnight before Christmas it seems there are still plenty of...

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

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

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

A shock prediction from a property management firm suggests that around 10 estate agencies have gone bust every week in Britain...

love2move, an online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has teamed up with the Mortgage...

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

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

The phrase ‘death of the high street’ can be found in nearly any publication in any given week. And for fair...

A small online agency which in six months of trading has secured around 140 sales says it’s on course to be...

A new league table of High Street agents’ charges published over the weekend reveals the locations where agents charge an average...

One of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or freelance agents operating under the same...

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

A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has told Estate Agent Today that its recruitment schedule is running “well...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

One of the first so-called ‘hub’ hybrid estate agencies using self-employed freelances instead of staff says it’s moving to bigger premises...

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

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

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

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...

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...

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...