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25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![New self-employed agency brand names high profile non executive director](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Former Homesearch head of training and development Simon Gates has been appointed as a non executive director of Chris Buckler’s new...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency network launches exclusive training sessions](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BusinessWomen-695x395-min.jpeg)
Members of the Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) are to be given free access to an exclusive quarterly online masterclass session...
23 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![The perfect prospecting letter? Homesearch webinar to reveal all](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
Prospecting letters are a key part of an agent’s armoury and now data and prospecting platform Homesearch has partnered up with...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Homesearch unveils new property search platform to boost agency instruction](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/AgentsWindow-1-400x310.jpg)
Property data and estate agent prospecting platform, Homesearch has unveiled a new property search engine that it hopes will transform the...
13 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents 'unprepared for necessary conversations' on unsold listings](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessWomen3-695x395-min.jpeg)
Agents are being urged to discuss pricing with vendors after research shows 52% of listings have been on the market for...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – is LinkedIn something agency can no longer ignore?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
For some time, LinkedIn was seen – fairly or unfairly – as stodgy, dull, corporate and formal. The uncool uncle to...
30 July 2022
From: Features
![Scottish agents leading the way for sales - claim](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
Estate agents in Scotland are bucking the sales slowdown trend, Homesearch claims. The property data and prospecting platform, which recently launched north...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – why is the property market joining the podcast party?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
If there’s one thing that received a boost as a result of Covid and lockdowns, it’s podcasts – which reached whole...
16 July 2022
From: Features
![Propertymark partners with Homesearch to boost member leads](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/HandshakeSuit-400x310.jpg)
Homesearch has partnered with professional body Propertymark, to provide increased support to its estate agent members and boost innovation across the...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent insights with Sam Hunter – how can your brand educate and dominate](/upload/images/Logos/HomesearchLogo-400x310.jpg)
In the third part of this exclusive series with Homesearch’s chief operating officer, Sam Hunter, Angels Media’s Lee Dahill questions him...
22 June 2022
From: Features
![New guide aims to help agents survive the summer slowdown](/upload/images/library/HomesearchLogo-400x310.jpg)
Agency data and prospecting platform Homesearch has launched a new guide to help firms continue securing instructions during the so-called summer...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fewer sellers are cutting prices as demand remains high](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyPeople-400x310.jpg)
Fewer sellers have cut prices over the past months but agency instructions have dropped, figures suggest. Analysis by property data and estate...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Market insights with Sam Hunter: very much a changing market](/upload/images/Logos/HomesearchLogo-400x310.jpg)
In this latest video interview zoning in on the current property market, and the stats, facts and data behind its present...
25 May 2022
From: Features
![Industry data suggests spring supply boost but fewer sales agreed](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/housing-market400x310.png)
Supply is slowly increasing but there are signs that buyers are now biding their time. Analysis by property data company TwentyCi shows...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents - give yourself a Mental Health Day](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MentalHealthImage-400x310.jpg)
With this week being Mental Health Awareness Week, Sam Hunter - COO at Homesearch and a keen mental health advocate -...
14 May 2022
From: Features
![Homesearch expands north of the border following agent requests](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
Property data and estate agent prospecting platform Homesearch is expanding north of the border. After three years of operation in England and...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Market insights: why buyer management is vital – with Sam Hunter](/upload/images/Logos/HomesearchLogo-400x310.jpg)
In this video interview – part of a regular monthly series – Homesearch’s Sam Hunter speaks to Angels Media’s Lee Dahill...
04 May 2022
From: Features
![Property Natter – the who’s who of the industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
![Insight – would a four-day working week ever work in agency?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents forget basic selling skills when market is super-strong - opinion](/upload/images/library/HomesearchLogo-400x310.jpg)
There is a danger that some agents forget to undertake basic activities after a lengthy period of a super-strong market. That’s the...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![What can estate agents learn from tech companies?](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgents-1-400x310.jpg)
When was the time you actively learned something new from your clients or competitors? If it’s a difficult question to answer quickly,...
19 March 2022
From: Features
![Agents to get 1,500% return on investment claims PropTech firm](/upload/images/library/PropTechImage-400x310.jpg)
A PropTech platform claims its “unique” features will help its subscribers get a 1,500 per cent return on investment by the...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: Zoopla backer pumps millions into Homesearch](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransaction-400x310.jpg)
Homesearch has won £5m new investment from venture capital firm Octopus Ventures - an organisation that has also backed three businesses...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the A-Z of property for 2021](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...
18 December 2021
From: Features
![Homesearch and KWUK agree multi-million pound long-term agreement](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransaction-400x310.jpg)
In a 'coup' for property data firm Homesearch, Keller Williams UK, which has some 400 agents under its banner across the UK,...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Bumper end of year likely despite summer sales dip - Homesearch](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
Newly instructed properties across the country dropped by 10 per cent in August compared to July’s numbers, according to Homesearch. The company,...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents – back to the office, please](/upload/images/library/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
There’s a lot being said about how the workforce will operate in the post-pandemic world. We’re still largely remote at Homesearch but as...
25 August 2021
From: Features
![Listings for sale at historic lows according to Homesearch](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/NewHomes-400x310.png)
Available residential property listings across the country are at historic lows according to property data firm Homesearch. The company, which focuses its...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents - solve this problem to win the busy market](/img/default/eat.png)
Before you read on, ask yourself, how many times did you hear “we want to move, but just we can’t find...
26 May 2021
From: Features
![Property Natter – 5 ways estate agency has changed since May 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...
22 May 2021
From: Features
![The 5 best questions to ask your competitors' vendors (and when to do it)](/img/default/eat.png)
We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...
13 May 2021
From: PropTech & Innovation
![Sam Hunter – ‘does Homesearch pass the Ronseal test? Yes, we do’](/img/default/eat.png)
In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak to someone who has made an excellent impression on the property industry in...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![The Homesearch portal 12 months on - the inside story](/img/default/eat.png)
This time last year the industry was awaiting the launch of a new portal - the free to list public site...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![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
![Sarah Edmundson – how Agents Together is helping the industry to talk](/img/default/eat.png)
Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Five questions to ask your competitors' vendors (and when to do it)](/img/default/eat.png)
We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...
24 February 2021
From: Features
![Independent agents not yet convinced about Boomin - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
The Federation of Independent Agents says a survey of member agencies suggests only around a fifth per cent would definitely be listing...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech product for independent agents claims to slash 'lost business'](/img/default/eat.png)
The Federation of Independent Agents trade group has unveiled a new automated nurture product available exclusively to members - and it claims...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![2020 - The year of Boomin?](/img/default/eat.png)
The agency industry may look back on this year and say: “Well...to be honest we didn’t really see it coming.” No, no,...
28 November 2020
From: Features
![Money in the bank – how can agents insulate their pipelines?](/img/default/eat.png)
You probably don’t have to listen closely to hear estate agents across the country starting to cheer. It’s been a big...
25 November 2020
From: Features
![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
![Rightmove wins fees war as opponents raise the white flag](/img/default/eat.png)
The Say No To Rightmove campaign has admitted that getting the number one portal to change its fee structure “may take...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight - what’s really going on in the property market?](/img/default/eat.png)
If you’re in any way connected to estate agency all it takes is a quick glance at Facebook or LinkedIn to...
12 September 2020
From: Features
![Keep your market moving](/img/default/eat.png)
Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting. After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...
09 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![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
![Independent agents offered live-streaming PropTech platform](/img/default/eat.png)
The Federation of Independent Agents has announced its latest partnership - this time with a live-streaming viewing service called Gavl. The platform...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Pent up demand and stamp duty holiday push up prices - Halifax](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have been understandably delighted at the latest Halifax index which shows house prices posting their biggest gain of the year...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![New PropTech platform allows “revolutionary” multi-listing service](/img/default/eat.png)
A new PropTech platform says its central feature will be the launch of a Multiple Listings Service. This will allow agents “to...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Now prices are going UP again, says latest Nationwide index](/img/default/eat.png)
The Nationwide says annual house price growth has recovered to 1.5 per cent. Its July house price index says the fall in...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Estate agents – here’s your cheat sheet for the next 90 days](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the main points I’ve had reinforced to me from agent after agent over the last year of hosting a...
01 August 2020
From: Features
![Independent Agents group links up with recruitment specialists](/img/default/eat.png)
The Federation of Independent Agents has announced its latest partnership offering exclusive services for members - it property recruitment firm The...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – who are the industry’s major trade bodies?](/img/default/eat.png)
They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...
04 July 2020
From: Features
![Say No To Rightmove campaign chief signs up to new free-to-list portal](/img/default/eat.png)
The estate agency group spearheading the Say No To Rightmove campaign has signed its 36 branches up to new portal Homesearch. The...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Homesearch portal launches with two-week feedback period for agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Homesearch, the long-awaited new free-to-list portal, launches today with a string of testimonials from supportive estate agents. The new portal announced at...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Watch out Rightmove! 10,000 agents sign up to new rival portal](/img/default/eat.png)
The challenger portal scheduled to launch in less than a week’s time on July 1 has secured the support of 10,000...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – who are the challenger portals?](/img/default/eat.png)
The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...
06 June 2020
From: Features
![Estate agency post-Covid-19: more evolution than revolution](/img/default/eat.png)
The Covid-19 crisis hasn’t caused the revolution it has been reported to have. Despite the challenges it has brought, fundamentally, the...
27 May 2020
From: Features
![Exclusive: Independent agents' group links with soon-to-launch portal](/img/default/eat.png)
The fast-growing trade group for independent estate agents has launched a partnership with the soon-to-launch Homesearch portal. Of the various free-to-list portals...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove off the hook? Much-hyped new portal delays launch](/img/default/eat.png)
Homesearch - the new property portal which describes itself as “the future of the property industry” - has delayed its launch. It was scheduled...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Video – Homesearch portal: will it be ‘the future of the industry’?](/img/default/eat.png)
In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Sam Hunter, director of Homesearch. Alongside asking Hunter...
02 May 2020
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - key appointments made during lockdown](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - our first for some weeks as the coverage has previously been dominated by...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property People Register launched: today’s Conquering Corona](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Ignore 2024, discover 11 home truths happening now](/img/default/eat.png)
On April 4, EAT published a piece titled: ‘It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post corona-virus’. To me, this...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove on the ropes? 2,500 branches interested in new portal](/img/default/eat.png)
Some 2,500 estate agency branches have expressed an interest in a new portal, Homesearch, launching next month. Although the Homesearch website lists...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Two new portals set to launch despite Coronavirus chaos](/img/default/eat.png)
Two property portals insist they’re going to launch this spring despite the Coronavirus chaos effectively closing down much of the housing...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Dragons Den duo offer agents free trial of comms info](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents are being offered a two week free trial of a service giving mobile telephone signal strength information and broadband connectivity...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Be kind to your mind - talking anxiety in estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Our mental health affects how we think, feel and act. It affects how we handle anxiety, relate to others and impacts...
18 December 2019
From: Features
![Market intelligence boost for independent agents in new trade body](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents who join the fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents will have full access to the new Homesearch mine of data. Homesearch debuted...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![‘Live market’ info to be available on paid-for Homesearch service](/img/default/eat.png)
Homesearch, the data service which launched this year as free-to-use with a subscription model launching in 2020, has announced it’s introducing...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - your Monday fix of who’s moving where](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech duo use podcasts to tell agents how to improve business](/img/default/eat.png)
Two PropTech advocates have launched a podcast series telling agents how to improve their businesses. One of the couple is Mark Worrall,...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Data service to reduce free info for agents and introduce subscription option](/img/default/eat.png)
A new service which launched in June and pledged to provide estate and letting agents with “game changing” access to property...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![How can estate agents sell 20% of stock before it hits the market?](/img/default/eat.png)
If agents ran their databases more efficiently, the property portals might find themselves redundant. Controversial opening statement aside, the reality is that...
10 July 2019
From: Features
![Free property data service for agents launches today](/img/default/eat.png)
A new service which aims to provide estate and letting agents with what it calls “game changing” access to property data...
06 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Independent agents' FIA trade body reveals major data partner](/img/default/eat.png)
The fledgling trade body the Federation of Independent Agents has revealed another new partner - this one dealing with housing and...
18 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Why age-proofing homes could lead to market stagnation](/img/default/eat.png)
A survey by the Centre for Ageing Better recently showed that 72% of people want to see every new home built...