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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A survey by the Centre for Ageing Better recently showed that 72% of people want to see every new home built...