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The Guild of Property Professionals has revealed plans to hold a summer celebration event and awards function as it marks its...

It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...

Almost three-quarters of estate agents are missing out on fulfilling their advertising potential using social media, research claims. Estate agency lead generation...

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

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

Another group of independent estate agents have launched a portal - a rival to a similar project launched by other agencies...

Hello and welcome to our latest doffing of the cap in honour of those in our industry fund-raising for great causes....

We are on the threshold in December with the pandemic still dominating but we’re delighted there is still positive jobs news...

Hello and welcome to another week. We’re more than aware that it’s a challenging time for our industry as for most...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

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...

Estate agents concerned over security breaches will be closely analysing what happens with a case concerning a London firm’s compromised email...

Agents who join the fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents will have full access to the new Homesearch mine of data. Homesearch debuted...

The Federation of Independent Agents, the new trade group set up in May, is holding its first conference this week.  The FIA...

It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...

Petty Estate Agents has acquired the real estate division of Cheshire-based Wright Marshall out of administration. The deal safeguards the company after...

The free-to-list property portal Residential People says it now has over 740 independent agents in the UK on board - and...

Recent figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have revealed a rather worrying landscape for small business owners across the...

You may be right in thinking that Brexit has dominated the thinking of the government in the last three years. However,...

The estate agency industry is at a crossroads. A turbulent market, unstable political situation and a chronic lack of public confidence has...

An estate agency in St Albans has rebranded as Fine & Country. JW&Co Langleys office in St Albans was acquired by Tom...

The fledgling independent agents’ trade group, the Federation of Independent Agents, has signed another partnership deal with a high-profile industry supplier...

1989 was a significant time for the property industry: it marked the beginning of the end of a period of unprecedented...

A millionaire who has not previously invested in the property industry has taken the plunge by funding an online agency network. The...

When you think of the best ad campaigns – from moustachioed opera singers and talking meerkats to millions of bouncing balls...

The Guild of Property Professionals says its network of over 800 independent estate agents across the UK has, collectively, the highest...

The first major estate agency business to launch a crowdfunding bid since the controversial collapse of Emoov has emphasised its “realistic”...

Has no one told the industry that it’s December and things are supposed to be slowing down? This week’s Property Jobs...

The Guild of Property Professionals is set to launch in Northern Ireland later this month. The 800-strong network of independent estate agents...

The UK’s largest property franchise group, Belvoir, says it is reaping rewards from its acquisition of Brook Financial Services and its...

The death throes of the Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents are continuing. A statement by software entrepreneur Charlie Wright, who...

The long-running saga of whether independent agents’ group CIELA is ever going to launch appears to be nearing its end game...

Following speculation earlier in the week, Spicerhaart has confirmed that it has purchased 19 branch regional agency butters john bee. The acquisition...

Estate Agent Today understands that Spicerhaart is in the final stages of talks to acquire major regional independent firm butters john...

Adam Day, the founder of Connells-owned online estate agency Hatched, has been announced as head of operations at easyProperty.    In a statement...

More than 270 easyProperty licences have been secured by independent estate agents belonging to The Guild of Property Professionals and Fine...

How many property professionals are truly happy with their revenue? High levels of competition from new market entrants is a significant...

A new PropTech venture aims to do what the ill-fated Veyo system failed to achieve -  creating an online platform bringing...

A trade body which has been founded to represent the interests of independent estate agents has partnered with consumer reviews platform...

A one branch independent estate agency has this week launched a fixed-fee sales option alongside its traditional commission-based service. WH Breading, which...

Fledgling trade group CIELA says two aspects of its complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority are the subject of ‘further investigation’...

The first meeting of fledgling trade group CIELA has ended with a pledge to expose what it calls ‘fake agents’ which...

The bitter war of words against Purplebricks waged by the fledgling Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents reached a new...

The Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents has started its ‘pre-launch’ membership drive - and says it ultimately want to...

The fledgling group claiming to represent independent estate and letting agents, CIELA, says it has lodged a complaint against Purplebricks with...

The fledgling group of independent agents which has already launched attacks on online agency operators in general and Purplebricks in particular...

The Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents, which is to be set up formally from next week, has set out...

The fledgling group being set up to represent independent estate and letting agents is preparing a formal complaint about Purplebricks based...

From the outset of any merger, it is vital that each agency understands and can identify its purpose and the USP...

The fledgling organisation seeking to represent independent estate agents has issued a lengthy statement setting out what it calls ‘rules of...

A founder of the new organisation seeking to be a trade body for independent estate and letting agents is warning that...

The fledgling group aiming to represent independent estate and letting agents is recruiting for a number of unspecified roles to help...

Estate agency haart has announced the appointment of a new regional partner for South London. Kieran Hogan will oversee 13 branches from...

The story of the week has been the first steps of a trade body to represent independent estate agents - as...

When I read about the possible formation of yet another ‘mutual’ with the aim of furthering and protecting the interests of...

The go-ahead has been given to create a group aiming to unite independent estate and letting agents into a single powerful...

Online estate agents have been accused to “the callous exploitation of naive sellers” by the software executive behind the idea to...

Around 100 expressions of interest have been received by the new Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents regarding tomorrow’s first...

The independent estate and letting agents’ group under discussion this week could offer member agents back-office services. The Charter for Independent Estate...

Consolidation continues apace amongst traditional estate agents. The raft of pressures on agents is increasing and these pressures have two strong...

A new organisation may be on the verge of being set up for independent agencies. The Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents has a...

The UK's largest independent estate agency chain – Spicerhaart – has a fund of £26 million to be spent on acquisitions. The...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has published details of four more cases in which it has 'informally resolved' complaints made against...

The network of independent estate agents known as the Property Sharing Experts has become the Experts in Property. The change of name...

What Countrywide are getting at is that they want to think more like retailers to engage better with customers.  If this is...

Property Sharing Experts, which says it is the largest network of independent estate agencies in the south west of England, has...

Gareth Styles of Grants Independent Estate Agents, Woking writes: When considering opening a new office in Woking Surrey I met with several...