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In the bustling world of social media, success isn't just about posting content; it's about fostering engagement, maintaining consistency, and implementing...

Zoopla is rolling out more branded taxis as it recorded a record January for unique vendor leads, the portal claims. The property...

The most successful agents are typically those who invest in self-improvement. Whether it's staying abreast of changes in social media, experimenting...

London based presenter and property expert Elizabeth Warburton has partnered with Fine & Country as one of the hosts of the...

Buyer demand and new sales at the start of 2024 are already ahead of equivalent 2023 levels, Zoopla. Figures from the portal...

When almost all agents and developers use the tried and tested formula of floorplan, professional photography  and a well-crafted description, what can be...

OnTheMarket has partnered with an automated social media service to help agents promote listings on Instagram, X, Facebook and more. Following a...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Welcome back to the second instalment of our blog series on social media marketing tips for estate agents! In part one,...

Property guru and TV presenter Phil Spencer has paid tribute to his parents after they died in a car crash at...

Social media has moved on from being a “nice to have” to a necessity for most businesses, but how do you...

A competition to track down as many golden estate agent boards placed around Leeds as possible has been won by Grace...

Savills and OnTheMarket are among property brands set to deliver a webinar next week aimed at helping buyers to understand what...

Rightmove has been named as the most effective portal for driving leads but there is a sense of frustration about fake...

First-time buyers are turning to social media platforms such as TikTok for homebuying advice and guidance. A survey of first-time buyers aged 18...

The latest Instagram update allowing multiple links in bios will provide a ‘world of marketing possibilities’ for estate agents, it has...

Hamptons’ head of London private office has questioned why video has not become more widely-used in listings as he suggests more...

From Million Dollar Listing to Selling Sunset, we’re used to seeing real estate reality TV in full force on Netflix. Whilst...

It seems as if optimism is out of fashion right now: just look at the headlines to see what I mean....

Independent estate agent DM & Co. Homes has launched a weekly update on the regional housing market presented by managing director...

Buyers should be mindful about the rise of so called ‘Insta-agents,’ a property body has warned. The National Association of Property Buyers...

As we’ve mentioned in other blogs, even though we’re going through uncertain times, this is the right time not only to...

Estate agents have the challenging job of creating relationships and trust with their customers, who will make crucial life decisions such...

Agents at Greater London Properties have got into the festive spirit with what this editor secretly considers the best Christmas song...

Regional estate agent Miles & Barr is showing its support for the home nations at this month’s World Cup with free...

In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...

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

What do Tilly Ramsay and Kim Kardashian have in common? Other than both having well-known fathers, they’ve both also mastered the art...

Sellers are always looking for ways to improve the value of their home, and according to new research agents may just...

For some time, LinkedIn was seen – fairly or unfairly – as stodgy, dull, corporate and formal. The uncool uncle to...

A client called asking for advice on their social media marketing strategy. They’d thrown a lot of budget at it, but...

Agents need to use social media for more than just posting property listings, an industry digital marketing expert claims. Craig Vile, director...

A Birmingham estate agency has credited its social media strategy with record levels of engagement and has predicted it will eventually...

Agents and property professionals are travelling far and wide to raise money for charity, plus there is a new way to...

Estate agent HOP is offering eagle eyed Leeds residents the chance to win a £2,000 holiday if they spot one of...

As regular readers will know, I like to use this column to shout out about the independent agents who are the...

Franchise giant Belvoir has snapped up one of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or...

An estate agent who has spent eight years working for traditional agencies has now set up his own hybrid operation, using...

Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...

These are undeniably darker days as news comes through of a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine - we have the first agency...

If 2020 was the year of survival, then 2021 was about the post-Covid boom. The impact of the pandemic on the...

Good-quality APIs can help agents to thrive in 2022 and beyond according to industry PropTech supplier Openview – Powered by VTUK.  API,...

A PropTech platform is urging agents to keep in touch with clients on their databases to increase their chances of future...

With Remembrance Sunday this weekend, the nation and our industry will remember those who fell. Yesterday on Estate Agent Today we featured one...

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

British homebuyers take an average of 25 seconds to decide whether a house is right for them, according to Purplebricks. As a...

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

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...

A PropTech entrepreneur is advising agents not to settle for simply having their websites up and running, and instead using CRM...

I recently saw a fly-through video for a home on sale for well over £2m. The imagery was good (made better by...

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

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

You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...

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

The Competition and Markets Authority says it has pushed Facebook into taking new action to combat fake reviews - an issue...

As a property agent, fancy marketing terminology such as ‘omnichannel’ might not hold too much interest for you right now. We’re in...

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...

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

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...

Described on this site as a ‘powerful disruptor’ in March 2020, few would deny that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on...

Who are you? Hi, I’m Richard Price, Managing Director at Dezrez. Who are Dezrez and what EACRM do you provide? At Dezrez we’re on...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...

Firstly, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Lockdown 2, as it’s being known, is now with us, but fortunately...

A new portal-style PropTech product has launched and wants to recruit estate agents to its fold - despite describing the way...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

Whisper it quietly but in just 10 days time we have the final Bank Holiday before Christmas. We would like to mark...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

A new analysis of corporate estate agencies’ social media followings and websites shows the big winners to be Savills, Foxtons and...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

We all know the world has gone digital—nothing new there. Every time you jump online, you’re one of 4.5 billion internet...

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

Estate Agent Today understands that three senior figures have departed from a key central London branch of Knight Frank. Each of them was...

An estate agent has sold a home off-market by posting teaser photographs on Instagram.  The buyer - who was in the French...

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

For a very long time, it was one of the best ways – if not the best way – of generating...

The high-end estate agent who has quit his post after being found to have posted pictures of clients’ houses on Instagram...

Following on from the second half of the last decade, the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit mad...

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...

A leading estate agent has urged others in the industry to follow his example and make local TV programmes to build...

A prominent regional agent says the industry owes it to vendors to try competing marketing outlets for property, and not to...

The competition is hotting up between Zoopla and OnTheMarket for new homes listings. Today Zoopla has revealed that it has seen a...

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

England rugby fans will have been disappointed to find out that Saturday's planned World Cup group stage clash with France in...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launching its second tour of 2019 with an added bonus - a free training session...

Zoopla is mining data from users of its website to target sellers on Facebook and Instagram, producing leads and making it unnecessary for agencies to...

1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...

Zoopla has announced an improved app which “enhances the house-hunting journey with a fresh design, improved navigation and an intuitive interface” -...

Facebook is set to enter the cryptocurrency business with the big reveal of its formal plans scheduled for some point this...

Hello, welcome to a new week and to PJT, your regular Monday round-up of jobs news in the industry. Do please let...

The Secretary of State for Education has written to the head of an online estate agency to ask him to share...

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...

By thinking outside the box, agents can truly embrace the idea of space-as-a-service and create entirely new, and highly valuable, streams...

Hello and welcome to this year’s first edition of Property Jobs Today, reporting on the first industry moves of 2019. We’re told...

I am currently in the back of a taxi. The deadline for this piece is looming and I am desperate to...

A new internet and DAB radio station specialising on the subject of property will launch from purpose built studios next month. Property...

DISCLAIMER: The author of this article retains no responsibility for any reader discomfort experienced when recalling the seemingly endless horrors of...

In the past decade or so there has been a movement towards the use of digital signage screens within a number...