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

It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...

The average asking price across the UK is now £43,000 higher than it was in late 2019 according to data and...

PropTech has seen a surge in uptake over the last few years for several reasons – be it the Covid-19 pandemic...

Franchise giant Winkworth says at least eight new offices will open next year, following an upbeat performance in 2021. In a trading...

There’s been a significant rise in buyer interest in the energy efficiency of properties - but so far it’s making no...

We have been speaking with many agents over the past months and the story appears the same with them all. There...

OnTheMarket says it delivered a record number of instant valuation enquiries last month, beating its previous best period in June of...

A torrid period for Purplebricks' share value means it opens stock market trading today with a price of just 33p.  This is less...

Purplebricks' share price tumbled a remarkable 34 per cent this morning when trading opened on the London Stock Exchange. The price crashed...

Zoopla says its new In-Search ads have secured over 38m impressions since their launch.  ‘In-Search’ ads are hosted on Zoopla’s listings search...

PropTech is booming, and its rise was only accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the real estate industry – as...

New figures from Knight Frank show that price growth in the high end country market moderated in the third quarter of...

The  housing market is not immune from the supply shortage hitting the economy, according to Knight Frank - with London the...

OnTheMarket figures for the first half of this year show stronger revenue and improved profits. Agency numbers have increased modestly since January...

More than 10,000 certificates have been awarded to agents who have taken Rightmove’s first modular training. This is an accredited GDPR course...

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

Hamptons is to expand the provision of New Homes and residential development services across all of its 90 branches, after a...

It’s certainly the case that awareness of part exchange isn’t very high in the property and agency world, despite the potential...

In a 'coup' for property data firm Homesearch, Keller Williams UK, which has some 400 agents under its banner across the UK,...

Business intelligence is paramount to companies looking to gain a competitive edge, particularly in saturated markets like estate agency. Each client...

Newly instructed properties across the country dropped by 10 per cent in August compared to July’s numbers, according to Homesearch. The company,...

Tech, as has been shown more than ever during the pandemic, can be a wonderful thing – bringing people closer together,...

Chestertons, the London high-end estate agency chain, is reported to be looking for a buyer. Sky News says it’s hired Deloitte, the...

A PropTech operator claims that agents currently pay around £250 per lead, averaging costs of different sources ranging from Google Ads...

360 tour technology company Made Snappy has grown rapidly over the past 18 months and whilst many agents have grasped the...

A career in property can be fun and rewarding, but it’s a busy world to live and work in. As we...

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

The Property Ombudsman says there’s been a big increase in enquiries to its service in recent months, despite the pandemic.  In its...

Sinclair Taylor, the first company to offer debt solutions to estate agencies, has been acquired by The Broadriver Group, a diverse...

Yet another housing market snapshot is reporting the stock of property for sale plummeting further downwards.  Property website Home says that while...

A major agency is predicting that the imbalance between supply and demand, which has characterised the housing market for all of...

Transaction volumes in prime London fell in July according to data from LonRes. Transactions were down 22 per cent compared with July...

Kevin Thomas, the long time director at Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings, is retiring from the industry after more than 40...

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...

With stock remaining perilously short for most agents, the industry has been advised to use data to identify those existing owners...

Available residential property listings across the country are at historic lows according to property data firm Homesearch. The company, which focuses its...

Boomin has given its member agents more details of its new valuation tool being launched next month. Called SmartVal, it is described...

It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change what they have always done, particularly if their results have proven...

The biggest challenge facing many agents in the current climate is the general shortage of stock, both for sales & lettings. Let’s...

Property consultancy LonRes says June was a record-breaking month for property sales in the capital, with exchanges up 140 per cent...

Let it never be said that this column isn’t here to help out agents directly. In this week’s Natter, I speak...

A leading agency in the capital says it’s seen its strongest ever half year of trading. According to Chestertons’ latest market analysis,...

Purplebricks will this week reveal the result of almost two years of trials into a new pricing structure.  The details will come...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

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

There’s been a dramatic slump in instructions for online agencies, particularly Purplebricks, according to data produced by one online firm itself. 99Home...

In the first of a two-part special with the presidents of the UK’s largest property trade organisation, we carry out an...

The property market is currently in a unique position where the number of house hunters looking for their next home is...

Average house prices in the year to the end of April increased by 8.9 per cent according to the government’s Office...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Well I rarely use them now! Chris Hodgkinson, Managing Director What...

Swiss investment bank UBS has advised investors to sell their Purplebricks shares as the market share for the controversial agency appears...

As the high-street sees a dramatic increase in footfall1, a trend that is set to continue, agents are elevating their window...

OnTheMarket has announced new functionality in a direct bid to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. The functionality, to go live within the...

Before you read on, ask yourself, how many times did you hear “we want to move, but just we can’t find...

A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies.  This is despite Purplebricks this...

Data consultancy LonRes has given a typically upbeat assessment of the Prime London sales market - despite the effects of Coronavirus...

Three of the leading portals have made major announcements as the fierce rivalry between the big players continues apace.  Firstly Zoopla claims its latest...

Gathering and analysing feedback at all stages in the customer journey is highly important. So, where do we begin? For many estate...

OnTheMarket has signed an exclusive commercial partnership with property data specialist Sprift, to provide free market appraisal guides. These can be customised...

A series offering “insight and advice” to agents is being launched by Zoopla’s cloud-based software brand, Alto, which was acquired by...

Rightmove is to roll-out two-factor authentication within Rightmove Plus to try to protect agents against attempts by fraudsters to steal leads and...

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity as we are on the threshold of May why not get on to the...

International investment bank UBS has double-downgraded Purplebricks from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ - and that could be good for independent agents, a...

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

There’s been a surge in activity in London’s prime housing market according to LonRes. The property data company says that new instructions in March...

If someone broke into your house and took a video of lots of personal information, like photos of family and pets,...

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

The shortage of supply compared to demand, which has characterised the housing market in recent months, could soon be a thing...

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...

As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...

The Chancellor’s recent announcement that the stamp duty holiday would be extended for another three months was undoubtedly great news for...

PropTech firm Sprift has entered into a deal with The Guild of Property Professionals. The partnership means that Guild member agents have...

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

Later this year, on October 22, the ESTAS 2021 will take place in London. The glittering ceremony will welcome property professionals...

Recently I heard the stat that over 50% of property is sold with the second agent, which was backed up by...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property What is LetsBid and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Jake Field - Area Sales Manager What is lets bid Property...

When I joined Zoopla, I took the same approach that I always take whenever I enter a new sector: I was...

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...

Honesty is a concept that journalists will tell their readers is non-existent for estate agents. Yeah, right! But as the end...

Zoopla says over 250 agents have now signed up to its partnership deal with PropTech firm FocalAgent, set up by former...

The acquisition of Countrywide by Connells might just be the deal of the century in the British estate agency industry. That’s the...

A report drawn up by a software firm analyses sales, lettings and valuation leads from agents listing on Rightmove, Zoopla and...

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

Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...

Estate agents might be expert at advising on buying and selling properties on their books but when it comes to buying...

Agents should put as much emphasis on ensuring a house move actually happens as on winning the instruction to begin with,...

One of the early operators of the self-employed agency model has launched a scheme under which its agents receive shares in the...

House price growth is running out of steam ahead of the stamp duty holiday cliff-edge. That’s the suggestion from the Halifax; its latest...

Agents can win more instructions by using text messages to prospective sellers as part of a short term ‘nurture’ campaign, according...

Property portals remain an essential marketing tool for estate agents and their value is clearly appreciated by consumers. However, with a...

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...

The government may be stopping MPs debating an extension to the stamp duty holiday - despite a pledge they would do...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Will Thompson, Associate Director at Pugh & Co Auctions. I...

Well, what a year it has been for everyone, including the property market. I don’t think there’s anyone out there who...

Mystery still surrounds the number of homes actually sold by Purplebricks, despite upbeat statements regarding the number of instructions it wins. The...

It is the end of my column for another year, my 4th if I am not mistaken.  This year has seen a...

Purplebricks says it’s to continue to test new pricing models next year - and has not ruled out completely moving away...

Another day, another house price record as the bull market continues. The latest Halifax index shows prices surging 7.6 per cent to...

One of the biggest supporters of the self employed estate agent business model admits there are risks and it’s not for...

Free-to-list portal group OneDome claims 425 estate agency branches joined its listing services last month,  OneDome Group operates two portals, OneDome and...

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

Two prominent suppliers have teamed up to offer customers instant visibility of chain lengths, details of agents connected to properties being...

It’s no secret that the recent pandemic has forced more businesses to operate remotely, but the shift for estate agents has...

The new property portal Boomin has revealed its fees structure for agents. Tapping into the industry debate over portal fees, Boomin describes...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors review of sales and rentals, often amongst the most pessimistic of analyses, says Covid 19...

It’s been announced this morning that Connells is in takeover discussions with the troubled Countrywide agency group. Countrywide has given Connells until...

Purplebricks has issued a statement to its shareholders saying it’s ‘never been more relevant’. However, the expected radical change to its fees structure appears...

A trading statement from Foxtons this morning provides a rare piece of good news for the troubled London agency. It says business...

A new tool which identifies preferences of Facebook users and then targets them with ads for appropriate homes on sale, is...

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

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the way every industry operates and the property sector is no exception. Following an enforced seven-week...

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

Another new property portal has been launched, this one - Mutual - describing itself as the ‘Pre-Portal Property Platform for estate...

Conveyancers are sending a blunt message to estate agents: transactions will take longer than usual and don’t chase us with queries and...

New instructions almost doubled across prime areas of London in September compared to the same period a year ago, while the...

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

The latest review by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team into referral fees places the outdated practice of...

Many agents, certainly those in London, will have faced the difficult task of selling a flat with a shorter lease. A...

The total Sales Agreed in 2020 so far has overtaken Sales Agreed up to this point in 2019, despite the Coronavirus...

Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...

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

I’m sure I speak for most in the property industry when I say that back in March and April I had...

The strong house price growth experienced in recent months could soon be 'marred' by oversupply, according to Home.co.uk. The property website says...

The result of a test case over Business Interruption Insurance involving agents has been handed down by the High Court. It has...

Independent agents are busier than they have ever been thanks to the post-lockdown surge but larger corporates are actually losing market...

A leading agent says the government’s new Coronavirus clampdown from Monday will push more home owners to sell. Caspar Harvard-Wills, a partner at...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

Another US real estate agency wants to follow Keller Williams, Berkshire Hathaway and others by opening in the United Kingdom. Nest Seekers International...

A sentiment survey conducted amongst 585 estate agents by the OnTheMarket portal suggests fewer than half have witnessed price rises since...

The Residential Property Surveyors’ Association appears to be taking on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in a battle for authority...

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

It was officially announced last week that the UK is in recession for the first time since 2009, and although this...

If anyone thought the days of Purplebricks bosses making millions were in the past,  think again. The chief executive and chief finance...

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

Asking prices are up again for a third consecutive month in all English regions and across Scotland and Wales.  The measurement, from...

The latest market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns the current boom may not continue as government support measures...

The new portal OpenBrix, which is powered by Blockchain, has revealed its fee structure ahead of its formal launch on September...

    Purplebricks says changes to its fees structure - possibly becoming less reliant on controversial upfront charges - has been delayed until...

Agents are awaiting the outcome of a test case regarding Business Interruption Insurance, which may determine whether they receive thousands of...

Steve, his name was. Steve, the board man. A rather frightening man, if truth be told. When I started at Foxtons, he used...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

Knight Frank has reported a remarkable set of figures for June showing how the housing market has bounced back with a...

The latest monthly index suggests that the average asking price in England and Wales has jumped 1.5 per cent in the...

The estate agency group spearheading the Say No To Rightmove campaign has signed its 36 branches up to new portal Homesearch. The...

With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...

Countrywide has released details of its trading performance, including the knock its income has received as a result of the housing...

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

An estate agency with a reputation for PropTech innovation says it now live-streams all instructions in a bid to operate more...

As we emerge from lockdown, quickly progressing sales to completion is vital to replace lost commission income.  What role can mio...

OnTheMarket says in a trading statement this morning that as of May 31 only some 9,000 branches were on paying contracts...

The latest sentiment snapshot produced by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the trend that the market is still improving...

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

A survey of estate agents conducted through trade publications has revealed that market uncertainty and the handling of transactions within government...

LSL Property Services has this morning released details of its response to the Coronavirus crisis. All members of its board have taken...

Consumers are not as worried as they should be about conveyancing fraud, putting them at risk of losing life-changing sums of...

The combined market share of agencies in the Guild of Property Professionals is now higher even than it was at the...

A specialist legal advisory service is urging conveyancers to use the reopening of the housing market as an opportunity to increase...

Homesearch - the new property portal which describes itself as “the future of the property industry” - has delayed its launch. It was scheduled...

A large majority of property professionals polled by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors say a stamp duty holiday would be...

The fallout from Covid-19 has hit everyone hard. With breaking news today that agents are able to look at how to...

There’s been a substantial 20 per cent rise in formal complaints about agents taken up by The Property Ombudsman.  The figures refer...

The scandal over Business Interruption Insurance policies is hotting up, with class actions being discussed against insurance firms and the Financial Conduct Authority announcing...

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

With a lengthy lockdown already behind us one might think that fund-raising was a step too far - but not for...

Some 2,500 estate agency branches have expressed an interest in a new portal, Homesearch, launching next month.  Although the Homesearch website lists...

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

Advice to removal companies from their main trade body has put a stop to most transactions not already at a very...

Purplebricks is anticipating “a prolonged period of low activity” during the Coronavirus crisis with 25 instructions a day according to a...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

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

Sales in February grew, for the third consecutive month, according to the latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered...

LSL Property Services says the Coronavirus crisis has led to a softening of "lead sales indicators" - and it warns of...

There’s been a surge in UK enquiries to global free-to-list portal Residential People, and a comparable rise in interest from Chinese...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

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

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

For several years the regular monthly RICS market snapshot has made depressing reading - now, for there second month in a...

Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...

Property portals generate revenue from estate agents regardless of the outcome of the transaction. This relationship has resulted in a fundamental...

When is a property really off-market? There may be many answers to that question but it’s likely that few would consider...

Figures released this morning by data firm LonRes provide the latest evidence of a so-called Boris Bounce with the market improving...

Whisper it quietly but the housing market could be significantly stronger in 2020 than in recent years. Two key indicators in the...

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...

A leading analyst says Purplebricks has clearly plateaued and will not reach its own target of a 10 per cent market...

Estate agents who deliberately over-value properties in order to win instructions are effectively committing fraud according to a prominent industry figure. Russell...

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

We’re nearing the end of another year in which many agents have faced challenging times and a frustrating market hit by...

Here’s the final part of our questioning of the three portals based on comments and queries from our readers - thanks...

The latest snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that the UK housing market is still on hold, pending...

When we launched Reapit’s Foundations Platform as a Service (PaaS) in November, it may have seemed like a recent development in...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio What is mio and what...

The legendary Mayfair estate agency Wetherell is linking with London’s Dexters chain in a new partnership. Wetherell, run by high profile chief...

Homesearch, the data service which launched this year as free-to-use with a subscription model launching in 2020, has announced it’s introducing...

The listings website Home, which conducts a monthly survey of asking prices and wider market monitors, is reporting a show 10...

This morning’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the worst - that the market is in...

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

The latest market snapshot of prime central London suggests that homes there are now 15.2 per cent cheaper than five years...

An estate agency has been fined £30,000 for waiting until minutes after the sale of a flat was completed to tell...

A controversial estate agent and former head of an online agency is urging agents to knock on the doors of vendors...

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

The latest housing market snapshot from the listings website Home suggests more regional markets are heading for price corrections. Home says that...

Stories with good news about the prime central London market seem few and far between but the latest figures from B2B...

There has been a surprise, but small, increase in the market share of online estate agents according to the latest survey. Business...

A London agent is urging rivals to provide realistic valuations, even if vendors want more and despite temptations to over-value to...

Auction House has reported a record number of sales for September, while its founder claims private treaty sales 'won't be able...

The ValPal Network, which consists of over 800 agency brands with more than 4,000 offices, has launched a new product which...

How can estate and letting agents nurture leads who aren't ready to sell or let a property instantly? It's a question many...

Picture this: You have finally pushed that sale or purchase through, which means your client is over the moon and happy...

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...

A hybrid estate and lettings agency operating currently in Manchester, Liverpool and others parts of the north of England has told...

An estate agent in Cardiff has come up with a marketing wheeze in a bid to win more instructions - but...

Online estate agency Housesimple has appointed a company to handle its public relations and social media as it rolls it its...

The typical new real estate agency forms when an entrepreneurial high performer quits their job at a leading chain and sets...

Richard Rawlings’ annual roadshow opens on September 3 with the first of 17 stops across the UK, each giving a three...

Estate agents have collectively been fiercely criticised for allegedly exaggerating valuations to win instructions, doing a disservice to vendors and not...

The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that last month’s optimistic assessment of the housing market has...

Despite optimistic reports on prime London’s housing performance from some sources in recent weeks, figures from subscription service LonRes paint a...

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...

Rightmove’s half year figures this morning continue to show strong growth in profits and revenue - but there are the first...

‘Property ghosting’ is a problem that nearly all estate and letting agencies will face at one time or another. Ghosting, which is...

An online agency which last autumn said it wanted to have as much as a three per cent market share of...

Home, the property platform that often produces downbeat market forecasts, now says there are signs of improvement in London at least.  It...

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

If agents ran their databases more efficiently, the property portals might find themselves redundant. Controversial opening statement aside, the reality is that...

The modern method of auction is proving to revolutionise the way properties are bought and sold across the UK.  By putting the...

MyBid4It is an online auction platform which has been developed to partner with Estate Agents and revolutionise the way properties are...

High Street estate agents should re-define themselves in today’s competitive market by becoming Residential Property Experts offering a wide range of...

It's becoming increasingly difficult to sell a property, especially in those regions undergoing a price correction. That’s the verdict from Home, a...

A recent survey conducted by comparison website GetAgent found that traditional high street agents have been given a firm thumbs up...

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

New data from respected property consultancy LonRes shows that prices in prime central London fell 9.7 per cent in the 12...

The UK property market can be seen by criminals as an effective vehicle to conceal the proceeds of economic crime. Criminally...

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has released its annual report for 2018, showing a 16% rise in the number of complaints made...

A London sales and lettings agent has revealed to Estate Agent Today some of the tactics used by his rivals in...

The breathing space offered by the October Brexit deadline and the receding prospect of a No Deal exit from the EU...

A new snapshot of market share claims that online agents accounted for 7.0 per cent of all exchanges in the first...

Experienced sales trainer Boyd Mayover, co-founder of Sales Doctors, explains how agents can overcome price objectives, impress prospective clients and offer...

UK estate agents charge the lowest commission out of any nation in the European Union, according to a recent study by...

There’s anger in the industry over an article in The Times which accused agents of overvaluing properties - although why this was happening...

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...

Virtual tours are a compelling way of enhancing a property’s potential through online marketing, increased transparency and efficiency for agents, and...

The latest RICS survey has one key message - 77 per cent of surveyors participating in the study say Brexit uncertainty...

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

Latest data from property platform Home suggests that instruction numbers across the UK as a whole are down four per cent...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

A slew of allegations have been made against agents and sometimes even by agents, over alleged misdemeanours over property listings as...

Here’s an unusual story, describing the work of one of Purplebricks’ Local Property Experts who was with the company for around...

A 36 per cent collapse in sales between November and January has created an “unprecedented” five year low in the number...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

We all know the three essential things an estate agent must have on their website include the ability to be able...

What do BREXIT and PropTech have in common?  I got thinking about this question for a number of reasons this week but...

New data from LonRes shows that prices of homes in three key prime areas of London tumbled 5.7 per cent last...

As an estate agent, you need to be ready to cater for the specific requirements of buyers and sellers, tailoring your...

When it comes to building online reputation, Google is king. It is estimated that over 90% of consumers Google a business before...

Still recovering from Christmas and New Year? There’s no shame in that - the agents’ fund-raising season resumes in earnest in...

A hybrid estate agency which uses freelance agents operating from a central hub is now expanding from London into the Home...

New figures show that online agencies’ share of listings of homes for sale has plummeted to 4.6 per cent. This is well...

A top PropTech analyst says Purplebricks is as much an advertising firm as an estate agency but is nonetheless a huge success...

Purplebricks says it has £100m net cash to exercise “relentless innovation” and benefit from an industry shake-out that will ”expose undercapitalised traditional...

With portal rivalry hotting up again, Zoopla has announced that with immediate effect it’s removing all non-property related adverts from all...

At least some calls from potential customers to Emoov are being cut off and rival estate agents are now plundering the...

To say legendary ZPG founder and CEO Alex Chesterman left big boots to fill when he stepped back from day-to-day operations...

Photos and floor plans remain an essential tool in property marketing. Despite a wealth of choice from aspiring UK PropTech start-ups the...

Estate and letting agents are being warned not to slow down too early in the run up to Christmas as it...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

A new prime London hybrid agency wants what it calls “disillusioned property professionals” to join the firm and take advantage of...

However mild the weather may have been for most of us, it’s a cold autumn for the online estate agency market...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? It just says “Agent” for, at the end of the...

The LonRes data consultancy that monitors transactions right across prime central London says Brexit is the single biggest factor impacting the...

Purplebricks says it has seen year-on-year revenue growth of about 20 per cent despite what its chairman calls “a challenging UK...

It’s the most obvious visual medium high street agents have at their disposal, and for many decades has been absolutely pivotal...

Two former High Street agents say their new hybrid agency has enjoyed an impressive launch gathering 40 instructions in just four...

What questions keep you awake at night? Do you know if you’re losing new instructions by undervaluing, or whether you could...

A recent 'red flag alert' report from an insolvency firm warned that the number of real estate businesses defined as being...

Given that ‘UK buyers are the most digitally active home hunters’, with HSBC’s Beyond the Bricks report stating that 90% of...

Purplebricks says its performance in the UK “is currently showing double-digit growth year-on-year in monthly instructions.” In a brief UK trading update...

Local business reviews are becoming increasingly important for reputation management, with recent research showing 90% of consumers read online reviews before...

OnTheMarket’s trading figures for the six months to the end of July show, as predicted, losses while the company is building...

Several agents have asked me whether they should consider ditching their high street offices and move to an out of town...

Bradleys Estate Agents, the westcountry’s largest independent agency chain, is the latest agency to sign up with Bamboo, an online property...

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what the practical...

There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...