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Ben Ridgway gives his views on the current market, material information and PropTech for agents. What is your current view of the...

Creating a New Homes division could be a good way of expanding an agency business according to the head of a...

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

Agents should use a mixture of next-generation 3D style technology and traditional, old-school estate agency to allow them to thrive. That's...

Estate agents are being advised to emphasise to customers that they are local experts. “Show [the public] that you really know your...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Matt Ratliff, Chief Technology Officer of Sort Group. How has your...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says research into pricing strategies has suggested around a third of sellers at least consider using...

Digital signatures are not new but the relative slowness with which they have been adopted by the industry is disappointing, according...

A bankrupt builder from Devon persuaded pensioners to pay him £271,000 to construct a home - but his poor workmanship has...

The debate over For Sale and To Let boards continues apace with some local councils wanting to make it difficult or...

The self-employed agency model will not be successful in the UK because the commission in this country is so low. That’s the...

Last weekend we spoke with Liana Loporto, NAEA Propertymark’s president, in an exclusive interview. Here we follow that up with an...

Property auctions have boomed during the pandemic, despite auction houses having to quickly move away from their traditional in-room events since...

There are just three working days until the end of the stamp duty holiday for most buyers. That’s not even enough time...

Phil Spencer has interviewed five key regional estate agents in the latest of his Move iQ industry videos. It’s a fascinating insight...

Iain McKenzie, chief executive of the Guild of Property Professionals, has given Estate Agent Today readers four exclusive marketing tips. In a...

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

Kerfuffle founder Simon Whale has given Estate Agent Today readers three top tips for improving their performance. The trio of suggestions -...

The Bank of England will intervene if it considers soaring house prices will affect the inflation rate says Sir Dave Ramsden,...

Buying agents level the playing field with estate agents according to Phil Spencer - the TV property expert who started his...

One of the industry’s key marketing suppliers has given four tips for agent readers of Estate Agent Today. Graeme Edwards, managing director...

With property fraud on the rise and an ever-increasing number of transactions taking place in the lettings sector, having strict anti-money laundering...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, Dominic Murphy, Managing Director of DM & Co. in the Midlands, speaks to...

Boomin founder Michael Bruce says his new site has enjoyed a stronger start than any other portal in terms of visits, viewings,...

In a video interview for Letting Agent Today, Neil Cobbold, Chief Sales Officer of PayProp, speaks to property professional Chris Buckler...

This time last year the industry was awaiting the launch of a new portal - the free to list public site...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I chat with Fine & Country UK’s managing director Nicky Stevenson, one of the most...

The estate agency industry is besotted with digital canvassing to try to win business - but that’s the wrong approach to take...

Jason Tebb, the ex-Foxtons agent who is now chief executive of OnTheMarket, has given his first in depth public interview since...

One of the industry’s leading consultants has calculated staff turnover rates at the country’s leading estate agencies. Christopher Watkin, the consultant who...

Buyer behaviour has changed over the past year of the pandemic and it’s up to estate agents to calculate how to...

Few people in the industry have as controversial or challenging a role as Nathan Emerson, the new (but interim) chief executive...

Nathan Emerson, the new chief executive of Propertymark, says his mission is to make the organisation more transparent - and to...

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

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Ed Mead,  all-round property guru and founder...

This week’s interviewee in the ‘In Conversation Today’ hotseat is a man better placed than most to shed some light on...

Purplebricks is to tilt its marketing increasingly towards local advertising on traditional and online platforms, and promoting the ‘on the street’...

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

You could be forgiven for overlooking International Women’s Day on Monday. Well, almost. Focus was instead turned to the first day back...

Another TV programme will this weekend examine the fate of Suzy Lamplugh, the London estate agent who disappeared 35 years ago...

The head of finance at Propertymark has quit - another high profile departure for the troubled organisation. Estate Agent Today broke the news...

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

In a video interview for Letting Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Mike Dawson, Group Head of Sales at...

This week’s In Conversation Today interviewee needs no introduction. One of the property industry’s most recognisable names, she has been a...

An announcement from Propertymark this afternoon says: The Board of Propertymark has accepted the resignation of its CEO, Tim Balcon. Following four...

The new chief executive of Propertymark has declined to answer questions relating to the resignation of the NAEA president only half...

An MP demanding a root and branch reform of property taxation, including scrapping stamp duty, says the chance of fundamental reform is...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced “an exceptional intervention” promising that leaseholders in high-rise buildings above 18 metres will bear no...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Justin and Victoria Bhoday - a married...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

The new chief executive of Propertymark, now combining five agency trade bodies including the NAEA and ARLA, has no experience at...

Just as the new chief executive of Propertymark holds interviews across the industry, so The Guild of Property Professionals is coming out...

A new firm has been launched by two agents who formerly worked at Carter Jonas and are aiming at the £400,000...

Propertymark, combining both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents, claims to speak for the...

In a wide-ranging video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to buying agent and TV property pundit Henry...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

Propertymark is the only agency trade body with sufficient influence on, and links with, government to achieve major gains for the...

One of the country’s most experienced estate agents has spoken out about mental illness in the industry and his own condition...

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...

The industry regulator who comes into force when the Regulation of Property Agents’ recommendations are adopted may take over versions of...

A prominent PropTech supplier wants agents to hand over much more information to conveyancers to allow them to make faster progress on...

A leading enthusiast of the self-employed agency business model says even in these challenging times people can make a success of...

Hunters chairman and Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake has hit out at allegedly false claims made by Donald Trump and Nigel Farage. Trump’s...

There’s no denying it, job hunting can be hard work – even more so at the moment, with all that’s going...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am James D. Marshall, Founder and CEO of Pupil. What...

Agents Together, the wellbeing and mentorship service which came into existence earlier this year, is launching what it calls a Redundancy...

OnTheMarket’s acting chief executive says the portal will embrace more social media and innovative marketing strategies in the coming period. Yesterday the...

I was giving an interview this week for an upcoming conference - yet another to convert from a physical to a...

For a mixture of reasons, I now only write this column every two weeks. At first, I missed the weekly consideration...

A self-employed agent has gone public to lavish praise on the mentoring scheme which is part of the Agents Together charity. Cameron Carter,...

A new agency called Eazy Agent has launched - it’s another online operation, this time with a starting price of £249. For...

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

A leading expert on estate agency and the housing market in Australia has lifted the lid on how Purplebricks failed down...

A founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, suggests there was nothing wrong with the controversial Commisery TV ads that contributed to making...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Matt Nicol, managing director of Nicol &...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jon Horton, Product director of sales progression platform, mio What does...

The advertising and sponsorship links between Purplebricks and Team GB have won the agency a silver medal according to a leading...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to industry video expert Christopher Watkin. Watkin gives his...

Industry veteran Harry Hill, a former chairman of Countrywide and founder of Rightmove, has now become a mentor at the new...

The death has been announced of one of the country’s leading campaigners against the injustices of the leasehold system, Louie Burns. Burns...

The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign has revealed to Estate Agent Today that he has lobbied the portal...

The former commercial director of Rightmove has made a strong defence of much of the company’s activities, including the charges it...

OnTheMarket says it still aims to be the number one portal, but the acting chief executive has revealed a far more...

Virtual viewings could transform estate agency so fundamentally that they might mean the work of five negotiators could in future be...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

In a video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to Mark Hayward, managing director of NAEA Propertymark about...

The brothers who founded Purplebricks - Michael and Kenny Bruce - have returned to the agency industry for the first time...

The death has been announced of Colin Lowman, a veteran south London estate agent who had a 64 year career in...

The Guild of Property Professionals says “a remarkable number” of agencies has joined it during the lockdown. Some 27 agencies signed up...

In a wide-ranging video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to former agent and founder of Viewber, Ed...

A well-known saying in estate agency is that first-time buyers are the sellers of the future. If we believe this to...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign is to release a set of options for member agents to consider if the portal...

Many of the leading advocates of the self-employed estate agent business model have talked about why many want new recruits with...

The industry should continue to prepare for large-scale reforms such as mandatory agency training, the licensing of agents and a new...

The founder of OnTheMarket has revealed why the portal floated on the stock market and why Ian Springett was the right...

The chief executive of NAEA Propertymark says he expects specific government guidance later this week for estate agents to return to...

The acting chief executive of OnTheMarket says the Coronavirus crisis could indirectly create a catalyst for change in the portals marketplace. Clive...

There’s a warning today to agency chiefs to keep in touch with their staff as lockdown eases across England in a...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has launched a countdown clock on its website to galvanise agents into remembering only 85...

The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Sam Hunter, director of Homesearch. Alongside asking Hunter...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has started buying social media advertising space in a bid to recruit agents. In a ‘promoted’...

Rightmove, Zoopla and even OnTheMarket could make money even if they did not charge agents anything at all to list properties....

A Fine & Country agent has just sold a home based on a video viewing, and is now sharing tips with...

An industry stalwart has urged critics of Rightmove to fight for the portal to offer agents a fairer pricing system, not...

A new analysis of the simmering Rightmove crisis says there is now “no clear downside” stopping agents leaving. The Financial Times says that Rightmove’s...

The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign says that agents are demanding that there is “no return to full...

An estate agency that runs its own TV shows via YouTube has launched a second season featuring local companies, amenities and...

Only half of the branches signed up to Zoopla have taken advantage of one or other of the discount offers made...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Christopher May, director of free-to-list portal Residential...

On April 4, EAT published a piece titled: ‘It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post corona-virus’. To me, this...

The key figure behind the Say No To Rightmove campaign says the fight for more realistic fees goes on - and...

A video interview released this morning features the experiences of eight agents who have quit Rightmove in the past two years,...

The head of the longest-established agency personnel consultancy in the UK says caution should be exercised over the use of Artificial...

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says agents are “miles behind” in using digital information to provide a personalised service.  Vic Darvey has given...

One of Britain’s most experienced estate agents says there’s no alternative to Rightmove, and the portal’s relationship with the industry is...

The mystery of why Countrywide’s crucial sale of its commercial arm has failed to go through as scheduled deepened over the...

Agents have reacted angrily to the government contemplating introducing a Mansion Tax, and to the Housing Secretary not ruling out the...

The Competition and Markets Authority has released a 135 page document giving explicit details of its latest agency cartel investigation. This includes...

The founder of an online agency has spoken publicly for the first time about how his near-death experience led him to...

A survey of readers of Estate Agent Today suggest that the majority believe the Chancellor will fail to honour a pledge...

There’s a warning today that Rightmove could be vulnerable to losing its number one portal status because it has such a...

The new government has announced that its first Budget is to be held on Wednesday March 11 - and it’s giving...

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

The relaunched easyProperty hybrid agency is to rely exclusively on local marketing to drive awareness and customers, and not follow the...

A new portal claims it will do what OnTheMarket failed to do, and offer an agent-led operation charging every agency branch...

Countrywide says it is constantly keeping its current branch structure under review, saying any responsible agency would have to consider the...

28th NOVEMBER 2019: Christopher Watkin’s recent thought-provoking interview with Dan Marsden sheds light on the property industry today and offers an...

In a new video interview, Steve Carroll, director of industry relations at Real Estate Group, tells industry commentator Christopher Watkin why...

Last week, it was announced that Plentific, the London-based tenant experience, has raised $32 million in Series B funding. Plentific’s model sees...

A prominent agency owner and industry figure has attacked Rightmove for failing to support estate agents and has accused it of...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...

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

London agency Benjamin Stevens has made a lifestyle-focused viral ‘TV show’ for YouTube viewers. The agency has called it North London TV...

One of the industry’s leading consultants says Rightmove is in a form of abusive relationship with agents, who should consider legal...

The chief executive of Purplebricks UK says the struggling hybrid agency is definitely not for sale, despite recent sales of stakes...

A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has told Estate Agent Today that its recruitment schedule is running “well...

The US-based real estate firm Keller Williams says it is aiming to be this country’s leading agency training organisation. Ben Taylor, who...

A relatively new company which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents says it...

November 6 has been declared Budget Day - at least if there is a Brexit deal agreed in principle in the...

The boss of a 15+ branch estate agency group has explained how he thinks regulation could 'ruin' the estate agency industry. Simon...

It may only be October 4, but temperatures have already started to drop this week as preparations for winter begin. As we...

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

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

There are those who say that PropTech is at risk of becoming a bubble market, and others who say bubbles don’t...

As the self-employed estate agency market continues to grow in the UK, one of Australia's most succesful proponents of the model...

A well-respected agent who was president of the NAEA just five years ago has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking...

The head of online agency Housesimple has made another strident attack on the integrity of High Street agents by saying some...

As real estate firms begin to execute their Q3 strategies and think more closely about Q4, there is one major question...

A former Local Property Expert and manager at Purplebricks has gone on record to reveal what it was really like to work...

Is this the ultimate in accountability or a desperate bid to win back public support for a company damaged by the...

One of the most experienced and high profile figures in the industry says individual agents working for online companies are typically...

Former Countrywide employees who take to social media or the mainstream press to criticise the company are betraying those who remained...

In a trading statement this morning, Countrywide says it has “a new covenant package with lenders provides the financial flexibility to...

Property pundit Henry Pryor says he is invited on TV and radio in order to provide “balance” against estate agents who...

The former chief executive of Purplebricks has defended claims that some Local Property Experts are underpaid, saying that success comes through...

The new chief executive of Purplebricks believes hybrid agents could win '20-30% market share' in the UK. Vic Darvey, who replaced Michael...

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

Purplebricks’ former chief executive Lee Wainwright has made a stout defence of the controversial agency’s sales progression process and its local...

The former chief executive of Purplebricks UK says the agency completes on over 80 per cent of the homes it lists...

When employing a new member of staff there are a lot of checks and balances put in place by any business...

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett says rival portals may want to “interfere” with his aim of converting agency members from free...

The founder of Zoopla has explained how the portal got its name and branding, and the philosophy behind it when it...

My article last week has sparked some really great engagement, which I’m delighted about!  Thank you to everyone who commented or dropped...

It’s clear that some agents are not fans of Trading Standards officers, described in the comments sections of the trade press...

The head of the new Trading Standards authority regulating estate agents says Online firms are treated exactly the same as High...

We’re accustomed to tech firms promising disruption in how homes are bought, let, sold and rented: now one is pledging to...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

The property industry is making “important strides” towards gender balance according to a new report - and it says more respect...

An interesting debate has been sparked in PropTech this week. It started with an interview, published on YouTube, in which Kristjan Byfield...

Countrywide’s executive chairman and group managing director have spoken to Estate Agent Today about the impact of Brexit on the company,...

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

One of the country’s leading conveyancing chiefs has given his support to reforms to the house buying process. But Rob Hailstone -...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...

OnTheMarket says one of its key aims for 2019 is to match Rightmove’s product offer to agents. “We’re looking to match Rightmove’s...

“You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over,” is an oft-quoted saying of Richard...

ARPM  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...

Property industry commentator and former online agency chief executive Russell Quirk has defended Rightmove’s charges to agents, saying that compared to...

The former chief executive of Emoov says online estate agencies charge too little, so risk appearing cheap and ineffective to potential...

Kenny Bruce, one of the founders of sector-leading online agency Purplebricks, has sent his good wishes to Russell Quirk, who founded...

Former Emoov chief executive Russell Quirk has made his first on-the-record comments about the factors behind the dramatic collapse of his...

A new portal which had branded itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” appears to have had a setback...

A new portal called YourMoov and describing itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” is to launch shortly. In an...

A new portal is launching next year with Countrywide and some 30 other estate agency groups signed up, as well as...

The introduction of the Propertymark brand as a ‘consumer friendly’ umbrella name for a series of trade bodies has been a...

Keller Williams, the US agency which allows agents to work from hub-like ‘market centres’, says it now has 130 freelance agents in this...

1.             Who are you and what do you do? HeyJuno Property is a business dedicated to empowering estate and letting agents throughout...

The head of a controversial property portal says agents can by-pass some GDPR marketing restrictions by using his service’s social network. Ben Davis,...

An agent in the Guild is launching a ‘hub’ style operation from December 1 and says the concept of traditional estate...

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...

We’re well and truly back from summer with a flurry of fund-raising to report on this week: thanks to each and...

What are the magic ingredients for building a strong brand, attracting new customers and building trust with your target market? Gareth Helm,...

Lucie Hirst and Delphine Colombo, two of Prime Central London’s most high profile sales agents, have combined forces to set up Hirst...

After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in 2005, I took careful consideration over my career moves and prospective...

The chief executive of the newly-expanded Emoov group has been giving details of the merger with Tepilo and the possibility of...

The newly-appointed Group Managing Director of Countrywide says rumours of Hamptons International or other ‘crown jewels’ being put up for sale...

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...

The new owner of Humberts is to ultimately close many of the traditional branches and move to what he is calling...

Purplebricks has told the Press Association it wants to secure over 10 per cent of the agency market share in the...

Peter Long, executive chairman of Countrywide, has resigned from another boardroom to focus on saving the troubled estate agency. Long has chosen...

Before I get into the nitty gritty of the government (well, one of its startup accelerator schemes) giving away £20,000, let...

It may not be a good idea for a journalist to be personal about a politician, so I write about our...

First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...

The creative agency behind the new round of Purplebricks Commisery TV advertisements have been explaining the philosophy they brought to the...

Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...

The UK arm of the US-based estate agency Keller Williams says it is making a specific bid to recruit more women...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Keller Williams, the US-led firm that has 170,000 agents worldwide, is to open its fourth...

What a big week for PropTech! With the very first MIPIM PropTech conference, taking place in Paris today and tomorrow, comes...

The young entrepreneur behind Doorsteps, the estate agency that deliberately avoids the huge marketing razzamatazz of other online companies, says his...

Russell Quirk, chief executive of Emoov, says his agency is now one of the top seven in the UK following its...

One of London’s best known high-end estate agents, Gary Hersham, says corruption crackdowns in this country and overseas may be deterring...

A service that tracks different types of mortgage demand reveals that remortgaging is on the rise while borrowing for new purchases...

Estate Agent Today editor Graham Norwood speaks to Debbie Franklin, Andrews Property Group's Head of Multi-Channel Fulfilment at FUTURE: PropTech 2018.   ...

Estate Agent Today editor Graham Norwood speaks to Sohail Rashid, founder of View My Chain at FUTURE: PropTech 2018. ...

The rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...

There is a lull in my imminent flat sale. Just no activity at all, despite a price reduction!  So, I am forced...

Countrywide’s Group Operations Director Paul Creffield - one of three figures now at the top of the organisation - says he...

Ever wondered what it’s like to be on the frontline of property journalism? Well, wonder no more, as our very own...

As the estate agency business in England moves towards being more robust with professional qualifications and higher standards being introduced, there...

With the rise of Purplebricks in recent years, many will be eager to know what the hybrid agency’s Local Property Experts...

Neil Cobbold, COO of PayProp, advises letting agents to act now to beat the upcoming letting agent fee ban and discusses...

So here’s another week’s great work being done by colleagues in our industry - and we’re very pleased to salute them. Everybody...

In an exclusive and candid interview with Estate Agent Today, Countrywide chairman Peter Long has admitted that the company had been...

The troubled Countrywide group has this morning revealed its recovery plan to get - in its words - ‘back to basics’...

One of the country’s leading PropTech entrepreneurs has responded to recent criticism of online estate agencies and their allegedly-poor record of...

A new report by the residential property team of a legal firm has found widespread criticism of online agents’ over their...

The UK property sector has been a hotbed for financial crime in recent years, with many criminals seeing it as an...

Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...

Whisper it quietly, but there seems to be change in the air when it comes to agents recommending lawyers based on...

The magazine Property Week is reporting that Countrywide’s former chief executive Alison Platt, who quit her post this morning, will receive...

There was an excellent article, published last week, based around an interview with Chandra Dhandapani, CBRE’s chief digital and technology officer.  The...

An estate agency that is moving from a high street to a business centre says it is relocation because footfall has...

After the fun and over-indulgence of the festivities, most of us are now back to the world of work. And, with...

Labour MP Chris Williamson, regarded as an ally of party leader Jeremy Corbyn, is suggesting that high-value homes in England should...

Hands up if you’ve read all of the property reports that have been published in the past week or so? Forever...

It’s one of the biggest days of the year for fund-raising in the UK, and we know many across our industry...

Rebel estate agent Chris Wood - who earlier this year unsuccessfully attempted to get on the ballot paper as a candidate for...

Employment tribunal fees could soon become extinct, after the Supreme Court ruled they were an obstacle to the ‘access of justice’.  Once...

A new firm has launched in Surrey describing itself as “the premium hybrid estate agency” with an innovative presence on the...

A minister has floated the idea that stamp duty could be reduced on homes where sellers have improved energy efficiency. Climate Change...

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

As those of us in the industry know, there is a fine balance to strike between disruptive technology – and the...

Hunters says it will not be following other traditional-style estate agencies by offering online-only services to sellers - but it will...

It looks likely that Facebook will soon be able to list homes for sale in the US, in the style of...

One of the more puzzling questions in London's estate agency industry has been resolved - how a company which appears to...

Chris Wood - the Cornish estate agent who unsuccessfully attempted to get on the ballot paper as a candidate for NAEA...

Iain White, the ex-Romans managing director and former Countrywide director, has come out strongly against the demutualisation proposal from Agents’ Mutual...

Now we hate to spoil a long weekend but for much of the UK this is the final Bank Holiday before......

An interview in an online magazine aimed at the small business sector lifts the lid on some of the structure surrounding...

The head of a regional portal in the north of England has welcomed the likely demise of the controversial One Other...

During a week in which fledgling trade group the Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents (CIELA) announced that it still...

The on-off-on saga of the fledgling trade group for independent agents has taken another twist. The founder of the organisation suggests that...

The managing director of ZPG Property Services says his firm will never ‘go around’ an agent in order to directly work...

The chief executive of Purplebricks, often criticised by detractors for failing to reveal completion rates as opposed to listings, says his...

When it comes to provoking anger in property professionals, taxation takes some beating. Press releases are still arriving berating the December...

The chief executive of eProp Services Ltd - the company formed by a merger between easyProperty and GPEA Ltd (the parent...

To give you a nice distraction from the post-election madness, here’s an interview with Charlie Wright, founder of CIELA (or The...

The man behind fledgling trade body The Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents (CIELA) says that public misunderstanding of the...

Spicerhaart has launched what it calls a talent acquisition team to recruit new agents to the group’s range of brands, as...

The National Association of Estate Agents says its election for a new vice president is to go ahead as scheduled despite...

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...

The Conservatives now say they are not resuscitating Home Information Packs, despite a suggestion by a prominent former minister that they "had...

The comparison service Get Agent has released the full details of its analysis of the performance of four different online estate...

Speculation has grown that the Conservatives may make a manifesto pledge to remove some family homes’ long-established exemption from Capital Gains...

Sohail Rashid discusses data driven sales progression in this video below. View My Chain allows agents and home movers to view automated...

In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...

A new recruitment business for the property industry in general and agents in particular is offering a phased-fees system for clients...

There were only 14 complaints to The Property Ombudsman about so-called 'quick sale' firms - the professional buying companies that purchase...

The man behind YOPA - the online agency that last year secured investment from high end traditional company Savills - says...

A new regional property portal aiming to sign up 80 per cent of agencies in Yorkshire says it is unconcerned about...

A series of leaks to national newspapers and a flurry of broadcast interviews by housing minister Gavin Barwell means we already know...

The Keller Williams franchise agency, one of the largest in the world, is relaunching in the UK on Wednesday with the...

The south’s seaside resorts are stealing the headlines for all the wrong reasons and at the heart of the troublesome issue...

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

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

1.For those who are not familiar with Properstar yet, how would you summarise your services? Properstar is an online portal that helps...

Countrywide’s controversial hybrid estate agency business has produced “fantastic results” according to Sam Tyrer, the group’s Managing Director, Retail & London. In...

One of the founders of hybrid agency Purplebricks says sellers in the UK may never accept the sale of their property...

One of the earliest entrepreneurs to found a website to allow for-sale-by-owner property listings back in 2000, predicts current online agents...

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...

Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt has told Estate Agent Today the transformation she wishes to see within the group may take...

Countrywide’s marketing chief says the estate agency group’s controversial hybrid sales model - to be rolled out to a quarter of...

Purplebricks chief executive Michael Bruce has suggested that calling his area representatives ‘Local Property Experts’ means they can be more proud...

Foreign exchange giant Moneycorp says the number of Britons buying homes abroad has slumped 25 per cent since the EU referendum. In...

Here's a story you probably never expected to read - Simon Cowell used to be an estate agent and says he...

One of Britain’s most respected veteran estate agents, Hugh Dunsmore-Hardy, is urging new recruits to the industry to join what he...

An estate agent is currently with a team of volunteers living in slums in the Indian capital of New Delhi for...

This week we have the Head Shepherd of EweMove, Glenn Ackroyd, in the hotseat. He’s been co-owner of EweMove Sales and Lettings,...