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The current challenges facing the conveyancing sector have put the industry in the spotlight. Here, property expert Colum Smith, Chief Vision...
16 July 2022
From: Features

Estate agents are in a unique position – we handle the meeting of people’s aspirations probably more than any other profession....
21 May 2022
From: Features

Online agent Strike is preparing to name a home seller who will be reimbursed the equivalent of an estate agent fee...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

For the record, this isn’t my last Industry Views for Estate Agent Today, although by the time you read this I'll be...
02 April 2022
From: Features

This week, you will have all seen the sad news that Graham Norwood is stepping down as editor of Estate Agent...
19 March 2022
From: Features

Estate Agent Today is to have a new editor from April 4. He is award winning journalist and podcaster Marc Shoffman who...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News

EAT readers may have seen a piece in Friday’s property section of The Times about the long-running Simplify saga, which has...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News

In a first for the Natter, this week's interview is a video affair, with me posing the questions to Stephen Brown,...
04 December 2021
From: Features

Tomorrow sees the Relocation Agent Network’s first in-person conference since 2019. The event, at the Metropole Hilton in Birmingham, will focus...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News

The Relocation Agent Network has unveiled its speakers for its national conference and exhibition early next month. Called RAN Live! 2021 it...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak says HM Revenue & Customs will probe any alleged wrongdoing in property purchases included in the so-called Pandora...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has spoken out over the Pandora Papers leak scandal, which reveals many elite and super-rich buyers of properties in London...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News
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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has changed its name to reflect the government’s levelling up agenda. The department’s...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...
28 August 2021
From: Features

Purplebricks will this week reveal the result of almost two years of trials into a new pricing structure. The details will come...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate agent has been accused of charging prospective clients to view a property. The claim has been made on Twitter by...
10 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...
29 May 2021
From: Features

The independent review into the governance of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is calling for comments. Earlier this year RICS was the...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...
01 May 2021
From: Features

First the good news - estate agents are trusted more than politicians and no less than bankers. Now the bad news:...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has removed advertising claims which suggested it sold homes for a higher sum, on average, than rival agencies. The Advertising Standards...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The controversy over the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements in the world of property resurfaced over the weekend in a BBC programme. A...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News
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Honesty is a concept that journalists will tell their readers is non-existent for estate agents. Yeah, right! But as the end...
27 February 2021
From: Features

When it comes to communications, Propertymark could do with a lot fewer confidentiality agreements and a lot more transparency. And I...
20 February 2021
From: Features

Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News

I have written this column for over four years. I started writing it at a time when no-one really knew anything...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The Northern Research Group, which has the backing of over 50 Conservative MPs in the north of England, wants the Chancellor...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering an extension to the current stamp duty holiday according to media reports today - and the...
17 January 2021
From: Breaking News

I wanted to take this opportunity to write an advice piece on what we here at Angels Media have found important...
14 October 2020
From: Features

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...
10 October 2020
From: Features

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...
29 August 2020
From: Features

A BBC presenter has used her local newspaper column to mock an estate agency for suggesting fridge magnets be removed to improve...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News

If a week is a long time in politics (an old phrase, for younger readers), then a year is a very long...
25 July 2020
From: Features

I was asked a question by a German journalist yesterday. What is the biggest lesson German and European PropTech founders can...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Dominic Cummings has been at worst a cause of huge anger to a nation that’s already extremely anxious. At best, he’s been...
30 May 2020
From: Features

Housing Minister Chris Pincher and Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick stayed well clear of the Dominic Cummings row over the weekend -...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News

We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...
11 April 2020
From: Features

A survey shows over a sixth of buyers and sellers have already been deterred because of Coronavirus - and that figure...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Another weekend, another storm: it’s hard to put a smile on your face when winter goes on this long but the...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

An analysis of the market share of online agents shows they are on 4.8 per cent - virtually unchanged from the...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News
01 February 2020
From: Features

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...
25 January 2020
From: Features

One of the legends of property journalism, Anne Ashworth, has left her position as editor of The Times’ highly regarded Bricks...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The international estate agency Engel & Volkers is closing its single prime central London office - despite past claims that sales...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s that time again. Each year I take a look at newspaper readership - not from the angle of journalists, but...
17 August 2019
From: Features

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...
03 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...
01 July 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...
22 June 2019
From: Features

Emoov and Countrywide: what a pair, observers might say. They present a tale of two failures - although, in the case of...
08 June 2019
From: Features

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...
25 May 2019
From: Features

Estate Agent Today has been named Property Trade Magazine of the Year 2019 at the annual Property Press Awards. It fought off...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A long running property magazine delivered to homes in prime areas of London has shut down with immediate effect. London Property had...
03 April 2019
From: Breaking News

This article was originally written for City AM in response to an article it published attacking letting agents. See more here. A...
23 March 2019
From: Features

The former chief executive of online agency Emoov has complained to the Mail on Sunday about an article concerning the firm’s...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks might have the last laugh - its biggest critic is ditching his High Street office and making his own agency online. Controversial...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Alongside hundreds of agents and suppliers, I recently attended the Guild of Property Professionals’ annual conference. As ever, it was a great...
26 January 2019
From: Features

A maverick estate agent pictured wearing a yellow vest has threatened to mount what he calls a “civil protest” if Brexit...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s been an interesting week of contrasts when it comes to online replacing ‘the old school’. Data from that clever consultancy The...
12 January 2019
From: Features

There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...
28 December 2018
From: Features

The chief executive of failed online agency Emoov has been named this week as one of the 500 top “tech influencers”...
07 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Last year it was ‘disruptor’ and before that came ‘exclusive’ - now, according to one estate agency at least, the over-used...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News

However mild the weather may have been for most of us, it’s a cold autumn for the online estate agency market...
10 November 2018
From: Features

Last week, the first of a new kind of industry event took place; an open debate between agents and PropTech suppliers. Strong...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has used this week’s Conservative party conference to announce a new stamp duty tax of one per cent to three...
30 September 2018
From: Breaking News

From where I’m standing there’s a lot in common between the debate between online and traditional agents, and the argument over...
29 September 2018
From: Features

It may not be a good idea for a journalist to be personal about a politician, so I write about our...
14 July 2018
From: Features

An agent from Cornwall who has waged a long-running campaign against online agencies in general and Purplebricks in particular has been...
11 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...
30 June 2018
From: Features

Respected industry spokesperson Kristjan Byfield is continuing his fightback against the negative coverage of the agency industry in the mainstream press...
23 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Graham Norwood has scooped two accolades in the prestigious Property Press Awards for his work on Estate Agent Today and Letting...
17 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Ever wondered what it’s like to be on the frontline of property journalism? Well, wonder no more, as our very own...
05 May 2018
From: Features

A US TV company is considering making a news programme about Russian involvement in property transactions in the UK and particularly London. The...
28 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Dominic Raab took to Twitter to make a Trump-style criticism of trade magazine The Negotiator and its editor, the...
07 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Former estate agent Nick Ferrand has gone public with a new website which says home owners decide when and to whom...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s probably unwise to write too much about politics these days. The most fanciful predictions turn out to be less wild...
03 February 2018
From: Features

The BBC says it is to broadcast a special one-hour radio documentary this weekend investigating online estate agencies. The show will go...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

It is now an industry truism to say that Alison Platt has transformed Countrywide - but recent evidence, and now doubt...
23 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The consumer affairs correspondent of The Times has savaged High Street estate agents because of the commission they charge when compared...
06 November 2017
From: Breaking News

With the Budget just over a month away, the steady stream of ‘leaks’ continues to grow as journalists and the industry...
21 October 2017
From: Features

A man dubbed as Theresa May’s ‘brain’ when he worked in Downing Street has been invited to speak at the annual...
17 October 2017
From: Breaking News

easyProperty has unveiled details of its relaunch, declaring itself to be the UK’s second largest hybrid estate agency - second only...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks’ share price this afternoon dropped to a recent low of 406.50p before recovering to close down about five per cernt...
02 August 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s traditional for estate agents to support each other when they come under attack from the press or public. After all,...
28 July 2017
From: Features

Housing minister Alok Sharma has blocked some of his Twitter followers, accusing them of “abusive language”. Sharma has a relatively modest 9,169 followers...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News

When it comes to provoking anger in property professionals, taxation takes some beating. Press releases are still arriving berating the December...
01 July 2017
From: Features

The National Association of Estate Agents says its election for a new vice president is to go ahead as scheduled despite...
05 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has been reported as saying hybrid estate agencies will not reach their professed targets of achieving 10 per cent of...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The banning of letting fees levied on tenants has dominated the industry headlines in recent months but this election campaign suggests...
27 May 2017
From: Features

Being featured in newspapers, magazines and websites, as well as on radio and TV, can be a great way to build...
22 April 2017
From: Features

For my latest Property Natter I have sought the opinions of two well-known property consultants - Michael Day, managing director of...
01 April 2017
From: Features

Estate Agent Today and its sister publications published by Angels Media feature strongly on the long-list for the 2017 Property Press...
30 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The government has admitted that the three per cent stamp duty surcharge has raked in twice as much as expected. In November...
13 March 2017
From: Breaking News

I had a very interesting chat with the man behind a new portal the other day. He was John Dixon, the portal...
04 March 2017
From: Features

Property4Media , an online service for journalists, has acquired the annual Property Press Awards. This year’s event will take place in late...
02 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Now I’m not one to lose sleep over politicians, but it strikes me that Communities Secretary Sajid Javid and Housing Minister...
07 January 2017
From: Features

Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...
09 December 2016
From: Features

Let me set out my stall from the beginning. Firstly with two buy to lets managed by an agency, I understand and...
03 December 2016
From: Features

Rightmove’s commercial director Miles Shipside, who makes relatively few appearances at industry events, is to be a speaker at the NAEA...
30 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Listening to all the coverage of the tenant fee ban, all I hear is consumer groups talking about how some agents...
26 November 2016
From: Features

I hate to be a party-pooper, but one of the agency industry’s coming-up-to-Christmas traditions is going to be particularly hard to undertake...
22 October 2016
From: Features

Right-wing journalist Melissa Kite has used the columns of the weekly political magazine to accuse estate agents of being “like a...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is to expel an estate agent for breaking several of its membership rules. Dion Beard,...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News

As the PropTech industry continues to expand, with dedicated events and more innovative startups entering the world of UK property, online...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The importance of overseas buyers in underpinning increasing elements of the capital’s housing market and won support from an unlikely quarter...
06 September 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s a headline from an Australian business journal this week but it has a familiar ring to it: “Estate agents’ attempts...
26 August 2016
From: Features

Older readers may recall a terrific movie called Network where a character, disillusioned by life, shouts from a window: “I’m as...
29 July 2016
From: Features

The joke doing the rounds last week still seems to be just as relevant this week: “the only man with a...
08 July 2016
From: Features

Journalists often get quick reactions to events from spin doctors helping put out their clients’ messages - and that applies to...
08 July 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s over. A win is a win, whichever side you backed. It’s true that everyone seems a lot less happy than...
01 July 2016
From: Features

Angels Media, publisher of Estate Agent Today, is delighted to welcome on board one of Britain’s top property industry journalists, Marc...
22 June 2016
From: Breaking News

By accident or design, the PR machine at OnTheMarket was beefed up last week. Just as well. With the portal still reeling...
23 April 2016
From: Features

It’s all too easy to look sleazy in the eyes of a sceptical world, and there’s a danger right now that...
08 April 2016
From: Features

Despite being round the block quite a few times in the property world, it was only in 2008 that the importance...
25 March 2016
From: Features

And so it begins. Four months and counting before we vote to leave or remain. For a country apparently so divided about...
27 February 2016
From: Features

Estate agents and journalists don’t always have a lot in common but in a new opinion poll they rank side-by-side in...
25 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The Modern House, the London firm which calls itself “the UK’s first design-focused estate agency” is now selling units on volume...
25 January 2016
From: Breaking News

And so it begins. The first anniversary of OnTheMarket’s launch was inevitably going to bring a further skirmish in the portal...
15 January 2016
From: Features

Newspapers and other journalists’ outlets are reporting that rooms in care homes are being offered to purchase as buy to let...
14 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Property journalists, and more than a few estate agents, are beginning their annual autumn ritual – forecasting what’s going to happen...
16 October 2015
From: Features

The big online estate agencies appear to have come of age. No, no - I'm not saying they're good, bad, better or...
02 October 2015
From: Features

The Sunday Times claims 5,000 estate and letting agents have quit the industry in the past 12 months, while an additional...
14 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Communities Secretary Greg Clark will be sacked if there is no improvement in the number of homes built in the next...
28 August 2015
From: Breaking News

I received a call from a prominent agent known to many in the industry this week, asking an unexpected question: he wanted...
07 August 2015
From: Features

There is a very interesting but easily-overlooked piece of information at the end of the National Trading Standards Estate Agent Team’s...
17 July 2015
From: Features

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is the latest body to warns its estate agent members that they have a legal...
13 July 2015
From: Breaking News

A London agent wants a change of emphasis at OnTheMarket, claiming the new portal damages estate agents’ reputations, is low profile...
09 July 2015
From: Breaking News

This month has marked a real change in the way the private lettings sector is perceived - and it’s a perception...
19 June 2015
From: Features

A journalist has described the estate agents she has recently dealt with as 'borderline trustworthy' and 'downright agreeable', much to her...