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Last week the Government published new housing data which has largely gone unreported.  The vacuum was probably linked to the Budget, and...

Estate agents remain among the least trusted professions, the latest Ipsos Veracity Index has revealed – but there is a silver...

It may be a measure of the government’s incompetence in the area of housing that two recent major announcements were sorely...

If journalists believed everything they received in their inboxes, you’d be forgiven for thinking the private rental sector was a shiny,...

I wasn’t completely surprised to read here on Estate Agent Today that our industry remains near the bottom of the league...

Consumer trust in estate agents has declined over the past year, new research claims. The latest Veracity Index from Ipsos Mori, which...

Lloyds Bank has said it is focusing lending on “slightly better off customers” as it warns that house prices could fall...

Property professionals and commentators have begun pondering an official definition of a house price crash. It comes amid forecasts that house prices...

The current challenges facing the conveyancing sector have put the industry in the spotlight. Here, property expert Colum Smith, Chief Vision...

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

Online agent Strike is preparing to name a home seller who will be reimbursed the equivalent of an estate agent fee...

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

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says HM Revenue & Customs will probe any alleged wrongdoing in property purchases included in the so-called Pandora...

Propertymark has spoken out over the Pandora Papers leak scandal, which reveals many elite and super-rich buyers of properties in London...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has changed its name to reflect the government’s levelling up agenda. The department’s...

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

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

The independent review into the governance of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is calling for comments. Earlier this year RICS was the...

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

First the good news - estate agents are trusted more than politicians and no less than bankers. Now the bad news:...

Purplebricks has removed advertising claims which suggested it sold homes for a higher sum, on average, than rival agencies. The Advertising Standards...

The controversy over the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements in the world of property resurfaced over the weekend in a BBC programme. A...

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

I have written this column for over four years. I started writing it at a time when no-one really knew anything...

The Northern Research Group, which has the backing of over 50 Conservative MPs in the north of England, wants the Chancellor...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering an extension to the current stamp duty holiday according to media reports today - and the...

I wanted to take this opportunity to write an advice piece on what we here at Angels Media have found important...

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

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

Housing Minister Chris Pincher and Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick stayed well clear of the Dominic Cummings row over the weekend -...

A survey shows over a sixth of buyers and sellers have already been deterred because of Coronavirus - and that figure...

An analysis of the market share of online agents shows they are on 4.8 per cent - virtually unchanged from the...

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

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...

The international estate agency Engel & Volkers is closing its single prime central London office - despite past claims that sales...

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

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...

A long running property magazine delivered to homes in prime areas of London has shut down with immediate effect. London Property had...

This article was originally written for City AM in response to an article it published attacking letting agents. See more here.  A...

Purplebricks might have the last laugh - its biggest critic is ditching his High Street office and making his own agency online. Controversial...

A maverick estate agent pictured wearing a yellow vest has threatened to mount what he calls a “civil protest” if Brexit...

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

The chief executive of failed online agency Emoov has been named this week as one of the 500 top “tech influencers”...

Last year it was ‘disruptor’ and before that came ‘exclusive’ - now, according to one estate agency at least, the over-used...

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

The government has used this week’s Conservative party conference to announce a new stamp duty tax of one per cent to three...

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

An agent from Cornwall who has waged a long-running campaign against online agencies in general and Purplebricks in particular has been...

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

A US TV company is considering making a news programme about Russian involvement in property transactions in the UK and particularly London. The...

Former estate agent Nick Ferrand has gone public with a new website which says home owners decide when and to whom...

It is now an industry truism to say that Alison Platt has transformed Countrywide - but recent evidence, and now doubt...

With the Budget just over a month away, the steady stream of ‘leaks’ continues to grow as journalists and the industry...

A man dubbed as Theresa May’s ‘brain’ when he worked in Downing Street has been invited to speak at the annual...

easyProperty has unveiled details of its relaunch, declaring itself to be the UK’s second largest hybrid estate agency - second only...

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

Housing minister Alok Sharma has blocked some of his Twitter followers, accusing them of “abusive language”.   Sharma has a relatively modest 9,169 followers...

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

Zoopla has been reported as saying hybrid estate agencies will not reach their professed targets of achieving 10 per cent of...

Being featured in newspapers, magazines and websites, as well as on radio and TV, can be a great way to build...

Property4Media , an online service for journalists, has acquired the annual Property Press Awards. This year’s event will take place in late...

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

Listening to all the coverage of the tenant fee ban, all I hear is consumer groups talking about how some agents...

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...

As the PropTech industry continues to expand, with dedicated events and more innovative startups entering the world of UK property, online...

The importance of overseas buyers in underpinning increasing elements of the capital’s housing market and won support from an unlikely quarter...

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

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

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

Journalists often get quick reactions to events from spin doctors helping put out their clients’ messages - and that applies to...

Angels Media, publisher of Estate Agent Today, is delighted to welcome on board one of Britain’s top property industry journalists, Marc...

By accident or design, the PR machine at OnTheMarket was beefed up last week.  Just as well. With the portal still reeling...

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

Despite being round the block quite a few times in the property world, it was only in 2008 that the importance...

Estate agents and journalists don’t always have a lot in common but in a new opinion poll they rank side-by-side in...

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

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

Newspapers and other journalists’ outlets are reporting that rooms in care homes are being offered to purchase as buy to let...

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

Communities Secretary Greg Clark will be sacked if there is no improvement in the number of homes built in the next...

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

A London agent wants a change of emphasis at OnTheMarket, claiming the new portal damages estate agents’ reputations, is low profile...

OK, you’ve had your fun. Now let’s leave the regulators regulate and work for the public. If you don’t know what I...