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![Why agents must closely monitor their local market to be successful in 2024](/upload/images/3%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Weekend%20feature%20Why%20agents%20must%20closely%20monitor%20by%20Kate%20Billany.jpg)
We’re now just 2 days away from the end of 2023 and what a year it’s been for the property industry....
30 December 2023
From: Features
![PropTech Today - Cyber security - who holds the keys?](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
The recent cyber attack on CTS left around 80 conveyancing firms across the country commercially paralysed as the harm to their...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Soon-to-be President Trueman will have her sights set on twin targets](/upload/images/__thumbs/2%20Soon%20to%20be%20President%20Trueman.jpg/2%20Soon%20to%20be%20President%20Trueman__400x267.jpg)
Andrews Lettings Director Angharad Trueman has identified two priorities for her forthcoming term as President of the Association of Lettings Agents. Known...
19 August 2023
From: Features
![Renters Reform: a mistiming in regulatory direction?](/upload/images/RPT%20Feature%200507.png)
The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill was finally introduced in Parliament in May, but is it really good news for tenants? Several...
08 July 2023
From: Features
![Property Natter - They do it with mirrors...](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
Sleight of hand, optical illusion, card up the sleeve – we all love a good conjuring trick, don’t we? And they say...
13 May 2023
From: Features
![Why logbooks make sense](/upload/images/Phil%20Spencer(1).png)
I was delighted to read recently about the creation of the first ever ‘register of logbooks’ in the UK, which offers...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Leader who’s been at the cutting edge for 25 years](/upload/images/Deepak-Chandrababu.jpg)
Deepak Chandrababu is no stranger to problem-solving. He’s been doing it for 25 years. As Chief Operating Officer of Technology Blueprint Ltd....
15 March 2023
From: Features
![Zoopla supports Crisis at Christmas with homepage takeover](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaLogo2021-400x310.jpg)
Zoopla’s homepage may look a little different from today. The portal is supporting homeless charity Crisis’s Christmas fundraising campaign with a homepage...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Opportunities for agents if they adopt ‘systems and tech’](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
Automated rental payment specialists PayProp recently held a high-profile event in London - PayProp Connect - which included a number of...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - meet the lettings professional doing his bit for army veterans](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/CraigPhillipsOffice-400x310.jpg)
The property industry often gets a bad rep, despite all the work that agents and others in the sector do for...
12 November 2022
From: Features
![Low-cost marketing can produce high rewards, say TVPN](/upload/images/library/vapal-network-logo.png)
Many experts are predicting that house price growth will slow for the remainder of the year as the cost of living...
17 September 2022
From: Features
![New Zoopla charity partnership tackles homelessness and affordable housing](/upload/images/library/zoopla_new_logo400x310.png)
Zoopla has teamed up with homelessness charity Crisis to help campaign for reform of housing benefits and to tackle the affordable...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![How to get the best return on investment from Facebook ads](/upload/images/Today%20Site%20Images/TheValPal%20Network%20July%20Feature-400x310.png)
Facebook has been a platform which has opened the door to those looking to advertise their services in exceptional ways. Digital...
09 July 2022
From: Features
![The Coming ‘Budget’ - What’s In Store For Agents?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/RishiSunak-400x310.jpg)
If you want to sex-up the Chancellor’s financial statement scheduled for lunchtime on Wednesday, you’d call it a Budget or a...
19 March 2022
From: Features
![PropTech lead generation platform expands beyond agents](/upload/images/library/PropTech-TouchScreen-400x310.jpg)
A lead generation platform that boasts Leaders, EweMove and Northwood amongst its clients says it’s expanding into mortgages. Rentround, now in its...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech is great - but personal service is best of all, says agency boss](/upload/images/library/AI-PropTech-400x310.jpg)
The head of one of Britain’s most successful agency groups says he is a big fan of PropTech - but it...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents and the law - critical webinars begin this week](/upload/images/Logos/RightmoveNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Rightmove is running a series of webinars this month focused on legislation affecting agents. Tomorrow the former ARLA Propertymark supreme David Cox...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Let the good times roll – PayProp predicts continued lettings strength in 2022](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Begins-400x310.png)
The lettings sector looks set to steam ahead in 2022 after a record-breaking 2021, despite the financial and mobility challenges of...
22 January 2022
From: Features
![How to prepare for lettings in 2022 and beyond using PropTech](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTechCollaboration-1-400x310.jpg)
In this guest feature, James Dilgul, Head of Marketing at Fixflo, the market-leading repairs and maintenance management software provider, looks at how...
22 January 2022
From: Features
![Phil Spencer: This is why agents should Go Green](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PhilSpencer-EAT-LAT-2020-400x310.jpg)
The push for greater sustainability, energy efficiency and generally being ‘green’ has existed in the agency world for several years -...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![How using the right tech can help to transform an agency’s business](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgents-1-400x310.jpg)
Tech, as has been shown more than ever during the pandemic, can be a wonderful thing – bringing people closer together,...
04 September 2021
From: Features
![PropTech Today: pros and cons of a tech-led approach to compliance](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
The growing number of lettings sector rules is a hotly debated issue, while the sales sector has been seeing its own...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![The post-Covid outlook: what next for the lettings market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...
17 July 2021
From: Features
![Q&A with Jerry Walters – why the AML clock is ticking for letting agents](/img/default/eat.png)
With property fraud on the rise and an ever-increasing number of transactions taking place in the lettings sector, having strict anti-money laundering...
22 May 2021
From: Features
![Watch: what is the future of lettings sector PropTech?](/img/default/eat.png)
In a video interview for Letting Agent Today, Neil Cobbold, Chief Sales Officer of PayProp, speaks to property professional Chris Buckler...
08 May 2021
From: Features
![Phil Spencer: Budget rumours - pros and cons for agents](/img/default/eat.png)
With just two days to go, it's fair to say the property industry is eagerly awaiting Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget statement...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - are virtual viewings now absolutely integral for agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...
27 February 2021
From: Features
![Why automation could improve enforcement of PRS regulation](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...
13 February 2021
From: Features
![Is letting properties sight unseen the future of the rental market?](/img/default/eat.png)
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we evaluate our lives and, looking more specifically at the property market, it...
30 January 2021
From: Features
![Allow agents to do more conveyancing during sales - call](/img/default/eat.png)
A PropTech supplier says the conveyancing process is “antiquated” and buyers and sellers would be better served if they were ’shadowed’...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why don’t agencies list on the stock market anymore?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...
23 January 2021
From: Features
02 January 2021
From: Features
![Living without Section 21 evictions – lessons from the Scottish market](/img/default/eat.png)
The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...
27 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Six ways innovation is transforming the lettings sector](/img/default/eat.png)
Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....
24 October 2020
From: Features
![Unsafe to return to work: Most agents are worried, polls show](/img/default/eat.png)
A series of polls taken by Estate Agent Today suggest substantial numbers of agents remain uncomfortable about returning to trading even...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Three reasons why estate agency should be first out of lockdown](/img/default/eat.png)
The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...
02 May 2020
From: Features
![Don’t kill Rightmove - it could be the agent’s friend, says industry stalwart](/img/default/eat.png)
An industry stalwart has urged critics of Rightmove to fight for the portal to offer agents a fairer pricing system, not...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Major agency enhances online offer - and even includes games for the kids](/img/default/eat.png)
Hunters has expanded its online offering to improve its service to both the sales and lettings sectors - and it’s even...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Why Open Banking is the future of rental payments](/img/default/eat.png)
Much like PropTech, Open Banking has been used as a buzzword in recent years. However, when it comes to the rental...
04 April 2020
From: Features
![Lifetime deposits – what are the potential challenges and benefits for lettings?](/img/default/eat.png)
Last November, as part of the Conservatives’ general election campaign, Boris Johnson made a surprise announcement that his party would introduce...
01 February 2020
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - early December movers and shakers…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where and why across our...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![In praise of Purplebricks: old-school agent insists it's the way forward](/img/default/eat.png)
A traditional property agent says critics of Purplebricks underestimate the beneficial impact the firm has had on the UK agency industry. And...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - your Monday fix of who’s moving where](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - Day in the life of…a PropTech founder](/img/default/eat.png)
In a revival of the Natter’s day in the life of series, I catch up with Rajeev Nayyar, managing director of...
05 October 2019
From: Features
![MHCLG gets a makeover – three key tasks for the new ministers to consider](/img/default/eat.png)
With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...
03 August 2019
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - all the latest industry moves and news](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your Monday catch-up on all the key appointments news in the industry. Please...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide sales slump again but company hails resilient performance](/img/default/eat.png)
A trading statement this morning from beleaguered agency group Countrywide reveals that its revenue is down again - but it insists...
13 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![No Sale, No Fee - how EweMove bucked the online sector's stagnation](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Franchise Group says its online/hybrid agency EweMove traded profitably throughout last year and will show “a significant improvement” over...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Government unveils 'Complaints Resolution Service' for property industry](/img/default/eat.png)
The government has this morning set out wide-ranging changes to redress systems for agents, the sales and lettings sectors, and other...
24 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![London sales market on the road to recovery ... thanks to the rental sector](/img/default/eat.png)
A property platform that has chronicled the London sales market’s problems in recent years says the recovery will start in 2020...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Could AI play a role in the lettings sector?](/img/default/eat.png)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in our lives – from virtual assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and...
20 November 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Top tips - how to make your letting agency more efficient](/img/default/eat.png)
For any business, regardless of size, age or industry, operating efficiently is fundamental to your success. When faced with challenges like we...
31 October 2018
From: Features
![House buying reform - should we all sell homes the Scottish way?](/img/default/eat.png)
It seems a lifetime ago but in fact we’re approaching just the first anniversary since the government triggered its Call for...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Back to the future? - Industry experts predict estate agency in 2028](/img/default/eat.png)
A decade ago we were still years away from Purplebricks, Countrywide was a colossus in the industry, no one had thought...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - all the latest industry moves ...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello - if it’s Monday, it must be Property Jobs Today, your chance to see a snapshot of the key moves...
18 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Three reasons why PropTech has become more than an industry buzzword](/img/default/eat.png)
Having recently attended FUTURE: PropTech in London, it struck me just how far the integration of property and technology has progressed...
09 June 2018
From: Features
![Vote Conservative...get Labour?](/img/default/eat.png)
If you want to know whether buy to let, landlords and letting agents will be in the firing line for more...
28 April 2018
From: Features
![Slowing? Growing? What’s really happening in today’s property market?](/img/default/eat.png)
The sun has finally returned to ours skies and you’re on the lookout for a little bit of summer reading. As...
21 April 2018
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - who’s on the move within our industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - our regular Monday look at who’s moving where within our industry. You...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![It’s not what you say, it’s the way that you say it](/img/default/eat.png)
‘Respect’ is the new mantra for politicians: whether it’s about street gang leaders, social media trolls or those on either side...
14 April 2018
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - key hires and latest moves in and across our industry....](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our regular look at key moves inside our industry. Next week there’s no PJT as...
26 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – Q & A with Isobel Thomson, NALS](/img/default/eat.png)
This week I carry out a question and answer session with one of the most high-profile names in property. Isobel Thomson has...
10 February 2018
From: Features
![Online agency ‘has approached Facebook to list properties’](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate Agent Today understands that a high-profile online estate agency in the UK has approached Facebook with a view to operating...
20 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Back To The Future: a short history of rent controls](/img/default/eat.png)
Like many of Labour’s recent policy proposals, its call for rent controls leaves more questions than answers. There has been widespread criticism...
07 October 2017
From: Features
![Developers want SDLT and tax changes reversed to boost sales](/img/default/eat.png)
More than three quarters of developers want to see the government go into reverse on its stamp duty and mortgage interest...
13 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: Q & A with David Cox, ARLA Propertymark](/img/default/eat.png)
In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...
08 April 2017
From: Features
![A short-term lettings storm at the seaside](/img/default/eat.png)
The south’s seaside resorts are stealing the headlines for all the wrong reasons and at the heart of the troublesome issue...
28 January 2017
From: Features
![24-hour tube gives nearby homes 10% uplift says data consultancy](/img/default/eat.png)
One of Britain’s most prominent property data companies says homes near London Underground tube stations with 24-hour trains will see a...
28 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide, Foxtons and other property shares tumble thanks to Hammond](/img/default/eat.png)
Share prices for both Foxtons and Countrywide took a significant tumble yesterday as news of the ban on letting agents’ fees...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agencies opening, expanding, acquiring - crisis, what crisis?](/img/default/eat.png)
Despite Brexit and economic uncertainty, there is still confidence from many agencies that are expanding, opening and acquiring even this late...
25 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![PRS redress scheme signs up 5,000th member after two years](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Redress Scheme, one of three official redress schemes for the sales and lettings sector, has now signed its 5,000th...
18 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide rules out agency acquisitions for rest of 2016](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide says there will “almost certainly” be no more acquisitions of agencies or other firms for the group over the rest...
03 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Six Things We’ve Learned From The Referendum](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![The only certainty is uncertainty. So what next for the industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
One estate agency leader - you’d all recognise his name - described the victory of the Leave camp in the referendum...
24 June 2016
From: Features
![An underwhelming Budget – perhaps that isn’t a bad thing?](/img/default/eat.png)
George Osborne has been busy over the last year. First came the General Election which had everyone on tenterhooks until the...
25 March 2016
From: Features
![Countrywide chief executive is top residential figure in 'property power list'](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide’s chief executive, Alison Platt, has been named as one of the 50 most powerful people in Britain’s property industry by...
22 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide leads Connells and Zoopla in link-up with online firm](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide is to lead a group including Connells and Zoopla in a partnership with the proptech company Fixflo, currently best known...
15 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide set to take a stake in two online companies](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide is going to announce “in the very near future” that it is taking a stake in two tech start-up companies...
11 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![My winners and losers in 2015](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s time to take a pause, to reflect and put into context—and what a year it has been for our industry...
24 December 2015
From: Features
![New legislation means letting agent training is more important than ever](/img/default/eat.png)
With a raft of new legislation introduced recently now will be the ideal time to think about whether staff are up...
06 November 2015
From: Features
![Countrywide may invest in digital start-up to boost online offer](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of Countrywide, Alison Platt, has hinted her firm may invest in, or acquire, an internet start-up company to...
27 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Has Corbyn Labour-proofed lettings?](/img/default/eat.png)
The party's over. It's probably the best double entendre in the world of politics right now. For centre or right-leaning Labour...
25 September 2015
From: Features
![Over 3,800 agents now signed to PRS redress body](/img/default/eat.png)
The first annual report from Property Redress Services, one of the three government-approved redress schemes applying to both the sales and...
22 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove PR coup as it launches another price index](/img/default/eat.png)
Rightmove, which for many years has published a heavily-publicised monthly monitor of asking prices of homes on sale, is now extending...
15 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Online v Traditional agency debate set to dominate conference](/img/default/eat.png)
The annual RESI conference, usually dominated by developers and debates over housebuilding totals, is this year to include a discussion on...
07 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Video round up 03.07.15 - Watch the weekly news from Estate Agent Today](/img/default/eat.png)
Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on complaints lodged...
03 July 2015
From: Video Articles
![Video round up 03.07.15 - Watch the weekly news from Estate Agent Today](/img/default/eat.png)
Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on complaints lodged...
03 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Deregulation Act: Agents in the know stand out](/img/default/eat.png)
After the passing of the Deregulation Act deposits deadline this week, Richard Price, Executive Director of UKALA, is in a contemplative...
26 June 2015
From: Features
![Let’s get our act together](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Over the next five years, let’s talk - but not to ourselves](/img/default/eat.png)
So, a sigh of relief. Most agents will be pleased with the election result - even if they are not Tory supporters...
08 May 2015
From: Features
![MPs and their own housing policy](/img/default/eat.png)
It is to the credit of our political parties - and our own industry’s lobbying - that so many housing-related matters...