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As 2024 progresses, I expect to see an increase in the role that estate agents play in local communities. Once perceived...

Agents may hate portal fees but have ranked property websites such as Rightmove and Zoopla as their most important digital asset. A...

Dexters has acquired rival London estate agent Marsh & Parsons from LSL Property Services. The move creates an agency operating 150 offices across London,...

Potential buyers will be able to search for eco-friendly homes and message an agent through WhatsApp as part of a range...

Boomin has revealed an upgrade to its SmartVal feature, which tries to blend real-time online valuations with local expertise from member...

The latest easyProperty franchise has landed in Luton, the spiritual home of the easy brand as it’s the place where budget...

A small survey commissioned by a PropTech firm appears to show that a majority of respondents believe estate agents lack expertise...

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

Purplebricks has addressed its critics on house sales by pledging to return vendors’ upfront fees if the agency fails to find...

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has given his personal backing to the newest recruit of online agency easyProperty - even though...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

In these uncertain times it’s good to report positive news - ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has announced its...

The Hunters franchise group says it’s now the third largest agency in the UK, and it promises to reveal a major...

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

A regional agency operating across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire has announced an acquisition which adds two branches to its network. This week, Alexander...

Franchise giant Hunters says its branch network has now hit 200 following a spate of acquisitions in the first half of...

A London independent agency has joined the franchise network of Hunters. Regent 2000 Properties, which operates in Camden Town, is seeing its...

Low risk letting is everyone’s aim, but unless legitimate guidelines are followed it’s difficult to know if a tenant will prove...

Well-known Essex and Hertfordshire agency Mullucks Wells is rebranding as part of the Hunters Group. Mullucks Wells will remain independently owned but...

Zoopla claims a new Property Valuation Report being trialled in nine areas will win more leads for agents.  The PVR will use...

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

New research by TheAdvisory consultancy, shared exclusively with Estate Agent Today, reveals exactly how fees have fallen for traditional agents in...

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

A post-Christmas treat this week, as I carry out a Q & A with one of the leading figures in property,...

Agents who subscribe to LonRes are being offered a personalised report builder offering sales and lettings data at postcode level, and...

Good branding is absolutely crucial to any successful business or product, even more so in a world of social media, instant...

Who are you? I’m the champion of local owner managed estate agents, leading them in the fight to beat the competition   What...

In 2014 there were 19,000 estate agent branches in the UK. Of which 18,000 were registered to list properties on the...

Countrywide says the man charged with planning the organisation’s digital future is to step down - just days after he was...

The future estate agency model is going to be neither the traditional High Street office nor the online-only alternative - instead...