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![Primelocation founder launches AI home search tool for agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech3-400x310.png)
Property industry veteran Mal McCallion has helped launch a new artificial intelligence (AI) property search tool that agents can embed in...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property market 'remains muted' amid higher mortgage rates - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Only a fifth of agents have reported being busier than last year as higher mortgage rates and inflation weigh on the...
23 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Number of UK estate agencies booms by over 10%](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
An extraordinary increase in estate agencies has been recorded over the past year. A total of 10.6% more estate agencies existed in...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Estate agents ‘worried about propertyless Budget implications’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Profitable%20portfolios%20dip%20-%20PIT%20Team%20FinanceCalculator-400x310.png)
UK estate agents are split when it comes to their opinion on last week’s Budget, with half concerned about a lack...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Number of homes under offer rises despite market uncertainty](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1119041159.jpg)
The number of properties listed as sold subject to contract (SSTC) has increased by 5% so far this year versus the...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency listings rise but where are firms most busy?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_400x310.png)
Estate agents have been bringing more listings to the market since the start of the year but professionals in the north...
07 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents warn of quieter market and ‘unrealistic sellers’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Estate agents have seen a more muted start to the year for seller and buyer activity but there is concern about...
20 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed! The postcodes with the most estate agency branches](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
New research has uncovered the most densely populated areas for estate agency branches. Agency comparison website GetAgent’s internal data tracks the number...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Home for Christmas? Agents plan to work through festive period](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/Christmas-1-400x310.png)
The festive season may be a time to slowdown and reflect on the past year but estate agents are planning to...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents deterred by self-employed model - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Online and Americanised models of self-employed agency have deterred new agents from entering the sector amid a wider decline of professionals...
28 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Under offer! Agents securing buyers two weeks faster than last year – claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Agents have managed to secure a buyer two weeks faster for their vendors so far this year compared with in 2021,...
10 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Former Zoopla sales director among new high profile GetAgent recruits](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/TeamSelection2-400x310-min.jpeg)
Property industry veteran Mal McCallion is among two new high-profile recruits for GetAgent. McCallion, who helped launch Primelocation in 2000 and was...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents' Covid help service closes its door after 17 months](/img/default/eat.png)
An agent support service set up in the early days of the pandemic has closed down with its architect saying “If...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: 75% of agency branches will close within five years](/img/default/eat.png)
“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![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
![Who should run Countrywide? What should they do? - our panel speaks out](/img/default/eat.png)
The story of this week - the ousting of Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt - prompts two key questions. Firstly, who takes...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News
!['Secret' project aims to help traditional agents combat Purplebricks](/img/default/eat.png)
A ‘secret’ proposal called Project UHA was put to a hand-picked group of agents on Friday with speculation suggesting it centres...
22 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Estate Agent Today Panel: what next for agents and OnTheMarket?](/img/default/eat.png)
Let’s be honest - few people saw this coming. The 89 to 11 per cent majority amongst Agents’ Mutual members for...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Estate Agent Today Panel - Agents’ Mutual: the arguments continue](/img/default/eat.png)
No one can say Agents’ Mutual has failed to provoke debate within the industry. The project was the centre of fierce argument...
11 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: Q & A with Bob Scarff](/img/default/eat.png)
A fantastic exclusive this week as I carry out a question and answer session with one of the leading names in...
16 September 2016
From: Features
![Ex-Countrywide boss hits back at eMoov purchase claims](/img/default/eat.png)
The former managing director of Countrywide has responded to claims made by Russell Quirk that the UK's largest agency rejected the...
15 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: let's embrace change as an industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Later on, the title of this piece should become clearer (at least I hope so). First, though, a few bits and...
09 September 2016
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - good works dispel the stamp duty blues](/img/default/eat.png)
Forget the gloomy stamp duty news, or the prospect that a new house price index might revalue house prices downwards, or...
01 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![A customer service 'WOW' must now come as standard](/img/default/eat.png)
Like many people these days I rarely make a significant purchase without first checking out online reviews. Whether it’s for a...
04 September 2015
From: Features
![Property Natter: The rise of agent-rating websites](/img/default/eat.png)
The rising phenomenon of agent-rating and review websites is a topic that seems to have caused considerable division and controversy among...