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Fine & Country has a new prime London licensee covering Notting Hill and Chelsea - but there will be no High...

Swiss investment bank UBS has advised investors to sell their Purplebricks shares as the market share for the controversial agency appears...

OnTheMarket, which a few days ago indicated it was in profit for the first time, is to woo potential new investors...

Michael Jones & Company celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year and, in an effort to both celebrate the work of local...

“A hybrid offering, which serves customers of all needs and capabilities, is what we should all be working towards.” Following Aconveyancing opening...

Zoopla has unveiled new features which it says will deliver more value to agents. In-Search Ads gives agents and housebuilders the option...

An estate agency says it expects a 40 per cent boost in its turnover this year, its 10th in business. Croft Residential,...

A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50% of home movers selected their estate agent because they liked them....

Despite the vast amount of publicity given to the concept of virtual viewing, a survey suggests relatively few properties on sale...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

Boomin says it’s going to “reinvent the YouTube channel for property.” The portal’s new YouTube channel has gone live with five unique...

OnTheMarket has announced new functionality in a direct bid to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. The functionality, to go live within the...

An anonymous conveyancer has admitted increasing fees to deter buyers and sellers in the frenzied housing market during the stamp duty...

Before you read on, ask yourself, how many times did you hear “we want to move, but just we can’t find...

In the previous edition of PropTech Today, Nathan Emerson highlighted the importance of effective implementation, linking poor staff engagement to the...

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

A Channel 4 property TV presenter is to become an estate agent. Kerr Drummond, who hosts Coast vs Country, has joined the...

One of the industry’s key marketing suppliers has given four tips for agent readers of Estate Agent Today. Graeme Edwards, managing director...

Free to list portal Residential People has launched a market intelligence platform called Prospr. This has been developed with the aim of...

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launching a new PropTech platform called Fee Street, which is in its own words “dedicated...

EweMove says it’s has just recorded its best-ever month for new enquiries from sellers. In April the hybrid - which is part...

A new four part TV series is to lift the lid on some of the agency activities that go on to...

Three of the leading portals have made major announcements as the fierce rivalry between the big players continues apace.  Firstly Zoopla claims its latest...

One of the men behind the defunct Emoov online estate agency has re-emerged as the head of a marketing service. The service...

Gathering and analysing feedback at all stages in the customer journey is highly important. So, where do we begin? For many estate...

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

On 28 April 2021, Fixflo ran the first in a series of quarterly legal update webinars with David Smith, Partner at...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid  In your experience,...

A row has blown up over a house raffle where the property prize was withdrawn and a cash alternative offered because...

A company which was once an early adopter of using a central resource for self-employed agents working under its name, says...

In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...

Property owners who play it cool when it comes to marketing their home find their frustration soon becomes overheated. The constant we...

A leading industry supplier says there’s been a jaw-dropping 495 per cent year-on-year increase in digital spend from agents - and that...

Zoopla says house builders “are at the heart of everything we do” and it is revamping its New Homes marketing offer...

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...

Whilst it was once seen as a way to sell niche or run-down properties, auction is now a mainstream method of...

You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...

Agents are being advised on what course of action they should take to safeguard their right to fees should they be dis-instructed...

One of the earliest London agencies to adopt a hub-style operation with self-employed agents working on a high commission basis, has...

The private treaty process has been in need of modernisation for a long time. When we open an account with a...

The estate agency industry is besotted with digital canvassing to try to win business - but that’s the wrong approach to take...

Independent estate agency Dacre, Son & Hartley plans to significantly grow its franchise network across Yorkshire and beyond. Dacres currently employs 125...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

Potential house buyers may be fine with virtual tours during lockdown periods, but as the country opens up, people are going...

International investment bank UBS has double-downgraded Purplebricks from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ - and that could be good for independent agents, a...

As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...

Momentum is building for agents to provide more information on property details and portals - not wait until a prospective buyer...

OnTheMarket is to release its full year performance figures to shareholders on June 8. This will be for its trading year to January...

Zoopla today begins a new marketing drive - the latest move in the fierce battle between Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket and Boomin. Zoopla is...

Agents are being urged to push through their pipelines before the upcoming stamp duty deadlines. The plea comes from Simply Conveyancing, which...

Jason Tebb, the ex-Foxtons agent who is now chief executive of OnTheMarket, has given his first in depth public interview since...

Rightmove’s new Modern Method of Auction service launches on Monday.  The service - which Rightmove calls Online Conditional Auctions - will involve...

Zoopla has unveiled a subtle rebranding plus new features and functionality - and says it wants to be number one, not...

An online agency that already operates in the lettings field is spreading into sales - and pledges to give most of...

Another property company has announced its participation in the Kickstart scheme. The initiative is aimed at young people aged 16 to 24...

Today is the day that non-essential retail reopens as part of the government's roadmap out of lockdown. For the majority of the...

The Property Franchise Group, which earlier this year completed a buy out of franchise rival Hunters, has expanded its senior management...

We’ve all spent the past nine months adapting to a more digital way of life. Whether that’s been working from home,...

Purplebricks is this summer starting a £7m campaign in a bid to to increase market share, using a new media partner. The...

The property market has performed strongly in recent months  as the impact of the pandemic has encouraged more people to move...

A surveyors group has launched a new ‘Home Review’ service which it claims will identify structural problems which create an immediate...

Agents have contacted Estate Agent Today to say they fear the new MatchMaker service on the Boomin portal could be used...

A high flying agent with experience at a string of top end companies has set up an online business with his...

The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...

The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...

A new property board game called Gazumped aims to rival Monopoly but reflect a much more realistic view of how the house...

Targeting the specialist student rental market can be rewarding for letting agents and landlords if they take the right approach. The current...

Here are the first three TV adverts for Boomin, the new property portal which launches on Friday.The new website launches early...

Yopa has instructed two companies to help with its brand building as it battles with other major online players. It’s appointed M.i. Media...

Fine & Country is opening a new branch in the Welsh capital, Cardiff. It covers the city and surrounding areas, the Vale...

Hello, and as we near the first Bank Holiday of the year (and a little light at the end of the...

A business that calls itself the UK’s first 24/7 home-based estate agency has announced a new franchisee.  Dorset-based Meyers Estate Agents was...

As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...

Normal life still seems far away so there hasn’t been the usual spotlight on a good-news-feeling that comes every year on...

Agency marketing platform BriefYourMarket has acquired live chat and customer experience provider Yomdel.  BriefYourMarket says the addition of Yomdel to its offer...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Hi, I’m Kersteen McConnell and I am a Business Development...

The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...

Purplebricks is now part of the mainstream landscape of British estate agency. There - I said it. An agency whose whispered name...

A new estate agency says it aims to sell homes within 30 days - and dismisses the idea of a traditional...

Uncertain market means additional revenue streams are more important than ever The last year has been an uncertain period for many business...

Purplebricks has unveiled changes to its For Sale and To Let boards to reflect its continuing sponsorship of Team GB and...

Purplebricks is to tilt its marketing increasingly towards local advertising on traditional and online platforms, and promoting the ‘on the street’...

Digital channels are essential for agents’ promotion of properties but there is still a key place for print and direct mail...

An industry group charged with trying to make house buying simpler and quicker says it’s made a breakthrough on ‘upfront’ information...

A prominent estate agent has warned buyers and sellers about the perils of the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA is now...

If it’s Monday, it’s jobs news day on EAT - welcome to the latest update. Want to be featured in our next...

Recently I heard the stat that over 50% of property is sold with the second agent, which was backed up by...

The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...

Over the last year, the majority of the UK workforce will have spent some time working from home as a result...

Automatically changing the main marketing photo on a portal listing can attract up to 40 per cent more traffic, it has...

Boomin has revealed its launch date after months of high-profile publicity. It’s to be three and a half weeks from now on...

Agencies and suppliers today mark International Women’s Day with events and declarations shining a light on the achievements of female colleagues and...

As a property agent, fancy marketing terminology such as ‘omnichannel’ might not hold too much interest for you right now. We’re in...

A panel of estate agents recently participated in a webinar to discuss the benefits of livestream open house viewings. The webinar, part...

Agents in England are told that sellers should market their homes by March 23 - only 18 days from now - if...

epropservices - parent company of The Guild and Fine & Country - has made another significant PropTech acquisition, its second in three...

Leaders Romans Group is to use only fully recycled material to create its sales and lettings boards across all of its...

Fundamental changes to the way in which agents can work were shown at the online launch of Lifesycle 2 by Iceberg...

When I joined Zoopla, I took the same approach that I always take whenever I enter a new sector: I was...

The head of a PropTech platform wants financial penalties on conveyancers if transactions miss deadlines. “The only way to accelerate the current...

Dexters, which last week secured a reported £130m in new investment for the coming years, has snapped up the historic Roy...

Challenger portal OneDome has signed up one of the larger UK agencies, the Leaders Romans Group. LRG will list all its residential sales...

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...

Agency websites supplier Property Webmasters has secured a substantial but undisclosed cash injection to expand internationally. The investment comes from Net Ventures...

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

The Bruce brothers’ latest project, Boomin, is “ready to launch” some two months after it was expected to see the light...

OnTheMarket says it’s going to increase investment in new products and services, and invest further in ‘internal website development resources’. In a...

A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...

A leading estate agent says fear of strangers coming into people’s homes is leading to a fall in supply of properties...

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...

Agents will soon have a chance to hear a US motivational speaker described as one of the world’s most influential sales...

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...

Let’s address the elephant in the room first - the property sector and how we market properties is changing. Gone are the...

One of the early operators of the self-employed agency model has launched a scheme under which its agents receive shares in the...

It seems like a week does not go by without a new ‘gamechanging’ piece of technology being announced to the industry. 2020...

Boomin, created by Michael and Kenny Bruce, promises “highly memorable and engaging” TV and radio ads at its launch in the near...

A mortgage has been launched targeting borrowers who believe they are unlikely to complete their purchase before the stamp duty holiday’s...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

Agents can win more instructions by using text messages to prospective sellers as part of a short term ‘nurture’ campaign, according...

We are now over four weeks in to our third national lockdown in the UK. Although the property market remains open,...

Property portals remain an essential marketing tool for estate agents and their value is clearly appreciated by consumers. However, with a...

Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...

Zoopla has revealed a multi-million-pound programme of future developments which have taken 18 months to finalise. Chief executive Charlie Bryant has told...

It’s been some time since online agencies have ventured into crowdfunding to raise investment, but easyProperty has now done so -...

High profile agency owner Sean Newman is offering his entire self-employed team of 100 agents and mortgage advisors a chance for...

Purplebricks’ new chief marketing officer appears to be on the threshold of making major changes in the agency’s publicity drive. Advertising industry...

The last few months have seen property agents work hard to continue delivering quality client communications and maintain an increasingly digital...

Free-to-list portal One Dome has launched a dedicated New Homes section - in line with the longer-established paid-for portals - and...

Purplebricks - which for some years has been the focus of controversies over reviews - has been given a prestigious award...

A new estate agency listing historic houses is to have “a select group of creatives and thinkers” that will assist in the...

While the property industry has suffered far less than other sectors during the past year, it would be short of the...

Property auctioneer Pugh, which has 11 offices across the UK, has unveiled bespoke new technology to support its work with estate...

The ‘future of residential’ is a huge term to contend with but one that was addressed last week through our RE:Connect...

An estate agency is being criticised for marketing properties as second homes in an area reportedly suffering a housing shortage. Local media...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

To kick off 2021, we have a Q&A with one of the most high-profile – and, it has to be said,...

1. How would you say Century 21 franchisees have adapted to the challenges during 2020?  If someone had told me at the...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

January presents an opportune time for agency leaders to resolve and plan for resilience, performance and growth in 2021. With most of...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

The largest company involved in the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it’s producing a “disruptive digital market campaign to address...

At the start of December 2020, a select handful of agents attended a private online event to see the latest news...

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...

The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...

A 10 week marketing campaign is being launched by Zoopla - and the portal urges agents to stay open as much...

Described on this site as a ‘powerful disruptor’ in March 2020, few would deny that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on...

OnTheMarket is to undergo a revamp under its new chief executive, former Foxtons agent Jason Tebb - who has been given...

Hello - and here we are nearing the end of the strangest of years.  With agents and industry suppliers rushed off their...

The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...

Zoopla has added over 1,000 branches since lockdown began in March, taking total membership of offices and new homes to a...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

Leadhub, a prospecting tool created by estate agency trainer Richard Rawlings, has been acquired in what he calls “a classic case...

Upcoming portal Boomin has written to its founder agents inviting one of them to take up a seat on the main...

HM Revenue and Customs and the Advertising Standards Authority are working together to cut out misleading marketing by promoters of stamp...

The agency industry may look back on this year and say: “Well...to be honest we didn’t really see it coming.” No, no,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Vicky Quinn-Campbell – Sales and Marketing Director What is ‘company name’...

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...

Searches that are bound by the Search Code, protecting the seller, buyer and lender, are property and not client specific. As...

Newspapers are pushed through the door, whereas websites have to pull in visitors - it’s a simple but fundamental difference with vast implications...

Purplebricks has just appointed its new chief marketing officer, who was most recently global director of restaurants at a food chain. Ben...

A regional wing of Fine & Country has reported a record month - and puts it down to the self-employed ‘associate’ business model...

The advertising watchdog has told the agency industry to clean up its act on four issues, with clarity over fees being...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...

The second England-wide lockdown is here. The good news is that this time round, the property market remains open for business,...

Residential People, one of many free-to-list platforms in the hectic portal marketplace, is set to launch which it calls its “AI...

Many agents are brilliant at giving a personal touch and are professional in the way they treat customers, but I would...

Kate Cox, Moneypenny's chief marketing officer, provides agents with an in-depth guide on lead capture. Alongside uncovering the importance of lead capture...

A former London estate agency owner and finalist on The Apprentice says he’s now returning to the sector to sell new-builds. Jamie...

A relaunched home buying service says it wants to partner with agents to unlock sales if the housing market deteriorates. The service...

The 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards are to be held on Friday June 11. For the first time the awards will host...

Firstly, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Lockdown 2, as it’s being known, is now with us, but fortunately...

It’s Halloween time, and while this year’s festivities may be muted there’s plenty to celebrate as far as agents’ good deeds...

The proliferation of free and accessible digital services has - at face value - brought us many great things: same-day deliveries,...

A developer operating in prime central London is offering buyers a deferred-payment scheme. K10 Group says it’s doing this because of the...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

Here is a quick read focusing on 5 things you can check your business is doing while on your tea break....

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...

I was asked recently, how can an agent generate more landlord leads? Well that got me thinking, firstly, we have to...

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

A new tool which identifies preferences of Facebook users and then targets them with ads for appropriate homes on sale, is...

A new property portal that operates a Tinder-style ‘swipe’ app is offering agents 12 months free listings. MoveStreets operates like the dating...

It’s no surprise to hear that the property market has seen a lot of change across 2020, with ups and downs...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and evenings that get darker earlier.  As winter approaches we’re continuing to bring you...

The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...

There is no doubting that 2020 has been a challenging year for all industries, with the lettings market being no exception. Following...

A reassessment of an independent agency’s activities during the Coronavirus crisis has led to it merging with a local franchise operation. Maison...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am James D. Marshall, Founder and CEO of Pupil. What...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...

Lawyers, politicians, bankers, insurance sellers – no matter where you go, there are some professions that are just always going to...

Let’s be honest: things are getting just a little tougher aren’t they?  We’re delighted to say that the spirit of the industry...

We all know that people can’t move to a new house without going through the Conveyancing process. However, with that said,...

OnTheMarket’s acting chief executive says the portal will embrace more social media and innovative marketing strategies in the coming period. Yesterday the...

Lifesycle, the platform built by Iceberg Digital to help estate and letting agents work smarter, continues to launch new features and...

OnTheMarket’s latest trading update shows a significant rise in revenue but agency branch membership numbers stalling. Revenue was up 28 per cent...

A new portal-style PropTech product has launched and wants to recruit estate agents to its fold - despite describing the way...

Many agents, certainly those in London, will have faced the difficult task of selling a flat with a shorter lease. A...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has admitted that getting the number one portal to change its fee structure “may take...

Two independent agencies in London have joined forces to form a 'full circle' service for developers, promising to transform the property...

Property technology company OneDome, which operates two portals - OneDome and Nethouseprices - has raised another £5m in funding.  It says it...

New PropTech products continue to appear, many aimed at enhancing transparency in buying and selling, or helping agents adopt new ways of...

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

One of the growing number of free to list property portals, Residential People, claims a record-breaking number of sales and letting...

Another regional agency group has returned to Zoopla, attributing the move to the portal's “receptive audiences” amongst the house buying and renting...

I’m sure I speak for most in the property industry when I say that back in March and April I had...

A North East agency, which first opened in 1977, has revealed a new identity with a new name and fresh branding. Thirlwells...

Across the UK and Europe, lockdown measures are changing and the markets are kicking back into life as we grow accustomed...

Ahead of the launch of a new iBuyer platform later this year, agents are being invited to attend two webinars hosted...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

The portal  set up by Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny Bruce has revealed it's recruited Rightmove and Zoopla personnel and intends...

For a mixture of reasons, I now only write this column every two weeks. At first, I missed the weekly consideration...

The National Association of Estate Agents is inviting members to join a panel reviewing new PropTech produced as a result of...

Another US real estate agency wants to follow Keller Williams, Berkshire Hathaway and others by opening in the United Kingdom. Nest Seekers International...

Rightmove is warning of a conveyancing log-jam that may delay sales, despite the ongoing frenzy of activity and faster transactions for...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

Estate agents are increasingly using low-key ‘grey’ marketing to avoid too many prospective buyers swamping them when homes go on sale. That’s...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

One of the most experienced British estate agents says the new portal Boomin - expected to launch next month, October -...

Fine & Country has revealed its latest branch - a West Wales office opening for business on Tuesday. It will initially cover...

A former agency director and owner with three decades of experience in the industry has set up a coaching and training...

An agency that has now closed down has been expelled by The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay an award of...

A new website aims to be the go-to service for agents who want reviews to help them assess the usefulness of...

A developer working in collaboration with Silverstone race circuit is creating homes inside the track, near one of the motor racing...

A new portal launches today with 100,000 listings and a pledge to target buyers largely ignored by established websites - investors. It’s...

Zoopla has been awarded £50,000 of premium ad space with the Telegraph Media Group in recognition of a campaign to help the UK...

A new agency called Eazy Agent has launched - it’s another online operation, this time with a starting price of £249. For...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT - we know some agencies are reshaping their structures and downsizing but this...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

Zoopla says it wants to know what agents think of its new TV advert which airs from tomorrow but can be...

A leading expert on estate agency and the housing market in Australia has lifted the lid on how Purplebricks failed down...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, a weekly round-up of news as the industry continues fund-raising even in these challenging...

It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...

The Sequence Group is to be the sole selling agent for RoyaleLife, the country’s largest builder of bungalows, exclusively aimed at...

It must have been a close thing on Friday as to whose faces were looking the most glum - those at...

Zoopla has revealed details of its biggest ever marketing campaign in a bid to cash in on agents’ growing dissatisfaction with...

New information has come to light which suggests that a leading marketing platform may be planning to step into the CRM...

Agents have long been the victim of a poor public reputation, from scoring highly in most disliked profession polls to being...

OnTheMarket has confirmed it is “considering” making redundancies - the second of the large portals to be in this position. Rumours have been...

One of the main points I’ve had reinforced to me from agent after agent over the last year of hosting a...

A statement by OnTheMarket this morning reveals that as of the end of last month it had a record 14,000 advertisers...

Steve, his name was. Steve, the board man. A rather frightening man, if truth be told. When I started at Foxtons, he used...

A founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, suggests there was nothing wrong with the controversial Commisery TV ads that contributed to making...

An agent in Hertfordshire says he routinely secures 5,000 visits to ‘live open houses’ on Facebook Live, and have on one...

Butters John Bee, one of the oldest agency brands in the UK, is the latest part of the Spicerhaart group to...

Difference should be celebrated. But in our industry it rarely is. I was on the board of a large corporate where...

Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny Bruce have revealed the name of their new property venture.  It’s to be called Boomin. There are still few specific...

The online agency Housesimple has rebranded to become 'Strike' with immediate effect. The news comes as a surprise given the apparent success...

A London Labour council has won draconian powers to effectively ban For Sale and To Let boards in several parts of...

The estate agency industry has been sharply criticised for its record on protecting staff and customers during the Coronavirus crisis. The compliance...

Zoopla has entered into a partnership with an online platform to promote the so-called Modern Method of Auction option to estate...

The founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, has this morning revealed his new project to be called Launch B - and he...

Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...

The investment bank UBS says it’s forecasting that Rightmove revenues will be down £53m in the first half of this year. “The...

An online agency that describes itself as the fifth largest in the sector has announced it’s launching a digital auction service. 99home...

At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...

NAEA Propertymark is partnering with a service called REACH UK, to promote selected PropTech start ups to agents who may need...

There are high hopes that the new stamp duty holiday will make an already busy market even busier - but not...

The property market has been reopen for almost eight weeks now and during that time demand from prospective buyers has soared. Rightmove...

A London agency says it’s seen over 30 new agents join its hub franchise operation during the lockdown, taking the total...

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of  branches closing - but there are...

The industry’s first virtual awards event has taken place with hundreds of agents participating courtesy of YouTube. Winners of the prestigious ESTAS...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to industry video expert Christopher Watkin. Watkin gives his...

Haart - one of the brands owned by Spicerhaart, which laid off staff in the first hours of the pandemic -...

Propertymark is calling in the government for agents to be trained in the use of software operating the Unique Property Reference...

Homesearch, the long-awaited new free-to-list portal, launches today with a string of testimonials from supportive estate agents. The new portal announced at...

A brand and marketing strategic who also ran one of the country’s most successful lettings agencies for a decade has said...

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...

Some weeks later than usual for understandable reasons, the ESTAS Awards 2020 are almost here - and for the first time...

The new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group says he anticipates his company’s hybrid arm - EweMove - will go...

The latest branch of Fine & Country says it intends to expand both its premises and its workforce by the end...

There’s been a big rise in demand for new-builds since the lockdown according to figures from Knight Frank - but the...

The Welsh housing market is back in business today - at least in part. Letting and estate agents can reopen their offices...

The phrase ‘game-changer’ has been hugely overused. But when applied to how Covid-19 is changing the way estate agents will work...

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...

One of the leading ‘new breed’ of hybrids relying on self-employed agents is opening a share offer to investors in a...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has set out strategy suggestions for independent agents facing steep portal bills. A 10-page document reveals...

The new YOUhome Property Gurus agency has announced another key hire to strengthen its central London activities.  The agency, set up by...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

Covid-19 has placed a spotlight on the impressive variety of fundraising platforms and technologies available – and not often in places...

OnTheMarket says it still aims to be the number one portal, but the acting chief executive has revealed a far more...

Virtual viewings could transform estate agency so fundamentally that they might mean the work of five negotiators could in future be...