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The Chancellor’s recent announcement that the stamp duty holiday would be extended for another three months was undoubtedly great news for...

The findings of the new ‘Thriving in a Pandemic’ report, recently published by tmgroup and mio, have highlighted that the market...

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

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

On March 23rd 2021, Dezrez and its partners are hosting EAvolution21 the event that showcases the latest in PropTech using an...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

We’re now in Lockdown 3.0 and most of us have become used to juggling home-working, home schooling and a million and...

The New Year lull is well and truly over and this week’s Agents Do Charity show fundraising is back in business despite...

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

Who are you? Hi, I’m Richard Price, Managing Director at Dezrez. Who are Dezrez and what EACRM do you provide? At Dezrez we’re on...

If this year has taught us anything, it's that estate agents need their software provider and specifically their CRM, to help...

Rezi’s integration with Zapier has transformed the way in which estate agents can now save time, money and resource. Agents are...

So, we’re back to where we were in the spring, more or less. England is in a national lockdown again to...

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

The so-called hub model of estate agency adopted by a growing number of firms appears to be part of a wider...

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

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

With the high street open again, and the Chancellor’s temporary stamp duty holiday helping to stimulate the market, estate and letting...

The networking organisation Women in Residential Property has grown to over 300 members - its highest ever total.  Launched three years ago...

If a week is a long time in politics (an old phrase, for younger readers), then a year is a very long...

Conferences, events and awards dinners are a hugely important part of the property calendar, bringing the great and the good of...

The chief executive of a hybrid agency in London has revealed why he deserted big corporates to create his own company. Rollo...

The return of non-essential businesses to lockdown in Leicester as a result of a localised spike in Coronavirus cases is a...

Countrywide has released details of its trading performance, including the knock its income has received as a result of the housing...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

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

Two estate agency directors have been disqualified by the Competition and Markets Authority after taking part in an illegal price fixing...

LSL Property Services has this morning released details of its response to the Coronavirus crisis. All members of its board have taken...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

The City regulator which is bringing a test case over insurance firms refusing to honour Business Interruption policies wants policyholders including...

Over Easter we carried stories of good deeds done by agents and how firms were coping with working from home -...

Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...

Lockdown may be over soon - but who knows what a relaxation of the current restrictions will really mean for our...

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

Aside from the obvious health crisis, the current pandemic is proving difficult for the business worldwide. However, despite the increasing contact...

A trade body has reported some council search departments to the government for refusing to provide email details and forcing search...

New temporary rules have thrown a lifeline to troubled agencies like Countrywide and Purplebricks which may need to raise additional funds...

On April 4, EAT published a piece titled: ‘It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post corona-virus’. To me, this...

Former housing minister Alok Sharma has revealed new measures to allow agencies and other businesses to avoid insolvency during the virus...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

Estate Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...

The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in the base interest rate to shore up the economy during the Coronavirus...

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

Unsourced stories in a number of newspapers over the weekend - all likely to have come from government off-the-record briefings -...

The Competition and Markets Authority says it wants to send “a strong signal” to the estate agency industry that price-fixing will...

The Competition and Markets Authority has released a 135 page document giving explicit details of its latest agency cartel investigation. This includes...

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...

In the latest part of the Natter’s ‘day in the life of’ series, I catch up with Chris Osmond, sales director...

In a new video interview, Steve Carroll, director of industry relations at Real Estate Group, tells industry commentator Christopher Watkin why...

Being a market leader means staying on top of industry trends. The more aware you are of what's happening in the...

It was in this very column, back in July, when I wrote about how the British government was starting to take...

One of the first so-called ‘hub’ hybrid estate agencies using self-employed freelances instead of staff says it’s moving to bigger premises...

Whinge. Moan. Lead quality. Crap market. Decision procrastination. Fee pressure. Bloody competitors. Especially Purplebricks. Brexit, of course, Brexit... These are just some...

A new PropTech online platform called BestAgent Property Marketplace is to launch next year following a series of 12 meetings this autumn. It...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launching its second tour of 2019 with an added bonus - a free training session...

There’s been only a vague government response to the recommendations for an estate and lettings agency regulator. Last month the Regulation of...

If you’d asked me at the start of the year how I thought the political landscape might look now, I wouldn’t...

Nicky Stevenson has had a very varied and interesting career in property. She started out as a lettings negotiator for Nicholas...

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...

The Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally found that four agencies broke competition law by taking part in a price fixing...

We’ve reached the final instalment of my market transformation do’s and don’ts.  In previous articles, we’ve looked at: Do encourage, don’t deter;...

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

When you recruit a new member of staff, training should be one of your main priorities.  After initial training, ongoing training and...

A London estate agent says his system of ‘moral agreements’ between sellers and buyers prevents chains collapsing and means his company has...

When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent. The more...

If Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is as sophisticated as they say, Porter Pioneers’ launch could leave agents kicking their feet.  Those of...

The auction firm that purchased the property listings left stranded by the collapse of Emoov is now offering partnership opportunities to...

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

Yet another estate agency has announced that it’s shutting branches and opening a centralised hub. This time it’s Newman Property Experts, a...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - it’s our weekly round-up of good work done by the industry. Everyone...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

I am a patient man; a pacifist. Yet there is little in life right now that would satisfy me more than...

A disciplinary investigation by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has blown the lid on the infamous fee-fixing cartel scandal involving estate...

It may not be a good idea for a journalist to be personal about a politician, so I write about our...

Mike Day, one of the best known and most popular figures in the agency business, is celebrating 15 years as one...

I have sold hundreds of lettings businesses over the last twenty-five years. Based on this experience, these are the mistakes that you...

To say I had a lot of reaction to last week's column about selling my flat would be an understatement. I've never...

For part two of the 'Day in the life of' series, I spoke to Peter Kavanagh, who first joined Romans in...

For many estate agents seeking to become entrepreneurs, the idea of starting their own business is undoubtedly daunting, especially when going...

In the first of an ongoing series exploring the people who make the property industry tick, I catch up with James...

OnTheMarket has told the City this morning that it has already signed up 81 new listing agreements by 5pm yesterday, completing...

After the fun and over-indulgence of the festivities, most of us are now back to the world of work. And, with...

The new contract for firms joining or re-signing to OnTheMarket is reported to have a restriction on acquisitions. It is said to...

Employment tribunal fees could soon become extinct, after the Supreme Court ruled they were an obstacle to the ‘access of justice’.  Once...

Agents’ Mutual is officially making no comment on the timetable for the company flotation but speculation within the industry is mounting...

The decision by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to fine five estate agents for engaging in a price fixing cartel has...

Agents’ Mutual’s flotation will definitely go ahead following a meeting of the High Court today, at which the appropriate processes behind...

Are you protecting your data right? This may sound like the sort of direct warning you get from cold callers or...

No one can say Agents’ Mutual has failed to provoke debate within the industry. The project was the centre of fierce argument...

  The first two meetings in a roadshow which OnTheMarket has organised for local member agents take place today - another 18...

I hate to be the guy to say ‘I told you so’…but I told you so! It seems that my predictions...

OnTheMarket is this month holding 20 meetings for member agents to explain “progress and plans” for the portal.   The meetings - sometimes...

Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on letting agent fees charged to tenants generated ten tips for growing your...

Agents’ Mutual says it will be seeking to recover costs and compensation for losses incurred after what is widely seen as...

A study described as the biggest of its type seeks to explain why vendors choose - or avoid - online agents. The...

The Guild of Property Professionals is holding its annual regional meetings next month at 10 sporting venues across the UK under...

In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...

Earlier this week it was Dads4Daughters Day – a campaign that strives to promote gender equality in the workplace.  I have three...

I had a very interesting chat with the man behind a new portal the other day. He was John Dixon, the portal...

The fledgling group being set up to represent independent estate and letting agents is preparing a formal complaint about Purplebricks based...

Rightmove is teaming up with the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents to offer what...

From the outset of any merger, it is vital that each agency understands and can identify its purpose and the USP...

There were some absolutely brilliant figures released recently by telephone answering specialist, Moneypenny.  The highest call volumes diverted from agents to Moneypenny occurred between 10am-11am...

We are now less than a month away from Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement to the nation, depending of course on...

The Guild of Professional Estate Agents is currently undertaking its latest roadshow, consisting of 25 regional meetings.  At the events, the network's...

For young people the length and breadth of the UK, Thursday of this week meant that the waiting was over and...

The main debate at this year’s FUTURE: PropTech conference - the industry’s leading technology forum, held yesterday in London - saw...

A London agent says he has quit OnTheMarket and Agents’ Mutual as a result of the intervention of the Competitions and Markets...

An estate agency display specialist is strongly refuting comments made by a digital marketing company that agents are doing too little...

Storm Katie (makes it sound so harmless when they give it a name like that, doesn’t it?) might have given the...

When you're on the hunt for a new job, once your diary is starting to get booked up with interviews it's...

Estate agents with a difference, a twist, a unique selling point, whatever you want to call it, seem to be becoming...

Countrywide has revealed to Estate Agent Today that it is to begin a trial where selected local branch staff will work between 7am...

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

A survey of 1,000 members of the public suggests that 60 per cent of people would prefer to buy or sell a...

Wind back the clock a few years and the working relationships I had with most estate agents was productive, beneficial and...

An estate agent that reportedly left a client’s passport and tax information in the street over 18 months ago has been...

Martyn Baum has been appointed as youngest-ever president of the National Association of Estate Agents, with a pledge that he will...

A house is pretty much the largest investment a person will make in their lifetime, and it’s natural to want the...

So, a sigh of relief.  Most agents will be pleased with the election result - even if they are not Tory supporters...