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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...