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With this week being Mental Health Awareness Week, Sam Hunter - COO at Homesearch and a keen mental health advocate -...
14 May 2022
From: Features

Fundraising efforts featuring bikes, boats and James Bond all feature in this week's edition of Agents Do Charity. Remember, if you have...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features

In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A high profile London estate agency has appointed two so-called Wellness Ambassadors to look after the mental health and wellbeing of...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent trade body says the property industry must do more to recognise and support those with mental health issues. The Association...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News

No matter how dark the news, there’s light in our industry thanks to so many agents and suppliers doing good deeds....
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Hello and if it’s Friday, it’s definitely the day for Agents Do Charity. We’re leading up to Valentine’s - a neat opportunity...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest Agents Do Charity, our weekly round-up of who’s-doing-what-good-deeds in our industry. Want to be involved? Well...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Barely three weeks into the new year and we’re already talking about plans to raise tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News

It’s often said that agency is a people business, and I can see no reason to disagree - agents dealing face-to-face...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the founders and leading figures in the Agents Together industry charity says one silver lining of the pandemic has...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...
18 December 2021
From: Features

A conveyancing company is asking clients to set their own fee - with some strings. Zen Move Solicitors is a year-old digital...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News

An agency has won one of the most prestigious ‘gongs’ of the season - it’s been named Employer of the Year...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A coroner says there is no explanation how an estate agent suffered a cut to his wrist, which led to his...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Well it’s about time isn’t it? We mean winter - it’s here at last, with white, wintry weather that gets us...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News

In support of International Men’s Day - today - LSL will celebrate what it calls “the positive value men bring to...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News

We’re building up towards both Christmas and the Awards season right now, and that gives plenty of opportunities for fund raising,...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Some two thirds of agents and other property professionals who have worked alone have suffered an incident endangering their safety, according to...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A property company is offering its employees in the UK and overseas a day’s leave later this month to mark World...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News

We may be getting an extended summer but agents haven’t just been basking in the heatwave. There has been plenty of goodwill...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Almost a million tenants have built up rent arrears since March 2020, according to research by National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA)....
15 September 2021
From: Features

A London agency has launched a Wellbeing At Work initiative to help agents and other staff as they return to the...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The controversial proposal by a PropTech start up to charge potential viewers of properties to let or for sale has been...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Boy it’s been hot out there - yet even 30 degrees or more have failed to stifle the enthusiasm of our...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News
03 July 2021
From: Features

Hello and welcome to another ADC, the weekly wrap of good work by the industry. You probably know the score by now...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50% of home movers selected their estate agent because they liked them....
09 June 2021
From: Features

The pandemic and lockdowns have made over a third of those aged 18 to 34 want to move house according to...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A trade union is demanding that the government ban emails from all employers outside office hours - and it wants emails...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello - it’s Friday already and that means more salutes to those in our industry raising money for good causes. If...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...
22 May 2021
From: Features

The end of the week is always charity day here on EAT, and this week we have a typical cross section...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak to someone who has made an excellent impression on the property industry in...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark is backing the current Mental Health Awareness Week - and says the market boom is a possible cause of additional...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has chosen YoungMinds as its charity partner of the year. YoungMinds is dedicated to ensuring every young person gets the mental...
02 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Normal life still seems far away so there hasn’t been the usual spotlight on a good-news-feeling that comes every year on...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Boomin co-founder Kenny Bruce says the UK economy should now be opening up thanks to the success of the Coronavirus vaccines. In...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News

From 4 May 2021, your agency could be blocked from charging late fees, compounding interest on missing rent and taking any...
20 March 2021
From: Features

Hello and welcome to the end of another week - and a step in the right direction towards the easing of...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The head of one of the industry’s foremost recruitment organisations says the pandemic has caused people to re-evaluate priorities and change...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A conveyancing organisation has launched an initiative called Be Kind We Care to promote kindness and wellbeing within the property industry. The...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News

It might be tempting during the pandemic to focus simply on the business, yet many agents have been turning their attention...
06 March 2021
From: Features

Hello, welcome to our latest charity roundup, and as the weather improves and the vaccine roll-out lifts the spirits, so we...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Industry supplier Kerfuffle and high-profile training service Marvellous have launched a competition for the children of agents and suppliers. The kids are...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News

We’re now in Lockdown 3.0 and most of us have become used to juggling home-working, home schooling and a million and...
03 February 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, the regular round-up of industry good work. Whatever the cause, it’s great to publicise agents’...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A new working group on mental health in the agency industry is being set up following a poll revealing 62 per cent...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A firm calling itself the UK’s first 24/7 home-based agency says it wants to roll out nationally with a network of franchisees...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s most experienced estate agents has spoken out about mental illness in the industry and his own condition...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Here we are, on the brink of a festive season like never before, and approaching the end of 2020. Although a dreadful...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey conducted by charity Agents Together suggests a large majority of industry people would like to see more focus on...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Solicitors’ leaders say members of their industry are suffering mental health problems as a result of the workload to meet the...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A new report funded by high profile consumer champion Martin Lewis says the government must do more to help ‘mortgage prisoners’. These...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The ESTAS awards service and the Agents Together foundation are entering into a partnership. That means all ESTAS customer agents will be...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A health business is offering a free support package to estate agencies with between three and 100 employees, to help staff...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A self-employed agent has gone public to lavish praise on the mentoring scheme which is part of the Agents Together charity. Cameron Carter,...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News

You might be forgiven for thinking we’ve been cheated out of our Bank Holidays this year, as so many fell during...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...
15 August 2020
From: Features

The devolved government in Wales - where the housing market is still officially closed - has urged agents to report rivals...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The brothers who founded Purplebricks - Michael and Kenny Bruce - have returned to the agency industry for the first time...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Now that it’s June it’s officially summer (as if we didn’t realise that from the sudden drop in temperatures). With good...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, and there is a great deal of positive things to be said about a...
30 May 2020
From: Features

There’s a warning today to agency chiefs to keep in touch with their staff as lockdown eases across England in a...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Three more property players have been in touch to share what they're doing to help their staff during lockdown - there...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Savills is donating over £800,000 to nominated charities across the UK. Following a commitment to Land Aid’s Covid-19 campaign for youth homelessness,...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News

“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

A major consumer survey of existing home owners and potential movers has resulted in a plea to government to allow house...
30 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello - yes it’s Friday in case you lost track, and that means it’s Agents Do Charity day: and once again...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...
28 March 2020
From: Features

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the last day of January, Brexit Day and - perhaps most importantly - the latest edition of...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Our mental health affects how we think, feel and act. It affects how we handle anxiety, relate to others and impacts...
18 December 2019
From: Features

It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

If you haven’t noticed, it’s November already - a month where it’s increasingly popular for men to grow moustaches for charity....
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

There may be lots of agents giving time this weekend to see England at the Rugby World Cup final and Lewis...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News

An estate agency service in the Lake District has rolled out a new benefit to all its staff - and in...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

In an increasingly aggressive UK right now, it’s worth remembering that most people just want to get along and do good...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello there and we’re at the start of another Bank Holiday weekend - but no rest for you lot, working hard...
24 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Welcome to another ADC, the weekly round-up each Friday of agents’ great fund-raising work. This week we show the diversity of charitable...
05 April 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s a distinctly northern flavour to some of the great fund-raising this week - and in particular Yorkshire. This isn’t the only...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News

This may not be a great way to start the week but a survey suggests that estate agents are Britain’s least...
17 September 2018
From: Breaking News

As we end an especially tragic week, it is heart-warming to remember how our industry - along with so many other...
26 May 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s been another busy week of fund-raising for agents across the industry, sparing time to do good works despite the market...