In a week when the election campaign descended into claim and counterclaim of lies over tax plans and Nigel Farage was...
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08 June 2024
From: Features
Rightmove has revealed details of its latest anti-money laundering (AML) webinar. The next event, in partnership with FCS Compliance, is titled 10...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
In the fast-evolving world of property, where every click counts and every search matters, mastering the art of Search Engine Optimisation...
11 May 2024
From: Features
As you begin the process of property transactions in the UK, it's important to understand potential pitfalls that may result in...
16 March 2024
From: Features
Agents should be given longer induction periods to avoid mistakes and retain staff, an industry trainer claims. Charlotte Jeffrey-Campbell, director of The...
10 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Why professional indemnity claims are on the rise In today's volatile economic landscape, the uncertainty faced by landlords and tenants has reached...
01 November 2023
From: Features
Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes, has been announced as Propertymark’s final keynote speaker for its landmark conference next month. She will...
10 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The election of Humza Yousaf as the new leader of the Scottish National Party yesterday was immediately met with concern from...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the main advantages of a PropTech solution is being able to automate the time-intensive and repetitive jobs that employees...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Inside this short article, my goal is to simply highlight the four most common mistakes l see from reviewing agents' Google Ad...
26 November 2022
From: Features
A recent study conducted by the Technical University of Denmark reported that the attention span of people around the world is...
01 October 2022
From: Features
Over the last two years, the property industry has experienced unprecedented change through shifting market conditions and new regulations around compliance. To...
28 September 2022
From: Features
Yesterday’s publication of Purplebricks’ annual results – which made for very difficult reading for the troubled brand – came as part...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
You may be thinking that cost and hassle outweighs the benefits of outsourcing, but read on, you may be surprised! The last...
27 July 2022
From: Features
Legal experts are warning that the rush to beat interest rate rises could lead to “ill conceived” and “rushed transactions.” The Bank...
05 July 2022
From: Breaking News
In this guest piece, Colum Smith, a property expert at law firm Taylor Rose MW, sets out why speedier transactions could...
07 May 2022
From: Features
Accountancy terminology can be a turn off to many business owners, understandably so given that the majority aren’t working in lettings...
27 April 2022
From: Features
One of the most valuable assets to any company is the data it stores. According to a recent study completed by...
30 March 2022
From: Features
Michael and Kenny Bruce have for the first time given their views on what went wrong for Purplebricks during their time...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
An industry trade body wants the government to scrap the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes - and...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News
In this guest feature, James Dilgul, Head of Marketing at Fixflo, the market-leading repairs and maintenance management software provider, looks at how...
22 January 2022
From: Features
A law firm is warning that one of the key risks facing that industry this year revolves around professional negligence claims against...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The past two years have been a whirlwind of change, challenges and chance. The main catalyst has clearly been the pandemic...
08 January 2022
From: Features
In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...
20 November 2021
From: Features
In this latest video interview, exclusively available for EAT & LAT readers, Lee Dahill speaks to Ben Ridgway, managing director of...
06 November 2021
From: Features
Things can change. For those who remember, it’s no secret that I became one of the industry's strongest critics of OnTheMarket (OTM). My reasons...
21 August 2021
From: Features
I want you to ask yourself a question, what is your reputation? By that I mean your personal reputation and your...
15 July 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Thom Hudson, photographer at Meyers Estate Agents What is Meyers...
22 June 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News
With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...
31 March 2021
From: Features
This week’s interviewee in the ‘In Conversation Today’ hotseat is a man better placed than most to shed some light on...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the biggest TV hits of lockdown has been the Netflix show Call My Agent! It’s a surprise success, perhaps, because...
06 March 2021
From: Features
Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...
20 February 2021
From: Features
The government has given details of two new taxes to provide funds to address the cladding problem on high rise tower blocks...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Agents and a wide range of property experts have demanded yet more government funds to end the cladding crisis that is...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced “an exceptional intervention” promising that leaseholders in high-rise buildings above 18 metres will bear no...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...
23 September 2020
From: Features
Research by Zoopla has revealed the scale of the mistakes by and regrets for disillusioned home buyers. For large numbers of people...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News
It must have been a close thing on Friday as to whose faces were looking the most glum - those at...
08 August 2020
From: Features
A founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, suggests there was nothing wrong with the controversial Commisery TV ads that contributed to making...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...
11 July 2020
From: Features
Most letting agents don’t set up a business to become accountants but losing control of client money poses serious risks for...
20 June 2020
From: Features
The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...
06 June 2020
From: Features
Consumers are not as worried as they should be about conveyancing fraud, putting them at risk of losing life-changing sums of...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News
A free to list portal has blasted Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for using agents' data to boost their profits. Christopher May, chief...
18 May 2020
From: Breaking News
The fallout from Covid-19 has hit everyone hard. With breaking news today that agents are able to look at how to...
13 May 2020
From: Features
While controversy swirls around the approach and motives of the sackings and branch closures at Spicerhaart, other agents are showing how...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...
12 March 2020
From: Sponsored Content
With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...
11 March 2020
From: Sponsored Content
Six common ‘crimes of modern-day call handling’ are blighting UK estate and letting agencies and hampering their growth, reputation and profitability. These...
18 January 2020
From: Features
Everyone thought John Bercow was short. It probably didn’t help that I was on stage just before him. 5ft 6 versus...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News
A traditional property agent says critics of Purplebricks underestimate the beneficial impact the firm has had on the UK agency industry. And...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Controversy and Purplebricks have gone hand in hand since the agency was first launched in 2012, through its float on the...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News
One of the biggest changes seen in the property market over the last decade is technology growth. With the likes of Rightmove...
11 September 2019
From: Features
Purplebricks has revealed it is considering changes to its pricing structure to correct “mistakes” of the past. Chief executive Vic Darvey has...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News
In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...
29 June 2019
From: Features
I hope you had another wonderful Bank Holiday weekend; only three weeks to hold on until the next one. Personally, it...
08 May 2019
From: Breaking News
By the time you read this article, I’ll be in Nigeria. My first ever visit to the continent of Africa. Sitting here...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Half of first time buyers say they made expensive mistakes during their process of purchasing their home, with mortgage brokers, removal...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News
We all make mistakes, and when it comes to typos Estate Agent Today is as guilty as anyone. But there’s a...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News
“You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over,” is an oft-quoted saying of Richard...
09 February 2019
From: Features
To a sales-focused agency, having a lettings department can sometimes feel like losing control of the business. Recent cases of property management...
07 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content
BAD PHOTOS – 6 BIG MISTAKES YOU MIGHT BE MAKING! In our last article, we highlighted some really important and shocking stats...
07 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content
In our previous blog, we looked at the definitions outlined by the CPRs. In our next blog we’ll look at the...
21 August 2018
From: Sponsored Content
Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work? Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...
28 July 2018
From: Features
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News
As you probably know, I have been no fan of OnTheMarket (OTM) over the years. You may see this admission as...
20 July 2018
From: Features
How much more of it would you have if you could do all your month-end payments and reconciliations in a couple...
03 May 2018
From: Sponsored Content
I have sold hundreds of lettings businesses over the last twenty-five years. Based on this experience, these are the mistakes that you...
02 May 2018
From: Features
You don’t have to look far to see an abundance of photo failures, just head to any property portal and they’ll pop...
04 April 2018
From: Features
In an exclusive and candid interview with Estate Agent Today, Countrywide chairman Peter Long has admitted that the company had been...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News
“Are we there yet?” In the same way that these words can drive you to distraction (any parent who has endured the...
17 February 2018
From: Features
The Estate Agent’s Act 1979 is rapidly approaching its 40th anniversary, yet still agents make mistakes and can all too easily...
28 October 2017
From: Features
Employment tribunal fees could soon become extinct, after the Supreme Court ruled they were an obstacle to the ‘access of justice’. Once...
14 October 2017
From: Features
The UK PropTech Association (UKPA), of which I am a member of the steering committee, is an organisation with a purpose...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News
The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...
23 June 2017
From: Features
A new online estate agency is offering vendors a sales package for just £24.99. MoveSelf, which is based in Manchester, allows vendors to...
15 June 2017
From: Breaking News
What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in no particular order: Trump, Brexit, Leicester winning the Premier League, a...
03 December 2016
From: Features
We are now less than a month away from Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement to the nation, depending of course on...
28 October 2016
From: Features
Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...
15 July 2016
From: Features
The firm which this week announced it had won a landmark money laundering appeal case says it's not all doom and...
16 March 2016
From: Breaking News
When you're on the hunt for a new job, once your diary is starting to get booked up with interviews it's...
04 March 2016
From: Features
There was a recent article in Estate Agent Today titled: Agents 'missing out on income by not charging for referrals'. A study...