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Rightmove and Propertymark have unveiled a two-year partnership to provide agents with the latest local market data and easier access to...

Rightmove’s Level 3 Certificate for Estate and Lettings Agents (CELA) has been officially recognised by trade body Propertymark, alongside Propertymark Qualifications. The...

An estate agency veteran has urged Government ministers to consider where their own children will live amid a continuing shortage of...

Estate agents use their experience, knowledge, and connections to help people to sell properties at the best prices. Working in this field...

A director of Essex estate agency Beresfords has announced his retirement after 40 years with the company - and after being...

Tim Balcon, who lasted just four months in the role of Propertymark chief executive before a mystery resignation, has now become...

NAEA Propertymark says the news that two major players in the leasehold sector have reformed their activities must be just the...

It’s 12 years since we opened our doors with the Fine and Country estate agency in Drayton on April 1 2009. The...

Propertymark has set out a four point strategy for the future of the organisation. The body - which encompasses the National Association...

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

A large majority of estate agents fear a surge in 'failed sales’ as the stamp duty holiday cliff edge gets ever-closer. The latest National...

Just as the new chief executive of Propertymark holds interviews across the industry, so The Guild of Property Professionals is coming out...

Propertymark, combining both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents, claims to speak for the...

The mandatory qualifications expected of agents have not been forgotten and will come into effect in two or three years. That’s the...

A progress report on the Regulation of Property Agents recommendations will be made today by a key RoPA committee member, Mark...

The outgoing chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning that the sales system continues to struggle with...

The National Association of Estate Agents wants the government to initiate a mortgage guarantee scheme to encourage more 95 per cent...

The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind the recommendation of Trading Standards that agents must by law be...

Propertymark, which will from later this year combine both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...

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

Do you want to run the newly-merged Propertymark, embracing both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...

The housing market is still booming according to data released by the National Association of Estate Agents Propertymark - although the...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

The chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents, Mark Hayward, is to retire at the end of this year.  The...

A regional agency in the east of England says the Coronavirus lockdown working environment has made it rethink its structure -...

The industry should continue to prepare for large-scale reforms such as mandatory agency training, the licensing of agents and a new...

The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...

It seems an eternity ago but the housing market in February - that’s only last month - was in rude health...

Estate and lettings agencies that have closed temporarily as a result of the Coronavirus lockdown are to be to exempted from...

Another index shows how strong the market was in the build-up to the escalation in Coronavirus across the country.  The website Home...

The National Association of Estate Agents has announced that it’s to offer US PropTech solutions to UK agents. The REACH programme has...

The author of dramatic reform proposals for estate agents has given a clear message to ministers - Get On With It!  Lord...

There’s a growing trend for estate agents to quit big-name corporates and either go independent or join US-style brokerages, a top...

Trading Standards says agents must include more “material information” in property details even if this may not be a wholly positive...

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...

Trials of reservation agreements for buyers and sellers have been delayed until the late spring. Statements last year from the Ministry of Housing, Communities...

The threat of Coronavirus is beginning to make an impact in the world of property. The Cushman & Wakefield agency announced overnight that...

New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents show a big surge in demand despite the winter weather since the...

The annual conference of the National Association of Estate Agents takes place on February 27 - the date when the future...

Three signs emerged over the weekend suggesting that the market may be shaping up well for 2020. Firstly a new survey by...

NAEA member agents have delivered a relatively downbeat forecast for 2020 - but the organisation says an injection of digital technology...

The National Association of Estate Agents has given its analysis of 2019 - and it may have been a better year...

The National Association of Estate Agents is warning UK agents to take stock of their data collection and retention procedures following...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents continues to show how political uncertainty is dampening sentiment and...

Mark Bentley, the immediate past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has become the highest profile agent yet to...

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

Agents and property industry figures have given a clear message to the government six weeks ahead of the General Election -...

London-focussed business-to-business deal data service LonRes has acquired an anti-money laundering compliance consultancy specialising in residential and commercial property. Financial Crime Services,...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents shows that the late summer period was a good one...

Last week we covered a story, broken by The Times, about a new website allowing users to discover the air quality...

HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that the original Emoov online agency has been fined for breaches of money laundering regulations. HMRC...

The first speakers have been announced for the 2020 conference of the National Association of Estate Agents, to be held on...

The government has issued a revised version of its official How To Buy and How To Sell documents, aimed at consumers...

There has been a sceptical response by agents and others in the property industry to the government’s latest headline-grabbing tweaks to...

The National Association of Estate Agents has told the government that it wants one single Ombudsman to provide redress across all...

The head of online agency Housesimple has made another strident attack on the integrity of High Street agents by saying some...

The National Association of Estate Agents says that  both demand and particularly supply have dipped in the past month - but...

Trade organisations including the National Association of Estate Agents have welcomed today’s publication of the report of the Regulation of Property...

New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents suggest that supply is at last creeping back up to seasonal norms...

The number of sales agreed per branch has increased for the first time this year, rising from an average of seven...

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the commitment by the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the mis-selling of...

There may be rain outside but the housing market is now officially in a drought according to the National Association of...

There’s anger in the industry over an article in The Times which accused agents of overvaluing properties - although why this was happening...

The National Association of Estate Agents and the referral service Relocation Agent Network have announced a link-up. Under it, selected NAEA members...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the number of house hunters registered per branch fell 15 per cent in February...

Three portals are to reveal their thoughts on how their platforms and others are likely to develop at this spring’s annual...

Maverick Cornish estate agent Chris Wood has quit the industry with a stinging attack on those who have “taken their toll”...

The National Association of Estate Agents has led the support for stricter new guidelines on transparency for referral fees. The clampdown means agents...

The head of an online agency has accused the National Association of Estate Agents’ conference of being “a sea of old...

Brexit may be continuing to dominate the headlines - try to stifle that yawn - but there is still a housing...

  The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Lettings Agents have thrown their weight behind the government’s latest...

The government policies and enforcement plans for anti-money laundering measures are set to take centre stage at next month’s annual conference...

A maverick estate agent pictured wearing a yellow vest has threatened to mount what he calls a “civil protest” if Brexit...

The National Association of Estate Agents has met with other members of a high-level government board to look at ways of...

An end-of-year analysis from the National Association of Estate Agents shows the state of the industry - and it confirms just...

Data from the National Association of Estate Agents suggests that the number of registered buyers per member branch has slumped to...

The introduction of the Propertymark brand as a ‘consumer friendly’ umbrella name for a series of trade bodies has been a...

The man responsible for defining John Lewis’ legendary customer service, and preserving its Never Knowingly Undersold pledge, is to address the...

A consumer group says agents are securing increasing income from online auctions, but it warns that for buyers there are pitfalls...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

The government has told the estate agency industry that it has a “moral” obligation to report suspicions about potential money laundering. Figures...

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the government’s move to ensure most future new-build houses are sold as freehold...

The government has unveiled a new body which, it claims, will raise agency standards. There is a long-standing commitment from the government...

Sales of properties to first time buyers have hit their lowest level for three years according to data from the National...

The National Association of Estate Agents has given broad support for radical proposals from the Law Commission to end leasehold abuse...

The latest market snapshot released by the National Association of Estate Agents’ shows the challenges faced by the industry right now. The...

An agent from Cornwall who has waged a long-running campaign against online agencies in general and Purplebricks in particular has been...

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...

Only one property in every eight sold in the current market succeeds in achieving its asking price - while no fewer than...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the government’s first time buyer stamp duty incentive “seems to be having the desired...

Have you noticed a new turf war going on on the fringes of the agency world? It’s not a high-profile battle like...

An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...

The National Association of Estate Agents says a new tool just launched will make it easier for agent members to comply...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the year has started with a boom as demand from prospective house-hunters increased by...

A former president of the National Association of Estate Agents has attacked “irresponsible agents” for over-valuing asking prices in London in...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today; this is the latest of our weekly round-ups of key job moves within estate...

Demand for homes fell by 20 per cent year-on-year in December. There were 268 prospective home-owners registered per NAEA member branch, down...

Estate agents have been hit with six- and seven-figure fines under new anti-money laundering and anti-tax evasion regulations according to the...

New research from the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents reveals that no fewer than...

A House of Commons committee has prepared a briefing document on areas of the UK residential and commercial properties sectors most impacted...