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![Unlocking opportunities in the single-family rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FamilyBuyers-400x310.png)
The Single-Family Rental (SFR) sector is experiencing rapid growth in the UK, presenting a unique opportunity for local lettings and estate...
13 July 2024
From: Features
![10 reasons to become a Your Move franchise.](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/LSL/online.jpg)
If you’re thinking about becoming an Estate Agency franchise or converting your existing estate agency business to a franchise, here we...
16 May 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Only Realistic Sellers succeed in today’s market - leading agent](/upload/images/shutterstock_2434363071.jpg)
Only realistic sellers willing to negotiate prices are successful in the current market, says one of the country’s leading estate agents. The...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![The art of negotiation in a buyer's market](/upload/images/4%20Negotiation_buyers_market_artic_FINAL(19March)%20by%20Charlotte%20Jeffrey-Campbell.jpg)
Many agents may perceive that the need to negotiate only comes into play at the point of offer if a property...
30 March 2024
From: Features
![Zoopla: New estate agency sale stock has hit a four-year high](/upload/images/shutterstock_119999488.jpg)
New Year momentum in the property market has carried into February and new listings are at a four-year high, Zoopla claims. The...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents back upfront information but feel legislation is needed](/upload/images/shutterstock_2187311821.jpg)
Most agents agree that providing upfront information at the very start of the homebuying process would improve the buying and selling...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent negotiation skills will become more essential this year - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
Negotiating is set to come back into fashion this year as the buyers’ market grows, an industry trainer has claimed. Charlotte Jeffrey-Campbell,...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Troubled town halls face even tougher times](/upload/images/3%20---%20Proofed%20by%20Peter%20---%20Weekend%20feature%20Troubled%20town%20halls%20face%20even%20tougher%20times%20by%20Mark%20Edgerley.jpg)
The news in September that Birmingham City Council (‘Europe’s largest local authority’) had been forced to issue a Section 114 notice...
06 January 2024
From: Features
![PropTech Today - If it's still hurting, see a specialist](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
Sometimes I think I should have paid more attention to science lessons at school but back then, I never thought I...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revolutionise Property Listings With Our New AI-Powered Description Generator](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/EAT%20(2)%20(002).png)
In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving property industry, it’s essential that forward-thinking agents strive for innovation through PropTech to improve processes, save...
26 October 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Storm blows in reasons to be cheerful](/upload/images/1%20Natter%20-%20Storm%20blows%20in%20reasons%20to%20be%20cheerful(1).jpg)
As much of the country battened down the hatches for the first storm of the season, there may have been a...
30 September 2023
From: Features
![Green Shoots? Early signs of market boost, insists latest survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/1-HousePriceRising.png)
We might be at the start of an improving housing market, suggests Propertymark. In its latest market snapshot, concentrating mostly on August,...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![RICS granted observer status for COP28](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has been granted observer status for this year's UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) to...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![AI-driven CRM systems: transforming the property industry](/upload/images/RPT%20EAT%20Feature%200208.png)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already being used by the property industry and its impact is only set to grow. But while...
02 August 2023
From: Features
![Agents warn of “pain to come” after shock of biggest price fall for 12 years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_309559970.jpg)
House prices are falling at their fastest rate in 12 years, dropping £7,500 on average over the past 12 months, according...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Slowdown in housebuilding will lead to chronic lack of supply, warns RSM UK](/upload/images/3%20Builders-400x310.png)
The UK is heading for a further drop in housebuilding, according to the latest Purchasing Managers Index data by S&P and...
08 July 2023
From: Features
![Vendors trying their luck with ‘take it or leave it’ pricing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
Sellers are still adopting a “take it or leave it approach” with prices up to 20% higher than most “sensible buyers”...
14 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks faces new sale woes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
A case brought by claims firm Contractors for Justice (C4J) against Purplebricks over its agents alleged rights to certain employment benefits...
30 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![8 common survey issues and how to resolve them](/upload/images/Blog%20Image%20-%20Couple%20Keys.png)
As an estate agent, you know that securing the sale is just step one of a successful journey. But with issues...
01 April 2023
From: Features
![How Technology Will Open Doors in 2023](/upload/images/Site%20logos/__thumbs/How%20Technology%20Will%20Open%20Doors%20in%202023%20by%20Vincent%20Anthony.jpg/How%20Technology%20Will%20Open%20Doors%20in%202023%20by%20Vincent%20Anthony__320x320.jpg)
For agents who take full advantage of new developments in technology in 2023, it’s a chance for them to move ahead...
04 February 2023
From: Features
![Cash is king! Debt-free buyers pay 6% below average UK prices](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/ManSavingMoney_400x310.png)
Cash buyers are securing properties 6% below the average UK house price. Research by national agent Jackson-Stops has revealed the regions where...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Merger and acquisitions become more popular in times of uncertainty - here's why](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Atomic%20Consultancy/LucyNoonan_360x280.png)
With the property market showing signs of a slow-down and the economic outlook rather uncertain, we spoke to Lucy Noonan, founder...
18 January 2023
From: Features
![Winkworth was second most active agent for exchanges in 2022 - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyFinancing-400x310.png)
Winkworth agents ranked second when it came to property exchanges in London last year, the franchise agency brand claims. A trading update...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Land Registry expects ‘minimal disruption’ if strike goes ahead](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
The Land Registry has said it anticipates ‘minimal disruption’ if a civil service strike goes ahead. Civil servants across 126 public sector...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Uncertainty remains over housing’s importance to new PM, says expert](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
A property expert has claimed that it remains to be seen where housing will feature in the upcoming political agenda. Nicky Stevenson,...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Key leasehold body announces conference schedule](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LeaseholdImage-2020-400x310.jpg)
The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) has announced the schedule for its annual Conference. The event returns to its traditional in-person format this year,...
05 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![National agency merger creates multi-disciplinary property firm](/upload/images/Today%20Site%20Images/FisherGermanMerger-400x310.png)
National estate agency and advisory company Fisher German has merged with commercial property consultancy Matthews & Goodman. The merger creates one of...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Online agent plans international expansion](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyDevelopmentImage-1-400x310.jpg)
Online agent 99home is planning to go international. The brand, which lets sellers pay to list their property on the major portals...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents - it's time to get clever with property tech](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropertyTechnology-1-400x310.jpg)
Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...
28 May 2022
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
The property recruitment market seems to be moving as fast as house prices. Here are some of the latest moves that took...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer wants buyers to have maximum upfront information](/upload/images/library/PhilSpencer-MoveiQ-L%26G-400x310.jpg)
Phil Spencer is teaming up with a PropTech supplier to help buyers have the maximum volume of upfront information. Spencer’s Move iQ...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fall throughs kill off one-in-five transactions - claim](/upload/images/library/PropertyTransactionsConcept-400x310.jpg)
Fall throughs remain a significant problem with transaction collapses costing buyers and sellers a wasted £880m in 2021 according to new...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Thousands of HIgh Street agents want to join Purplebricks - claim](/upload/images/Logos/PurplebricksLogo2020-400x310.jpg)
Purplebricks is claiming that literally thousands of High Street agents from conventional bricks-and-mortar firms are applying to the agency. It says this...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid agency rolls out nationwide - but with only 70 agents](/upload/images/Logos/Strike-Logo-400x310.jpg)
A hybrid agency that charges no fees to vendors but instead relies on referral fees for income has officially rolled out...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![£100m deal for famous London agency - 'talks underway'](/upload/images/library/Chestertons-logo400x310.png)
Sky News reports that the little-known Lomond Group - backed by private equity money - is in exclusive talks to buy one...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – catching up with The Singing Estate Agent](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
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
![Stamp Duty Holiday impact fades as market returns to near-normal](/upload/images/library/UK-Housing-1-400x310.jpg)
House prices in July rose after falling in June, according to the Halifax. They were 0.4 per cent higher than in June,...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty cliff-edge means price renegotiations underway](/img/default/eat.png)
Price renegotiations are underway between buyers and sellers in danger of missing Wednesday’s stamp duty holiday deadline, says Knight Frank. The agency...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: talking Brexit, Covid, USPs and mews homes with Lurot Brand](/img/default/eat.png)
Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...
05 June 2021
From: Features
![Ten useful tools to aid end of tenancy deposit deductions](/img/default/eat.png)
The TDS annual review 2020 indicates that deposit disputes have remained low over the last year, at around 1%. This is...
24 April 2021
From: Features
![Boomin - What’s the verdict?](/img/default/eat.png)
The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...
03 April 2021
From: Features
![Going Up! House price forecast for 2021 revised upwards by agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Another leading research team in a major agency has revised upwards its forecast for the 2021 market. Savills revised its predictions recently...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Many buyers are scared of negotiating with agents - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading bank says as many as one in three buyers pay too much for a property because they are afraid...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Connells and Countrywide to be test-bed for Zoopla innovations](/img/default/eat.png)
Connells Group, now on the threshold of taking the ailing Countrywide empire under its wings, has signed a five year partnership...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Allow agents to do more conveyancing during sales - call](/img/default/eat.png)
A PropTech supplier says the conveyancing process is “antiquated” and buyers and sellers would be better served if they were ’shadowed’...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Is the property industry at a crossroads?](/img/default/eat.png)
The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...
20 January 2021
From: Features
![Price growth slows as supply and demand start to fall into line](/img/default/eat.png)
The average UK house price is now a record £253,374 according to the Halifax - but the rate of growth is...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![The year of Covid ends on a house price high](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices surged in December to post their fastest growth in six years, according to the Nationwide. Prices rose 7.3 per cent...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![What leaving the EU means for anti-money laundering legislation](/img/default/eat.png)
The coronavirus pandemic has somewhat eclipsed Brexit this year – which is no mean feat. Cast your mind back to pre-Covid...
12 December 2020
From: Features
![He's Hired! Apprentice star returns to estate agency industry](/img/default/eat.png)
A former London estate agency owner and finalist on The Apprentice says he’s now returning to the sector to sell new-builds. Jamie...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Delivering a speedy end of tenancy deposit negotiation – the top tips](/img/default/eat.png)
Tenancy deposit disputes are messy and often frustrating for all involved. While the number of formal disputes remains low, the pandemic...
10 November 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Does being Covid-safe at home artificially lift house prices?](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading market analyst says the widespread belief that we are ‘safe’ in our homes may indirectly lead to the recent...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![How to sell your agency business in 11 key steps](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...
27 October 2020
From: Recruitment & Business Matters
![London’s Foreign Buyers: surprise country heads global league table](/img/default/eat.png)
The country producing the largest number of buyers of prime London properties is not China, nor from north America or the...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents ‘taught not to quote VAT on fees’ claims insurance firm](/img/default/eat.png)
An insurance firm claims estate agents are taught not to quote VAT in fees until the final bill. A statement from Admiral...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![New online agency launches with fees from £249](/img/default/eat.png)
A new agency called Eazy Agent has launched - it’s another online operation, this time with a starting price of £249. For...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – what does agency look like Down Under?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Cheap and nasty Purplebricks - why it didn't work down under](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading expert on estate agency and the housing market in Australia has lifted the lid on how Purplebricks failed down...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Why diversifying into auctions can boost post-lockdown cashflow](/img/default/eat.png)
Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...
05 August 2020
From: Features
![Property Natter - what are the differences between UK and US agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...
01 August 2020
From: Features
![Leicester lockdown is warning to agents to abide by ‘new normal’](/img/default/eat.png)
The return of non-essential businesses to lockdown in Leicester as a result of a localised spike in Coronavirus cases is a...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Do we care that tech can now halve transaction times?](/img/default/eat.png)
Tuesday mornings at 6am is usually my time to review all the latest PropTech news. This fires off ideas for my...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive: Say No To Rightmove to offer 'options for agents'](/img/default/eat.png)
The Say No To Rightmove campaign is to release a set of options for member agents to consider if the portal...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Settled - people miss the point about failure](/img/default/eat.png)
I recently read the news about Settled closing its doors. As of 6.29am on Tuesday morning, the article had been read by 8,642...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Nick Lyons, CEO of No Letting Go](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does it...
10 March 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
![Boris Bounce subsides as agent admits London sales slump](/img/default/eat.png)
There are fears that the so-called Boris Bounce which saw a surge in activity after the General Election may be hitting...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Cash is king - but does it really mean lower sale prices?](/img/default/eat.png)
A new study suggests cash buyers secure lower sale prices than mortgaged purchasers - but is that really the case? The survey by...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Online agency’s ‘We Sell For Free’ claim backed by watchdog](/img/default/eat.png)
An online agency’s claim that it sells homes “for free” has been disputed by a High Street rival - but the...
05 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: What can 80 conveyancers teach PropTech?](/img/default/eat.png)
“It appears conveyancers either aren’t too concerned with PropTech right now, or they don’t yet have all the information needed to...
05 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Quality of agency service for high-end buyers has “dwindled” - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agent has set up his own buying operation because he claims the quality of service for high-end buyers has...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![48 hours with...the largest estate agency in the world](/img/default/eat.png)
'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...
25 January 2020
From: Features
![Humberts bought by consortium of franchise owners](/img/default/eat.png)
It's been confirmed that Humberts has been sold for an undisclosed amount to a consortium of franchisees - and that the...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide, two years after Platt - time for the last rites?](/img/default/eat.png)
In six years of editing Estate Agent Today, some of my most dramatic moments have been covering the troubles - some...
11 January 2020
From: Features
![Online firm Housesimple claims it’s second largest agency in part of UK](/img/default/eat.png)
Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands. The offer is...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: do agents need to adapt to modern communication methods?](/img/default/eat.png)
As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....
16 November 2019
From: Features
![Portals: How much does YOUR branch pay?](/img/default/eat.png)
The big question for the industry at the moment is the cost and future of portals. This is especially key for agents...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - Day in the life of a Yopa Territory Owner](/img/default/eat.png)
Yopa – launched in 2015 as part of the new breed of hybrid operators seeking to shake up the industry –...
19 October 2019
From: Features
![EXCLUSIVE: New national agency recruitment ‘ahead of expectations’](/img/default/eat.png)
A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has told Estate Agent Today that its recruitment schedule is running “well...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency urges rivals to price realistically (even if vendors want more...)](/img/default/eat.png)
A London agent is urging rivals to provide realistic valuations, even if vendors want more and despite temptations to over-value to...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Knotweed firm urges buyers to make lower offers on affected homes](/img/default/eat.png)
A company that treats Japanese Knotweed has made startling claims about the extent of the problem across the UK. Environet claims that...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the news you need on the industry’s top moves](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on key moves within the industry. Everyone mentioned here...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![When will confidence return to the property market?](/img/default/eat.png)
I think I speak for most people when I say that we are not currently where we thought we would be...
31 August 2019
From: Features
![Countrywide branch closure programme explained - but no figures](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide has told Estate Agent Today that it will not be releasing any figures on the branch closure programme it introduced...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide wins new deal with lenders to continue ‘turnaround plan’](/img/default/eat.png)
In a trading statement this morning, Countrywide says it has “a new covenant package with lenders provides the financial flexibility to...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Theresa May’s legacy - how has housing fared under her government?](/img/default/eat.png)
Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...
06 July 2019
From: Features
![Online agency to sell all homes for free: is this the future or a stunt?](/img/default/eat.png)
Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Modern method of auction - the online bidding process explained](/img/default/eat.png)
The modern method of auction is proving to revolutionise the way properties are bought and sold across the UK. By putting the...
26 June 2019
From: Features
![MyBid4It offers exclusivity benefits for Estate Agents…](/img/default/eat.png)
MyBid4It is an online auction platform which has been developed to partner with Estate Agents and revolutionise the way properties are...
26 June 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![OnTheMarket says rivals may interfere with its bid to get agents to pay](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett says rival portals may want to “interfere” with his aim of converting agency members from free...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![There’s never been a better time for property to rise above politics](/img/default/eat.png)
Four years ago, as we approached the general election, Andrews Property Group held a roundtable debateon the impact the election might have...
08 June 2019
From: Features
![Takeover talks held between Purplebricks investors - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
Talks are reported to have been held between Purplebricks leading shareholder, Neil Woodford, and the German publishing group Axel Springer about...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - talking women in property, Brexit investment and PropTech](/img/default/eat.png)
In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...
01 June 2019
From: Features
![Agent reveals true scale of London market collapse - but it may be over](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the capital’s most outspoken estate agents at the upper end of the market has given eye-watering statistics to show...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Child's Play! - Kids take over running an agency office](/img/default/eat.png)
Franchise giant Hunters is to be the subject of a Channel 4 TV show on air this evening at 8pm. When I...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Another online agency launches no sale, no fee package](/img/default/eat.png)
99home is the latest online agency to launch a no sale, no fee option for its vendors. The firm, which was launched...
13 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Struggling easyProperty tells its agents: ‘Charge sellers whatever you like’](/img/default/eat.png)
The easyProperty online agency has abandoned an across-the-board fee structure, allowing its licensee agents to charge what they like. “Each local market is unique...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agency looks to private sales because of Purplebricks and others](/img/default/eat.png)
The regional agency MoveSelf, which set up in 2017 as an online estate agent, is shifting emphasis towards For Sale By...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![What next for property in 2019?](/img/default/eat.png)
As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...