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One of the most heart-warming parts of my job is having the privilege to be the patron of Agents Giving, the...

Proptech firm iamproperty has formed its own committee of agents to discuss issues facing the property market. The auctioneer and sales progression...

There’s an ingenious twist to one agency’s fund-raising this week, and EAT readers (along with the wider public) can have a...

Propertymark’s chief executive has rejected claims that his organisation’s housing market data inaccurately states the numbers of prospective buyers for each...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

With Remembrance Sunday this weekend, the nation and our industry will remember those who fell. Yesterday on Estate Agent Today we featured one...

An analysis of estate agencies in 21 major cities suggests a big rise in competing companies, prompting risks of fee wars between...

Purplebricks is launching its biggest advertising campaign in five years this evening. The multichannel campaign kicks off with a 60-second spot on Channel 4’s...

Three property agents feature on the latest list of businesses in trouble for failing to comply with money laundering regulations. The list...

Referral revenues shared between agents in a major industry trade group has hit over £1.35m.  Daniel Pepperell, regional director at The Guild...

A prominent London estate agency owner wants an industry anti-racism campaign to counter what she describes as the “discrimination and prejudice...

The UK government has been told it should make the stamp duty cut permanent to encourage investment and make it easier...

Agents are up in arms at a Rightmove restriction temporarily preventing access to parts of its listing back-end.  Agents received an email...

As the official advice over holidays descends into farce - can we go this year? if so at home or away?...

A leading business consultancy says the level of working-from-home in the UK by 2025 will be five times that before the pandemic. Estate...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

The government is considering stricter tier structures for the coming weeks as the number of Coronavirus infections continues to rise. There is...

Free-to-list portal group OneDome claims 425 estate agency branches joined its listing services last month,  OneDome Group operates two portals, OneDome and...

Rezi’s integration with Zapier has transformed the way in which estate agents can now save time, money and resource. Agents are...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has admitted that getting the number one portal to change its fee structure “may take...

With the UK officially in what has been described as the single worst national recession in the world, one agency has...

The debate over whether For Sale boards remain a valuable source of publicity has been in the headlines of late -...

The post-lockdown surge in housing market activity has continued into its sixth week, as at least one agency’s indicators hit record...

Although few expect virtual viewings to continue their popularity now that lockdown restrictions have been eased, there’s news this morning that...

In normal times, the Winkworth team based at their Notting Hill office in west London would head to the fashionable Walmer...

Over Easter we carried stories of good deeds done by agents and how firms were coping with working from home -...

The scandal over Business Interruption Insurance policies is hotting up, with class actions being discussed against insurance firms and the Financial Conduct Authority announcing...

Can any agency beat Knight Frank for a brilliant collection of selfless work? We doubt it, as the agency has provided...

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice.  A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...

Estate Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...

Agents who join the fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents will have full access to the new Homesearch mine of data. Homesearch debuted...

The Federation of Independent Agents, the new trade group set up in May, is holding its first conference this week.  The FIA...

It’s easy to understand why people are hesitant towards processes becoming digital. It is the fear that the digital world is...

A TV production company is looking for family-run estate agencies to be considered for a possible reality TV show. Curve Media -...

An industry veteran is launching a new hub-based hybrid agency and is offering to sell 50 homes for free to raise the...

Every estate agency applying to join a new group for independents will be mystery shopped in a bid to ensure it...

Foxtons and Quintain have both recently made an important decision about their technological innovation, the same decision must also be made...

It’s Valentine’s Day (have you remembered?) and at least one agency has decided that it’s pretty in pink to celebrate the...

Hello and welcome to another batch of your agency office Christmas pictures…it’s certainly been a bumper year for them and today...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity, our round-up of great work done by our industry to raise funds for...

Prime London’s transactions are now the preserve of so-called ‘needs-based buyers’ and not investors according to high-end agency Knight Frank -...

The entrepreneur behind a free-to-list property portal claiming support from 17 estate agencies has defended the description of them as ‘partners’ -...

A property portal that describes itself as free-to-list has launched today, taking the industry by surprise - however, at least one...

Here’s some good news to take into the Bank Holiday weekend.  Research undertaken by Estate Agent Today suggests that fees charged by...

One of the country’s oldest estate agencies is celebrating 250 years in business.  Essex and Suffolk agency Fenn Wright has roots back...

Several buildings were evacuated and the bomb squad called in between Christmas and New Year when estate agents found a hand...

Purplebricks has launched something of a charm offensive to lift the lid on the experience and work of its Local Property...

First time buyer registrations in the past month have jumped nearly 20 per cent across the UK and almost 30 per...

Prime central London’s housing market may be suffering a well-publicised downturn but one agency has defied the negative mood by launching...

Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Jeremy Corbyn, Phillip Hammond, Tony Blair and Bob Geldof, all in one image...is this truly the nightmare...

Right-wing journalist Melissa Kite has used the columns of the weekly political magazine to accuse estate agents of being “like a...

A property analytics company has devised a method of calculating the ‘best’ locations in which to work as an estate agent,...

Research by data company Propcision claims that portal juggling - the listing and re-listing of the same properties - risks inflating...

The deadline for action by some OnTheMarket member agents who received letters from lawyers on behalf of parent company Agents’ Mutual...

A prominent Conservative activist is calling for a strict clampdown on estate agents’ boards which she describes as “a form of...

Countrywide says it has Foxtons as its target to beat in a bid to be the number one agency for sales...

The big online estate agencies appear to have come of age. No, no - I'm not saying they're good, bad, better or...

We’ve enjoyed a bit of an Indian summer this week. Not sure it makes up for one of the coldest and...

The dramatic slump in the sale of London’s most expensive homes is continuing with one agency claiming that over the past...

Some agents have recently suggested that the prime central London market is sluggish in the extreme - but now one agency...