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HM Revenue and Customs and the Advertising Standards Authority are working together to cut out misleading marketing by promoters of stamp...

The agency industry may look back on this year and say: “Well...to be honest we didn’t really see it coming.” No, no,...

We’re just a few days from December so why not get into the festive spirit a little early and get some...

Online network love2move - which gives partner High Street agents an option to offer vendors an online sales service - is...

Connells Group has announced a major recruitment drive as it looks to create 250 new agents' positions - and it’s launched...

A survey of completion times for house sales over the past four years suggests that the worst performing local authority area...

One of Countrywide’s two up-market brands, Hamptons International, has unveiled a new look which it describes as part of “a transformational...

A mortgage technology platform has released figures suggesting the housing market remains strong, with high numbers of searches by buyers for...

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...

Searches that are bound by the Search Code, protecting the seller, buyer and lender, are property and not client specific. As...

It’s no secret that the recent pandemic has forced more businesses to operate remotely, but the shift for estate agents has...

Purplebricks has just appointed its new chief marketing officer, who was most recently global director of restaurants at a food chain. Ben...

One of the country’s top buying agents is advising purchasers and vendors to avoid online agencies and 'bucketshop' conveyancers. Edward Heaton - founder...

A young estate agent who set up his own online auction service took his own life after a long period suffering...

The advertising watchdog has told the agency industry to clean up its act on four issues, with clarity over fees being...

According to the annual Property Week PropTech survey, almost 48% of property businesses had tested new technology because of the COVID-19...

The Competitions and Markets Authority is to probe the proposed merger of two crowdfunding sites used by numerous property industry companies. Crowdcube...

Hello and welcome to your regular Friday charity round-up from the industry - appropriately enough on the day of the latest...

A leading enthusiast of the self-employed agency business model says even in these challenging times people can make a success of...

Many agents are brilliant at giving a personal touch and are professional in the way they treat customers, but I would...

Various investors in Countrywide have submitted early online paperwork to The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers - the red tape required to...

As you may have seen over the weekend, the long-running Property Natter column – penned by Angels Media chief executive, Nat...

Conveyancers have considered whether the long-standing ‘caveat emptor’ or buyer beware principle in a property purchase should be replaced by ‘vendor...

Firstly, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Lockdown 2, as it’s being known, is now with us, but fortunately...

The UK lettings market is no stranger to technology. But only a few of the early initiatives have remained, and landlords...

What are the best ways for a letting agency to generate additional revenue and stay ahead of the competition? Management fees are...

Strike, the firm previously known as HouseSimple, has launched another attack on the charges levied by High Street agents. This time it is...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

Fledgling portal Boomin - launching later this month - has announced another 10 independent regional agencies as founder members. This includes its...

An online agency says its virtual auction service can be used even by its rivals between now and the end of...

The housing market is to remain open in the four week lockdown in England. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government...

The proliferation of free and accessible digital services has - at face value - brought us many great things: same-day deliveries,...

There’s no denying it, job hunting can be hard work – even more so at the moment, with all that’s going...

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...

I was asked recently, how can an agent generate more landlord leads? Well that got me thinking, firstly, we have to...

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the way every industry operates and the property sector is no exception. Following an enforced seven-week...

Savills says the shape and size of the housing market in the coming months will be determined by the capacity of conveyancers...

Online auction service Iamsold secured £52.7m in total for vendors in September, an increase of 16 per cent on the same period last...

Some 713 estate agency branches have failed to reopen following the spring lockdown according to a business consultancy. TwentyCi says that is the...

Book review by Graham Norwood, editor of Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and Landlord Today. If a letting agent wants to...

The government has issued new guidance to estate and lettings agencies on their obligations regarding money laundering issues - and online...

The latest agency recruits for online firm easyProperty are batting for the company in more ways than one - they are...

Online agency Purplebricks says an absence of technology in property details is one of the biggest turn-offs for potential buyers. A survey...

We all know that people can’t move to a new house without going through the Conveyancing process. However, with that said,...

An estate agency in the south of England has abandoned its online-only strategy and has decided to open a physical office...

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...

A new survey of the market share split between High Street and online agencies shows that Purplebricks remains the digital market...

Recently, when giving speeches, I have discussed investment trends and industry trends that the built environment is experiencing. They are quite...

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...

It’s about this time of year, pandemic or not, that agents may be asked one particularly awkward question by a vendor...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 have been in place for several months now. While letting...

Propertymark has teamed up with an employment and health and safety specialist to establish a service for member agents with Coronavirus-related...

A new online platform claims to be the first of its kind to speed up the private treaty sales process for...

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...

Property technology company OneDome, which operates two portals - OneDome and Nethouseprices - has raised another £5m in funding.  It says it...

A new PropTech product claims to help agents generate and nurture leads - even while they sleep. MovePal generates leads through Facebook...

New PropTech products continue to appear, many aimed at enhancing transparency in buying and selling, or helping agents adopt new ways of...

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

Two agencies have entered the debate on whether the current frenzied housing market is seeing delays in completions. Yesterday EAT reported that...

A family-run agency which last year asked people to “make an offer” to buy a franchise is now claiming it will...

Almost a third of property sellers (29%) say they won't accept a lower offer for their property, according to new research. Online...

The strong performance of the auction market in recent months has been reinforced by the latest figures from iamsold, the UK's...

A new PropTech startup is giving prospective buyers the opportunity to receive due diligence at a fraction of the time and...

Independent agents are busier than they have ever been thanks to the post-lockdown surge but larger corporates are actually losing market...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

It’s no surprise the mainstream news remains dominated by coronavirus - not so much the actual effect of it right now,...

For many agents it’s been a big week…not because of the surge of buyers, but because their children have returned to...

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

Since June 1, under The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020, landlords in England have been...

The battle between rival self-employed agent business models continues apace with eXp UK - set up last autumn - announcing it...

One of the UK’s market centres set up by US-led agency Keller Williams has strongly defended its policy of recruiting newcomers...

Hindsight is 20-20 vision, of course, and we can all see things we did ‘then’ that we would not do ‘now’....

Controversial Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, tipped by some for sacking when the Cabinet is reshuffled next month, appears to be confident...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

An online agency says it’s offering its customers a kind of ‘fall-through insurance’ after over 100 deals collapsed between mid-March and...

A new agency called Eazy Agent has launched - it’s another online operation, this time with a starting price of £249. For...

A digital resource hub for estate agents claims to shorten transaction times. Sort Move, which has been operating since late 2019,...

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

A property developer has set up an estate agency that charges no commission to sellers but instead levies a non-refundable reservation...

Hunters has announced the launch of an additional franchise office at Torquay in Devon. The branch is a conversion of local independent...

Almost all estate agents are still saying Yes to Rightmove, according to figures produced by the portal this morning. Membership numbers for...

Savills has held its fourth remote auction, raising some £32m with an 82 per cent success rate - making it the...

A survey of estate agents’ market share post-lockdown indicates significant advances for independent agencies and online operators. TwentyCi, a data consultancy, says...

The Guild of Property Professionals is relaunching its online auction brand - Guild Auctions - even though it has already successfully...

A law practice says HM Revenue & Customs is launching a probe into companies that have allegedly abused the Coronavirus furlough...

Agents have long been the victim of a poor public reputation, from scoring highly in most disliked profession polls to being...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

Hello: if it’s Friday it’s charity day and this week we have a special announcement from the industry’s own charity, Agents...

A new website that describes itself as an estate agency says it wants to “empower people to sell their own home”...

HM Land Registry is now accepting witnessed electronic signatures on documents for the  transfer of ownership of property, the creation of...

A vendor who suffered a fall-through on the sale of his five bedroom home in West Yorkshire is now trying to...

Agents Do Charity - as the summer heat is on… It’s hotting up outside and while this is set to be a...

It is widely expected that Purplebricks will shortly reveal the result of an experiment with a number of different pricing strategies. The...

Difference should be celebrated. But in our industry it rarely is. I was on the board of a large corporate where...

Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...

One of the industry’s leading trainers and consultants has launched a range of 15 new online training modules covering sales skills,...

The online agency Housesimple has rebranded to become 'Strike' with immediate effect. The news comes as a surprise given the apparent success...

Conferences, events and awards dinners are a hugely important part of the property calendar, bringing the great and the good of...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Matt Nicol, managing director of Nicol &...

Purplebricks’ sale of its Canadian operation for some £35m begs the question - where can it now recoup some of its losses...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 - which require increased electrical testing in rental properties...

Zoopla has entered into a partnership with an online platform to promote the so-called Modern Method of Auction option to estate...

The advertising and sponsorship links between Purplebricks and Team GB have won the agency a silver medal according to a leading...

An online agency that describes itself as the fifth largest in the sector has announced it’s launching a digital auction service. 99home...

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...

Evidence is pouring in that the stamp duty holiday introduced 48 hours ago has already produced huge levels of interest from...

An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...

A PropTech supplier claims that an agency has secured the first ever transaction where the complete chain used Reservation Agreements.  Harrison Residential,...

The property market has been reopen for almost eight weeks now and during that time demand from prospective buyers has soared. Rightmove...

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of  branches closing - but there are...

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

Purplebricks is starting a new wave of TV advertisements today, continuing its theme from earlier this year as a sponsor of...

A personnel company wants agents to tell them how much they earn in another anonymous online survey. Rayner Personnel - which recently...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

As we adjust to a life post-Covid-19, letting agents, landlords, and tenants are thinking - ways to speed up the process...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have announced that they are extending their cut-price fees deals, introduced because of Coronavirus. This morning Rightmove says: "We have...

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - currently at the centre of a planning controversy - could be sacked in a September Cabinet reshuffle. The...

One in six home owners with a mortgage across the UK are now on some form of payment holiday with lenders...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

The phrase ‘game-changer’ has been hugely overused. But when applied to how Covid-19 is changing the way estate agents will work...

Most letting agents don’t set up a business to become accountants but losing control of client money poses serious risks for...

Video tours, heralded as the next big thing just a few weeks ago, are being abandoned by buyers and dismissed as...

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...

Tuesday mornings at 6am is usually my time to review all the latest PropTech news. This fires off ideas for my...

Purplebricks has instructed a new legal firm to support its sales and lettings activities. Business Insider reports that the commercial team at...

Online sector veterans Russell Quirk and Kenny Bruce have used social media to call for a temporary scrapping of all stamp...

A working party of property professionals is being set up to look at whether and how property logbooks could help speed...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

A 27 year old agent with a background working in London’s Canary Wharf has headed north to set up his own...

A new high end agency called The Country House Department is launching with an initial focus on Oxfordshire, Berkshire and The...

There’s been a strong rebound in demand for homes and an “unprecedented” bounce in new sales agreed according to Zoopla. The portal...

A survey of 2,750 buyers and tenants has revealed the aspects of online property listings which they find most annoying. The single...

Russell Jervis, who spent 33 years at Spicerhaart rising to managing director before quitting late last year, has re-emerged this morning...

National property auctioneer Pugh & Co is launching an initiative to partner with estate agents across the UK. Via a new network...

There’s no doubt we’re in a less-than-rosy phase of the property cycle. This, however, is not another doom and gloom piece:...

In a wide-ranging video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to former agent and founder of Viewber, Ed...

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

Lets Bid works in partnership with a variety of Estate Agents across the Uk from big franchise brands like Winkworth /...

Rightmove has contacted all member agents saying it has enhanced its automated online viewing feature first introduced in April. As part of...

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...

I was asked a question by a German journalist yesterday. What is the biggest lesson German and European PropTech founders can...

The man who has been Rightmove’s head of innovation for the past five years has joined an online agency. Hannes Buhrmann has...

A senior property lawyer is to set up a franchise agency which he describes as embracing the best of the High...

Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...

Dominic Cummings has been at worst a cause of huge anger to a nation that’s already extremely anxious. At best, he’s been...

Over the last few years, there have been a number of high-profile court cases in which renters took action against letting...

OnTheMarket has introduced a new filter that allows buyers to limit their searches to those properties with online viewing options. These can...

A digital ‘members-only club’ for property professionals around the world has slashed its prices nine months after launching. The Eighth Door is...

The Covid-19 crisis hasn’t caused the revolution it has been reported to have. Despite the challenges it has brought, fundamentally, the...

Many of the leading advocates of the self-employed estate agent business model have talked about why many want new recruits with...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

The Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into fake and misleading online reviews. The announcement from the watchdog does not...

It’s another Bank Holiday weekend and the first since lockdown was eased and the housing market returns - so perhaps a...

During March, the coronavirus pandemic put the brakes on the property market with an enforced period of shutdown. However, almost two...

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...

A survey of agents’ attitudes which two weeks ago showed a big majority of agents wanting to work as self employed...

NetAnAgent, a website which offers consumers instant quotes from a selection of traditional and online agents, has changed some of its...

A daily monitor of mortgage market activity has reported “significant volumes” of business across the sector, even over the weekend. Mortgage technology...

It’s been revealed that the home moving advice service set up by Phil Spencer is entering a collaboration with awards and...

The biggest awards for the agency sector - The ESTAS - will now be a virtual event on Friday July 3,...

As you know, having professional images of your properties is the best (only?) way to get people wanting to step through...

There’s been a very significant increase in the number of listings carrying virtual viewings, accelerating during the period of the Coronavirus crisis and...

The online estate agency Settled appears to have ceased trading with its customers refunded. It was launched in 2014 by former Google...

Guidance issued by the government explicitly advises agents, buyers and sellers that more activity should be done online if possible. “The process...

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

The fallout from Covid-19 has hit everyone hard. With breaking news today that agents are able to look at how to...

The UK operation of the US-led estate agency Keller Williams is to hold two free online sessions tomorrow aimed at explaining...

First details of the government’s programme to allow businesses to reopen have begun to emerge - with little comfort for estate...

Details being presented to Parliament today may include information on how agents can return to work in some sort of ‘new normal.’ A 50...

Three more property players have been in touch to share what they're doing to help their staff during lockdown - there...

An instant valuation service has launched a new tool aimed at helping agents prioritise leads through prospective vendors uploading photographs to...

In these unprecedented times, Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) aims to reassure letting agents, landlords and tenants on any legislative changes, relating...

The market share for all online agents fell sharply in the period up to the start of the pandemic according to new...

The demand for mortgages in April was scarcely a quarter of what it was in March - but the figures show...

Zoopla is launching a series of Skills Sessions to support agents through the Coronavirus crisis.  The sessions are free to join and...

Listings from an agent who ended his contract with Rightmove were not removed as he expected - instead, he is accusing...

The online agency network love2move has won a new agency client despite the Coronavirus lockdown. Pinkerton - which covers the North Down,...

A major consumer survey of existing home owners and potential movers has resulted in a plea to government to allow house...

The Mail Online is running a story on estate agents allegedly breaking the lockdown by conducting physical viewings in recent weeks...

We all know the world has gone digital—nothing new there. Every time you jump online, you’re one of 4.5 billion internet...

An online auction platform is offering agents full legal packs with no upfront cost in a bid to keep the housing...

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

It may seem a long time since normal trading took place but many agencies are now finding they are picking up...

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

If there are agents still uncertain as to whether their company or themselves as individuals are claiming the maximum business support,...

Today is the final day that agencies can register with the government scheme offering furlough pay on April 30. The furlough programme...

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...

Purplebricks chief financial officer James Davies has resigned. His place has been taken by Andrew Botha, who has joined from the online...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

Hunters has expanded its online offering to improve its service to both the sales and lettings sectors - and it’s even...

The last five years have seen unprecedented changes to the property market and agents and their clients have never faced such...

Allsop has staged its first principal residential auction entirely online, and has raised £28m. Some 76 per cent of all lots offered...

Floorplan and photography supplier FocalAgent is making a free offer to every agent in the UK during the virus crisis -...

As the impact of coronavirus unfolds, we are in constant conversations with customers to understand the challenges they’re facing and to...

An online estate agency which has described the Coronavirus pandemic as “a disrupter and game changer” for the agency industry says...

One of Britain’s leading agents says online viewing and interest in videos for homes on sale continues to be relatively strong...

What is thought to be the first survey of sellers since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak suggests that they anticipate...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...

Much like PropTech, Open Banking has been used as a buzzword in recent years. However, when it comes to the rental...

Based on our historical data over twenty years of nationwide operation and a survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, we estimate...

One of the industry’s leading automated valuation services says it’s running at approaching 1,000 leads a day for agents even during...

Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...

An online agency has offered to sell the homes of NHS frontline staff for free. Doorsteps, set up by high profile young...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

Former housing minister Alok Sharma has revealed new measures to allow agencies and other businesses to avoid insolvency during the virus...

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

In response to the current coronavirus pandemic, which is having such an impact on all parts of life, including the property...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

A hybrid agency says the Coronavirus is a “disrupter and game changer” for the industry and is wanting agents keen to...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column . Before we get on with it, a reminder to...

Auction houses are the latest part of the residential sector to seek PropTech help to attract business during the Coronavirus crisis. For...

We all know how stressful buying a home is, whether it’s your very first step onto the ladder or your final...

The current market crisis caused by Coronavirus should present OnTheMarket with an opportunity to pause its existing strategy, talk to agents...

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

There’s been a huge change in the way estate agencies operate in recent years, with far more focus on marketing properties...

The three leading portals have rejected an appeal to give the industry a payment holiday to help firms through the Coronavirus...

Nested is the latest online agency to base a marketing campaign around criticism of established estate agents.  In three 30-second TV ads...

A property portal is making the controversial claim that the Coronavirus has led to an increase in online interest in UK...

An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later...

Analysis by an online valuation and lead generation service shows that requests from prospective sellers and landlords are increasingly happening in...

It may be that we’re facing another year - make that yet another year - of disruption in the housing market. Coronavirus...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year - a significantly higher figure than 12...

Rightmove has seen one of the best returns on investment of any company in the FTSE indices according to an investment...

Any bid by Zoopla and OnTheMarket to displace Rightmove as the number one portal in the UK is at best expensive...

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

A new hybrid set up by ex-Purplebricks territory owners says it wants to "redefine estate agency in the customer's favour." Knock Knock...

An estate agent who swindled a 69 year old woman out of £5,000 has escaped jail - and has been ordered...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

A woman claims she had no idea that her husband stole almost £1.5m from two high-profile employers - one of them...

We all use postcodes in our daily life but we rarely pay attention to them. It has become a regular part...

The property management industry is evolving at a rapid pace, thanks almost entirely to the rise in PropTech. Hundreds, if not thousands...

Buyers and sellers using online estate agencies could inadvertently sign contracts if they carelessly use email signature blocks. Blocks are the ‘auto-signatures’...

Both Countrywide and LSL Property Services have submitted early online paperwork to The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, an independent body...

There’s something of a conspiracy of silence over the problem of short lets. That is a stark claim but many siren voices...

Who are you? Jed Topping, Business Development Executive for Virgin Media How can sales and letting agents work with Virgin Media to earn extra revenue?...

A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has revealed that it has recruited over 50 agents in its first...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

An online valuation service says the number of leads it generated for agents in January was over double the figure in...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week - and it’s been a frantic seven days since the last...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

As residential sales and lettings professionals we are conditioned to adapt to change, it’s the nature of the profession. However, developments...

Zoopla has published a startling set of statistics to demonstrate what it calls “a record January with significant growth in delivery...

The head of SEO at Rightmove has defected to a rival portal, Residential People. Farhaad Saleh was responsible for all of Rightmove's...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

The war of words between estate agency review website allAgents and consumer review service Trustpilot continues apace. Trustpilot has hit back, describing allAgents’...

The ‘on-demand’ economy is reshaping our world. The way we order food, get around, and even access healthcare has changed irreversibly...

An online agency’s claim that it sells homes “for free” has been disputed by a High Street rival - but the...

The people behind an online valuation service is warning agents that having a widget on their website is not enough by...

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...

An analysis of the market share of online agents shows they are on 4.8 per cent - virtually unchanged from the...

For a very long time, it was one of the best ways – if not the best way – of generating...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

A leading property lawyer is urging sellers not to use online agents because to do so would be “a gamble”. Gillian Wright...

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its debut last year with teams from the property sector makes a welcome return...

Understanding the customer journey plays a huge role in the success of any estate agent. From that very first viewing right through...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

The average time it took a home to sell last year - measured from its first day listed on a portal...

A hub-style agency says it’s achieved what it calls a mega-sale - and claims it’s the largest ever by a hub...

Hello - if it’s Monday it’s PJT day, so welcome to the latest update on key moves within our industry. Let us...

Property portals generate revenue from estate agents regardless of the outcome of the transaction. This relationship has resulted in a fundamental...

The founder of an online agency has spoken publicly for the first time about how his near-death experience led him to...

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...

Purplebricks today launches its media campaign as ‘The Official Estate Agent of Team GB’ for this summer’s Olympic Games. Today’s PR onslaught...

A leasehold reform campaigner claims estate agents face “growing calls to be held accountable for mis-selling leasehold properties.” Louie Burns, managing director...

The ValPal Network claims its new product allows agents to gather the maximum amount of information from customers using its automated...

Another hub-based agency has launched in the capital, following in the footsteps of operations like Harding Green, Orchards and Keller Williams. Mariel...

Following on from the second half of the last decade, the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit mad...

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...

A leading analyst says Purplebricks has clearly plateaued and will not reach its own target of a 10 per cent market...

An online estate agent is awaiting sentence after being found guilty of a £5,000 fraud  Claire Ainsworth, who worked for the agency...

In six years of editing Estate Agent Today, some of my most dramatic moments have been covering the troubles - some...

The Law Commission has set out three ways to cut the cost that leaseholders have to pay to buy the freehold...

There have been two developments on the controversial subject of online reviews. One concerns the online agency Emoov, which three months ago...

A property portal says that it’s going to remain free to list for estate and letting agents - and that pledge...

First things first, a big happy New Year to everyone. Welcome to 2020! It looks set to be another interesting year...

A warning has been issued by a prominent industry figure that more bricks-and-mortar High Street agents will go under in 2020,...

Hello - HNY and all that from the team at Agents Do Charity. We’re delighted to be back with three great stories...