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23 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![CRM backs Rightmove data feed changes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Street.co.uk has added new fields directly into its property records to help agents stay compliant following the new material information guidance. It...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Material Information Guidance - Is it Actually Material?](/upload/images/5%20Part%202%20Material%20Information%20Guidance%20%20Is%20it%20Actually%20Material%20by%20David%20Beaumont.jpg)
In this, the second of a three-part series, David Beaumont continues his critique of the new Material Information Guidance. There are 21...
30 March 2024
From: Features
![PR power: Top tips to launch successful campaigns](/upload/images/EAT%20(5).png)
The world of PR can feel like a crowded marketplace, where shouting your message the loudest doesn't guarantee anyone hears it....
27 March 2024
From: Features
![Material Information: How can Estate Agents Capitalise on the Opportunity?](/upload/images/shutterstock_2280558533(2).jpg)
Following the release of Material Information Parts B & C, iamproperty’s Product Manager, Tania Bonesi, shares insights on how Estate Agents...
07 February 2024
From: Features
![Material information rules have ‘passed agents by’ - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Homeowners%20driving%20Google%20search%20Weekend%20Estate%20agent%20AgentOnline-400x310.png)
Some agents still appear unaware about their material information responsibilities, conveyancers claim. The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT)...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![AML platform adds material information tools](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/UBO%20register%20%20_AML-400x310.png)
Anti-money laundering platform (AML) Credas Technologies has launched a material information function, helping estate agents to get ahead of the latest...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards unveils latest material information guidance, but how will it be policed?](/upload/images/shutterstock_2280558533.jpg)
Long-awaited guidance on material information in property listings was revealed yesterday but policing of the rules won’t be any different, it...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards unveils latest material information rules for agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has published the long-awaited Parts B and C of material information...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today - Are open APIs the gateway to mass opportunities?](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
Whether you realise it or not, APIs have helped make your day possible. Reflect on everything you’ve done today online. On your...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
29 July 2023
From: Features
![OnTheMarket’s Tech Breakthrough - using AI to list properties](/upload/images/OnTheMarket%20story.png)
OnTheMarket this morning claims to be the first major UK property portal to use Artificial Intelligence natural-language technology. The controversial technology is...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Plugging into the Future: Domestic Electric Vehicle Chargepoints](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Sava/EAT%20Image%20(1).png)
This article is partially based on “Plugging in to the Future”, NHBC Foundation, NF90, used by kind permission. As part of the...
17 April 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Agents Do Charity - not so rubbish causes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings: Last week...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renewable energy and parking 'will be material information' - Trading Standards](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EcoHome-400x310.png)
The existence of renewable energy sources and parking facilities look set to be among details that Trading Standards will expect to...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Reinvent then rent: could old commercial buildings boost rental stock?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...
12 November 2022
From: Features
![OnTheMarket launches ‘first of its kind’ accessibility search feature](/upload/images/Logos/OnTheMarketLogo-New-2022-400x310.jpg)
Property seekers can now search for a home through OnTheMarket based on “accessible features.” The portal has introduced a new “accessible features”...
07 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![The Do’s & Don’ts When Downsizing](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/Kebbell_400x310.png)
Empty nesters may be considering downsizing their home this September as their children set off to university, whilst other downsizers are...
05 September 2022
From: Marketing & Social Media
![What do tenants want from a rental property, landlord and agent?](/upload/images/library/Tenant400x310.png)
Tenants are becoming more discerning – not just about the properties they choose to rent but who they rent from too. With...
31 August 2022
From: Features
![Revealed! What buyers want from their homes and estate agents](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-MagnifyingGlass-1-400x310.jpg)
Energy efficiency, gardens and garages as well as speedy sales are top of buyer’s wishlists, Zoopla claims. The portal has published the...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Is it time to do the world a favour?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/uk-housing400x310.png)
Estate agents are in a unique position – we handle the meeting of people’s aspirations probably more than any other profession....
21 May 2022
From: Features
![Leasehold is here to stay - so here's what is being done to help](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BusinessWomen3-695x395-min.jpeg)
Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...
18 December 2021
From: Features
![The presents agents need for Christmas to improve their business in 2022](/upload/images/Today%20Site%20Images/Xmas%2C%20Easter%2C%20Halloween/ChristmasScene-400x310.jpg)
With 2022 swiftly approaching, businesses in the property industry are likely to be reflecting on the trials and tribulations that have...
04 December 2021
From: Features
![New build prices may soar to cover raft of energy efficiency moves](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/ElectricCar-400x310.jpg)
The price of new build homes could soar if developers are expected to pay for additional energy efficiency measures not necessarily...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![New transaction forms to be introduced in early 2022](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket2020-400x310.jpg)
Some 14 trade bodies in the estate agency, conveyancing, property management and surveying industries have jointly launched new upfront documents which...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![What makes people move and what are their priorities? - Survey](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Tablet-Millennials-400x310.jpg)
Living close to family and friends is a top priority for nearly four in 10 people according to a survey of...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Free parking & government support, study reveals what new build buyers want](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/NewHomes-400x310.png)
Warwick Estates has revealed the most in-demand features for new-build buyers. The firm has analysed Rightmove data and found that those buying...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Covid leads to agency quitting city centre - is this the industry’s future?](/img/default/eat.png)
A Midlands property firm has quit its city centre premises after 25 years and says the pandemic has proved it can...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![First Time Buyers deterred by environmental issues](/img/default/eat.png)
A survey suggests that almost half of first time buyers have at some time pulled out of deals because of environmental...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![“Thug” estate agent sacked for accosting Professor Chris Whitty](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agent has been sacked after being identified as one of two people accosting England's chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty. A...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Crisis? What Crisis? Five-star £500m new-build scheme launched](/img/default/eat.png)
London’s housing market may be distinctly lacklustre compared to much of the rest of the UK right now but one development...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![The Cladding Scandal – what do you need to know?](/img/default/eat.png)
The Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 exposed the dangers of inflammable cladding on residential tower blocks, and what has come...
05 June 2021
From: Features
![Broadband ever-more important for buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
New research has found that homebuyers would prioritise buying a home with superfast broadband over being close to a good school. A...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards to recommend changes to ‘material info’ on listings](/img/default/eat.png)
The Trading Standards agency team has outlined to Estate Agent Today the process it will follow to improve what it calls...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Desire for apartment living remains strong, insists property firm](/img/default/eat.png)
While lengthy lockdowns have caused many to re-evaluate their homes, the apartment lifestyle remains an ambition for many. That’s the view of...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![How will electric cars change conveyancing and the housing market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Conveyancers should consider the provision of electric vehicle parking and charging in transactions according to a legal company. Law firm says that...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Could autonomous transportation affect the property market?](/img/default/eat.png)
In the not-too-distant future, it will be possible to order a driverless car to collect you and then drive you to...
13 January 2021
From: Features
![Agencies open offices out-of-town - a sign of the times?](/img/default/eat.png)
Two agencies have announced the opening of offices in out-of-town-centre locations with easy parking. In Loughborough, well-known local agency Andrew Granger &...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - a reminder we’re here to help through the virus](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest ADC, your regular Friday round-up of great work being done by agents, suppliers and others...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![A third of home buyers denied a mortgage, new survey reveals](/img/default/eat.png)
The scale of the problems facing many prospective buyers has been set out in a survey showing as many as one-third...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the latest ins, outs, and moving abouts…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the new working week. Here’s the latest information on key hires across our industry: if you have similar...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property scam firms selling 'parking spaces' are shut down](/img/default/eat.png)
Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Fall throughs – the impact and the solutions revealed](/img/default/eat.png)
In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...
04 July 2020
From: Features
![Flats fall out of favour with buyers says latest Rightmove publicity](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest in the recent surge of consumer information publicised by Rightmove suggests that demand for flats has fallen significantly as...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![20 Years of LonRes - The changing face of prime central London](/img/default/eat.png)
How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...
06 June 2020
From: Features
![Volunteering, free parking, vulnerable shopping - one agency’s brilliant work](/img/default/eat.png)
Can any agency beat Knight Frank for a brilliant collection of selfless work? We doubt it, as the agency has provided...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Big surge in distress sales even before virus - top agent](/img/default/eat.png)
One of London’s most experienced estate agents says there has been a very significant surge in foreclosure sales in part of...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - how the property industry can help fight the virus](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to a special Agents Do Charity, given over entirely to a wonderful effort to coordinate the industry’s response...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - the do’s and don’ts of starting an agency in your twenties](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a huge change in the way estate agencies operate in recent years, with far more focus on marketing properties...
14 March 2020
From: Features
![Portal claims Coronavirus sparking Chinese interest in UK property](/img/default/eat.png)
A property portal is making the controversial claim that the Coronavirus has led to an increase in online interest in UK...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Intu the unknown - Could shopping centres become homes?](/img/default/eat.png)
It may be that we’re facing another year - make that yet another year - of disruption in the housing market. Coronavirus...
07 March 2020
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - from desert marathons to nuclear rushes…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the end of the week, which always means a round-up of our industry’s good work for charity....
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - no stepping back from fund-raising…](/img/default/eat.png)
Stepping back and moving out of the front line is all the rage…but not, it seems, for hard-working agents and others...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Garage, Parking, Garden - the most searched terms by portal users](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla has revealed the most searched-for property terms on its portal in the past 12 months with ‘garage’, ‘parking’ and ‘garden’...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agent fined £30,000 for failing to tell buyer of Grenfell-style cladding](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agency has been fined £30,000 for waiting until minutes after the sale of a flat was completed to tell...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Charge! New homes set to have compulsory car-charging points](/img/default/eat.png)
All new-build homes could soon be fitted with an electric car charging point. The government has issued a consultation on the move,...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Nationwide building society goes into house-building](/img/default/eat.png)
The Nationwide building society is to go into house building. It has received planning permission to build 239 new homes for sale...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Family home for £1m in London? You'll be lucky, says OnTheMarket](/img/default/eat.png)
Research from OnTheMarket shows that 40 per cent of London homes costing around £1m have only two bedrooms or fewer. And only...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tricks of the trade: buying agent reveals tips for purchasers using portals](/img/default/eat.png)
A buying agent has revealed how she advises potential clients to use portals when looking for a property to buy -...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Commonhold in action – one small builder’s attempts to change the system](/img/default/eat.png)
So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...
18 May 2019
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - and there's mud flying everywhere…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - yet more examples of stupendous fund-raising by our industry (and a lot of...
17 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and here’s another long weekend to fund-raise…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to another one of those great long weekends that come along often at this time of year -...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - no extension needed when you're fund-raising...](/img/default/eat.png)
As the clock ticks down and Britain’s future gets ever more difficult to predict, one of the few certainties to cling...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: MIPIM competition suggests sensors and IoT are the future](/img/default/eat.png)
This month’s MIPIM conference in Cannes once again played host to the final round of the much coveted MIPIM Startup Competition. The...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: are we on the verge of a cashless, paperless society?](/img/default/eat.png)
Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...
25 August 2018
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - from Torbay to Malawi and all places in between](/img/default/eat.png)
Our industry does great work for good causes not just in this country but around the world, as this week’s Agents...
18 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Ombudsman: few agent complaints compared to those over new homes](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the three official redress bodies serving the estate and lettings agency industry has conducted a survey of complaints across...
02 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and your chance to watch other agents get muddy...](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to another edition of Agents Do Charity, the weekly round-up of fund-raising from across our industry. With spring looking like it’s...
06 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Could embracing Commonhold put an end to leasehold nightmare?](/img/default/eat.png)
At any given moment it’s difficult to say which issue dominates our marketplace, but I think it’s fair to acknowledge during...
31 March 2018
From: Features
![Top agent urges existing owners to be 'more accepting' of new homes](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agency Jackson-Stops says it has discovered precisely how many existing home owners understand the difficulties facing first time buyers in...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agency calls for EAT readers’ help after car crashes into office - twice](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agency has started a petition to get bollards erected outside its branch after two accidents, in each of which...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - mud, marathons and a mean-looking car...](/img/default/eat.png)
Only two weeks into the new year and we’re already in full swing with a wide range of fund-raising - well...
12 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: price per square metre variations in England and Wales](/img/default/eat.png)
Homes in the most expensive area of England and Wales cost 25 times as much as in the cheapest area, according...
12 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Uber and Moda Living collaborate on Build to Rent](/img/default/eat.png)
It has been announced that Uber, the taxi company, has teamed up with build to rent firm, Moda Living, to ‘revolutionise renting’. This...
31 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: Top 20 features that sell vendors' homes](/img/default/eat.png)
New research has identified homebuyers' top 20 'must-have' features that would encourage them to purchase a seller's property. According to the survey...
16 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Council imposes 49 fines on agents leaving up 'old' boards](/img/default/eat.png)
A London council has issued 49 fines to estate and letting agents in the first two months of a crackdown that...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Councils serving Fixed Penalties on agents leaving up For Sale boards](/img/default/eat.png)
A number of local authorities are now serving £100 or £120 fixed penalty notices on estate agents who display For Sale...
23 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Car parks: the answer to Britain's affordable homes shortage?](/img/default/eat.png)
One of Britain’s best known housing innovators says he may just have found one way of helping overcome the UK’s shortage...
13 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Leeds eyes sustainable ripple effect](/img/default/eat.png)
As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...
28 October 2016
From: Features
![Agents dismiss call for property listings to include flood 'traffic lights'](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Association of Estate Agents report has batted away an idea which has been resuscitated by the insurance industry, suggesting...
30 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Haart sorry for 'completely unacceptable' incident with branded car](/img/default/eat.png)
Haart has apologised over what it calls the “completely unacceptable” parking of one of its cars which blocked in a care worker’s...
05 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Watchdog intervenes over agency and developer property descriptions](/img/default/eat.png)
The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following two unrelated complaints - one was over an agent’s property description, and the...
10 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity ... in a Phew, What A Scorcher week...](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been hot, hot, hot this week - but that's not deterred many in our industry from helping those in need...
22 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![If your fees are justified, you shouldn't be afraid to publicise them](/img/default/eat.png)
The old and eternal debate over whether or not tenant fees should be banned continues to rumble on. It’s a major concern...
10 June 2016
From: Features
![Britain's first 'drive-thru' estate agency opens at former filling station](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agency in Cornwall has opened on the site of a former filling station and allows people to drive up,...
19 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sean Hooker, Head of Redress, PRS](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you? I’m the Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme. I previously worked for Legal & General PLC dealing...