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Like so many I’ve been infuriated by the injustice meted out to sub-postmasters and postmistresses over many years.  I was aware of...

For most people, buying a house or flat is the largest financial commitment they will ever make. Which is why many...

New research from an estate agency attempts to quantify what most of the industry already knows - that prospective buyers won’t...

In an exclusive interview with Estate Agent Today, Simon Coaker, Sales & Marketing Director of Desert Springs Resort, shared captivating insights into...

As the first signs of spring begin to appear, we look at how letting agents and landlords can start the season...

As the first signs of spring begin to appear, we look at how letting agents and landlords can start the season...

New research claims to show what buyers most want to see in photographs on a sales listing - and it may...

It’s the oddest thing. Surely, the most fundamental requirement of an estate agent having won an instruction, is to get it...

Good estate agents are always busy, we get that, but the constant juggling of tasks that could be outsourced to others...

I came across something which genuinely shocked me the other day. It was research showing that 1.7 per cent of homes listed...

Agents risk losing the personal communication element that drove transactions before the development of technology, an industry veteran has warned. The claim...

Agents and property professionals have been in boats, on bikes and even used football stars to help raise funds for charity...

A former letting agent claims to have removed the need for estate agents to use floorplan software. Mark McCorrie, who describes himself...

Our inbox is regularly stuffed with exciting new industry developments and tools to help agents work better.  Here are some of the...

Visual images are key for securing the quickest sales at the best prices, according to a formal estate agency chief who...

We know from our customer research that being able to showcase property that looks the best it can online is the...

When we all thought that the Covid-19 pandemic was coming to an end, the virus decided to throw another curveball and...

Today we have photographs from another office that’s been persistent - or should that be puss-insistent - in celebrating the festive...

A portal says many buyers feel disappointed when viewing a property becuase it is typically smaller than agents’ photographs suggest.  MoveStreets claims...

Howl you doing? Yes, it’s just a fortnight until Halloween and time to wheel out unspeakably awful puns and the occasional...

Agents are being warned about removing personal data and information from marketing material. Paul Offley, compliance officer at The Guild of Property...

The pandemic has led to many people ditching more formal wear as they work from home on a more regular basis,...

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...

Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Estate Agent Today stories)?  Who are these people and...

Taking photographs or video footage during a routine property inspection can be a contentious subject. While landlords have every right to...

Kevin Thomas, the long time director at Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings, is retiring from the industry after more than 40...

I recently saw a fly-through video for a home on sale for well over £2m. The imagery was good (made better by...

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...

The sizes and numbers of gardens in London are reducing because stamp duty is encouraging more extensions as an alternative to moving. That’s...

Automatically changing the main marketing photo on a portal listing can attract up to 40 per cent more traffic, it has...

The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...

Christmas is creeping up on us and, for some agents at least, a short seasonal closedown beckons. To get us in the...

Deposit disputes can be time-consuming and difficult for all parties involved whether it be a letting agent, landlord, or tenant. Although at...

Put the pandemic on the back burner. Forget the freezing weather. Here’s a great way to start a working week -...

Hello and welcome to the latest of our parade of estate agency videos and photographs to mark Christmas 2020. It may be a...

We’re off and running with our annual showcase of the decorations and festivities in agency branches and for those working from...

A prominent PropTech supplier wants agents to hand over much more information to conveyancers to allow them to make faster progress on...

A new survey has been launched by the Residential Property Surveyors Association. The RPSA - which wants to rival the RICS as...

Clear communication and common-sense actions by landlords, letting agents and students at the start of a tenancy can drastically improve the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am James D. Marshall, Founder and CEO of Pupil. What...

As many in the industry will know, Ian Westerling passed away last week at the age of 51: he was a...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

Whisper it quietly but in just 10 days time we have the final Bank Holiday before Christmas. We would like to mark...

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

A BBC presenter has used her local newspaper column to mock an estate agency for suggesting fridge magnets be removed to improve...

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

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

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:...

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

For the coming Bank Holiday on Monday, we’d like to show images of how agency offices have adapted to cope with...

A PropTech firm says it’s using what it calls “World War Three-style” hazard suits when they visit premises to create virtual...

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

The Haart estate agency chain has launched a portal called Off Market which it describes to sellers as being “a unique...

For many this coming Easter weekend will be the strangest ever - for agents and industry suppliers it will not be...

Almost every part of the agency industry is operating remotely these days - and we would love to know how you’re...

Purplebricks Local Property Experts are asking sellers who are not allowing agents into their homes during the virus crisis to draw...

Two auctions held behind closed doors have been deemed a success, and evidence that the property market can still function despite...

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

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

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

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

An estate agent has sold a home off-market by posting teaser photographs on Instagram.  The buyer - who was in the French...

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

We’re back to our Christmas celebration photographs, and with the holiday break just over a week away here’s a reminder that...

Hello and welcome to another day of our estate agency decoration pictures and videos. Every one that we have shown so far...

Christmas gets ever closer and we’re delighted that you’re sending in those splendid festive videos and still photographs. Everyone today got in...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

You are an enterprising lot! Today we’ve got two fantastic Christmas videos from agents who’ve kindly responded to our call for...

Don’t even think how quickly Christmas has come around again: it’s December 1 on Sunday, so we imagine many offices will...

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

love2move, an online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has teamed up with the Mortgage...

The big day is here and thanks so much to all the agents who have this year sent in their Halloween...

Thanks a lot - or should that be fangs so much? - for sending in photographs of your brilliantly decorated offices...

A small online agency which in six months of trading has secured around 140 sales says it’s on course to be...

We’ve had a particularly scary entry for our Halloween videos and photographs - and our sympathy goes out to the innocent...

It’s only a week to the Big Day when gore-splattered figures wreak havoc on an unsuspecting industry and nation. But enough about...

A property MOT being launched by Countrywide and described as “game changing” for the house buying process will include survey and...

Countrywide’s surveying division says it’s found a “knowledge gap” in existing surveys after a study involving over 15,000 buyers. The agency group...

A veteran estate agent has got hot under the collar about a London firm which has ordered its negotiators and other...

Advertising on Zoopla is a must-have for most sellers but for Susan Tate in Anglesey it meant she ended up in...

Prime London subscription-based property platform LonRes has launched an off-market service for its subscribers. It says that as transactions across prime London...

Outsourced viewings firm Viewber now handles viewings for more than 50 per cent of all UK auctioneers. The claim is from Essential...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint made against a listing on property website Houser.co.uk. In January, the complainant notified...

love2move, the online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has announced its latest partner. Peter David...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

A London sales and lettings agent has revealed to Estate Agent Today some of the tactics used by his rivals in...

The first hour of a property’s listing on a portal is the most crucial for sellers or landlords according to research...

A working party of NAEA Propertymark is to conduct a pilot of a new Property Information Questionnaire - part of a...

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

Hello, and the wind-down to the Big Day continues with more pictures of your agency offices. Thanks so much, firstly, to Becky...

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

With only 10 days to go before Christmas, surely everyone’s decorations are up by now? It seems that way in the agency...

Your terrific festive photographs keep on rolling in and we’re delighted to share them with the industry - and we’d like...

Thanks to vast improvements in processing powers, the use of virtual reality (VR) in some sectors is becoming more evident than...