A former letting agent claims to have removed the need for estate agents to use floorplan software. Mark McCorrie, who describes himself...
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11 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Our inbox is regularly stuffed with exciting new industry developments and tools to help agents work better. Here are some of the...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Visual images are key for securing the quickest sales at the best prices, according to a formal estate agency chief who...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News

We know from our customer research that being able to showcase property that looks the best it can online is the...
09 March 2022
From: Features

When we all thought that the Covid-19 pandemic was coming to an end, the virus decided to throw another curveball and...
12 January 2022
From: Features

Today we have photographs from another office that’s been persistent - or should that be puss-insistent - in celebrating the festive...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A portal says many buyers feel disappointed when viewing a property becuase it is typically smaller than agents’ photographs suggest. MoveStreets claims...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Howl you doing? Yes, it’s just a fortnight until Halloween and time to wheel out unspeakably awful puns and the occasional...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents are being warned about removing personal data and information from marketing material. Paul Offley, compliance officer at The Guild of Property...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The pandemic has led to many people ditching more formal wear as they work from home on a more regular basis,...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...
11 September 2021
From: Features

Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Estate Agent Today stories)? Who are these people and...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Taking photographs or video footage during a routine property inspection can be a contentious subject. While landlords have every right to...
07 August 2021
From: Features

Kevin Thomas, the long time director at Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings, is retiring from the industry after more than 40...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News

I recently saw a fly-through video for a home on sale for well over £2m. The imagery was good (made better by...
26 June 2021
From: Features

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The sizes and numbers of gardens in London are reducing because stamp duty is encouraging more extensions as an alternative to moving. That’s...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Automatically changing the main marketing photo on a portal listing can attract up to 40 per cent more traffic, it has...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...
19 December 2020
From: Features

Christmas is creeping up on us and, for some agents at least, a short seasonal closedown beckons. To get us in the...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Deposit disputes can be time-consuming and difficult for all parties involved whether it be a letting agent, landlord, or tenant. Although at...
09 December 2020
From: Features

Put the pandemic on the back burner. Forget the freezing weather. Here’s a great way to start a working week -...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest of our parade of estate agency videos and photographs to mark Christmas 2020. It may be a...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

We’re off and running with our annual showcase of the decorations and festivities in agency branches and for those working from...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent PropTech supplier wants agents to hand over much more information to conveyancers to allow them to make faster progress on...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A new survey has been launched by the Residential Property Surveyors Association. The RPSA - which wants to rival the RICS as...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Clear communication and common-sense actions by landlords, letting agents and students at the start of a tenancy can drastically improve the...
31 October 2020
From: Features

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am James D. Marshall, Founder and CEO of Pupil. What...
22 October 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

As many in the industry will know, Ian Westerling passed away last week at the age of 51: he was a...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...
03 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Whisper it quietly but in just 10 days time we have the final Bank Holiday before Christmas. We would like to mark...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News

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

A BBC presenter has used her local newspaper column to mock an estate agency for suggesting fridge magnets be removed to improve...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...
11 July 2020
From: Features

A survey of 2,750 buyers and tenants has revealed the aspects of online property listings which they find most annoying. The single...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News

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:...
06 June 2020
From: Features

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News

For the coming Bank Holiday on Monday, we’d like to show images of how agency offices have adapted to cope with...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm says it’s using what it calls “World War Three-style” hazard suits when they visit premises to create virtual...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News

An instant valuation service has launched a new tool aimed at helping agents prioritise leads through prospective vendors uploading photographs to...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The Haart estate agency chain has launched a portal called Off Market which it describes to sellers as being “a unique...
30 April 2020
From: Breaking News

For many this coming Easter weekend will be the strangest ever - for agents and industry suppliers it will not be...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Almost every part of the agency industry is operating remotely these days - and we would love to know how you’re...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks Local Property Experts are asking sellers who are not allowing agents into their homes during the virus crisis to draw...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Two auctions held behind closed doors have been deemed a success, and evidence that the property market can still function despite...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Trading Standards says agents must include more “material information” in property details even if this may not be a wholly positive...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News

In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...
29 February 2020
From: Features

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

An estate agent has sold a home off-market by posting teaser photographs on Instagram. The buyer - who was in the French...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News
01 February 2020
From: Features

We’re back to our Christmas celebration photographs, and with the holiday break just over a week away here’s a reminder that...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to another day of our estate agency decoration pictures and videos. Every one that we have shown so far...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Christmas gets ever closer and we’re delighted that you’re sending in those splendid festive videos and still photographs. Everyone today got in...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
07 December 2019
From: Features

You are an enterprising lot! Today we’ve got two fantastic Christmas videos from agents who’ve kindly responded to our call for...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Don’t even think how quickly Christmas has come around again: it’s December 1 on Sunday, so we imagine many offices will...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News

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

love2move, an online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has teamed up with the Mortgage...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The big day is here and thanks so much to all the agents who have this year sent in their Halloween...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Thanks a lot - or should that be fangs so much? - for sending in photographs of your brilliantly decorated offices...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A small online agency which in six months of trading has secured around 140 sales says it’s on course to be...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News

We’ve had a particularly scary entry for our Halloween videos and photographs - and our sympathy goes out to the innocent...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s only a week to the Big Day when gore-splattered figures wreak havoc on an unsuspecting industry and nation. But enough about...
24 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A property MOT being launched by Countrywide and described as “game changing” for the house buying process will include survey and...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A veteran estate agent has got hot under the collar about a London firm which has ordered its negotiators and other...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Advertising on Zoopla is a must-have for most sellers but for Susan Tate in Anglesey it meant she ended up in...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Prime London subscription-based property platform LonRes has launched an off-market service for its subscribers. It says that as transactions across prime London...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Outsourced viewings firm Viewber now handles viewings for more than 50 per cent of all UK auctioneers. The claim is from Essential...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
27 July 2019
From: Features

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint made against a listing on property website Houser.co.uk. In January, the complainant notified...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News

love2move, the online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has announced its latest partner. Peter David...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
29 June 2019
From: Features

A London sales and lettings agent has revealed to Estate Agent Today some of the tactics used by his rivals in...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The first hour of a property’s listing on a portal is the most crucial for sellers or landlords according to research...
12 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A working party of NAEA Propertymark is to conduct a pilot of a new Property Information Questionnaire - part of a...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive. Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...
02 March 2019
From: Features

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
23 February 2019
From: Features

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...
30 January 2019
From: Features

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
22 December 2018
From: Features

Hello, and the wind-down to the Big Day continues with more pictures of your agency offices. Thanks so much, firstly, to Becky...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to another batch of your agency office Christmas pictures…it’s certainly been a bumper year for them and today...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News

With only 10 days to go before Christmas, surely everyone’s decorations are up by now? It seems that way in the agency...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Your terrific festive photographs keep on rolling in and we’re delighted to share them with the industry - and we’d like...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Thanks to vast improvements in processing powers, the use of virtual reality (VR) in some sectors is becoming more evident than...
08 December 2018
From: Features

December is here and we’re delighted to start our annual displays of agents’ Christmas windows, decorations and even those dodgy jumpers. Our...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Time appears to be running short for the sale of troubled online agency Emoov. An Emoov insider has told Estate Agent Today...
19 November 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s Children In Need in just a few days’ time on Friday, November 16 - it’s one of the biggest fund-raising...
12 November 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s the most obvious visual medium high street agents have at their disposal, and for many decades has been absolutely pivotal...
03 November 2018
From: Features

A hybrid estate agency has launched in Bury, one of the first of its kind to operate in the UK on...
10 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Gone are the days of having to rush back to your office every time you win an instruction to market the...
16 May 2018
From: Features

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home. A floor...
07 April 2018
From: Features

You don’t have to look far to see an abundance of photo failures, just head to any property portal and they’ll pop...
04 April 2018
From: Features

A PropTech firm claims its new tool gives people the option of running an entire agency...from a phone. BestAgent, which has built...
14 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Getting your property marketing right is vital, and the starting point is with professional images. With most buyers browsing the internet for...
07 March 2018
From: Features

Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...
05 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The operation of ‘online estate agencies’ has changed substantially in the relatively short few years of their existence: I have spotted...
03 March 2018
From: Features

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

As the £1m-plus housing market continues to struggle in most parts of the country, so the use of stunts and gimmicks...
18 January 2018
From: Breaking News

In a sign of how technology has become a mainstream part of the house sales process. the consumer group Which? has...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News

So here it is … a very Merry Christmas from Estate Agent Today and Angels Media, with our very best wishes...
22 December 2017
From: Breaking News

We have images from three more agency offices to show you today as the pictures keep rolling in - thanks so...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Here are some more absolutely stunning images from your offices as they mark the approach of Christmas - what a cheery...
07 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents look like they’re getting into their decorative strive - here are two more terrific-looking offices sent in by our readers. If...
01 December 2017
From: Breaking News

We’re delighted to say that the first estate agency pics have arrived as the industry unravels the tinsel and gets out...
30 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Black Friday’s over, November is nearly down and out - now it's a case of wrapping up warm until Christmas. Which brings...
27 November 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s one of the biggest days of the year for fund-raising in the UK, and we know many across our industry...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News

There's just a week to go to Children In Need, the UK's largest fund-raising event of the year - as we...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News

As ours attentions turn from pumpkins to bonfires, a final thank you from all of us at Estate Agent Today for...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Thanks so much for sending in more photographs of your branches as they prepare for Halloween. We have some here but want...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News

You may think there are enough horror stories going around the agency industry and Britain as a whole right now -...
19 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A new firm has launched in Surrey describing itself as “the premium hybrid estate agency” with an innovative presence on the...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News

It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...
23 September 2017
From: Features

An experiment conducted by insurance company AXA has revealed how sloppy photographs can alter the perception of a property in the...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Are you protecting your data right? This may sound like the sort of direct warning you get from cold callers or...
19 August 2017
From: Features

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...
03 July 2017
From: Sponsored Content

TV property expert and online agency owner Sarah Beeny says there will always be some sellers who prefer to use traditional...
20 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Vigilant followers of the Liberal Democrats may have spotted a blog in the name of Mark Pack early yesterday morning, commenting...
31 May 2017
From: Breaking News

There’s been another flurry of publicity for Purplebricks following the posting of photographs and statements online by a blogger whose property...
21 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Over 60% of UK consumers think that Estate Agents’ Photos Are Very Poor To Average A recent survey* by dedicated property photo...
02 March 2017
From: Sponsored Content

The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...
11 February 2017
From: Features

It’s always a privilege to publicise fund-raising work by our industry, to show the caring nature of a profession that is...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News

A former estate agent is reported to have won £1,000 ‘commission’ from a seller - simply because she shared a sale-by-owner...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News

We’ve had almost three weeks of photographs and Mannequin Challenges from agents and we’re thrilled that they’re still coming in -...
22 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Thanks for your continuing enthusiasm sending in your office photographs as we continue the countdown to Christmas. We’ll be publishing more next...
16 December 2016
From: Breaking News

With little more than 10 days to go before we all down tools for a well-earned Christmas break - even if...
13 December 2016
From: Breaking News

With under a fortnight left before Christmas your photographs have been coming thick and fast - but today we start with...
12 December 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s Christmas-Central in the estate agency business if your photographs are any indicator - and we’re very grateful that you continue...
09 December 2016
From: Breaking News

It may have been a challenging year for parts of the industry but there’s no lack of motivation when it comes...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Thanks to agencies who have already responded to our request for photographs of their Christmas windows and office decorations - it’s...
02 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Halloween's over, Guy Fawkes' Night has been and gone - now it's a slide through the Awards season and downhill to...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News

When marketing a property for sale, there are a number of attributes that buyers and sellers today expect ‘as standard’, but...
23 September 2016
From: Features

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

Conducting Customer Due Diligence on clients and beneficial owners is a requirement for all estate agents. The articles in this series...
06 May 2016
From: Features

Vandals are reported to have smashed the windows of an estate agency with sledgehammers before destroying computers and stealing cash. The Manchester Evening...
06 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Thanks so much for the first photographs of your office’s decorations sent in to us here at Estate Agent Today. We’re keen...
25 March 2016
From: Breaking News

In a digital age where we have an abundance of information at our fingertips via desktops, tablets and smartphones, our attention...
16 March 2016
From: Sponsored Content

A local authority has written to all known estate and letting agents in its area criticising those who have allegedly broken...
02 March 2016
From: Breaking News

An agent has broken new ground by creating an open-plan shop which includes an agency office, a cafe and an interiors...
29 January 2016
From: Breaking News

An estate agent has conducted an interesting test on whether photographs on agents’ details may be improved by being edited on...
27 January 2016
From: Breaking News

We know that many agents will be shutting up shop at the end of today for a well-earned Christmas break -...
23 December 2015
From: Breaking News

We’re nearing the end of what has been a remarkable display of trees, decorations, jumpers and festive fun from offices across...
22 December 2015
From: Breaking News

We’re into Christmas week and the distant rumble of sleigh bells, mingled with the unseasonal sight of daffodils, means the big...
21 December 2015
From: Breaking News

We’re receiving more photographs from agencies showing just how much you’re getting into the Christmas spirit - and making your offices...
16 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Thanks yet again for the latest batch of festive photographs sent by agents - we’re really delighted so many of you...
15 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The Christmas cheer continues - here’s our fourth selection of estate agents’ offices, and agents themselves, who are entering into the...
11 December 2015
From: Breaking News

We’re absolutely delighted with the response to EAT’s appeal for photographs of agency offices and teams deocrated for Christmas - you’ve...
10 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Thank you so much to those agents kindly sending us photographs of their decorated offices and those festive jumpers in response...
09 December 2015
From: Breaking News

An estate agent who was jilted by his girlfriend has been jailed for sending explicit sexual images of her to another...
29 October 2015
From: Breaking News

There is controversy in the London suburb of Brixton over an estate agent which has allegedly 'spammed' the area with publicity...
24 September 2015
From: Breaking News

A new online agency launched on Monday is already in hot water. It used photographs of a Manchester property on sale through...
10 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Another online estate agency has launched, claiming to save vendors thousands of pounds by “getting rid of all the unnecessary stuff...
09 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Agents and vendors can’t control what happens when there are photographs of views from a property, but agency Murray & Currie missed...
03 September 2015
From: Breaking News

An agent has defended his decision to put 142 photographs of a property on its Rightmove listing after an unexpected criticism...
03 August 2015
From: Breaking News

OK, you’re being spoilt. This column is now going to be on a bi-weekly rather than monthly basis. You lucky people,...