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A luxury real estate broker and presenter for house prize draw competition Omaze is joining premium agency brand By Design, operating in...

Forget the Oscars, the biggest even in town last week was the Fine & Country International Annual Conference and Awards Gala. The...

Female agents have shared their view on representation and opportunities in the sector to mark International Women’s Day. Industry data shows while...

TV presenter and property expert Laura Hamilton is set to host this year’s Guild Awards. The presentation will take place at the...

Fine & Country is gearing up to host its International Annual Conference and Awards Gala titled ‘Dare to be Iconic’.  The event...

Shareholders of Belvoir and The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) have been invited to a presentation this week where they can ask...

Female representation at estate agency conferences and awards was a big theme of 2023 and now there is a chance to...

The estate agency industry is being urged to do more to tackle the issue of gender jaws, it has been warned. The...

Fine & Country Chelmsford’s managing directors Ed Casson and Simon Pelling have expanded further into the region, taking on the licence...

Homebuyers viewing properties during the winter months should be extra watchful for signs of invasive Japanese knotweed, which dies back in...

Propertymark has urged the Treasury to do more to alleviate the cost of living crisis for those on low-income budgets, reduce...

The final tickets are on sale for next month’s Agency Excellence Summit. The event takes place at the Manchester Piccadilly Hotel on...

A group of senior estate agency and property executives have combined to launch a free monthly marketing resource for upmarket agents. Former...

Keller Williams UK (KWUK) is set to hold its largest ever UK event.  The KWUK Megacamp will take place at the VUE cinema in...

Industry figure Sean Newman has launched a new TedTalk-style event called the ‘Estate Agent Success Summit’. Speakers will be given 30 minutes...

As an Estate Agent it’s important to be able to interpret and understand the information that a Title Deed document presents...

New self-employed estate agency iad UK hosted its first UK business opportunity presentation (BOP) in Moorgate, London last week at a...

If we turn the clock back only twenty years, the concept of managing our lives from a handheld device was within...

Andrews Lettings Director Angharad Trueman has identified two priorities for her forthcoming term as President of the Association of Lettings Agents. Known...

After a bumpy six months media-wise, I was fascinated to see that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle chose a tech-based project...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

A man has been jailed for fraud after conning potential property buyers out of nearly £16,000. Jaspal Singh Juttla, 64 of Northwood...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heather Staff and it says Co-Founder of Street Group...

The team behind the Best Estate Agent Guide is set to host an inaugural series of roadshows. The EA Masters team is...

National Conveyancing Week has kicked off from today. The awareness-raising week features a series of in-person, online and pre-recorded events aimed at...

New software has been launched to help estate agents collect feedback on viewings. Feedback Enterprise, from the Cumbrian communications specialists SMS Speedway,...

OnTheMarket Software has launched a new website builder and marketing tool to help boost an agent’s digital presence. The service is called...

Connells Group held its annual management conference and awards ceremony recently at MK Dons Stadium in Milton Keynes where it unveiled...

Agency software providers Street.co.uk and Acaboom have entered into a strategic partnership. Agents will be able to access both products from one...

A chartered surveyor has highlighted 15 ‘crimes against property’ in a new book that aims to prevent owners from damaging the...

Rightmove has named Johan Svanström, former chief executive of travel booking website Expedia Group Inc and McDonald's Corp as its new...

Leeds Building Society has pledged to honour any mortgage offers and support borrowers during this period of market uncertainty. It comes as...

How did the housing market transform from incredibly strong - almost too strong - early in the year, to a situation...

Agency franchise brand Keller Williams UK (KWUK) held its largest ever UK event at the Vue cinema in London’s Leicester Square...

Legal claims over Japanese knotweed are on the rise, agents are being warned. Invasive plant consultancy Environet UK estimates that around 900,000...

Property expert Kate Faulkner has been announced as the host of this year’s Society of Licensed Conveyancers’ annual conference. The event is...

Keller Williams’ (KW) Warwick Market Centre has closed, prompting a blame game between its former owners and the franchise brand. KW Warwick has...

Zoopla-backed agency software provider Alto is to host a virtual event to showcase its offering. Taking place on 14 September, Altogether Live...

There’s a spotlight now on property listings and as with so many changes in our industry, this is a case of...

With green issues on the agenda more than ever, homeowners wanting to learn more about making their homes more eco-friendly have...

Buyers of new-build homes are being left exposed to the risk of Japanese knotweed due to difference in the conveyancing process...

Recent statistics published by the government’s Business Insights and Conditions Survey revealed the extent to which many real estate businesses have...

Relocation Agent Network (RAN) has unveiled details of its much-anticipated conference, and you don’t have to be a member (yet) to...

The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) is putting together an advisory panel to improve governance, accountability and sector representation when formulating policies. It...

Better LGBT representation is needed among property professionals, both in the workplace and in marketing, campaigners claim. LGBT property networking group Freehold...

There was an article in Estate Agent Today recently that suggested only four per cent of properties on Rightmove and Zoopla...

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

Estate agents and conveyancers have agreed on better working relationships at the first collaborative event between the two professions. There has been...

A leading property lawyer says some agents will struggle to meet the demand for more ‘material information’ put forward by Trading...

Purplebricks is claiming that literally thousands of High Street agents from conventional bricks-and-mortar firms are applying to the agency. It says this...

An extensive online training programme has been devised to help properly professionals identify and treat Japanese Knotweed. A programme of 15 videos...

A webinar in mid-January will help agents get an edge on securing leads and ensuring transactions are not lost. That’s the claim...

Guy Leaning, a former high street agent who has now moved into working in the hybrid model of agency, outlines why...

Knight Frank has beaten a string of prestigious household name companies to take the Overall Winner award at the 2021 Customer...

The hybrid agency Paton & Co is moving into new territories in Berwickshire and Northumberland. The company has been Borders-based since launching...

Photography has become an increasingly important weapon in an agent’s armoury in recent years as listings compete for space on portals,...

A long-standing critic of OnTheMarket, who was once excluded from a presentation by the portal’s leadership, has spoken enthusiastically of the...

Things can change. For those who remember, it’s no secret that I became one of the industry's strongest critics of OnTheMarket (OTM). My reasons...

Let it never be said that this column isn’t here to help out agents directly. In this week’s Natter, I speak...

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

An estate agency is opening a large new office in London which it claims will be “very different” to the traditional...

Foxtons’ chairman and longest-serving board member is to stand down at the end of this year at the latest, after a...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....

OnTheMarket, which a few days ago indicated it was in profit for the first time, is to woo potential new investors...

Banking has gone through radical changes in the past few years, in step with technology and the sheer amount we can...

Boomin founder Michael Bruce says his new site has enjoyed a stronger start than any other portal in terms of visits, viewings,...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

We have more regulations controlling the sector than ever before and we have more ‘regulators’ involved in controlling the sector than...

Online agency Strike has used specialist eye-tracking software to analyse what attracts a buyer’s attention when scrolling through homes online — and...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity as we are on the threshold of May why not get on to the...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I chat with Fine & Country UK’s managing director Nicky Stevenson, one of the most...

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...

As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...

Fundamental changes to the way in which agents can work were shown at the online launch of Lifesycle 2 by Iceberg...

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...

Agents will soon have a chance to hear a US motivational speaker described as one of the world’s most influential sales...

Experts are warning that buyers rushing to complete before the March 31 cliff edge for the stamp duty holiday may miss...

Property portals remain an essential marketing tool for estate agents and their value is clearly appreciated by consumers. However, with a...

A PropTech supplier says the conveyancing process is “antiquated” and buyers and sellers would be better served if they were ’shadowed’...

Upcoming portal Boomin has written to its founder agents inviting one of them to take up a seat on the main...

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

A regional wing of Fine & Country has reported a record month - and puts it down to the self-employed ‘associate’ business model...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

I had a wry smile when I read the article on Monday from the conveyancers complaining about people getting off their...

Boomin, the new portal being set up by the founders of Purplebricks, is holding a series of confidential webinars next week...

A new website aims to be the go-to service for agents who want reviews to help them assess the usefulness of...

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

Purplebricks is selling its Canadian business. The sale comes little over a year after the troubled agency closed both its failed Australian and...

You have to feel for Rishi Sunak - well, at least a little. Leave to one side that he carries more presentational...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kerfuffle is the first property-related review site in the world to offer agents the ability to post video reviews on supplier...

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

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

A surveyors’ firm has been wound up after courts declared that it had misled clients over the success of its core...

Hunters has become one of the first major agencies to reveal the gender balance of its staff - and 60 per...