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Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the destination where you can catch up with the key moves announced in the...

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

A survey undertaken by the respected Economist Intelligence Unit and a risk solutions company suggests that estate agency may be one...

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the commitment by the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the mis-selling of...

The founder of franchise giant Belvoir, Mike Goddard, has now stepped down as chair of the company, two years after quitting...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - yet more examples of stupendous fund-raising by our industry (and a lot of...

Consumer habits have changed massively over the past few years, and regardless of which market you operate in, being able to...

Welcome back to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today (PJT) after a Bank Holiday break. Each week, we round up...

With a mere matter of weeks until the Tenant Fees Act comes in to effect, I can’t help but wonder just...

For the industry's football lovers, the notable achievements and never-say-die attitude of both Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur on the European stage...

A set of historic property details unearthed by a local resident have created a buzz on social media and in the...

I hope you had another wonderful Bank Holiday weekend; only three weeks to hold on until the next one. Personally, it...

OnTheMarket has revealed several agents have signed up to the portal on long-term contracts and stopped listing properties on Rightmove. The agencies...

An estate agency has contacted the police after 26 of its boards disappeared since September 2018.  Manor Estate Agents, an all-female agency...

During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...

Another bank has slashed its forecast for Purplebricks, citing concerns over its the long-term viability of its international activities in particular. As...

Hello and welcome to another one of those great long weekends that come along often at this time of year -...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

There’s a silver lining to another set of stodgy housing market figures - at least one sector, for those buying their...

With the UK population spending longer in rental accommodation, due to the upfront expense of buying a home, their time and...

My article last week has sparked some really great engagement, which I’m delighted about!  Thank you to everyone who commented or dropped...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - because of the flurry of Bank Holidays at this time of year, it’s...

It’s clear that some agents are not fans of Trading Standards officers, described in the comments sections of the trade press...

The London Marathon may be just one of literally thousands of fund-raising events but we know it’s a favourite with many...

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...

It’s a new index but it tells an old story - how prime central London prices have dropped significantly since their...

A PropTech analyst insists that the tumbling share price of Purplebricks on the London Stock Exchange does not indicate that the...

It’s London Marathon week, always a great event in the calendar and - we’re sure - an event that attracts a...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

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

A quick buy company that describes itself as an “express estate agency” is making a pitch for vendors who may be...

Low risk letting is everyone’s aim, but unless legitimate guidelines are followed it’s difficult to know if a tenant will prove...

A millionaire who has not previously invested in the property industry has taken the plunge by funding an online agency network. The...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - your final chance before the Easter break to catch up with the key...

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

With next Friday being Easter, this is the last ADC for a fortnight - so it’s our chance to honour those...

Experienced sales trainer Boyd Mayover, co-founder of Sales Doctors, explains how agents can overcome price objectives, impress prospective clients and offer...

The owner of a home for sale has complained to the Advertising Standards Authority after seeing it marketed on Zoopla -...

UK estate agents charge the lowest commission out of any nation in the European Union, according to a recent study by...

At the end of a week consisting of largely depressing market reports, new data from Knight Frank suggests that the bad...

As many as one transaction in three is now undertaken by a so-called Last Time Buyer - twice as many as...

Of the hundreds of headaches that come with agent territory, worrying about what’s happening to your calls shouldn’t be one of...

There’s anger in the industry over an article in The Times which accused agents of overvaluing properties - although why this was happening...

Hello, it’s that time of the week again when we look at the latest recruitment and appointment news in the industry. Just...

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

When you think of the best ad campaigns – from moustachioed opera singers and talking meerkats to millions of bouncing balls...

Some branches of one of London’s largest agencies, Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, have returned to Zoopla after dropping it just over four...

Welcome to another ADC, the weekly round-up each Friday of agents’ great fund-raising work.  This week we show the diversity of charitable...

Saturdays aren’t going to be the same for Petty Estate Agents in Burnley any more - and they’re going to be a...

A statement this morning from the government says that property details must use Imperial Measurements after Britain leaves the EU. The Imperial...

Hello, welcome to a new week and to PJT, your regular Monday round-up of jobs news in the industry. Do please let...

Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...

It’s no secret that the UK’s housing sector is in crisis. Headlines scream about the shortage of new-build homes. TV pundits...

When they first came onto the scene, online-only estate and lettings agents were predicted to swiftly spell the end for traditional...

Foxtons has revealed that its six branch closures announced towards the end of last year will save the company £3m in...

One thing’s clear in the ongoing mess surrounding Brexit - a lot of people are simply putting their head down and...

Many estate and letting agents are receiving more leads through OnTheMarket than through Rightmove, the challenger portal claims - and it...

Zoopla’s Hometrack index of 20 major UK cities shows that London property prices are starting to stabilise after a three year...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday edition of Property Jobs Today. Everyone here contacted us on press@estateagenttoday.co.uk to espresso the word;...

This article was originally written for City AM in response to an article it published attacking letting agents. See more here.  A...

As the clock ticks down and Britain’s future gets ever more difficult to predict, one of the few certainties to cling...

This month’s MIPIM conference in Cannes once again played host to the final round of the much coveted MIPIM Startup Competition.  The...

Hello - here we are once again with the weekly round-up of key moves in the agency and related industries. We’re letting...

For many years, the majority of agents have stuck to the tried-and-tested 9am-6pm opening hours framework. But is this now changing,...

I don’t believe it’s unfair to state that our government, indeed, the entire political establishment is in some turmoil at the...

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

You can tell it’s the onset of spring by the fact that this weekend sees the start of the Formula 1...

An interesting debate has been sparked in PropTech this week. It started with an interview, published on YouTube, in which Kristjan Byfield...

Agency Express says that following a strong start to the year there’s a been a slowdown in the number of properties...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your weekly chance to catch up on major moves in our industry. Everyone here has...

A slew of allegations have been made against agents and sometimes even by agents, over alleged misdemeanours over property listings as...

Hello and here we go with yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly opportunity to herald the unsung efforts of our...

Rightmove is undertaking an investigation into a PropTech app that has tried to list private sales on the portal. The perhaps-ironically named...

Savills has declined to comment on whether it will follow in the footsteps of LSL Property Services and write down its...

Here’s an unusual story, describing the work of one of Purplebricks’ Local Property Experts who was with the company for around...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - the every-Monday round-up of key moves within the industry. Let us know...

When you recruit a new member of staff, training should be one of your main priorities.  After initial training, ongoing training and...

The Met Office says today, March 1, is the first official day of spring - perfect timing to coincide with the...

Chancellors says it has over 10,000 reviews on Trustpilot, making it the most reviewed High Street agency on the platform.  In a statement...

An estate and lettings agency that has been trading in the centre of Exeter for 12 years has ceased trading and...

Connells Group says investment in PropTech will be the way to safeguard its almost-600 High Street branches - and it’s repeated...

The vast majority of people want homes built as standard for all age groups - a contrary view to those in...

More details are emerging of the first-ever ESTAS conference for conveyancers - the Bold Legal Conference - taking place on the...

Welcome to this week’s PJT, your chance to catch up with the latest key job moves. Keep in touch with us on...

It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of defections and duplicity worthy of Shakespeare. Yet the estate agency world has...

Few can deny that with announcements from MPs and an announcement from Purplebricks, that it’s been an extraordinary week.  While it may...

Labour’s housing spokesman, John Healey, has spoken out against the split in the party which has so far seen eight MPs...

Estate agents and property firms are being invited to take part in the inaugural Property & Construction leg of an event...

The radically-restructured Humberts estate agency claims the risks it took last year in scrapping branches and moving to ‘hubs’ has paid...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity - our tribute to the great work done by our industry in...

It’s Valentine’s Day (have you remembered?) and at least one agency has decided that it’s pretty in pink to celebrate the...

We all know the three essential things an estate agent must have on their website include the ability to be able...

A new free-to-list property portal is launching in the UK, and has a pledge to serve over 20 counties by the...

The UK’s second-largest online estate agency, Yopa, is this month launching a new advertising campaign under the title ‘Smooth Move’. The agency...

An estate agent says he’s “bruised” by recent mysterious negative online reviews he has received - shortly after he posted positive...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...

There are many misconceptions about the franchising world but, whether we’re talking about estate agency franchises or fast food franchises, it’s...

The end of the snow has given way to warmer weather, and while it’s a little early to speak of spring...

BAD PHOTOS – 6 BIG MISTAKES YOU MIGHT BE MAKING! In our last article, we highlighted some really important and shocking stats...

The review website Trustpilot is to make it easier for the public to see whether companies have tried to stop complaints...

Customer experience (CX) will largely determine the future of estate agency in the UK. This is now a key battleground for...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT.  Everyone here let us know about their jobs news by emailing press@estateagenttoday.co.uk - please do...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

The head of a For Sale By Owner website claims that some agents are making “vast amounts” of up to £7,000...

There’s a distinctly northern flavour to some of the great fund-raising this week - and in particular Yorkshire. This isn’t the only...

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

An estate agent in the north of England has been confronted by vigilantes who duped him into thinking they were underage girls.  The...

Property industry commentator and former online agency chief executive Russell Quirk has defended Rightmove’s charges to agents, saying that compared to...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your Monday update on jobs and key moves across the industry. Everyone mentioned here has...

Alongside hundreds of agents and suppliers, I recently attended the Guild of Property Professionals’ annual conference. As ever, it was a great...

The industry is back to full-strength on its fund-raising judging from our virtual postbag this week with many new reports of...

Every day thousands of estate agency boards are erected across the UK. Even in the digital age the board remains one...

There’s been another raft of movers and shakers in the industry in recent days, so this is a busy Property Jobs...

I don’t think I can add anything more to the excellent 2019 pieces we’ve seen on EAT in recent weeks –...

When it comes to building online reputation, Google is king. It is estimated that over 90% of consumers Google a business before...

The weather suggests that at long last winter has truly kicked in - so what better time to celebrate, amongst other...

Our latest case study come from a recent news item to have hit the industry and national press. A disgruntled tenant is claiming...

“Estate Agents must be suffering from supplier fatigue. Where do you even begin? Most agents haven’t got the time.” So started the...

Kenny Bruce, one of the founders of sector-leading online agency Purplebricks, has sent his good wishes to Russell Quirk, who founded...

Hello and welcome to another PJT, your regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Please keep us informed of...

It’s been an interesting week of contrasts when it comes to online replacing ‘the old school’. Data from that clever consultancy The...

Even with 2019 well underway, letting agents need to keep refining their long-term goals and business targets. For agencies with a...

It’s the word on everyone’s lips: after two and a half years of debate, and months before that leading up to...

Still recovering from Christmas and New Year? There’s no shame in that - the agents’ fund-raising season resumes in earnest in...

How do you remove an estate agent from an oven? How would you remove an Estate Agent from an oven? Sounds...

The former boss of Emoov, the controversial Russell Quirk, has resuscitated his career as a public relations man and pro-Brexit commentator. Just...

Hello and welcome to this year’s first edition of Property Jobs Today, reporting on the first industry moves of 2019. We’re told...

We’re back with the first edition of Agents Do Charity for 2019 - and despite the uncertainty everywhere else, one thing...

The online sales and lettings platform TheHouseShop has scrapped its £500,000 crowdfunding pitch - and it’s blaming the collapse of online...

The housing minister has made it clear that his government - and the property industry as a whole - must deliver...

It’s safe to say that the majority of agents will be glad to see the end of the past two years....

Estate Agent Today can reveal that US-owned franchise agency Keller Williams has ‘soft-opened’ two new market centres in the south of...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

House price inflation across the UK has slowed to a six-year low of 2.6 per cent thanks to falls in London...

If you thought Christmas Eve meant no more news in terms of industry movers and shakers…well, think again - we’ve one...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

Well here we are, at the last Agents Do Charity of the year. It’s been a record haul of good works, as...

Uncertainty will be a key characteristic of the housing market for “the next few years” warns Countrywide - and not just...

A new website is offering to contact owners of homes that are not for sale, on behalf of people who would...

Asking prices of homes coming to the market have fallen for the second month in a row - and Rightmove says...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - and while it may be just days to Christmas, there’s still plenty of...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...

Over the past year I've had so many conversations with agents telling me how they feel that offering a premium customer...

Has the bell finally tolled for online agencies? Emoov’s collapse and an investor revolt over crowdfunding have left a large question...

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

So this is (almost) it. Next week may be a quiet one for business as vendors and landlords alike begin to...

The world may be going crazy outside but we’re delighted to tell you that in the estate agency industry it’s still...

It’s that time of year again where we start saying goodbye to 12 months of hard work and start looking forward...

Maybe it’s the Brexit Blues but something is making the industry excel itself this year when it comes to celebrating Christmas....

Estate Agent Today has been given details of responses made by administrators to an enquiry about the possible acquisition of some...

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

Two weeks to Christmas but no sign of our industry slowing down with more job moves announced in recent days.  Please let...

It’s the start of a new week and many agents may well be having their office parties this week - if...

A leading digital analyst says Purplebricks’ success in the US market is not assured and has expressed concern over whether it...

Hello again and welcome to the latest display of agents’ Christmas decorations. We’d love to share your windows, trees, lights and even...

It’s that time of the week again when we focus on the great work done by the industry, usually without much...

Thanks so much for cheering us up in these challenging times with your terrific pictures of this year’s Christmas decorations.  We have...

Hello and welcome to the Wednesday edition of your Christmas agency branch decorations - and what a festive lot you are.  Before...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement calling properties for sale ‘park homes’ when the buildings themselves could not be...

We’re delighted to say we’ve had a fantastic response to our call for pictures and videos of your decorated offices -...

Has no one told the industry that it’s December and things are supposed to be slowing down? This week’s Property Jobs...

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

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...

The circus surrounding the fate of online agency Emoov has taken an unexpected turn. Yesterday Sky News revealed that the company was...

It’s that time of year again - many offices will mark the start of December (that’s tomorrow) by putting up decorations....

With Christmas less than four weeks away (yes, really) the countdown to the festive season begins tomorrow when December begins. Charity...

Sky News says the online estate agency Emoov is preparing to call in administrators in a last-ditch attempt to salvage its...

Yet another estate agency has announced that it’s shutting branches and opening a centralised hub. This time it’s Newman Property Experts, a...

East Midlands estate and lettings agency Jackson Grundy has signed up to OnTheMarket. The firm, with its Northampton headquarters, has 10 sales...

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - the last one in November. Career moves tend to slow this time...

It’s Friday and what better way to kick off the weekend than winning two completely FREE tickets for the industry event...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - it’s our weekly round-up of good work done by the industry. Everyone...

New figures from the British Independent Retailers Association suggest that there are now 135 fewer independent estate agency branches than at...

A consumer group which has already expressed alarm at some aspects of the so-called ‘Modern Method of Auction’ says it has...

We are delighted to have two completely FREE tickets available for the industry event of the season - the Charity Christmas...

It’s not just the Cabinet and the government where jobs are in flux - there are plenty of moves to announce...

Amidst all the Brexit chaos let’s remember that it’s Children In Need day...always a time when Britons’ generosity raises the spirits,...

Hard-pressed buyers who try to minimise house moving costs by doing their own conveyancing have been warned of the disastrous consequences...

The market is now over-supplied with homes to sell while at the same time demand is dipping and there are widespread...

Hello and welcome to our latest edition of Property Jobs Today, a weekly run-through of the key job moves within our...

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

However mild the weather may have been for most of us, it’s a cold autumn for the online estate agency market...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity, our round-up of great work done by our industry to raise funds for...

Coutts Private Bank is the latest institution to express its concern over London’s housing market. The latest Courts London Prime Property Index...

The high profile financial difficulties faced by Emoov and the recent fall in the share value of Purplebricks do not mean...

This won’t be a long article. Just to the point and hopefully with a nice angle to it.  I get asked at...

The first signs of a seasonal slowdown are appearing according to some agents in touch with EAT, but there are still...

The head of a controversial property portal says agents can by-pass some GDPR marketing restrictions by using his service’s social network. Ben Davis,...

Two former High Street agents say their new hybrid agency has enjoyed an impressive launch gathering 40 instructions in just four...

Savills has issued its forecast for the housing market for the next five years, and while it highlights some bright spots...

You don’t need EAT to remind you that Christmas is now just next month.  Many agents are gearing their fund-raising to that...

Sky News says Emoov is to be sold, just months after the controversial online agency merged with Sarah Beeny's Tepilo and the...

For any business, regardless of size, age or industry, operating efficiently is fundamental to your success. When faced with challenges like we...

It’s Budget day and the government is once again on the receiving end of a blast from one of the country’s...

Hello and welcome to a bumper edition of Property Jobs Today, your weekly insight into the key moves within our industry. Everyone...

An open rental market, where neither landlord nor tenant is in a dominant position, enables rents to rise and fall, which...

We all get an extra hour in bed this weekend, giving us more energy to fund-raise for good causes, right? That seems...

Given that ‘UK buyers are the most digitally active home hunters’, with HSBC’s Beyond the Bricks report stating that 90% of...

Not so long ago, the best estate agents were those who did the best work for their clients and therefore built...

A new online agency says it is currently focussing on one large city but will expand to cover the whole of...

Outspoken online estate agency chief Russell Quirk says the estate agency industry is “really p****d off” with Rightmove trying to ride...

If it’s Monday it must be Property Jobs Today, your round up of the industry’s key moves. Are you changing jobs yourself?...

Few things anger the industry more than the effect of stamp duty and other costs on property transactions (well, maybe Purplebricks...

Almost one in five online sales valuations generated by The ValPal Network over a two-year period resulted in a completion with...

What may just be the UK’s ultimate property domain names have come up for sale - property.co.uk and realestate.co.uk. Both domains, which...

Bored with Brexit? Baffled by the backstop? Troubled by the transition period?  Well here’s a promise - there’s no mention of the...

Purplebricks says its performance in the UK “is currently showing double-digit growth year-on-year in monthly instructions.” In a brief UK trading update...

Hello and welcome to PJT, our weekly round up of key moves within the industry. Let us know what’s going on with...

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the government’s move to ensure most future new-build houses are sold as freehold...

The vast majority of new-build houses are to be sold as freehold with ground rents for new leases capped at £10...

Local business reviews are becoming increasingly important for reputation management, with recent research showing 90% of consumers read online reviews before...

Johnston Press, the company which owns the i national newspaper and some 200 local titles - many with property supplements carrying...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity - your opportunity to salute those in our industry working hard for great...

A new internet and DAB radio station specialising on the subject of property will launch from purpose built studios next month. Property...

When Professor Andrew Baum’s PropTech 3.0 report was first published, a small event was held to celebrate the very first academic...

Hello and welcome to a new working week, which means your chance to catch up on the key moves in our...

Several agents have asked me whether they should consider ditching their high street offices and move to an out of town...

Google celebrated its 20th birthday last month. Yes, it might be hard to recall a time when it wasn’t integral in...

Hello and welcome to another weekly update on the industry’s good work - and a chance for us to show that...

Andrews, which has over 50 branches across the south of England, is the latest major chain to sign up to OnTheMarket. In...

A website has officially launched this morning, aiming to push the concept of US-style For Sale By Owner online property marketing...

Agents have continued to express their shock and opposition to the announcement by the government that it wants a stamp duty...

Hello and welcome to our weekly catch-up on the major moves within our industry. Remember, you can let the rest of the...

Increasingly cash-strapped traditional estate agencies should consider abandoning their High Street offices and work from serviced offices or similar lower-profile and...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another chance to hear about the remarkable fund-raising done by our...

Having delivered over 1,800 websites for estate agents over the last 15 years, I have come to recognise one major common...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Marco Ferrara, Director of Tili What is Tili and what does...

Today’s long-awaited debate staged by fledgling PropTech platform Best Agent will address the issue of how the agency industry can most...

The six-figure refurb of the office on London’s Park Lane occupied by The Guild and Fine & Country is officially launching...

There’s more bad news for the long-troubled Prime Central London market. A new analysis shows that transaction volumes have plunged 11.6 per cent...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, the latest weekly catch-up with moves within and across our industry. A quick...

We’re well and truly back from summer with a flurry of fund-raising to report on this week: thanks to each and...

Yieldit, an online agency that specialises in selling investment houses and apartments with tenants in situ, is claiming a strong quarter...

The estate agent behind the troubled high end Sanderson Young company is reported to be appearing in court this week as...

The eight strong residential estate agency team of a prominent Scottish law firm is being off-loaded to a rival, according to...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your chance to catch up on the major moves in the agency industry over...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

Yes, there’s no getting away from it - although the autumn has only just begun, charity work is firmly aiming at...

There’s been a huge vote of no-confidence in online reviews, often used for marketing by many online agencies and some traditional...

The property market remained slow and stunted in August as the number of For Sale and Sold boards across the country...

As the property market gears up for a busy autumn period, agents and property firms have been equally busy bolstering their...

Fake news has become the popular catchphrase of a certain orange-tinted president in recent years. And everyone, from tech giants like...

Franchise giant Hunters has reported its latest results to the city, showing impressive growth despite a slow-moving property market. In the six...

This week may have marked the landmark moment of Facebook entering the UK property market but as the industry prepares for...

The Property Ombudsman scheme (TPO) has announced a series of changes to both its board and internal processes. The organisation has also...

The latest house price index from Nationwide shows a monthly fall of 0.5% in August, the largest decline recorded since July...

Following a break for last week's final Bank Holiday before Christmas, we're back with a bumper edition of Property Jobs Today. We're...

As summer turns to autumn over the next few weeks, that won't stop the nation's agents and property professionals from raising...

Speculation is growing that Rightmove could drop out of the prestigious FTSE-100 within the next few days as the stock exchange...

Two local agencies in Lancashire - Northwood Lettings and Fisher Wrathall Sales - are merging to operate as a single entity.  The...

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what the practical...

Countrywide may have enjoyed the overwhelming support of its major institutional shareholders for its controversial rescue plan, but the wider financial...

Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...

Dare we mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday weekend of the year before Christmas - so what a...

Countrywide’s share price defied the expectations of some analysts and rose over six per cent yesterday with the company moving from...

After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in 2005, I took careful consideration over my career moves and prospective...

I received a press release yesterday - one of many that get sent my way - and, as I always do,...

Traditional estate agencies could be in for a stormy autumn and face being the next casualty of the high street shake-out...

A maverick Cornish estate agent who falsely gave the impression to customers that his business was highly successful has been hit...

Rightmove says the housing market is now into a ‘summer sale’ as newly-marketed property shows an average asking price fall of...

  Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - a thinner than usual edition as the industry enjoys the last of the...

Were it not for climate change, I would be very close to predicting that the summer is close to being over,...

Why do we choose to engage with one application more than another, or find ourselves returning to the same piece of...

As our minds turn to autumn, here’s a reminder that Estate Agent Today is on hand to help with your agency’s...

The buy-to-let sector, which has been under sustained pressure for a number of years now thanks to tax changes designed to...

A sales platform that monitors the market is warning that house price falls are likely to spread beyond London and the...

My eye was caught yesterday morning by news that PropTech company, Agent Software, is claiming that ‘some agencies deliberately over-value properties...

There’s been another call for the government to reform stamp duty - and this time the request is that the duty...

Rumours abound over the future of Countrywide, which lost further share value on Friday, closing very slightly down on the day...

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - and as ever we have a breakdown of key moves within our industry. To...

At first sight, to suggest this is a good time for an agency business to go for an IPO - that...

Next week ludlowthompson celebrates its 25th anniversary. Here, I catch up with Stephen Ludlow, co-founder and now executive director of the...

The heatwave is gone and summer is in its closing stages (sorry!) so it comes as no surprise that there’s already...

The Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse has slashed its target share price for the company from 77p to only 17.2p.  The reason...

A respected mortgage broker has found that there is widespread public uncertainty amongst the public about the effects of stamp duty...

In a surprise announcement, house prices picked up in July with the annual rate of growth rising from 1.8 per cent...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

Countrywide is under fire again over the controversial rescue plan it announced last week. On Friday the troubled agency group’s share price -...

Outspoken property commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has made a scathing attack on some of the main house price indices. In...

We may be well into August but there’s little sign of a holiday for our industry, with a string of big...

Our glorious endless summer has a return visit to many areas this weekend - but it’s still not too hot for...

A leading estate agent is warning that an interest rate increase today ould hurt the delicate balance of the housing market. The...

In a world increasingly obsessed with all things digital, it's no surprise that many estate agents are choosing to experiment with...

The former deputy chief executive at online agency Tepilo is launching a new training, recruitment and consultancy business for estate agents.  Catherine...

There have been two stories dominating the PropTech headlines over this past week. As WeWork places a gentle arm around the...

A leading legal firm has given broad approval to proposals from the Law Commission aimed at improving the conveyancing process and...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the place where you find all the key agency industry moves over recent days. Please...

Press speculation suggests that Countrywide’s much-anticipated rights issue will this coming week aim to raise £125m - not just the £100m...