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![Yorkshire agent unveils AI-powered CRM tool](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech3-400x310.png)
The founding team behind Yorkshire agent Preston Baker has launched a custom-built AI-powered CRM system for UK estate and letting agents. Preston...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Call for improved training for Energy Performance Certificate assessors](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_EfficientHome-400x310.png)
A property consultancy is calling for improved accreditation for Energy Performance Certificate assessors. Re:solve Real Estate - which specialises in commercial property...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Revealed! The areas where house prices grew in 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
House prices may have slumped for most of the year but some areas have bucked the trend. Analysis by Halifax shows that...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Regional agent names former Purplebricks executive as new CEO](/upload/images/shutterstock_1723539217.jpg)
A former senior executive for Boomin and Purplebricks has returned to traditional estate agency. Tom Kirk, previously chief product officer for Boomin...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Storm blows in reasons to be cheerful](/upload/images/1%20Natter%20-%20Storm%20blows%20in%20reasons%20to%20be%20cheerful(1).jpg)
As much of the country battened down the hatches for the first storm of the season, there may have been a...
30 September 2023
From: Features
![Regional agent launches self-employed partner model](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Preston Baker has launched a new partner model to help estate agents start their own business in the property world. The new...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Experienced agents must educate ‘newbies’ on tougher markets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20Equality%20comes%20through%20learning%20-%20PIT%20by%20Chitra%20Stern.jpg)
Experienced agency owners mustn’t let their teams get carried away during the good times in the property market, senior industry executives...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![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
![Only 41% of homes in England meet recommend energy rating](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC6-400x310.png)
New 2023 research from Open Property Group found that just 41% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate...
29 March 2023
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/upload/images/PtopertyJobs%20Today.png)
It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...
31 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Regional agents expand and rebrand](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-forecast_400x310.png)
Agents have been busy expanding and rebranding this week. Regional agent Preston Baker is expanding its service area with the creation of...
09 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - warm clothes and Christmas globes](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-NewLogo2-400x310.jpg)
Agents have been getting into the Christmas spirit and recognising the colder weather when it comes to charity this week. Whatever the...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sussex agent expands new homes offering](/upload/images/library/Property-portfolio400x310.png)
A West Sussex estate agency has unveiled expansion plans after achieving a record-breaking £112m of new home sales in the past...
05 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![House prices hit sixth consecutive high - will the market ever cool off in 2022?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
In this guest piece, Kevin Shaw, National Sales Managing Director at Leaders Romans Group, looks at whether house prices will start to cool...
27 August 2022
From: Features
![Slowdown or slump? Agents give their view on a housing market crash](/upload/images/library/HousePriceDown-400x310.png)
Two senior estate agency figures have given their views on the prospects for the property market as commentators warn that longer-term...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity – running and fundraising as the weather sizzles](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
We’re undergoing another heatwave at the moment, with the mercury rising above 30 degrees for five successive days before it breaks...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Yorkshire agent offloads lettings portfolio to focus on sales](/upload/images/Back-link-images/house%20in%20hand.jpg)
Yorkshire agent Preston Baker has sold its lettings portfolio to focus on residential sales. It has offloaded its book of more than...
28 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - bikes, boats and Bond](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
Fundraising efforts featuring bikes, boats and James Bond all feature in this week's edition of Agents Do Charity. Remember, if you have...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - fundraising activity in full bloom](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
You can tell that spring is in the air as this week's Agents Do Charity is full of outdoor fundraising pursuits...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Regional agent offers eco-friendly viewings](/upload/images/Preston%20Baker.jpg)
A Yorkshire based agent has come up with a novel way of reducing its carbon footprint while conducting viewings with potential...
26 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Teenage dreams! Former agency apprentice works up to accounts technician](/upload/images/Property%20People/PrestonBakerCarrieHowcroft-400x310.jpg)
A former agency apprentice has worked her way up to a qualified accounts technician in under a decade. Carrie Howcroft joined Preston...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty bills far higher since end of SDLT holiday - claim](/upload/images/library/Stamp-Duty400x310.png)
Typical stamp duty paid by property purchasers now is actually 84 per cent more than before the pandemic and the SDLT...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the agency helping homeless people move closer to their own home](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
Our Agents Do Charity column each Friday does a fantastic job of highlighting the amazing charitable work of agents up and...
29 January 2022
From: Features
![Revealed - shortlist for Propertymark Qualifications Awards](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
The Propertymark Qualifications Awards annual ceremony taking place early next month have revealed their shortlist. There is a total of nine Awards...
16 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - who’s moving where in our industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
Hello and welcome to a new week - and even as Christmas approaches there remains plenty to report about people moving...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![England player is early graduate of estate agency academy](/img/default/eat.png)
A former England international is an early graduate of a new estate agency academy in Yorkshire. Rebecca Rayner, a former England under-18...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Is flexibility the future of estate agency?](/img/default/eat.png)
The events of the last 12 months have potentially shaped the future of our sector for years to come. There has been...
20 March 2021
From: Features
![Fraudster agent escapes prison after scamming insurance company](/img/default/eat.png)
An agent working for a Countrywide brand in Lancashire has been given a suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - February kicks off with flurry of movers](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: backbone of our industry – Aspire-ing and roaring to greatness](/img/default/eat.png)
Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...
02 January 2021
From: Features
![Independent expands with new branch in key south of England location](/img/default/eat.png)
Independent agency Sawyer & Co has announced the opening of a new branch in the Preston Park area of Brighton -...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agency spurred on by crisis to complete acquisition in weeks](/img/default/eat.png)
A regional agency says the Coronavirus crisis was the opportunity for it to complete a takeover of a rival company in...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Average sale price was 4% below asking in pre-Boris bounce period](/img/default/eat.png)
Sellers in the past 12 months accepted an average of 96 per cent of their asking price according to new research. Comparison...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid agency brand seeks to spread nationwide with franchisees](/img/default/eat.png)
A hybrid estate and lettings agency operating currently in Manchester, Liverpool and others parts of the north of England has told...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the industry's latest moves and appointments](/img/default/eat.png)
Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and it's been a remarkable week…](/img/default/eat.png)
Few can deny that with announcements from MPs and an announcement from Purplebricks, that it’s been an extraordinary week. While it may...
22 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: setting the record straight on SEO and subdomains](/img/default/eat.png)
Fake news has become the popular catchphrase of a certain orange-tinted president in recent years. And everyone, from tech giants like...
08 September 2018
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity: let us know what you are planning for Autumn...](/img/default/eat.png)
As our minds turn to autumn, here’s a reminder that Estate Agent Today is on hand to help with your agency’s...
17 August 2018
From: Breaking News
21 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - end-to-end stuff for good causes...](/img/default/eat.png)
The World Cup may be entertaining us for the next few weeks but whatever England’s fate may be, one thing is...
15 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - on foot, by raffle and caked in mud](/img/default/eat.png)
As we move towards another Bank Holiday Weekend, there is no shortage of phenomenal fundraising efforts from those in our industry. If...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - the best-foot-forward-in-the-sun edition...](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s London Marathon weekend and it’s set to be hot, hot, hot for those agents and other brave industry folk running...
20 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - our weekly round-up of agents on the move...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today; this is the latest of our weekly round-ups of key job moves within estate...
12 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Ad watchdog intervenes after complaint about 'under offer' listings](/img/default/eat.png)
The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in after receiving a complaint about two ads for properties listed on Rightmove. The homes were...
26 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property auctions market round-up Q2 2017](/img/default/eat.png)
With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...
22 July 2017
From: Features
![Property hotspots: Manchester, Liverpool and Preston](/img/default/eat.png)
The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...
24 March 2017
From: Features
![Agent spots her father's house fraudulently listed on Rightmove](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agent spotted her father’s house advertised on Rightmove just three days before it was due to be auctioned -...
29 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sheffield is primed for growth: explains why Chinese will invest £1bn](/img/default/eat.png)
Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...
22 July 2016
From: Features
![Buyers risk 'deposit deficit' if they move from a flat to a house](/img/default/eat.png)
No fewer than 44 per cent of ‘second time’ buyers have no plans to save for a deposit to buy their...
20 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agency removes reviews from Facebook after complaint to advertising watchdog](/img/default/eat.png)
Oystons Limited, trading as Oystons Estate Agency, has removed reviews of its service from its Facebook page after a complaint to...
06 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide rebrands new homes team and appoints new management](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide has rebranded its land and new homes team as Countrywide Residential Development and has announced a raft of new senior...
02 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Review site allAgents reveals winners from 80,000 entries](/img/default/eat.png)
allAgents has revealed its 2015 winners based on reviews posted about what it describes as “80,000 individual staff members automatically entered”...