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Estate Agent Today has been named Property Trade Magazine of the Year 2019 at the annual Property Press Awards. It fought off...

An expert who has invested in an online agency in the past has slammed Purplebricks’ business model. James Max, who presents the...

The UK PropTech Association, set up in early 2017 with the objective of promoting engagement between tech business and the property...

1989 was a significant time for the property industry: it marked the beginning of the end of a period of unprecedented...

The organisers of next week’s ESTAS Estate & Letting Agent Awards, the biggest and glitziest event on the industry calendar, have...

We’re accustomed to tech firms promising disruption in how homes are bought, let, sold and rented: now one is pledging to...

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

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

It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...

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

It’s a testing time for the property industry, amid Brexit fears, a slowing market and the looming tenant fees ban.  There’s no...

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...

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

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

Whether it is legacy providers with new, young businesses, or large banks with PropTech startups, all types of cross-collaboration are vital. It’s...

The property industry is making “important strides” towards gender balance according to a new report - and it says more respect...

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

Thinking about the state of communication across residential property chains is enough to induce a severe migraine. We work in a world...

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...

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

The proliferation of big data is paving the way to improving our economy on almost every front as entrepreneurial digital companies...

The ESTAS has released details of those agents and suppliers to the industry who have been shortlisted for the most prestigious...

A slew of bad news stories about online estate agencies may have taken the lustre off the sector in recent weeks,...

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

Well-known Essex and Hertfordshire agency Mullucks Wells is rebranding as part of the Hunters Group. Mullucks Wells will remain independently owned but...

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

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

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

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...

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...

A review website has launched that describes itself as “a new and powerful research and marketing tool in the residential property...

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 -...

There has been a nine per cent rise over the past year in estate agency and property industry firms in so-called...

With far-reaching reforms of conveyancing and other aspects of house buying high on the government’s agenda, a trade body has revealed...

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

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

  The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Lettings Agents have thrown their weight behind the government’s latest...

The government has this morning set out wide-ranging changes to redress systems for agents, the sales and lettings sectors, and other...

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

The civil servant leading work to reform the house buying has revealed key areas of government thinking - with a ban on...

The new management at Emoov says that following its acquisition out of administration it will relaunch as an online estate agency later...

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

Are you a real Doctor? Not in the conventional sense no, sorry to disappoint! I’m Tom Durrant and I’m the Creative Director...

It’s time to think about planning the 2019 events calendar. This year, there are more PropTech conferences scheduled than ever before,...

A new portal which had branded itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” appears to have had a setback...

Today sees the launch of Unissu, a platform which has classified over 6,000 PropTech businesses in a bid to offer estate...

A hybrid estate agency which uses freelance agents operating from a central hub is now expanding from London into the Home...

A new portal called YourMoov and describing itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” is to launch shortly. In an...

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

The government says it will be releasing details of its ideas to revamp redress systems concerning agents and new homes “in...

Purplebricks’ global chief executive Michael Bruce has taken a swipe at the property and mainstream media for being too London-centric in...

In the past year it seems every other story has been about PropTech - the big stuff like Purplebricks and the...

Having built over 1900 websites for estate and lettings agents in the last 16 years, we know a thing or two...

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

The chief executive of failed online agency Emoov has been named this week as one of the 500 top “tech influencers”...

In his keynote speech at the recent Negotiator Conference, Professor Andrew Baum sparked debate throughout the property industry. Baum’s speech, which began...

A new portal is launching next year with Countrywide and some 30 other estate agency groups signed up, as well as...

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

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...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in our lives – from virtual assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and...

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

1.             Who are you and what do you do? HeyJuno Property is a business dedicated to empowering estate and letting agents throughout...

A recent 'red flag alert' report from an insolvency firm warned that the number of real estate businesses defined as being...

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

Perhaps it’s been our pre-occupation with Brexit, or on the other hand maybe we’re bored with politics, but this year’s Budget...

It is a sobering thought that 40 years have slipped by since I first ran a tape measure across the inside...

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

The culture of impatience and instant gratification has a lot to answer for. It has forced the hand of the property...

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

Foxtons is shutting its Park Lane office - the flagship of the agency in prime central London’s Mayfair. Estate Agent Today was...

A series of leasehold roadshows beginning next month in Manchester aims to throw a spotlight on problems associated with the tenure,...

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

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

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

Propteq Global Property Technology and Innovation summit takes place in London on 26 - 27 Sep. 75 of the world's leading...

Tili does all the work to deliver a smooth home move for customers and income for agents. An innovative and easy to...

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

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

A few stories caught my eye this week from China, all of which announce the arrival of cutting-edge technological innovation in...

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

Oakwood Homes, a four-branch sales and lettings agency operating across East Kent, has acquired Parkland Estates, a single-branch firm based in...

When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...

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

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

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...

One of the property industry’s best known figures, Richard Berridge, has teamed up with estate agency My London Home to lead...

Since January 2018, nine of the UK’s biggest banks have allowed competitors direct access to customer data as part of the...

Before I get into the nitty gritty of the government (well, one of its startup accelerator schemes) giving away £20,000, let...

First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...

By now we’ve all seen news about the long-term decline in property sales and competition from online alternatives leading to ‘more...

Two high-profile PropTech entrepreneurs have raised £150,000 to help fund what they call “the first global PropTech platform.” James Dearsley and Eddie...

Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...

Boy it‘s hot out there, with little end in sight yet. That’s the good news. Now the even better news -...

What a big week for PropTech! With the very first MIPIM PropTech conference, taking place in Paris today and tomorrow, comes...

A survey of owner-occupiers, landlords, property investors and insolvency practitioners has revealed that Brexit is the single biggest concern when it...

Hello - if it’s Monday, it must be Property Jobs Today, your chance to see a snapshot of the key moves...

Peter Rollings is one of the most respected and best-known figures in property, having helped to rapidly grow Foxtons (where he...

A leading property industry analysts says Rightmove may be amongst the top portals in the industry worldwide, but it is facing...

The online agency shake-out and consolidation continues apace. Former YOPA director Russell Humphrey has been named as the managing director of estate...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - and just because it’s half term, don’t think the industry has...

As we move towards another Bank Holiday Weekend, there is no shortage of phenomenal fundraising efforts from those in our industry.  If...

In an era when we are never far away from our phones, tablets or laptops, buying and selling property is benefitting...

Two high street estate agents have used the medium of the local press to come out fighting against the threat of...

As promised a few weeks ago, this week’s Natter concentrates on the importance of content, design and social media, three easily...

Century 21 UK is slashing the cost of becoming a franchisee for a six week period, cutting the price from £23,500...

The prospect of technology transforming the selling and buying process, including more power for portals and especially online agents, dominated parts...

The managing director of troubled estate agency Humberts says he has been “inundated” with prospective buyers since news broke over last...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, our regular Monday round-up of moves around our industry. Please let us know what’s happening...

The UK’s real estate sector, embracing estate agencies as well as other aspects of the property industry, has been facing “increased...

As the estate agency business in England moves towards being more robust with professional qualifications and higher standards being introduced, there...

‘Respect’ is the new mantra for politicians: whether it’s about street gang leaders, social media trolls or those on either side...

The announcement that MPs will set up a Select Committee to probe the scale of money laundering in the UK property...

The Property Ombudsman, Katrine Sporle, is to hold a briefing on the government’s redress reform on Wednesday - five days before...

It’s under two weeks to The ESTAS 2018 held in London on Friday April 20. It’s the biggest and best bash in...

Welcome to another edition of Agents Do Charity, the weekly round-up of fund-raising from across our industry. With spring looking like it’s...

Last week, a story was published by CNBC about a couple who sold their home, for above the asking price, without...

A company which creates interior displays for agency offices and other players in the property industry have introduced a so-called scrappage...

Have you noticed a new turf war going on on the fringes of the agency world? It’s not a high-profile battle like...

Ombudsman Services, which recently announced it was quitting its role as one of three approved redress schemes for estate and lettings...

The Ernst & Young ITEM Club - a group of economists highly regarded by politicians and some sectors of the property...

In the first of an ongoing series exploring the people who make the property industry tick, I catch up with James...

Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...

Collars up, gloves on, scarves pulled tight...it’s so cold you can hardly concentrate on work let alone anything else. But the...

Representatives from estate and lettings agencies as well as professional organisations have formed The Home Buying And Selling Group with a...

Co-Founder Gary Keller has declared that Keller Williams (KW) is, 'no longer a real estate company...we are a technology company No....

The government has launched a surprise consultation on the creation of a new redress system for customers of agents and others...

Readers of a certain age may remember the spoon-bending eccentric Uri Geller, self-proclaimed friend of Michael Jackson and an almost permanent...

The General Data Protection Regulation legislation coming into effect in the UK on May 25 has undergone some subtle changes which...

I had an interesting meeting last week with a VR company called Garou. Based in New York, they claim to have...

Latest figures suggest there are only 1,850 apprentices employed in the entire property sector, suggesting an even smaller number in the...

Hello and welcome to our latest Property Jobs Today; if you missed the launch last week, each Monday we will provide...

Purplebricks’ new UK chief executive officer, Lee Wainwright, is to address a major industry conference in May - his first address...

Q. How did you get in to the property industry? My career in the property industry actually started out as a holiday...

The Financial Times has identified that 10 of the 21 tables at the notorious Presidents Club dinner last weekend were sponsored by...

For a while now, property and technology have been combining seamlessly to offer the industry innovative solutions to often complex problems....

Leaders has appointed Debra McHale as its new area sales manager for the north west of England. McHale has worked in the...

After the fun and over-indulgence of the festivities, most of us are now back to the world of work. And, with...

Only two weeks into the new year and we’re already in full swing with a wide range of fund-raising - well...

It’s no surprise that figures don’t always show the results or consequences we expect - even if they are entirely accurate. Look...

Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...

We would like to take this opportunity to provide a clarification to a newsflash sent by Property Industry Eye on January 1.  The...

The former managing director of Countrywide’s estate agency division has joined the board of a PropTech firm wanting to introduce facial...

Christmas is just around the corner and we’re all looking forward to a break - but before then we know many...

Bitcoin has smashed into the headlines again recently with major news outlets describing the ever increasing worth of this wildly volatile...

Property has always been an industry built on a foundation of personal relationships. Deals made, promotions gained, clients won, portfolios grown;...

The LendInvest PropTech Influencer List has been revealed, naming the 25 figures in the property world that have done most to...

The consumer group HomeOnwers’ Alliance says buyers of new build homes should be able to retain 2.5 per cent of the...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing.  The decision to cut stamp duty...

Training for Agents Giving’s Strictly Come Dancing event is now entering its final two weeks - and Estate Agent Today readers...

The fast-growing Leaders Romans Group now looks set to grow its new homes business. Alison Guyton, currently Leaders’ head of marketing with...

As Augmented Reality (AR) and Microsoft’s Hololens showcase the finest in modern architecture, it’s time for me to think again about...

British politics is extraordinarily volatile right now and the ongoing battle between austerity and anti-austerity, Leave and Remain, and Conservative and...

Winter seems to be firmly with us now, if the plunging temperatures are anything to go by. After a ridiculously mild...

The consumer affairs correspondent of The Times has savaged High Street estate agents because of the commission they charge when compared...

It’s something of an understatement to say it’s been a busy fortnight for the industry in terms of announcements, consultations and...

The notion of a North-South divide in the UK has been around for as long as I can remember – certainly...

The spread and sophistication of financial crime in the UK in recent years has been unprecedented.  Figures from UK Finance show that...

It has been revealed that a paper on Brexit’s impact on the property market, prepared by a government department, is one...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

Crowdfunding is nothing new. As I pointed out in a previous Natter, it dates back centuries, playing a part in the...

Complaints about a Purplebricks claim concerning its Local Property Experts have been rejected by the Advertising Standards Authority. Complaints came from PDQ...

Last week was MIPIM PropTech Summit 2017 in New York, and it was the most oversubscribed to date - proof of the...

As we outlined in our EAT and LAT stories earlier this week, we (Angels Media) are seeking responses from estate and...

There’s a particularly heart-warming theme to Agents Do Charity this week...several of our heroic industry figures are raising funds for children and...

What is your experience in the property industry? I worked in estate agency for 12 years before joining Moneypenny and really enjoyed...

Angels Media and a property technology consultancy are joining forces to conduct the first-ever survey into how agents and other property...

In his PropTech 3.0 report, Andrew Baum dedicated an entire section to blockchain; it was titled: ‘Blockchain is coming – get...

Figures in the property industry have sharply criticised the announcement made at the Conservative party conference to pump an estimated £10...

The UK is home to four million leasehold properties in private ownership, according to government figures. The majority of which require...

I’ve written before about the impact of headlines on the property industry. Interest rate speculation.   Market booms and busts. Demand...

And so summer draws to a close. The slow, lazy months of July and August have come to pass and the...

The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a partnership with the ESTAS Group, which runs the customer feedback platform and customer...

Many industries in the UK are currently facing a tumultuous time as the great unknown of Brexit looms on the horizon...

With party conference season around the corner and the next Budget just a couple of months away, more industry players are...

Three prime London estate agents have this week launched a specialist recruitment company for the property industry.  Hanning Recruitment has been founded...

Over the past few months, hundreds of agents across the UK have been improving their photography skills by taking part in...

“When an industry is new, still finding its feet, finding its purpose, the tendency is for those few people within it...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says more women should enter estate agency and other property sectors across the land and...

Are you protecting your data right? This may sound like the sort of direct warning you get from cold callers or...

You saw it, right? This article from Monday’s Guardian? It says that one in five estate agents are at risk of...

Let’s start with a quick fire quiz. How many more leads do you think you’d get with photos that have been...

  You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the property industry and consumer media in the coming days: early August...

Without wishing to blow our own trumpet at this time, we did say at the start of the year that 2017...

I would argue the property industry is fundamentally inefficient. Much of that inefficiency is now being handled by PropTech companies and...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

Given the shift change in the estate agent world at the moment, with online models becoming more prevalent (think easyProperty’s £60...

You may have heard that Airbnb and property management company, Lavanda has closed a £1 million angel investment round.  Backers include Purplebricks...

Humberts has announced new overseas investment as it continues to shift emphasis away from its past rural-only outlook. The investment news came...

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...

How many property professionals are truly happy with their revenue? High levels of competition from new market entrants is a significant...

Supporting the adoption of technology does not mean we have to stop protecting the core values of the property industry. In...

The first agent to open a franchised Winkworth branch has returned to the business as a consultant. Michael Stoop began his career...

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...

Mark Goddard was the founder and CEO of The Property Software Group (PSG), a property software solutions firm established in 2007,...

The UK PropTech Association (UKPA), of which I am a member of the steering committee, is an organisation with a purpose...

The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...

Today we’re publishing what we think is our longest-ever list of charitable activities being conducted by agents and their supporters -...

Harry Hill - former chief executive of Countrywide and founder of Rightmove - has sharply criticised the appointment of Theresa May’s...

In their election rhetoric all the political parties informed us that the UK is experiencing a ‘housing crisis’, with all promising...

As the UK is gearing up for a weekend of BBQs, beach visits and sunburn, property professionals have continued to do...

The property industry has broadly welcomed the appointment of a new housing minister, which was made yesterday evening. Reading West MP Alok...

Independent estate agency network The Guild of Property Professionals has announced that its training scheme has been given formal approval. The Associate...

To give you a nice distraction from the post-election madness, here’s an interview with Charlie Wright, founder of CIELA (or The...

As the nation waits with bated breath to see if Theresa May can form either a minority or coalition government after...

The man behind fledgling trade body The Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents (CIELA) says that public misunderstanding of the...

The UK's largest estate agency has announced a series of internal promotions, bolstering its senior leadership team. Yesterday evening Countrywide confirmed that...

Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of...

A consumer group which has consistently promoted online agencies says they achieve closer to sellers’ original asking price than the national...

It has been announced that Uber, the taxi company, has teamed up with build to rent firm, Moda Living, to ‘revolutionise renting’.    This...

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...

As Dataloft’s home town and having been declared the best place to live, we needed no further excuse to have a...

Two of the most influential figures behind the PropTech sector have run a microscope over Rightmove’s business model and technology -...

The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...

Given that around 95% of property searches now start online, it is more important than ever that an agent has an...

Think ‘fake agents’ are no threat to your business? Think again. The rise of online agents - dubbed by some as...

Since the seventies, housing starts and completions across England and Wales have been on a downward trajectory. The long run average...

Four Proptech experts have listed the top 10 start up companies they believe are the ones to watch for agents and...

Reports in the commercial property industry publication Property Week suggest there may be difficulties concerning the sale of Countrywide’s commercial operation,...

There are only a few days to go before The ESTAS - the biggest event in the awards calendar for agents,...

It’s that time of year again – peak conference/event season. And, while Brexit and a shock snap general election are dominating...

What does it say on your business card? Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman, The World Property Network, www.twpn.com  and TheWorldPropertyNetwork.com                                  What is The World Property Network...

I was recently contributing to whitepaper by a major bank about the future of the property industry and, as I was...

One of the biggest days of the year for agents takes place just two weeks tomorrow when The ESTAS take place...

By Wednesday April 19th, a UK citizen, on an average income, had earned £7,789 from their day job so far this...

Anyone hoping that the General Election could herald an immediate change of heart by the Conservatives on high levels of stamp...

Two figures with high profiles in the world of PropTech have formed a consultancy to try to sell their services to...

In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...

There are more first-time buyers (FTBs) finding a way on to the property ladder than at any time since the Financial...

Estate agency is a tough business, no doubt about it. It’s probably tougher now to win a listing and tie up...

A new recruitment business for the property industry in general and agents in particular is offering a phased-fees system for clients...

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...

The Office for Budget Responsibility, which released its latest economic forecasts on Wednesday, has adjusted its prediction for UK house prices…again.  It...

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

One thing that can be guaranteed in the property world each year is a range of conferences and awards dinners. Very...

There has been some really interesting talk recently of the relationship between FinTech (Finance Technology) and PropTech (Property Technology). A few...

Not many of us have a multi-million property portfolio, so the results of the MSCI / IPD UK property index for...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says it is “disheartening” that the gender pay gap is widening in some aspects of...

London based property management startup Airsorted has raised £1.5m in a funding round led by Concetric and the ever present PiLabs.  What...

If you work in lettings, I’ll already have a pretty good idea on how you feel about the current Conservative Government.  The...

The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...

Fund-raising is vitally important to so many organisations as one of our agency contributors this week shows - but as other...

The Independent Press Standards Organisation has ruled that a Daily Express newspaper story - “EU Exit Boosts House Prices” - was...

Some of the industry’s leading technical experts are this morning launching a new group, the UK PropTech Association, which has already...

Over 168,000 new homes were completed in the year to March 2016, according to data released by the government, over 15,500...

A former Countrywide director is joining estate and lettings agency franchise group Homexperts as its operations director. Mike Gowland, who originally qualified...

The story of the week has been the first steps of a trade body to represent independent estate agents - as...

The government appears to have slipped back on two deadlines concerning measures key to the property industry. Firstly the consultation on the...

2016 was quite a year – eventful, dramatic, shocking and impossible to predict. In no particular order, we saw Leicester winning...

A post-Christmas treat this week, as I carry out a Q & A with one of the leading figures in property,...

There is no doubt that 2016 managed to catch the world by surprise on more than one occassion.  But will 2017 be...

Confusion surrounds the timing of the government’s eagerly-anticipated White Paper on housing. Respected property industry weekly magazine Estates Gazette has tweeted that...

A new body set up to forge links between developers and estate agents has spoken up in favour of the government’s...

The government’s blizzard of New Year announcements about new homes has received a distinctly frosty welcome from many within the property...

The Advertising Standards Authority has intervened after a series of complaints about adverts placed by estate agents and other property industry...

The head of a new ‘disruptive’ online mortgage service says 2017 will see more major estate agency and other property businesses...

The ESTAS awards have a new main category sponsor - PropTech company OneDome. The OneDome service, launched last month, provides free-to-use information...

Carpe diem, seize the day – whatever you call it, it’s something all of us in the property industry should be looking...

One of the key factors associated with an active private rental market in the UK, as detailed in the Dataloft PRS...

What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in no particular order: Trump, Brexit, Leicester winning the Premier League, a...

2016 has undoubtedly shone a spotlight on the reviews industry and drawn into question the legitimacy of online customer reviews.  Amazon, amongst...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s aim of creating a 24-hour city is one step closer with the appointment of London’s first Night...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

There were some absolutely brilliant figures released recently by telephone answering specialist, Moneypenny.  The highest call volumes diverted from agents to Moneypenny occurred between 10am-11am...

The ESTAS, the unique customer feedback and awards scheme for estate and letting agents and other sectors of the property industry,...

The Guild of Professional Estate Agents has followed in the steps on the ESTAS awards by linking up with a reviews and...

Although Brexit, portal juggling and portal wars have stolen property industry headlines in recent months, there's been one story almost constantly...

The growing size and scale of the private rented sector is not new news. Headlines shout about the changing profile of...

Women in the property industry still earn between 9.4 per cent and 14.3 per cent less than their male counterparts according...

Online reviews play an increasingly vital role in shaping the decisions of customers. Practically everyone using the internet to compare estate...

Hunters has set up a fund-raising site in honour of Andrew Grant (pictured centre), its commercial and operations director and a...

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and answer sessions with some of the key figures in the property...

The ESTAS Group, which runs the national customer feedback scheme and produces the largest annual awards event for the residential agency...

Some of this week’s headlines - ‘Firms must list foreign workers’ and ‘NHS to no longer rely on foreign doctors’ -...

Who are you? Nick Dyoss, Group Business Development Director, SearchFlow, property intelligence specialists You have a high profile within the conveyancing search industry,...

More estate agents are using – or at least considering using – virtual reality viewings as part of their services. But what...

The Guild of Professional Estate Agents is currently undertaking its latest roadshow, consisting of 25 regional meetings.  At the events, the network's...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

Two estate agencies have incorporated video footage on to their website homepages in order to promote their brands to prospective clients. Lumley...

I can’t remember a time when there were so many changes in the property industry. Forget Brexit and interest rates, the...

Who are you? Edward Trustworth, 23 What does it say on your business card? Founder, MyTenantedProperty.com What does the business do and what are you...

An investment report from credit ratings agency Moody’s suggests it is concerned about the effects of Brexit on the housing market,...

Summer finally arrived, the transport system (as always) went into meltdown, everyone complained that it was too hot and the sun...

It’s never been more important to show clients you know the market. Using market intelligence is a powerful tool. It allows...

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have asked new housing minister Gavin Barwell to...

Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...

An equities analyst has suggested that some of the most extreme warnings of housing market chaos after a Brexit vote came...

The Zoopla Property Group have been confirmed as headline partner once again for The ESTAS next year.     The ESTAS is a...

The controversy over whether the Land Registry should be sold off will now not be resolved until a new Prime Minister...