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A call has gone out for Property Logbooks to receive official recognition as “digital assets” by the Law Commission: the move...

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

A commercial property agency in London says it will open a residential sales and lettings operation this year. Bermondsey-based Henshall & Partners...

One of the most senior politicians involved in the property industry is embroiled in a row over her anti-Marcus Rashford social...

Strike - which over the weekend announced a new £11m investment package - has now revealed it has a new chief...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Matt Ratliff, Chief Technology Officer of Sort Group. How has your...

The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...

The frenzy of activity in the housing market thanks to the stamp duty holiday shows the need for automated processes to...

Around 18 months ago, just a few months before the pandemic hit, I did a Natter with the team at software...

ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...

A former commercial director of Zoopla, who worked at the portal for 12 years, has been named as managing director of...

In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...

OnTheMarket’s new chief executive has posted his first full year’s trading figures - and they suggest the portal is making progress...

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s on the move. Let us know...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

Figures released from the government show 19,400 people in the real estate sector are still on furlough - suggesting some agents have back...

Tech is a fantastic enabler but should never be a complete replacement for the human interactions that add real value to...

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...

We recently conducted a survey and discussion session with estate and lettings agencies called Agency panel - Cut through the noise...

In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...

Two former directors of the prestigious Beauchamp Estates agency in central London have set up their own new company. They say their...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak to someone who has made an excellent impression on the property industry in...

TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...

A leading industry supplier says there’s been a jaw-dropping 495 per cent year-on-year increase in digital spend from agents - and that...

I was not surprised when I came across an industry article recently citing that over half of home buyers never visit...

The market share of hybrid and online agents has remained at eight per cent, according to property industry consultancy TwentyCi. This figure...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

The ESTAS Group has named a new headline sponsor for its 2021 Forum and Awards, taking over from Zoopla with immediate effect. It’s...

The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...

We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...

Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...

Some 30 tax documents have been released by HM Treasury this afternoon - a mix of responses to past consultations, proposals...

Will Rightmove still be the dominant portal by 2030? Will Boomin really shake up the industry as Purplebricks did before it?...

There is growing speculation that a raft of tax proposals to be unveiled next week will include reform of Capital Gains...

Welcome to Agents Do Charity, the weekly fund-raising catch up - as ever, even during challenging times, it’s great to see...

Later this year, on October 22, the ESTAS 2021 will take place in London. The glittering ceremony will welcome property professionals...

The controversy over the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements in the world of property resurfaced over the weekend in a BBC programme. A...

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

You could be forgiven for overlooking International Women’s Day on Monday. Well, almost. Focus was instead turned to the first day back...

Hello and welcome to this edition of Property Jobs Today, a chance to catch up with who’s moving where in the...

A conveyancing organisation has launched an initiative called Be Kind We Care to promote kindness and wellbeing within the property industry. The...

As a property agent, fancy marketing terminology such as ‘omnichannel’ might not hold too much interest for you right now. We’re in...

When I joined Zoopla, I took the same approach that I always take whenever I enter a new sector: I was...

With just two days to go, it's fair to say the property industry is eagerly awaiting Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget statement...

A high-profile London agency is asking the police and property industry bodies including Trading Standards to investigate a fake company posing under...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

This week’s In Conversation Today interviewee needs no introduction. One of the property industry’s most recognisable names, she has been a...

Let’s address the elephant in the room first - the property sector and how we market properties is changing. Gone are the...

It seems like a week does not go by without a new ‘gamechanging’ piece of technology being announced to the industry. 2020...

A housing market analyst says stamp duty, for all its unpopularity within the property industry, may not be so bad after...

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

A property industry body representing developers wants the government to think again about making it easier for redundant High Street shops...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...

As part of our third PayProp Special Report on COVID-19 rental arrears in the UK, we surveyed over 600 agents, tenants...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am the General Manager of Ravensworth, which is what...

A large majority of estate agents fear a surge in 'failed sales’ as the stamp duty holiday cliff edge gets ever-closer. The latest National...

The property sector is set to lead the UK out of its Covid slump according to Ernst & Young’s latest forecast....

The New Year lull is well and truly over and this week’s Agents Do Charity show fundraising is back in business despite...

By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...

The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

While the property industry has suffered far less than other sectors during the past year, it would be short of the...

In the not-too-distant future, it will be possible to order a driverless car to collect you and then drive you to...

The Sunday Times has made new and detailed allegations regarding the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. For some weeks the newspaper has...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

To kick off 2021, we have a Q&A with one of the most high-profile – and, it has to be said,...

There’s growing optimism that an extension to the stamp duty holiday - thought to be off the agenda just days ago...

The sudden end of the stamp duty holiday at the end of March could throw away the market gains achieved in...

An agency operating in the new Tier 4 area has abandoned viewings and visits to homes until New Year, even though the...

Pressure is building on the government to agree a tapered end to the stamp duty holiday, even if a full-blown extension now...

Ever since the initial ripples of innovation in the 1990s, PropTech has proceeded to reshape our market beyond recognition; going on...

A new family-run estate agency in Cornwall claims to be the first in the county to focus on green thinking, championing...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

After you. No, after you. That is often how innovation seems amongst the real estate elite. And this week I see it...

Mark Hayward, who was scheduled to retire at the end of this month, is to stay on at NAEA Propertymark as...

Property sales take a seriously long time to complete. There are a number of reasons for this, although often delays are...

As what now seems like a common occurrence everything has changed again since I last sat down to write about the...

Property tax rises and falling house prices look as if they are on the way according to the small print accompanying...

According to the annual Property Week PropTech survey, almost 48% of property businesses had tested new technology because of the COVID-19...

The Competitions and Markets Authority is to probe the proposed merger of two crowdfunding sites used by numerous property industry companies. Crowdcube...

As you may have seen over the weekend, the long-running Property Natter column – penned by Angels Media chief executive, Nat...

A leading board member of NAEA Propertymark warns a small number of rogue agents continue to flout anti-money laundering regulations - and...

David Cox is joining Rightmove next week in a dramatic return to the industry. Cox left the ARLA Propertymark in late July after...

The Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday has been a hot topic of conversation for many in the residential property industry –...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am James D. Marshall, Founder and CEO of Pupil. What...

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...

In early September, mio achieved an industry first with the release of the mio chain view API. Now, all the parties...

We all know what the problem is, but what’s the solution? The problem is that landlords, thinking they offer a valuable service...

Propertymark has teamed up with an employment and health and safety specialist to establish a service for member agents with Coronavirus-related...

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, better known as the furlough scheme, was introduced by the chancellor Rishi Sunak in March to...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak today reveals his latest measures to help businesses - including agencies, suppliers and other parts of the property...

Figures drawn up by a property industry recruitment guru show that estate agents work only two thirds of the hours they...

I’m sure I speak for most in the property industry when I say that back in March and April I had...

Hello and welcome to the start of the weekend and that means it's time for Agents Do Charity. Each week, we publicise...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

It was officially announced last week that the UK is in recession for the first time since 2009, and although this...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, a weekly round-up of news as the industry continues fund-raising even in these challenging...

A property developer has set up an estate agency that charges no commission to sellers but instead levies a non-refundable reservation...

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...

A new PropTech platform says its central feature will be the launch of a Multiple Listings Service.  This will allow agents “to...

Hello: if it’s Friday it’s charity day and this week we have a special announcement from the industry’s own charity, Agents...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

There’s a record number of property industry companies, including agencies, in financial distress according to the latest Red Flag alert monitor. The...

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...

As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...

One of the industry’s leading trainers and consultants has launched a range of 15 new online training modules covering sales skills,...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...

Have you ever wondered how industry-specific software and property portals have influenced the typical estate agency of today? A new book, which...

The Black Lives Matter debate has reached the property industry with some agents dropping the term ‘Master bedroom’ from descriptions. The Times...

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

The chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents, Mark Hayward, is to retire at the end of this year.  The...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

A brand and marketing strategic who also ran one of the country’s most successful lettings agencies for a decade has said...

One of the highest profile and most widely respected figures in the British property industry has died suddenly. He was 72. Tony...

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...

A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...

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

Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...

Covid-19 has placed a spotlight on the impressive variety of fundraising platforms and technologies available – and not often in places...

An estate agency says the housing market could get a boost as a result of couples separating after the prolonged togetherness...

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

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...

The man who has been Rightmove’s head of innovation for the past five years has joined an online agency. Hannes Buhrmann has...

Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, and there is a great deal of positive things to be said about a...

If it’s Friday it’s our regular round-up of fund-raising by and involving the property industry, and it’s remarkable how much is...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

The City regulator which is bringing a test case over insurance firms refusing to honour Business Interruption policies wants policyholders including...

Homesearch - the new property portal which describes itself as “the future of the property industry” - has delayed its launch. It was scheduled...

Who are you? I’m Craig Fenner, a Customer Success Director at Feefo.  I work directly with Feefo’s Enterprise clients to ensure they...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

The scandal over Business Interruption Insurance policies is hotting up, with class actions being discussed against insurance firms and the Financial Conduct Authority announcing...

The online agency network love2move has won a new agency client despite the Coronavirus lockdown. Pinkerton - which covers the North Down,...

A major consumer survey of existing home owners and potential movers has resulted in a plea to government to allow house...

Business consultancy TwentyCi is the latest to try to put a value on the potential losses to the property industry and...

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...

Three more agencies have signed up to the ESTAS customer review platform. The arrival of Newton Fallowell, Lovelle and Goodchilds - all...

We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...

I won't be the first or last person to say that society and the property industry in which we operate is...

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

In response to the current coronavirus pandemic, which is having such an impact on all parts of life, including the property...

Hello and welcome to a special Agents Do Charity, given over entirely to a wonderful effort to coordinate the industry’s response...

For complete transparency, I write this column first thing on a Tuesday morning and have done for a couple of years...

*** Please see this story for the latest news on house moving, updated 12 noon on Tuesday March 24 *** The property...

A PropTech start-up led by a prominent commentator has become the latest part of the industry to take a pop at...

Over 600 agents have now signed up to the Say No To Rightmove campaign including some of the biggest names on...

Industry…we salute you. We thought we may have no good deeds to pass on to readers this week because of the...

The current market crisis caused by Coronavirus should present OnTheMarket with an opportunity to pause its existing strategy, talk to agents...

Property expert Phil Spencer will soon be sharing his unique insight into Move iQ’s engaged consumer audience alongside advice from other...

Hello and as it’s Monday it’s PJT Day - and there are plenty of people moving jobs in our industry even...

Your business may be growing quicker than you could ever imagine which is great when it comes to raising brand awareness....

There has been broad support and relief amongst property industry players following announcements from several lenders that they would grant mortgage...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its debut last year with teams from the property sector makes a welcome return...

Logbooks about properties must be made available up-front at the point of marketing and not later in the buying process if...

Insolvency firm Begbies Traynor says the estate agency and property industry sector of the UK economy has seen a big rise...

Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...

Property portals generate revenue from estate agents regardless of the outcome of the transaction. This relationship has resulted in a fundamental...

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...

Estate agents and others in the property industry have much more to do to deter money laundering. That’s the view of a security...

Hello and welcome to the first PJT of 2020 - a new decade and, for many, a time of new opportunities. We’re always...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

When we launched Reapit’s Foundations Platform as a Service (PaaS) in November, it may have seemed like a recent development in...

A new tie-up between Coadjute, a network for decentralised workflow and data sharing within the property industry, and banks including NatWest...

US-based Keller Williams is going to open its next market centre in West Sussex - the latest example of what it...

A new digital ‘members-only club’ is being launched for property professionals around the world.  The Eighth Door is a web and app-based...

28th NOVEMBER 2019: Christopher Watkin’s recent thought-provoking interview with Dan Marsden sheds light on the property industry today and offers an...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

Recent Zoopla reports stating that first-time buyers are deciding against purchasing one-bedroom flats came as no surprise to me, or I’m...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

Well there’s little doubt that after this week’s weather winter is well on the way - the perfect time for fund-raising...

The head of the UK’s longest-established agency recruitment consultancy says experience and qualifications are not key when looking for new staff. Property...

The controversial former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, is to be the keynote speaker at a property industry...

Agents and property industry figures have given a clear message to the government six weeks ahead of the General Election -...

Hello, welcome to another Monday and the latest PJT. As ever, a brief reminder to please let us know your appointments new...

Yopa – launched in 2015 as part of the new breed of hybrid operators seeking to shake up the industry –...

News broke last weekend of a further online estate agency casualty as letting agent Upad announced on its website that it...

A new franchisee says she will combine 20 years of property knowledge with state-of-the-art PropTech to provide customers with what she...

Upad, the national online letting agent set up by entrepreneur James Davis has announced that it is “closed to new business”...

The boss of a 15+ branch estate agency group has explained how he thinks regulation could 'ruin' the estate agency industry. Simon...

An independent estate agency has committed its future to the high street by moving one of its offices to a more...

The niche agency Singer Veille has set up its own PropTech consultancy and application development service for the property industry. Singer Veille...

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...

It’s been six years since the Help to Buy scheme was launched, with the honourable intentions of helping more people onto...

A new PropTech online platform called BestAgent Property Marketplace is to launch next year following a series of 12 meetings this autumn. It...

A leading London estate agent has written to The Times dismissing MPs who have been squabbling over Brexit and a possible...

There has been a sceptical response by agents and others in the property industry to the government’s latest headline-grabbing tweaks to...

The National Association of Estate Agents has told the government that it wants one single Ombudsman to provide redress across all...

Innovate or Die. But What is Innovation? It Isn’t just PropTech A certain Mr Dick Whittington Esquire was once convinced that the...

What a credit to the industry so many agents, surveyors and suppliers are: this week’s ADC shows the diverse range of...

As the founder of Jupix, I worked in the property industry between 2008 - 2014. I had the privilege to lead...

A property industry trade body claims 85 per cent of agents believes a ‘staged’ property sells three times faster than a...

A newspaper claims that a crowdfunding site used by some estate agencies and other property industry companies has suspended trading on...

With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...

Former Countrywide employees who take to social media or the mainstream press to criticise the company are betraying those who remained...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new Property Jobs Today column, bringing you the industry’s...

Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather.  Yet...

How many of you are in favour of estate agents being licenced? Would most agents rather not be overseen by a regulator...

In a marketplace as competitive as the property industry, you may think that generating leads is the most important focus for...

Trade organisations including the National Association of Estate Agents have welcomed today’s publication of the report of the Regulation of Property...

The introduction of technology to an industry can be daunting, due to changes in executing daily tasks, and also a fear...

It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...

Jamie Lester, the London estate agent who starred in The Apprentice almost a decade ago, has set up a property industry...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...

Hello and welcome to both this week’s PJT and welcome to July. It may be summer and Wimbledon time, but there’s no...

Purplebricks’ founder Kenny Bruce has promised that his departure from the firm does not mean he won’t be heard of again. Kenny - whose brother...

MyBid4It is an online auction platform which has been developed to partner with Estate Agents and revolutionise the way properties are...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

Recent figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have revealed a rather worrying landscape for small business owners across the...

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

Property developing is an incredibly diverse and exciting career choice, and something that many people aspire to do in the UK.  I...

PropTech start-up BestAgent is to stage a day-long event for suppliers to the agency industry later this month. This follows BestAgent founder...

Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policy that was implemented in 2012 was designed to make staying and residing in the UK as...

My experience in marketing over the last 10 years has been an interesting journey, however I don’t want to bore you...

In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...

Countrywide’s shares took another battering yesterday as they plummeted below the psychologically-painful 5p mark - reflecting a 95 per cent loss of...

Earlier this month we celebrated the 16th annual ESTAS Awards, once again hosted by TV property expert Phil Spencer.  The glittering ceremony...

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...