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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio What is mio and what...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where and why across our...

No one would argue that unfair fees and practices by rogue landlords is a problem that should be ignored, but the...

A new portal has been launched aiming to take on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket in the retirement property sector - and...

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

Housing Minister Esther McVey has launched an expert advisory council that the government says is “dedicated to the digital transformation of...

Countrywide’s ever-patient investors appear to have been unfazed by the company’s latest compliance issue, which has led to a £100,000 fine...

It’s now emerged that Countrywide has to pay a £100,000 fine to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors after breaching guidelines...

There’s been an encouraging increase in property transaction volumes according to new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. The total number of...

Housing minister Esther McVey says Compulsory Purchase Orders and brownfield land registers are to be made digitally transparent.  This will allow CPO...

It never rains but it pours. And that’s certainly been the case for the online estate agency sector in the last...

Hybrid agency Yopa has announced that its chief executive, Ben Poynter, will be standing down at the end of October to...

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

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

Earlier this year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working group announced the initial details of plans for mandatory qualifications and...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on key moves within the industry. Everyone mentioned here...

A new online estate agency has attacked the industry for being “largely cloaked and ambiguous” - and says that of all...

We’re fast approaching the last Bank Holiday before Christmas (ugh) so enjoy it - because on Tuesday we’re all going to...

One of the country’s leading estate agents is leading the calls on Chancellor Sajid Javid to sort out the government’s stamp...

With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...

If you’d asked me at the start of the year how I thought the political landscape might look now, I wouldn’t...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Eric Woodhams F.N.A.E.A. mio Account Manager What is mio and what...

A leading agent has suggested that some parts of the UK would face “a property exodus” if Boris Johnson’s proposals for...

The PropTech era is changing the way in which employees decide where they are going to work. As CBRE has discovered in...

With somewhere in the region of 1.2 million property sales transactions being completed each year, and 16,500 estate agents actively vying...

You may be right in thinking that Brexit has dominated the thinking of the government in the last three years. However,...

The founder of Zoopla has explained how the portal got its name and branding, and the philosophy behind it when it...

Four years ago, as we approached the general election, Andrews Property Group held a roundtable debateon the impact the election might have...

A review website set up by a former estate agent says £1m of new funding will allow it to roll out...

The UK property market can be seen by criminals as an effective vehicle to conceal the proceeds of economic crime. Criminally...

It’s an eye-catching combination - former professional rugby players turn estate agents, set up in converted shipping containers, and promise in time-honoured fashion...

A new team has been set up to police all estate and letting agency legislation including the upcoming tenants' fees ban. The...

There was a time when the mere mention of the financial services industry brought with it scorn and mistrust. The issues arising...

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

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

A survey by the Centre for Ageing Better recently showed that 72% of people want to see every new home built...

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...

Estate agent anti-money laundering (AML) compliance is under scrutiny again following the publication of figures detailing the fines levied for AML...

The influential Treasury Select Committee says estate agents should be more closely monitored to ensure they abide by anti-money laundering regulations. In...

Countrywide’s executive chairman and group managing director have spoken to Estate Agent Today about the impact of Brexit on the company,...

It’s been revealed that Countrywide has been hit with a £215,000 fine as part of a swoop by HMRC cracking down...

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

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

The dust may have settled on the government’s recent announcement regarding housing and property complaints, but opinion is still split on...

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

The Property Franchise Group says its online/hybrid agency EweMove traded profitably throughout  last year and will show “a significant improvement” over...

At the end of January the Asian PropTech company PropertyGuru announced the imminent launch of beta-phase testing of its cutting-edge new product, PropertyGuru Lens. This...

The British Property Federation has made an outspoken intervention into the Brexit debate, telling politicians that No Deal is the worst...

Former City analyst Anthony Codling - who is now the front-man for a new property portal - has set out why...

The government has moved to crack down on money laundering in the UK with a new campaign focusing on the accountancy,...

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

An analysis of property branding by more than 200 companies suggests that Purplebricks and OnTheMarket are two of the big winners with...

There’s been a four per cent rise in the number of estate agencies becoming insolvent according to a new report. In the...

Two reports have suggested London’s residential market may be damaged by Brexit - both the past two and a half years...

Thanks to vast improvements in processing powers, the use of virtual reality (VR) in some sectors is becoming more evident than...

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

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...

Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home buying process and improvement could be far quicker than any efforts...

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

New research by TheAdvisory consultancy, shared exclusively with Estate Agent Today, reveals exactly how fees have fallen for traditional agents in...

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...

It’s time to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to overseas buyers of property. If you listen to Theresa...

The government has unveiled a new body which, it claims, will raise agency standards. There is a long-standing commitment from the government...

With the news that Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to sellers, is this something...

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

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

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

The Property Redress Scheme says it’s recruited another 1,750 members following the shake-out last week when one of its rival redress...

Gazumping is the biggest irritation in the property market to the general public according to a survey of over 2,000 people.  Respondents...

It’s a highly competitive environment out there, where there's a constant and never-ending struggle that every agency manager, director or owner...

A report out today shows a 19 per cent rise in the number of property businesses classified as being in “significant...

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Tom Cummuskey Sales & Marketing Manager … Fast approaching double...

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

100 years ago, 90% of the UK population rented a home. Today, that figure has flipped, and over two thirds are...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is consulting members on the creation of a personal statement which they must sign to...

The annual report from the Advertising Standards Authority and the Committees of Advertising Practice, out today, shows that the estate and...

I have sold hundreds of lettings businesses over the last twenty-five years. Based on this experience, these are the mistakes that you...

Scottish high-end agency Galbraith has revealed how one of the smallest and most exclusive property sectors in Britain - Scottish country...

The UK’s largest property auctioneer says its first quarter’s sales figures for 2018 are ahead of those for the same period...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of the industry’s best known research experts, Johnny Morris, has left Countrywide.  Morris joined Hamptons...

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

Agents and representatives from other property sectors have reacted enthusiastically to proposals to professionalise the industry. As we reported yesterday, the government...

Has Countrywide finally convinced its investors that it is on the road to recovery? Back on March 8 the Countrywide share price...

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

A mergers and acquisitions specialist says traditional agencies have been pushed into becoming more innovative by the rise of portals and...

The UK property sector has been a hotbed for financial crime in recent years, with many criminals seeing it as an...

At the start of February, Nationwide suggested that the housing market was picking up. Last week, RICS reported on its continued...

This week I carry out a question and answer session with one of the most high-profile names in property. Isobel Thomson has...

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

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...

A new property portal called Linktosale aims to launch in the UK at the start of March following what appears to...

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

Another week, yet more consultations - the agency industry can’t complain about not being asked for its views recently. The latest were on...

It’s not just that the days are shortening and the occasional smell of smoke lingers in the evening - the weather...

Countrywide’s share price hit another new low yesterday of around 115.5p - a fall of just over four per cent on...

Harrods Estates has recruited an ex-Savills sales negotiator with 10 years of experience working in prime central London. Michael Harte, who will work...

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

Sky News says the online estate agent eMoov is drawing up plans to float on the stock market.  Sky has been well-informed...

It’s been quite a week, much of it concerning the technology that increasingly underpins our industry.  A glut of fund-raising and relaunching...

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

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

The stock exchange seems to be on everyone’s lips at the moment. There’s Agents’ Mutual seeking to float on the Alternative Investment...

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

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

For those of us working within the property sector, we’re in the very midst of what, for generations, has been one...

When it comes to provoking anger in property professionals, taxation takes some beating. Press releases are still arriving berating the December...

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

Great Expectations was a fantastic novel-cum-social-history written by Charles Dickens, who once lived in my adopted home city of Portsmouth. But these...

The housing industry has responded with shock, joy, and jitters, after Theresa May’s snap general election went catastrophically wrong, leaving her...

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

A series of strong sales performances at recent auctions has led one firm to claim the sector is leading the residential industry’s...

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...

The first week of February has seen some extraordinary goings on in the property sector, from which two stories particularly stand out...

Reapit, the provider of CRM software to much of the estate agency industry, has become one of the partners for the...

Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...

Instant gratification is nothing new. It’s been around for millennia. It’s an in-built survival instinct for humans – that want, that...

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

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

An insolvency firm active in the property sector says that after a year of major taxation, legislative and economic volatility, many...

Technology has been continuing to shape the way estate agents manage their customer service offering for years. It’s now a completely...

It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...

The Financial Times has beefed up its high-end house and apartment listings after the newspaper's property sector saw a 17 per...

When a tenant paid his initial one month’s rent in addition to a tenancy deposit in exchange for the keys to...

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...

Auction rooms across the UK are filled with people looking to buy property, from bargain hunters to seasoned investors, ensuring that...

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

A campaign has been launched to make Bristol the colour capital of the UK by ensuring that more homes are painted...

The Law Society of England and Wales have moved to clarify the legal position of electronic signature and have endorsed their...

It’s official; the estate agency business is tougher than ever. Contrary to perceptions that may exist amongst observers and even clients, the...

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...

Complaints made against adverts issued by property firms have increased by 10% in the last year. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) reports...

A few years ago one of our property receptionists took a call from a vendor whose husband had passed away.  The client,...

Winners’ reactions and views from a fantastic day of celebration! The Kings Group scooped the gold award for Best Estate Agent in...

George Osborne has been busy over the last year. First came the General Election which had everyone on tenterhooks until the...

Respected industry trainer Adam Walker is teaming up with Iain White of Agency Mentors to offer seminars, webinars and one-to-one advice...

The Competition and Markets Authority has ordered a company to stop writing fake reviews for small businesses and to try to...

A record 30,000 surveys have been submitted to the organisers of The ESTAS awards on the performance of estate and letting...

We’ve been facing some pretty adverse weather recently. Gales, storms and terrible flooding in parts of the country have upturned the...

Who are you? Steve Gosney. What does it say on your business card? Managing Director of Kremer Signs. How long has Kremer Signs...

SearchFlow’s rebrand and positioning as the specialist in ‘property intelligence’ is a response to new technological advancements and the changing market...

This week, SearchFlow launches it new brand. Group Marketing and Communications Director, Maud Rousseau discusses the ethos behind the new brand...

For the team at Andrews, the new year started a long time ago. Almost two years ago to be precise as...

Countrywide’s chief executive Alison Platt is to become a non-executive director of Tesco. The announcement by the supermarket to the City this...

“Estate Agents have been highlighted by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) as under reporting relative to their vulnerability to money...

A report from anti-corruption campaign group Transparency International says British estate agents reported only 179 suspicions of money laundering in a...

We have reached an interesting point in what has been a most unusual year for the property sector.  The latest figures from...

easyProperty says it is looking at the prospect of exporting its online agency business model to other countries. Chief executive Rob Ellice...

We’ve had a flurry of data for all of us involved in the property sector to mull over on our sun...

Public relations is big business these days. Whole companies are set up purely to provide this service. Major corporations have in-house...

A consumer champion says a new privatised system of Alternative Dispute Resolution, being introduced in October, threatens to create ‘complaints chaos’...

Here's a thought. The Chancellor may have done the buy-to-let industry a small favour with his emergency Budget in July. What...

When Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, recently announced that interest rates would have to start to rise sooner...

Who are you? Joshua Rayner MIRP What does it say on your business card? Managing Director of Rayner Personnel & Estate Agency...

The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) is delighted to announce their partnership with the award winning mediation provider, Small Claims Mediation (SCM) The...

The Conservatives’ election victory came as a surprise, so much so that television pundits spent all night after the vote rubbishing...

Auction house Allsop is launching the country’s first ever online-only auction for new build homes - and claims it's a first. The...

HAVING revolutionised the face of telephone answering and outsourced switchboards in the UK, Moneypenny has launched its pioneering service in the...

It is to the credit of our political parties - and our own industry’s lobbying - that so many housing-related matters...