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A network uniting ethical estate agents has officially launched today with 25 members. The Ethical Agent Network (EAN) is led by industry...

An estate agency founder and industry coach has launched a new artificial intelligence-powered prospecting tool. John Paul, who built an 11-branch agency...

TwentyEA has unveiled a suite of new marketing solutions combining its data tools, giving estate agents greater flexibility over their prospecting...

Proptech firm iamproperty has acquired data and prospecting firm Information Works for an undisclosed sum. It will help the platform’s partner agents...

Property visits remain one of the greatest time intensive activities for the letting agent. From prospecting visits, show rounds, inventories and...

It’s not uncommon to see a seasonal slump around December and the Christmas period. Last year, Propertymark reported an average of...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities are constantly developing, helping to improve efficiencies across all sectors and disciplines. Recent data* highlights that the...

Tangible, tactile, and tested. Those are the three words that Royal Mail used to describe direct mail marketing campaigns. Despite living in...

Lead generation tool provider Spectre claims it is set to redefine prospecting with a new tool to be launched this week. The...

Spectre has hailed the success of its recently launched fee recovery tool after helping an agent reclaim £7,000 in owed fees. Launched...

Many agents have forgotten what it takes to sell property, an industry figure claims. Speaking on the latest Agents MVMT Pass The...

Have you heard of the Pareto Principle…? Named after economist Vilfredo Pareto, it describes the imbalance of most work-related events -...

This May, we saw almost twice as many properties listed for sale across the UK than there were in May 2022....

Whether you know them as sold-in-your-area campaigns, sold-on-your-road postcards or 20:20s, the practice of prospecting 20 doors up and 20 doors...

Prestige and Village, the premium property agency firm, are continuing their drive to recruit more estate agents as part of their...

The most common time for a property sale to fall through is in the second week after the sale is agreed,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heather Staff and it says Co-Founder of Street Group...

Agents could be giving up a “prospecting goldmine” if they effectively shut-up shop on their marketing in the run up to...

Agents will receive automatic updates for ‘on market’ and ‘sold/let’ by area under the latest innovation from prospecting tool, Spectre. It will assist...

Purplebricks was the top brand for new listings and sales agreed during March, new data shows. A new quarterly market report launched...

Cutting an asking price has become a less effective selling strategy this year, research claims. Data from estate agent prospecting tool Spectre shows...

Almost half of sellers who took their homes off the market in 2022 will relist them in the next two years,...

Did you know that 46% of withdrawn properties will return to the market within 24 months? Here are 3 steps showing...

Agents are being offered a new tool to help them reclaim fees they are owed following a vendor’s withdrawal from the...

2023 has been coined as ‘the year of AI adoption’, and with this technology trickling down to almost every sector, its...

Premium property agency Prestige & Village is expanding beyond its home base in the South East of England. It has launched the...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they preview Estate Agency X 8, 2023 Estate Agency X is back and better...

Vendors are almost twice as likely to switch agent now than in 2022, new research suggests. Analysis by agency prospecting tool Spectre...

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology could change the way buyers search for property and alter the way portals operate, a proptech boss...

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are making their way into the estate agency sector. Many people will be aware of the ChatGPT AI...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? On my card it says: Vincent Anthony, Managing Director of Propertynest.  ...

Sellers who switch estate agent are 34% more likely to sell than those who reduce their price, research suggests. The estate agent...

OnTheMarket Group has launched its own proprietary customer relationship management (CRM) platform for estate agents following a successful trial period.   TecCRM, which...

Properties are taking longer to sell but this is encouraging other previously hesitant vendors to put their home on the market,...

OnTheMarket has partnered with The Able Agent to provide agents with access to online training courses at discounted rates. As part of...

Prospecting letters are a key part of an agent’s armoury and now data and prospecting platform Homesearch has partnered up with...

Fine & Country has unveiled plans to host a three-day intensive estate agency bootcamp for professionals within the network to help...

Reapit has launched a new version of its AgencyCloud software tool. The new product from the CRM provider is called Agency Edition...

Property data and estate agent prospecting platform, Homesearch has unveiled a new property search engine that it hopes will transform the...

Homeowners are now living in their homes for longer before taking the next step on the property ladder, research claims. Data from...

Estate agents hold more than 7,000 duplicate database records per branch on average, research claims. Insight from estate and letting agency customer...

Agents are being urged to discuss pricing with vendors after research shows 52% of listings have been on the market for...

It may be cliche to say, but technology is advancing at such a fast pace. So fast, in fact, that according...

Properties are staying on the market for longer and discounts are rising but fall-throughs are not increasing yet, data suggests. Heather Staff...

Estate agents in Scotland are bucking the sales slowdown trend, Homesearch claims. The property data and prospecting platform, which recently launched north...

Homesearch has partnered with professional body Propertymark, to provide increased support to its estate agent members and boost innovation across the...

Agents can now access an online qualification in listings and market appraisals. Agency training provider The Able Agent has launched what it...

Agency data and prospecting platform Homesearch has launched a new guide to help firms continue securing instructions during the so-called summer...

Fewer sellers have cut prices over the past months but agency instructions have dropped, figures suggest. Analysis by property data and estate...

Estate agency software provider Street.co.uk has announced an integration with lead generation tool Spectre to help agents secure instructions. Agency firms that...

Property data and estate agent prospecting platform Homesearch is expanding north of the border. After three years of operation in England and...

In this video interview – part of a regular monthly series – Homesearch’s Sam Hunter speaks to Angels Media’s Lee Dahill...

There is a danger that some agents forget to undertake basic activities after a lengthy period of a super-strong market. That’s the...

A popular myth suggesting 50 per cent of homes sell with a second agent, is simply untrue. That’s the claim from property...

In the first few months of 2022, agents have experienced some of the lowest stock levels in several years. The number...

A PropTech platform claims its “unique” features will help its subscribers get a 1,500 per cent return on investment by the...

Homesearch has won £5m new investment from venture capital firm Octopus Ventures - an organisation that has also backed three businesses...

OnTheMarket agents are to have access to the prospecting tool SmartMail, produced by data firm Sprift. SmartMail is a canvassing and prospecting...

A PropTech chief says agents are now competing with each other for substantially less stock on the market - meaning their...

I’m going to declare upfront that, as an investor, I have a financial interest in the success of MovePal but I also need...

Foxtons has written to the ‘legal owner’ of part of the Tower of London, offering to value the property for a...

There are a huge array of products and services covering the entire journey of lettings, from prospecting all the way through to...

In a 'coup' for property data firm Homesearch, Keller Williams UK, which has some 400 agents under its banner across the UK,...

Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Estate Agent Today stories)?  Who are these people and...

A career in property can be fun and rewarding, but it’s a busy world to live and work in. As we...

With stock remaining perilously short for most agents, the industry has been advised to use data to identify those existing owners...

The biggest challenge facing many agents in the current climate is the general shortage of stock, both for sales & lettings. Let’s...

An industry supplier is urging agents to dust off old prospects to build their pipeline and keep the market boom going...

Zoopla says just over half of current home owners say they are stuck in a property that’s unsuitable for their needs...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to give its members a tool which, it claims, will show existing owners’ propensity to...

You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...

Recently I heard the stat that over 50% of property is sold with the second agent, which was backed up by...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property What is LetsBid and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Jake Field - Area Sales Manager What is lets bid Property...

Agents should put as much emphasis on ensuring a house move actually happens as on winning the instruction to begin with,...

It’s been some time since online agencies have ventured into crowdfunding to raise investment, but easyProperty has now done so -...

Leadhub, a prospecting tool created by estate agency trainer Richard Rawlings, has been acquired in what he calls “a classic case...

There is no doubting that 2020 has been a challenging year for all industries, with the lettings market being no exception. Following...

Despite the recent effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is still much opportunity in the market for letting agents to grow...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

Steve, his name was. Steve, the board man. A rather frightening man, if truth be told. When I started at Foxtons, he used...

There’s no doubt we’re in a less-than-rosy phase of the property cycle. This, however, is not another doom and gloom piece:...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

The ValPal Network claims its new product allows agents to gather the maximum amount of information from customers using its automated...

Estate Agent Today understands that the fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents’ trade group has announced a new partnership - this time...

A new branch of Keller Williams UK - operating from a so-called market centre office rather than a traditional shopfront branch...

PropTech services The ValPal Network and Loop Software have launched an integration which they say will reduce admin and maximise valuation opportunities...

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - and it’s not just because we...

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - no surprises there. And it’s not...

The ValPal Network, which consists of over 800 agency brands with more than 4,000 offices, has launched a new product which...

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

What questions keep you awake at night? Do you know if you’re losing new instructions by undervaluing, or whether you could...

It’s been nine years since we created a dedicated team of property receptionists to answer telephone calls on behalf of agents,...

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,...

Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...

We recently witnessed the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) increase the base interest rate for the first time since...

The Guild and Fine & Country are launching what they call “an automated prospecting service” to enable members to target sellers...

Who are you? Iain White, Business Consultant and, most importantly, father to 4 boys.  I travel frequently with work so to...

Cost-effective marketing will always be an important part of growing an estate agency business. I'm often asked about the ways in which...

We're all wise to the fact that spring is typically the busiest time of year for the property market. The financial...