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The former commercial director of Rightmove has made a strong defence of much of the company’s activities, including the charges it...

A hybrid agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched has announced a recruitment drive and expansion in...

Estate agents are likely to get through the next five to six months even if the market falls away - but...

OnTheMarket says in a trading statement this morning that as of May 31 only some 9,000 branches were on paying contracts...

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

Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...

A survey of agents’ attitudes which two weeks ago showed a big majority of agents wanting to work as self employed...

The second part of a survey which has already thrown up shock results has been launched with an appeal for agents...

There’s a warning today to agency chiefs to keep in touch with their staff as lockdown eases across England in a...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has started buying social media advertising space in a bid to recruit agents. In a ‘promoted’...

Only 33 per cent of agents want to return to working the same way as before the Coronavirus crisis, according to...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - our first for some weeks as the coverage has previously been dominated by...

One of the industry’s top recruitment gurus wants to check the pulse of the industry - and that includes whether furloughed...

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

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...

A leading human resources expert predicts that agents who are poorly treated by their employers now will wreak revenge and move...

LSL Property Services says one of its measures to “rightsize” the organisation during the Coronavirus crisis will be to put agents...

The head of the longest-established agency personnel consultancy in the UK says caution should be exercised over the use of Artificial...

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....

OnTheMarket has announced this morning that it has given notice to its chief executive, Ian Springett, with immediate effect. The troubled portal's...

Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry. You know the drill by now: if...

There’s been a surge in UK enquiries to global free-to-list portal Residential People, and a comparable rise in interest from Chinese...

Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry - and it’s March already. If there...

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

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

Hello - it’s Monday and so it’s PJT, where you can catch up on the industry major moves of recent days. Please...

Another former Savills agent has joined freelance agency operation Keller Williams, the second in recent weeks. In January it was revealed that...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week - and it’s been a frantic seven days since the last...

OnTheMarket will tomorrow issue over 400,000 shares to agents who have signed new long-term listing agreements with the portal. No details have...

Welcome to the first February PJT. As the year progresses the industry embarks on more appointments, especially with a market that’s...

Hello - if it’s Monday it’s PJT day, so welcome to the latest update on key moves within our industry. Let us...

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...

Hello and welcome to a new week, and a new edition of PJT. If you’re on the move or your firm has...

UK estate agents are amongst the worst paid in any country in the world according to new data. Digital marketing firm Yell...

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

A leading industry recruitment expert says our industry is facing its worst personnel shortage in a generation. Anthony Hesse, managing director of...

Nicky Stevenson, formerly the managing director of the Property Academy, has quit hybrid agency Keller Williams UK after just eight months. Stevenson’s...

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

Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today before Christmas - and yes, there are still plenty of people moving...

A statement made by Purplebricks in its trading statement yesterday appears to fly in the face of statements it has made...

Zoopla has this afternoon announced a massive growth programme for 2020 with 120 new staff and expansion in most of its...

Hello and welcome to PJT: even with little more than a fortnight before Christmas it seems there are still plenty of...

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

In the latest part of the Natter’s ‘day in the life of’ series, I catch up with Chris Osmond, sales director...

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

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...

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

Mark Bentley, the immediate past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has become the highest profile agent yet to...

Hello there and welcome along to the latest PJT, your weekly catch-up on who’s moving where in agency, amongst suppliers and...

Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...

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

A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has told Estate Agent Today that its recruitment schedule is running “well...

OnTheMarket has this morning posted its latest results to the stock market. The portal reports that 2,346 branches had converted to full-paying...

The new managing director of easyProperty claims the hybrid agency will be targeting branch managers and senior negotiators who think they...

Welcome back to Property Jobs Today - your Monday roundup of all the latest employment news from the industry. If you have...

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

A new estate agency, which claims to only hire property experts, has announced a new investment as well as the recruitment...

It’s Monday so that can mean only one thing - a chance to catch up on the key moves in and...

A trading statement from OnTheMarket reveals that fewer agents than anticipated have so far converted from free or discounted deals to...

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

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...

It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...

As real estate firms begin to execute their Q3 strategies and think more closely about Q4, there is one major question...

New compulsory qualifications for estate agents will not only offer more transparency for customers but will help recruit better staff into...

Hello and welcome to the final PJT before September - yes that means summer is almost over.  Yet even during the holiday season...

A former Local Property Expert and manager at Purplebricks has gone on record to reveal what it was really like to work...

Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...

Hello and welcome to PJT, breaking you in to the working week every Monday with news of the movers and shakers...

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

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your regular weekly column giving all the key appointments news in the...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your Monday catch-up on all the key appointments news in the industry. Please...

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

The former chief executive of Purplebricks has defended claims that some Local Property Experts are underpaid, saying that success comes through...

Welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today. It's the time of the week when you can catch up with...

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

The weekend is over all-too-quickly but at least if it’s Monday, it’s Property Jobs Today - your weekly catch up with...

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

A series of damning reviews about Purplebricks’ working environment, apparently written by existing and former staff, have appeared online. Indeed is a...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today - the Monday slot where you can catch up with...

Figures released from OnTheMarket this morning suggest that its conversion programme for agents shifting from free deals to paid membership is...

Hello and here’s another PJT to start the week: we hope it’s your first port of call when you want to...

Welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - because last week there was a Bank Holiday, we have a bumper edition...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the destination where you can catch up with the key moves announced in the...

Welcome back to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today (PJT) after a Bank Holiday break. Each week, we round up...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - because of the flurry of Bank Holidays at this time of year, it’s...

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

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

The estate agency industry is in a staffing dilemma because of the continuing uncertainty over Brexit and its effect on the...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - your final chance before the Easter break to catch up with the key...

Hello, it’s that time of the week again when we look at the latest recruitment and appointment news in the industry. Just...

Hello, welcome to a new week and to PJT, your regular Monday round-up of jobs news in the industry. Do please let...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday edition of Property Jobs Today. Everyone here contacted us on press@estateagenttoday.co.uk to espresso the word;...

Fine & Country is opening a new office in York, joining some 300 similarly branded outlets worldwide.  Frances Bowling, manager of Fine...

Many of the industry’s best known and widely respected suppliers have set up a new group which they say offers agents...

Hello - here we are once again with the weekly round-up of key moves in the agency and related industries. We’re letting...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your weekly chance to catch up on major moves in our industry. Everyone here has...

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

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

Welcome to this week’s PJT, your chance to catch up with the latest key job moves. Keep in touch with us on...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

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...

There are many misconceptions about the franchising world but, whether we’re talking about estate agency franchises or fast food franchises, it’s...

New figures released this morning from OnTheMarket claim its listing inventory bis now over 80 per cent of the size of...

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...

Outsourcing. Everyone has an opinion on it and there’s a stigma surrounding it in the lettings industry. But get this…letting agents ARE...

There’s been another raft of movers and shakers in the industry in recent days, so this is a busy Property Jobs...

Hello and welcome to another PJT, your regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Please keep us informed of...

Hello and welcome to this year’s first edition of Property Jobs Today, reporting on the first industry moves of 2019. We’re told...

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

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - and while it may be just days to Christmas, there’s still plenty of...

Two weeks to Christmas but no sign of our industry slowing down with more job moves announced in recent days.  Please let...

Yet another estate agency has announced that it’s shutting branches and opening a centralised hub. This time it’s Newman Property Experts, a...

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

It’s not just the Cabinet and the government where jobs are in flux - there are plenty of moves to announce...

A new prime London hybrid agency wants what it calls “disillusioned property professionals” to join the firm and take advantage of...

Hello and welcome to our latest edition of Property Jobs Today, a weekly run-through of the key job moves within our...

Keller Williams, the US agency which allows agents to work from hub-like ‘market centres’, says it now has 130 freelance agents in this...

An estate agency that’s been commended for its flexible working has launched a recruitment drive for franchisees who would keep 75...

Countrywide has given Estate Agent Today exclusive details of progress on its Back To Basics programme as it seeks to recover...

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

The Competition and Markets Authority is stepping up its campaign to identify and prosecute companies behind cartels - and it’s offering...

If it’s Monday it must be Property Jobs Today, your round up of the industry’s key moves. Are you changing jobs yourself?...

Hello and welcome to PJT, our weekly round up of key moves within the industry. Let us know what’s going on with...

Hello and welcome to a new working week, which means your chance to catch up on the key moves in our...

Hello and welcome to our weekly catch-up on the major moves within our industry. Remember, you can let the rest of the...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, the latest weekly catch-up with moves within and across our industry. A quick...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your chance to catch up on the major moves in the agency industry over...

The Property Personnel recruitment consultancy says more job-sharing could be introduced in the industry, preventing talent going to waste.  Managing director Anthony...

As the property market gears up for a busy autumn period, agents and property firms have been equally busy bolstering their...

Following a break for last week's final Bank Holiday before Christmas, we're back with a bumper edition of Property Jobs Today. We're...

  Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - a thinner than usual edition as the industry enjoys the last of the...

Estate and lettings agency is arguably one of the most fierce, ruthless and relentless industries going. And, with fluctuating stock levels,...

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - and as ever we have a breakdown of key moves within our industry. To...

We may be well into August but there’s little sign of a holiday for our industry, with a string of big...

The former deputy chief executive at online agency Tepilo is launching a new training, recruitment and consultancy business for estate agents.  Catherine...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday feature, Property Jobs Today. There’s plenty going on despite the summer holidays beginning for many...

The UK arm of the US-based estate agency Keller Williams says it is making a specific bid to recruit more women...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today, the regular Monday round-up of moves and changes in our industry. Do please let us...

Welcome back to Property Jobs Today - EAT's weekly roundup of all the big moves going on in our industry. If you...

The chief of the UK’s longest-established estate agency recruitment consultancy has described the inflexibility of the industry towards people returning to...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our weekly feature on who’s moving where throughout our industry. And it’s...

Countrywide is in no rush to appoint a new chief executive, following the experience of having Alison Platt in the post...

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 estate agency sector “is experiencing the worst staff shortages in a generation at a point when the property market is...

The assessment by an investment consultancy that Purplebricks sells some 76 per cent of the homes it lists may have made...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - our regular Monday look at who’s moving where within our industry. You...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our regular Monday look at key moves inside our industry. Everyone mentioned here...

A survey by an industry recruitment consultancy indicates that work-life balance is increasingly important to agency job applicants, second in importance...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, our round-up each Monday of key job moves within estate and letting...

PropTech has been the industry soundbite for the last couple of years. For many of my fellow agents, I think it’s one...

OnTheMarket has told the City this morning that it has already signed up 81 new listing agreements by 5pm yesterday, completing...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today; this is the latest of our weekly round-ups of key job moves within estate...

All eyes are on Agents’ Mutual’s first day of trading on the London stock exchange - just over five years after...

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

There was an excellent article, published last week, based around an interview with Chandra Dhandapani, CBRE’s chief digital and technology officer.  The...

Purplebricks has announced that former Countrywide director Lee Wainwright has been appointed chief executive officer of the hybrid agency’s UK operations...

There’s a new warning being issued for estate agents and all other businesses to ensure they are prepared for the General...

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

The research director of an investment firm which has advised Purplebricks says the “odd detractor” who doesn’t sell their home does...

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

Online estate agency eMoov has announced the appointment of a new marketing expert. Lucy Milne - formerly marketing director of Just Eat...

eMoov, the online agency which last month secured an additional £9m funding from investors, has launched a recruitment drive for what...

An interview in an online magazine aimed at the small business sector lifts the lid on some of the structure surrounding...

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

Agents’ Mutual has confirmed that it proposes to form a new company, OnTheMarket plc, to list on the AIM market of...

A survey of just over 2,000 candidates and 1,000 employers across London’s residential property market suggests over half of them believe...

Purplebricks has released more details of expansion plans to recruit hundreds of additional Local Property Experts. The recruitment drive was launched yesterday...

Winkworth Franchising has created an in-house recruitment department to enhance the company’s tailored offering to franchisees. The team will be led by head...

Purplebricks has this morning announced a drive to recruit “hundreds” of new Local Property Experts” in a bid to become what...

New figures released this morning from Purplebricks shows the onward march of the hybrid agency and its Local Property Experts. For the...

The group seeking to represent independent agents says a recruitment meeting scheduled for tomorrow is carrying on despite growing doubts about...

Knight Frank has recruited an estate agent from Foxtons to run its Tower Bridge branch.  Daniel Woods joins from the firm’s London...

Two established independent estate agency brands have joined forces to create the Estate Agency Franchise Group and are looking to expand. The...

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

The UK's largest estate agency has announced that its finance chief will step down from its board next month and retire...

Spicerhaart has launched what it calls a talent acquisition team to recruit new agents to the group’s range of brands, as...

Hybrid estate agency YOPA has launched a recruitment campaign suggesting that agents have “the chance to make between £6k and £12k per...

Purplebricks has this morning issued its latest trading update, reporting what it calls "strong growth" in the UK and updating investors on...

More former Countrywide figures have emerged in new roles at rival organisations. Darren Bowles, former regional sales manager at Countrywide’s Bridgfords brand,...

Property Franchise Group - formerly known as Martin & Co - has announced that 12 EweMove franchises have been sold in...

Winkworth’s annual figures for 2016 reveal a franchise turnover drop of six per cent and a pre-tax profit fall of 25.6...

A new recruitment push by franchise agency operation HomeXperts says its agents - who work from home - earn invoiced commissions...

Earlier this week it was Dads4Daughters Day – a campaign that strives to promote gender equality in the workplace.  I have three...

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

The man behind YOPA - the online agency that last year secured investment from high end traditional company Savills - says...

The fledgling group aiming to represent independent estate and letting agents is recruiting for a number of unspecified roles to help...

Estate agency haart has announced the appointment of a new regional partner for South London. Kieran Hogan will oversee 13 branches from...

The flexibility of Foxtons’ business model - especially its ability to control headcount, including the number of agents it employs -...

The managing director of the UK’s oldest estate agent recruitment consultancy has slammed a report which claims a cap on skilled...

Hatched, the online agency snapped up just over a year ago by Connells in what was described as an ‘industry defining’...

An Essex estate agent who believes he is the youngest in the industry has explained his success to Estate Agent Today...

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

A hybrid franchise agency is looking for new partners to expand its reach in the Midlands. Campbells says it is looking for...

Two high profile property firms have strengthened their land and new homes teams in order to cope with growing demand in...

The government needs to provide more details of what could happen to European Union employees after the UK leaves the EU,...

YOPA, the online agency which now has financial investment from Savills, says its instructions have risen five-fold since February. It also says...

Online agency YOPA has launched a recruitment campaign via social media. Tweets began appearing over the weekend and the latest, posted yesterday,...

For young people the length and breadth of the UK, Thursday of this week meant that the waiting was over and...

Another former Countrywide director is in the news, this time for launching a specialist property recruitment, training and consultancy business.  Mike Gowland,...

Estate agency recruitment consultancy Property Personnel is urging agents to hold their nerve following the shock Brexit referendum vote just a...

In a very buoyant report to the City, Purplebricks claims it has sold £2.8 billion worth of property in the year...

One of the original online estate agents, Hatched, is marking its tenth anniversary with a series of announcements.  The firm, which began...

Foxtons has announced the appointment of Mark Berry as its new chief financial officer (CFO).  Berry will take over from current CFO...

A London estate agent has admitted causing criminal damage after 'keying' the car belonging to the head of a recruitment firm. Oliver...

Purplebricks Group has issued a trading statement to the City - with another dramatic revenue increase and a claim that the...

Rayner Personnel is increasing its firepower in the key south east of England recruitment market with the announcement that husband and...

On Tuesday we managed hail, snow, rain, sun and a chilly wind all in one day. Whatever you want to say...

As property ‘experts’, sector know-how and experience sits centrally to everything we do, right? Of course, but it’s certainly not the only...

A London estate agency has been ordered by a court to pay £3,600 to a recruitment firm after a dispute over...

Property industry recruitment firm Macdonald & Company has expanded its residential division with three new appointments.  Christopher Humphrey and Keeleigh Goodridge join...

What Countrywide are getting at is that they want to think more like retailers to engage better with customers.  If this is...

This website recently published a piece ahead of the nationwide launch of our new property platform, Be Street Smart.  It explained how...

Purplebricks and its ad agency BMB have split - but the hybrid agency is nonetheless reported to be on the verge...

Hybrid agency Purplebricks has launched a recruitment drive for what it calls ‘local property experts’ in 17 parts of the country...

An estate agency has launched an internal academy to provide training for its rising stars.  Humberts, which has 23 offices across England,...

At the end of January I was one of the many people stood listening to the presentation that our co-founder Rachel...

When you're on the hunt for a new job, once your diary is starting to get booked up with interviews it's...

At 29, I'm Romans’ youngest senior manager. Last year I was promoted to a regional management position and I now oversee...

Karl Tatler Estate Agents & Lettings - recently annointed at Estate Agency of the Year at the Sunday Times annual awards...

Don’t be shy - a production company making a new documentary series for Channel 4 is on the look out for...

Over the past six months I’ve noticed a number of key themes emerge from the conversations I’ve had with agents –...

Diversity is a hot topic in offices across the UK as issues regarding the difference in pay and opportunities are being...

With Purplebricks floating next week and at least one other agent believed to be announcing the appointment of a senior staff...

A financial analyst frequently quoted by OnTheMarket has warned that it is set to remain “a significant number 3” portal -...

Hybrid estate agency EweMove is today announcing four new branches with more to come as it makes a move to target...

The Sunday Times claims 5,000 estate and letting agents have quit the industry in the past 12 months, while an additional...

Chartered surveying firm e.surv has announced the appointment of a new corporate governance director. Beginning in September, Paul Collins will  be responsible...

Estate agency Romans has claimed that it is the 'strongest property brand' in the Thames Valley.  The Romans Group recently commissioned a...

IT’S often said that the secret of a happy and thriving business is one in which every single employee is the...

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

One of the UK’s best-known buying agencies has launched a recruitment drive to boost its London operation.  Stacks Property Search, the UK’s...

I recently visited Life Residential at their bright and modern West London headquarters. I carried out a quick interview with Joint Managing...

Property recruitment consultancy Deverell Smith has snapped up a residential director from CBRE to head up its expanding estate agency division. Ana...

Zoopla Property Group is looking for more potential acquisitions following its surprise announcement that it is buying price comparison website uSwitch. ZPG...

Labour would introduce the mansion tax within its first 100 days in power, according to party leader Ed Miliband. He says the...