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

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

The last five years have seen unprecedented changes to the property market and agents and their clients have never faced such...

It’s been reported that the government is talking with banks and building societies about putting the housing market ‘on ice’ during the...

By now, most letting agents and landlords will have heard about the draft legislation laid in Parliament concerning a mandatory minimum...

Last November, as part of the Conservatives’ general election campaign, Boris Johnson made a surprise announcement that his party would introduce...

A new portal claims it will do what OnTheMarket failed to do, and offer an agent-led operation charging every agency branch...

Last week, it was announced that Plentific, the London-based tenant experience, has raised $32 million in Series B funding. Plentific’s model sees...

The phrase ‘death of the high street’ can be found in nearly any publication in any given week. And for fair...

In a revival of the Natter’s day in the life of series, I catch up with Rajeev Nayyar, managing director of...

A property company chief has been banned from being involved in any company for five years following a case involving over...

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...

The Innovative Collaboration Group - a collection of high-profile tech suppliers to the agency industry - has unveiled a raft of new...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

With a new year nearly upon us, it’s always a good idea to be aware of the major events that are...

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

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

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

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

Not so long ago, new UK car sales were racing ahead, fuelled by confidence in the economic recovery, but car production...

Three agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman for two or more years, after failing to pay awards...

The banning of letting fees levied on tenants has dominated the industry headlines in recent months but this election campaign suggests...

Ten years ago this month (April 2007) tenancy deposit schemes were first introduced in England and Wales.  You need to go a...

This week I’m lucky enough to be out here in Cannes as a PropTech Ambassador for MIPIM, the international real estate...

A house builder has set aside £7m to spend on repairs to its own new properties after a series of complaints...

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

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

What does it say on your business card? Rajeev Nayyar, Managing Director of Fixflo We’re here to talk about your new product,...

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

Conveyancing is the most complained about area of law in England and Wales – accounting, on average, for nearly a quarter...

This week we have the Head Shepherd of EweMove, Glenn Ackroyd, in the hotseat. He’s been co-owner of EweMove Sales and Lettings,...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has introduced a new HomeBuyer report without a valuation. The long-established HomeBuyer report with a valuation...

So what is it with young people failing to stand up for themselves and not making the most of their money...

It's a high quality RICS approved report, carried out by one of our RICS accredited local surveyors. The RICS HomeBuyer Survey is...

Countrywide is to lead a group including Connells and Zoopla in a partnership with the proptech company Fixflo, currently best known...

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

In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given the opportunity to give their views on proposed...

The Legal Ombudsman has published new guidance for first time buyers as a result of conveyancing problems topping the list of...

Today is the last chance for Estate Agent Today readers to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...

Estate Agent Today readers are being given the rare opportunity to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...

Stephen Moss, CEO of Pring.co.uk the UK’s leading property investment search engine, takes a look at the impact of ‘Corbynmania’ on...

No one likes to be called and told, your boiler has broken down or a burst pipe has caused damage to...

Some companies pride themselves on being able to accommodate customers of all kinds. “No job too big or too small,” they...