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![High EPC ratings push up house prices – but by how much?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCx400x310.png)
Vendors could boost the value of their property by around £13,000 on average by improving its energy efficiency, research suggests. Research by...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![The Evolution of Estate Agency Software: Transactions down, profit margins up](/upload/images/24%2003%2012%20evolution%20of%20ea%20software2.png)
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss the evolution of Estate Agency Software. For a long...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Keller Williams UK faces new restructure](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
The Keller Williams UK (KWUK) brand is facing yet another restructure with its leadership in the country effectively removed. KWUK spent much...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Keller Williams UK boss unveils new minimum standards for agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Keller Williams UK’s (KWUK) new chief executive Mark Readings has outlined a new strategy for the self-employed agency brand. Speaking at KWUK’s...
17 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Spicerhaart celebrates top performing agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
Spicerhaart has celebrated the achievements and contributions of its teams at its highly anticipated annual Elevate Awards ceremony. Among the highlights of the...
16 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![The rise of Estate Agent influencers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
From Million Dollar Listing to Selling Sunset, we’re used to seeing real estate reality TV in full force on Netflix. Whilst...
29 March 2023
From: Features
![Agents using AI are 25% more successful than those that don’t.](/upload/images/adv-2021/AI_Asset.png)
2023 has been coined as ‘the year of AI adoption’, and with this technology trickling down to almost every sector, its...
07 March 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Agents benefit as auction sales rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
Agents working with iamproperty sold more than 7,000 properties through its auction service last year, the proptech firm has revealed, as it...
01 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top 5 marketing trends in the property industry for 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Social%20Media/WomanViewingSocialMedia-400x310.png)
As we’ve mentioned in other blogs, even though we’re going through uncertain times, this is the right time not only to...
11 January 2023
From: Features
![Women are changing the surveying stereotype](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Sava/4_%20Image%20for%20Women%20are%20changing%20the%20surveying%20stereotype.png)
Surveying is traditionally a male-dominated profession, and many women who have worked in the profession for many years report that at...
23 December 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Fast decisions! One in three properties receive an offer one hour after viewing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Despite all the recent speculation surrounding the housing market after the badly-received mini-Budget and regular talk of a possible slowdown, new...
06 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Low-cost marketing can produce high rewards, say TVPN](/upload/images/library/vapal-network-logo.png)
Many experts are predicting that house price growth will slow for the remainder of the year as the cost of living...
17 September 2022
From: Features
![Five of the best tips and tricks for running a successful lettings business](/upload/images/adv-2021/Guides%20%26%20Tips/ReapIT/400x310%20Andrew-Tyler%20(002).jpg)
Have you ever noticed that it is much easier to fix other people's problems than your own? Whether it is resolving a friend's...
09 August 2022
From: Recruitment & Business Matters
![Connells rewards its ‘top achievers’ with Valencia trip](/upload/images/Logos/ConnellsGroupWhiteLogo-400x310.jpg)
More than 200 “top achievers” from across the Connells Group enjoyed a four day all-expenses paid trip to Valencia earlier this...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Client money and the regulation governing it is changing](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Millennial-PayingCard-400x310.jpg)
PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...
09 April 2022
From: Features
![Lavish rewards programme launched for staff at agency group](/upload/images/library/HappyLandlord-400x310.jpg)
A rewards and recognition programme has been launched at an agency chain, with claims that it will enhance staff careers and...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency launches new Franchise and Consultant schemes](/upload/images/library/MillennialAgent-400x310.jpg)
A three-branch agency in the south west has launched a franchise model which it says should appeal “to those wanting a...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Savvy agents use PropTech because Covid’s here long-term - claim](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-Innovation-400x310.jpg)
A leading PropTech entrepreneur with a lengthy pedigree as an estate agent says agents should use more technology in a bid...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the A-Z of property for 2021](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...
18 December 2021
From: Features
![Corporate agents miss out on their kids growing up, says hybrid rival](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/FamilyPhoto-400x310.jpg)
The head of a small hybrid firm that describes traditional agencies with offices as “antiquated” says property professionals working for corporates...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents get freebie ski trip as firm shifts to work-from-home model](/upload/images/Locations/TheAlps-400x310.jpg)
Spicerhaart - which is radically reshaping its structure to encourage hybrid operations and working from home as part of a new...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![How technology can shape the customer experience beyond 2021](/upload/images/library/PropertyTechnology-1-400x310.jpg)
2021 redefined what it meant to offer exceptional customer experiences for consumers across multiple industries, but particularly for the residential property...
13 October 2021
From: Features
![Sector reform - stamp out this market malaise](/img/default/eat.png)
Every so often it comes around – the argument that stamp duty should be reformed/removed/replaced (delete as appropriate). But why? Where’s the...
21 August 2021
From: Features
![Young agent “off to a flier” and expands with new branches](/img/default/eat.png)
A young franchisee with hybrid agency EweMove is expanding into another area just over nine months since launching his agency. Chris Wells,...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech and the future of remote working](/img/default/eat.png)
Working from home used to get a bad rap. With the phrase mocked as ‘shirking from home’, homeworkers were often seen...
23 June 2021
From: Features
![Revealed: how digital innovation is transforming estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...
05 June 2021
From: Features
![Agency’s sixth city office pledges to disrupt the property market](/img/default/eat.png)
The NEXA agency, which already has branches in Bristol, Portsmouth, Chichester, Manchester and Cardiff, has now opened an office in Liverpool...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Estate agent case studies: ‘abandoning the corporate world for the new’](/img/default/eat.png)
Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...
01 May 2021
From: Features
![Countrywide: Where did it all go wrong? A former insider gives his view...](/img/default/eat.png)
This week’s interviewee in the ‘In Conversation Today’ hotseat is a man better placed than most to shed some light on...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Boomin advertising extravaganza as portal launches](/img/default/eat.png)
Boomin has revealed its launch date after months of high-profile publicity. It’s to be three and a half weeks from now on...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Three reasons why you should embrace omnichannel marketing](/img/default/eat.png)
Let’s address the elephant in the room first - the property sector and how we market properties is changing. Gone are the...
10 February 2021
From: Features
![Why don’t agencies list on the stock market anymore?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...
23 January 2021
From: Features
![Work-from-home agency aims at national roll-out with industry novices](/img/default/eat.png)
A firm calling itself the UK’s first 24/7 home-based agency says it wants to roll out nationally with a network of franchisees...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why Facebook is a great alternative to property portals](/img/default/eat.png)
While the property industry has suffered far less than other sectors during the past year, it would be short of the...
16 January 2021
From: Features
![Book review of ‘Parasite - The Secret Diary of a Landlord’](/img/default/eat.png)
Book review by Graham Norwood, editor of Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and Landlord Today. If a letting agent wants to...
17 October 2020
From: Features
![Could employee ownership be a good option for estate agencies?](/img/default/eat.png)
In July, here at Environet UK, we transferred 100% ownership of the company to our employees, in the form of an...
07 October 2020
From: Features
![Purplebricks bonus bonanza despite anti-money laundering blunder](/img/default/eat.png)
If anyone thought the days of Purplebricks bosses making millions were in the past, think again. The chief executive and chief finance...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – what does agency look like Down Under?](/img/default/eat.png)
In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...
15 August 2020
From: Features
![Revealed: What today's renters want, need and expect](/img/default/eat.png)
Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...
15 August 2020
From: Features
![A new portal? Purplebricks founder launches project with ex-Reapit boss](/img/default/eat.png)
The founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, has this morning revealed his new project to be called Launch B - and he...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Horses for courses - the rise of the personal agent](/img/default/eat.png)
The phrase ‘game-changer’ has been hugely overused. But when applied to how Covid-19 is changing the way estate agents will work...
20 June 2020
From: Features
![The two most expensive mistakes the property sector is making right now](/img/default/eat.png)
The fallout from Covid-19 has hit everyone hard. With breaking news today that agents are able to look at how to...
13 May 2020
From: Features
![Property Natter - what will agent offices look like post-lockdown?](/img/default/eat.png)
There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...
09 May 2020
From: Features
![Property Natter: a week in the life of…agents in lockdown!](/img/default/eat.png)
Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....
25 April 2020
From: Features
![It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post-Coronavirus?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...
04 April 2020
From: Features
![Sellers desert online agents for High Street rivals, says Zoopla](/img/default/eat.png)
Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year - a significantly higher figure than 12...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Here’s why agents need to keep a keen eye on the Christmas Prize](/img/default/eat.png)
Property voyeurism and the festive season have long been bedfellows for many Brits. The heady combination of over-indulgence and regret, close proximity...
30 November 2019
From: Features
![PropTech Today: Is property management real estate's most undervalued area?](/img/default/eat.png)
Last week, it was announced that Plentific, the London-based tenant experience, has raised $32 million in Series B funding. Plentific’s model sees...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![The wind of change in the estate agency industry](/img/default/eat.png)
There has been a real wind of change in estate agency and over the last 18 months we have seen the...
16 October 2019
From: Features
![Zoopla wins back one of Britain’s largest regional estate agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s largest regional estate and lettings agencies has now fully rejoined Zoopla. Yorkshire-based Dacre, Son & Hartley brings its...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: why do people swap career paths to become agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...
10 August 2019
From: Features
![The week’s biggest property story - and you probably missed it](/img/default/eat.png)
I missed the biggest property story of the week and it’s only scant consolation that almost everyone else seemed to miss it...
03 August 2019
From: Features
![Property Natter – guide to property startups, Part 2](/img/default/eat.png)
In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...
29 June 2019
From: Features
![Hybrid agency boss applied for top job “to protect business model”](/img/default/eat.png)
The head of EweMove, the hybrid agency operated by The Property Franchise Group, says he applied for the top job in...
20 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: a guide to property startups - Part 1](/img/default/eat.png)
All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...
15 June 2019
From: Features
![Jake Gready, Managing Director for NEXA Bristol](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jake Gready Managing Director NEXA Bristol What services do you provide? buying - selling...
08 May 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Property Natter: great advertising campaigns for independent estate agents](/img/default/eat.png)
When you think of the best ad campaigns – from moustachioed opera singers and talking meerkats to millions of bouncing balls...
06 April 2019
From: Features
![Agents urged to ‘Think Smarter Marketing’ by top industry experts](/img/default/eat.png)
Four high-profile industry figures have sent an open letter urging agents to think about what they call “smarter marketing” in a...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: should you be making your agency Instagram-friendly?](/img/default/eat.png)
Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive. Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...
02 March 2019
From: Features
![PropTech Today: Money for good behaviour? PropTech helping renters](/img/default/eat.png)
Interesting news this week from South Africa where the PropTech startup, Flow, has raised R20m in the country’s 'biggest PropTech seed...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Buying into a franchise may not be as hard as you think](/img/default/eat.png)
There are many misconceptions about the franchising world but, whether we’re talking about estate agency franchises or fast food franchises, it’s...
09 February 2019
From: Features
![BAD PHOTOS – 6 BIG MISTAKES YOU MIGHT BE MAKING!](/img/default/eat.png)
BAD PHOTOS – 6 BIG MISTAKES YOU MIGHT BE MAKING! In our last article, we highlighted some really important and shocking stats...
07 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Dear Mr Chancellor…this is what we need on October 29…](/img/default/eat.png)
I’ve spoken many times before of my desire to see government take property more seriously. For more than just lip service...
13 October 2018
From: Features
![CMA urges people to report unfair cartels that cheat customers](/img/default/eat.png)
The Competition and Markets Authority, which is believed to be actively investigating estate agents’ alleged infringement of the Competitions Act, is...
22 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir benefits from complementing agency with financial services](/img/default/eat.png)
The UK’s largest property franchise group, Belvoir, says it is reaping rewards from its acquisition of Brook Financial Services and its...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: UKPA, RICS and the vital need for open data](/img/default/eat.png)
The UK PropTech Association (UKPA), of which I am a member of the steering committee, is an organisation with a purpose...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the sun has put its hat on (sort of)](/img/default/eat.png)
Summer finally arrived, the transport system (as always) went into meltdown, everyone complained that it was too hot and the sun...
05 August 2016
From: Features
![Sheffield is primed for growth: explains why Chinese will invest £1bn](/img/default/eat.png)
Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...
22 July 2016
From: Features
![Four ways to instantly impress with your customer communication skills](/img/default/eat.png)
A few years ago one of our property receptionists took a call from a vendor whose husband had passed away. The client,...
06 May 2016
From: Features
![What's going on at Countrywide – will retail work for estate agency?](/img/default/eat.png)
What Countrywide are getting at is that they want to think more like retailers to engage better with customers. If this is...
01 April 2016
From: Features
![The rise of an increasingly unpredictable market](/img/default/eat.png)
Property has long been a safe investment. Before the downturn in 2008, sellers were able to gain a healthy capital return. Post-economic...
25 March 2016
From: Features
![EweMove targets disgruntled agents with ultra-cheap franchise offer](/img/default/eat.png)
Hybrid estate agency EweMove is today announcing four new branches with more to come as it makes a move to target...
05 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![How ‘lush’ is your CRM?](/img/default/eat.png)
It will come as no surprise for those who have read the recently published Which? annual customer service survey which polled...
02 October 2015
From: Features
![A chain view that works, don’t make me laugh!](/img/default/eat.png)
The internet has changed the way that most businesses operate. In many cases, the opportunities opened up by the emergence of...
04 September 2015
From: Features
![Agency boss rewards top sales manager with Maserati](/img/default/eat.png)
A director of London agency Sterling De Vere has rewarded one of the firm's top sales managers with a Maserati worth...
26 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Has buy-to-let become too popular for its own good?](/img/default/eat.png)
Here's a thought. The Chancellor may have done the buy-to-let industry a small favour with his emergency Budget in July. What...