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Outgoing NAEA Propertymark president Liana Loporto has shared her regrets that she didn’t see the Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) rules...

The issue of agency qualifications has finally been mentioned in the Houses of Parliament, almost three years since the landmark Regulation...

The government’s legislative agenda will be set out this morning in the Queen’s Speech and there are plenty of potential laws that...

Agents are being urged not to fear exams when it comes to new industry qualifications for the sector. The industry is still awaiting...

The government has insisted it is still committed to introducing agency qualifications and minimum standards in the sector. It is almost three...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) chief executive Gareth Samples has called for a steer on when the long-awaited Regulation of Property...

PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...

Will he stay or will he go? You don’t need me to say who ‘he’ is - it’s the only story...

The lettings sector looks set to steam ahead in 2022 after a record-breaking 2021, despite the financial and mobility challenges of...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...

Pressure appears to be building for the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents working party finally to be implemented. It’s now...

Since the announcement of the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA), an increasing amount of Principle, Partners and Directors (PPD) from the...

The growing number of lettings sector rules is a hotly debated issue, while the sales sector has been seeing its own...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

Admin teams in most businesses are often the lynchpins that ensure compliance and deal with issues in order to keep the...

The House of Commons Library has published what may be the definitive record of estate agency regulations issued in recent years...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak to someone who has made an excellent impression on the property industry in...

We have more regulations controlling the sector than ever before and we have more ‘regulators’ involved in controlling the sector than...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I chat with Fine & Country UK’s managing director Nicky Stevenson, one of the most...

Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...

It’s 12 years since we opened our doors with the Fine and Country estate agency in Drayton on April 1 2009. The...

First off, happy Good Friday to all our readers. Here’s to a great, if still slightly different, long Easter bank holiday...

Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...

Earlier this month, Fixflo held a webinar with David Cox, legal and compliance director of Rightmove, to discuss key government policies...

Few people in the industry have as controversial or challenging a role as Nathan Emerson, the new (but interim) chief executive...

Will Rightmove still be the dominant portal by 2030? Will Boomin really shake up the industry as Purplebricks did before it?...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Ed Mead,  all-round property guru and founder...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to offer a formal agency qualification as it goes increasingly on the offensive in a...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...

As we approach the end of the year, there is no doubt that it has been a turbulent 12 months for...

First off, hello and welcome to this new series – appearing in Estate Agent Today’s Breaking News section each month –...

The industry regulator who comes into force when the Regulation of Property Agents’ recommendations are adopted may take over versions of...

The agency industry’s new leaders for the coming year have expressed strong support for reform recommendations promoted by the Regulation of...

According to the annual Property Week PropTech survey, almost 48% of property businesses had tested new technology because of the COVID-19...

“I’ve got 47 years of experience as an agent. Do I still have to get a qualification?” asked one attendee at...

The mandatory qualifications expected of agents have not been forgotten and will come into effect in two or three years. That’s the...

A progress report on the Regulation of Property Agents recommendations will be made today by a key RoPA committee member, Mark...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

As the review of the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group continues, Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager and...

Agents have long been the victim of a poor public reputation, from scoring highly in most disliked profession polls to being...

If a week is a long time in politics (an old phrase, for younger readers), then a year is a very long...

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...

Agents now have a chance to say what they think should be in a new Code of Conduct being discussed following...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

A new estate agency Code of Practice is to be written by a group set up by the Royal Institution of Chartered...

The recommendations to regulate and train the estate agency industry put forward a year ago remain on the Housing Secretary’s desk...

It may be that by the time you read this it’s all over for Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for...

The industry should continue to prepare for large-scale reforms such as mandatory agency training, the licensing of agents and a new...

The author of dramatic reform proposals for estate agents has given a clear message to ministers - Get On With It!  Lord...

As residential sales and lettings professionals we are conditioned to adapt to change, it’s the nature of the profession. However, developments...

The chair of the working group introducing mandatory examinations and qualifications for estate and letting agents says senior politicians will meet...

Some older estate agents may end up retiring when mandatory examinations and qualifications are introduced as there will be no ‘free...

The founder of an online agency has spoken publicly for the first time about how his near-death experience led him to...

Yesterday (January 10 2020), the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) became law. It forms part of ongoing international efforts to tackle...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

There are many adjectives that can be applied to Boris Johnson, probably very few of them complimentary, but there’s one that...

The boss of a 15+ branch estate agency group has explained how he thinks regulation could 'ruin' the estate agency industry. Simon...

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

The National Association of Estate Agents has told the government that it wants one single Ombudsman to provide redress across all...

Countrywide has thrown its weight behind the proposals for a new single industry-wide regulator taking on the roles of Trading Standards...

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

How many of you are in favour of estate agents being licenced? Would most agents rather not be overseen by a regulator...

The industry press has given substantial space to recommendations from the Regulation of Property Agents, the government’s working party which has...

Trade bodies and property firms have strongly welcomed the recommendations for root and branch reform of the agency industry - and...

Some of the most radical reforms ever proposed for estate and letting agents are expected to be signed off today by...

A new industry regulator is likely to be in place within two years according to the chair of the government’s Regulation...

Increasing legislation and regulation has arguably been the biggest talking point in the private rented sector (PRS) over the last few...

It may well seem that the government is pre-occupied with one issue, and one issue alone. While preparations for Brexit take up a...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has launched its long-awaited ‘How to sell a home’ and ‘How to...

The Guild of Property Professionals is seeking views from member agents on the government’s reform agenda.  The Regulation of Property Agents working...

Hello and welcome to 2019. These are less predictions and more expectations - developments following on from what’s happened in the past...

The title may be unfamiliar but most agents know by now that in the corridors of Whitehall a working party exists...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...

Let Mid West Displays get your window in shape! Never underestimate the power of high street presence. Image is everything, and what...

OnTheMartket (OTM) recently wrote to its membership saying how well its doing, how membership has increased beyond expectations and how it...