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The Say No To Rightmove campaign is to release a set of options for member agents to consider if the portal...

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

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign is to hold a seminar for agents who have already left the portal or are...

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

As last Friday was the VE Day Anniversary bank holiday we have a bumper bundle of fund-raising activities to report on...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has taken the unusual step of thanking the other rival portals - Zoopla, OnTheMarket and...

Domestic cleaners can now re-enter private homes under new Coronavirus return-to-work guidelines - the very guidelines which appear to stop estate...

  On Estate Agent Today this Bank Holiday weekend we’re celebrating the great work agents are doing to keep morale high and...

Tomorrow, Bank Holiday Friday, we’re revealing what agents have been doing to maintain morale in their teams during lockdown. You’ve been generous...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has launched a countdown clock on its website to galvanise agents into remembering only 85...

Since my last column in April, one could argue that very little has changed for agents in terms of the market...

The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...

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

Rightmove, Zoopla and even OnTheMarket could make money even if they did not charge agents anything at all to list properties....

Conveyancing search provider Searchflow has amended its website after an intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority. A claim on the site stated:...

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

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

The Say No To Rightmove campaign, which expects to have some 3,000 offices signed up by the end of the month,...

A new analysis of the simmering Rightmove crisis says there is now “no clear downside” stopping agents leaving. The Financial Times says that Rightmove’s...

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...

The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign says that agents are demanding that there is “no return to full...

A trade body has reported some council search departments to the government for refusing to provide email details and forcing search...

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

Some estate agents are now receiving small business grants from the government, according to the Guild of Property Professionals. Guild chief executive...

In this time of economic uncertainty, more and more people are becoming unwilling to leave their homes, yet you and your...

You wouldn’t expect the good folk at Strutt & Parker to have anything less than a superlative set of home offices...

Independent agencies are the backbone of our industry so it’s great to be able to share images from three such experts...

The government has amended the eligibility criteria and will allow some agents' commission payments to be included in claims for Furloughed...

I won't be the first or last person to say that society and the property industry in which we operate is...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

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

Much like PropTech, Open Banking has been used as a buzzword in recent years. However, when it comes to the rental...

The Nationwide says government measures mean the impact of Coronavirus on the housing market may be “much less” damaging than many...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

The key figure behind the Say No To Rightmove campaign says the fight for more realistic fees goes on - and...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

A video interview released this morning features the experiences of eight agents who have quit Rightmove in the past two years,...

While controversy swirls around the approach and motives of the sackings and branch closures at Spicerhaart, other agents are showing how...

In an ominous and unexpected trading statement this morning, Foxtons says it will take “all necessary steps” to remain in business. It...

Agent disenchantment with the major portals has continued as a torrid week nears its end. The spotlight has now shifted to Zoopla...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

The former director of customer experience at Purplebricks has been announced as a new partner in a Keller Williams franchise. Sarah Downes,...

A trade group wants councils and search companies to co-operate more closely during the virus to minimise delays to the remaining...

The three leading portals have rejected an appeal to give the industry a payment holiday to help firms through the Coronavirus...

LSL Property Services says the Coronavirus crisis has led to a softening of "lead sales indicators" - and it warns of...

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

In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...

A woman claims she had no idea that her husband stole almost £1.5m from two high-profile employers - one of them...

The property management industry is evolving at a rapid pace, thanks almost entirely to the rise in PropTech. Hundreds, if not thousands...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

Countrywide has revealed a mysterious delay in the sale of its commercial arm, Lambert Smith Hampton - a sale considered crucial for the...

The Law Society is telling prospective house purchasers to probe flood risks in the light of a new practice note it...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week, which always means a round-up of our industry’s good work for charity....

The ‘on-demand’ economy is reshaping our world. The way we order food, get around, and even access healthcare has changed irreversibly...

Unfortunately for consumers, buying and selling properties is rarely plain sailing. But fortunately for agents, this provides you with an opportunity to...

Property portals generate revenue from estate agents regardless of the outcome of the transaction. This relationship has resulted in a fundamental...

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...

HM Land Registry appears to be making painfully slow progress on digitising land charge search data - contrary to its earlier...

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...

Zoopla has revealed large growth in agency membership and visitor figures for 2019. Since being bought by US equity firm Silver Lake,...

OnTheMarket has started 2020 as it ended 2019 - with an attack on Rightmove via an agency which urges others to...

First things first, a big happy New Year to everyone. Welcome to 2020! It looks set to be another interesting year...

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...

“There won’t be a single home but millions of different homes”, is one quote.  “There will be an end to gadgets”, is...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

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

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

The Fifth Money Laundering Directive becomes law in the UK on January 10 2020, strengthening the responsibilities placed on private companies...

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

There’s been a new warning to estate agents to check they are fully compliant with GDPR regulations following a European case...

The National Association of Estate Agents is warning UK agents to take stock of their data collection and retention procedures following...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

A traditional property agent says critics of Purplebricks underestimate the beneficial impact the firm has had on the UK agency industry. And...

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

love2move, an online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has teamed up with the Mortgage...

The Property Ombudsman scheme is increasing its fees in January for the first time in six years - and it’s implementing...

If you haven’t noticed, it’s November already - a month where it’s increasingly popular for men to grow moustaches for charity....

This line is one that I use a lot in my speeches and presentations, often as part of the final slide. I...

A 10 point manifesto to drive forward leasehold reform has been published by prominent campaigner Louie Burns, of The Leasehold Solutions Group. The 10...

The National Audit Office, a spending watchdog, has exposed the government’s Starter Homes policy with a damning critique of its failure The...

Reservation Agreements may require bigger financial penalties than the £500 to £1,000 currently envisaged if they are to work. That’s the view...

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...

The Advertising Standards Authority has clamped down on misleading claims made by the organisers of a property raffle. The controversy surrounds an...

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

A new league table of High Street agents’ charges published over the weekend reveals the locations where agents charge an average...

It’s that time again, with the clocks going back an hour to mark the start of slightly brighter mornings and significantly...

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

Upad, the national online letting agent set up by entrepreneur James Davis has announced that it is “closed to new business”...

Case study: Connells reaping the time-saving benefits of new sales and communication tool Since adopting mio in September 2018, Josh Lally, Senior...

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

I want to take the time this week to talk about PropTech startups and how they can often be seen to...

Stamp duty won’t take centre stage at the Conservative Party conference - that’ll be Brexit, quelle surprise. But if the government...

A north of England estate agency is marking its 160th anniversary with the pledge to announce an acquisition by the end...

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

A hybrid estate and lettings agency operating currently in Manchester, Liverpool and others parts of the north of England has told...

There are those who say that PropTech is at risk of becoming a bubble market, and others who say bubbles don’t...

A PropTech company is suggesting that property mis-measurements and resulting over-valuations may be the next PPI scandal. The firm - Spec, which...

One of the biggest changes seen in the property market over the last decade is technology growth. With the likes of Rightmove...

I remember the day well; the day we all fell foul of addiction, the day our website was launched. Until then, at...

Two PropTech advocates have launched a podcast series telling agents how to improve their businesses. One of the couple is Mark Worrall,...

Three former online estate agency founders - including the controversial Russell Quirk - are going into mainstream full fee agency. They are...

Another house price index has suggested the housing market continuing to show great resilience despite the continuing economic and political uncertainty. The...

A PropTech firm is marketing anti-money laundering audit checks for agents to help the industry comply with tighter regulation. Identity verification business...

OnTheMarket’s selective fee freeze for agents has been challenged by a new portal which asks agents: ‘Why pay at all?’ OTM revealed...

Estate agent turned Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake has provoked a furious response on social media by coming out in favour of...

A veteran estate agent has got hot under the collar about a London firm which has ordered its negotiators and other...

The former Countrywide chief executive Grenville Turner says it is an option for online estate agency Yopa to go to an...

We daren’t mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday before…well, Christmas.  Let’s hope agents and suppliers have an opportunity to...

Rightmove’s blog suggests that pro-standard photos can increase enquiries by up to four times, but how do you make great photos? You...

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

Zoopla is mining data from users of its website to target sellers on Facebook and Instagram, producing leads and making it unnecessary for agencies to...

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

If you’d asked me at the start of the year how I thought the political landscape might look now, I wouldn’t...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee - which meets monthly to set the base rate on which the costs of...

The Advertising Standards Authority has issued a guidance note warning online estate agents, after complaints about them have “grown dramatically”. “Property is big...

Countrywide has told Estate Agent Today that it will not be releasing any figures on the branch closure programme it introduced...

I feel I am in a fortunate position. I have been central to the PropTech movement for a number of years,...

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

In a marketplace as competitive as the property industry, you may think that generating leads is the most important focus for...

The introduction of technology to an industry can be daunting, due to changes in executing daily tasks, and also a fear...

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...

It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...

The city of Norwich has become the sixth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...

Once a year you might be perfectly justified in putting your feet up for a weekend and enjoying some great sport...

If agents ran their databases more efficiently, the property portals might find themselves redundant. Controversial opening statement aside, the reality is that...

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

Century 21, the global estate agency franchise, has opened its latest high street branch in Cheltenham.  The franchise, Century 21’s 49th in...

love2move, the online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has announced its latest partner. Peter David...

A leasehold reform campaigner says government proposals risk creating a two-tier market and do nothing to assist leaseholders already hit by...

 – use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...

A former Territory Owner at Purplebricks, who at one time managed 11 Local Property Experts, has spoken out in support of...

An estate agent has been fined after racially abusing a police officer in an incident outside a nightclub. Sarah Loasby, from Kettering,...

The head of EweMove, the hybrid agency operated by The Property Franchise Group, says he applied for the top job in...

Property developing is an incredibly diverse and exciting career choice, and something that many people aspire to do in the UK.  I...

The National Audit Office says many users of Help To Buy would have been able to purchase a home anyway, without...

Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policy that was implemented in 2012 was designed to make staying and residing in the UK as...

A writer for the influential financial publication Money Week says investors should “steer clear” of Foxtons - at least for now. Sarah...

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

One of my biggest concerns in all of my writing, speaking and influencing around PropTech is that for the people we...

The head of the Property Redress Scheme is urging agents to prepare for yet more regulation and legislation changes likely to...

There’s been a mixed response to the government’s surprise announcement that it would make permanent the right of home owners to...

The Property Ombudsman says its members must in future disclose referral fees in a bid to make previously-hidden costs open and...

The UK property market can be seen by criminals as an effective vehicle to conceal the proceeds of economic crime. Criminally...

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

With a mere matter of weeks until the Tenant Fees Act comes in to effect, I can’t help but wonder just...

The new independent estate and letting agents’ body, the FIA, has unveiled what it calls an exclusive online training platform for...

Having a responsive website - one which is designed to automatically resize to fit the size of the screen of the...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

Low risk letting is everyone’s aim, but unless legitimate guidelines are followed it’s difficult to know if a tenant will prove...

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

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

The owner of a home for sale has complained to the Advertising Standards Authority after seeing it marketed on Zoopla -...

Online estate agents have seized on the recent national newspaper article accusing estate agents of over-valuing properties to earn higher fees. The...

Of the hundreds of headaches that come with agent territory, worrying about what’s happening to your calls shouldn’t be one of...

When they first came onto the scene, online-only estate and lettings agents were predicted to swiftly spell the end for traditional...

Foxtons has revealed that its six branch closures announced towards the end of last year will save the company £3m in...

The Network Auctions ‘E” online property platform, used by an estimated 100 agents, has been revamped with vendors now offered three...

I don’t believe it’s unfair to state that our government, indeed, the entire political establishment is in some turmoil at the...

A survey by the Centre for Ageing Better recently showed that 72% of people want to see every new home built...

Online estate agent Emoov failed to tell crowdfunding investors it was losing £3m a month before its collapse, a Sunday paper claims. The...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

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

Property consultancy JLL has launched a specialised Help to Buy team in response to what it calls “the increasing demand for...

A London council is considering a borough-wide ban on agents’ boards of all kinds. Labour-controlled Camden already has a ban for a...

The first major estate agency business to launch a crowdfunding bid since the controversial collapse of Emoov has emphasised its “realistic”...

Customer experience (CX) will largely determine the future of estate agency in the UK. This is now a key battleground for...

As an estate agent, you need to be ready to cater for the specific requirements of buyers and sellers, tailoring your...

At the end of January the Asian PropTech company PropertyGuru announced the imminent launch of beta-phase testing of its cutting-edge new product, PropertyGuru Lens. This...

ARPM  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...

If you want an engaging page-turner novel for cold winter evenings, my recommendation is Our House by Louise Candlish, a bestseller...

A review of the housing market at present, particularly when it comes to purchase transactions, might not necessarily feel overly positive.  The...

The industry is back to full-strength on its fund-raising judging from our virtual postbag this week with many new reports of...

The government has this morning set out wide-ranging changes to redress systems for agents, the sales and lettings sectors, and other...

Shares in OnTheMarket hit another new low of 75.7p yesterday, dropping over nine per cent on the day and falling well...

The government has moved to crack down on money laundering in the UK with a new campaign focusing on the accountancy,...

The National Association of Estate Agents has met with other members of a high-level government board to look at ways of...

It’s the word on everyone’s lips: after two and a half years of debate, and months before that leading up to...

Still recovering from Christmas and New Year? There’s no shame in that - the agents’ fund-raising season resumes in earnest in...

Hamptons International - at one time tipped to be sold off or even shut during the recent problems afflicting parent company...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

If you thought Christmas Eve meant no more news in terms of industry movers and shakers…well, think again - we’ve one...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

Hello and with Christmas just around the corner, and temperatures finally being a little more like winter, what better time to...

Over the past year I've had so many conversations with agents telling me how they feel that offering a premium customer...

So this is (almost) it. Next week may be a quiet one for business as vendors and landlords alike begin to...

It’s that time of year again where we start saying goodbye to 12 months of hard work and start looking forward...

House price rises are now the slowest they have been for six years according to the Halifax. Across the UK, property values...

Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause of genuine sadness when people lose their jobs - close proximity...

In his keynote speech at the recent Negotiator Conference, Professor Andrew Baum sparked debate throughout the property industry. Baum’s speech, which began...

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...

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

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

A senior figure in the Knight Frank agency says those buyers who may be expecting Brexit-inspired bargains in the so-called ‘super...

Photos and floor plans remain an essential tool in property marketing. Despite a wealth of choice from aspiring UK PropTech start-ups the...

Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home buying process and improvement could be far quicker than any efforts...

It’s the most obvious visual medium high street agents have at their disposal, and for many decades has been absolutely pivotal...

Sky News says Emoov is to be sold, just months after the controversial online agency merged with Sarah Beeny's Tepilo and the...

For any business, regardless of size, age or industry, operating efficiently is fundamental to your success. When faced with challenges like we...

Strutt & Parker is bucking the trend on High Street offices by opening a new one - and in this case,...

One of London’s best known estate agencies marks its 25th anniversary this month, having started with just two branches in one...

The government says mobile home residents are to receive greater protection from dishonest site owners seeking to make a profit at...

Another high profile estate agency office in London has closed - this time a branch of Winkworth.  The Richmond branch has been...

The government has unveiled a new body which, it claims, will raise agency standards. There is a long-standing commitment from the government...

The chief executive of Emoov, Russell Quirk, has suggested that the unexpectedly low take up of online agents may mean that...

When Professor Andrew Baum’s PropTech 3.0 report was first published, a small event was held to celebrate the very first academic...

Several agents have asked me whether they should consider ditching their high street offices and move to an out of town...

It seems a lifetime ago but in fact we’re approaching just the first anniversary since the government triggered its Call for...

An insurance company is launching a policy which it says will protect consumers with comprehensive cover in the event of a...

One of London’s highest profile and most outspoken estate agent chiefs has scolded ‘Maybot’ Theresa May on the day she is to...

The independent Essex estate agency Beresfords is celebrating its 50th anniversary next week - and is doing so in style with...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another chance to hear about the remarkable fund-raising done by our...

Having delivered over 1,800 websites for estate agents over the last 15 years, I have come to recognise one major common...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

The Land & New Homes Network has announced a part exchange and assisted move collaboration with Relocation Agent Network in a...

Over the last 10 years, so much has changed within the marketing sector, including the surge of mobile use, the way...

Winkworth is a giant national agency franchise but this autumn it is marking a series of anniversaries for several of its...

Owning a home has become almost impossible for many public sector workers across Britain, according to research from the union UNISON. Getting...

Viewber has announced that it’s just completed its 35,000th outsourced viewing, reflecting a jaw-dropping 460 per cent rise in just a...

The Guild of Property Professionals is set to launch in Northern Ireland later this month. The 800-strong network of independent estate agents...

An established estate agency in Guernsey is being listed as 'voluntarily winding up' and liquidators have been appointed. Concerns about Sarnia Estate...

In 2014 The Properties Misdescriptions Act was repealed and replaced with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, otherwise known as...

The chief executive of the newly-expanded Emoov group has been giving details of the merger with Tepilo and the possibility of...

Next week ludlowthompson celebrates its 25th anniversary. Here, I catch up with Stephen Ludlow, co-founder and now executive director of the...

Hello again from Italy. Only another week or so left out here, working every day from the same table at my...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

With all the recent change and upheaval in the rental sector it may be time to consider how letting agencies will...

Labour says stamp duty receipts and other tax income from properties in the capital should go to the Mayor, Sadiq Kahn,...

Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work?  Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...

Since January 2018, nine of the UK’s biggest banks have allowed competitors direct access to customer data as part of the...

The creators of a website using market data to define postcodes as hosting a seller’s market or a buyer’s market have...

Before I get into the nitty gritty of the government (well, one of its startup accelerator schemes) giving away £20,000, let...

A new digital product claims to help agents estimate which of their past customers are statistically most likely to move again...

First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...

Amid the headline-grabbing political manoeuvring over Brexit, a policy proposal which could have serious ramifications for private landlords, and those who...

A leading agency chief says the frequent churn of housing ministers means there is only one answer if our industry wants...

Labour says it wants ‘Healthy Homes Zones’ in a bid to reduce housing-related health inequalities which are estimated to cost the NHS £1.4...

A decade ago we were still years away from Purplebricks, Countrywide was a colossus in the industry, no one had thought...

Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...

So here’s the thing. It’s summer - not much going on, school holidays about to start, industry publications filling out space...

We’re lucky enough to interact with thousands of landlords and tenants every month. As a result, we get the chance to...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

If World Cup 2018 appeared to be low profile at the start, it didn’t last long. Following this week’s Harry Kane goals...

A major hybrid agency says there is a huge ‘reality gap’ between the typical asking price of homes on sale and the...

Potential first-time buyers in every area of the UK would have lower monthly outgoings if they bought a property rather than...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

News media in Australia say Purplebricks is the subject of an investigation by a consumer watchdog in the province of Western...

Having recently attended FUTURE: PropTech in London, it struck me just how far the integration of property and technology has progressed...

TV property expert Sarah Beeny says she expects online agencies to take 70 per cent market share in the future -...

Last time out I looked at the growing importance of content, social media and design – but these should only form...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - and just because it’s half term, don’t think the industry has...

The so-called ‘merger’ of Emoov, Tepilo and a lettings firm is actually an acquisition by Emoov of the other two companies. That's...

Two online agents and a number of PropTech companies have been named in startups.co.uk's Startups 100 index. Coming in at number 64...

As promised a few weeks ago, this week’s Natter concentrates on the importance of content, design and social media, three easily...

As housing market stakeholders we’ve all had a month or so to try and digest the government’s own response to its...

Estate agents don’t necessarily have the most eco-friendly image as an industry - but here’s one who’s really making a statement...

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

Hello and welcome to this week’s celebration of the industry’s fund-raising activities. Remember it’s easy to get publicity and additional support for...

I have sold hundreds of lettings businesses over the last twenty-five years. Based on this experience, these are the mistakes that you...

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

An insider in a senior position in Humberts says the weekend announcement that it was in talks with proposed administrators to...

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

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

Maplin, Toys R Us, Carpetright, Warren Evans – what do they have in common? All are well-known high street chains that...

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

The announcement that MPs will set up a Select Committee to probe the scale of money laundering in the UK property...

To say I had a lot of reaction to last week's column about selling my flat would be an understatement. I've never...

Hybrid agency EweMove says it has seen four portfolio acquisitions and 29 new areas ‘purchased’ by franchisees since June 2017, taking...

With reports continuing to focus on a slowing property market and an understanding that not enough properties are being marketed for...

A US TV company is considering making a news programme about Russian involvement in property transactions in the UK and particularly London. The...

An estate agent who ‘glassed’ a man who rejected her advances in a pub has escaped a prison sentence. Sarah Brown, 27,...

Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...

Getting your property marketing right is vital, and the starting point is with professional images.  With most buyers browsing the internet for...

The UK PropTech Awards are fast approaching. The window is open for applications and nominations and on May 2, the winners...

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

Firstly, a huge thanks to everyone who shared and commented on my first blog and for all those that emailed me...

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

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today. If you haven’t caught this feature before, it’s a regular Monday opportunity...

The UK property sector has been a hotbed for financial crime in recent years, with many criminals seeing it as an...

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

Almost a third of all ‘Suspicious Activity Reports’ concerning possible anti-money laundering infringements and reported to the National Crime Agency have...

Tepilo has told Estate Agent Today that it will be unaffected by the sale of Northern & Shell Ventures’ publishing activities...

This week I carry out a question and answer session with one of the most high-profile names in property. Isobel Thomson has...

NAEA Propertymark is to introduce bursaries designed to support novice staff deemed to be showing exceptional potential to attend the association’s...