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An agent who is only 20 - and who set up his own firm when he was still a teenager -...

The dream may be over but the return to reality can at least be staged in the spirit of an England...

Auction House says the number of lots it sold in the first half of 2018 was some 3.8 per cent up...

A new free-to-list portal is to be launched - and it is to be ‘voice led’.  The PropTech firm Triplerr says it...

Highly regarded industry figure Simon Whale, who quit his role as head of sales at Reapit on Friday, took to the...

Hello, and welcome to this week’s regular Monday summary of all the major jobs moves in our industry.  The industry is still...

Reapit has announced that its head of sales, the well-respected and popular industry figure Simon Whale, is leaving the company.  He is...

A senior agent says an innovative business model allows him to work in prime central London - even though he lives in France.  Former...

The Agency Express board company says its monitor of the sales market suggests that it’s in better shape now than it...

Hello and welcome to this week’s hat-tip towards those in our industry doing so much to help others in need. Summer fund-raising...

An estate agency chain has produced strikingly successful sales figures for the first half of the year - evidence, it says,...

An outspoken high-end London estate agent says millionaire foreign buyers purchasing “cheap” properties in the capital represent what he calls “the...

Another update from OnTheMarket this morning claims the portal is now listing over 550,000 UK residential property listings, in excess of...

By now we’ve all seen news about the long-term decline in property sales and competition from online alternatives leading to ‘more...

PayProp clients power through their monthly invoicing, collections, settlements and payouts in just a few clicks – whether they're managing 1...

An insolvency firm claims 153 estate agencies have gone bust in the past year with more than 7,000 “showing signs of...

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

Hello, and welcome to this week’s regular Monday summary of all the major jobs moves in our industry.  Despite summer and the...

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

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...

One of the country’s best know estate agents, Marc Goldberg, has joined London agency Dexters. Goldberg spent some 30 years at Countrywide’s...

Chestertons has announced two changes to its management team in order to, in its own words, “help lead the business into...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Tom Cummuskey Sales & Marketing Manager … Fast approaching double...

Just as some estate agents are reported to be making plans to retrench if the housing market continues to be sluggish,...

Purplebricks says it completely rejects any claim of bullying its representatives in Australia. The Australian Financial Review, which last week reported the...

Countrywide says its Back To Basics strategy has seen a nine per cent increase in properties for sale with the group...

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

Prime London’s transactions are now the preserve of so-called ‘needs-based buyers’ and not investors according to high-end agency Knight Frank -...

Summer is traditionally the time of the year when the property market slows down, with people going away on their holidays...

A new online agency has started charging only 0.75 per cent commission, payable only on completion, with no VAT and no...

A survey of owner-occupiers, landlords, property investors and insolvency practitioners has revealed that Brexit is the single biggest concern when it...

The former managing director of Foxtons, Peter Rollings, has spilled the beans on what it was like working at the heart...

The average asking price of newly marketed property continues to rise according to Rightmove - and this is despite a dip...

Hello - if it’s Monday, it must be Property Jobs Today, your chance to see a snapshot of the key moves...

Peter Rollings is one of the most respected and best-known figures in property, having helped to rapidly grow Foxtons (where he...

Whisper it quietly, but it may be that some bosses of online agencies used traditional High Street companies to sell their...

The managing director of independent agency network Spicerhaart says shop workers who are unemployed because of the latest round of retail...

The rivalry between online and traditional property auction companies continues apace with one high profile player from each camp claiming major...

The For Sale board is one of the oldest marketing tools available to agents, but it is still considered one of...

The proportion of homes sold in London was lower than any other part of England and Wales last year according to...

Clients of software provider Reapit can now integrate with leading sharing and online valuation service The ValPal Network. The objective is to help Reapit...

It is understood that an estate agent from Cornwall is to face trial over allegations that he misled potential customers over...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, and although we’re well into the summer season now there are still plenty of...

Letting agents are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help compensate for the introduction of...

Russell Quirk, chief executive of Emoov, says his agency is now one of the top seven in the UK following its...

A London estate agency run by a brother and sister is trying something completely now - it pledges to use some...

OnTheMarket’s first formal annual figures released since its flotation reveal losses in what it describes as its “transformational year” but also...

May saw the highest number of new sellers list their properties in any single month for at least 18 months, claims...

Major auction companies continue to claim successes despite the challenging housing market. Auction House says a recent auction of London properties produced...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that a new property firm is being launched specialising solely in the sale of off-market homes...

A magazine which earlier this year claimed that two big corporates pressured customers to use their preferred mortgage brokers has now...

A Labour MP who has in the past been fiercely critical of estate and lettings agents now says that property is...

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

A recent holiday in the US gave me an opportunity to catch up with property news over there - and surprisingly,...

A new online platform claims agents can now offer people a chance to buy a property with, literally, just one click...

ZPG’s sell-off of the Australian arm of housing data company Hometrack to REA Group, a multinational digital firm specialising in portals and...

The housing market has swung back in favour of property sellers, according to the latest data from estate agents. NAEA Propertymark's Housing...

The new owner of Humberts has announced the new management structure of the rural estate agency which he bought out of...

A housing association has launched its own online agency which offers to sell vendors' homes for £275. Capsel Homes, based in Mamhilad,...

A study of house price affordability has revealed that train drivers can afford a greater proportion of homes in the UK's...

Sotheby's International Realty has launched what it claims to be the first 'real estate-branded' augmented reality (AR) app. 'Curate', which is now...

In an era when we are never far away from our phones, tablets or laptops, buying and selling property is benefitting...

The retirement housing sector has increased its market share considerably in the last two years, creating a 'perfect storm' for estate...

The latest data from Rightmove indicates that the average national asking price has reached another all-time high of £308,075 following a...

Two high street estate agents have used the medium of the local press to come out fighting against the threat of...

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

Century 21 UK is slashing the cost of becoming a franchisee for a six week period, cutting the price from £23,500...

High-end London chain Marsh & Parsons, part of the LSL Property Services empire, has opened in 30th office in Chiswick.  “Chiswick’s wonderful...

Foxtons has this morning given a gloomy trading update to the City and shareholders. In a statement issued at 7am it says:...

The Property Ombudsman has issued its annual report for 2017 and there’s good news for the estate agency side of the...

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

It went largely unreported when news broke last week but now the suggestion that home owners should pay a surcharge if...

One in five sellers suffer a fall-through costing them an average £2,700 - but many lose £5,000 or more. These are the...

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

The rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...

An online question-and-answer article with OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has suggested that its focus of criticism may be shifting from...

Recent figures from the mainstream housing market may suggest a disappointing performance so far this year but Auction House, the UK’s...

Estate Agent Today understands several major national agencies and some smaller operators are involved in a project to understand why transaction...

House prices in the three months to the end of April were 2.2 per cent higher than in the same period...

Countrywide’s Group Operations Director Paul Creffield - one of three figures now at the top of the organisation - says he...

One of the world’s leading agency and PropTech analysts says the race is on for who comes second in the UK’s...

New data from a private bank shows a five per cent rise in the number of £1m-plus homes sold in 2017.  The...

Ever wondered what it’s like to be on the frontline of property journalism? Well, wonder no more, as our very own...

Here’s some good news to take into the Bank Holiday weekend.  Research undertaken by Estate Agent Today suggests that fees charged by...

The UK chief executive of Purplebricks says his company has ambitions to roll out its business model all over the world. Lee...

Several agencies operating under different brand names in south east England have been retitled under just one, called Alexander & Co.  This...

New online auction house BidX1 says it has raised £2,087,000 from its second UK auction, posting a 70 per cent success...

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

OnTheMarket says it has now struck listing agreements with 7,500 agency branches, adding over 2,000 branches since floating on the London stock...

London’s housing market may be in the doldrums but two estate agencies have shown faith in its long-term recovery with moves...

ZPG has sold the Australian arm of housing data company Hometrack to REA Group, a multinational digital firm specialising in portals and...

The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a series of regional roadshows with a target of enhancing the success of independent...

Only one property in every eight sold in the current market succeeds in achieving its asking price - while no fewer than...

Research from the Nationwide suggests that the share of cash transactions has declined over the past 18 months, at least partly...

Coutts bank has issued a starkly pessimistic snapshot of prime London’s housing landscape, reporting price falls, valuation mark-downs and slower sales...

Online estate agency House Network claims that “the percentage of houses sold at the original valuation price is 98 per cent”.  The...

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is defying the glut of stories suggesting the London market is beset with difficulties and has launched...

Countrywide, the troubled agency group which today holds its annual general meeting, says it is “encouraged by the early progress that...

New figures from Hometrack show that a typical home in Greater London now takes 17 weeks to find a buyer -...

Four estate agencies have opened new branches, either as a result of expansion or because of acquisitions. Homes4u has opened a futuristic...

Hybrid agency Emoov is now offering a tailored sales package aimed at attracting developers listing and selling new homes. Rather than paying...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Let us know what’s...

Scottish high-end agency Galbraith has revealed how one of the smallest and most exclusive property sectors in Britain - Scottish country...

The sun has finally returned to ours skies and you’re on the lookout for a little bit of summer reading. As...

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

The average number of viewings received by properties before a sale is agreed has risen from 11 in 2015 to 19...

The Future: PropTech conference takes place in under a fortnight’s time on May 2 and over 1,200 delegates have now been...

The UK’s largest property auctioneer says its first quarter’s sales figures for 2018 are ahead of those for the same period...

Estate agent licensing will reduce competition, make buying and selling homes more expensive, and add another layer of red tape to...

Online estate agency Tepilo and over-60s ‘life plan’ property sales service Homewise have been rapped over the knuckles following complaints made...

Online agency HouseSimple has become a completely No Sale No Fee agency - and is thought to be the only online...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of the industry’s best known research experts, Johnny Morris, has left Countrywide.  Morris joined Hamptons...

A central London buying agent says she was once offered a bribe by an estate agent to try to persuade a...

The Guild of Property Professionals has given details of a strong field of potential winners in this week’s ESTAS awards.  This year...

Purplebricks has returned to the fray after recent controversies with a claim that home owners saved themselves over £140m in commission...

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

‘Respect’ is the new mantra for politicians: whether it’s about street gang leaders, social media trolls or those on either side...

A proposal by HMRC to speed up HMRC Capital Gains Tax payments for residential property sales could create a “compliance nightmare.” The...

The Property Redress Scheme - one of the three government-approved redress schemes handling complaints about sales and lettings agents - has...

Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - it’s a bumper edition with plenty of fantastic fund-raising going...

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

One of the industry’s best-known software suppliers Reapit has announced that it’s acquired Pocket Size Media - a firm that provides...

The number of house sales falling through pre-completion during the first quarter of 2018 reached its highest level for this time...

The latest house price index figures from the Halifax gives just the spur the market may need as the spring sales...

  More details have emerged of the government’s proposals to enhance estate agency regulation, regulate referral fees, offer guides for buyers and...

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

The government has announced further measures which will, in its words, “professionalise” house buying and the estate agency business. In yet another Sunday...

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home.  A floor...

With the rise of Purplebricks in recent years, many will be eager to know what the hybrid agency’s Local Property Experts...

Just like that, the Easter Bank Holiday has come and gone and I find myself now looking ahead to the Summer.  The...

Average prices dropped another 1.1 per cent in prime central London in the year to March according to new figures released...

Foxtons says its long-term branch expansion programme is now “largely complete” and it is shifting its attention to using technology to...

OnTheMarket has this morning issued a statement claiming that its portal traffic reached circa 12m visits during March - more than...

A leading buying agency says the Brexit transition deal will help central London’s fragile sales market. Caspar Harvard-Walls, a partner in the...

As always seems to be the case with Purplebricks, the hybrid agency has had a good week...and a bad one. Undeniably impressive...

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

As the Easter sales weekend kicks off, the head of a prominent buying agency says estate agents confuse the true valuation...

The Property Ombudsman has launched an online training module which it describes as the first of its kind.  The interactive module -...

Holiday home sales in one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations are holding up, despite stamp duty and the age...

Last week, a story was published by CNBC about a couple who sold their home, for above the asking price, without...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the government’s first time buyer stamp duty incentive “seems to be having the desired...

Countrywide’s attempt to rebuild its expertise pool following the Alison Platt era continues apace with the announcement today that John Hards...

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our regular look at key moves inside our industry. Next week there’s no PJT as...

The share price of OnTheMarket slipped again on Friday - down around five per cent on the day and ending at...

The Future:PropTech event on May 2 is now under six weeks away and more details have been released about speakers and...

Three weeks has flown by (I missed an early deadline last week - apologies) and I find myself writing the next...

Countrywide has revealed precisely how many brands, branches and staff it has following the extensive and multiple restructurings of recent years. In...

A buying agent says a higher proportion of Britain’s rarified country estates market is now being sold off-market. Jess Simpson, an ex-Savills...

One of the most important aspects of running a successful estate or letting agency is being able to generate new business...

Countrywide’s 132-page annual report, released today, has given details of the management and restructuring costs incurred by the company during its...

A magazine claims its investigations into the sales tactics of Countrywide and Connells suggest the two agency are “harming consumers, stopping them from...

Purplebricks’ share price dipped below the psychologically-important 300p mark yesterday - its lowest performance since spring last year. It’s the latest development...

For many estate agents seeking to become entrepreneurs, the idea of starting their own business is undoubtedly daunting, especially when going...

OnTheMarket says estate agencies with some 1,000 offices have joined the portal in the five weeks since it floated on the...

Greetings from Cannes, where the sun is finally shining over MIPIM. I’m sure many of you are out here, too, and...

The long haul back for Countrywide appears to have begun with the first major name who left during the Alison Platt...

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

In the first of an ongoing series exploring the people who make the property industry tick, I catch up with James...

New research appears to show that Purplebricks, HouseSimple, Yopa and other prominent online agencies are most popular with vendors selling in...

The troubled Countrywide group has this morning revealed its recovery plan to get - in its words - ‘back to basics’...

A Cotswolds-based agency has expanded to a second office and says it has plans to develop further in the region. Move was...

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

Investment consultancy London Central Portfolio has launched a new index which it claims uses “the most comprehensive data available” to assess...

Franchise giant Hunters is the latest agency to list its sales and lettings properties on three portals, rather than two. The chain...

LSL Property Services - parent company to 12 brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and London’s Marsh & Parsons - has...

An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...

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

The operation of ‘online estate agencies’ has changed substantially in the relatively short few years of their existence: I have spotted...

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

When it comes to property, ‘Japanese knotweed’ are the two words most homeowners and prospective buyers do not want to hear.  With...

House prices fell unexpectedly in February with the Nationwide Building Society reporting a drop of 0.3 per cent. This ended some analysts’...

Whether you’re an estate agent, letting agent or property manager, having the right software in place – to enhance, upgrade and...

One of the country’s leading PropTech entrepreneurs has responded to recent criticism of online estate agencies and their allegedly-poor record of...

Foxtons has reported its 2017 figures to shareholders and the City this morning and as expected they show sharp falls in...

We think about technology all the time. At least, I do. And there’s nothing left in property that technology hasn’t touched...

London estate agency chain Dexters is expanding its brand once again thanks to a new partnership with Stirling Ackroyd New Homes.  Dexters...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the year has started with a boom as demand from prospective house-hunters increased by...

A new report by the residential property team of a legal firm has found widespread criticism of online agents’ over their...

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

Industry and financial analysts are preparing for what may well be another round of difficult trading figures from London agency Foxtons. Tomorrow...

A former president of the National Association of Estate Agents has attacked “irresponsible agents” for over-valuing asking prices in London in...

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

In its first release of performance figures under the ownership of BNP Paribas, the UK agency Strutt & Parker says it...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of London’s best known agency chains has acquired one of the capital’s leading independent...

Agents have welcomed more data suggesting the 2018 market is enjoying a robust start. Last week Rightmove reported a record number of...

Co-Founder Gary Keller has declared that Keller Williams (KW) is, 'no longer a real estate company...we are a technology company No....

A network of agents representing over 800 brands with over 4,000 branches has announced the launch of a host of new...

A new PropTech platform is providing a service to help agents market their new listings instantly across portals and social media. BestAgent...

Rightmove says it has enjoyed its highest ever monthly number of visitors - 141 million in January. They spent a total of...

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

The other day I met with two agents who have 30 years of property sales experience between them, and yet also...

“Are we there yet?” In the same way that these words can drive you to distraction (any parent who has endured the...

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

An estate agency has started a petition to get bollards erected outside its branch after two accidents, in each of which...

An online estate agency brand launched a year ago by a traditional high street agent to ward off competition has exceeded...

City broker Jefferies is warning that Countrywide’s earnings as calculated through the EBITDA measure could drop to as little as £50m -...

Yopa, the online agency with financial backing from Savills and LSL Property Services, is the latest online firm to launch a...

Franchise giant Winkworth, which opened seven new branches in 2017, has announced two new office openings this month.  They are at Banstead...

Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...

Controversial new Purplebricks advertisements on social media mock traditional estate agents who “twiddle their thumbs” in offices and claim the hybrid...

Traditional solicitor estate agents north of the border have a higher success rate than any other estate agency model. The claim comes, perhaps...

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

Connells Group - which includes Connells, Sequence and other brands - says it recorded over 9,000 new homes sales in 2017. This...

The housing market has started 2018 as it ended 2017 according to the RICS, with new buyer enquiries, instructions and sales...

Between October and December 2017, some £822 million worth of UK residential property was sold at auction, according to the Essential...

Most listed agencies and portals suffered share price falls yesterday, creating a challenging landscape for Agents’ Mutual which launches on the London stock exchange...

Leading independent property expert Kate Faulkner says the current row regarding the accuracy of Purplebricks’ sales figures should be the trigger...

Right To Buy is unsustainable without local councils being given the right to set discounts for their areas and replacing every...

Pressure continues to mount on Purplebricks to reveal its sales data after a weekend during which claims about its effectiveness continued...

Countrywide has made a brief announcement to shareholders about amending its credit facility with lenders to help it turn the business...

Hello and welcome to our latest Property Jobs Today; if you missed the launch last week, each Monday we will provide...

The printing industry is in the midst of a decline as digital products and services displace printed materials, which is why...

Whisper it quietly, but there seems to be change in the air when it comes to agents recommending lawyers based on...

The BBC says it is to broadcast a special one-hour radio documentary this weekend investigating online estate agencies. The show will go...

Purplebricks has this morning issued an unusual statement to the Stock Exchange blaming a City report for the sharp fall in the...

Purplebricks’ new UK chief executive officer, Lee Wainwright, is to address a major industry conference in May - his first address...

An analysis of one month’s listings on Purplebricks by City consultancy Jefferies concludes that it sold 51.6 per cent of its...

Q. How did you get in to the property industry? My career in the property industry actually started out as a holiday...

Demand for homes fell by 20 per cent year-on-year in December. There were 268 prospective home-owners registered per NAEA member branch, down...

Homes for sale in some parts of inner London are seeing price discounts of up to 10 per cent says Hometrack...

The housing market has returned to stability with exchanges up one per cent year on year and the average house price...

In recent years January has become the month of detoxes, fad diets, health kicks such as Dry January and Veganuary, and...

The story of this week - the ousting of Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt - prompts two key questions. Firstly, who takes...

Auction House says it has maintained its number one industry ranking, selling 3,485 lots last year – four per cent up...

Foxtons has this morning given details of a sharp fall in both profits and revenue, wirth sales significantly falling away and...

IAM Sold says it is the largest independent residential auctioneer in the UK based on lots sold, for the second year...

Here’s how the LetsBid Property team is helping them do it. A new property platform called LetsBid has launched in the...

What do you need to know if you are considering selling your sales or lettings business?  Here’s ten top tips to think...

The magazine Property Week is reporting that Countrywide’s former chief executive Alison Platt, who quit her post this morning, will receive...

Countrywide’s new management has taken immediate steps to try to stem the loss of market share by the troubled agency group,...

Purplebricks has this morning announced it’s to launch in New York. A statement to the London Stock Exchange this morning read: The...

It is now an industry truism to say that Alison Platt has transformed Countrywide - but recent evidence, and now doubt...

Another member of Countrywide's top table is leaving the company. Kate Brown, Countrywide’s human resources chief with the responsibility for implementing what...

The Countrywide chief executive, Alison Platt, is said to have warned staff that the reaction from the markets and shareholders to...

We’re delighted to announce that later this month there will be a regular feature each week called Property Jobs Today.  It will...

Andrews & Robertson, one of the UK’s highest profile auction houses, has been taken over by Ireland’s BidX1 and is set...

Japanese knotweed, the invasive plant brought over to Britain in the Victorian era, threatens millions of pounds worth of property transactions...

Shares in troubled agency group Countrywide have fallen to their lowest-ever level of 106.40p in trading this morning. Yesterday shares fell a...

Connells Group’s estate agency business increased its market share of new instructions in 2017 by almost four per cent, despite a...

New research from the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents reveals that no fewer than...

  A new league table showing how long it takes homes to sell on average in different postcodes across England and Wales...

With the year in full swing we have some more heroic fund-raising and grant-giving stories to tell this week. Thanks so much...

A trading statement from Countrywide this morning continues the decline shown by the agency group in recent years. It says total income...

An overwhelming 86 per cent of RICS members questioned in a survey claim they have seen no increase in interest from...

Franchise giant Winkworth has told its shareholders that its revenues for 2017 are likely to be less than five per cent...

We’re delighted to announce that later this month there will be a regular feature each week called Property Jobs Today.  It will...

Hunters is partnering with a PropTech firm to allow homes on the market and still awaiting buyers to be short-let for...

Fall-through rates have long been a problem for the UK residential property market, the issue is nothing new. Today, however, the...

Virtual Staging is about presenting a property in the most appealing way to potential buyers. Many consider virtual staging is deceiving...

An estate agency that is moving from a high street to a business centre says it is relocation because footfall has...

Sky News is reporting that the non-executive chairman of Purplebricks, Paul Pindar, is set to invest a seven figure sum in...

Rightmove says its visits so far in January are running over nine per cent higher than the same period a year...

In a sign of how technology has become a mainstream part of the house sales process. the consumer group Which? has...

Claims by President Donald Trump that the US got a bad deal by selling its prime central London embassy and building...

Leaders has appointed Debra McHale as its new area sales manager for the north west of England. McHale has worked in the...

After the fun and over-indulgence of the festivities, most of us are now back to the world of work. And, with...

The Motley Fool, the financial services company that provides investor advice, has published an article raising doubts about Purplebricks’ long-term profitability. Investment writer...

It may be a stunt to drive book sales or it may be a true-life expose of what really goes on...

Humberts has made two internal promotions to the leadership of its sales and franchising divisions.   Tim Simmons has been appointed Head...

In last week’s column, I asked 14 industry leaders to give their predictions for the year ahead. Well, it seems a handful of...

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

A chain tracking platform claims a trial by Leaders Group during 2017 shows its sales progression tool improving completion times by...

Estate agents are facing the biggest industry changes seen in decades. The rise of online and hybrid agents alongside more traditional...

A buying agent in Melbourne says ‘old dinosaurs’ in traditional estate agencies ‘have no idea’ how to deal with the arrival of...

Cotswold property and land agency Butler Sherborn has changed its business status to become a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP). The agency currently...

Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...

A House of Commons committee has prepared a briefing document on areas of the UK residential and commercial properties sectors most impacted...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

One of the world’s leading property technology analysts says Purplebricks-style disruptive agencies will be a trend to look out for in...

The property consultancy Hometrack says London is facing “a drawn-out period during which there will be a slow re-alignment of house...

So here it is … a very Merry Christmas from Estate Agent Today and Angels Media, with our very best wishes...

No fewer than 85 per cent of properties sold for less than the asking price in November, the highest seen since...

House price growth will come to a halt next year as the number of transactions reduces, according to the RICS forecast...

A major industry supplier has reminded estate and letting agents that they have to check their responsibilities and systems ahead of...

This week, news broke of the ‘first bitcoin homes’ being sold in the UK by Go Move, an estate agency in...

One of prime London’s most senior estate agents says stamp duty is “strangling the residential property market” in areas of the...

Thanks once more to all those agents sending in their office pics to get us in the mood for Christmas…especially as there...

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...

Here it is - the industry’s verdict on the latest set of figures from Purplebricks. The agency doesn’t play by any of...

The former managing director of Countrywide’s estate agency division has joined the board of a PropTech firm wanting to introduce facial...

Independent Surrey-based estate agency Curchods has voluntarily withdrawn marketing material containing claims about its speed of exchanging properties, after the intervention...

The UK’s largest property franchise group, Belvoir, says it is reaping rewards from its acquisition of Brook Financial Services and its...

The short let management company Lavanda - backed by Harry Hill, former chief of Rightmove and Countrywide - has launched software...

Yesterday morning OnTheMarket confirmed its IPO plans but with no firm date. The question remains on whether the float will be...

OnTheMarket has announced some details of its IPO and the launch of its stock market flotation - but it has given nothing...

There’s been no let up with your generous sharing of your Christmas decorations - thanks for sending so many in. With under...

James Hillier and Rob Bearsby, who have operated Apex Residential at Bexleyheath in London for the past 14 years, have switched...

Just a fortnight today we’ll be packing our bags and preparing for a well-deserved but all-too-short festive break...but until then, there’s...

Here are some more absolutely stunning images from your offices as they mark the approach of Christmas - what a cheery...

We're almost a week into December and still images of agents’ offices arrive. We're grateful to all those who have sent...

John Taylor, a high-end international estate agency which until earlier this year had a presence in London, says it intends to...