Safety, support, health, wealth and happiness were the key firms of the inaugural Women in Estate Agency group conference last week. The...
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![Foxtons board member: 'Most agents aren’t very good'](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Foxtons non-executive director and former boss Peter Rollings has suggested the “vast majority” of agents aren’t good at selling properties. Discussing opportunities...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Are low fees to blame for lack of agency leadership?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/AML400X310.jpg)
Industry executives have blamed low fees, budgets and a lack of training for a lack of leadership in the estate agency...
31 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Estate agency is about more than commission - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
Estate agency should be about more than just earning a commission, senior property leaders have said. The issue of commission was discussed...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Don’t rely on Rightmove to sell homes, agents told](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertyFind1-400x310.png)
The way to sell a property has changed and agents shouldn’t rely on just listing on Rightmove, senior property leaders have...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Should agents door-knock to win business?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent1-400x310.png)
Industry leaders have hit back at a suggestion that agents should do more door-knocking to win business. Speaking in the latest video...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents must prove they are worth higher fees - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents2-400x310.png)
A lack of training and a laissez-faire attitude to leads and listings is preventing agents charging higher fees, industry leaders have...
24 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Media blamed for ‘stifling market sentiment’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
Industry leaders have hit out at the media for “stifling sentiment” as they urge agents to help vendors make an informed...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![The Agency UK plans industry exhibition](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
Self-employed estate partnership brand The Agency UK (TAUK) is to host its first industry exhibition. Titled Grow your Agency in 23, the...
21 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Boomin goes bust but Agents Together project unaffected](/upload/images/Logos/Boomin-Logo-400x310.jpg)
Challenger portal and property platform Boomin informed staff that it was calling in liquidators yesterday. As first reported by Sky News, the...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – why brand reputation is more crucial for smaller firms](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...
08 October 2022
From: Features
![Property Natter - why housing must always have a seat at the top table](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
First off, my own quick tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Despite her age and declining...
10 September 2022
From: Features
![Property market aims to define a housing crash](/upload/images/library/HousePricesFall-400x310.jpg)
Property professionals and commentators have begun pondering an official definition of a house price crash. It comes amid forecasts that house prices...
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![A Level results: Agency highlighted as viable career for school leavers](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/2%20people.png)
Estate agency brands have begun reaching out to school leavers as students received their A and T-Level grades yesterday. Top grades for...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Industry charity aims to boost agent focus on wellbeing](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/MentalHealthImage-400x310.jpg)
Industry charity and mentoring group Agents Together is planning to help firms prioritise mental wellbeing. It has developed a checklist that agents...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the who’s who of the industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
![Insight – would a four-day working week ever work in agency?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents and Conveyancers work together? Forum aims to make it happen](/upload/images/library/ESTASForum22-400x310.png)
The ESTAS Forum scheduled for March says its aim is to encourage agents and conveyancers to work more closely together. “There doesn’t...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Pandemic has helped industry take mental health seriously - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MentalHealthImage-400x310.jpg)
One of the founders and leading figures in the Agents Together industry charity says one silver lining of the pandemic has...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Boomin more innovative and forward thinking than rivals - claim](/upload/images/library/Boomin-Logo-400x310.jpg)
The chair of the strategic board of fledgling Boomin says most existing portals are merely operating like digital newspapers with listings,...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the estate agents appointed to Boomin’s strategic board](/upload/images/Logos/Boomin-Logo-400x310.jpg)
Boomin has announced the appointment of six agents, described as independent representatives, who are now on the new portal’s strategic board. The...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - well done Agents Together and industry fund-raisers](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and we’re at the end of another week celebrating all those in our industry who do great work. And this...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Boomin names Bruce brothers’ charity chief as portal strategy leader](/img/default/eat.png)
Sarah Edmundson, the chief executive of the Agents Together charity - set up by the Bruce brothers, Michael and Kenny -...
23 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – 5 ways estate agency has changed since May 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...
22 May 2021
From: Features
![Sarah Edmundson – how Agents Together is helping the industry to talk](/img/default/eat.png)
Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![‘Be Kind We Care’ initiative launched across property industry](/img/default/eat.png)
A conveyancing organisation has launched an initiative called Be Kind We Care to promote kindness and wellbeing within the property industry. The...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Not coping with Covid? Shock figures about agents’ mental health](/img/default/eat.png)
A new working group on mental health in the agency industry is being set up following a poll revealing 62 per cent...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Mental health: bigger issue in agency industry than many believe](/img/default/eat.png)
A survey conducted by charity Agents Together suggests a large majority of industry people would like to see more focus on...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![ESTAS and Agents Together form partnership to help industry](/img/default/eat.png)
The ESTAS awards service and the Agents Together foundation are entering into a partnership. That means all ESTAS customer agents will be...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Industry Redundancies: Agents Together launches support programme](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents Together, the wellbeing and mentorship service which came into existence earlier this year, is launching what it calls a Redundancy...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Ground-breaking agent mentoring scheme wins lavish praise](/img/default/eat.png)
A self-employed agent has gone public to lavish praise on the mentoring scheme which is part of the Agents Together charity. Cameron Carter,...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Countrywide chief joins mentor team at Agents Together](/img/default/eat.png)
Industry veteran Harry Hill, a former chairman of Countrywide and founder of Rightmove, has now become a mentor at the new...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks' founders reveal new project to re-enter the agency industry](/img/default/eat.png)
The brothers who founded Purplebricks - Michael and Kenny Bruce - have returned to the agency industry for the first time...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![New webinars, contingency plans, trade group info - Conquering Corona](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Training - how can you be the best estate agent?](/img/default/eat.png)
Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...