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From the uptick in house sales in January to a house price rise the first time in over a year in February,...

The nation may have been glued to their screens watching the Coronation or at various street parties during the Bank Holiday...

Christmas party season may be in full swing but football fans, including many estate agents, will be glued to their screens...

From singing to dressing as superheroes, there are plenty of inspirational examples of agents raising money for good causes this week. Whatever...

Agents will be able to take Propertymark Qualifications’ exams remotely from the new year following the launch of a new invigilation...

A recent study conducted by the Technical University of Denmark reported that the attention span of people around the world is...

Over the last two years, the property industry has experienced unprecedented change through shifting market conditions and new regulations around compliance. To...

As uncertainty continues to prevail across the industry, aided by a government in crisis, the challenges in the months ahead feel...

Recent statistics published by the government’s Business Insights and Conditions Survey revealed the extent to which many real estate businesses have...

Nest Seekers International is returning to UK TV screens with the announcement of a new BBC Two series. The show, which has...

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

For years, the issue of phone etiquette created tension between estate agents and the legal profession, the former claiming lawyers won’t...

Letting agency growth experts are set to take to the virtual stage and use the latest tech to share their insights...

Zoopla’s chief operating officer says the portal has made progress for agents in 2021 but recognises there’s more to do next...

Agents are being advised to wear face masks at work - even if no member of the public is present.  Paul Offley,...

Tech stack is a term often used nowadays to describe all the software tools within a business. Calling it a stack...

Like most industries, estate agency is changing. A general trend to a more hybrid model, accelerated by the pandemic has resulted...

In this piece, Tom Davis, press officer at Propertymark, explores the debate surrounding a locked or open-door policy, and whether the...

A Borders estate agency business, Hastings Legal and Property, has invested in Halo Digital Signage – hailed as ‘the new generation...

Regulators are warning the UK’s property, finance and legal sectors to be aware of the possible impacts of the exit from...

For over 20 years, Reapit's CRM software has been the obvious choice for any self-respecting estate agency business. Used today by...

High end agency Savills is conducting “a full investigation” into a racist tweet posted overnight. A Savills statement posted on Twitter this...

Around 18 months ago, just a few months before the pandemic hit, I did a Natter with the team at software...

As the high-street sees a dramatic increase in footfall1, a trend that is set to continue, agents are elevating their window...

In my previous Estate Agent Today feature, I endeavoured to explain the key differences between APIs and Apps, to help improve...

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

This week’s In Conversation Today interviewee needs no introduction. One of the property industry’s most recognisable names, she has been a...

Despite the booming housing market the whole property sector - a key indicator of the economy's performance - has seen 11,000...

There’s a record number of property industry companies, including agencies, in financial distress according to the latest Red Flag alert monitor. The...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...

It’s been confirmed by the Scottish Government that the housing market north of the border resumes for business - and house...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

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

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

Listings from an agent who ended his contract with Rightmove were not removed as he expected - instead, he is accusing...

A six-point guide is to be issued today to agents reopening offices when the government gives the go ahead, possibly in...

OnTheMarket’s TV advert, promoting its ‘New & exclusive’ feature, will be back on screens from Boxing Day ahead of what it calls a...

It’s been revealed that Countrywide is involved in a pilot exercise to help the creation of a so-called ‘affordability hub’ for...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

An estate agency which was set up in south Wales late last year is opening a new branch that it describes...

A new group called the Federation of Independent Agents has been set up as a network of like-minded independent agents who...

OnTheMarket is to continue its TV advertising campaign throughout February - and this time it’s ad is also going to be...

Thanks to vast improvements in processing powers, the use of virtual reality (VR) in some sectors is becoming more evident than...

Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman - who sold the portal company for more than £2.2 billion to US private equity fund Silver...

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

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

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...

The raison d'être for estate agents everywhere is to get their properties noticed! It’s as simple as that. These days you’re likely...

In the past decade or so there has been a movement towards the use of digital signage screens within a number...

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

Agents are being offered a new way to capture details of prospective clients thanks to a partnership between The ValPal Network...

Senior management at Countrywide came in for a pasting on Twitter yesterday as TV market commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor...

A BBC Radio 5 Live analysis of online reviews has reignited the argument about the glut of positive reviews for Purplebricks...

The death of traditional TV – where viewers sit down together to watch shows at defined times – has been much...

In 2018, Google will introduce changes to the way it ranks websites, meaning sites will be ranked on the quality of...

A new EU crackdown on money laundering requires estate agency businesses to adopt a collaborative approach if they are to avoid...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

A new firm has launched in Surrey describing itself as “the premium hybrid estate agency” with an innovative presence on the...

“When an industry is new, still finding its feet, finding its purpose, the tendency is for those few people within it...

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...

Our client Robert Cooney – an estate agent based in Taunton, Somerset – was so intrigued by the office refurbishment process...

MPL Interiors was brought in to execute an office fit-out in a former paint shop in Wantage, Oxfordshire, for estate agent...

Finally! Spring has arrived so your property photos should look brighter and more cheerful shouldn’t they? I say, ‘should’ advisedly, because...

The Middle Eastern property development company Emaar - at one time the owner of Hamptons International estate agency - is using...

The property marketing company Pelican Media is preparing to launch what it claims is the industry’s first voice control software across...

What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in no particular order: Trump, Brexit, Leicester winning the Premier League, a...

Zoopla is linking with Samsung to offer its members giant touch-screens for use in offices, displaying the agents’ own inventory of...

One of the many estate agencies hoping to market increasing numbers of new homes has been praised by a developer client...

With more house-hunters than ever now starting their search for a new home by typically looking online on one of the major...

There seems to have been a seismic shift in recent years for companies to migrate everything ‘on brand’ online. However signage...

So this weekend some of us will see our first snow of the season. Harsh weather, Christmas adverts and winter generally...

Well, the hosts have left the party early. England have crashed out of their own Rugby World Cup after a demoralising...

John D Wood & Co., one of the high end agents in the Countrywide stable, has unveiled its new office interior...

Tips on using digital signage in your window 1. Why digital signage is an asset to your business - Raise the profile of...

Estate Agents today are continually competing with rival companies to get instructions and ultimately increase their profit margin. So what makes your...

Gareth Styles of Grants Independent Estate Agents, Woking writes: When considering opening a new office in Woking Surrey I met with several...

Mike Poole was keen to update the window display of his Middlesbrough branch and decided that LED Light Pockets™ were the...