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The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...

Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, and there is a great deal of positive things to be said about a...

OnTheMarket has introduced a new filter that allows buyers to limit their searches to those properties with online viewing options. These can...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - accused by some of breaking the lockdown some weeks ago - is now in more hot...

A digital ‘members-only club’ for property professionals around the world has slashed its prices nine months after launching. The Eighth Door is...

The Covid-19 crisis hasn’t caused the revolution it has been reported to have. Despite the challenges it has brought, fundamentally, the...

The government is jeopardising the success of the housing market relaunch through the inflexibility of the furlough scheme, claims a group...

NAEA Propertymark is advising agents to continue measures to allow them to operate if a second wave of Coronavirus hits later...

High-end agency Beauchamp Estates is claiming to have bagged the capital’s biggest deal during the lockdown period - a mansion which...

A specialist legal advisory service is urging conveyancers to use the reopening of the housing market as an opportunity to increase...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Tom Harrington and I’m the founder and...

Letting agents up and down the country have undoubtedly felt the financial strain added by the outbreak of COVID19. Whilst this will continue,...

Many of the leading advocates of the self-employed estate agent business model have talked about why many want new recruits with...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has revised its Anti-Money Laundering guidance in the light of Coronavirus. It says the scale of...

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

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

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

** 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 Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into fake and misleading online reviews. The announcement from the watchdog does not...

The fast-growing trade group for independent estate agents has launched a partnership with the soon-to-launch Homesearch portal. Of the various free-to-list portals...

There’s been a cautious welcome for the extension to the current mortgage holiday scheme, due to run out for ‘early adopters’...

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

The Bank of Ireland UK is the latest mortgage lender to resume physical valuations of properties in England, subject of course...

I recently read the news about Settled closing its doors. As of 6.29am on Tuesday morning, the article had been read by 8,642...

A survey of agents’ attitudes which two weeks ago showed a big majority of agents wanting to work as self employed...

The popular and well respected ex-Knight Frank partner Tom Tangney has joined Rose & Partners, a boutique property firm serving prime...

A free to list portal has blasted Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for using agents' data to boost their profits.  Christopher May, chief...

The City regulator which is bringing a test case over insurance firms refusing to honour Business Interruption policies wants policyholders including...

The biggest awards for the agency sector - The ESTAS - will now be a virtual event on Friday July 3,...

Strutt & Parker is the latest agency to attract hundreds of prospective vendors and buyers to a ‘keep in touch’ webinar. Last...

As you know, having professional images of your properties is the best (only?) way to get people wanting to step through...

High end London agency Beauchamp Estates has been selected to join the Bank of England’s advisory panel of companies and senior directors, and to...

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

Over the past few weeks, estate agents have been forced to close high street branches and adapt to working from home,...

The fallout from Covid-19 has hit everyone hard. With breaking news today that agents are able to look at how to...

It’s back to work today for England’s estate agents and the housing market - but it’s the start of a new...

The second part of a survey which has already thrown up shock results has been launched with an appeal for agents...

A respected estate agency has revised downwards its price forecast for the housing market for the second time since the start...

The chief executive of NAEA Propertymark says he expects specific government guidance later this week for estate agents to return to...

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

A PropTech firm says it’s using what it calls “World War Three-style” hazard suits when they visit premises to create virtual...

Details being presented to Parliament today may include information on how agents can return to work in some sort of ‘new normal.’ A 50...

The Agents Here To Help initiative, launched recently by Kristjan Byfield of The Depositary, is now developing fast and becoming a...

The government has temporarily suspended its official house price index as a result of the Coronavirus crisis. In a long and far-reaching announcement...

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

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

Rightmove says it’s to launch its biggest ever national marketing campaign in a bid to kick-start the market once lockdown eases. The...

An instant valuation service has launched a new tool aimed at helping agents prioritise leads through prospective vendors uploading photographs to...

An estate agent has reopened his High Street office to the public with social distancing and other safety measures in place. It’s...

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

Virtual viewings are here to stay and will continue long after lockdown eases according to the head of a PropTech group. Babek...

Countrywide has added its weight to the campaign asking the government to allow agents to get back to work - and...

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

HM Land Registry is making it easier to verify individuals’ ID from today. In addition to conveyancers and chartered legal executives, verification...

The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...

The housing market is likely to rebound relatively strongly after the Coronavirus lockdown eases, according to the Nationwide. House prices grew at...

Housing minister Chris Pincher is drawing up guidelines which could allow agents to return to something like normal working in the near...

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

Buying and selling a house is often referenced as being one of the most stressful life experiences that we can go...

NAEA Propertymark has today launched a campaign for the government to introduce what it calls a Property Sector Support Package. This would...

The scandal over Business Interruption Insurance policies is hotting up, with class actions being discussed against insurance firms and the Financial Conduct Authority announcing...

The Property Ombudsman is advising agents to use virtual viewings only as a filtering process with offers being agreed only ‘subject...

The Haart estate agency chain has launched a portal called Off Market which it describes to sellers as being “a unique...

The Mail Online is running a story on estate agents allegedly breaking the lockdown by conducting physical viewings in recent weeks...

The government of one part of the British Isles has produced guidelines for removal firms. Until now, house moving in an era...

A property tax specialist is warning that sellers of buy to lets or holiday homes may have to estimate their own...

Savills has kept in touch with almost 2,000 of its vendors and prospective buyers through two mass webinars. Entitled ‘What COVID-19 means...

There’s going to be a 35 per cent drop in the number of new homes delivered this year because of the...

Agents and in some cases their brokers continue to do battle with insurers in a bid to secure pay-outs on their...

Only 33 per cent of agents want to return to working the same way as before the Coronavirus crisis, according to...

One of the few agents anywhere in the British Isles who has returned to something like normal working has revealed new...

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

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...

PropTech big names Reapit and ViewMyChain are joining up to try to accelerate transactions when the lockdown finally ends and the...

A Fine & Country agent has just sold a home based on a video viewing, and is now sharing tips with...

One of prime central London’s most respected estate agencies is warning that it could take until spring 2021 for the luxury...

Aside from the obvious health crisis, the current pandemic is proving difficult for the business worldwide. However, despite the increasing contact...

One of the most important aspects of being a successful and profitable agent is selecting the right tenants. The industry manages this...

House sales edged down only slightly in March compared with February according to HM revenue & Customs, despite the lockdown in...

We are all operating in peculiar times. Times of great upheaval. Our lives are both in a complete state of flux...

The peak of the 2020 sales market is likely to be September instead of the usual early summer - but that...

Fine & Country says now is “a great time” for estate agents to go upmarket and become “the luxury agent” in...

Another west country tourist hotspot looks set to ban any future new-build home being sold as a holiday or additional property. Bigbury...

One of the industry’s top recruitment gurus wants to check the pulse of the industry - and that includes whether furloughed...

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...

Ed Mead, co-founder of outsourced viewing service Viewber and a high profile agent for over 30 years, has had his closest...

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

This month saw the introduction of the final stages of the Section 24 tax changes, first introduced in April 2017. Whereas buy-to-let...

With a lengthy lockdown already behind us one might think that fund-raising was a step too far - but not for...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

Three more agencies have signed up to the ESTAS customer review platform. The arrival of Newton Fallowell, Lovelle and Goodchilds - all...

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

OnTheMaket has this morning announced a raft of what it calls ‘mitigating measures’ to help it survive the Coronavirus crisis. These include...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

Sellers are being warned to make strict checks before responding to advertisements apparently from prospective buyers.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

A branch of Northwood is offering its pool car to any NHS workers who need it during the Coronavirus crisis. The Fiat...

We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...

Just a month ago our homes felt, for many of us, to be a mere pitstop on a centrifuge of work,...

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

You know the old saying - a dog is an agent’s best friend?  Well that’s clearly true for this trio of agencies...

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

The government has been called upon by one of the industry’s most respected bodies to announce a stamp duty holiday to...

Floorplan and photography supplier FocalAgent is making a free offer to every agent in the UK during the virus crisis -...

One of the first analyses of portal listings since the start of the Coronavirus crisis shows that new listings have plummeted...

Hello - we’re here to help on a daily basis, sharing information across the industry.  As ever, we’d love your input to...

As the impact of coronavirus unfolds, we are in constant conversations with customers to understand the challenges they’re facing and to...

On April 4, EAT published a piece titled: ‘It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post corona-virus’. To me, this...

One of the industry’s highest profile figures has suggested the Coronavirus crisis could trigger many more agents becoming self-employed. Nicky Stevenson -...

Some 2,500 estate agency branches have expressed an interest in a new portal, Homesearch, launching next month.  Although the Homesearch website lists...

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...

Based on our historical data over twenty years of nationwide operation and a survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, we estimate...

Purplebricks Local Property Experts are asking sellers who are not allowing agents into their homes during the virus crisis to draw...

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

One of the industry’s leading automated valuation services says it’s running at approaching 1,000 leads a day for agents even during...

A leading human resources expert predicts that agents who are poorly treated by their employers now will wreak revenge and move...

Staff and senior management at a large franchise company running a string of major High Street agency brands are taking voluntary...

An estate agency in Portsmouth has sold a house subject to contract after nothing more than a video tour filmed by...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

Savills has withdrawn its planned dividend to shareholders but says it could declare an "enhanced" payout at an unspecified later date. Only...

Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with...

The Competitions and Markets Authority has started court proceedings seeking the disqualification of two estate agency directors over a price fixing...

The boss of controversial estate agency Dexters has hit out at social media reports and press articles about company staff working...

LSL Property Services says one of its measures to “rightsize” the organisation during the Coronavirus crisis will be to put agents...

Yet another one of the giants of our industry, Hunters, says it’s taking “appropriate measures” to safeguard the firm in the...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

New guidance has just been agreed by conveyancers on house moves during the Coronavirus crisis. The procedures - made pubic only last...

Two property portals insist they’re going to launch this spring despite the Coronavirus chaos effectively closing down much of the housing...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

Former housing minister Alok Sharma has revealed new measures to allow agencies and other businesses to avoid insolvency during the virus...

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

It’s time to draw a line in the sand and condemn our rival portals for their current charging structure. Little will...

It’s been reported that the government is talking with banks and building societies about putting the housing market ‘on ice’ during the...

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

The advantage given to overseas buyers when Sterling weakened during the long-running Brexit saga has returned with the arrival of the...

Hello and welcome to a special Agents Do Charity, given over entirely to a wonderful effort to coordinate the industry’s response...

An international comparison of how major portals have discounted their charges to agents show Rightmove and Zoopla making “deeper and longer...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

The Law Society says there is still some possibility that those home movers scheduled to complete in the near future might...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...

Advice to removal companies from their main trade body has put a stop to most transactions not already at a very...

Propertymark has been told the agents should shut their offices immediately - they are not “essential businesses” under the new Coronavirus...

*** Please see this story for the latest news on house moving, updated 12 noon on Tuesday March 24 *** The property...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column . Before we get on with it, a reminder to...

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

There has been scepticism across the industry as to the motives behind an unspecified number of lay-offs and permanent branch closures...

The two major portals have unveiled their discounts and deals for agents facing a dramatic loss of business because of the...

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

One of Britain’s most outspoken and high profile agents has quit Rightmove in spectacular fashion, using an open letter to the...

There’s been widespread outrage amongst agents at Rightmove’s offer to allow some agents a deferred payment scheme operating for just three...

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

We all know how stressful buying a home is, whether it’s your very first step onto the ladder or your final...

The current market crisis caused by Coronavirus should present OnTheMarket with an opportunity to pause its existing strategy, talk to agents...

Good morning and welcome to the industry’s daily update on how we cope with the challenge of social distancing and self-isolation...

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

In these uncertain times it’s good to report positive news - ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has announced its...

A surveyors’ firm has been wound up after courts declared that it had misled clients over the success of its core...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

We all need some good news right now and thanks to Beresfords Property Group, we have one! The firm’s Witham branch manager, Jordan...

In a very brief announcement to the City and to its shareholders this morning, LSL Property Services made clear that it...

Estate Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...

Estate Agent Today understands that the Knight Frank agency has been hit by a large number of branch office heads quitting...

Hello and as it’s Monday it’s PJT Day - and there are plenty of people moving jobs in our industry even...

There’s been a huge change in the way estate agencies operate in recent years, with far more focus on marketing properties...

The lightbulb moment for LonRes was born out of sheer frustration. I’d just missed out on a deal and the postman...

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

Almost all quoted agencies and portals have suffered as a result of stock market investors being spooked by Coronavirus, with some...

A Spanish housebuilder’s bespoke system to allow prospective buyers to view properties without visiting is being offered to the UK agency...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to give guidance to agents on how to run their businesses remotely.  Chief executive Iain McKenzie...

A Somerset agency with three offices has changed ownership - but remains an independent. Gibbins Richards has offices in Taunton, Bridgwater and...

Welcome to the weekly salute for agents and others in the industry fund-raising for good causes - and we know that...

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Jon Notley and I am the co-founder...

Countrywide’s share price fell by as much as 17 per cent at one point yesterday afternoon as investors assessed the latest...

Savills is the latest agency to warn about the possible threat of Coronavirus to its business activities and success this year. In...

Training operator The Able Agent is to include a module on the Modern Method of Auction in its future programme.  Charlotte Jeffry-Campbell,...

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...

Your business may be growing quicker than you could ever imagine which is great when it comes to raising brand awareness....

The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in the base interest rate to shore up the economy during the Coronavirus...

There’s been another shortlist announced for The ESTAS 2020 - this time for the best suppliers to the estate and letting...

Monthly webinars via Facebook are being set up to discuss compliance issues with member agents of the Guild of Property Professionals. “Because...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does it...

Prominent agency industry analyst Anthony Codling is asking agents whether the board of OnTheMarket did the right thing by firing Ian...

The National Association of Estate Agents has announced that it’s to offer US PropTech solutions to UK agents. The REACH programme has...

OnTheMarket has announced this morning that it has given notice to its chief executive, Ian Springett, with immediate effect. The troubled portal's...

An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later...

Analysis by an online valuation and lead generation service shows that requests from prospective sellers and landlords are increasingly happening in...

It may be that we’re facing another year - make that yet another year - of disruption in the housing market. Coronavirus...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

Estate Agent Today understands that three senior figures have departed from a key central London branch of Knight Frank. Each of them was...

Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year - a significantly higher figure than 12...

Hello and because it’s Friday there are two pieces of good news: it’s nearly the weekend and it’s the day for...

Any bid by Zoopla and OnTheMarket to displace Rightmove as the number one portal in the UK is at best expensive...

Increasing numbers of reports suggest that the government will use next week’s Budget to confirm a three per cent stamp duty...

There’s been a surge in UK enquiries to global free-to-list portal Residential People, and a comparable rise in interest from Chinese...

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

The ESTAS today reveals its shortlist for the 2020 Awards which includes the Zoopla Xcellence Award - a special category that celebrates...

There are fears that the so-called Boris Bounce which saw a surge in activity after the General Election may be hitting...

A new hybrid set up by ex-Purplebricks territory owners says it wants to "redefine estate agency in the customer's favour." Knock Knock...

The right wing political magazine that Boris Johnson used to edit has called on him to cut stamp duty. The Spectator says...

Trading Standards says agents must include more “material information” in property details even if this may not be a wholly positive...

Agents are consistently being told that they need to get on board with change. And one could quite easily make the...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

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

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...

The Trading Standards report on the future of referral fees is almost completed and will be sent to government next week. However, James...

Trials of reservation agreements for buyers and sellers have been delayed until the late spring. Statements last year from the Ministry of Housing, Communities...

Purplebricks and Countrywide have each recently claimed to be the biggest agency group in the UK but now Connells says that...

New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents show a big surge in demand despite the winter weather since the...

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

Buyers and sellers using online estate agencies could inadvertently sign contracts if they carelessly use email signature blocks. Blocks are the ‘auto-signatures’...

Countrywide and LSL Property Services have this morning confirmed that talks are underway about a possible mega-merger. This confirms the speculation yesterday that...

Some of the biggest figures in the industry have given Estate Agent Today their reaction to the news - broken yesterday...

Sellers who failed to mention a motel and diner being constructed nearby have been ordered by a court to pay £285,000...

Hello - it’s Monday and so it’s PJT, where you can catch up on the industry major moves of recent days. Please...

Sky News claims that Countrywide and LSL Property Services are discussing a merger to become a £500m super-agency.  In an exclusive it...

There’s something of a conspiracy of silence over the problem of short lets. That is a stark claim but many siren voices...

Why should agencies leave voicemail in the last decade and make 2020 the year to invest in a more modern solution? Voicemail...

A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites - especially Rightmove - are contributing to estate agencies...

A conveyancing firm has launched what it claims to be one of the first ever apps for vendors and buyers in...

Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week…which must mean Agents Do Charity. There’s plenty to admire in this week’s entries;...

Who are you? Jed Topping, Business Development Executive for Virgin Media How can sales and letting agents work with Virgin Media to earn extra revenue?...

In another positive sign for the housing market, every region of the UK has seen a price rise according to the...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

Savills has smoked out another money-making opportunity with a new enterprise which it claims has “enormous growth potential.” The property consultancy is teaming...

Countrywide is remaining silent over the stalled sale of its commercial arm. The troubled agency group’s share price dropped over 3.5 per...

Another former Savills agent has joined freelance agency operation Keller Williams, the second in recent weeks. In January it was revealed that...

The government has dismissed a request from the NAEA and ARLA Propertymark to review business rates for agency offices on High...

A high profile and widely-respected estate agent is predicting a huge demographic change to one of the country’s wealthiest enclaves -...

An online valuation service says the number of leads it generated for agents in January was over double the figure in...

The government will not announce a Mansion Tax at next month’s Budget. It was first reported by the Sunday Telegraph a week ago,...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Joanne (Jo) Tattum. Channel Manager - Property What is Moneypenny and...

Fine & Country has introduced a self-employed agency business model to be run by well-known former Property Academy chief Nicky Stevenson. The...

Another weekend, another storm: it’s hard to put a smile on your face when winter goes on this long but the...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of the most senior figures in Countrywide’s upmarket John D Wood and Hampton International brands...

A book, written by Gary Kasparov, has really made me question my opinions on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The book is called...

A new homes portal says that in the past year it’s seen a rise of 82 per cent in website visitors and...

The Law Society’s new TA6 Property Information Form has just launched, as previewed on Estate Agent Today 10 days ago.  “The TA6...

Countrywide is declining to explain why due diligence on the sale of its commercial arm did not catch a problem which...

The Federation of Independent Agents has revealed the names of a string of new member companies from across the UK. Founder Graham...

A new market centre operating as a hub for freelance agents has opened in Glasgow. Called KW Evolve it is a Keller...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...

Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...

Now we’re well into the second month of the year, we have reached a crucial point in the ongoing plans to...

One of the country’s leading housing market research experts has been poached from Knight Frank to join Zoopla. Gráinne Gilmore - a...

Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...

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....

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

Agents “dread” buyers’ questions on value, asking prices and nearby new development according to a survey. Some 50 agents and over 1,500...

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

Rightmove may continue to be a target for criticism from some agents and rival portals but it has just enjoyed it...

The estate agency review site allAgents claims some of Trustpilot’s reviews “could be dubious.”  A statement from allAgents repeats an allegation made last...

The people behind an online valuation service is warning agents that having a widget on their website is not enough by...

An estate agency that won a major property award only 18 months ago has shut after trading for 40 years. The Marlborough...

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

Well-known outsourced communications service Moneypenny has become an official industry partner to Propertymark, and its NAEA, ARLA and NAVA trade bodies.  Combined...

An outspoken industry commentator says some of the country’s leading agencies are failing because they’re not actually run by experienced agents. Russell...

Keller Williams UK is opening a new Market Centre, this time in Oxfordshire - and it has signed a senior Savills...

Welcome to the first February PJT. As the year progresses the industry embarks on more appointments, especially with a market that’s...

For a very long time, it was one of the best ways – if not the best way – of generating...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...

Mystery surrounds a historic agency that has ceased trading after 235 years in business - even though its website is still...

The Hunters franchise group says it’s now the third largest agency in the UK, and it promises to reveal a major...

Here’s a reminder of some news we broke last week - the hugely-respected Phil Spencer starts a regular column for the...

Hello and welcome to the last day of January, Brexit Day and - perhaps most importantly - the latest edition of...

Foxtons's trading statement this morning reveals another huge slump in sales - but no new announcement about future branch closures after a spate...

London-focussed high end agency Chestertons says it’s on the hunt for acquisitions after posting what it describes as a “record performance”...

Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...

It is possible that agents and their business partners in the conveyancing, mortgage and survey industries could be obliged to have...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

Zoopla’s Hometrack data research arm says the start of 2020 has seen buyer demand up 26 per cent compared to the...

It’s been reported that two founders of an estate agency at Leigh in Greater Manchester have been banned until 2025 after...

Insolvency firm Begbies Traynor says the estate agency and property industry sector of the UK economy has seen a big rise...

The housing market appears to have ended 2019 on a positive note according to the National Association for Estate Agents. Its latest...

Independent agents in a fast-growing trade body are to be given the opportunity to secure exclusivity on land deals and new...

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...

Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...

The Competition and Markets Authority says it wants to send “a strong signal” to the estate agency industry that price-fixing will...

The hugely-respected Phil Spencer is to write a regular column for the industry on Estate Agent Today under the auspices of...