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Hello and welcome to another working week, and the latest on jobs and staff movement across our industry. You can be part...

Another property company has announced its participation in the Kickstart scheme. The initiative is aimed at young people aged 16 to 24...

Hello, and as we near the first Bank Holiday of the year (and a little light at the end of the...

Buyer feedback is a key resource for agents who want to keep on top of market changes and so handle vendors’...

Hello and welcome to your regular Friday charity round-up from the industry - appropriately enough on the day of the latest...

The housing market boom looks set to continue for some months yet as mortgage approvals for home purchases hit their highest...

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...

Butters John Bee, one of the oldest agency brands in the UK, is the latest part of the Spicerhaart group to...

Agents Do Charity - as the summer heat is on… It’s hotting up outside and while this is set to be a...

Haart - one of the brands owned by Spicerhaart, which laid off staff in the first hours of the pandemic -...

US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...

Russell Jervis, who spent 33 years at Spicerhaart rising to managing director before quitting late last year, has re-emerged this morning...

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

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

A senior figure in the industry has spoken out against the shock sackings and branch closures announced by Spicerhaart. Jon Cooke, chief...

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

The number of residential transactions rose by 6.2 per cent in December - an unseasonal increase - according to data from...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced it has raised £3.4m through a placing of shares. It has placed 4,857,143 new ordinary shares at a...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that residential property transactions have increased by 4.3 per cent year-on-year. In October 2019...

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

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

There’s plenty of action in and around Westminster these days, but while the political temperature rises, the marvellous work of agents,...

Welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - because last week there was a Bank Holiday, we have a bumper edition...

Spicerhaart claims that it achieved an average of 104.29 per cent against the market value on properties that were taken into...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday edition of Property Jobs Today. Everyone here contacted us on press@estateagenttoday.co.uk to espresso the word;...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your weekly chance to catch up on major moves in our industry. Everyone here has...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that US-owned franchise agency Keller Williams has ‘soft-opened’ two new market centres in the south of...

Well here we are, at the last Agents Do Charity of the year. It’s been a record haul of good works, as...

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

Keller Williams, the US agency which allows agents to work from hub-like ‘market centres’, says it now has 130 freelance agents in this...

The first signs of a seasonal slowdown are appearing according to some agents in touch with EAT, but there are still...

Bored with Brexit? Baffled by the backstop? Troubled by the transition period?  Well here’s a promise - there’s no mention of the...

Rumours abound over the future of Countrywide, which lost further share value on Friday, closing very slightly down on the day...

With the weather scheduled to get a little cooler this weekend, fund-raising is clearly still a hot topic in the industry...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday feature, Property Jobs Today. There’s plenty going on despite the summer holidays beginning for many...

The Advertising Standards Authority has today issued a three-point guidance note for estate agents, including controversial interpretations of what constitutes a...

The fast-expanding Spicerhaart group has launched its own in-house Property Marketing Academy and has secured a well-known industry trainer and coach...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - a slim edition given how quiet the industry is at the...

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

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

Spicerhaart is reported to be replacing its fleet of 1,100 cars over the next three years with BMWs.  Much of its current fleet...

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 Haart agency group has given an upbeat picture of the housing market in its latest figures with instructions up 15...

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

Spicerhaart, which describes itself as the UK’s largest independent estate agency group, has been on the acquisition trail again, showing its...

A Happy New Year to all our readers and their families - and all the very best for a successful, profitable...

Christmas is just around the corner and we’re all looking forward to a break - but before then we know many...

An analysis conducted by estate agency comparison website GetAgent has for the first time attempted to calculate how ‘local’ agencies' local property...

Following speculation earlier in the week, Spicerhaart has confirmed that it has purchased 19 branch regional agency butters john bee. The acquisition...

Estate Agent Today understands that Spicerhaart is in the final stages of talks to acquire major regional independent firm butters john...

Agents’ Mutual has confirmed that it proposes to form a new company, OnTheMarket plc, to list on the AIM market of...

The Guild of Professional Estate Agents and Fine & Country are offering agent members the option to have in-person reviews and...

Spicerhaart has launched what it calls a talent acquisition team to recruit new agents to the group’s range of brands, as...

The industry has broadly welcomed the shock announcement of a June 8 General Election as a chance to end long term...

Spicerhaart has signed what it describes as one of the world’s top estate agency mentors to work with its teams across...

Estate agency haart has announced the appointment of a new regional partner for South London. Kieran Hogan will oversee 13 branches from...

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...

Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...

There’s no need to worry but...er....there are only three weeks to go until Christmas. With traditional feelings of goodwill at this time...

An estate agent at an office of London agency Felicity J Lord, who alleged unethical practices were taking place in the...

Pete Wallace, appointed as Countrywide's retail performance director just a year ago and a long-standing employee of the group before that...

The UK's largest independent estate agency chain – Spicerhaart – has a fund of £26 million to be spent on acquisitions. The...

Schools going back, final Bank Holiday over until Christmas, and agents returning from their summer breaks. It can only mean September. But...

Regional estate agency Matthews of Chester says data provided by Rightmove led to an apparently-misleading advertisement which had to be altered...

It’s been another great week of fund-raising for good causes by our industry, as you can see from our roll of...

An estate agent is suing his former employer for £500,000 after he believes he was unfairly dismissed. Abdul Samad is taking legal...

The directors of Agents’ Mutual say they have “every confidence” in OnTheMarket as the portal approaches its first anniversary on January...

A dispute between two agents over a claim that “95 per cent agreed sales proceed to completion” has been resolved informally...

There's been a surge in agents letting us know about their fantastic good work - an indication of just how big...

We are always happy to salute those agents who work tirelessly to improve their communities and those who need help more...

First time buyer registrations have plummeted over the past year and the average price of a home purchased by FTBs has...

A riposte to Paul Smith's article 'Why Estate Agents Must Stand Up to the Power of the Portals' I just read an...

You know the drill by now - send us details of events on press@estateagenttoday.co.uk and we are more than happy to...

An East Midlands estate agency has had a regional press advert banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).  Kirk Estates Ltd had...