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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...

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

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 PJT, and although we’re well into the summer season now there are still plenty of...

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...