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The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

The Law Society claims that the unforeseen charges faced by some purchasers of leasehold properties could be addressed “if developers and...

Estate agents have been warned that if new guidance over referral fees is not taken seriously, they could be faced with...

This month’s MIPIM conference in Cannes once again played host to the final round of the much coveted MIPIM Startup Competition.  The...

To get the absolute most from your estate or letting agency business, it’s vital that you partner with the right software...

The Secretary of State for Education has written to the head of an online estate agency to ask him to share...

A survey by the Centre for Ageing Better recently showed that 72% of people want to see every new home built...

You can tell it’s the onset of spring by the fact that this weekend sees the start of the Formula 1...

Savills has this morning talked up its investment in onliner Yopa, which it claims is the sixth largest estate agency in...

The online estate agency platform Love2Move has scrapped its bid for investment via a controversial crowdfunding platform. The platform - which allows...

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

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...

Just when you thought it was all Brexit doom and gloom, a major index shows that house prices in February grew...

Hello and here we go with yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly opportunity to herald the unsung efforts of our...

The head of residential property at a law firm is warning that referral fees can backfire on estate agents who may...

Competition for landlords will be fiercer than ever this year. Landlords are facing a raft of changes and will likely be...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - the every-Monday round-up of key moves within the industry. Let us know...

When you recruit a new member of staff, training should be one of your main priorities.  After initial training, ongoing training and...

The demand for rural properties is high, and with 20.7% of England’s population in countryside areas, estate agents have a large...

The National Association of Estate Agents has led the support for stricter new guidelines on transparency for referral fees. The clampdown means agents...

The Met Office says today, March 1, is the first official day of spring - perfect timing to coincide with the...

Connells Group says investment in PropTech will be the way to safeguard its almost-600 High Street branches - and it’s repeated...

Nobody likes change. It makes people feel threatened, undermines their confidence, and makes them worry about the future. But regardless of...

The row over whether Help To Buy benefits house builders’ personal wealth more than it assists the housing market is continuing...

The vast majority of people want homes built as standard for all age groups - a contrary view to those in...

Few can deny that with announcements from MPs and an announcement from Purplebricks, that it’s been an extraordinary week.  While it may...

A new training and development team has been set up by Connells Group. It’s designed - in the company’s words - “to...

In these tougher times, we recognise that helping agents win new inventory is the key to their businesses.  There were more than...

Interesting news this week from South Africa where the PropTech startup, Flow, has raised R20m in the country’s 'biggest PropTech seed...

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

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

Property consultancy JLL has launched a specialised Help to Buy team in response to what it calls “the increasing demand for...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

Barely a day goes by when we don’t read a new report on the unscrupulous practices of landlords; of the sub-standard...

One of the country’s leading conveyancing chiefs has given his support to reforms to the house buying process. But Rob Hailstone -...

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity - our tribute to the great work done by our industry in...

What do BREXIT and PropTech have in common?  I got thinking about this question for a number of reasons this week but...

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...

There are many misconceptions about the franchising world but, whether we’re talking about estate agency franchises or fast food franchises, it’s...

He may not yet have had time to produce a Brexit plan but Boris Johnson has at least had a few...

The end of the snow has given way to warmer weather, and while it’s a little early to speak of spring...

BAD PHOTOS – 6 BIG MISTAKES YOU MIGHT BE MAKING! In our last article, we highlighted some really important and shocking stats...

A review website has launched that describes itself as “a new and powerful research and marketing tool in the residential property...

New figures released this morning from OnTheMarket claim its listing inventory bis now over 80 per cent of the size of...

Formal consultations have started concerning the job losses and branch closures for Your Move and Reeds Rains, revealed yesterday by their...

The Property Franchise Group says its online/hybrid agency EweMove traded profitably throughout  last year and will show “a significant improvement” over...

A major restructuring of LSL Property Services has just been announced to shareholders, with substantial numbers of branch closures. The statement says...

OnTheMarket says it now has listings agreements with more than 12,500 estate and lettings agency branches. In a statement to shareholders and...

The regional agency MoveSelf, which set up in 2017 as an online estate agent, is shifting emphasis towards For Sale By...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...

There’s a distinctly northern flavour to some of the great fund-raising this week - and in particular Yorkshire. This isn’t the only...

There has been a nine per cent rise over the past year in estate agency and property industry firms in so-called...

The British Property Federation has made an outspoken intervention into the Brexit debate, telling politicians that No Deal is the worst...

Franchise giant Hunters, which started 2019 by announcing two new branches, is to open another four next month after an upbeat...

When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent. The more...

A review of the housing market at present, particularly when it comes to purchase transactions, might not necessarily feel overly positive.  The...

  The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Lettings Agents have thrown their weight behind the government’s latest...

Connells’ brand Gascoigne Halman has lost its appeal against OnTheMarket. Gascoigne Halman challenged OTM’s old ‘one other portal’ rule at the Competition...

The industry is back to full-strength on its fund-raising judging from our virtual postbag this week with many new reports of...

There’s been another raft of movers and shakers in the industry in recent days, so this is a busy Property Jobs...

I often speak of my wish to see property taken out of the hands of politicians. Indeed, this is likely to...

The weather suggests that at long last winter has truly kicked in - so what better time to celebrate, amongst other...

A survey of 6,000 members of the public and 660 estate and letting agents has revealed some striking findings about how...

While even agents of the calibre of Savills struggle in today’s market - see the agency’s figures here - it’s a...

One of Britain’s foremost property consultancies has given a relatively upbeat prediction for the UK housing market over the next five...

Still recovering from Christmas and New Year? There’s no shame in that - the agents’ fund-raising season resumes in earnest in...

Recent years have seen tighter regulation and new legislation hit the lettings industry. Combined with the fee ban, there is no...

Estate Agent Today understands from a respected source that the remains of the Emoov and Tepilo online agencies have been acquired...

Winkworth says it’s seen a huge 78.5 per cent rise in franchise applicants over the past 12 months and says there...

A hybrid estate agency which uses freelance agents operating from a central hub is now expanding from London into the Home...

We’re back with the first edition of Agents Do Charity for 2019 - and despite the uncertainty everywhere else, one thing...

There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...

If you thought Christmas Eve meant no more news in terms of industry movers and shakers…well, think again - we’ve one...

Zoopla is launching its latest advertising campaign from Boxing Day with ideas from the creative minds behind Wallace & Gromit.  From Wednesday...

In the past year it seems every other story has been about PropTech - the big stuff like Purplebricks and the...

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

A top PropTech analyst says Purplebricks is as much an advertising firm as an estate agency but is nonetheless a huge success...

Asking prices of homes coming to the market have fallen for the second month in a row - and Rightmove says...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - and while it may be just days to Christmas, there’s still plenty of...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

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

OnTheMarket had told its shareholders this morning that it now has over 12,000 branches listing and is offering share incentives to...

There is a perfect storm brewing in the lettings market, and as the saying goes, “you can’t change the direction of...

It’s that time of year again where we start saying goodbye to 12 months of hard work and start looking forward...

Peter Knight, co-founder and public face of Agents Giving, is stepping down as the charity’s chairman. He is to be succeeded by...

The ‘new broom’ owners of Zoopla have revealed that Gary Bramall is to be the firm’s new chief marketing officer charged with...

It’s that time of the week again when we focus on the great work done by the industry, usually without much...

The UK renting demographic is diversifying at a rapid pace. While the current market poses many challenges for traditional letting agents,...

With portal rivalry hotting up again, Zoopla has announced that with immediate effect it’s removing all non-property related adverts from all...

It’s been revealed that 37 regulated conveyancing firms have repelled attempted frauds in the past year. But 11 conveyancing firms have actually...

Emoov has this afternoon appointed administrators as a result of not being able to secure a buyer - the move had...

Has no one told the industry that it’s December and things are supposed to be slowing down? This week’s Property Jobs...

Figures released by the government over the weekend show that 14,867 Help To Buy equity loans were taken out in the...

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...

With Christmas less than four weeks away (yes, really) the countdown to the festive season begins tomorrow when December begins. Charity...

Communities have missed out on more than 10,000 affordable homes in the past three years as a result of government rules...

Yet another estate agency has announced that it’s shutting branches and opening a centralised hub. This time it’s Newman Property Experts, a...

High-end agency Harrods Estates is not content with selling homes in London’s infamous challenging market - now it’s marketing a box...

East Midlands estate and lettings agency Jackson Grundy has signed up to OnTheMarket. The firm, with its Northampton headquarters, has 10 sales...

Popular floor plan drawing service Metropix is excited to announce some festive fun to celebrate reaching a significant milestone. #festivefloorplans is being...

The title may be unfamiliar but most agents know by now that in the corridors of Whitehall a working party exists...

Orchards of London is abandoning its current branch network and instead opening a single Hub from the middle of next month. Orchards,...

It’s Friday and what better way to kick off the weekend than winning two completely FREE tickets for the industry event...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - it’s our weekly round-up of good work done by the industry. Everyone...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new guide in a bid to end what it calls inconsistencies and...

Purplebricks chief executive in Australia, Ryan Dinsdale, is quitting the firm after two and a half years. The influential Australian Financial Review...

We are delighted to have two completely FREE tickets available for the industry event of the season - the Charity Christmas...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

Housing minister Kit Malthouse appears to be backing Theresa May as Brexit chaos consumes the government. A request from Estate Agent Today...

A new prime London hybrid agency wants what it calls “disillusioned property professionals” to join the firm and take advantage of...

Amidst all the Brexit chaos let’s remember that it’s Children In Need day...always a time when Britons’ generosity raises the spirits,...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity, our round-up of great work done by our industry to raise funds for...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? It just says “Agent” for, at the end of the...

Rather like doctors, estate agents are present at critical points in our lives – moving in together, bidding farewell to a...

The high profile financial difficulties faced by Emoov and the recent fall in the share value of Purplebricks do not mean...

1.             Who are you and what do you do? HeyJuno Property is a business dedicated to empowering estate and letting agents throughout...

An estate agency that’s been commended for its flexible working has launched a recruitment drive for franchisees who would keep 75...

London agency chain Portico has signed up to OnTheMarket.  The 17 branch firm, which handles both sales and lettings, has offices in...

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

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

On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not what you could describe as ‘housing heavy’ in terms of the...

Two former High Street agents say their new hybrid agency has enjoyed an impressive launch gathering 40 instructions in just four...

You don’t need EAT to remind you that Christmas is now just next month.  Many agents are gearing their fund-raising to that...

What questions keep you awake at night? Do you know if you’re losing new instructions by undervaluing, or whether you could...

For any business, regardless of size, age or industry, operating efficiently is fundamental to your success. When faced with challenges like we...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

We all get an extra hour in bed this weekend, giving us more energy to fund-raise for good causes, right? That seems...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that franchise giant Belvoir will list all of its 300-plus branches on the challenger portal.  This includes...

A new online agency says it is currently focussing on one large city but will expand to cover the whole of...

New research by TheAdvisory consultancy, shared exclusively with Estate Agent Today, reveals exactly how fees have fallen for traditional agents in...

It’s been nine years since we created a dedicated team of property receptionists to answer telephone calls on behalf of agents,...

Another high profile estate agency office in London has closed - this time a branch of Winkworth.  The Richmond branch has been...

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

The last couple of weeks’ articles were penned very much for a specific agent readership, something I am trying to be...

Hello and welcome to PJT, our weekly round up of key moves within the industry. Let us know what’s going on with...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity - your opportunity to salute those in our industry working hard for great...

Foxtons says its use of technology allows it to increase the reach of its branches - and claims this is behind...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Foxtons has closed another London agency office - this time at Barnes in the borough...

One estate agent has described the latest price fall announced by the Halifax as “quite a retreat” for the housing market...

The head of a leading Chinese property portal has taken the unusual step of commenting on a British tax policy -...

Hello and welcome to another weekly update on the industry’s good work - and a chance for us to show that...

Andrews, which has over 50 branches across the south of England, is the latest major chain to sign up to OnTheMarket. In...

Bradleys Estate Agents, the westcountry’s largest independent agency chain, is the latest agency to sign up with Bamboo, an online property...

House prices grew two per cent year on year for September according to new figures - and a senior agency chief...

Sales of properties to first time buyers have hit their lowest level for three years according to data from the National...

Hello and welcome to our weekly catch-up on the major moves within our industry. Remember, you can let the rest of the...

You will perhaps have seen recently that the Government has decided to boost funding to the regulator, the National Trading Standards...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another chance to hear about the remarkable fund-raising done by our...

Yopa - the online agency with huge financial backing from Savills - has attracted a Knight Frank agent to become its...

Winkworth has opened an office in Northampton.  The operation is owned and run by new franchisee Sunny Kooner, who is joined by...

Having delivered over 1,800 websites for estate agents over the last 15 years, I have come to recognise one major common...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Marco Ferrara, Director of Tili What is Tili and what does...

Emoov’s founder Russell Quirk has outlined how he would help Britain get out of its current housing crisis to a Labour...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

The National Association of Estate Agents has given broad support for radical proposals from the Law Commission to end leasehold abuse...

We’re well and truly back from summer with a flurry of fund-raising to report on this week: thanks to each and...

The Land & New Homes Network has announced a part exchange and assisted move collaboration with Relocation Agent Network in a...

Winkworth is a giant national agency franchise but this autumn it is marking a series of anniversaries for several of its...

With the news that Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to sellers, is this something...

Yes, there’s no getting away from it - although the autumn has only just begun, charity work is firmly aiming at...

What are the magic ingredients for building a strong brand, attracting new customers and building trust with your target market? Gareth Helm,...

Owning a home has become almost impossible for many public sector workers across Britain, according to research from the union UNISON. Getting...

Humberts - which when it was operating jointly with Chestertons was a prominent supporter of Agents’ Mutual and OnTheMarket - has...

This week may have marked the landmark moment of Facebook entering the UK property market but as the industry prepares for...

An estate agency which operates nationally has agreed to amend its website following a complaint made to the Advertising Standards Authority...

New rules set out by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), which aim to support consumer choice, have been approved by...

Countrywide may have enjoyed the overwhelming support of its major institutional shareholders for its controversial rescue plan, but the wider financial...

A downbeat report from property investment specialist London Central Portfolio says “there are very few causes for optimism in the domestic...

Countrywide’s eagerly-awaited General Meeting for shareholders takes place today and is widely expected to back the ailing agency group’s controversial rescue...

Some 31 per cent of first time buyers residing in London ended up moving away from the capital to purchase a...

Dare we mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday weekend of the year before Christmas - so what a...

Lucie Hirst and Delphine Colombo, two of Prime Central London’s most high profile sales agents, have combined forces to set up Hirst...

After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in 2005, I took careful consideration over my career moves and prospective...

Data from the buying agency Black Brick reveals just how big an impact has been made by the additional homes stamp...

In yet another statement to the London Stock Exchange and shareholders, Countrywide says its last-gasp £140m fund-raising is likely to be...

South east agency RH & RW Clutton is marking its 275th year in business, with the claim that it is thought...

The team behind a new ‘open platform’ targetting smaller agencies in need of Proptech support have revealed a heavyweight line up...

Why do we choose to engage with one application more than another, or find ourselves returning to the same piece of...

When you are starting up a new business, it is unlikely that you will already have enough capital to invest. Taking...

There’s been another drop in mortgage arrears and possessions for owner occupiers - although an increase for some elements of the...

The heatwave is gone and summer is in its closing stages (sorry!) so it comes as no surprise that there’s already...

Winkworth is beefing up its services for franchise owners with expanded support teams for its IT, Client Services and China departments.  Winkworth’s...

Running an effective property business in today’s market relies on the clever use of technology.  The right technology will make your agency...

Small print in the Countrywide rescue plan announced yesterday spells out in stark terms what could happen if the company’s bid...

Our glorious endless summer has a return visit to many areas this weekend - but it’s still not too hot for...

Countrywide's share price has dropped sharply following the announcement of the company's rescue plan - but the firm itself says this...

Gazumping is the biggest irritation in the property market to the general public according to a survey of over 2,000 people.  Respondents...

Labour says stamp duty receipts and other tax income from properties in the capital should go to the Mayor, Sadiq Kahn,...

‘Up’ is the key word in Rightmove’s figures for the first half of 2018, released to the City and to shareholders...

One of the brothers behind Purplebricks has bought a football stadium in his home town. Kenny Bruce last year put £500,000 into...

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

Countrywide, the troubled estate agency group thought by some to be near collapse, has delayed issuing its interim figures which were...

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

It’s being reported this morning that Countrywide will seek new investment of over £100m, probably in the next few days.  The Sunday...

We are currently engaged in consultations with our members to help to find a practical solution to the concern of the...

As you probably know, I have been no fan of OnTheMarket (OTM) over the years. You may see this admission as...

One of three schemes with government backing to offer redress for complaints about estate and letting agents has reignited the debate...

Before I get into the nitty gritty of the government (well, one of its startup accelerator schemes) giving away £20,000, let...

Carter Jonas has doubled the footprint of its UK headquarters in prime central London. It’s added a further 6,760 square feet of...

The UK division of Keller Williams, the world's largest estate agency, says it can help entrepreneurial agents to set up their...

Humberts’ new owner has issued a statement saying he is on “a personal mission to revolutionise the industry and become the...

There’s a new twist in the row between a Cornish agent and the Advertising Standards Authority. The row revolves around a tweet...

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

Automated search companies have heaped praise on HM Land Registry following the digitisation of local land charge data - the LLC1...

A new free-to-list portal is to be launched - and it is to be ‘voice led’.  The PropTech firm Triplerr says it...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

The German publishing company Axel Springer has increased its stake in Purplebricks to 12.5 per cent - and says it may...

Highly regarded industry figure Simon Whale, who quit his role as head of sales at Reapit on Friday, took to the...

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

One of the UK’s leading group of economic experts has repeated its warning that housing market is not going to see...

A senior agent says an innovative business model allows him to work in prime central London - even though he lives in France.  Former...

Hello and welcome to this week’s hat-tip towards those in our industry doing so much to help others in need. Summer fund-raising...

Everyone wants to rank highly on Google. Why? Well, as the world’s biggest search engine, with more than 65% market share,...

Another update from OnTheMarket this morning claims the portal is now listing over 550,000 UK residential property listings, in excess of...

The government says its funding schemes such as Help To Buy will no longer be applied to what it calls “unjustified...

Many existing homeowners wanting to trade up now rely on financial help from family and friends to help make the jump...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

Boy it‘s hot out there, with little end in sight yet. That’s the good news. Now the even better news -...

Purplebricks says it completely rejects any claim of bullying its representatives in Australia. The Australian Financial Review, which last week reported the...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

To say this is a turbulent time for UK politics would be something of an understatement. As I write, the Brexit...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Keller Williams, the US-led firm that has 170,000 agents worldwide, is to open its fourth...

If World Cup 2018 appeared to be low profile at the start, it didn’t last long. Following this week’s Harry Kane goals...

National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team and two of the three industry redress organisations have launched a survey to measure the...

Peter Rollings is one of the most respected and best-known figures in property, having helped to rapidly grow Foxtons (where he...

Chestertons has again been recognised for its success in engaging employees with the Payroll Giving fundraising initiative. The Payroll Giving Quality Mark...

The World Cup may be entertaining us for the next few weeks but whatever England’s fate may be, one thing is...

OnTheMarket now has listing agreements with over 9,000 estate agency branches - that's another 500 or so since its previous release...

One of the country’s best known regional traditional agencies, Pygott and Crone, has used a promotion in local news outlets to...

Paul Lamplugh, the father of estate agent Suzy who was presumed murdered 33 years ago, has died - tragically, without ever...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, and although we’re well into the summer season now there are still plenty of...

Letting agents are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help compensate for the introduction of...

A London estate agency run by a brother and sister is trying something completely now - it pledges to use some...

We have the presidential seal of approval for our Agents Do Charity this week - well, sort of, but we don’t mean...

The entrepreneur behind a free-to-list property portal claiming support from 17 estate agencies has defended the description of them as ‘partners’ -...

Is there really any true value to an estate agent in our current climate? Will there be a role for traditional agents...

It may seem innocuous enough but a speech at a party by pro-Brexit housing minister Dominic Raab is being interpreted by...

A magazine which earlier this year claimed that two big corporates pressured customers to use their preferred mortgage brokers has now...

It’s been revealed that Countrywide has offered its staff a ‘share save’ scheme which allows them to purchase shares in the...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - this is the first edition for a fortnight as last Monday was a...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - and just because it’s half term, don’t think the industry has...

The long-awaited merger of Tepilo and Emoov is reported to have been confirmed this afternoon and in with them goes online lettings...

The Bank of Mum and Dad will provide funding towards around a quarter of property purchases this year, according to research. By...

The new owner of Humberts has announced the new management structure of the rural estate agency which he bought out of...

100 years ago, 90% of the UK population rented a home. Today, that figure has flipped, and over two thirds are...

As we move towards another Bank Holiday Weekend, there is no shortage of phenomenal fundraising efforts from those in our industry.  If...

National franchise agency Hunters has announced the opening of its latest branch in the Welsh town of Llandrindod Wells. The agency's third...

As housing market stakeholders we’ve all had a month or so to try and digest the government’s own response to its...

Our industry does great work for good causes not just in this country but around the world, as this week’s Agents...

It went largely unreported when news broke last week but now the suggestion that home owners should pay a surcharge if...

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 rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...

ZPG shares have rocketed up in value by 30 per cent this morning on the back of a £2.2 billion bid...

Mike Day, one of the best known and most popular figures in the agency business, is celebrating 15 years as one...

Hello and welcome to this week’s celebration of the industry’s fund-raising activities. Remember it’s easy to get publicity and additional support for...

An online question-and-answer article with OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has suggested that its focus of criticism may be shifting from...

Emoov founder Russell Quirk says that in some cases social media might give a more accurate picture of an estate agency’s...

Hello and welcome to our latest chronicle of fund-raising exploits by our industry: the onset of fine weather and the Bank...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

A major regional agent is calling on others to join it in an initiative to create a more friendly and welcoming...

One of the three official redress bodies serving the estate and lettings agency industry has conducted a survey of complaints across...

Today is the day. 1,600 people will gather in London for FUTURE: PropTech, an event I have supported when there were...

Theresa May has appointed a controversial former Shelter executive as her new housing policy adviser working in Whitehall. Toby Lloyd was until...

If you want to know whether buy to let, landlords and letting agents will be in the firing line for more...

The London Marathon may have been and gone but there are plenty of agents and others in our industry still prepared...

New figures from Hometrack show that a typical home in Greater London now takes 17 weeks to find a buyer -...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Let us know what’s...

The assessment by an investment consultancy that Purplebricks sells some 76 per cent of the homes it lists may have made...

It’s London Marathon weekend and it’s set to be hot, hot, hot for those agents and other brave industry folk running...

Purplebricks has issued a statement saying that 99.98 per cent of its shareholders have backed the new investment to expand its...

As the estate agency business in England moves towards being more robust with professional qualifications and higher standards being introduced, there...

Franchise giant Hunters says independent agencies which joined the firm in recent years have typically beaten the performance of the housing market. Chief...

Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - it’s a bumper edition with plenty of fantastic fund-raising going...

The Conveyancing Association has backed the government’s calls for extensive reform of the buying and selling process, announced at the weekend. The...

To say I had a lot of reaction to last week's column about selling my flat would be an understatement. I've never...

The conveyancing industry regulator has thrown its weight behind the government’s proposals to improve the buying and selling process.  Stephen Ward, director of strategy...

A 15-branch agency group operating in parts of London and the Home Counties has joined OnTheMarket according to a statement from...

With the rise of Purplebricks in recent years, many will be eager to know what the hybrid agency’s Local Property Experts...

Welcome to another edition of Agents Do Charity, the weekly round-up of fund-raising from across our industry. With spring looking like it’s...

Foxtons says its long-term branch expansion programme is now “largely complete” and it is shifting its attention to using technology to...

Hybrid agency EweMove says it has seen four portfolio acquisitions and 29 new areas ‘purchased’ by franchisees since June 2017, taking...

Winkworth, the agency which released its 2017 results this morning, says the franchise business model it supports is more resilient than others...

Industry suppliers Landmark Information and The ValPal Network have entered what they call “a strategic relationship” to provide the firms’ respective...

As noted in Estate Agent Today’s news pages, OnTheMarket’s (OTM) recent dire share performance (at time of writing the price is...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Purplebricks has announced what it describes as “a strategic investment from Axel Springer, Europe’s leading digital publisher” - but this comes...

Countrywide’s attempt to rebuild its expertise pool following the Alison Platt era continues apace with the announcement today that John Hards...

A property technology analyst has floated the idea that portals could become eclipsed by powerful alternatives such as Google, triggered by...

It’s spring at last! Although we’ve only just finished wiping the snow off our boots, it’s great news that the clocks...

For many estate agents seeking to become entrepreneurs, the idea of starting their own business is undoubtedly daunting, especially when going...