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![Humberts unveils tenth franchise office amid UK expansion plans](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Historic estate agency brand Humberts has expanded into the Oxford area with a tenth franchised office. It is led by experienced local...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Insight: ministerial changes have slipped under the radar](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/GovernmentImage-400x310.jpg)
There has been an understandable focus on things other than Government since the death of Queen Elizabeth was announced, but Prime...
24 September 2022
From: Features
![Messy gardens & dangerous décor: 10 ways first-time buyers can be fined up to £5,000](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/Construction%20and%20Maintenance/Messy%20Garden_400x310.png)
As Britain’s housing boom continues, SDL Property Auctions has warned of ten ways new homeowners could be fined up to £5,000...
26 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Opinion - government mortgage plan could mean more inherited debt](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Mortgage-image400x310.png)
There’s talk of 50-year mortgages being introduced, loans that, along with the property they finance, could be passed to the next...
09 July 2022
From: Features
![Opinion: Fairer lettings are not a horror story](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Homes-MaginifyingGlass-400x310.jpg)
The government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper has initially caused some consternation and a strong adverse reaction from some within...
18 June 2022
From: Features
![Video tours? I don’t see it myself!](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/VirtualTour-1-400x310.jpg)
There was an article in Estate Agent Today recently that suggested only four per cent of properties on Rightmove and Zoopla...
11 June 2022
From: Features
![Is it time to do the world a favour?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/uk-housing400x310.png)
Estate agents are in a unique position – we handle the meeting of people’s aspirations probably more than any other profession....
21 May 2022
From: Features
![Tributes pour in for “formidable” estate agent who has died](/upload/images/library/PassAway-400x310.png)
A former senior partner of the Fenn Wright agency has died at the age of 82. Roger Dennis, who died on Boxing Day,...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![A 9 to 5 estate agent…dream on!](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgent-Tech-400x310.jpg)
There’s lots of talk of people moving over within estate agency to be self-employed so they can chase the dream of...
18 December 2021
From: Features
![Laying out a welcome mat for Airbnb - a breath of fresh air for deals](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennials-Handshake-400x310.jpg)
There are plenty in the estate agency and lettings world who don’t like the concept of Airbnb and similar enterprises. But they...
16 October 2021
From: Features
![Sector reform - stamp out this market malaise](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Stamp-Duty400x310.png)
Every so often it comes around – the argument that stamp duty should be reformed/removed/replaced (delete as appropriate). But why? Where’s the...
21 August 2021
From: Features
![Post stamp-duty - keep the home market’s fires burning](/img/default/eat.png)
Remember the early days of lockdown when there was a general panic? Perhaps the hot demand for toilet rolls was a sign...
24 July 2021
From: Features
![Crazy times, hazy memories - looking back at more than 35 years in the industry](/img/default/eat.png)
There are just three working days until the end of the stamp duty holiday for most buyers. That’s not even enough time...
26 June 2021
From: Features
![What should agents do with cool customers in a hot market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Property owners who play it cool when it comes to marketing their home find their frustration soon becomes overheated. The constant we...
08 May 2021
From: Features
![Starting a business? Sage advice proved to be worth acting upon](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s 12 years since we opened our doors with the Fine and Country estate agency in Drayton on April 1 2009. The...
03 April 2021
From: Features
![Why every day is Women’s Day here!](/img/default/eat.png)
You could be forgiven for overlooking International Women’s Day on Monday. Well, almost. Focus was instead turned to the first day back...
13 March 2021
From: Features
![In Conversation – Data Sharing with LonRes chief Anthony Payne](/img/default/eat.png)
In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Honesty – and a leak - see the property market through ‘crisis’](/img/default/eat.png)
Honesty is a concept that journalists will tell their readers is non-existent for estate agents. Yeah, right! But as the end...
27 February 2021
From: Features
![It’s time to stamp on stamp duty speculation](/img/default/eat.png)
You can always tell when Budget day is approaching. There’s lots of comment from every imaginable quarter about what the Chancellor of...
13 February 2021
From: Features
![Agency backs For Sale boards and wants lion’s share of the market](/img/default/eat.png)
The debate over whether For Sale boards remain a valuable source of publicity has been in the headlines of late -...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Boards: Labour council wins government help for stiff controls](/img/default/eat.png)
A London Labour council has won draconian powers to effectively ban For Sale and To Let boards in several parts of...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: the most revolutionary software product on the market?](/img/default/eat.png)
First things first, a big happy New Year to everyone. Welcome to 2020! It looks set to be another interesting year...
04 January 2020
From: Features
![Going, Going, Gone! More agents sign with online auction firm](/img/default/eat.png)
[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News
!['Hands off our For Sale boards' says leading London agency chief](/img/default/eat.png)
The head of London’s largest estate agency brand has hit back at a council in the capital which wants enhanced powers...
26 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - as the countdown to Christmas commences](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
02 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Invisible juggling – estate agents’ impressive skill](/img/default/eat.png)
As circus performers, most estate agents would fail. Some of you might find that difficult to comprehend. After all, many uninformed members...
26 November 2016
From: Features
![My favourite grouse…lazy agents who tout for my properties](/img/default/eat.png)
As I sit here writing this on the Glorious 12th, I realise I’m going on about my favourite grouse – agents...
12 August 2016
From: Features
![Keen kids kindle Kenya kindness](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s a familiar theme – kids doing charity trips and needing sponsorship or raffle prizes to help fund their fares. If we...
29 July 2016
From: Features
![Agents talk up market as Brexit uncertainty starts to recede at last](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents from around the country are reporting only limited damage to business or prices caused by the Brexit result of...
07 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agents told they risk a £2,500 fine rising £250 a day for an 'illegal board'](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents in a London borough have been warned that the local council now has new powers to fine the firms behind...
14 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Boards: Council to ban ‘scourge’ of town centres](/img/default/eat.png)
A local council is banning estate and letting agents’ boards after it has been handed legal powers to ‘prevent their spread’. Agents...
14 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Planners join industry voices demanding more homes - and soon](/img/default/eat.png)
The Town and Country Planning Association has plunged itself into the debate over Britain’s housing, saying that younger people unable to...
05 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![A new twist on the right to buy](/img/default/eat.png)
Competition is hot among home buyers in my part of southern England to take ownership of properties that come onto the...