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It may be a measure of the government’s incompetence in the area of housing that two recent major announcements were sorely...

The United Kingdom stands on the precipice of a historic overhaul in property ownership. With the King's speech unveiling the anticipated...

The annual ESTAS Awards have seen 1,000 people from across the industry witness a string of winners, including new categories celebrating...

Talk about a wasted opportunity. The Conservative party conference - just finished, and possibly the last one before a General Election -...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

By Dawson Scott, CTO of Reapit. As the Chief Technology Officer of Reapit, I have always held the view that the privacy,...

Retail queen Stacey Cartwright will succeed Nicholas Ferguson as chair of Savills from December 31 - but she inherits a company...

The past seven days have seen a string of stories across the media relating to the property sector.  Reports have revealed how...

The Bank of England’s strategy to tackle inflation isn’t working, an agent has claimed, after policymakers hiked rates for the 12th...

Not every story about our industry makes me smile but I was delighted to read in the trade press about someone...

Self-employed agency network eXp UK has passed the 400 agent mark and beyond. The brand has announced that it now has 401...

It was a busy 2022 for the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad and 2023 could be more manic for parents,...

Agents may hate portal fees but have ranked property websites such as Rightmove and Zoopla as their most important digital asset. A...

It seems as if optimism is out of fashion right now: just look at the headlines to see what I mean....

The property market is ‘recalibrating’ but should be seen in context of economic events, agents are being urged. Kris Mclean, managing director...

The Wales versus England match has been lined up as a crunch game this week after disappoint results in the second...

Regional agent Redbrik is celebrating a string of successes as it approaches its 10-year anniversary in January. The South Yorkshire and North...

Estate agents are perhaps unlikely to be modest by nature, but I’m always surprised at how much many agents know, yet...

Mortgage rate hikes have already halved landlord profits according to latest research, and a base rate rise to 2.5% will see...

Properties are being down valued by up to 5% in some areas of the UK in the sign of a housing...

Bristol-based Alexander May claims to have become the city’s first estate agency business to go carbon neutral and is looking to...

Research over recent years has regularly pointed to the Bank of Mum & Dad being one of the UK’s biggest lenders,...

As uncertainty continues to prevail across the industry, aided by a government in crisis, the challenges in the months ahead feel...

An estate agent is marking two years of running her own business through eXp and claims it has been better for...

The lack of agency stock for sale has pushed the gap between asking and sold prices to record lows, research claims. Research...

Buyers are being urged to act now to secure decent mortgage pricing as interest rates hit a 13-year high yesterday. The Bank...

A property expert has predicted that mortgage applicants are likely to find it 'much harder' to be approved for loans as...

The coming annual conference of Fine & Country, being held next month, is to have Boris Johnson’s brother as a keynote...

A prominent analyst says he expects a U-turn on the “folly” of interest rate rises sooner rather than later - but...

Homesearch has won £5m new investment from venture capital firm Octopus Ventures - an organisation that has also backed three businesses...

A conveyancing company is asking clients to set their own fee - with some strings. Zen Move Solicitors is a year-old digital...

Agents must have a robust plan in place in case they are subjected to a ransomware cyber attack, says the Guild...

Increasingly rigorous Money Laundering Directives have made regulations in the property industry more stringent than ever, and Estate Agents have a...

Pressure appears to be building for the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents working party finally to be implemented. It’s now...

Knight Frank has beaten a string of prestigious household name companies to take the Overall Winner award at the 2021 Customer...

A remarkable 37 staff promotions have been made by a national estate agency, Fisher German.  The agency - which has a substantial...

A date has been set for Purplebricks’ shareholders to give their verdict on a controversial remuneration package given to the agency’s...

The government has thrown its weight behind the concept of Unique Property Reference Numbers as a way of speeding up transactions. UPRNs...

Brexit means that the UK’s anti-money laundering laws are no longer governed by the European Union (EU), but any estate agents...

This time last year the industry was awaiting the launch of a new portal - the free to list public site...

A high flying agent with experience at a string of top end companies has set up an online business with his...

One of the biggest TV hits of lockdown has been the Netflix show Call My Agent! It’s a surprise success, perhaps, because...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

Talks continue between The Property Franchise Group and Hunters with both companies agreeing a new deadline of next Friday, January 29. Just...

Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...

A scathing document produced by MPs slams the government for its “deplorable” housing policies which are "invented, abandoned and reinvented" -...

One of the highest profile figures in the agency industry - and a past critic of Purplebricks - has come out as a vociferous...

An agency in London which was stung by fierce criticism in the spring lockdown has announced its policy for branch activity...

An extensive culling of branches and staff continues apace at Countrywide as it significantly reduces the size of both its office...

2020 has been a testing year right from the start. With Storms Ciara and Dennis causing £184m+ worth of damage to...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that a string of Countrywide offices across the country have been closed in recent weeks - but...

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...

We all know what the problem is, but what’s the solution? The problem is that landlords, thinking they offer a valuable service...

With access to finance being such a hot topic at the moment, more and more estate agents are turning to commercial...

Controversial Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, tipped by some for sacking when the Cabinet is reshuffled next month, appears to be confident...

Fine & Country has announced it signed a string of agencies to its brand during lockdown. Most F&C agents members are High...

Government guidelines regarding future Leicester-style local lockdowns suggest that branches can remain open and viewings can continue. However auction houses must shut. So...

There are various reports of estate agencies closing branches - or not reopening them after lockdown - as they reduce the...

The chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents, Mark Hayward, is to retire at the end of this year.  The...

Homesearch, the long-awaited new free-to-list portal, launches today with a string of testimonials from supportive estate agents. The new portal announced at...

"New property website launches. Not immediately sure what it does differently, what its USP is or who will use it, but...

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...

The managing director of a Winkworth branch is threatening to report a senior member of a nearby Countrywide office to the...

Typical house prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the rest of summer according to home moving service...

An analysis of seven countries which underwent different forms of lockdown during the pandemic suggests the British and Italian housing markets...

The agency at the heart of a fierce row over staff safety in the lockdown says it's now insisting local managers...

Rightmove’s shareholders appear to have been generally unmoved by the string of protests against the portal in recent weeks. At the portal’s...

The Federation of Independent Agents and the ESTAS review and awards platform have formed what they call “a key partnership.” The FIA...

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

Purplebricks has this morning revealed what it calls “immediate and significant measures to preserve cash and implement a lean operating model”...

The annual FUTURE PropTech conference scheduled for London next month is the latest casualty of the havoc being caused by the...

Keller Williams has announced another new market centre, and this time its operating principal is a former Purplebricks territory owner.  JP Downes...

Agents and senior industry figures fear Coronavirus may derail the strong start to the  2020 housing market. One of the country’s leading...

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

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

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

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

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

For the stock market generally, 2019 has been a positive year - but a few high profile agencies and associated companies...

An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...

Foxtons is reported to have closed four more branches across London, backing up widespread industry speculation that the agency is retrenching further in...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

Hello, we hope you had a good weekend, and welcome to Monday - as ever, Property Jobs Today time, bringing you...

Reapit has launched a platform, cloud infrastructure and marketplace called Foundations which aims to provide “all the PropTech solutions” for agencies’...

One of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or freelance agents operating under the same...

Purplebricks - which is at the centre of a string of controversies - has joined the growing campaign for stamp duty...

A comprehensive report into the changing complexion of the High Street suggests that some 143 estate agents’ offices closed in the...

A leading London estate agent has written to The Times dismissing MPs who have been squabbling over Brexit and a possible...

The Guardian has revealed that small investors lured into putting money into TV property guru Kevin McCloud’s eco-friendly housing projects -...

A distinctly autumnal storm seems to be gripping the UK for the early part of the weekend but as ever, nothing...

The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that last month’s optimistic assessment of the housing market has...

One of the country’s most respected agents has advised the agency industry to treat Boris Johnson’s pledges with real caution. Black Brick buying...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

The number of cash buyers in London has recently plummeted by very nearly a fifth - and every other part of...

A series of damning reviews about Purplebricks’ working environment, apparently written by existing and former staff, have appeared online. Indeed is a...

Traditional High Street estate agents have been given the thumbs up by sellers in a new survey of over 5,000 vendors...

Countrywide’s shares took another battering yesterday as they plummeted below the psychologically-painful 5p mark - reflecting a 95 per cent loss of...

The head of the Property Redress Scheme is urging agents to prepare for yet more regulation and legislation changes likely to...

A new portal for the prime London property market has launched this week, recruiting a string of big-name agents.  Vyomm, founded by...

It’s not often we can enjoy beautiful sunshine on bank holidays, but I suppose this one was a particularly blessed weekend,...