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Almost all estate agents are still saying Yes to Rightmove, according to figures produced by the portal this morning. Membership numbers for...

The UK residential activities of high-end agency Savills suffered a 54 per cent reduction in profits and an eight per cent...

It’s hotting up out there as a beautiful summer’s weekend beckons - an ideal time for some fund-raising in the sun,...

It’s probably not a surprise but new research has revealed where people want to move to - as well as where...

Strutt & Parker is warning that in a worst-case scenario house prices in some locations could drop 10 per cent this...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have revealed their latest bids to keep agent support. Rightmove is launching an extensive redesign of property details pages, after...

Rightmove’s new chief financial officer has a basic salary of £390,000 plus bonus options coming to a potential total of £1.75m. Alison Dolan has...

The new portal OpenBrix, which is powered by Blockchain, has revealed its fee structure ahead of its formal launch on September...

    Purplebricks says changes to its fees structure - possibly becoming less reliant on controversial upfront charges - has been delayed until...

A new director has been appointed at Fine & Country charged with achieving the corporate goal of “becoming the largest premium...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

One of the main points I’ve had reinforced to me from agent after agent over the last year of hosting a...

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

Hello: if it’s Friday it’s charity day and this week we have a special announcement from the industry’s own charity, Agents...

Boilers as we know them are set to vastly change in the next few decades. While fossil-fuelled boilers are the norm...

A statement by OnTheMarket this morning reveals that as of the end of last month it had a record 14,000 advertisers...

Mortgage approvals - a key indicator of short-term activity in the housing market - beat expectations in June according to Bank...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday means prime property in the UK now enjoys lower tax rates than most European countries. Buyers...

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

A new analysis of corporate estate agencies’ social media followings and websites shows the big winners to be Savills, Foxtons and...

A founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, suggests there was nothing wrong with the controversial Commisery TV ads that contributed to making...

There’s a record number of property industry companies, including agencies, in financial distress according to the latest Red Flag alert monitor. The...

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

If a week is a long time in politics (an old phrase, for younger readers), then a year is a very long...

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...

The chief executive of the UK operation of a US-owned brand says his agency its the fastest growing in this country...

Tens of billions of pounds of new taxes should be levied through a Capital Gains Tax imposed on main homes, not...

A new property website relying heavily on Artificial Intelligence allows sellers to by-pass estate agents and instead list directly for £14.99...

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

NAEA Propertymark is calling on agents to show “greater diligence” when dealing with Russian buyers, in the light of the report...

A PropTech platform that aims to lock-in sellers and buyers via a mutually agreed reservation agreement system is being offered free...

The hunt is on for a new boss of Countrywide according to news reports. Sky News says the company has recruited professional...

Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...

Propertymark is working with an organisation called the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance to inform agents how to sport signs and respond...

The online agency Housesimple has rebranded to become 'Strike' with immediate effect. The news comes as a surprise given the apparent success...

Speculation is mounting that Capital Gains Tax could for the first time be applied to gains made when owners sell first...

An eight day court hearing kicks off this morning as the Financial Conduct Authority begins a test case regarding Business Interruption...

Rightmove says it’s going to reject over £150,000 in payouts from the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The portal furloughed 160 employees...

Hello and welcome to another week. We’re more than aware that it’s a challenging time for our industry as for most...

Conferences, events and awards dinners are a hugely important part of the property calendar, bringing the great and the good of...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

Knight Frank has reported a remarkable set of figures for June showing how the housing market has bounced back with a...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week and the prospect of a sunny weekend. We appreciate fund-raising is difficult with...

Purplebricks’ sale of its Canadian operation for some £35m begs the question - where can it now recoup some of its losses...

The latest monthly index suggests that the average asking price in England and Wales has jumped 1.5 per cent in the...

Purplebricks is selling its Canadian business. The sale comes little over a year after the troubled agency closed both its failed Australian and...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 - which require increased electrical testing in rental properties...

Zoopla has entered into a partnership with an online platform to promote the so-called Modern Method of Auction option to estate...

With stamp duty cuts and 90% mortgages on their way back, anyone could think the housing market was about to go...

The founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, has this morning revealed his new project to be called Launch B - and he...

You have to feel for Rishi Sunak - well, at least a little. Leave to one side that he carries more presentational...

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...

Evidence is pouring in that the stamp duty holiday introduced 48 hours ago has already produced huge levels of interest from...

Savills has revised its market forecast for the enclaves of prime central London and now says prices will fall by 2.0...

NAEA Propertymark is partnering with a service called REACH UK, to promote selected PropTech start ups to agents who may need...

There are high hopes that the new stamp duty holiday will make an already busy market even busier - but not...

The latest guidance from the government on the next phase of the HS2 high-speed railway confirms the previous demand that vendors...

One of the many free-to-list portals now vying for attention is offering agents six months free access to a platform boasting...

Have you ever wondered how industry-specific software and property portals have influenced the typical estate agency of today? A new book, which...

Agents have spoken out angrily against any uncertainty in the market caused by government leaks about future stamp duty changes. In recent...

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

How businesses can list properties on Facebook Marketplace   What is Facebook Marketplace? Marketplace is a discovery and search experience on Facebook designed to...

The property market has been reopen for almost eight weeks now and during that time demand from prospective buyers has soared. Rightmove...

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of  branches closing - but there are...

The industry’s first virtual awards event has taken place with hundreds of agents participating courtesy of YouTube. Winners of the prestigious ESTAS...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...

We recently issued our Zoopla House Price Index, which analyses the latest real-time trends from the sales market. In our analysis, we...

Hello and welcome to our latest ADC, with more evidence that fund-raising goes on even with communal activity at a premium...

With the UK housing market now largely open - there are still restrictions in some areas on home moves to occupied properties...

The estate agency group spearheading the Say No To Rightmove campaign has signed its 36 branches up to new portal Homesearch. The...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

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

Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...

Government figures show the 218,975 properties within Greater London have Chinese owners - and two agents say there will be more...

A brand and marketing strategic who also ran one of the country’s most successful lettings agencies for a decade has said...

With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...

Savills has revealed the measures it has taken to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on its activities and balance sheet. The...

Hello - Friday already so that means another Agents Do Charity, marking the wonderful work of our industry even in these...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Vigus, Managing Director of sales progression platform mio You’ve never...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign says the portal has merely kicked the fees can down the road, deferring a long-term...

The post-lockdown surge in housing market activity has continued into its sixth week, as at least one agency’s indicators hit record...

As we adjust to a life post-Covid-19, letting agents, landlords, and tenants are thinking - ways to speed up the process...

Industry veteran Harry Hill, a former chairman of Countrywide and founder of Rightmove, has now become a mentor at the new...

A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have announced that they are extending their cut-price fees deals, introduced because of Coronavirus. This morning Rightmove says: "We have...

The new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group says he anticipates his company’s hybrid arm - EweMove - will go...

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...

One in six home owners with a mortgage across the UK are now on some form of payment holiday with lenders...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

The phrase ‘game-changer’ has been hugely overused. But when applied to how Covid-19 is changing the way estate agents will work...

Video tours, heralded as the next big thing just a few weeks ago, are being abandoned by buyers and dismissed as...

With most fund-raising involving organised runs, treks or mudders, we know how difficult it is right now to do great work...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Darren Loftus and it says Commercial Director on...

A market commentator says it will take up to three months before the housing market stabilises into the ‘new normal’ after...

A company promoting a Blockchain platform with promises to speed up the buying and selling process claims the pandemic has proved...

Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...

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

Tuesday mornings at 6am is usually my time to review all the latest PropTech news. This fires off ideas for my...

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

The Competition and Markets Authority - which yesterday announced it had disqualified two estate agency directors for their parts in a...

The devolved government in Wales - where the housing market is still officially closed - has urged agents to report rivals...

As we emerge from lockdown, quickly progressing sales to completion is vital to replace lost commission income.  What role can mio...

Back in the day, party politics and the private rental sector used to be straightforward. Conservatives were pro-landlord, Labour were pro-tenant, while...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

Covid-19 has placed a spotlight on the impressive variety of fundraising platforms and technologies available – and not often in places...

Today is one month since the government lifted restrictions on agents and the housing market - and since that time the...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, our weekly opportunity to salute suppliers and agents fund-raising for good causes. We appreciate how...

More details have been released about a test case being brought by the Financial Conduct Authority about the ongoing Business Interruption...

The latest sentiment snapshot produced by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the trend that the market is still improving...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

In a video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to Mark Hayward, managing director of NAEA Propertymark about...

If you are an established UK estate agent, the status quo dictates that you will most likely work for ‘the man.’ Corporate...

The brothers who founded Purplebricks - Michael and Kenny Bruce - have returned to the agency industry for the first time...

A new thought-provoking five-part video series is launching to the industry today. ‘Simon says…’ is being hosted by Property Tribes with...

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

The housing market is set for long-term recovery, despite dips in the road on the way.  That's the message from the latest house...

National property auctioneer Pugh & Co is launching an initiative to partner with estate agents across the UK. Via a new network...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

There’s no doubt we’re in a less-than-rosy phase of the property cycle. This, however, is not another doom and gloom piece:...

In a wide-ranging video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to former agent and founder of Viewber, Ed...

The Property Franchise Group - parent company of six agency brands including EweMove and Martin & Co - says all of...

Now that it’s June it’s officially summer (as if we didn’t realise that from the sudden drop in temperatures). With good...

Social distancing will be part of our daily routine moving forward for the foreseeable future and if you run an estate...

Lets Bid works in partnership with a variety of Estate Agents across the Uk from big franchise brands like Winkworth /...

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...

I was asked a question by a German journalist yesterday. What is the biggest lesson German and European PropTech founders can...

Leading estate agents are warning that the sharp fall in house prices reported by the Nationwide may be just the first...

Family houses are under-occupied and only incentives to downsize can help improve the housing market - with a stamp duty cut...

UK house prices fell by 1.7 per cent in May, after taking account of seasonal effects – this is the largest...

The man who has been Rightmove’s head of innovation for the past five years has joined an online agency. Hannes Buhrmann has...

Consumers are not as worried as they should be about conveyancing fraud, putting them at risk of losing life-changing sums of...

A survey of sellers by a high-end agency suggests that around a third expect price falls of six per cent or...

A former Purplebricks chief has become managing director of an agency aiming to be a national brand. Jim Harris - a former training...

Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...

There has been a huge surge in demand in some regions of the UK according to new data from Rightmove.  The portal...

Restrictions introduced a decade ago after the financial crisis are holding back many first time buyers from purchasing a home. That’s the...

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...

Over the last few years, there have been a number of high-profile court cases in which renters took action against letting...

Rightmove has enjoyed over six million visits to its portal in one day, for the first time ever. Three days ago -...

Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, and there is a great deal of positive things to be said about a...

The well-known chief executive of Fine & Country, David Lindley, is standing down. An announcement from the agency came late this morning...

Cushman & Wakefield has pulled out of direct sales of homes in the UK. The firm has closed its UK new homes department...

A mystery group, believed to consist of high-level former agents and suppliers, is asking the industry for its feedback on current...

The financial services industry’s much-hyped mortgage holiday scheme, heavily endorsed by the government, could cost home owners hundreds of pounds in...

If it’s Friday it’s our regular round-up of fund-raising by and involving the property industry, and it’s remarkable how much is...

A group representing 600 tax experts working in UK legal and accounting firms is warning buyers not to purchase a new...

Research from Zoopla suggests that demand from buyers across England surged 88 per cent shortly after the housing market reopened -...

Letting agents up and down the country have undoubtedly felt the financial strain added by the outbreak of COVID19. Whilst this will continue,...

Many of the leading advocates of the self-employed estate agent business model have talked about why many want new recruits with...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has revised its Anti-Money Laundering guidance in the light of Coronavirus. It says the scale of...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign is to hold a seminar for agents who have already left the portal or are...

There’s been a cautious welcome for the extension to the current mortgage holiday scheme, due to run out for ‘early adopters’...

Typical prices in the UK housing market will drop 12 per cent before long-term growth resumes in 2021 and beyond. That’s the...

It’s another Bank Holiday weekend and the first since lockdown was eased and the housing market returns - so perhaps a...

During March, the coronavirus pandemic put the brakes on the property market with an enforced period of shutdown. However, almost two...

The industry should continue to prepare for large-scale reforms such as mandatory agency training, the licensing of agents and a new...

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

London estate agency Benham & Reeves says there’s been a sharp fall-off in demand for ultra-expensive homes in prime suburbs of...

The Bank of Ireland UK is the latest mortgage lender to resume physical valuations of properties in England, subject of course...

For the coming Bank Holiday on Monday, we’d like to show images of how agency offices have adapted to cope with...

I recently read the news about Settled closing its doors. As of 6.29am on Tuesday morning, the article had been read by 8,642...

Countrywide has refuted claims that none of its branches have so far re-opened for business but has issued an explanation why...

The City regulator which is bringing a test case over insurance firms refusing to honour Business Interruption policies wants policyholders including...

As you know, having professional images of your properties is the best (only?) way to get people wanting to step through...

High end London agency Beauchamp Estates has been selected to join the Bank of England’s advisory panel of companies and senior directors, and to...

As last Friday was the VE Day Anniversary bank holiday we have a bumper bundle of fund-raising activities to report on...

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

The fallout from Covid-19 has hit everyone hard. With breaking news today that agents are able to look at how to...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has taken the unusual step of thanking the other rival portals - Zoopla, OnTheMarket and...

A respected estate agency has revised downwards its price forecast for the housing market for the second time since the start...

The UK operation of the US-led estate agency Keller Williams is to hold two free online sessions tomorrow aimed at explaining...

There’s been a surge in buyers wanting to view properties - but agents must sit on their hands and wait for...

The government has temporarily suspended its official house price index as a result of the Coronavirus crisis. In a long and far-reaching announcement...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

  On Estate Agent Today this Bank Holiday weekend we’re celebrating the great work agents are doing to keep morale high and...

In normal times, the Winkworth team based at their Notting Hill office in west London would head to the fashionable Walmer...

Over Easter we carried stories of good deeds done by agents and how firms were coping with working from home -...

Fine & Country is one of those clever agencies employing interior designers to help stage properties, making them look their best...

Three more property players have been in touch to share what they're doing to help their staff during lockdown - there...

An instant valuation service has launched a new tool aimed at helping agents prioritise leads through prospective vendors uploading photographs to...

Savills is donating over £800,000 to nominated charities across the UK. Following a commitment to Land Aid’s Covid-19 campaign for youth homelessness,...

Tomorrow, Bank Holiday Friday, we’re revealing what agents have been doing to maintain morale in their teams during lockdown. You’ve been generous...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

Countrywide has added its weight to the campaign asking the government to allow agents to get back to work - and...

Since my last column in April, one could argue that very little has changed for agents in terms of the market...

HM Land Registry is making it easier to verify individuals’ ID from today. In addition to conveyancers and chartered legal executives, verification...

The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...

The housing market is likely to rebound relatively strongly after the Coronavirus lockdown eases, according to the Nationwide. House prices grew at...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Sam Hunter, director of Homesearch. Alongside asking Hunter...

If anyone told us six weeks ago that agents would still be doing such amazing work for their communities during lockdown...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has started buying social media advertising space in a bid to recruit agents. In a ‘promoted’...

Lockdown may be over soon - but who knows what a relaxation of the current restrictions will really mean for our...

We all know the world has gone digital—nothing new there. Every time you jump online, you’re one of 4.5 billion internet...

Business consultancy TwentyCi is the latest to try to put a value on the potential losses to the property industry and...

Savills has kept in touch with almost 2,000 of its vendors and prospective buyers through two mass webinars. Entitled ‘What COVID-19 means...

An online auction platform is offering agents full legal packs with no upfront cost in a bid to keep the housing...

OnTheMarket’s share price dropped again yesterday, ending down 2.4 per cent. This was despite the portal announcing a share giveaway to encourage new agents...

Gareth Samples has been confirmed as the new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group, stepping into the role on Thursday...

There’s going to be a 35 per cent drop in the number of new homes delivered this year because of the...

Agents and in some cases their brokers continue to do battle with insurers in a bid to secure pay-outs on their...

One of the few agents anywhere in the British Isles who has returned to something like normal working has revealed new...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - our first for some weeks as the coverage has previously been dominated by...

There’s a warning today that the housing market could face a wave of legal disputes if buyers of off-plan new builds...

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...

It may seem a long time since normal trading took place but many agencies are now finding they are picking up...

Hello - yes it’s Friday in case you lost track, and that means it’s Agents Do Charity day: and once again...

The company at the centre of a controversy over estate agents’ business interruption insurance says its core package does NOT cover...

If there are agents still uncertain as to whether their company or themselves as individuals are claiming the maximum business support,...

Aside from the obvious health crisis, the current pandemic is proving difficult for the business worldwide. However, despite the increasing contact...

One of the most important aspects of being a successful and profitable agent is selecting the right tenants. The industry manages this...

A regional agency has thrown its weight behind an independent report which says estate and lettings agents could lead the economy...

House sales edged down only slightly in March compared with February according to HM revenue & Customs, despite the lockdown in...

We are all operating in peculiar times. Times of great upheaval. Our lives are both in a complete state of flux...

Today is the final day that agencies can register with the government scheme offering furlough pay on April 30. The furlough programme...

The peak of the 2020 sales market is likely to be September instead of the usual early summer - but that...

Fine & Country says now is “a great time” for estate agents to go upmarket and become “the luxury agent” in...

The government is being urged to allow estate and lettings agents to return to work as soon as possible when the...

A new analysis of the simmering Rightmove crisis says there is now “no clear downside” stopping agents leaving. The Financial Times says that Rightmove’s...

Let me start by wishing everyone well in these uncertain and precarious times. I truly hope you, your families, friends and...

This month saw the introduction of the final stages of the Section 24 tax changes, first introduced in April 2017. Whereas buy-to-let...

Purplebricks chief financial officer James Davies has resigned. His place has been taken by Andrew Botha, who has joined from the online...

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...

With a lengthy lockdown already behind us one might think that fund-raising was a step too far - but not for...

A high number of agents across the country have been furloughed in recent weeks and are now at risk of losing...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

Hunters has expanded its online offering to improve its service to both the sales and lettings sectors - and it’s even...

Only half of the branches signed up to Zoopla have taken advantage of one or other of the discount offers made...

Over 1.2m mortgage payment holidays have been offered by lenders to customers impacted by the Coronavirus crisis - that’s equivalent to...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

Knight Frank is furloughing agents and other staff with the company topping up the taxpayers’ funding to ensure employees get 100...

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...

An economic consultancy predicts house prices will fall by a sixth as unemployment grows across Britain this year. The consultancy, Cebr, says...

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...

A high-profile regional agency is “cracking on” with support for a hospice for children and young people that cannot raise funds during...

A branch of Northwood is offering its pool car to any NHS workers who need it during the Coronavirus crisis. The Fiat...

The John Bray agency based at Rock in Cornwall typically deals with some of the most expensive real estate in the...

Independent agency Nicol & Co is donating £100 to the NHS for every new instruction signed up by April 21. The agency...

This Easter, and during the whole period of the Coronavirus crisis, Agents Giving is reminding everyone to use the hashtag #IndustryActsofKindness...

We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...

You wouldn’t expect anything other than very upscale home offices from an esteemed agency with a wonderful history - and that’s...

You know the old saying - a dog is an agent’s best friend?  Well that’s clearly true for this trio of agencies...

Working from home is something of a leveller right now, applying to people in the capital and in the sticks, but...

You wouldn’t expect the good folk at Strutt & Parker to have anything less than a superlative set of home offices...

Independent agencies are the backbone of our industry so it’s great to be able to share images from three such experts...

The government has been called upon by one of the industry’s most respected bodies to announce a stamp duty holiday to...

Floorplan and photography supplier FocalAgent is making a free offer to every agent in the UK during the virus crisis -...

Hello - we’re here to help on a daily basis, sharing information across the industry.  As ever, we’d love your input to...

As the impact of coronavirus unfolds, we are in constant conversations with customers to understand the challenges they’re facing and to...

An online estate agency which has described the Coronavirus pandemic as “a disrupter and game changer” for the agency industry says...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

On April 4, EAT published a piece titled: ‘It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post corona-virus’. To me, this...

One of Britain’s leading agents says online viewing and interest in videos for homes on sale continues to be relatively strong...

Individual franchisees operating under the Winkworth banner are receiving what the company calls “comprehensive help” on a range of issues, including...

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...

I won't be the first or last person to say that society and the property industry in which we operate is...

Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where...

Almost every part of the agency industry is operating remotely these days - and we would love to know how you’re...

The latest market forecast comes from Knight Frank which says that by the end of the year there will have been...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

Much like PropTech, Open Banking has been used as a buzzword in recent years. However, when it comes to the rental...

Based on our historical data over twenty years of nationwide operation and a survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, we estimate...

The Nationwide says government measures mean the impact of Coronavirus on the housing market may be “much less” damaging than many...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Hello and welcome to this week’s list of good work - yes, despite the virus lockdown.  Earlier this week we featured many...

Countrywide has strongly denied claims made to Estate Agent Today that some people have felt obliged to work at an admin...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...

An online agency has offered to sell the homes of NHS frontline staff for free. Doorsteps, set up by high profile young...

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with...

The Competitions and Markets Authority has started court proceedings seeking the disqualification of two estate agency directors over a price fixing...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

Two property portals insist they’re going to launch this spring despite the Coronavirus chaos effectively closing down much of the housing...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

Two financial trade bodies say most mortgage providers will give customers who have exchanged contracts the option to extend their mortgage...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

In response to the current coronavirus pandemic, which is having such an impact on all parts of life, including the property...

The key figure behind the Say No To Rightmove campaign says the fight for more realistic fees goes on - and...

It’s been reported that the government is talking with banks and building societies about putting the housing market ‘on ice’ during the...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...

The advantage given to overseas buyers when Sterling weakened during the long-running Brexit saga has returned with the arrival of the...

New sales agreed have already plummeted by 15 per cent and over the next three months there’s going to be a...