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Here’s a new way to encourage house moves - pay the potential vendor £50,000. The Scottish Government is launching an official consultation...

NAEA Propertymark says there’s no appetite that it can see amongst its representatives across the UK for charging people £30 for...

Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...

The platform behind a controversial proposal to charge prospective buyers and renters £30 or more to view a property on the...

Agents have been told in new government guidance that the liftings of some Covid restraints in wider society “does not mark...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have another industry big-hitter and one of the most high-profile female leaders in property...

It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change what they have always done, particularly if their results have proven...

Almost a million shares in Purplebricks have been ‘awarded’ to the two most senior men in the organisation. The golden handcuff deal...

The biggest challenge facing many agents in the current climate is the general shortage of stock, both for sales & lettings. Let’s...

Let it never be said that this column isn’t here to help out agents directly. In this week’s Natter, I speak...

Strike - which over the weekend announced a new £11m investment package - has now revealed it has a new chief...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Jamie Cooke, Co-Founder and Managing Director of iamsold, part...

Purplebricks has addressed its critics on house sales by pledging to return vendors’ upfront fees if the agency fails to find...

Purplebricks will this week reveal the result of almost two years of trials into a new pricing structure.  The details will come...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

Online estate agency Strike - which used to be HouseSimple - is expanding its sell-for-free service out across the Midlands and...

All eyes on Rome this weekend as England face Ukraine on their way - we hope - to winning Euro 2020. Some...

There’s no need for excuses if you’re not fund raising for good causes on Saturday evening - tens of millions will...

Back in April, leading portal Zoopla launched a new multi-million-pound marketing campaign, its biggest ever, to help agents capitalise on the...

The property market was expected to struggle to recover after the first lockdown, but, thanks to the stamp duty holiday and...

Estate agency comparison website GetAgent has calculated the typical fees charged to vendors in different parts of the country. It says agents...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Thom Hudson, photographer at Meyers Estate Agents What is Meyers...

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

In the first of a two-part special with the presidents of the UK’s largest property trade organisation, we carry out an...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Well I rarely use them now! Chris Hodgkinson, Managing Director What...

OnTheMarket has announced new functionality in a direct bid to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. The functionality, to go live within the...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to give its members a tool which, it claims, will show existing owners’ propensity to...

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

A Channel 4 property TV presenter is to become an estate agent. Kerr Drummond, who hosts Coast vs Country, has joined the...

An agency says sellers should improve the attractiveness of their properties for sellers - so it's linked with a florist to offer...

Some sellers are suffering cash flow issues as a result of glitches in the Capital Gains Tax reporting system, according to...

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

A first-time-buyer couple in a part of the country renowned for its second homes and shortage of stock has praised a...

A league table of the most important issues facing vendors places the scale of estate agents’ charges at the bottom - and this...

A row has blown up over a house raffle where the property prize was withdrawn and a cash alternative offered because...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Ben Ridgway, Group Managing Director at iamproperty. What is iamproperty...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Mark Armstrong, and my business card says...

Property owners who play it cool when it comes to marketing their home find their frustration soon becomes overheated. The constant we...

The current crisis has led to many of us to re-evaluate our lives to ensure that we put ourselves in the...

An agent has contacted Estate Agent Today to issue what he calls “an urgent alert” about the risk of Capital Gains...

Whilst it was once seen as a way to sell niche or run-down properties, auction is now a mainstream method of...

Agents are being advised on what course of action they should take to safeguard their right to fees should they be dis-instructed...

A leading buying agent says the phenomenon of ‘buying unseen’ is the most dramatic property trend to have emerged from the...

International investment bank UBS has double-downgraded Purplebricks from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ - and that could be good for independent agents, a...

Zoopla today begins a new marketing drive - the latest move in the fierce battle between Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket and Boomin. Zoopla is...

An analysis of the average time taken for properties from 10 leading estate agency brands to complete shows a significant increase...

Rightmove’s new Modern Method of Auction service launches on Monday.  The service - which Rightmove calls Online Conditional Auctions - will involve...

New research shared with Estate Agent Today suggest that in areas of the country almost four in 10 homes for sale...

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...

An online agency that already operates in the lettings field is spreading into sales - and pledges to give most of...

A portal says it’s the most significant challenger to the Big Three of Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket. OneDome says it bases this on...

A company in the German Axel Springer publishing empire - which also invested in Purplebricks in the past - has put...

Agents who use cheap PropTech could end up spending a lot more than they expect, according to an industry expert. Anton Babkov,...

Emoov’s new 'guaranteed offer' service means fall-thoughs and chain-related delays are effectively eliminated, the agency claims. Emoov - now owned by a firm...

You can’t blame agents for trying to get the highest possible price for their vendor’s property, but Purplebricks probably wins the...

New data from The ValPal Network suggests 57 per cent of leads are generated outside office hours, putting the emphasis on...

PropTech firm Sprift has entered into a deal with The Guild of Property Professionals. The partnership means that Guild member agents have...

An estate agency has apologised unreservedly for “most regrettable” comments made by two members of staff who described a vendor’s property...

Later this year, on October 22, the ESTAS 2021 will take place in London. The glittering ceremony will welcome property professionals...

Online agency Yopa says it will change a claim on its website that appears to suggest no fee will be charged...

Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...

You could be forgiven for overlooking International Women’s Day on Monday. Well, almost. Focus was instead turned to the first day back...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the market should prepare itself for a glut of new supply thanks to the...

The increasingly common live-streaming of property viewings is becoming a source of lead generation according to an industry supplier. The creators of...

Recently I heard the stat that over 50% of property is sold with the second agent, which was backed up by...

As a property agent, fancy marketing terminology such as ‘omnichannel’ might not hold too much interest for you right now. We’re in...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property What is LetsBid and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Jake Field - Area Sales Manager What is lets bid Property...

When I joined Zoopla, I took the same approach that I always take whenever I enter a new sector: I was...

Dexters, which last week secured a reported £130m in new investment for the coming years, has snapped up the historic Roy...

Challenger portal OneDome has signed up one of the larger UK agencies, the Leaders Romans Group. LRG will list all its residential sales...

An estate agency is this month launching packs of up-front information for buyers in a bid to speed sales and reduce fall-throughs.  Miles...

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...

Honesty is a concept that journalists will tell their readers is non-existent for estate agents. Yeah, right! But as the end...

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

Estate agents quitting companies and setting up on their own will prosper only by tapping into the most appropriate level of...

Agents should put as much emphasis on ensuring a house move actually happens as on winning the instruction to begin with,...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

Property portals remain an essential marketing tool for estate agents and their value is clearly appreciated by consumers. However, with a...

Zoopla has revealed a multi-million-pound programme of future developments which have taken 18 months to finalise. Chief executive Charlie Bryant has told...

Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...

A hybrid agency is appealing to corporate estate agents to jump ship and try its self employed business model. Mr & Mrs...

The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...

A PropTech firm claims its new interactive property reports are “the most comprehensive on any UK property” and reduce the need...

A housing index says the market continues to defy Coronavirus and Brexit worries with asking prices up 4.9 per cent in...

One of the most respected figures in the industry, trainer and consultant Richard Rawlings, is suggesting that stamp duty should be...

The largest company involved in the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it’s producing a “disruptive digital market campaign to address...

One of the founder agencies of the new Boomin portal, scheduled to launch in the New Year, has also rejoined Zoopla. Farrell...

We’re sure agents have been working hard to urge vendors to take it easy on the dodgy decorations if there are...

The shock and almost immediate increase in stamp duty on additional homes in Wales has prompted one question in the industry...

The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...

Buyer feedback is a key resource for agents who want to keep on top of market changes and so handle vendors’...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

If this year has taught us anything, it's that estate agents need their software provider and specifically their CRM, to help...

Over 100 Zoopla member branches have signed up to the Modern Method of Auction system offered via the portal. Over the summer Zoopla...

The Federation of Independent Agents trade group has unveiled a new automated nurture product available exclusively to members - and it claims...

As what now seems like a common occurrence everything has changed again since I last sat down to write about the...

Rezi’s integration with Zapier has transformed the way in which estate agents can now save time, money and resource. Agents are...

Online network love2move - which gives partner High Street agents an option to offer vendors an online sales service - is...

Connells Group has announced a major recruitment drive as it looks to create 250 new agents' positions - and it’s launched...

Safety checks which are apparently now preventing thousands of owners selling flats are to be eased - but there is confusion...

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...

Searches that are bound by the Search Code, protecting the seller, buyer and lender, are property and not client specific. As...

Newspapers are pushed through the door, whereas websites have to pull in visitors - it’s a simple but fundamental difference with vast implications...

One of the country’s top buying agents is advising purchasers and vendors to avoid online agencies and 'bucketshop' conveyancers. Edward Heaton - founder...

As we embark on another nationwide lockdown, the team at SDL Auctions are keen to help agents ride the storm, beat...

Conveyancers have considered whether the long-standing ‘caveat emptor’ or buyer beware principle in a property purchase should be replaced by ‘vendor...

A relaunched home buying service says it wants to partner with agents to unlock sales if the housing market deteriorates. The service...

The trend of buyers apparently fleeing the city to get more for their money in the country has hit the buffers...

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly forum for the industry to share its good news on...

An online agency says its virtual auction service can be used even by its rivals between now and the end of...

Advanced information released today about Boomin suggests it will seek a much closer relationship with agents than existing portals, with lifetime...

We can all agree that the recovery of the property market since May has been outstanding. The latest data from Zoopla...

The housing market is to remain open in the four week lockdown in England. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government...

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...

I was asked recently, how can an agent generate more landlord leads? Well that got me thinking, firstly, we have to...

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...

The Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday has been a hot topic of conversation for many in the residential property industry –...

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the way every industry operates and the property sector is no exception. Following an enforced seven-week...

Online auction service Iamsold secured £52.7m in total for vendors in September, an increase of 16 per cent on the same period last...

Another new property portal has been launched, this one - Mutual - describing itself as the ‘Pre-Portal Property Platform for estate...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...

Lawyers, politicians, bankers, insurance sellers – no matter where you go, there are some professions that are just always going to...

Let’s be honest: things are getting just a little tougher aren’t they?  We’re delighted to say that the spirit of the industry...

A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...

A platform which signs up vendors and allocates their sale to a high-performing local agent says it sells property two months...

A new portal-style PropTech product has launched and wants to recruit estate agents to its fold - despite describing the way...

An estate agency in the south of England has abandoned its online-only strategy and has decided to open a physical office...

Many agents, certainly those in London, will have faced the difficult task of selling a flat with a shorter lease. A...

It’s about this time of year, pandemic or not, that agents may be asked one particularly awkward question by a vendor...

An estate agent in Liverpool has adopted the unusual technique of urging vendors to sell now “before prices crash.” Clearly unworried about...

A new online platform claims to be the first of its kind to speed up the private treaty sales process for...

A quick buy firm which typically purchases homes from sellers at below market levels has accused estate agents and the private...

Vendors spend an average £41 a day for 144 days when selling their home - but some spend a remarkable £140 a...

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

Two agencies have entered the debate on whether the current frenzied housing market is seeing delays in completions. Yesterday EAT reported that...

Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...

A family-run agency which last year asked people to “make an offer” to buy a franchise is now claiming it will...

A quick buy firm boasting it has ‘sold’ a home within six days also says it now takes 140 days on...

Almost a third of property sellers (29%) say they won't accept a lower offer for their property, according to new research. Online...

The strong performance of the auction market in recent months has been reinforced by the latest figures from iamsold, the UK's...

Ahead of the launch of a new iBuyer platform later this year, agents are being invited to attend two webinars hosted...

Independent agents are busier than they have ever been thanks to the post-lockdown surge but larger corporates are actually losing market...

A leading agent says the government’s new Coronavirus clampdown from Monday will push more home owners to sell. Caspar Harvard-Wills, a partner at...

Knight Frank has launched an auction business to give vendors a wider range of sale options as market uncertainty remains because...

With estate agents increasingly offering auction options to vendors, new research makes interesting reading - and suggests that homes sold via...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

Estate agents are increasingly using low-key ‘grey’ marketing to avoid too many prospective buyers swamping them when homes go on sale. That’s...

One of the victims of a notorious estate agency price fixing cartel has spoken out against one of the offenders.  Christina Davis...

An American realtor who once predicted his company would have 5,000 UK estate agents working under its banner is now saying...

An insurance firm claims estate agents are taught not to quote VAT in fees until the final bill. A statement from Admiral...

OneDome, which operates two free-to-list property listing sites, says it’s had a record month as it strives to build an alternative...

In another sign of the buoyant housing market, estate agency Savills is breaking tradition by staging its first ever August auction...

Hindsight is 20-20 vision, of course, and we can all see things we did ‘then’ that we would not do ‘now’....

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

An online agency says it’s offering its customers a kind of ‘fall-through insurance’ after over 100 deals collapsed between mid-March and...

A leading buying agency is warning sellers and buyers not to jump the gun and abandon London in the belief that...

An unusual property sales concept, which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents, has...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

Asking prices are up again for a third consecutive month in all English regions and across Scotland and Wales.  The measurement, from...

It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...

A property developer has set up an estate agency that charges no commission to sellers but instead levies a non-refundable reservation...

A row is brewing over an agency which acted on a vendor’s request to use the English version of a house...

Property raffles are a legal minefield and many are too good to be true, according to a leading lawyer. There has been...

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...

A survey of estate agents’ market share post-lockdown indicates significant advances for independent agencies and online operators. TwentyCi, a data consultancy, says...

New information has come to light which suggests that a leading marketing platform may be planning to step into the CRM...

A BBC presenter has used her local newspaper column to mock an estate agency for suggesting fridge magnets be removed to improve...

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

A new website that describes itself as an estate agency says it wants to “empower people to sell their own home”...

A vendor who suffered a fall-through on the sale of his five bedroom home in West Yorkshire is now trying to...

An agent in Hertfordshire says he routinely secures 5,000 visits to ‘live open houses’ on Facebook Live, and have on one...

Zoopla says its sale and vendor leads have reached a 2020 high, beating volumes delivered even during the strong start to the...

It is widely expected that Purplebricks will shortly reveal the result of an experiment with a number of different pricing strategies. The...

The estate agency industry has been sharply criticised for its record on protecting staff and customers during the Coronavirus crisis. The compliance...

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

An online agency that describes itself as the fifth largest in the sector has announced it’s launching a digital auction service. 99home...

At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak - and the agency industry - will no doubt be delighted to know that visits to Rightmove soared...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Price discounts are diminishing as the housing market strengthens, according to data from Knight Frank. The average discount to the asking price...

Online sector veterans Russell Quirk and Kenny Bruce have used social media to call for a temporary scrapping of all stamp...

A free webinar is taking place this week to show how agents can list properties on Facebook Marketplace. The event, hosted by...

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

The new YOUhome Property Gurus agency has announced another key hire to strengthen its central London activities.  The agency, set up by...

A new high end agency called The Country House Department is launching with an initial focus on Oxfordshire, Berkshire and The...

A quarter of vendors and buyers contacted by a high-end agency say the lockdown and the Coronavirus crisis have made them...

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

An overwhelming 98 per cent of vendors questioned by Zoopla say they remain anxious about the Coronavirus and would prefer to...

Rightmove has contacted all member agents saying it has enhanced its automated online viewing feature first introduced in April. As part of...

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

A well-known saying in estate agency is that first-time buyers are the sellers of the future. If we believe this to...

The Covid-19 crisis hasn’t caused the revolution it has been reported to have. Despite the challenges it has brought, fundamentally, the...

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

Strutt & Parker is the latest agency to attract hundreds of prospective vendors and buyers to a ‘keep in touch’ webinar. Last...

Rightmove has taken the unusual step this weekend of issuing its usual monthly asking price index on a Saturday instead of...

Who are you? I’m Craig Fenner, a Customer Success Director at Feefo.  I work directly with Feefo’s Enterprise clients to ensure they...

Over the past few weeks, estate agents have been forced to close high street branches and adapt to working from home,...

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

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

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

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

Housing minister Chris Pincher is drawing up guidelines which could allow agents to return to something like normal working in the near...

Buying and selling a house is often referenced as being one of the most stressful life experiences that we can go...

NAEA Propertymark has today launched a campaign for the government to introduce what it calls a Property Sector Support Package. This would...

The Haart estate agency chain has launched a portal called Off Market which it describes to sellers as being “a unique...

A property tax specialist is warning that sellers of buy to lets or holiday homes may have to estimate their own...

Industry supplier epropservices has created a new virtual valuation platform to help the industry operate during the lockdown and social distancing...

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...

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

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

A Fine & Country agent has just sold a home based on a video viewing, and is now sharing tips with...

The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...

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

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

Just a month ago our homes felt, for many of us, to be a mere pitstop on a centrifuge of work,...

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

One of the first analyses of portal listings since the start of the Coronavirus crisis shows that new listings have plummeted...

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

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

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

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...

An estate agency in Portsmouth has sold a house subject to contract after nothing more than a video tour filmed by...

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...

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

A video has been launched this morning explaining how agents can get their sellers and landlords to use iPhones to make...

A video interview released this morning features the experiences of eight agents who have quit Rightmove in the past two years,...

There’s been a huge change in the way estate agencies operate in recent years, with far more focus on marketing properties...

Nested is the latest online agency to base a marketing campaign around criticism of established estate agents.  In three 30-second TV ads...

Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry. You know the drill by now: if...

Analysis by an online valuation and lead generation service shows that requests from prospective sellers and landlords are increasingly happening in...

Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year - a significantly higher figure than 12...

There’s been a surge in UK enquiries to global free-to-list portal Residential People, and a comparable rise in interest from Chinese...

An estate agent who swindled a 69 year old woman out of £5,000 has escaped jail - and has been ordered...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...

Trials of reservation agreements for buyers and sellers have been delayed until the late spring. Statements last year from the Ministry of Housing, Communities...

The property management industry is evolving at a rapid pace, thanks almost entirely to the rise in PropTech. Hundreds, if not thousands...

A conveyancing firm has launched what it claims to be one of the first ever apps for vendors and buyers in...

A prominent consumer group says homes sold precisely 14 days after first being listed typically achieve the best price - closest...

An online agency’s claim that it sells homes “for free” has been disputed by a High Street rival - but the...

The people behind an online valuation service is warning agents that having a widget on their website is not enough by...

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...

Mystery surrounds a historic agency that has ceased trading after 235 years in business - even though its website is still...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

Another hub-based agency has launched in the capital, following in the footsteps of operations like Harding Green, Orchards and Keller Williams. Mariel...

At the end of a strong week for housing market indicators, the latest survey from the website Home suggests a major...

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...

A hybrid estate agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched says it aims to recruit 25 agents...

Three signs emerged over the weekend suggesting that the market may be shaping up well for 2020. Firstly a new survey by...

OnTheMarket has started 2020 as it ended 2019 - with an attack on Rightmove via an agency which urges others to...

Estate agents who deliberately over-value properties in order to win instructions are effectively committing fraud according to a prominent industry figure. Russell...

Purplebricks is not revealing details of the different pricing strategies it is testing “in the field” early this year. Last month the...

An agency in Leeds is next month launching a service which it claims is unique in the area, partnering with a...

A website has slammed the idea that there is a surge of interest in buying homes on Boxing Day, describing the...

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...

The latest snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that the UK housing market is still on hold, pending...

When we launched Reapit’s Foundations Platform as a Service (PaaS) in November, it may have seemed like a recent development in...

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands.  The offer is...

Humberts has signed off in bizarre style leaving only false contact details on its website. The historic agency - which closed several...

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

love2move, which offers High Street agents a white-labelled digital platform that allows them to offer online services to vendors, has revealed...

An online agency which is free to list for vendors says it wants prospective buyers to stay in the property they...

Zoopla is advising agents to prepare for a festive rush of leads. The portal says it expects a 60  per cent month-on-month increase...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

House prices increased 0.5 per cent in November, which was the strongest monthly rise since April according to the Nationwide.  However, annual...

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...

A Georgian mansion described as an oasis of seclusion and including a lake with 2,000 fish is being raffled by its...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Michelle O’Brien, mio Account Manager for Home Counties North What is...

A PropTech company says the majority of transactions now involve chains and that the issue is becoming more problematic for agents...

It’s only five weeks to the New Year and new decade and the first agents have started making predictions for the...

A prominent regional agent says the industry owes it to vendors to try competing marketing outlets for property, and not to...

Humberts is the latest estate agency to announce that it’s going to offer customers the controversial Modern Method of Auction option. The...

The prospective buyers of a home in Oxfordshire who paid a deposit of £108,000 before withdrawing are suing the sellers in...

Rightmove is this morning reporting a huge fall in the number of new sellers coming to the market - a drop...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...