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An inventive social media video series launched by Worcestershire estate agency Nicol & Co is showcasing local firms sharing why their...

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools could change the way people search for agents and property within just a few years, an industry...

A Keller Williams agent has revealed how he gets clients to happily pay 2% and he is calling on others to...

Talk of a housing market crash is overstated, Zoopla’s chief executive Charlie Bryant has claimed. Speaking in an exclusive video interview with Estate...

The major property portals have ruled out cuts and discounts to agency fees amid the cost of living crunch. Estate agents, like...

Agents have been warned against “panic selling” when seeking an exit amid the tougher economic conditions. Lucy Noonan, founder of property sector...

Aside from all the news surrounding the Autumn Statement this week, which will have a significant bearing on the property market...

Properties are taking longer to sell but this is encouraging other previously hesitant vendors to put their home on the market,...

Video and virtual tours have an important place in property marketing but should be used on the most appropriate platforms, FocalAgent...

In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...

OnTheMarket (OTM) is not currently aiming to overtake Rightmove or Zoopla but has succeeded in reducing listing fees for agents across...

A senior new-build property professional has warned that the Help to Buy scheme will be “sorely missed” by first-time buyers once...

Estate Agent Today's good friend Christopher Watkin recently carried out a video interview with Glynis Frew, the well-known former managing director...

In recent years, we’ve witnessed a massive influx of channels for media consumers – two of the biggest of which are...

A leading property recruitment agency says that flexible working, restructuring pay and offering better benefits and incentives can help agencies across...

For some time, LinkedIn was seen – fairly or unfairly – as stodgy, dull, corporate and formal. The uncool uncle to...

Properties are staying on the market for longer and discounts are rising but fall-throughs are not increasing yet, data suggests. Heather Staff...

Agents have nothing to fear from a market slowdown, an industry executive claims. Nick Ball, head of sales and client services at...

If there’s one thing that received a boost as a result of Covid and lockdowns, it’s podcasts – which reached whole...

Industry veteran Bryan Mansell has questioned why the property sector has allowed transaction times to slow to record levels. It comes as...

In the third part of this exclusive series with Homesearch’s chief operating officer, Sam Hunter, Angels Media’s Lee Dahill questions him...

Industry veteran Eddie Goldsmith has revealed why solicitors may sometimes have to “fob-off” estate agents and how to get around it. Goldsmith,...

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

In this latest video interview zoning in on the current property market, and the stats, facts and data behind its present...

In this latest video interview, exclusively for EAT and LAT readers, Estate Agent Today's Lee Dahill chats with Mike Dawson from...

In this video interview – part of a regular monthly series – Homesearch’s Sam Hunter speaks to Angels Media’s Lee Dahill...

Agents lost out on £600,000 worth of owed commission from withdrawn listings last year, industry data suggests. Withdrawn sales are an occupational hazard...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Estate agents are being urged to ensure clients have instructed a solicitor from “day dot.” Speaking in an exclusive video interview with...

Visual images are key for securing the quickest sales at the best prices, according to a formal estate agency chief who...

Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce has for the first time given some figures on the usage of some of the key...

In this special video interview, Angels Media's Lee Dahill chats to Mitch Handley of Inventory Hive about why - post-Covid -...

There is a danger that some agents forget to undertake basic activities after a lengthy period of a super-strong market. That’s the...

Michael and Kenny Bruce have for the first time given their views on what went wrong for Purplebricks during their time...

An estate agent who has now become a PropTech entrepreneur says fees are absolutely not what makes a vendor choose who...

Well-known property expert and video interviewer Chris Watkin independently investigates how one piece of software is having such a big effect...

Some agents say they have as many as one in 10 vendors taking their properties off the market and seeking to...

The changes to the business models of agents have been turbo-charged by the pandemic - and that makes the industry ripe...

The head of one of Britain’s most successful agency groups says he is a big fan of PropTech - but it...

The chief executive of Belvoir says his agency has had 25 years of significant financial and business success - and much...

In this latest Property Natter video interview, Angels Media CEO Nat Daniels chats with one of the lettings industry's best-known figures about...

Adam Day will be a well-known figure to many in the industry, having been the founder of Hatched (the online agency...

If UK agents were paid higher fees they could perform a better service to the public. That’s the view of Mark Hayward,...

The team at Estate Agent Today and our publisher, Angels Media, wish all agents a very prosperous New Year.  Thank you for your...

One of the founders and leading figures in the Agents Together industry charity says one silver lining of the pandemic has...

The chair of the strategic board of fledgling Boomin says most existing portals are merely operating like digital newspapers with listings,...

Only one in eight sellers use the estate agent through which they purchased their home to begin with. That’s a staggering loss of...

The chief executive of Propertymark says agents should be trained - but it’s then vital they use their training as a...

Propertymark conducts spot checks on agents to ensure they are compliant - but perhaps gives too little publicity to its role. The...

One of the country’s leading estate agents has shared his top tips for using PropTech. Simon Bradbury is managing director at Thomas...

Angels Media was the official media sponsor of the highly successful Relocation Agent Network’s conference on Friday, with Angels chief executive...

In a first for the Natter, this week's interview is a video affair, with me posing the questions to Stephen Brown,...

Hello and welcome to a very special edition of Agents Do Charity - a tribute to someone who has arguably done...

In this latest video interview with the industry, Estate Agent Today's Lee Dahill chats to Richard Price, managing director of Dezrez,...

In this latest video interview, exclusively available for EAT & LAT readers, Lee Dahill speaks to Ben Ridgway, managing director of...

Reservation Agreements provide agents with absolute certainty that both sellers and buyers are being honest. “If they’re lying or… shall we say,...

A PropTech chief says agents are now competing with each other for substantially less stock on the market - meaning their...

An alert has gone out to sales and lettings agents to be more diligent with their checking of data, and to...

PropTech and CRMs should be about far more than merely gathering data - they should be telling agents which prospects are...

In the latest exclusive interview for our Weekend Features section, EAT's video reporter Chris Buckler - an agent himself with Keller...

A video interview claims to spill the beans on how sales progression can be accelerated by three to four weeks. Estate agent...

In this latest exclusive video interview, EAT’s video reporter Chris Buckler – an agent himself – chats with Peter Grant, chairman of the board at...

Photography has become an increasingly important weapon in an agent’s armoury in recent years as listings compete for space on portals,...

In this latest video interview exclusively for EAT & LAT readers, video interviewer Chris Buckler speaks to Harry Turner, director of...

An agent has gone on record saying how he has progressed from being a photocopier boy at a Connells branch to...

Agents should use a mixture of next-generation 3D style technology and traditional, old-school estate agency to allow them to thrive. That's...

Estate agents are being advised to emphasise to customers that they are local experts. “Show [the public] that you really know your...

Digital signatures are not new but the relative slowness with which they have been adopted by the industry is disappointing, according...

The debate over For Sale and To Let boards continues apace with some local councils wanting to make it difficult or...

Property auctions have boomed during the pandemic, despite auction houses having to quickly move away from their traditional in-room events since...

Iain McKenzie, chief executive of the Guild of Property Professionals, has given Estate Agent Today readers four exclusive marketing tips. In a...

Kerfuffle founder Simon Whale has given Estate Agent Today readers three top tips for improving their performance. The trio of suggestions -...

Buying agents level the playing field with estate agents according to Phil Spencer - the TV property expert who started his...

One of the industry’s key marketing suppliers has given four tips for agent readers of Estate Agent Today. Graeme Edwards, managing director...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, Dominic Murphy, Managing Director of DM & Co. in the Midlands, speaks to...

In a video interview for Letting Agent Today, Neil Cobbold, Chief Sales Officer of PayProp, speaks to property professional Chris Buckler...

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

One of the industry’s leading consultants has calculated staff turnover rates at the country’s leading estate agencies. Christopher Watkin, the consultant who...

Buyer behaviour has changed over the past year of the pandemic and it’s up to estate agents to calculate how to...

Few people in the industry have as controversial or challenging a role as Nathan Emerson, the new (but interim) chief executive...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Ed Mead,  all-round property guru and founder...

In a video interview for Letting Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Mike Dawson, Group Head of Sales at...

An MP demanding a root and branch reform of property taxation, including scrapping stamp duty, says the chance of fundamental reform is...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced “an exceptional intervention” promising that leaseholders in high-rise buildings above 18 metres will bear no...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Justin and Victoria Bhoday - a married...

The new chief executive of Propertymark, now combining five agency trade bodies including the NAEA and ARLA, has no experience at...

Propertymark, combining both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents, claims to speak for the...

In a wide-ranging video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to buying agent and TV property pundit Henry...

One of the country’s most experienced estate agents has spoken out about mental illness in the industry and his own condition...

A prominent PropTech supplier wants agents to hand over much more information to conveyancers to allow them to make faster progress on...

A leading enthusiast of the self-employed agency business model says even in these challenging times people can make a success of...

A self-employed agent has gone public to lavish praise on the mentoring scheme which is part of the Agents Together charity. Cameron Carter,...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Matt Nicol, managing director of Nicol &...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to industry video expert Christopher Watkin. Watkin gives his...

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

The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign has revealed to Estate Agent Today that he has lobbied the portal...

Virtual viewings could transform estate agency so fundamentally that they might mean the work of five negotiators could in future be...

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

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

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