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As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

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

Industry supplier Kerfuffle and high-profile training service Marvellous have launched a competition for the children of agents and suppliers. The kids are...

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...

One of the country’s top auctioneers is not going to stage any ballroom auctions this year - and it’s keeping its 2022...

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

While the property industry has suffered far less than other sectors during the past year, it would be short of the...

Property auctioneer Pugh, which has 11 offices across the UK, has unveiled bespoke new technology to support its work with estate...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...

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

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...

Hello and a final ‘send your pictures and videos’ message from us to you. There’s still time to email images to press@estateagenttoday.co.uk...

With a headline like that, we can only be talking about the annual EweMove Christmas video, consisting of the hybrid agency’s...

Christmas is creeping up on us and, for some agents at least, a short seasonal closedown beckons. To get us in the...

There’s no let up in your fantastic festive photos and videos as we enter the final laps of the race to...

Hello and welcome to the final full working week before Christmas 2020. With everyone pre-occupied with Covid, the festive season has crept...

Welcome to the weekend - and there are just two of these left before Christmas, so it’s time to hit the...

Hello - December is whizzing along. Do you know it’s just two weeks today that we will be enjoying Christmas Eve?...

With just over two weeks to go to Christmas and the well-deserved break for the industry, we’re delighted that your pictures...

Hello and welcome to our latest selection of photos from agencies which have dressed their offices for Christmas. We’ve had another great...

Put the pandemic on the back burner. Forget the freezing weather. Here’s a great way to start a working week -...

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

Hello and welcome to the latest of our parade of estate agency videos and photographs to mark Christmas 2020. It may be a...

We’re off and running with our annual showcase of the decorations and festivities in agency branches and for those working from...

It’s already a cliche to say that Christmas will be a little different this year - and in reality it will...

Zoopla is the first UK property company to launch advertising on Pinterest, the lifestyle picture-centric social media platform. A statement from Zoopla...

Tenancy deposit disputes are messy and often frustrating for all involved. While the number of formal disputes remains low, the pandemic...

Clear communication and common-sense actions by landlords, letting agents and students at the start of a tenancy can drastically improve the...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

Purplebricks is the first estate agency in the country to launch a meditation service to ease “the emotional rollercoaster felt by...

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

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

Hello again - the good news is it’s Friday and even better news is it’s Agents Do Charity, celebrating the industry’s great...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

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

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

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

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

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...

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 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...

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

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

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

The number of full property details viewed on Rightmove - a key indicator of market health - is already stronger than...

There’s been a very significant increase in the number of listings carrying virtual viewings, accelerating during the period of the Coronavirus crisis and...

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

Kerfuffle is the first property-related review site in the world to offer agents the ability to post video reviews on supplier...

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

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

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...

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

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

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...

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

Purplebricks Local Property Experts are asking sellers who are not allowing agents into their homes during the virus crisis to draw...

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

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

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column . Before we get on with it, a reminder to...

The head of the longest-established agency personnel consultancy in the UK says caution should be exercised over the use of Artificial...

A Spanish housebuilder’s bespoke system to allow prospective buyers to view properties without visiting is being offered to the UK agency...

Thanks so much for your responses to our request for Valentines office window displays - we didn’t realise February 14 was...

Following on from the second half of the last decade, the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit mad...

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

Today, with the festive break around the corner, we have another video from an agent - but this one is distinctly...

We’re back to our Christmas celebration photographs, and with the holiday break just over a week away here’s a reminder that...

It’s polling day, and not just to decide whether Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn will become Prime Minister. Our latest estate agency...

Hello and welcome to another day of our estate agency decoration pictures and videos. Every one that we have shown so far...

A leading estate agent has urged others in the industry to follow his example and make local TV programmes to build...

Christmas gets ever closer and we’re delighted that you’re sending in those splendid festive videos and still photographs. Everyone today got in...

We have two more terrific agents’ offices today in the latest of our gallery of Christmas decorations. You can be here too...

You are an enterprising lot! Today we’ve got two fantastic Christmas videos from agents who’ve kindly responded to our call for...

We’ve really hit the ground running with our appeal for Christmas pictures and videos from your offices this year - thanks...

We’re now into December and many offices are already decorated for the festive season - and we have our first pictures...

Don’t even think how quickly Christmas has come around again: it’s December 1 on Sunday, so we imagine many offices will...

Just because Halloween has officially been and gone for another year, doesn’t mean we would give up a chance to celebrate...

The big day is here and thanks so much to all the agents who have this year sent in their Halloween...

We’ve had a particularly scary entry for our Halloween videos and photographs - and our sympathy goes out to the innocent...

It’s only a week to the Big Day when gore-splattered figures wreak havoc on an unsuspecting industry and nation. But enough about...

England rugby fans will have been disappointed to find out that Saturday's planned World Cup group stage clash with France in...

Halloween is just over three weeks away and while the government prepares for the planned departure from the EU on the...

How can estate and letting agents nurture leads who aren't ready to sell or let a property instantly? It's a question many...

Former Purplebricks chief executive Lee Wainwright says the problem for estate agents maintaining a strong level of fees isn’t competition from...

A new online estate agency has attacked the industry for being “largely cloaked and ambiguous” - and says that of all...

Seven in 10 agents fail to use video or YouTube to assist in their marketing according to an analysis by free-to-list...

Facebook is set to enter the cryptocurrency business with the big reveal of its formal plans scheduled for some point this...

A London sales and lettings agent has revealed to Estate Agent Today some of the tactics used by his rivals in...

When you think of the best ad campaigns – from moustachioed opera singers and talking meerkats to millions of bouncing balls...

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...

Kenny Bruce, one of the founders of sector-leading online agency Purplebricks, has sent his good wishes to Russell Quirk, who founded...

Former Emoov chief executive Russell Quirk has made his first on-the-record comments about the factors behind the dramatic collapse of his...

Today sees the launch of Unissu, a platform which has classified over 6,000 PropTech businesses in a bid to offer estate...

Hello and welcome to a new week - the last before Christmas. We’ve got more of your wonderful office pictures and videos...

With only 10 days to go before Christmas, surely everyone’s decorations are up by now? It seems that way in the agency...

So this is (almost) it. Next week may be a quiet one for business as vendors and landlords alike begin to...

The world may be going crazy outside but we’re delighted to tell you that in the estate agency industry it’s still...

Maybe it’s the Brexit Blues but something is making the industry excel itself this year when it comes to celebrating Christmas....

Thanks so much for cheering us up in these challenging times with your terrific pictures of this year’s Christmas decorations.  We have...

Hello and welcome to the Wednesday edition of your Christmas agency branch decorations - and what a festive lot you are.  Before...

We’re delighted to say we’ve had a fantastic response to our call for pictures and videos of your decorated offices -...

December is here and we’re delighted to start our annual displays of agents’ Christmas windows, decorations and even those dodgy jumpers. Our...

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...

It’s that time of year again - many offices will mark the start of December (that’s tomorrow) by putting up decorations....

It’s that time of year again, when a tall ominous figure scares us all with a slow deep voice threatening endless...

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...

Fake news has become the popular catchphrase of a certain orange-tinted president in recent years. And everyone, from tech giants like...

In the past decade or so there has been a movement towards the use of digital signage screens within a number...

Everyone wants to rank highly on Google. Why? Well, as the world’s biggest search engine, with more than 65% market share,...

Apologies for the eye-catching headline but it fits in well with an attention-grabbing video put together by property PR expert Jerry...

Firstly, my sincere apologies - it has now been over a month since my last PropTech blog, doesn’t time fly!  In the...

As we move towards another Bank Holiday Weekend, there is no shortage of phenomenal fundraising efforts from those in our industry.  If...

Our industry does great work for good causes not just in this country but around the world, as this week’s Agents...

Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - it’s a bumper edition with plenty of fantastic fund-raising going...

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home.  A floor...

The online agency HouseSimple is to use a video blogger to stay in a property on sale and promote it via...

The Putney office of estate agency Century 21 has been targeted by two thieves, one on a moped the other in...

PropTech has been the industry soundbite for the last couple of years. For many of my fellow agents, I think it’s one...

Controversial new Purplebricks advertisements on social media mock traditional estate agents who “twiddle their thumbs” in offices and claim the hybrid...

According to The Branding Journal, a brand is “a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's...

Thanks once more to all those agents sending in their office pics to get us in the mood for Christmas…especially as there...

We’ve been running our Christmas pics for almost two weeks now and we hope they’ve helped readers get in the festive...

So have we got a treat for you today…. In a moment, one of the best fun videos we’ve seen from an...

We have images from three more agency offices to show you today as the pictures keep rolling in - thanks so...

There’s been no let up with your generous sharing of your Christmas decorations - thanks for sending so many in. With under...

Here are two more of your terrific images from your offices - they have really given us a feeling of Christmas...

Just a fortnight today we’ll be packing our bags and preparing for a well-deserved but all-too-short festive break...but until then, there’s...

Here are some more absolutely stunning images from your offices as they mark the approach of Christmas - what a cheery...

We're almost a week into December and still images of agents’ offices arrive. We're grateful to all those who have sent...

Images from your decorated offices are coming in thick and fast. Today we’ve three different agencies on show below, to paraphrase Oliver...

Agents look like they’re getting into their decorative strive - here are two more terrific-looking offices sent in by our readers. If...

We’re delighted to say that the first estate agency pics have arrived as the industry unravels the tinsel and gets out...

Black Friday’s over, November is nearly down and out - now it's a case of wrapping up warm until Christmas. Which brings...

It’s one of the biggest days of the year for fund-raising in the UK, and we know many across our industry...

There's just a week to go to Children In Need, the UK's largest fund-raising event of the year - as we...

It's now less than 10 days before the BBC's annual Children In Need charity fund-raising event.  We all support the charity's great...

As ours attentions turn from pumpkins to bonfires, a final thank you from all of us at Estate Agent Today for...

Saudi Arabia has announced it’s to build a new mega-city, rising out of the desert sands in the kingdom’s north, adorning...

The industry appears to be embracing this year’s Halloween celebrations like never before - tomorrow’s the big day but we’ve got...

Thanks so much to those agents who rapidly responded to our shout-out for pics of your Halloween-decorated offices: the first ones...

You may think there are enough horror stories going around the agency industry and Britain as a whole right now -...

A Countrywide agency is launching a publicity campaign involving well-known social media bloggers and YouTube ‘stars’ known as vloggers.  The publicity campaign,...

How many property professionals are truly happy with their revenue? High levels of competition from new market entrants is a significant...

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...

Countrywide’s Bairstow Eves brand has launched a series of video guides for customers using their £995 online agency service and for...

A new recruitment business for the property industry in general and agents in particular is offering a phased-fees system for clients...

Many thanks to the good people at Templeton Robinson and Miles & Barr, the latest agencies to let us know about...

We’ve spotted a video from our friends at Kings Group which impressed us with its mix of acting and fun -...

When marketing a property for sale, there are a number of attributes that buyers and sellers today expect ‘as standard’, but...

Two estate agencies have incorporated video footage on to their website homepages in order to promote their brands to prospective clients. Lumley...

It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. When the idea behind the world wide...

It's become the sensation of Rightmove and it's being described as the ultimate cameo made in a house sale video by a...

Unlock the power of your emails “You would never send thousands of canvass letters that did nothing, but most agents send emails...

The days are getting longer, the sun is starting to appear on a more regular basis, Easter is just around the...

Marketing and property often go hand in hand. But from time to time you might come across certain marketing terms that...

There seems to have been a seismic shift in recent years for companies to migrate everything ‘on brand’ online. However signage...

It’s been revealed that the National Home Building Council has been helping the National Association of Estate Agents with a toolkit...

A Scottish agent is the latest to praise the app Periscope, a social media platform which allows users to broadcast a...