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One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...
13 March 2021
From: Features

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...
27 February 2021
From: Features

Industry supplier Kerfuffle and high-profile training service Marvellous have launched a competition for the children of agents and suppliers. The kids are...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...
13 February 2021
From: Features

One of the country’s top auctioneers is not going to stage any ballroom auctions this year - and it’s keeping its 2022...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A hybrid agency is appealing to corporate estate agents to jump ship and try its self employed business model. Mr & Mrs...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News

While the property industry has suffered far less than other sectors during the past year, it would be short of the...
16 January 2021
From: Features

Property auctioneer Pugh, which has 11 offices across the UK, has unveiled bespoke new technology to support its work with estate...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The largest company involved in the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it’s producing a “disruptive digital market campaign to address...
24 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...
19 December 2020
From: Features

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...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News

With a headline like that, we can only be talking about the annual EweMove Christmas video, consisting of the hybrid agency’s...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Christmas is creeping up on us and, for some agents at least, a short seasonal closedown beckons. To get us in the...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s no let up in your fantastic festive photos and videos as we enter the final laps of the race to...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

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

Welcome to the weekend - and there are just two of these left before Christmas, so it’s time to hit the...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello - December is whizzing along. Do you know it’s just two weeks today that we will be enjoying Christmas Eve?...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

With just over two weeks to go to Christmas and the well-deserved break for the industry, we’re delighted that your pictures...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to our latest selection of photos from agencies which have dressed their offices for Christmas. We’ve had another great...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Put the pandemic on the back burner. Forget the freezing weather. Here’s a great way to start a working week -...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...
05 December 2020
From: Features

Hello and welcome to the latest of our parade of estate agency videos and photographs to mark Christmas 2020. It may be a...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

We’re off and running with our annual showcase of the decorations and festivities in agency branches and for those working from...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s already a cliche to say that Christmas will be a little different this year - and in reality it will...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla is the first UK property company to launch advertising on Pinterest, the lifestyle picture-centric social media platform. A statement from Zoopla...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Tenancy deposit disputes are messy and often frustrating for all involved. While the number of formal disputes remains low, the pandemic...
10 November 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

Clear communication and common-sense actions by landlords, letting agents and students at the start of a tenancy can drastically improve the...
31 October 2020
From: Features

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....
24 October 2020
From: Features

Purplebricks is the first estate agency in the country to launch a meditation service to ease “the emotional rollercoaster felt by...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new portal-style PropTech product has launched and wants to recruit estate agents to its fold - despite describing the way...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News

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

Hello again - the good news is it’s Friday and even better news is it’s Agents Do Charity, celebrating the industry’s great...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...
12 September 2020
From: Features

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...
03 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content

It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...
12 August 2020
From: Features

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have revealed their latest bids to keep agent support. Rightmove is launching an extensive redesign of property details pages, after...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

An agent in Hertfordshire says he routinely secures 5,000 visits to ‘live open houses’ on Facebook Live, and have on one...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to industry video expert Christopher Watkin. Watkin gives his...
04 July 2020
From: Features

Industry veteran Harry Hill, a former chairman of Countrywide and founder of Rightmove, has now become a mentor at the new...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have announced that they are extending their cut-price fees deals, introduced because of Coronavirus. This morning Rightmove says: "We have...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The brothers who founded Purplebricks - Michael and Kenny Bruce - have returned to the agency industry for the first time...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A new thought-provoking five-part video series is launching to the industry today. ‘Simon says…’ is being hosted by Property Tribes with...
08 June 2020
From: Features

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News

For the coming Bank Holiday on Monday, we’d like to show images of how agency offices have adapted to cope with...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of full property details viewed on Rightmove - a key indicator of market health - is already stronger than...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a very significant increase in the number of listings carrying virtual viewings, accelerating during the period of the Coronavirus crisis and...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News

As last Friday was the VE Day Anniversary bank holiday we have a bumper bundle of fund-raising activities to report on...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Kerfuffle is the first property-related review site in the world to offer agents the ability to post video reviews on supplier...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....
25 April 2020
From: Features
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Aside from the obvious health crisis, the current pandemic is proving difficult for the business worldwide. However, despite the increasing contact...
22 April 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...
11 April 2020
From: Features

One of Britain’s leading agents says online viewing and interest in videos for homes on sale continues to be relatively strong...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Almost every part of the agency industry is operating remotely these days - and we would love to know how you’re...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...
04 April 2020
From: Features

Purplebricks Local Property Experts are asking sellers who are not allowing agents into their homes during the virus crisis to draw...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...
28 March 2020
From: Features

A video has been launched this morning explaining how agents can get their sellers and landlords to use iPhones to make...
24 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column . Before we get on with it, a reminder to...
24 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The head of the longest-established agency personnel consultancy in the UK says caution should be exercised over the use of Artificial...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A Spanish housebuilder’s bespoke system to allow prospective buyers to view properties without visiting is being offered to the UK agency...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Thanks so much for your responses to our request for Valentines office window displays - we didn’t realise February 14 was...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

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

An agency in Leeds is next month launching a service which it claims is unique in the area, partnering with a...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Today, with the festive break around the corner, we have another video from an agent - but this one is distinctly...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

We’re back to our Christmas celebration photographs, and with the holiday break just over a week away here’s a reminder that...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s polling day, and not just to decide whether Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn will become Prime Minister. Our latest estate agency...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to another day of our estate agency decoration pictures and videos. Every one that we have shown so far...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading estate agent has urged others in the industry to follow his example and make local TV programmes to build...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Christmas gets ever closer and we’re delighted that you’re sending in those splendid festive videos and still photographs. Everyone today got in...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

We have two more terrific agents’ offices today in the latest of our gallery of Christmas decorations. You can be here too...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

You are an enterprising lot! Today we’ve got two fantastic Christmas videos from agents who’ve kindly responded to our call for...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

We’ve really hit the ground running with our appeal for Christmas pictures and videos from your offices this year - thanks...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

We’re now into December and many offices are already decorated for the festive season - and we have our first pictures...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Don’t even think how quickly Christmas has come around again: it’s December 1 on Sunday, so we imagine many offices will...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Just because Halloween has officially been and gone for another year, doesn’t mean we would give up a chance to celebrate...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The big day is here and thanks so much to all the agents who have this year sent in their Halloween...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

We’ve had a particularly scary entry for our Halloween videos and photographs - and our sympathy goes out to the innocent...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s only a week to the Big Day when gore-splattered figures wreak havoc on an unsuspecting industry and nation. But enough about...
24 October 2019
From: Breaking News

England rugby fans will have been disappointed to find out that Saturday's planned World Cup group stage clash with France in...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Halloween is just over three weeks away and while the government prepares for the planned departure from the EU on the...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News

How can estate and letting agents nurture leads who aren't ready to sell or let a property instantly? It's a question many...
28 September 2019
From: Features

Former Purplebricks chief executive Lee Wainwright says the problem for estate agents maintaining a strong level of fees isn’t competition from...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A new online estate agency has attacked the industry for being “largely cloaked and ambiguous” - and says that of all...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Seven in 10 agents fail to use video or YouTube to assist in their marketing according to an analysis by free-to-list...
25 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Facebook is set to enter the cryptocurrency business with the big reveal of its formal plans scheduled for some point this...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A London sales and lettings agent has revealed to Estate Agent Today some of the tactics used by his rivals in...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News

When you think of the best ad campaigns – from moustachioed opera singers and talking meerkats to millions of bouncing balls...
06 April 2019
From: Features

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive. Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...
02 March 2019
From: Features

Kenny Bruce, one of the founders of sector-leading online agency Purplebricks, has sent his good wishes to Russell Quirk, who founded...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Former Emoov chief executive Russell Quirk has made his first on-the-record comments about the factors behind the dramatic collapse of his...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Today sees the launch of Unissu, a platform which has classified over 6,000 PropTech businesses in a bid to offer estate...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to a new week - the last before Christmas. We’ve got more of your wonderful office pictures and videos...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News

With only 10 days to go before Christmas, surely everyone’s decorations are up by now? It seems that way in the agency...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

So this is (almost) it. Next week may be a quiet one for business as vendors and landlords alike begin to...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The world may be going crazy outside but we’re delighted to tell you that in the estate agency industry it’s still...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Maybe it’s the Brexit Blues but something is making the industry excel itself this year when it comes to celebrating Christmas....
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Thanks so much for cheering us up in these challenging times with your terrific pictures of this year’s Christmas decorations. We have...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the Wednesday edition of your Christmas agency branch decorations - and what a festive lot you are. Before...
05 December 2018
From: Breaking News

We’re delighted to say we’ve had a fantastic response to our call for pictures and videos of your decorated offices -...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News

December is here and we’re delighted to start our annual displays of agents’ Christmas windows, decorations and even those dodgy jumpers. Our...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...
01 December 2018
From: Features

It’s that time of year again - many offices will mark the start of December (that’s tomorrow) by putting up decorations....
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s that time of year again, when a tall ominous figure scares us all with a slow deep voice threatening endless...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...
20 October 2018
From: Features

Fake news has become the popular catchphrase of a certain orange-tinted president in recent years. And everyone, from tech giants like...
08 September 2018
From: Features

In the past decade or so there has been a movement towards the use of digital signage screens within a number...
18 August 2018
From: Features

Everyone wants to rank highly on Google. Why? Well, as the world’s biggest search engine, with more than 65% market share,...
04 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content

Apologies for the eye-catching headline but it fits in well with an attention-grabbing video put together by property PR expert Jerry...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Firstly, my sincere apologies - it has now been over a month since my last PropTech blog, doesn’t time fly! In the...
26 May 2018
From: Features

As we move towards another Bank Holiday Weekend, there is no shortage of phenomenal fundraising efforts from those in our industry. If...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Our industry does great work for good causes not just in this country but around the world, as this week’s Agents...
18 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - it’s a bumper edition with plenty of fantastic fund-raising going...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home. A floor...
07 April 2018
From: Features

The online agency HouseSimple is to use a video blogger to stay in a property on sale and promote it via...
05 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The Putney office of estate agency Century 21 has been targeted by two thieves, one on a moped the other in...
19 February 2018
From: Breaking News

PropTech has been the industry soundbite for the last couple of years. For many of my fellow agents, I think it’s one...
17 February 2018
From: Features

Controversial new Purplebricks advertisements on social media mock traditional estate agents who “twiddle their thumbs” in offices and claim the hybrid...
13 February 2018
From: Breaking News

According to The Branding Journal, a brand is “a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's...
20 January 2018
From: Features

Thanks once more to all those agents sending in their office pics to get us in the mood for Christmas…especially as there...
18 December 2017
From: Breaking News

We’ve been running our Christmas pics for almost two weeks now and we hope they’ve helped readers get in the festive...
14 December 2017
From: Breaking News

So have we got a treat for you today…. In a moment, one of the best fun videos we’ve seen from an...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News

We have images from three more agency offices to show you today as the pictures keep rolling in - thanks so...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News

There’s been no let up with your generous sharing of your Christmas decorations - thanks for sending so many in. With under...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Here are two more of your terrific images from your offices - they have really given us a feeling of Christmas...
08 December 2017
From: Breaking News

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...
08 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Here are some more absolutely stunning images from your offices as they mark the approach of Christmas - what a cheery...
07 December 2017
From: Breaking News

We're almost a week into December and still images of agents’ offices arrive. We're grateful to all those who have sent...
06 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Images from your decorated offices are coming in thick and fast. Today we’ve three different agencies on show below, to paraphrase Oliver...
05 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents look like they’re getting into their decorative strive - here are two more terrific-looking offices sent in by our readers. If...
01 December 2017
From: Breaking News

We’re delighted to say that the first estate agency pics have arrived as the industry unravels the tinsel and gets out...
30 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Black Friday’s over, November is nearly down and out - now it's a case of wrapping up warm until Christmas. Which brings...
27 November 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s one of the biggest days of the year for fund-raising in the UK, and we know many across our industry...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News

There's just a week to go to Children In Need, the UK's largest fund-raising event of the year - as we...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News

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...
09 November 2017
From: Breaking News

As ours attentions turn from pumpkins to bonfires, a final thank you from all of us at Estate Agent Today for...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Saudi Arabia has announced it’s to build a new mega-city, rising out of the desert sands in the kingdom’s north, adorning...
01 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The industry appears to be embracing this year’s Halloween celebrations like never before - tomorrow’s the big day but we’ve got...
30 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Thanks so much to those agents who rapidly responded to our shout-out for pics of your Halloween-decorated offices: the first ones...
24 October 2017
From: Breaking News

You may think there are enough horror stories going around the agency industry and Britain as a whole right now -...
19 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A Countrywide agency is launching a publicity campaign involving well-known social media bloggers and YouTube ‘stars’ known as vloggers. The publicity campaign,...
14 September 2017
From: Breaking News

How many property professionals are truly happy with their revenue? High levels of competition from new market entrants is a significant...
08 July 2017
From: Features

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...
27 May 2017
From: Features

Countrywide’s Bairstow Eves brand has launched a series of video guides for customers using their £995 online agency service and for...
27 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A new recruitment business for the property industry in general and agents in particular is offering a phased-fees system for clients...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Many thanks to the good people at Templeton Robinson and Miles & Barr, the latest agencies to let us know about...
30 November 2016
From: Breaking News

We’ve spotted a video from our friends at Kings Group which impressed us with its mix of acting and fun -...
29 November 2016
From: Breaking News

When marketing a property for sale, there are a number of attributes that buyers and sellers today expect ‘as standard’, but...
23 September 2016
From: Features

Two estate agencies have incorporated video footage on to their website homepages in order to promote their brands to prospective clients. Lumley...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. When the idea behind the world wide...
19 August 2016
From: Features

It's become the sensation of Rightmove and it's being described as the ultimate cameo made in a house sale video by a...
09 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Unlock the power of your emails “You would never send thousands of canvass letters that did nothing, but most agents send emails...
06 April 2016
From: Sponsored Content

The days are getting longer, the sun is starting to appear on a more regular basis, Easter is just around the...
18 March 2016
From: Features

Marketing and property often go hand in hand. But from time to time you might come across certain marketing terms that...
30 January 2016
From: Features

There seems to have been a seismic shift in recent years for companies to migrate everything ‘on brand’ online. However signage...
27 January 2016
From: Sponsored Content

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