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Despite the recent effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is still much opportunity in the market for letting agents to grow...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Say No To Rightmove campaign is to release a set of options for member agents to consider if the portal...

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

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

Homesearch - the new property portal which describes itself as “the future of the property industry” - has delayed its launch. It was scheduled...

An estate agency is running a series of five webinars aimed at helping agent discover new business strategies for the post-Covid...

EweMove is this week hosting a webinar in a bid to win recruits to its hybrid model from agents who may...

Rightmove says it’s to launch its biggest ever national marketing campaign in a bid to kick-start the market once lockdown eases. The...

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

Rightmove’s shareholders appear to have been generally unmoved by the string of protests against the portal in recent weeks. At the portal’s...

A study by Rightmove suggests that 94 per cent of buyers and sellers currently in the market are determined to go...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Property Ombudsman has announced that it will postpone its annual conference, which was to have been on June 18, until...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

Estate Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...

The three leading portals have rejected an appeal to give the industry a payment holiday to help firms through the Coronavirus...

Monthly webinars via Facebook are being set up to discuss compliance issues with member agents of the Guild of Property Professionals. “Because...

“It appears conveyancers either aren’t too concerned with PropTech right now, or they don’t yet have all the information needed to...

Here’s the final part of our questioning of the three portals based on comments and queries from our readers - thanks...

Being a market leader means staying on top of industry trends. The more aware you are of what's happening in the...

Estate agents have been warned that if new guidance over referral fees is not taken seriously, they could be faced with...

HM Revenue & Customs has issued more details of its bid to encourage estate agents to combat money laundering in the...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

As promised a few weeks ago, this week’s Natter concentrates on the importance of content, design and social media, three easily...

Floor plan software provider Metropix celebrated their win at The ESTAS on Friday by announcing an upcoming landmark. Having scooped the “Best...

The Property Ombudsman, Katrine Sporle, is to hold a briefing on the government’s redress reform on Wednesday - five days before...

A network of agents representing over 800 brands with over 4,000 branches has announced the launch of a host of new...

“Are we there yet?” In the same way that these words can drive you to distraction (any parent who has endured the...

After the fun and over-indulgence of the festivities, most of us are now back to the world of work. And, with...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

Winter seems to be firmly with us now, if the plunging temperatures are anything to go by. After a ridiculously mild...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...

A Conservative commitment to allow more fracking is the trigger for conveyancers to gather yet more environmental information during the search...

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...

Two conveyancing sector companies are claiming major advances for their products. Free2Convey, which claims to be the first conveyancing portal offering free...

Rightmove is teaming up with the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents to offer what...

With effect from the 1st December 2016, amendments to the Immigration act 2014 were made through the Immigration Act 2016.    The soundbite...

With more house-hunters than ever now starting their search for a new home by typically looking online on one of the major...

There is a substantial amount of misunderstanding over this question, which needs clarifying.   In general terms, the Money Laundering Regulations require...

Respected industry trainer Adam Walker is teaming up with Iain White of Agency Mentors to offer seminars, webinars and one-to-one advice...

HMRC is staging its next anti-money laundering webinar for estate agents next Wednesday. Entitled ‘Customer Due Diligence for Estate Agency Businesses’ it...

Would you like to create cool and professional 3D Floor Plans for use in your property listings?  Learn how you can...