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Estate agents are in a unique position – we handle the meeting of people’s aspirations probably more than any other profession....

A rewards and recognition programme has been launched at an agency chain, with claims that it will enhance staff careers and...

A developer has converted a 1979s office block into flats which are now being sold as £180,000 to £215,000 work from...

The market’s likely to slow this year as the rising cost of living saps some buyer confidence, so agents are understandably...

More than four in 10 owners have significantly repurposed part of their homes during the pandemic says Zoopla. Amongst the 41 per...

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

Rightmove says the level of business owners enquiring about leasing office space has now surpassed even pre-pandemic levels in January. Demand is...

Purplebricks is claiming that literally thousands of High Street agents from conventional bricks-and-mortar firms are applying to the agency. It says this...

The total value of all UK homes broke the £8 trillion barrier in 2021 according to Savills - and London is...

With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...

Buyers typically pay 10.8 per cent extra for chain-free properties than for similar homes with chains, according to new research. Website GetAgent...

When we all thought that the Covid-19 pandemic was coming to an end, the virus decided to throw another curveball and...

The Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons is to sponsor what it calls a “garden sanctuary” at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show...

It’s often said that agency is a people business, and I can see no reason to disagree - agents dealing face-to-face...

Propertymark has come out in support of the Scottish government’s demand that buyers take lateral flow tests before viewings. The measure is...

Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Estate Agents: “We’re on a mission to revolutionise the traditional concept of estate agency.   We don’t have...

A record number of conveyancers have been trained in the last 18 months, despite the challenges of the pandemic and extended...

The head of a small hybrid firm that describes traditional agencies with offices as “antiquated” says property professionals working for corporates...

Estate agents and other workers in Northern Ireland are being urged to work from home "where possible" in a bid to...

PropTech has seen a surge in uptake over the last few years for several reasons – be it the Covid-19 pandemic...

Spicerhaart - which is radically reshaping its structure to encourage hybrid operations and working from home as part of a new...

One of the country’s leading buying agents has set out what’s hot and what’s not in London’s housing market as it...

Fine & Country has opened another office - this time in Exeter, one of the most popular locations to which people...

It’s a truism that most property enquiries from buyers these days come through portals but there are several reasons why agents...

Luke Thirkettle heads up the lettings division at Stratfords, a single-branch lettings and sales agency based in Milton Keynes. Here, he speaks to...

In this piece, Tom Davis, press officer at Propertymark, explores the debate surrounding a locked or open-door policy, and whether the...

As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...

The hybrid agency Paton & Co is moving into new territories in Berwickshire and Northumberland. The company has been Borders-based since launching...

As we motor towards the next major global climate change conference – the UN’s COP26 being held in Glasgow from 31...

Our story yesterday on whether agents should continue to dress formally post-pandemic seemed to relight the fire on a long-time debate...

A cloud-based software provider has claimed that agents need to prepare for the future – and a very different working day...

Buyers are getting less square foot for their money when buying a property. Research by insurer Churchill has found that the average...

Rightmove claims to have identified the dream home for buyers. A survey of more than 2,000 visitors to the portal’s website has...

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

Day in, day out, I see how good estate agents really are.  Whether it’s in my day job on Location, Location, Location...

There’s a lot being said about how the workforce will operate in the post-pandemic world. We’re still largely remote at Homesearch but as...

Last month it was reported that up to 500,000 people had been ‘pinged’ by the NHS in a week. While the...

Recent research shows that when asked what their ideal working set up would be, most agents said ‘hybrid’* and with proposals...

One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...

We’re about to enter August and second half of the Olympic Games - and fund-raising is happening at a Gold medal...

From July 19 it is likely that business owners, including agencies and industry suppliers, will no longer have to ask staff...

Agency staff who worked from home at any point during the pandemic - even for just one day - can still...

The self-employed agency model will not be successful in the UK because the commission in this country is so low. That’s the...

London-focussed agency Winkworth - which has around 60 of its 100 franchise branches in the capital - has now opened another...

Working from home used to get a bad rap. With the phrase mocked as ‘shirking from home’, homeworkers were often seen...

A self employed franchise estate agent business model has been launched by one of the brands in The Property Franchise Group. Hunters...

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

Around 18 months ago, just a few months before the pandemic hit, I did a Natter with the team at software...

A trade union is demanding that the government ban emails from all employers outside office hours - and it wants emails...

Figures released from the government show 19,400 people in the real estate sector are still on furlough - suggesting some agents have back...

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

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

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

The so-called race for space as the pandemic drives buyers to reconsider their lifestyle options has led to prices for prime...

Century 21 UK is the first agency in the country to white label an app which covers transaction components from property...

We’ve all spent the past nine months adapting to a more digital way of life. Whether that’s been working from home,...

A high flying agent with experience at a string of top end companies has set up an online business with his...

One of London’s best known and well respected agents has given insights into how he believes his own prime patch of...

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

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

The head of one of the industry’s foremost recruitment organisations says the pandemic has caused people to re-evaluate priorities and change...

An agency says it now sells more prime London properties than any of its rivals. Chestertons makes the claim based on figures...

On March 23rd 2021, Dezrez and its partners are hosting EAvolution21 the event that showcases the latest in PropTech using an...

The Chancellor’s rumoured six week extension to the stamp duty holiday has been backed by Rightmove. Over last weekend the Daily Telegraph,...

As we move towards the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the first lockdown, it is a good time to reflect...

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

We’re now in Lockdown 3.0 and most of us have become used to juggling home-working, home schooling and a million and...

Members of staff at an estate agency branch in the Midlands tested positive for Coronavirus in consecutive weeks, triggering a temporary...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, the regular round-up of industry good work. Whatever the cause, it’s great to publicise agents’...

The last few months have seen property agents work hard to continue delivering quality client communications and maintain an increasingly digital...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

The housing market remains open in Scotland, despite tighter restrictions announced yesterday by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The only significant difference specific...

Even the prospect of a stamp duty holiday is not enough to persuade many buyers and sellers to enter the market...

A leading business consultancy says the level of working-from-home in the UK by 2025 will be five times that before the pandemic. Estate...

Just a week ago, I thought it was all over. Christmas and New Year had gone, as had the passionate calls...

Agents have been outlining how they have beefed up their measures to combat the risk of Coronavirus, especially during property viewings. “We...

The Westminster government has published extensive guidance on the operation of the new Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions in England. This includes a...

Well, what a year it has been for everyone, including the property market. I don’t think there’s anyone out there who...

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

A leading conveyancing sector spokesmen says some mortgage lenders are making the current delays in the house buying process worse. Rob Hailstone,...

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...

A survey of completion times for house sales over the past four years suggests that the worst performing local authority area...

An unidentified estate agency has been threatened with prosecution by a local council after opening its office to the public during...

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

An agency in London which was stung by fierce criticism in the spring lockdown has announced its policy for branch activity...

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

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

An agency recruitment firm says there’s been a big rise in short-term vacancies being offered since lockdown restrictions were lifted in the...

It’s no surprise to hear that the property market has seen a lot of change across 2020, with ups and downs...

Agents in some parts of the country may be able to make use of data from utilities comparison service uSwitch, which...

Two agencies have announced the opening of offices in out-of-town-centre locations with easy parking. In Loughborough, well-known local agency Andrew Granger &...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Lee Rix - Head of Business Development What is ‘company name’...

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

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...

At mio, we often have conversations with Estate Agency firms who have a dedicated sales progresser in their team. Whilst there...

A sentiment survey conducted amongst 585 estate agents by the OnTheMarket portal suggests fewer than half have witnessed price rises since...

There will not be a single business within the property sector that did not start the year in vastly different circumstances...

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

A specialist property lender says transactions are being delayed by key staff being furloughed. Gareth Lewis, commercial director of property lender MT...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

Data from Rightmove shows that demand is up 61 per cent compared to the same period last year - and the...

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

A home office set up in a dedicated room apparently adds £17,500 to the value of a property. Direct Line Insurance has...

It’s probably not a surprise but new research has revealed where people want to move to - as well as where...

Butters John Bee, one of the oldest agency brands in the UK, is the latest part of the Spicerhaart group to...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

There are various reports of estate agencies closing branches - or not reopening them after lockdown - as they reduce the...

Haart - one of the brands owned by Spicerhaart, which laid off staff in the first hours of the pandemic -...

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...

Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...

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

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

NAEA Propertymark is advising agents to continue measures to allow them to operate if a second wave of Coronavirus hits later...

** 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...

A survey of agents’ attitudes which two weeks ago showed a big majority of agents wanting to work as self employed...

Rightmove has suggested there may be massive changes underway in buyers’ priorities as the housing market resumes and the country begins...

A series of polls taken by Estate Agent Today suggest substantial numbers of agents remain uncomfortable about returning to trading even...

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

The second part of a survey which has already thrown up shock results has been launched with an appeal for agents...

First details of the government’s programme to allow businesses to reopen have begun to emerge - with little comfort for estate...

Details being presented to Parliament today may include information on how agents can return to work in some sort of ‘new normal.’ A 50...

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

Over Easter we carried stories of good deeds done by agents and how firms were coping with working from home -...

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

There’s been a furious response to the agent who appears to have breached government rules by opening his branch to the...

A third of agencies say at least some of their staff will be working from home permanently when the Coronavirus pandemic...

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

The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...

The scandal over Business Interruption Insurance policies is hotting up, with class actions being discussed against insurance firms and the Financial Conduct Authority announcing...

Countrywide’s senior staff earning over £45,000 per year have had their pay cut by a fifth while some 78 per cent...

A six-point guide is to be issued today to agents reopening offices when the government gives the go ahead, possibly in...

Only 33 per cent of agents want to return to working the same way as before the Coronavirus crisis, according to...

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

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

The Property Ombudsman’s office is still receiving 40 to 50 calls a day from the public, even though most transactions with...

Winkworth is now offering free video valuations to clients who are considering a future house move. It’s created a bespoke virtual service...

Let me start by wishing everyone well in these uncertain and precarious times. I truly hope you, your families, friends and...

Foxtons says it’s furloughed 750 staff and asked high paid staff earning over £40,000 to take a 20 per cent pay...

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

A PropTech firm is reporting a surge in demand for its remote ID verification software products during the virus lockdown. The software,...

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

You wouldn’t expect anything other than very upscale home offices from an esteemed agency with a wonderful history - and that’s...

You know the old saying - a dog is an agent’s best friend?  Well that’s clearly true for this trio of agencies...

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

You wouldn’t expect the good folk at Strutt & Parker to have anything less than a superlative set of home offices...

Independent agencies are the backbone of our industry so it’s great to be able to share images from three such experts...

For many this coming Easter weekend will be the strangest ever - for agents and industry suppliers it will not be...

An online estate agency which has described the Coronavirus pandemic as “a disrupter and game changer” for the agency industry says...

On April 4, EAT published a piece titled: ‘It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post corona-virus’. To me, this...

Almost every part of the agency industry is operating remotely these days - and we would love to know how you’re...

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

Much like PropTech, Open Banking has been used as a buzzword in recent years. However, when it comes to the rental...

The ESTAS has launched a new tool which it says will help agents get in pole position for when the market...

LSL Property Services says one of its measures to “rightsize” the organisation during the Coronavirus crisis will be to put agents...

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

There’s been national newspaper publicity and widespread social media criticism of the Dexters estate agency which asked its staff to report...

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

Good morning and welcome to the industry’s daily update on how we cope with the challenge of social distancing and self-isolation...

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...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

Estate agents are being encouraged to consider providing increased flexible working options for their staff, including increased opportunities to work from...

It’s no secret that technology has changed the way businesses operate, in all sectors. With that has come changes to the...

A EweMove branch operating from a franchisee’s home in Staffordshire has taken over the running of a bricks and mortar agency. EweMove’s...

YOPA, the online agency which now has financial investment from Savills, says its instructions have risen five-fold since February. It also says...

Estate agents with a difference, a twist, a unique selling point, whatever you want to call it, seem to be becoming...