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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...