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![Three Reasons Why Your Social Media Isn't Working](/upload/images/adv-2021/Guides%20%26%20Tips/EAT-size.png)
In the bustling world of social media, success isn't just about posting content; it's about fostering engagement, maintaining consistency, and implementing...
17 April 2024
From: Marketing & Social Media
![What is ‘mixed tenure’ and why are mixed tenure developments built?](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Sava/EAT%20image%20(5).png)
The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...
30 August 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Harnessing The Power of Lifesycle's Rocks Function: An Unfair Advantage for Modern Estate Agents](/upload/images/Today%20Site%20Images/Dashboard-Random-Rocks%20(003).jpg)
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they review the feature of the Lifesycle CRM, and its importance...
14 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![The secret to successful Facebook ads for estate agents](/upload/images/The%20Secret%20To%20Successful%20Facebook%20Ads%20For%20Estate%20Agents.png)
Facebook ads are one of the most cost-effective forms of online advertising. A little budget goes a long way on Facebook,...
13 May 2023
From: Features
![How to write the perfect blog to attract more vendors and landlords](/upload/images/adv-2021/Guides%20%26%20Tips/VP_Blog_May1_400x310.png)
As an estate or letting agent, you may already know that having a strong online presence is crucial for success in...
12 May 2023
From: Marketing & Social Media
![Agents using AI are 25% more successful than those that don’t.](/upload/images/adv-2021/AI_Asset.png)
2023 has been coined as ‘the year of AI adoption’, and with this technology trickling down to almost every sector, its...
07 March 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Could ChatGPT replace conveyancers and improve home-moving advice?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_638342005.jpg)
A conveyancing firm has put the popular artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT to the test to see if it can rival legal...
02 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Does artificial intelligence have a home in estate agency?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
In recent weeks, the big buzzword across all industries has been AI, as it has the real potential to transform the...
25 January 2023
From: PropTech
![Top 5 marketing trends in the property industry for 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Social%20Media/WomanViewingSocialMedia-400x310.png)
As we’ve mentioned in other blogs, even though we’re going through uncertain times, this is the right time not only to...
11 January 2023
From: Features
![Why the arrival of Lifesycle 3 is perfect for the current conditions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Lifesyclelogo-400x310.png)
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss the arrival of Lifesycle 3. The continual development of Lifesycle...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Demystifying Distributed Ledger Technology – a network for the property market](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Coadjute/banner%20-%20360x280.png)
What’s the difference between Centralised Ledger Technology and Decentralised Ledger Technology? Repeat after me; centralised and decentralised ledgers and Distributed Ledger Technology...
04 November 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Conveyancing needs its digital enablement moment](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertyFind1-400x310.png)
Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...
26 October 2022
From: Features
![Property Natter – why brand reputation is more crucial for smaller firms](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...
08 October 2022
From: Features
![New Year Message - ‘Breaking Through in 22’](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Plans-400x310.png)
The past two years have been a whirlwind of change, challenges and chance. The main catalyst has clearly been the pandemic...
08 January 2022
From: Features
![MovePal - a cautionary tale for agents](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyPeople-400x310.jpg)
I’m going to declare upfront that, as an investor, I have a financial interest in the success of MovePal but I also need...
23 October 2021
From: Features
![Phil Spencer: Content Is King - time to crown your agency website](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PhilSpencer-MoveIQ-EATLAT-400x310.jpg)
It’s a truism that most property enquiries from buyers these days come through portals but there are several reasons why agents...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Snap! Can YOU improve on this estate agency favourite photo?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/RichardRawlings-EATphoto-400x310.jpg)
Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Estate Agent Today stories)? Who are these people and...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![OTM reconciliation - why I've decided to join a portal I previously criticised](/img/default/eat.png)
Things can change. For those who remember, it’s no secret that I became one of the industry's strongest critics of OnTheMarket (OTM). My reasons...
21 August 2021
From: Features
![Trading Standards “sought to discredit me” claims former estate agent](/img/default/eat.png)
A former estate agent has accused the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team of trying to discredit him. Chris Wood,...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Managing high enquiry volumes and making hay while the sun shines](/img/default/eat.png)
The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...
10 March 2021
From: Features
![How do you think Propertymark should be run?](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark has set out a four point strategy for the future of the organisation. The body - which encompasses the National Association...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![How can letting agents reduce deposit disputes?](/img/default/eat.png)
Deposit disputes can be time-consuming and difficult for all parties involved whether it be a letting agent, landlord, or tenant. Although at...
09 December 2020
From: Features
![Quick Read Top Tips - 5 best practices for all businesses](/img/default/eat.png)
Here is a quick read focusing on 5 things you can check your business is doing while on your tea break....
27 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media
![Top tips for creating engaging blog content](/img/default/eat.png)
Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...
27 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media
![Top things to look for in a valuation tool](/img/default/eat.png)
Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...
27 October 2020
From: PropTech & Innovation
![Property Natter: why diversification is the spice of life for agents](/img/default/eat.png)
The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...
24 October 2020
From: Features
![The PRS is broken - here’s how to fix it](/img/default/eat.png)
The pandemic and the way the government has reacted to the private rental sector (PRS) has got me thinking about the...
19 September 2020
From: Features
![Phil Spencer: agents can capitalise on an improving public image](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have long been the victim of a poor public reputation, from scoring highly in most disliked profession polls to being...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - what will agent offices look like post-lockdown?](/img/default/eat.png)
There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...
09 May 2020
From: Features
![Why working from home isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be](/img/default/eat.png)
Let me start by wishing everyone well in these uncertain and precarious times. I truly hope you, your families, friends and...
18 April 2020
From: Features
![Property Natter – doing our bit to help the industry through this crisis](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Phil Spencer: How to stay in touch with consumers during the market hiatus](/img/default/eat.png)
I won't be the first or last person to say that society and the property industry in which we operate is...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top industry figure criticises Spicerhaart sackings and closures](/img/default/eat.png)
A senior figure in the industry has spoken out against the shock sackings and branch closures announced by Spicerhaart. Jon Cooke, chief...
21 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![How will the coronavirus affect estate agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...
07 March 2020
From: Features
![Is home purchase via blockchain now closer to becoming mainstream?](/img/default/eat.png)
A new tie-up between Coadjute, a network for decentralised workflow and data sharing within the property industry, and banks including NatWest...
11 December 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Why agents need to warn clients about mortgage fraud](/img/default/eat.png)
As an agent, it’s part of your role to protect and advise your clients throughout the buying and selling process. Mortgages are...
26 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Tenant fees ban – post-apocalyptic or the dawn of a new age?](/img/default/eat.png)
Sometimes having prior knowledge of a stressful event can be more stressful than the event itself, just look at Brexit for...
24 July 2019
From: Features
![Attracting genuine movers – why agents need the right software and website](/img/default/eat.png)
‘Property ghosting’ is a problem that nearly all estate and letting agencies will face at one time or another. Ghosting, which is...
23 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Four ways to maximise your lead-handling](/img/default/eat.png)
In a marketplace as competitive as the property industry, you may think that generating leads is the most important focus for...
20 July 2019
From: Features
![Give All Your £ to Google](/img/default/eat.png)
In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...
03 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Russell Quirk,Co-Founder and Advisor/Non-Exec Director of Properganda](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...
01 July 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Regressor or impresser - what kind of estate agency are you?](/img/default/eat.png)
As we move closer to the halfway point of 2019, property market conditions for agents and their clients remain challenging. Brexit may...
22 May 2019
From: Features
![Property Natter: has Purplebricks' bubble now officially burst?](/img/default/eat.png)
Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...
18 May 2019
From: Features
![Property Natter - events agents need to keep an eye out for](/img/default/eat.png)
With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...
20 April 2019
From: Features
![Implementing your risk assessment](/img/default/eat.png)
The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
11 March 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![What is the risk?](/img/default/eat.png)
The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
20 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![BAD PHOTOS – 6 BIG MISTAKES YOU MIGHT BE MAKING!](/img/default/eat.png)
BAD PHOTOS – 6 BIG MISTAKES YOU MIGHT BE MAKING! In our last article, we highlighted some really important and shocking stats...
07 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Natter: will the real Housing Minister please stand up?](/img/default/eat.png)
Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...
02 February 2019
From: Features
![How can estate agents build their online reputation?](/img/default/eat.png)
When it comes to building online reputation, Google is king. It is estimated that over 90% of consumers Google a business before...
19 January 2019
From: Features
![Property Natter: 5 things you should be doing this Christmas](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Natter: setting the record straight on SEO and subdomains](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![CPRs; the opportunity](/img/default/eat.png)
In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what the practical...
29 August 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![OnTheMarket vs Rightmove?](/img/default/eat.png)
As you probably know, I have been no fan of OnTheMarket (OTM) over the years. You may see this admission as...
20 July 2018
From: Features
![Is a passport enough for AML? Blog 3](/img/default/eat.png)
The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
09 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Is a passport enough for AML? (Part 2)](/img/default/eat.png)
The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
02 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Is a passport enough for AML? (Part 1)](/img/default/eat.png)
The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
25 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Natter: the growing importance of content, social media and design](/img/default/eat.png)
As promised a few weeks ago, this week’s Natter concentrates on the importance of content, design and social media, three easily...
19 May 2018
From: Features
![Property Natter: Day in the life of…a property journalist](/img/default/eat.png)
Ever wondered what it’s like to be on the frontline of property journalism? Well, wonder no more, as our very own...
05 May 2018
From: Features
![May's new housing adviser is ex-Shelter ex-Livingstone policy chief](/img/default/eat.png)
Theresa May has appointed a controversial former Shelter executive as her new housing policy adviser working in Whitehall. Toby Lloyd was until...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![OTM shares - Bumpy ride or on the slide?](/img/default/eat.png)
As noted in Estate Agent Today’s news pages, OnTheMarket’s (OTM) recent dire share performance (at time of writing the price is...
27 March 2018
From: Features
![Agents' PropTech Toolshed: Choosing and leveraging your software](/img/default/eat.png)
Firstly, a huge thanks to everyone who shared and commented on my first blog and for all those that emailed me...
03 March 2018
From: Features
![Purplebricks: boards up, shares down?](/img/default/eat.png)
Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...
13 February 2018
From: Features
![OTM - A good buy, or is it goodbye?](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket has finally completed its stock market float, with less capital raised, at a lower than planned valuation and, as I write,...
09 February 2018
From: Features
![OTM float - the OOP is dead, long live the OOP](/img/default/eat.png)
Whatever else you say about OnTheMarket, you can’t say it’s not consistent, consistent in treating its core membership shabbily. We already know...
29 January 2018
From: Features
![Property Natter – the marketing trends to look out for in 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
After the fun and over-indulgence of the festivities, most of us are now back to the world of work. And, with...
13 January 2018
From: Features
![New portal removes listings and insists 'we're not a portal after all'](/img/default/eat.png)
The operators of a new website which earlier today claimed to have 500,000 property listings appear to have now removed the...
22 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![What now for the OTM IPO?](/img/default/eat.png)
Who says things slow down before Christmas? The opposite appears to be the case, at least when it comes to the...
21 December 2017
From: Features
![Will OTM float or sink?](/img/default/eat.png)
Yesterday morning OnTheMarket confirmed its IPO plans but with no firm date. The question remains on whether the float will be...
11 December 2017
From: Features
![How can agents use the interest rate rise to re-engage with clients?](/img/default/eat.png)
We recently witnessed the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) increase the base interest rate for the first time since...
07 November 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Why I want to join Agents’ Mutual](/img/default/eat.png)
Before we go any further, assuming you are an Agents’ Mutual member, let me ask you a question. If you had...
24 August 2017
From: Features
![PropTech Today: Two new solutions prove property is ready to go mobile](/img/default/eat.png)
I’m excited to write this piece. I love it when something comes along and delivers that genuine thrill; the thrill of...
16 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ Mutual Proposal – The Details](/img/default/eat.png)
After my article last week predicting that Agents’ Mutual would likely seek to raise external capital, including possibly on the public markets,...
09 August 2017
From: Features
04 August 2017
From: Features
![Property Natter: a half-year review – hybrids, PropTech and resilience](/img/default/eat.png)
We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...
14 July 2017
From: Features
![How to get press coverage for your business](/img/default/eat.png)
Being featured in newspapers, magazines and websites, as well as on radio and TV, can be a great way to build...
22 April 2017
From: Features
![How not to sell a €12.5m villa (or any other property for that matter)](/img/default/eat.png)
This actually happened - the names of the guilty have been withheld to protect the innocent. I live in Spain, Marbella actually,...
15 April 2017
From: Features
![Purple smoke and mirrors](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks’ advertising is very negative and critical of the competition. They talk about 'commisery', trying to make potential sellers feel ripped...
08 April 2017
From: Features
![CIELA – you’re breaking my heart](/img/default/eat.png)
When I read about the possible formation of yet another ‘mutual’ with the aim of furthering and protecting the interests of...
21 January 2017
From: Features
![Seek and ye shall find](/img/default/eat.png)
I have a confession to make. In 1988 I became a Seekers franchisee. For those of you who don't know who...
07 January 2017
From: Features
![Property Natter: five things we’ve learnt this year](/img/default/eat.png)
What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in no particular order: Trump, Brexit, Leicester winning the Premier League, a...
03 December 2016
From: Features
![The market is dead, long live the market](/img/default/eat.png)
Listening to all the coverage of the tenant fee ban, all I hear is consumer groups talking about how some agents...
26 November 2016
From: Features
![OTM – is this the end of the Odyssey?](/img/default/eat.png)
It is with no pleasure and a touch of sadness that I took in the significance of OTM's recent performance in...
28 October 2016
From: Features
![Should estate agents vote In or Out?](/img/default/eat.png)
I pride myself as a logical person, so much so that it amazes me how most people seem to struggle to...
17 June 2016
From: Features
![CMA publishes open letters warning against fake and misleading 'customer' reviews](/img/default/eat.png)
The Competitions and Markets Authority has sent two open letters - one to online publishers and one to marketeers - warning...
06 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Confidence: too little is a bad thing, but too much is catastrophic](/img/default/eat.png)
Despite being round the block quite a few times in the property world, it was only in 2008 that the importance...
25 March 2016
From: Features
![The siren call of Lisbon – A tale of rejection, disappointment and betrayal](/img/default/eat.png)
When, during his budget speech, George Osborne announced Capital Gains Tax (CGT) was going down to 20%, I experienced a mix...
25 March 2016
From: Features
![Property Press Awards success for EAT editor Graham Norwood](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate Agent Today’s editor Graham Norwood has won a Gold award as Property Blogger of the Year at the prestigious annual...
23 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![OTM Fury Road(Show)](/img/default/eat.png)
I'm sure most of you have seen, or at least heard of the Mad Max series of post-apocalyptic dystopian fantasies. The latest...
18 January 2016
From: Features
![Property Natter: the end of an era](/img/default/eat.png)
It was an end of an era in the property world this week. Christopher Hamer stepped down as the Property Ombudsman...
04 December 2015
From: Features
![OTM finds out what happens when 'rent a crowd' goes home](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMartket (OTM) recently wrote to its membership saying how well its doing, how membership has increased beyond expectations and how it...
27 November 2015
From: Features
![Property Natter: Content, Content, Content](/img/default/eat.png)
Someone told me the other day that it’s now only seven Mondays till Christmas. Now there’s a scary thought. Best get...
06 November 2015
From: Features
![Property Natter: reaching the Holy Grail of more vendors and landlords](/img/default/eat.png)
Well, the hosts have left the party early. England have crashed out of their own Rugby World Cup after a demoralising...
09 October 2015
From: Features
![Has buy-to-let become too popular for its own good?](/img/default/eat.png)
Here's a thought. The Chancellor may have done the buy-to-let industry a small favour with his emergency Budget in July. What...
07 August 2015
From: Features
![Why estate agents must come to terms with change](/img/default/eat.png)
A riposte to Paul Smith's article 'Why Estate Agents Must Stand Up to the Power of the Portals' I just read an...
17 July 2015
From: Features
![Society’s Golden Ratio](/img/default/eat.png)
As estate agents, business people and just plain people for that matter, we can't help looking at the way our society...
19 June 2015
From: Features
![30,000 sign anti-Foxtons petition over homeless spikes](/img/default/eat.png)
Another day, another story about Foxtons. This time the protest is against the London estate agency chain installing so-called ‘anti-homeless spikes’...