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This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising rents, and the threat of falling property prices. Although average...

By Kevin Shaw, National Sales, Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising...

By Kevin Shaw, National Sales Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group As the cost-of-living crisis continues to impact the UK, many of us...

The Government has set out yet another attempt to meet it manifesto commitment to build 1m homes over this Parliament. Prime Minister...

Zoopla’s homepage may look a little different from today. The portal is supporting homeless charity Crisis’s Christmas fundraising campaign with a homepage...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

House price growth slowed in August but remains in double digits, Nationwide figures have revealed. The lender’s August House Price Index shows...

It's been a busy period of fundraising and volunteering for agents and property professionals. Support has included getting one charity back on...

Scottish estate and lettings agent Stonehouse has sealed a new partnership deal with Aberdeen Football Club. Stonehouse, an Aberdeen-based sister brand to...

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...

For the second time in recent weeks, Purplebricks has de-listed a property after an unacceptable comment by the seller on social...

Strike, formerly known as Housesimple, is the latest online agency to claim it’s going to secure a 10 per cent market...

A stamp duty loophole in one part of the UK is likely to be closed later this year. Until now buying a...

Purplebricks’ decision to de-list a property after the Christian vendors made anti-gay comments has won widespread support from industry figures, including...

Purplebricks is reported to have removed a property listing from its website when it discovered the vendors - a Christian couple...

PropTech firm CoreLogic UK has acquired the property search and marketing platform Rummage4. Rummage4 was founded in 2015 by agent Robert May...

With barely more than a week before Christmas, we’re delighted to bring you more heartwarming stories from agents. Despite the difficulties of...

It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...

The Propertymark Qualifications Awards annual ceremony taking place early next month have revealed their shortlist. There is a total of nine Awards...

Following speculation overnight, Foxtons - one of London's leading and most high-profile agencies - has this morning announced the appointment of Nigel Rich CBE...

It’s been a dramatic week in the world of politics – and this has led to another new Housing Secretary, in...

A regional estate agency is planning an expansion programme after undergoing a management buyout by a former Business Woman of the...

A London agency has opened its second office in the south of the capital. Kalmars’ new branch is on the historic Old...

If your house is anything like mine, the postman has a path beaten to your door over the last nine months. In...

The pandemic and the way the government has reacted to the private rental sector (PRS) has got me thinking about the...

Another US real estate agency wants to follow Keller Williams, Berkshire Hathaway and others by opening in the United Kingdom. Nest Seekers International...

There’s been an explosion of anger about Rightmove’s pledge to undertake its biggest-ever marketing campaign - while at the same time...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Joanne (Jo) Tattum. Channel Manager - Property What is Moneypenny and...

At Agents Giving, we work with estate and letting agents and suppliers across the UK to encourage, support and promote your...

Crowdfunding has been largely avoided by property companies for much of the past year following controversies surrounding Emoov’s fund raising -...

I want to take the time this week to look at an area of PropTech and real estate which is seeing...

A new analysis suggests that sales of more than four out of five homes in the UK are taking at least...

The online estate agency platform Love2Move has scrapped its bid for investment via a controversial crowdfunding platform. The platform - which allows...

The first major estate agency business to launch a crowdfunding bid since the controversial collapse of Emoov has emphasised its “realistic”...

If you want an engaging page-turner novel for cold winter evenings, my recommendation is Our House by Louise Candlish, a bestseller...

The online sales and lettings platform TheHouseShop has scrapped its £500,000 crowdfunding pitch - and it’s blaming the collapse of online...

A bid by online property platform TheHouseShop to raise £500,000 investment via crowdfunding appears to be flatlining. TheHouseShop - until 2015 known...

A new analysis of the online estate agency business model claims that it ‘could be described as a Ponzi scheme’. The accusation...

A family is raffling a £3m home on the Hampshire/Dorset border after a series of sales fell through. Mark and Sharon Beresford...

Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause of genuine sadness when people lose their jobs - close proximity...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

A platform that allows individual private sellers and landlords to list their properties alongside those from professional agents says it’s not...

A website that lists private sale properties and calls itself “the all in one property marketplace” has valued itself on a...

The last couple of weeks’ articles were penned very much for a specific agent readership, something I am trying to be...

Last time out I looked at the growing importance of content, social media and design – but these should only form...

HouseSimple is reported to have secured £20m in growth capital which it says will help it “challenge Purplebricks as the UK’s...

Not many of us have a multi-million property portfolio, so the results of the MSCI / IPD UK property index for...

Organisers of the Future:PropTech2017 conference on May 4 have revealed new sponsors involved with the event - including Angels Media, publisher...

There’s been a bumper mailbag sent to press@estateagenttoday.co.uk this week to mark what must be the height of the fund-raising season...

Countrywide's second most senior management figure - Head of Retail Sam Tyrer - is to speak before an industry audience next...

After two long years, Moneypenny finally moved into its new headquarters over the summer.  It was a milestone we had all been...

What does it say on your business card? Just ‘Director’ – I’m involved in every area of the business at the moment. What...

Online agency HouseSimple Award claims a new £13m investment package will allow it to “challenge PurpleBricks as the UK’s leading online...

The new mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged to do all in his power to help make London “better” after...

Countrywide's chief information officer Oliver Skagerlind this morning joins online agency easyProperty as de facto number two to chief executive Rob...

Storm Katie (makes it sound so harmless when they give it a name like that, doesn’t it?) might have given the...

Estate Agent Today understands that Countrywide's Chief Information Officer is the latest high-profile manager to leave the organisation. Oliver Skagerlind joined Countrywide,...

The Accessible Property Register, a website specialising in promoting wheelchair-accessible homes, has been taken over by TheHouseShop.com.  APR was set up by...

Jon Hunt, the property billionaire who founded, ran and then sold Foxtons, is worth a cool £1.186 billion - yet is...

An estate agency offering what it calls “pay as you go” fees for vendors is launching its first TV and London...

An opinion poll of over 2,000 people conducted for The House Shop shows that a majority of people would use a...

A retail guru from Carphone Warehouse, a former Lloyds Banking Group chief and a human resources expert from BUPA are amongst...

Moneypenny, the telephone answering firm handling 1.2m calls a year for 850 estate and letting agents – has unveiled designs for...