This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising rents, and the threat of falling property prices. Although average...
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By Kevin Shaw, National Sales, Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising...
18 November 2023
From: Features
By Kevin Shaw, National Sales Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group As the cost-of-living crisis continues to impact the UK, many of us...
28 October 2023
From: Features
The Government has set out yet another attempt to meet it manifesto commitment to build 1m homes over this Parliament. Prime Minister...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Zoopla’s homepage may look a little different from today. The portal is supporting homeless charity Crisis’s Christmas fundraising campaign with a homepage...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...
12 November 2022
From: Features
House price growth slowed in August but remains in double digits, Nationwide figures have revealed. The lender’s August House Price Index shows...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
It's been a busy period of fundraising and volunteering for agents and property professionals. Support has included getting one charity back on...
26 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Scottish estate and lettings agent Stonehouse has sealed a new partnership deal with Aberdeen Football Club. Stonehouse, an Aberdeen-based sister brand to...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...
14 May 2022
From: Features
For the second time in recent weeks, Purplebricks has de-listed a property after an unacceptable comment by the seller on social...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Strike, formerly known as Housesimple, is the latest online agency to claim it’s going to secure a 10 per cent market...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A stamp duty loophole in one part of the UK is likely to be closed later this year. Until now buying a...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks’ decision to de-list a property after the Christian vendors made anti-gay comments has won widespread support from industry figures, including...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks is reported to have removed a property listing from its website when it discovered the vendors - a Christian couple...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech firm CoreLogic UK has acquired the property search and marketing platform Rummage4. Rummage4 was founded in 2015 by agent Robert May...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
With barely more than a week before Christmas, we’re delighted to bring you more heartwarming stories from agents. Despite the difficulties of...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...
17 November 2021
From: Features
The Propertymark Qualifications Awards annual ceremony taking place early next month have revealed their shortlist. There is a total of nine Awards...
16 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Following speculation overnight, Foxtons - one of London's leading and most high-profile agencies - has this morning announced the appointment of Nigel Rich CBE...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s been a dramatic week in the world of politics – and this has led to another new Housing Secretary, in...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A regional estate agency is planning an expansion programme after undergoing a management buyout by a former Business Woman of the...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A London agency has opened its second office in the south of the capital. Kalmars’ new branch is on the historic Old...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
If your house is anything like mine, the postman has a path beaten to your door over the last nine months. In...
23 January 2021
From: Features
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
Another US real estate agency wants to follow Keller Williams, Berkshire Hathaway and others by opening in the United Kingdom. Nest Seekers International...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s been an explosion of anger about Rightmove’s pledge to undertake its biggest-ever marketing campaign - while at the same time...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Joanne (Jo) Tattum. Channel Manager - Property What is Moneypenny and...
14 February 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
At Agents Giving, we work with estate and letting agents and suppliers across the UK to encourage, support and promote your...
12 February 2020
From: Features
Crowdfunding has been largely avoided by property companies for much of the past year following controversies surrounding Emoov’s fund raising -...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News
A new analysis suggests that sales of more than four out of five homes in the UK are taking at least...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News
The online estate agency platform Love2Move has scrapped its bid for investment via a controversial crowdfunding platform. The platform - which allows...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News
The first major estate agency business to launch a crowdfunding bid since the controversial collapse of Emoov has emphasised its “realistic”...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News
If you want an engaging page-turner novel for cold winter evenings, my recommendation is Our House by Louise Candlish, a bestseller...
26 January 2019
From: Features
The online sales and lettings platform TheHouseShop has scrapped its £500,000 crowdfunding pitch - and it’s blaming the collapse of online...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News
A bid by online property platform TheHouseShop to raise £500,000 investment via crowdfunding appears to be flatlining. TheHouseShop - until 2015 known...
20 December 2018
From: Breaking News
A new analysis of the online estate agency business model claims that it ‘could be described as a Ponzi scheme’. The accusation...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News
A family is raffling a £3m home on the Hampshire/Dorset border after a series of sales fell through. Mark and Sharon Beresford...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause of genuine sadness when people lose their jobs - close proximity...
08 December 2018
From: Features
The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
01 December 2018
From: Features
A platform that allows individual private sellers and landlords to list their properties alongside those from professional agents says it’s not...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News
A website that lists private sale properties and calls itself “the all in one property marketplace” has valued itself on a...
21 November 2018
From: Breaking News
The last couple of weeks’ articles were penned very much for a specific agent readership, something I am trying to be...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Last time out I looked at the growing importance of content, social media and design – but these should only form...
02 June 2018
From: Features
HouseSimple is reported to have secured £20m in growth capital which it says will help it “challenge Purplebricks as the UK’s...
20 December 2017
From: Breaking News
Not many of us have a multi-million property portfolio, so the results of the MSCI / IPD UK property index for...
25 February 2017
From: Features
Organisers of the Future:PropTech2017 conference on May 4 have revealed new sponsors involved with the event - including Angels Media, publisher...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News
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...
09 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Countrywide's second most senior management figure - Head of Retail Sam Tyrer - is to speak before an industry audience next...
01 November 2016
From: Breaking News
After two long years, Moneypenny finally moved into its new headquarters over the summer. It was a milestone we had all been...
07 October 2016
From: Features
What does it say on your business card? Just ‘Director’ – I’m involved in every area of the business at the moment. What...
01 July 2016
From: 60 Second Interview
Online agency HouseSimple Award claims a new £13m investment package will allow it to “challenge PurpleBricks as the UK’s leading online...
07 June 2016
From: Breaking News
The new mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged to do all in his power to help make London “better” after...
12 May 2016
From: Features
Countrywide's chief information officer Oliver Skagerlind this morning joins online agency easyProperty as de facto number two to chief executive Rob...
04 April 2016
From: Breaking News
Storm Katie (makes it sound so harmless when they give it a name like that, doesn’t it?) might have given the...
01 April 2016
From: Features
Estate Agent Today understands that Countrywide's Chief Information Officer is the latest high-profile manager to leave the organisation. Oliver Skagerlind joined Countrywide,...
18 January 2016
From: Breaking News
The Accessible Property Register, a website specialising in promoting wheelchair-accessible homes, has been taken over by TheHouseShop.com. APR was set up by...
13 January 2016
From: Breaking News
Jon Hunt, the property billionaire who founded, ran and then sold Foxtons, is worth a cool £1.186 billion - yet is...
02 November 2015
From: Breaking News
An estate agency offering what it calls “pay as you go” fees for vendors is launching its first TV and London...
11 September 2015
From: Breaking News
An opinion poll of over 2,000 people conducted for The House Shop shows that a majority of people would use a...
21 July 2015
From: Breaking News
A retail guru from Carphone Warehouse, a former Lloyds Banking Group chief and a human resources expert from BUPA are amongst...