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An industry stalwart has urged critics of Rightmove to fight for the portal to offer agents a fairer pricing system, not...

A regional agency has thrown its weight behind an independent report which says estate and lettings agents could lead the economy...

House sales edged down only slightly in March compared with February according to HM revenue & Customs, despite the lockdown in...

We are all operating in peculiar times. Times of great upheaval. Our lives are both in a complete state of flux...

Today is the final day that agencies can register with the government scheme offering furlough pay on April 30. The furlough programme...

Property and construction are amongst the worst hit sectors for businesses in so-called ‘critical distress’ according to figures taken before the worst...

The market could take five years to recover from the Coronavirus crisis after possible double-digit percentage price falls and fast-increasing repossessions.  That’s the...

The peak of the 2020 sales market is likely to be September instead of the usual early summer - but that...

Foxtons' Annual General Meeting next month is to be held virtually, meaning voting will be electronic. A feature of last year’s AGM...

Fine & Country says now is “a great time” for estate agents to go upmarket and become “the luxury agent” in...

The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...

Another west country tourist hotspot looks set to ban any future new-build home being sold as a holiday or additional property. Bigbury...

The government is being urged to allow estate and lettings agents to return to work as soon as possible when the...

A new analysis of the simmering Rightmove crisis says there is now “no clear downside” stopping agents leaving. The Financial Times says that Rightmove’s...

One of the industry’s top recruitment gurus wants to check the pulse of the industry - and that includes whether furloughed...

The OneDome and Nethouseprices websites claim to have seen a surge in agents joining in recent weeks as an alternative to...

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...

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

Ed Mead, co-founder of outsourced viewing service Viewber and a high profile agent for over 30 years, has had his closest...

The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign says that agents are demanding that there is “no return to full...

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

Purplebricks chief financial officer James Davies has resigned. His place has been taken by Andrew Botha, who has joined from the online...

Investment bank RBC Capital has downgraded its rating of Rightmove and is warning that the property market is entering a prolonged...

An estate agency says it’s using so-called Covid Clauses in contracts to keep transactions on course. Knight Frank says it’s writing ‘Coronavirus...

An estate agency that runs its own TV shows via YouTube has launched a second season featuring local companies, amenities and...

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...

With a lengthy lockdown already behind us one might think that fund-raising was a step too far - but not for...

Estate agents’ offices will be in the first category of High Street premises to reopen when the lockdown finally ends, newspapers claim this...

A high number of agents across the country have been furloughed in recent weeks and are now at risk of losing...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

Hunters has expanded its online offering to improve its service to both the sales and lettings sectors - and it’s even...

A trade body has reported some council search departments to the government for refusing to provide email details and forcing search...

The controversial Help To Buy scheme looks likely to be expanded in breadth and extended in duration to help kick-start the...

Three more agencies have signed up to the ESTAS customer review platform. The arrival of Newton Fallowell, Lovelle and Goodchilds - all...

OnTheMaket has this morning announced a raft of what it calls ‘mitigating measures’ to help it survive the Coronavirus crisis. These include...

Only half of the branches signed up to Zoopla have taken advantage of one or other of the discount offers made...

Some estate agents are now receiving small business grants from the government, according to the Guild of Property Professionals. Guild chief executive...

Over 1.2m mortgage payment holidays have been offered by lenders to customers impacted by the Coronavirus crisis - that’s equivalent to...

To many less fortunate on the follicle front, high profile industry supplier Ed Mead has enjoyed an infuriatingly good head of...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

Allsop has staged its first principal residential auction entirely online, and has raised £28m. Some 76 per cent of all lots offered...

Knight Frank is furloughing agents and other staff with the company topping up the taxpayers’ funding to ensure employees get 100...

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...

Sellers are being warned to make strict checks before responding to advertisements apparently from prospective buyers.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

Another body is calling for a stamp duty holiday to help resuscitate the housing market following the Coronavirus standstill. The Royal Institute...

An economic consultancy predicts house prices will fall by a sixth as unemployment grows across Britain this year. The consultancy, Cebr, says...

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,...

A high-profile regional agency is “cracking on” with support for a hospice for children and young people that cannot raise funds during...

A branch of Northwood is offering its pool car to any NHS workers who need it during the Coronavirus crisis. The Fiat...

The John Bray agency based at Rock in Cornwall typically deals with some of the most expensive real estate in the...

Independent agency Nicol & Co is donating £100 to the NHS for every new instruction signed up by April 21. The agency...

This Easter, and during the whole period of the Coronavirus crisis, Agents Giving is reminding everyone to use the hashtag #IndustryActsofKindness...

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...

The government has been called upon by one of the industry’s most respected bodies to announce a stamp duty holiday to...

New temporary rules have thrown a lifeline to troubled agencies like Countrywide and Purplebricks which may need to raise additional funds...

A leading estate agency says it has observed that some banks previously opposed to accepting remote and desktop valuations have started...

Floorplan and photography supplier FocalAgent is making a free offer to every agent in the UK during the virus crisis -...

Hello - we’re here to help on a daily basis, sharing information across the industry.  As ever, we’d love your input to...

One of the first analyses of portal listings since the start of the Coronavirus crisis shows that new listings have plummeted...

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

Zoopla has confirmed that it’s to extend its ‘three months free’ plan to five months of free portal usage for agents...

Two agents have quit Rightmove and taken to social media to give their reasons. One is the 12-branch Andrew Craig agency which...

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

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

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

One of Britain’s leading agents says online viewing and interest in videos for homes on sale continues to be relatively strong...

One of the industry’s highest profile figures has suggested the Coronavirus crisis could trigger many more agents becoming self-employed. Nicky Stevenson -...

What is thought to be the first survey of sellers since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak suggests that they anticipate...

The government has amended the eligibility criteria and will allow some agents' commission payments to be included in claims for Furloughed...

Individual franchisees operating under the Winkworth banner are receiving what the company calls “comprehensive help” on a range of issues, including...

Labour’s long-standing housing spokesman, John Healey, has been moved to become shadow defence secretary on the front bench of new leader...

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...

The Police and Crime Commissioner for an area with thousands of holiday homes wants their owners to make them available to...

Some 2,500 estate agency branches have expressed an interest in a new portal, Homesearch, launching next month.  Although the Homesearch website lists...

I won't be the first or last person to say that society and the property industry in which we operate is...

An estate agency has been targeted by scammers who leave fake reviews if they haven’t been given a pay-off. Minors & Brady...

Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where...

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

The NAEA and ARLA have jointly written to the government asking it to include agents’ commission in its plans to help those financially...

The latest market forecast comes from Knight Frank which says that by the end of the year there will have been...

Industry operators who receive dividends as part of their monthly income are pressing the government to include this in its financial...

Purplebricks Local Property Experts are asking sellers who are not allowing agents into their homes during the virus crisis to draw...

The Nationwide says government measures mean the impact of Coronavirus on the housing market may be “much less” damaging than many...

One of the industry’s leading automated valuation services says it’s running at approaching 1,000 leads a day for agents even during...

A leading human resources expert predicts that agents who are poorly treated by their employers now will wreak revenge and move...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Hello and welcome to this week’s list of good work - yes, despite the virus lockdown.  Earlier this week we featured many...

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

Countrywide has strongly denied claims made to Estate Agent Today that some people have felt obliged to work at an admin...

Staff and senior management at a large franchise company running a string of major High Street agency brands are taking voluntary...

One of the biggest issues for agencies at the moment is furloughing - a safety net being offered by the government...

An estate agency in Portsmouth has sold a house subject to contract after nothing more than a video tour filmed by...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

Savills has withdrawn its planned dividend to shareholders but says it could declare an "enhanced" payout at an unspecified later date. Only...

An online agency has offered to sell the homes of NHS frontline staff for free. Doorsteps, set up by high profile young...