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The Single-Family Rental (SFR) sector is experiencing rapid growth in the UK, presenting a unique opportunity for local lettings and estate...

Propertymark elected its new board members and vice presidents during its annual general meeting last week. The meeting extended an appreciation and...

If you’re thinking about becoming an Estate Agency franchise or converting your existing estate agency business to a franchise, here we...

Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

It’s time to abolish what is colloquially called Landlord Licensing. If you’re a casual reader and perhaps not in our industry, a...

Savills has kicked off 2024 with two key external hires and an internal move into its country house team. James Toogood has joined...

Propertymark is hosting two important webinars this week to keep agents informed of important industry regulations. The agency trade body is hosting...

Female representation at estate agency conferences and awards was a big theme of 2023 and now there is a chance to...

A date has been set for next year’s Propertymark One conference. The landmark conference was launched by the agency trade body at...

After years - indeed a decade - of anti-rental sector policy and rhetoric it’s difficult not to see recent days as...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

As money laundering compliance marks its twentieth year, more and more estate agents are being fined for breaches of HMRC’s ID...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Andrews Lettings Director Angharad Trueman has identified two priorities for her forthcoming term as President of the Association of Lettings Agents. Known...

Rightmove and Propertymark have unveiled a two-year partnership to provide agents with the latest local market data and easier access to...

Propertymark has named its new chairperson and board members during its annual general meeting. Succeeding Propertymark’s, Nicky Heathcote, Bill Butler has been...

Following publication of the Renter’s Reform Bill and the media coverage surrounding it, many agents and their landlords will understandably have...

Rightmove’s Level 3 Certificate for Estate and Lettings Agents (CELA) has been officially recognised by trade body Propertymark, alongside Propertymark Qualifications. The...

Newly-independent estate agency North Residential has unveiled new expansion plans with the opening of at least three new UK locations per year and...

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

Newly-independent estate agency North Residential has opened a second branch in Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire.  It comes just three months after...

Trade and representative bodies covering the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association (CA), have launched...

Automated rental payment specialists PayProp recently held a high-profile event in London - PayProp Connect - which included a number of...

The directors of the Harrogate based residential estate agency for Knight Frank have gone independent. The change of ownership will see the...

You may be thinking that cost and hassle outweighs the benefits of outsourcing, but read on, you may be surprised! The last...

People in prominent positions in the housing industry aren’t always perfect role models. After all, Chris Pincher was housing minister for...

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Rightmove is running a series of webinars this month focused on legislation affecting agents. Tomorrow the former ARLA Propertymark supreme David Cox...

If UK agents were paid higher fees they could perform a better service to the public. That’s the view of Mark Hayward,...

Phil Spencer’s new series of Move iQ podcasts is to be sponsored by Propertymark. During the nine part series, Spencer will talk...

The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...

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

Since the announcement of the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA), an increasing amount of Principle, Partners and Directors (PPD) from the...

Admin teams in most businesses are often the lynchpins that ensure compliance and deal with issues in order to keep the...

Tim Balcon, who lasted just four months in the role of Propertymark chief executive before a mystery resignation, has now become...

Students at a high school have been given an insight into the career opportunities in the property sector. The sixth formers from...

An agent support service set up in the early days of the pandemic has closed down with its architect saying “If...

It may be ‘Freedom Day’ but it looks certain that many estate agents will still wear masks in offices today and...

New NAEA Propertymark president Liana Loporto-Brown has assumed office, hoping to reset the organisation after a tumultuous year. In February chief executive...

Propertymark has named two new non-executive directors described as having “a wealth of knowledge and independence.” A statement says their appointments “will expand...

Last weekend we spoke with Liana Loporto, NAEA Propertymark’s president, in an exclusive interview. Here we follow that up with an...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...

Propertymark has produced a new guide for estate agents in the wake of the latest step on the roadmap out of Covid...

Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...

Propertymark has chosen YoungMinds as its charity partner of the year.  YoungMinds is dedicated to ensuring every young person gets the mental...

From 4 May 2021, your agency could be blocked from charging late fees, compounding interest on missing rent and taking any...

The head of finance at Propertymark has quit - another high profile departure for the troubled organisation. Estate Agent Today broke the news...

Propertymark has set out a four point strategy for the future of the organisation. The body - which encompasses the National Association...

When it comes to communications, Propertymark could do with a lot fewer confidentiality agreements and a lot more transparency. And I...

Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

An announcement from Propertymark this afternoon says: The Board of Propertymark has accepted the resignation of its CEO, Tim Balcon. Following four...

The new chief executive of Propertymark has declined to answer questions relating to the resignation of the NAEA president only half...

The new chief executive of Propertymark, now combining five agency trade bodies including the NAEA and ARLA, has no experience at...

Propertymark, combining both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents, claims to speak for the...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

Propertymark is the only agency trade body with sufficient influence on, and links with, government to achieve major gains for the...

Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...

Mark Hayward, who was scheduled to retire at the end of this month, is to stay on at NAEA Propertymark as...

The agency industry’s new leaders for the coming year have expressed strong support for reform recommendations promoted by the Regulation of...

David Cox is joining Rightmove next week in a dramatic return to the industry. Cox left the ARLA Propertymark in late July after...

They’ve got it covered - the charitable arm of Propertymark is offering free face coverings to member agents. The Arbon Trust is...

A reassessment of an independent agency’s activities during the Coronavirus crisis has led to it merging with a local franchise operation. Maison...

The National Association of Estate Agents wants the government to initiate a mortgage guarantee scheme to encourage more 95 per cent...

Propertymark, which will from later this year combine both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

The new president of NAEA Propertymark says one of her key objectives for the year ahead is to prepare the industry...

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

Do you want to run the newly-merged Propertymark, embracing both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...

Propertymark is working with an organisation called the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance to inform agents how to sport signs and respond...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 - which require increased electrical testing in rental properties...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

Propertymark is calling in the government for agents to be trained in the use of software operating the Unique Property Reference...

A new estate agency Code of Practice is to be written by a group set up by the Royal Institution of Chartered...

The recommendations to regulate and train the estate agency industry put forward a year ago remain on the Housing Secretary’s desk...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is expected to announce tomorrow that the housing market in England can resume with estate and letting...

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...

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

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

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

Good morning and welcome to the industry’s daily update on how we cope with the challenge of social distancing and self-isolation...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does it...

By now, most letting agents and landlords will have heard about the draft legislation laid in Parliament concerning a mandatory minimum...

The threat of Coronavirus is beginning to make an impact in the world of property. The Cushman & Wakefield agency announced overnight that...

The government has dismissed a request from the NAEA and ARLA Propertymark to review business rates for agency offices on High...

The new housing minister is Christopher Pincher, who for the past decade has been Conservative MP for Tamworth having had a...

Well-known outsourced communications service Moneypenny has become an official industry partner to Propertymark, and its NAEA, ARLA and NAVA trade bodies.  Combined...

The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...

Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...

The NAEA and ARLA have written a joint letter to government on the impact of business rates on High Street agency...