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Propertymark has issued a reminder to agents about anti-money laundering (AML) compliance as HMRC declared fines of more than £1.6m for...

The Propertymark Qualifications Level 3 (Level 6 SCQF) Certificate in Property Agency was officially unveiled last week. The trade body revealed the...

Last year was not one for the faint hearted. Now, at last, the market appears to be experiencing a gradual uptick. Recent...

TwentyEA has added new features to its Insight tool for agents. Users can now access up to five years of market data...

Agents from across the eXp global network are being offered Jiu-Jitsu training sessions. This is not an attempt to help agents fight...

Agents are being urged to place more value on their work and to charge higher fees. Richard Palfreeman, advisor at training provider...

Russell Quirk may have already irked plenty of estate agents in his time as boss of collapsed online brand Emoov and...

Agents and consumers have given their backing to minimum industry standards but there are differences when it comes to the level...

A trio of estate agents have setup an LGBTQ+-focused mentoring, learning and networking group. Founded by James Hummerstone-Pope, Danielle Andrews and Caren...

With no ease up on the cost of living crisis, understandably many agents’ primary concern is whether or not their tenants...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has launched a group-wide online training academy for its brands and agents. All brands within the group...

Agents and property professionals are spreading plenty of charitable love ahead of Valentine's Day. See some of the inspirational examples below. Whatever the...

Self-employed estate partnership brand The Agency UK (TAUK) is to host its first industry exhibition. Titled Grow your Agency in 23, the...

The For Sale board is one of the oldest marketing tools available to agents, but it is still considered one of...

After two years of extraordinary activity in the housing market there are signs that the clouds are gathering as RICS reports...

Zoopla is rolling out a migration tool for all agents looking to shift from its Jupix software system to Alto. It follows...

Have you ever noticed that it is much easier to fix other people's problems than your own? Whether it is resolving a friend's...

A compliance expert has warned that even though most agents will have robust anti-money laundering (AML) checks and processes in place,...

OneDome has launched a new product to let pre-qualified buyers register their interest for properties with local estate agents. The Buyer Passport...

Portals are aiming to boost consumer awareness of new material information rules rather than refusing non-compliant listings. Agency listings have been required...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) chief executive Gareth Samples has called for a steer on when the long-awaited Regulation of Property...

A three-branch agency in the south west has launched a franchise model which it says should appeal “to those wanting a...

In this special video interview, Angels Media's Lee Dahill chats to Mitch Handley of Inventory Hive about why - post-Covid -...

Some 86 Bronze, Silver, Gold and Special Awards have been presented to agents in the Guild off Property Professionals at its...

The path from agent to developer is not easy, but it is a relatively straightforward one, if you are willing to...

With the new year in full swing, agents around the UK are likely to be making changes to the way they...

The team at Estate Agent Today and our publisher, Angels Media, wish all agents a very prosperous New Year.  Thank you for your...

One part of the UK is to get a taste of the mandatory estate agent regulation that many want to see...

Estate agents, and indeed all professionals, should be offered the option of flexible working when they are appointed to the job. That’s...

Face masks are legally required in estate and letting agents from today according to new government guidance released overnight. The guidance makes...

Boomin has revealed an upgrade to its SmartVal feature, which tries to blend real-time online valuations with local expertise from member...

TV property celebrity Amanda Lamb has revealed the winners of the 2021 allAgents customer experience awards. They were announced at the awards’...

The scheme behind two of this country’s most successful PropTech start-ups is marking what it calls a successful first year.  REACH UK...

2021 redefined what it meant to offer exceptional customer experiences for consumers across multiple industries, but particularly for the residential property...

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....

Recent research shows that when asked what their ideal working set up would be, most agents said ‘hybrid’* and with proposals...

The first stamp duty holiday deadline has now passed, and we can all sigh a slight relief after the sheer numbers...

No fewer than seven estate and lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme today. Most of them are now...

A council cracking down on the increase of illegally positioned estate agent boards. Agents are required, under Planning and Highways legislation to...

It’s nearly two years since The Tenant Fees Act came into force for tenancies in England. On 1 June 2019 it...

A leading industry trade body is warning that remote-working agents and smaller independent agencies are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

Today is the day that non-essential retail reopens as part of the government's roadmap out of lockdown. For the majority of the...

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US and led by Adam Day, a veteran of three online agencies -...

An online agency has apologised to a single mother who felt pressured into allowing viewings of a property she was renting. Local media in...

Agents are invited to a webinar at lunchtime today to discuss how home staging can improve sales prospects for properties. Lemon and...

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...

We’re now in Lockdown 3.0 and most of us have become used to juggling home-working, home schooling and a million and...

Property portals remain an essential marketing tool for estate agents and their value is clearly appreciated by consumers. However, with a...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, the regular round-up of industry good work. Whatever the cause, it’s great to publicise agents’...

An online petition wants all agents’ offices to close during the pandemic. Keeping them open means agents feel "forced and pressured" to conduct...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

A leading property law expert says agents with international clients in parts of Europe should prepare for additional processes which may...

Agents and the housing market in England are still in business even during the third national lockdown which begins on Wednesday and...

Many agents have been operating under Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions for some days, but today sees another 20 million residents in...

Douglas & Gordon, one of the highest profile London agency networks, is the latest signing for the yet-to-launch Boomin portal. The agency...

The Property Ombudsman says there have been more complaints lodged about agents so far in 2020 than in 2019. This is despite...

Back in September, Westminster Council launched a new strategy to help 'protect tenants' and 'ensure they live in good-quality and well-managed...

The Guild of Property Professionals is urging the industry - all agents, not just its own members - to lobby MPs...

The new property portal Boomin has revealed its fees structure for agents. Tapping into the industry debate over portal fees, Boomin describes...

Fledgling portal Boomin - launching later this month - has announced another 10 independent regional agencies as founder members. This includes its...

There’s one key takeaway for agents from the weekend’s announcements on the next England-wide lockdown - the housing market is staying...

It’s Halloween time, and while this year’s festivities may be muted there’s plenty to celebrate as far as agents’ good deeds...

A progress report on the Regulation of Property Agents recommendations will be made today by a key RoPA committee member, Mark...

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the way every industry operates and the property sector is no exception. Following an enforced seven-week...

Are agents swimming upstream against the Electrical Safety Regulations? 3 months on from the introduction of the ‘Electrical Safety Standards in the...

For a mixture of reasons, I now only write this column every two weeks. At first, I missed the weekly consideration...

Almost all estate agents are still saying Yes to Rightmove, according to figures produced by the portal this morning. Membership numbers for...

The new portal OpenBrix, which is powered by Blockchain, has revealed its fee structure ahead of its formal launch on September...

Hello: if it’s Friday it’s charity day and this week we have a special announcement from the industry’s own charity, Agents...

Let’s face it sales progression is difficult and frustrating: 1)The process has never been properly joined up - the average chain has...

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...

It may be that by the time you read this it’s all over for Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for...

With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...

Letting agents up and down the country have undoubtedly felt the financial strain added by the outbreak of COVID19. Whilst this will continue,...

An estate agency is running a series of five webinars aimed at helping agent discover new business strategies for the post-Covid...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has taken the unusual step of thanking the other rival portals - Zoopla, OnTheMarket and...

An online auction platform is offering agents full legal packs with no upfront cost in a bid to keep the housing...

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

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

The author of dramatic reform proposals for estate agents has given a clear message to ministers - Get On With It!  Lord...

In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...

As residential sales and lettings professionals we are conditioned to adapt to change, it’s the nature of the profession. However, developments...

It is possible that agents and their business partners in the conveyancing, mortgage and survey industries could be obliged to have...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity’s final edition before this Christmas and the New Year. It’s been a terrific year for...

We recently asked readers for their questions to the portals - the questions they couldn’t really ask their local reps, but...

A new portal claims it will do what OnTheMarket failed to do, and offer an agent-led operation charging every agency branch...

Problems with relationships are usually helped, if not always resolved, by people asking straight questions and getting straight answers. That’s what we...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...

A London council wants government backing for a borough-wide Section 7 direction - effectively banning all agents’ boards being erected without...

A new PropTech online platform called BestAgent Property Marketplace is to launch next year following a series of 12 meetings this autumn. It...

Technology will drive the lettings and property management industry in the future. There is already a plethora of various software and other...

Countrywide has thrown its weight behind the proposals for a new single industry-wide regulator taking on the roles of Trading Standards...

The trade headlines may be dominated by a revolution proposed for how agents are regulated, licensed and trained but one thing...

If agents ran their databases more efficiently, the property portals might find themselves redundant. Controversial opening statement aside, the reality is that...

With somewhere in the region of 1.2 million property sales transactions being completed each year, and 16,500 estate agents actively vying...

Sorry about the weather everyone…miserable isn’t it, and the summer is supposed to be well underway? But we’re not allowing our fund-raising...