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Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

Online digital valuation service The ValPal Network (TVPN*) is expanding after creating a reservoir of what it calls “sufficient quality data.” It’s...

Agents are being urged to revisit properties that came off the market last year. Speaking to Angels Media’s Lee Dahill on the...

Shortlists for three ESTAS Awards are set to be revealed today. The 21st annual ESTAS Awards ceremony, sponsored for the first time...

The ValPal Network has partnered with agency software provider Street.co .uk. This will facilitate the integration of Street’s CRM with TVPN’s lead...

In the bustling world of social media, success isn't just about posting content; it's about fostering engagement, maintaining consistency, and implementing...

Nat Daniels, chief executive of Estate Agent Today publisher Angels Media is among guests to appear on a new industry podcast...

In my last Natter, I recounted the story of how Angels media bounced back from the 2008 financial crisis by launching...

In 1999 (yep) I set up some websites thinking I could generate leads from everyone in the world. I had an...

It was US disability rights advocate, Helen Keller, who said: ‘alone, we can do so little, together we can do so...

You’ll know by now that I’m a fully signed up member of the PropTech fan club. And I’ve had an exciting...

The annual ESTAS Awards have seen 1,000 people from across the industry witness a string of winners, including new categories celebrating...

Everyone at Estate Agent Today is delighted to announce that our Editor, Marc Shoffman, has won the prestigious Headlinemoney freelance journalist...

After six years at Keller Williams, well-known industry figure, Chris Buckler is on the lookout for pastures new and exploring agency...

Well as week’s come and go, this one’s been a bit of a downer but it is always worth remembering that...

One of the most valuable, most successful and most recognisable brands worldwide is Coca-Cola. And we have all wondered, at least...

Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...

Agents and property professionals have been getting on their feet for charity this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the...

Happy New Year, to you all. Now that we’re all back in harness and Christmas feels like a long-distant memory, I...

As we’ve mentioned in other blogs, even though we’re going through uncertain times, this is the right time not only to...

As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...

What are you going to do when something unplanned, unexpected, and unpleasant hits your brand and business? There’s no point avoiding it...

Here at Angels Media towers, we’re always keen to get the biggest names in the business on board for interviews. And that...

Estate Agent Today publisher Angels Media and Facebook expert Paul Long have teamed up to launch a new social media lead...

Angels Media-owned brand ValPal has been named among sponsors of the allAgents Customer Experience awards. It comes as this year’s awards will...

Aside from all the news surrounding the Autumn Statement this week, which will have a significant bearing on the property market...

The property sector braced itself for the chill wind of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement this week. His pre-Budget comment that he...

I can’t really write about anything else this week, can I? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have...

The ESTAS Customer Service Awards – which are often described as estate agency’s version of the Oscars – took place last...

In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...

Is Facebook giving you a headache? If you’re in the property sector, you’re not alone! From the Cambridge Analytica Scandal to...

The worst cost-of-living crisis in generations is everywhere we look and agents – and the property industry more widely – are...

Many experts are predicting that house price growth will slow for the remainder of the year as the cost of living...

First off, my own quick tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Despite her age and declining...

Nat Daniels, chief executive of Estate Agent Today publisher Angels Media, has been named as a top UK property influencer. Daniels was...

In this latest Day in the Life of...Natter, I get an insight into one of the most vital cogs of the...

In a welcome return to a favourite series of mine - and a timely one at that, given the current back...

In recent years, we’ve witnessed a massive influx of channels for media consumers – two of the biggest of which are...

What do Tilly Ramsay and Kim Kardashian have in common? Other than both having well-known fathers, they’ve both also mastered the art...

A leading property recruitment agency says that flexible working, restructuring pay and offering better benefits and incentives can help agencies across...

For some time, LinkedIn was seen – fairly or unfairly – as stodgy, dull, corporate and formal. The uncool uncle to...

Properties are staying on the market for longer and discounts are rising but fall-throughs are not increasing yet, data suggests. Heather Staff...

If there’s one thing that received a boost as a result of Covid and lockdowns, it’s podcasts – which reached whole...

Facebook has been a platform which has opened the door to those looking to advertise their services in exceptional ways. Digital...

A client called asking for advice on their social media marketing strategy. They’d thrown a lot of budget at it, but...

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

In the third part of this exclusive series with Homesearch’s chief operating officer, Sam Hunter, Angels Media’s Lee Dahill questions him...

Between you and me, dear reader, I had little to no idea about what the metaverse was before researching it for...

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

Technology can be utilised to grow and advance a company's income. That’s not a new or controversial statement, but here I...

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

In this video interview – part of a regular monthly series – Homesearch’s Sam Hunter speaks to Angels Media’s Lee Dahill...

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

Boomin has unveiled its latest round of paying agents. The challenger portal, launched by former Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce, has revealed 10...

For the record, this isn’t my last Industry Views for Estate Agent Today, although by the time you read this I'll be...

The ValPal Network, a PropTech supplier working with over 4,000 agency branches across the UK, has calculated the key hour for...

Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce has for the first time given some figures on the usage of some of the key...

Agents are being advised to revise their processes now to accommodate changes to the information required on property details, which begin...

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

There is a danger that some agents forget to undertake basic activities after a lengthy period of a super-strong market. That’s the...

This week, you will have all seen the sad news that Graham Norwood is stepping down as editor of Estate Agent...

An estate agent who has now become a PropTech entrepreneur says fees are absolutely not what makes a vendor choose who...

Estate Agent Today is to have a new editor from April 4. He is award winning journalist and podcaster Marc Shoffman who...

As regular readers will know, I like to use this column to shout out about the independent agents who are the...

Some agents say they have as many as one in 10 vendors taking their properties off the market and seeking to...

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...

The changes to the business models of agents have been turbo-charged by the pandemic - and that makes the industry ripe...

Property events and functions are now back in full swing, with 2022 likely to be the first ‘normal’ year for this...

The head of one of Britain’s most successful agency groups says he is a big fan of PropTech - but it...

The chief executive of Belvoir says his agency has had 25 years of significant financial and business success - and much...

Our Agents Do Charity column each Friday does a fantastic job of highlighting the amazing charitable work of agents up and...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

In this latest Property Natter video interview, Angels Media CEO Nat Daniels chats with one of the lettings industry's best-known figures about...

The ValPal Network has announced the release of its MovePal app on the Apple App and Google Play stores. The app is...

Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023.  Coadjute - which took over...

Could estate and letting agents sell their branch office window space for third party advertising, above and beyond promoting the properties...

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

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

One of the founders and leading figures in the Agents Together industry charity says one silver lining of the pandemic has...

We’ve had a terrific display of agency and supplier videos running every weekday since late November - a wonderful lead-in to...

Hello, and with Christmas around the corner we have perhaps the most charming and well-produced festive video we’ve seen from an...

The chair of the strategic board of fledgling Boomin says most existing portals are merely operating like digital newspapers with listings,...

Only one in eight sellers use the estate agent through which they purchased their home to begin with. That’s a staggering loss of...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

The chief executive of Propertymark says agents should be trained - but it’s then vital they use their training as a...

Propertymark conducts spot checks on agents to ensure they are compliant - but perhaps gives too little publicity to its role. The...

One of the country’s leading estate agents has shared his top tips for using PropTech. Simon Bradbury is managing director at Thomas...

One of the country’s leading experts in estate agency reviews has given advice to agents on how they can best use...

Angels Media was the official media sponsor of the highly successful Relocation Agent Network’s conference on Friday, with Angels chief executive...

In a first for the Natter, this week's interview is a video affair, with me posing the questions to Stephen Brown,...

Hello and welcome to a very special edition of Agents Do Charity - a tribute to someone who has arguably done...

Tomorrow sees the Relocation Agent Network’s first in-person conference since 2019.   The event, at the Metropole Hilton in Birmingham, will focus...

Relocation Agent Network, the network of primarily independent agencies, says it’s looking at global options for growth thanks to its relationship...

In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...

A few weeks ago the ESTAS took place at the Grosvenor House hotel in London - the first chance for many...

Reservation Agreements provide agents with absolute certainty that both sellers and buyers are being honest. “If they’re lying or… shall we say,...

A PropTech chief says agents are now competing with each other for substantially less stock on the market - meaning their...

The ValPal Network has won the ESTAS’ Supplier Awards – Best in Sector: Online Valuation Tool prize for the fifth year...

As a character from a fairly well-known TV show once said, winter is coming and we’re all contemplating where 2021 has...

Some 1,100 guests are expected to attend the ESTAS awards tomorrow - the first time agents, conveyancers and brokers will gather...