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With Labour’s election victory, a new EPC target has been announced. In mid-July, the new Secretary of State for Energy Security and...

What’s in a name? Or particularly a label? We all seem to have one these days. If we’re not a first time...

A vote of no-confidence in the Law Society over material information rules has failed. The Property Lawyers Action Group (PLAG), had arranged...

A war of words is escalating between OnTheMarket owner CoStar and its rival Realtor.com in the US. It comes as CoStar was...

Under the strain of a housing crisis, the UK faces a severe shortage of affordable homes. This is further emphasised by...

The recent dip in inflation to 2% for the first time in three years brings a glimmer of optimism in the...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has described the first five months of this year as ‘transformational.” It comes after the brand has...

A newly-launched upmarket agency network has attracted two former Fine & Country agents. James Cooper and Alia Khan are the latest top-flight...

With election day looming, in the first of a series of articles, experts from property services organisation, Leaders Romans Group, offer...

Industry partner the Estate Agent Content Club (EACC) has announced a new chief executive, replacing high profile founder Jerry Lyons. Amanda Bower...

The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a new Ezine system to boost member marketing. Agents will be able to create digital...

In the first of a short series of articles, David Beaumont, managing director of Compliance Matters, casts a professional eye over...

As most of the regular readers of this column will know (and because I’m not shy about admitting it) – I’ve...

A network uniting ethical estate agents has officially launched today with 25 members. The Ethical Agent Network (EAN) is led by industry...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss Uzair, an industry-specific artificial intelligence (AI). Iceberg Digital, the creators...

Reapit has unveiled a range of artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives to support agents. The agency software provider has launched an AI-powered property...

OnTheMarket has a “puncher’s chance” of displacing Rightmove after the challenger portal was taken over by CoStar but needs to persuade...

The property industry is no stranger to shifts in the technology landscape. The past year in particular saw rapid growth in technology...

Like so many I’ve been infuriated by the injustice meted out to sub-postmasters and postmistresses over many years.  I was aware of...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLHUC) has hit back at media claims about its housebuilding targets. The Times newspaper...

There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...

There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...

CoStar has defended its operations after a third open letter from OnTheMarket critic Brett Stone attempted to derail the US property...

Alto has boosted its training offering for estate and letting agents.  Agency users can now access an overview of Alto training via...

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has repeated calls for Stamp Duty to be scrapped as politicians prepare for party conference...

Over recent years, as successive governments have tightened lettings legislation and increased the tax burden on landlords, some with investment properties...

According to research, the average cost of home insurance was £300 in 2022 – a record low. However, this could increase...

Almost half of adults who currently pay rent or a mortgage have seen their payments increase over the past six months...

Connells, which acquired Countrywide just over two years ago, is now celebrating the bringing together of the combined 16,000 staff through...

Agents may hate portal fees but have ranked property websites such as Rightmove and Zoopla as their most important digital asset. A...

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

Agency website designer and marketing provider is starting to use artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT in the products it provides agents. ChatGPT AI...

Prices will fall during this year, but the outlook differs depending on location, according to Cluttons. A first quarter update from the...

As another year ends it is essential to take time and reflect on what you have accomplished over the last 12...

Zoopla’s homepage may look a little different from today. The portal is supporting homeless charity Crisis’s Christmas fundraising campaign with a homepage...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday repeated previously debunked claims that the Government is building record numbers of homes. Housebuilding have returned to...

A third of adults are struggling to pay their monthly rent or mortgage payments, new data shows. The figures from the Office...

You've finally found the perfect house. It's within your budget, has the desired number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and even comes...

Seven adverts pushing the Government’s flagship levelling up policy have been banned. The advertising watchdog censured the Department for Levelling Up, Housing...

Agency-backed risk management platform Thirdfort has received awarded B Corporation status. The certification recognises Thirdfort’s commiutment to goals outside of shareholder profit...

OnTheMarket (OTM) is not currently aiming to overtake Rightmove or Zoopla but has succeeded in reducing listing fees for agents across...

Brand marketing and personal marketing very often work well together and with the help of a robust marketing strategy they can...

One of the UK’s leading property companies has appointed marketing firm alan. agency to launch a crucial annual report.    Knight Frank...

Research over recent years has regularly pointed to the Bank of Mum & Dad being one of the UK’s biggest lenders,...

The latest house price index from Zoopla has suggested the market remains resilient in the face of the cost-of-living crisis, but...

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

More than half of agents disagree that mobile phone signal should be treated as material information in listings. James Munro, head of...

There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following the publication of DLUHC’s Levelling-Up white paper and National Trading Standards...

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

Rising property prices in the UK mean that occupiers are renting long past their forties. According to the government’s last English...

A housing analyst has urged buyers to look beyond average prices. Kate Faulkner, founder of Propertychecklists.co.uk, said she is on a mission...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...

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

The debate within estate agency on upfront information rumbles on and now there are calls for greater levels of transparency from...

PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...

The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...

Well-known property expert and video interviewer Chris Watkin independently investigates how one piece of software is having such a big effect...

The Experts in Property trade group has cut its subscription and rolled out marketing initiatives in a bid to woo new...

Hello and welcome to the latest Agents Do Charity, our weekly round-up of who’s-doing-what-good-deeds in our industry. Want to be involved? Well...

A study suggests that 70 per cent of buyers would be willing to pay more for a property with good indoor...

In this guest piece, the team at Lifesycle discuss a recent experiment they did with AI and estate agents' data and...

An agency that operates across and around Bristol is the latest to declare its commitment to go carbon neutral. The associate director...

As we motor towards the next major global climate change conference – the UN’s COP26 being held in Glasgow from 31...

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

Michael Bruce says the new SmartVal automated valuation system he is this month introducing on Boomin will be the most accurate...

Around 2.66 million landlords were operational in Great Britain in 2019, according to data estimations previously released by Hamptons International. Of those...

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...

Working from home used to get a bad rap. With the phrase mocked as ‘shirking from home’, homeworkers were often seen...

Industry trade body Propertymark has unveiled a digital expansion programme. A statement from the organisation says this initiative shows new chief executive...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

If your house is anything like mine, the postman has a path beaten to your door over the last nine months. In...

By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...

Hello and welcome to our latest doffing of the cap in honour of those in our industry fund-raising for great causes....

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

One of the industry's senior agency leaders says it would be a mistake for agents to be stopped from working in...

I wanted to take this opportunity to write an advice piece on what we here at Angels Media have found important...

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

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...

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

In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...

The phrase ‘game-changer’ has been hugely overused. But when applied to how Covid-19 is changing the way estate agents will work...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

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

The boss of controversial estate agency Dexters has hit out at social media reports and press articles about company staff working...

Estate Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

Yes, you can promise yourself that you won't eat all the mince pies, or yet another roast potato, nor drink as...

I got an overnight flight to Nigeria yesterday. I landed at 5am local time and am only just now getting sensation...

The Great Debate over the charges levied on agents by portals and the huge profits that Rightmove and Zoopla make has...