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A consumer group and a removals firm claims to have identified the busiest day of the year for house moves -...

New data suggests Thursday 28 March was the biggest day for the number of new sellers coming to market so far...

It’s not uncommon to see a seasonal slump around December and the Christmas period. Last year, Propertymark reported an average of...

Experts are warning that the weekend’s better than expected economic news could indirectly hurt the housing market. The UK economy grew by...

The nation may have been glued to their screens watching the Coronation or at various street parties during the Bank Holiday...

Purchase mortgage searches fell by almost a fifth last month as the Easter period dampened property market activity and there are...

Agents could be giving up a “prospecting goldmine” if they effectively shut-up shop on their marketing in the run up to...

Zoopla is set to unveil a new 16-week marketing campaign on Bank Holiday Monday, aiming to capitalise on the traditionally busier...

A record number of new sellers put their property up for sale on Rightmove on Boxing Day, Rightmove claims. The portal said...

Agents put 11,613 new listings live on Zoopla during Boxing Day, the portal has revealed. That is a 42% increase compared with...

The last minute Bank Holiday for the Queen’s funeral on Monday has created some logistical issues for the property market. A legal...

Property professionals have been pondering the impact of the sudden Bank Holiday scheduled next Monday for the Queen’s state funeral. It creates...

A significant housing announcement has been promised by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as a part of a sweetener that saw him...

Excitement is building for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. A four-day Bank Holiday to mark the occasion will kick off on 2...

Many agents will remember the nerves and jubilation of their first property sale. Estate Agent Today has launched a new video series...

Former Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is believed to have become the first MP to take in Ukrainian refugees under the government’s...

Hello, and here’s the bad news to get it over with - this is the final Bank Holiday weekend before…Christmas. Now that’s...

I’m sorry to break this to you but in 10 days’ time it will be autumn - and we will have...

Hello, and we’re at the start of a long weekend - and as the weather (finally) improves, perhaps that’s the opportunity...

First off, happy Good Friday to all our readers. Here’s to a great, if still slightly different, long Easter bank holiday...

Hello, and as we near the first Bank Holiday of the year (and a little light at the end of the...

Boomin has revealed its launch date after months of high-profile publicity. It’s to be three and a half weeks from now on...

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

Many agents will be closed on New Year’s Day - the last Bank Holiday for some months and at the start...

You might be forgiven for thinking we’ve been cheated out of our Bank Holidays this year, as so many fell during...

Whisper it quietly but in just 10 days time we have the final Bank Holiday before Christmas. We would like to mark...

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

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

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

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

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

It’s a Bank Holiday weekend and if you’re taking time off we hope you and your families enjoy a well-earned break. We’ll...

It’s another Bank Holiday weekend and the first since lockdown was eased and the housing market returns - so perhaps a...

For the coming Bank Holiday on Monday, we’d like to show images of how agency offices have adapted to cope with...

As last Friday was the VE Day Anniversary bank holiday we have a bumper bundle of fund-raising activities to report on...

  On Estate Agent Today this Bank Holiday weekend we’re celebrating the great work agents are doing to keep morale high and...

In normal times, the Winkworth team based at their Notting Hill office in west London would head to the fashionable Walmer...

Over Easter we carried stories of good deeds done by agents and how firms were coping with working from home -...

Fine & Country is one of those clever agencies employing interior designers to help stage properties, making them look their best...

Three more property players have been in touch to share what they're doing to help their staff during lockdown - there...

Tomorrow, Bank Holiday Friday, we’re revealing what agents have been doing to maintain morale in their teams during lockdown. You’ve been generous...

Lockdown may be over soon - but who knows what a relaxation of the current restrictions will really mean for our...

Why should agencies leave voicemail in the last decade and make 2020 the year to invest in a more modern solution? Voicemail...

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...

It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...

Some may say that we’re almost in the ninth month of the year but for many, August Bank Holiday heralds the...

We daren’t mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday before…well, Christmas.  Let’s hope agents and suppliers have an opportunity to...

We’re fast approaching the last Bank Holiday before Christmas (ugh) so enjoy it - because on Tuesday we’re all going to...

Welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - because last week there was a Bank Holiday, we have a bumper edition...

Hello there and we’re at the start of another Bank Holiday weekend - but no rest for you lot, working hard...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - yet more examples of stupendous fund-raising by our industry (and a lot of...

Welcome back to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today (PJT) after a Bank Holiday break. Each week, we round up...

I hope you had another wonderful Bank Holiday weekend; only three weeks to hold on until the next one. Personally, it...

Trading in OnTheMarket’s shares was subject to two so-called Price Monitoring Extensions - temporary freezing of transactions because of erratic movements. The...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - because of the flurry of Bank Holidays at this time of year, it’s...

It’s not often we can enjoy beautiful sunshine on bank holidays, but I suppose this one was a particularly blessed weekend,...

Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...

It’s been nine years since we created a dedicated team of property receptionists to answer telephone calls on behalf of agents,...

A branch of EweMove - which operates from a traditional High Street office - claims to have generated £140,000 income in...

This week may have marked the landmark moment of Facebook entering the UK property market but as the industry prepares for...

Following a break for last week's final Bank Holiday before Christmas, we're back with a bumper edition of Property Jobs Today. We're...

Dare we mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday weekend of the year before Christmas - so what a...

Countrywide’s share price defied the expectations of some analysts and rose over six per cent yesterday with the company moving from...

As we move towards another Bank Holiday Weekend, there is no shortage of phenomenal fundraising efforts from those in our industry.  If...

Here’s some good news to take into the Bank Holiday weekend.  Research undertaken by Estate Agent Today suggests that fees charged by...

Hello and welcome to our latest chronicle of fund-raising exploits by our industry: the onset of fine weather and the Bank...

Just like that, the Easter Bank Holiday has come and gone and I find myself now looking ahead to the Summer.  The...

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our regular look at key moves inside our industry. Next week there’s no PJT as...

Now we hate to spoil a long weekend but for much of the UK this is the final Bank Holiday before......

An estate agency that has just launched in south Devon says it is giving its customers the advantages of a 24-hour...

You might have thought the week after Christmas or the day after Easter would be when agents receive the most calls...

OnTheMarket is this month holding 20 meetings for member agents to explain “progress and plans” for the portal.   The meetings - sometimes...

As we end an especially tragic week, it is heart-warming to remember how our industry - along with so many other...

Speculation has grown that the Conservatives may make a manifesto pledge to remove some family homes’ long-established exemption from Capital Gains...

Many agents will be working hard all weekend but much of the country will be enjoying another long weekend - time,...

Agency telephone answering service Moneypenny says Christmas 2016 is set to be busy if it follows the pattern of the previous festive...

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...

Schools going back, final Bank Holiday over until Christmas, and agents returning from their summer breaks. It can only mean September. But...

It’s Bank Holiday weekend and - dare we say it? - the final one for most of the UK until Christmas. But...

As we approach another Bank Holiday weekend, estate and letting agents across the country have again been raising thousands of pounds...

Estate agents are being urged to prepare for a surge in enquires after the Bank Holiday weekend. Telephone answering service Moneypenny claims...

An online petition against the privatisation of the Land Registry now has around 225,000 signatures with just over a week to...

One of the founders of online agency Purplebricks says his aim is for the firm to become the "first choice" for...

Rebel agents unhappy with the beleaguered portal OnTheMarket have set up a website with plans of a meeting with legal representatives...

It’s the Bank Holiday and an extra-long weekend - although many agents will be making the most of sales, lets, open...

There is less than a week to go before formal consultation ends on the introduction of the so-called stamp duty surcharge...

My suspicion in my December Industry Views column that the Chancellor, George Osborne, holds certain types of property owners in contempt...

There is just four weeks left for the official consultation period set by the government over its controversial proposal to levy...

Controversy is growing over the government’s surprise consultation period for its proposal to levy a three per cent stamp duty surcharge...

The government chose Christmas Bank Holiday Monday to launch its formal consultation on the ‘additional properties’ stamp duty surcharge, first announced...

A TV property show presenter and an estate agent's wife have reportedly been involved in a lurid fight that started with...

Online estate agency eMoov has is close to reaching two thirds of its target £1m in crowdfunding but after a spectacular...

The Bank Holiday weekend heralds the end of August and the return to a more normal sales and lettings market for...

THE UK housing market is reported to be picking up according to figures this month from the Council of Mortgage Lenders...

Hello and welcome to my brand new blog! Every month I’ll be giving you an insight into the varied, exciting and...

It’s the long Bank Holiday weekend and we’re here again to publicise the side of British estate agency that rarely presents...

Thanks to everyone for keeping our readers updated on what’s happening in the world of estate agency charity fund-raising. If you want...