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Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered property search app Jitty has launched a new feature that lets buyers find their dream home by simply...

The expected dip in mortgage rates following the Bank of England’s base rate cut continued this week with NatWest’s lowest price...

By Mike Bilboe, Face For Business Buying or selling a home can be one of the most stressful and uncertain times for...

The total value of the UK residential housing market is now worth £8.67 trillion, according to Savills, with the value of...

Heidi Shackell, chief executive officer at The Lettings Hub said: “The General Election, called in May, halted progress of the Renters'...

I know there’s always been something of a love-hate relationship between agents and the portals. The ‘love’ comes because the portals are...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Lee O’Brien, Managing Director of iad UK. In your experience,...

Home staging expert Elaine Penhaul has used her expertise to pen a new book on how to present a home for...

Estate agency customer service appears to be improving, a mystery shopper exercise has revealed. Market research firm KnowYourMarket has unveiled its latest...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss advanced technology and innovative business models.  In today's UK...

Artificial Intelligence will not be taking over people’s jobs any time soon, as machine learning is trainable only with human input.  The...

Kerfuffle has launched a new e-book focusing on artificial intelligence (AI). Titled, The Ultimate Guide to AI in Estate Agency, the industry...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss how the digital realm is transforming Estate Agency.   The...

The jargon and complicated house moving process is deterring as many as 2.2m owners from entering the market, claims Zoopla.  The portal...

An anti-money laundering (AML) expert has queried why there is a reluctance among estate agents to accept and follow AML responsibilities. It...

In his third and final article in this 3-part series, David Beaumont looks at the legal statues of Material Information Guidance. ...

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

The increased focus on upfront material information could push up estate agency professional indemnity (PI) requirements, an industry trainer has warned. Michael...

Land is our greatest resource: one that has considerable potential to address society’s challenges. So, determining how land is used is...

After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during May’s local election campaigning,...

The last thing you want as we rake through the dying embers of 2023 is a journalist’s prediction of what’s going...

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

In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving property industry, it’s essential that forward-thinking agents strive for innovation through PropTech to improve processes, save...

Housing supply rather than the private rented sector (PRS) made the headlines during the Conservative and Labour Party conferences this year...

Fisher German has welcomed a record number of graduates this year. The property consultancy and agency brand has revealed that it has...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Bevan and I am the Sales...

Just one agent was expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) redress scheme in the latest quarter. TPO has revealed that Price Point...

The hit to the economy from soaring mortgage rates will be equivalent to a 2p income tax hike, new analysis by...

The founder of an online agency that switched to the for sale-by-owner model has turned his attention to property portals. Kae Travis...

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

All landlords need to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPG), with few exemptions. As a property writer, landlord and Domestic Energy...

According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...

As the first signs of spring begin to appear, we look at how letting agents and landlords can start the season...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

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

A conveyancing firm has put the popular artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT to the test to see if it can rival legal...

A senior Land Registry executive has insisted he wasn’t blaming conveyancers for transactions delays following a controversial blog last month that...

Foxtons non-executive director and former boss Peter Rollings has suggested the “vast majority” of agents aren’t good at selling properties. Discussing opportunities...

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

In recent weeks, the big buzzword across all industries has been AI, as it has the real potential to transform the...

The “red tape ridden” system of buying a home is to blame for transaction delays more than individual conveyancers, agents or...

Conveyancers are being urged to conduct better “quality control” on documents filed to the Land Registry after the body revealed ‘basic...

Surveying is traditionally a male-dominated profession, and many women who have worked in the profession for many years report that at...

As economic signs increasingly point to a contraction in the property market, competition for new business will inevitably heat up. But...

From singing and dancing to charitable support and sponsorships, agents have shown that there are plenty of ways to raise money...

In this feature, Jonathan Daines looks at how landlords can do their bit to make the rental market greener. Global leaders have...

With the reported increase in agency staff turnover we thought it would be a good idea to look at how you...

Estate agents are perhaps unlikely to be modest by nature, but I’m always surprised at how much many agents know, yet...

What’s the difference between Centralised Ledger Technology and Decentralised Ledger Technology? Repeat after me; centralised and decentralised ledgers and Distributed Ledger Technology...

Keller Williams UK (KWUK) has launched a new training platform for its network. The digital platform, described as KW University, provides tools...

Fine & Country has unveiled plans to host a three-day intensive estate agency bootcamp for professionals within the network to help...

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

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...

An estate agent has looked to loo roll to explain why he thinks house prices won’t crash but the pace of...

The Land Registry has set out ambitious plans to automate up to 70% of all updates to its register by 2025...

I came across something which genuinely shocked me the other day. It was research showing that 1.7 per cent of homes listed...

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

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...

Rightmove has been backed to weather the cost of living crisis and a property market downturn. Analysis by investment service Wealth Club,...

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

Stipendium, the platform that simplifies life’s complex events, has compiled a guide to submitting an offer and exchanging contracts, to help buyers...

Property firms are still failing to make basic anti-money laundering checks (AML), and some may even unwittingly be helping politically exposed...

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

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

Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...

There seems a consensus amongst agents, analysts and amateur pundits alike that the market will stay relatively strong for some months,...

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

You can tell that spring is in the air as this week's Agents Do Charity is full of outdoor fundraising pursuits...

Accountancy terminology can be a turn off to many business owners, understandably so given that the majority aren’t working in lettings...

Although Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement did not include many announcements regarding housing, it did provide a good...

The typical time taken to sell a property has got so long that people could learn a language before a transaction...

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

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a dramatic future income tax cut, changes to National Insurance thresholds and scrapping VAT on more...

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

A leading London agency has launched an urgent appeal for goods and equipment to be handed in to its offices today...

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...

A leading property lawyer says some agents will struggle to meet the demand for more ‘material information’ put forward by Trading...

A famous environmental campaigner has sold his home to a local - because he feels second homes are “obscene and grotesque.” Green...

I am often guilty of this myself, where I think I am the bees’ knees in all walks of life; whether I...

Hello and welcome to the latest Agents Do Charity, your weekly opportunity to salute those in our industry doing so much...

A new league table of earnings by estate agents, based on basic salary and commission combined, suggests that UK agents earn...

An independent estate agency with an eye to fashion has launched a second office in the Home Counties, just nine months...

New research suggests estate agents earn some of the lowest basic salaries of all sales professions.  Nested, an online agency promoting the...

We’ve probably all learned to be a little less cynical about politicians in recent weeks, given the tragic events. We perhaps...

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

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...

An agency says individual agents operating as self-employed can earn up to £64,000 more per year than fully-employed counterparts. Nested says the average UK...

One of the leading figures in trade body Propertymark wants stamp duty to be reformed, and claims that the success of...

Being able to show proof of funds in a quick, transparent and simple way is more crucial than ever to keep fall-throughs...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) – the umbrella property brand which incorporates well-known names such as EweMove, Ellis & Co, Martin...

Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...

Like most aspects of life since the pandemic hit, the employment arena has been hit hard. But not just with uncertainty...

It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change what they have always done, particularly if their results have proven...

Like many of you, I have watched a lot of football recently and I’ve enjoyed every minute. It has been an...

The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...

Agency staff who worked from home at any point during the pandemic - even for just one day - can still...

In the world of football – very topical at the moment, as we all enjoy the Euros – there is an...