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In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss the annual Estate Agency X event, titled 'Mastering the...

Chestertons Global has agreed a strategic collaboration with Romanian real estate agency Top Estate Team.  Established in 2018, Top Estate Team has...

Rightmove is to be the headline sponsor of ITV’s music show The Voice UK, starring veteran crooner Tom Jones. The portal says...

A little known family-run agency - Griffin Property Co - says it is finally relaunching as Emoov. The purchase of the Emoov...

Hamptons has announced a new international partnership that will launch the brand ‘in association with Hamptons’. The deal is with Italian agency...

Fine & Country is holding a recruitment open evening in its flagship office on Park Lane in Mayfair, London next month.  The...

Lead instruction generation tool Spectre has added social media marketing capabilities to its platform. It is being delivered through an exclusive partnership...

A property recruitment firm that already works with almost 100 estate agencies has rebranded. Genum Recruitment, which has helped supply talent to...

ESPC has relaunched its SPC Property Practice certification, a unique accreditation course for solicitor estate agents. Developed with The Law Society of...

A well-known Surrey estate agent has rebranded. Burns & Webber is rebranding to adopt its parent company’s name Curchods. The four Burns &...

The Keller Williams UK (KWUK) brand is facing yet another restructure with its leadership in the country effectively removed. KWUK spent much...

If you saw our recent article, you’ll know that one in five (19.24%) ValPal leads generated via Facebook ads actually went...

Self-employed agency brand eXp has launched a brokerage model for the UK market. Such a system is already common in the US...

Rightmove is expecting more money from agents this year and is also looking to grab a slice of the mortgage market. A...

Finders Keepers has acquired Flowers Estate Agents in Woodstock bringing the brand’s total number of branches to nine.  The lettings team at...

Keller Williams UK’s (KWUK) new chief executive Mark Readings has outlined a new strategy for the self-employed agency brand. Speaking at KWUK’s...

Agency software provider Alto has announced a new partnership with home setup provider Just Move In. Customers of the Zoopla-backed firm will...

An industry marketing expert has questioned the strategies of ‘house of brand’ agencies. Writing exclusively for Estate Agent Today, Simon Leadbetter, former...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heather Staff and it says Co-Founder of Street Group...

Fine & Country has welcomed its first Cypriot agency to the upmarket network. Purple International, which was established in September 2007, is...

The ESTAS Group has revealed new branding together with the first details of two new products to be added to its...

The phrase ‘customer experience’ is bandied around a lot these days, so much so that it’s sometimes easy to think that...

An upmarket agency network launched by former Fine & Country chief executive David Lindley has reported “rapid growth” in its first...

From Million Dollar Listing to Selling Sunset, we’re used to seeing real estate reality TV in full force on Netflix. Whilst...

Belvoir is seeking more acquisitions this year, the agency franchise brand has revealed. The company revealed in its annual results yesterday that...

New software has been launched to help estate agents collect feedback on viewings. Feedback Enterprise, from the Cumbrian communications specialists SMS Speedway,...

Two well-known East Yorkshire estate agents have joined forces to merge their businesses with a new name and branding. Stanifords and Grays...

Rightmove is to become the headline sponsor of the new series of Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway. The new ITV series...

Politicians are to take estate agents to task over what they call “a forest” of For Sale and To Let boards. Local...

Fine & Country is holding a recruitment open evening in its flagship office on Park Lane in Mayfair, London.  The event will...

High-profile agency self-employed agency owner Sean Newman has unveiled a rebrand of his offering. He has changed the name of his self-employed...

An eXp UK agent has highlighted the importance of personal branding and his own beard in securing property sales. Ben Moore, who...

Agents should be using social media and their own US-style personal brand to promote listings regardless of the value of the...

One of hybrid agent EweMove’s first franchisees has expanded his North West territory by rebranding as Property Franchise Group stablemate Whitegates. Chris...

Agents have been busy expanding and rebranding this week. Regional agent Preston Baker is expanding its service area with the creation of...

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

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

A new Code of Practice for builders and an independent Ombudsman for consumers in the new-build sector went live this week. Customers...

Agency franchise brand Keller Williams UK (KWUK) held its largest ever UK event at the Vue cinema in London’s Leicester Square...

Property data and estate agent prospecting platform, Homesearch has unveiled a new property search engine that it hopes will transform the...

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

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

As uncertainty continues to prevail across the industry, aided by a government in crisis, the challenges in the months ahead feel...

High profile agents and industry executives are due to appear in a new video series to share best practice ideas online. The...

Agents and property professionals have been in boats, on bikes and even used football stars to help raise funds for charity...

Images can have the ability to paint a vivid image, but video content can take this to the next level if...

Agent marketing platform Growth Track has rebranded with a new offering aiming to save firm’s money and boost their digital presence. Now...

Oakfield Estate Agents is marking a quarter-century in business with a major rebrand and a pledge to donate £50 to a...

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

An agency which in 2020 moved from traditional branches to a hub-based business model, says it’s to become a ‘digital first’...

A new company claiming to save money on buyers’ legal and estate agent fees has been forced to rebrand. Easyfees - launched...

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

The branding and technology supplier epropservices - which also owns Fine & Country and the Guild of Property Professionals - is changing...

OnTheMarket has this morning told shareholders that its performance is ahead of expectations and it's on course to make improved profits...

The name of Purplebricks - which once claimed its business model was a global success - has now been removed in...

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

Midlands-based estate agency franchise Newton Fallowell, which is part of the Belvoir Group, has rebranded.  The new look is being rolled out...

OnTheMarket has revamped its website in a bid to shed the final connections with the portal’s failed leadership and strategy of...

We have been speaking with many agents over the past months and the story appears the same with them all. There...

In this article, the team at The Lettings Hub - which aims to offer tech-driven solutions for the rental market - outline...

An estate agency group is rebranding and pledges that it will build on its current revenue averaging £1m per branch.  Property group...

A business once called “the UK’s poshest estate agent” has revealed that it’s under new management. Bective - formerly called Bective Leslie...

It’s a truism that most property enquiries from buyers these days come through portals but there are several reasons why agents...

Rightmove is at the centre of a revolutionary advertising initiative involving Channel 4’s Location, Location, Location. Using Artificial Intelligence technology, a digital...

West London agency RiverHomes is rebranding in what it describes as a bid to more closely reflect its unique expertise on...

The latest easyProperty franchise has landed in Luton, the spiritual home of the easy brand as it’s the place where budget...

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...

One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...

One of the country’s longest-standing independent buying agencies has rebranded. Haringtons, established in 2004 and covering both London and the country, has...

Spicerhaart - which is increasingly shifting its activities towards agents operating away from traditional branches - has redesigned its boards in...

A north London new homes agency is to rebrand as Connells-owned Hamptons. Lanes New Homes has been owned by Hamptons for some...

The debate over For Sale and To Let boards continues apace with some local councils wanting to make it difficult or...

As agents, we’ve finally got used to the word PropTech - some of us even like it! What’s more, PropTech has,...

Michael Jones & Company celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year and, in an effort to both celebrate the work of local...

Leaders Romans Group is to bolster its finance services with the expansion and rebranding of its mortgage arm. Leaders and Romans Mortgage Services...

It’s been reported that Foxtons is to create ‘virtual branches’ in as many as 15 UK cities outside London, plus commuter...

The group chief executive of south east England’s largest independent agency is retiring. David Lench of Arun Estates has revealed that he is...

The UK affiliated agency of Warren Buffett’s global real estate company has unveiled its new website. Berkshire Hathaway Homes Services (Kay &...

Zoopla has unveiled a subtle rebranding plus new features and functionality - and says it wants to be number one, not...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

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

Here are the first three TV adverts for Boomin, the new property portal which launches on Friday.The new website launches early...

Yopa has instructed two companies to help with its brand building as it battles with other major online players. It’s appointed M.i. Media...

Connells has bought a small three-branch family-run agency to sit within Sequence - Connells' third acquisition in recent weeks. Holroyds - bought for...

As a property agent, fancy marketing terminology such as ‘omnichannel’ might not hold too much interest for you right now. We’re in...

A new service is offering agents free welcome boxes which can be passed over to buyers and tenants who move in. The...

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

Zoopla has revealed a multi-million-pound programme of future developments which have taken 18 months to finalise. Chief executive Charlie Bryant has told...

A £17.8m pre-tax loss has been reported by Yopa in its latest financial statement filed at Companies House. Figures lodged just before...

A digital resource hub for estate agents launches a new product today, claiming to shorten transaction times.  Sort Move, which has been...

One of Countrywide’s two up-market brands, Hamptons International, has unveiled a new look which it describes as part of “a transformational...

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

A former London estate agency owner and finalist on The Apprentice says he’s now returning to the sector to sell new-builds. Jamie...

Your Move is to become the English Football League’s official Communities Supporter for the coming season. The agency is already an Official...

Firstly, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Lockdown 2, as it’s being known, is now with us, but fortunately...

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

A North East agency, which first opened in 1977, has revealed a new identity with a new name and fresh branding. Thirlwells...

Independent estate agency Heywoods has undergone a major rebrand in honour of its former boss Chris Stops. Stops, 57, passed away in...

Fine & Country has revealed its latest branch - a West Wales office opening for business on Tuesday. It will initially cover...