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Estate agency CRM Alto has been given a mobile upgrade. Alto on mobile already lets agents view their calendar, manage their diary...

If you’re thinking about becoming an Estate Agency franchise or converting your existing estate agency business to a franchise, here we...

We were delighted to hold our first ESTAS Postcode Awards last Friday as part of our commitment to recognising service standards...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

Landmark Information Group has been named as a principal partner for this year’s ESTAS Awards held in October. As part of this...

Propertymark is hosting two important webinars this week to keep agents informed of important industry regulations. The agency trade body is hosting...

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

Let’s start at the very beginning - Happy New Year. Now, let’s give thanks to the guy who made January 1st...

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

The Guild of Property Professionals successfully hosted its annual Autumn Tour virtually last week, allowing member agents from across the UK...

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

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

The first Women in Estate Agency Award winners were announced at the ESTAS last week. The ESTAS Awards marked its 20th anniversary last...

Agents should take work safety more seriously, particularly self-employed agents, an industry podcast claims. The latest Agents MVMT Pass The Syrup podcast...

The OneDome Group has launched a competition to pay a mortgage borrower’s home loan for a year - and agents are...

The organisers behind a prestigious property journalist awards ceremony has announced the event will no longer go ahead. The Property Press Awards...

LSL has sold its mortgage, protection, and general insurance brokerage firms Embrace and First2Protect. The brands have been sold to Pivotal Growth,...

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

Reapit has acquired agency software provider Inspect Real Estate (IRE). The service, already used by more than 3,000 real estate customers to...

Housebuilder Barratt Developments has implemented a hiring freeze and reduced land approvals as it warns of uncertain buyer confidence. A half-year trading...

Plenty of inspirational examples of fundraising activities by agents and property professionals have been coming in from the end of 2022. Whatever...

Propertymark has released a new calendar of events for 2023, doubling the number of regional conferences, and in a first, attendance...

You are aware of the business benefits of digital transformation. You understand the need for your estate agency to leverage technology to...

From singing to dressing as superheroes, there are plenty of inspirational examples of agents raising money for good causes this week. Whatever...

OnTheMarket Group has launched its own proprietary customer relationship management (CRM) platform for estate agents following a successful trial period.   TecCRM, which...

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

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

Zoopla-backed agency software provider Alto has launched new mobile functionality to support agents on-the-go.  Agents will be able to search for contacts on...

It's been a busy period of fundraising and volunteering for agents and property professionals. Support has included getting one charity back on...

As the UK works towards its net zero goal by 2050, Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched a Green Hub to support...

From bike rides to boxing, agents and property professionals have been turning up the heat with their fundraising exploits. Remember, if you...

As the mass student exodus from rented accommodation begins throughout the UK, Richard Abbots of Inventory Hive offers advice on how...

Fundraising efforts featuring bikes, boats and James Bond all feature in this week's edition of Agents Do Charity. Remember, if you have...

The LSL Property Services group - which is increasingly focussing activities in the mortgage and personal finance world - has issued...

Housing market analyst and PropTech entrepreneur Anthony Codling says that the next few weeks will determine whether Boomin is the portal...

No matter how dark the news, there’s light in our industry thanks to so many agents and suppliers doing good deeds....

An average home appreciated more in 2021 than its owner will have earned, according to Savills. The agency says that with annual...

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

Agents are losing tens of thousands of pounds each - in some cases even more - because of the volume of...

House prices in the UK have ended the year of yet another record high. The Nationwide says annual house price growth increased...

Hello again and with just two weeks to go before the festivities begin, there’s a definite ramping up of fund-raising for...

Welcome to the new week - and we’re just 19 days from Christmas Day!  We continue our parade of photos and videos...

While the Christmas season is usually heralded by an influx of terrible Christmas adverts, the launch of Starbucks’ gingerbread lattes, Adam...

Well it’s about time isn’t it? We mean winter - it’s here at last, with white, wintry weather that gets us...

We have all heard the terrible forecasts and listened to Sir David Attenborough’s speeches on the environment and the “we still...

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

If there is one thing that modern consumers have come to expect, it’s convenience. As a nation, we’re driven by on-demand...

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

An estate agency says it’s analysed the housing market’s long term cycles and forecasts that house price rises will continue -...

Day in, day out, I see how good estate agents really are.  Whether it’s in my day job on Location, Location, Location...

The Property Ombudsman says there’s been a big increase in enquiries to its service in recent months, despite the pandemic.  In its...

Bramleys says it’s to resume property auctions in October. The auction will be the first held since March 2020. Previous auctions have been...

The already-high fall-through rate for transactions is likely to be supercharged by the impending end of the tapered stamp duty holiday...

It’s British Grand Prix weekend, one of the big events on the sporting calendar and this year back with a full...

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...

Pressure is building on London agency Foxtons to repay its furlough funding. The company issued an upbeat trading statement on Wednesday; while...

An agent working for a Countrywide brand in Lancashire has been given a suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of...

A new forecast suggests 70,000 buyers will miss the March 31 stamp duty holiday deadline. Zoopla has undertaken a new analysis to...

Independent agents inspired by the Say No To Rightmove campaign are to launch a rival portal next month. Wearethemarket is a portal...

Following a turbulent 2020 in which the property market and the professionals working within it excelled in the face of unprecedented...

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

Purplebricks says it’s to continue to test new pricing models next year - and has not ruled out completely moving away...

Connells has increased the temperature in its bid for Countrywide with a surprise statement this morning outlining risks run by Countrywide if...

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

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

The latest Rightmove asking price index shows the extraordinary market and amazing times we are living through. The average price of property coming...

A leading agency says so-called Covid Clauses are being inserted into contracts as buyers become increasingly cautious ahead of a possible...

London agency JOHNS&CO says the performance of its staff during the Coronavirus period has led it to launch what it regards as...

It’s hotting up out there as a beautiful summer’s weekend beckons - an ideal time for some fund-raising in the sun,...

Conferences, events and awards dinners are a hugely important part of the property calendar, bringing the great and the good of...

Purplebricks is starting a new wave of TV advertisements today, continuing its theme from earlier this year as a sponsor of...

Countrywide says it is pursuing the businessman who failed to complete on the purchase of the troubled agency’s commercial arm, Lambert...

The acting chief executive of OnTheMarket says the Coronavirus crisis could indirectly create a catalyst for change in the portals marketplace. Clive...

There’s been a substantial 20 per cent rise in formal complaints about agents taken up by The Property Ombudsman.  The figures refer...

The market share for all online agents fell sharply in the period up to the start of the pandemic according to new...

Welcome to the weekly salute for agents and others in the industry fund-raising for good causes - and we know that...

Purplebricks and Countrywide have each recently claimed to be the biggest agency group in the UK but now Connells says that...

The property management industry is evolving at a rapid pace, thanks almost entirely to the rise in PropTech. Hundreds, if not thousands...

Hello - it’s Monday and so it’s PJT, where you can catch up on the industry major moves of recent days. Please...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

Your Move is to become an Official Supporter of the English Football League.  The announcement will see Your Move benefit from digital...

Countrywide has this morning revealed that its special general meeting of shareholders to agree the sale of its commercial arm will...

A trading statement this morning by LSL Property Services - owners of Reeds Rains, Your Move and Marsh & Parsons -...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

Auction House has reported a record number of sales for September, while its founder claims private treaty sales 'won't be able...

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...

The organisers of next week’s ESTAS Estate & Letting Agent Awards, the biggest and glitziest event on the industry calendar, have...

It’s London Marathon week, always a great event in the calendar and - we’re sure - an event that attracts a...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...

It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of defections and duplicity worthy of Shakespeare. Yet the estate agency world has...

It’s time to think about planning the 2019 events calendar. This year, there are more PropTech conferences scheduled than ever before,...

Rightmove has launched a share buy-back programme to run until late next month, February. Companies buy back their own shares to keep up...

Anything can get a Christmas makeover these days, and if you thought it was a sprig of holly too far to...

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...

The ValPal Network, an automated valuation system, has for the first time provided over 100,000 leads to agents in just one...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows some 98,400 homes were sold across the UK in September - that’s slightly lower...

Almost one in five online sales valuations generated by The ValPal Network over a two-year period resulted in a completion with...

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...