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PropertyPal has named a new chief executive and wider leadership team. The Northern Ireland-focused property portal has promoted former chief operating officer...

Is there such a thing as an online estate agency any more? A decade ago, about the time I started editing Estate...

An agent with 15 years experience at high end agencies Hamptons and Knight Frank has joined a self-employed brokerage brand. Sally Jane...

Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

Spicerhaart's top performers have been honoured at an awards ceremony showcasing the agency brand’s culture. The 2024 Elevate Awards were hosted by...

Forget the Oscars, the biggest even in town last week was the Fine & Country International Annual Conference and Awards Gala. The...

Author and broadcaster Katie Piper is set to take to the stage at the Propertymark One Conference at the ExCel London...

Winkworth is revving up its backing for young racing driver Zak O’Sullivan. At 18-years old he is already on the fast track...

As electric vehicles increasingly populate our roads and the necessity for accessible charging grows, enquiries about electric vehicle chargepoints when buying...

While some landlords may have breathed a sigh of relief following Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak’s announcement on energy upgrades, I suspect...

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

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Chestertons has become the first corporate partner to sign up to London e-bike operator Forest’s employee scheme in an effort to...

Like most parts of the UK, the one I live in has a bit of a beef about parking. More precisely,...

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

This article is partially based on “Plugging in to the Future”, NHBC Foundation, NF90, used by kind permission. As part of the...

I was delighted to read recently about the creation of the first ever ‘register of logbooks’ in the UK, which offers...

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

Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers has begun replacing its fleet of cars with electric vehicles. It comes as a clean air zone is...

Having just had an appointment popped into my diary by my car as it apparently told the garage it’s due a...

The end of last year’s Stamp Duty holiday has given a temporary boost to house price data for October 2022. The latest...

A Scottish agency has added a property twist to Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol story. West Lothian-based Property Webb has retold the...

It’s the oddest thing. Surely, the most fundamental requirement of an estate agent having won an instruction, is to get it...

The ESTAS Customer Service Awards – which are often described as estate agency’s version of the Oscars – took place last...

The worst cost-of-living crisis in generations is everywhere we look and agents – and the property industry more widely – are...

Property marketing provider NicheCom has gained carbon neutral status. It has been working with Carbon Footprint Ltd over the past six months...

With so many benefits including lower fall-through rates and quicker sales, it is no surprise that selling a property via auction...

Homes with electric car charging points are commanding a 5% premium, research claims. Motoring website RegCarCheck compared average house prices using data...

Accessibility to charging facilities is becoming an increasingly important factor for home buyers in affluent neighbourhoods where electric vehicle adoption is...

There was an article in Estate Agent Today recently that suggested only four per cent of properties on Rightmove and Zoopla...

Estate agents are in a unique position – we handle the meeting of people’s aspirations probably more than any other profession....

More than half of properties across England and Wales only meet insulation standards of 1976 or older. The startling figures, based on...

Agents are preparing their businesses for the cost of living crunch, with considerations on fuel use, heating and window display lighting. Much...

A rewards and recognition programme has been launched at an agency chain, with claims that it will enhance staff careers and...

The Mayor of London is demanding ministers take sanctioning Russian oligarchs seriously by moving immediately to seize assets that can then...

In the last two years digital Property Logbooks for our homes have moved from concept to reality with almost a quarter...

Property checks can be the bane of a letting agent’s life if left unchecked. Throw in the winter weather, and you’ve...

An estate agency that launched in 2018 saying that High Street offices were dead…has now opened its second physical branch in...

Buying agency Middleton Advisors has made a commitment to go carbon neutral - and its method may be a template for...

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

There’s been a huge rise in references to electric car charging within property listings submitted to Rightmove. The number of homes listed...

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

The ESTAS – often known as the property world’s version of the Oscars – returns as an in-person event this Friday...

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

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

There’s good news and bad news from the shake-up in government ministers and ministries that was presented to the nation last...

The property market over the last 18 months has seen unprecedented activity - as a result of changed priorities, the stamp...

The son of an Oscar winner has been named as the latest estate agent working under the easyProperty banner. Damian Wanstall is...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...

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

The UK property market is always evolving but never as quickly as it is now. Traditional estate agents are seriously questioning...

Conveyancers should consider the provision of electric vehicle parking and charging in transactions according to a legal company. Law firm says that...

In the not-too-distant future, it will be possible to order a driverless car to collect you and then drive you to...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

An agency in London which was stung by fierce criticism in the spring lockdown has announced its policy for branch activity...

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

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

Letting agents up and down the country have undoubtedly felt the financial strain added by the outbreak of COVID19. Whilst this will continue,...

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

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

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

Housing minister Chris Pincher is drawing up guidelines which could allow agents to return to something like normal working in the near...

NAEA Propertymark has today launched a campaign for the government to introduce what it calls a Property Sector Support Package. This would...

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

We are all operating in peculiar times. Times of great upheaval. Our lives are both in a complete state of flux...

One of London’s most experienced estate agents says there has been a very significant surge in foreclosure sales in part of...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

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...

The man who founded Zoopla is now a second hand car salesman - but with a digital difference. Alex Chesterman, who founded...

A sales and lettings agency in the Cotswolds has taken on a fleet of fully electric company cars. The Volkswagen eGolfs selected...

There’s a clear change of mood music in the country now regarding environmental issues. You don’t need to be old to remember...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Eric Woodhams F.N.A.E.A. mio Account Manager What is mio and what...

All new-build homes could soon be fitted with an electric car charging point. The government has issued a consultation on the move,...

The PropTech era is changing the way in which employees decide where they are going to work. As CBRE has discovered in...

It’s London Tech Week, everybody! The sprawling city-wide event taking in dozens of conferences, events, workshops, panel debates and so on,...

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

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

A new emission zone becomes effective in central London in 10 days time and could cost residents who use their car...

GetAgent, the comparison estate agency business, has secured £2.2m in investment from a consortium of investors including Channel 4. The backers are...

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...

Has the bell finally tolled for online agencies? Emoov’s collapse and an investor revolt over crowdfunding have left a large question...

In his keynote speech at the recent Negotiator Conference, Professor Andrew Baum sparked debate throughout the property industry. Baum’s speech, which began...

Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman - who sold the portal company for more than £2.2 billion to US private equity fund Silver...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in our lives – from virtual assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and...

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

Several agents have asked me whether they should consider ditching their high street offices and move to an out of town...

What are the magic ingredients for building a strong brand, attracting new customers and building trust with your target market? Gareth Helm,...

As summer turns to autumn over the next few weeks, that won't stop the nation's agents and property professionals from raising...

Making my way to our London office on a busy commuter train, my mind got busy thinking about the new do-it-yourself...

In recent weeks, you could have been forgiven for thinking that you’re not actually in the UK.  Flash floods aside, the...

Peter Rollings is one of the most respected and best-known figures in property, having helped to rapidly grow Foxtons (where he...

Spicerhaart is reported to be replacing its fleet of 1,100 cars over the next three years with BMWs.  Much of its current fleet...

It may be a stunt to drive book sales or it may be a true-life expose of what really goes on...

Jon Hunt, the billionaire founder of Foxtons, has come out on top in his bid to dig down -  he has...

It looks likely that Facebook will soon be able to list homes for sale in the US, in the style of...

In this week’s Natter I’m going to get all political. Don’t worry, I won’t be giving my opinions on Brexit, Trump...

Not so long ago, new UK car sales were racing ahead, fuelled by confidence in the economic recovery, but car production...