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Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...

With the property market showing signs of a slow-down and the economic outlook rather uncertain, we spoke to Lucy Noonan, founder...

Over the later part of 2022, we have experienced unprecedented economic and political turmoil, which will remain as we head into...

I can’t really write about anything else this week, can I? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have...

The government is being urged to close the "revolving doors" of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to...

Agents need to use social media for more than just posting property listings, an industry digital marketing expert claims. Craig Vile, director...

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

Foxtons has given details of what some believe is market-leading use of technology to drive its sales and lettings effort. In a...

A claims firm wants to commence proceedings against online estate agency companies such as Purplebricks and Yopa. It's on behalf of thousands...

The man who admits he was “the acceptable face of Foxtons” in its golden period says he finally left because it...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....

One of the industry’s leading consultants has calculated staff turnover rates at the country’s leading estate agencies. Christopher Watkin, the consultant who...

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

Agents who use cheap PropTech could end up spending a lot more than they expect, according to an industry expert. Anton Babkov,...

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

Russell Jervis, who spent 33 years at Spicerhaart rising to managing director before quitting late last year, has re-emerged this morning...

Kerfuffle is the first property-related review site in the world to offer agents the ability to post video reviews on supplier...

A warning has been issued by a prominent industry figure that more bricks-and-mortar High Street agents will go under in 2020,...

Earlier this year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working group announced the initial details of plans for mandatory qualifications and...

The new housing minister has admitted that her party has tried to “put a lid” on house price rises and has...

In a surprising announcement overnight, housing minister Kit Malthouse says he is standing to become the Conservative party leader and next...

Countrywide’s senior executives have set out reasons why investors should put their money into the group, despite its troubled recent years. Yesterday...

Hello and welcome to 2019. These are less predictions and more expectations - developments following on from what’s happened in the past...

One of Emoov’s agents in the field has contacted Estate Agent Today to give an insight into how the agency has...

For too long the private rented sector has been complacent towards customer satisfaction. In the changing rental landscape, the smartest letting...

Purplebricks co-founder Michael Bruce says traditional agents sell only around 50 per cent of the homes that they list, so spend...

It may not be a good idea for a journalist to be personal about a politician, so I write about our...

A leading agency chief says the frequent churn of housing ministers means there is only one answer if our industry wants...

Renting has long been characterised as a stepping stone onto the housing ladder for the younger generations. But in recent years,...

The proportion of homes sold in London was lower than any other part of England and Wales last year according to...

The rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...

Countrywide has revealed precisely how many brands, branches and staff it has following the extensive and multiple restructurings of recent years. In...

Rightmove says it has enjoyed its highest ever monthly number of visitors - 141 million in January. They spent a total of...

One of the founders of hybrid agency Purplebricks says sellers in the UK may never accept the sale of their property...

Countrywide says it is too early to say whether the stamp duty surcharge introduced in the spring has had any significant...

Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has today reported a strong period of growth during the six months to the end of March...

Homes in the South East, South West and London change hands much more frequently than those in other parts of England.  Analysis...

Zoopla says it will later this week give an update on the number of agents it now has as members -...

The government recently pulled the plug on financing the Green Deal so you may be wondering what this all means for...

OnTheMarket has made a defiant response to news that Zoopla is growing both its estate agent membership and its property listings...

Zoopla is back in business with its trading update to the City this morning revealing that it has a net growth...

Investors’ Chronicle, the Financial Times group magazine for private investors, says Zoopla’s acquisition of price comparison site uSwitch is ‘a creative...