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Propertymark’s regional conferences are returning in November, promising to help members keep up with the latest legislative changes. As part of the...

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

Female representation at estate agency conferences and awards was a big theme of 2023 and now there is a chance to...

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

Propertymark has revealed details of its 2024 regional conference programme. The agency trade body said it will visit 19 regional locations next...

The Women in Estate Agency support group has unveiled details of its latest conference. The event will take place at The IET...

Propertymark has frozen membership fees for 2024. Acknowledging the impact of ongoing inflationary pressure and high-interest rates, the agency trade body has...

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

Propertymark is extending its political engagement and reach by exhibiting at the party conferences this week. The agency trade body will be...

And suddenly it’s autumn. It’s just six weeks before the clocks change, days are getting shorter and - the real sign...

Propertymark has doubled its regional conference programme for 2023. Working in partnership with Rightmove, the agency trade body will now host 10...

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has repeated calls for Stamp Duty to be scrapped as politicians prepare for party conference...

Rightmove and Propertymark have unveiled a two-year partnership to provide agents with the latest local market data and easier access to...

Next month’s much-anticipated Propertymark One conference is set to go out with a bang, the trade body has said – and...

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

What are you going to do when something unplanned, unexpected, and unpleasant hits your brand and business? There’s no point avoiding it...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has launched a new mobile app for members. It is described as the first of its...

Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...

Propertmark is calling for a 12 month exemption on additional Stamp Duty rates to boost rental property supply. The issue will be...

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

A major new scheme worth half a million pounds is now underway in an effort to promote sustainable investment into housing,...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

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

Christmas - time for a much-needed rest for our industry after getting through a workload which reached almost unprecedented levels in...

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

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...

In this article, the team at Iceberg Digital outline why agents should consider attending the Estate Agency X event as well...

I’m sorry to break this to you but in 10 days’ time it will be autumn - and we will have...

In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

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

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

The National Association of Estate Agents is inviting members to join a panel reviewing new PropTech produced as a result of...

An overview of the global PropTech sector is often what I am asked to cover at conferences around the world. This generally...

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

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

NAEA Propertymark is partnering with a service called REACH UK, to promote selected PropTech start ups to agents who may need...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

Estate Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...

One of the country’s leading housing market research experts has been poached from Knight Frank to join Zoopla. Gráinne Gilmore - a...

Being a market leader means staying on top of industry trends. The more aware you are of what's happening in the...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

As real estate firms begin to execute their Q3 strategies and think more closely about Q4, there is one major question...

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...

It was long awaited, much anticipated and, thankfully, incredibly well attended. FUTURE PropTech 2019 was a big hit and a truly global affair. For...

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

A new group called the Federation of Independent Agents has been set up as a network of like-minded independent agents who...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

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

Over the past year I've had so many conversations with agents telling me how they feel that offering a premium customer...

The chief executive of failed online agency Emoov has been named this week as one of the 500 top “tech influencers”...

What a big week for PropTech! With the very first MIPIM PropTech conference, taking place in Paris today and tomorrow, comes...

Today is the day. 1,600 people will gather in London for FUTURE: PropTech, an event I have supported when there were...

I have high expectations for this year’s PropTech events and property conferences.  Those that I attended in 2017 demonstrated a real step...

The story of this week - the ousting of Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt - prompts two key questions. Firstly, who takes...

And so summer draws to a close. The slow, lazy months of July and August have come to pass and the...

With party conference season around the corner and the next Budget just a couple of months away, more industry players are...

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...

It’s not just the evenings drawing in that marks the approach of autumn - it’s also the return to work of...

Shelter, the campaigning charity that has been hugely critical of private landlords and letting agents in recent years, has now launched...

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...

It’s that time of year again – peak conference/event season. And, while Brexit and a shock snap general election are dominating...

In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...

One thing that can be guaranteed in the property world each year is a range of conferences and awards dinners. Very...

Excuse the puntastic (or not) title, but as you’ve no doubt already deciphered I took a trip northwards a couple of...

Rightmove is teaming up with the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents to offer what...

The south’s seaside resorts are stealing the headlines for all the wrong reasons and at the heart of the troublesome issue...

Let me set out my stall from the beginning. Firstly with two buy to lets managed by an agency, I understand and...

What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in no particular order: Trump, Brexit, Leicester winning the Premier League, a...

The joke doing the rounds last week still seems to be just as relevant this week: “the only man with a...

It’s nearly June – June! – already. Seriously, where has this year gone? This means summer is nearly upon us, with a...

Right, so it’s one more week till Christmas and two more weeks until we head face first into 2016. Both these...

Martyn Baum has been appointed as youngest-ever president of the National Association of Estate Agents, with a pledge that he will...

So, a sigh of relief.  Most agents will be pleased with the election result - even if they are not Tory supporters...