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LSL Estate Agency Franchising is home to one of the UK’s best-known estate agent brands - Your Move. There are several...

Thousands of people will be invited to take part in new research to help provide information on why one particularly badly...

Much of the focus may have been on the Spring Budget this week but a variety of charities have received support from...

The liquidator of collapsed portal Boomin is investigating a sale of the portal's intellectual property to My Bespoke Room as its...

It’s that time of year already: Halloween’s happened, Bonfire Night’s blown itself out, and there’s now a feast of festivities leading...

Why professional indemnity claims are on the rise In today's volatile economic landscape, the uncertainty faced by landlords and tenants has reached...

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

By Dawson Scott, CTO of Reapit. As the Chief Technology Officer of Reapit, I have always held the view that the privacy,...

As economic signs increasingly point to a contraction in the property market, competition for new business will inevitably heat up. But...

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

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...

Was Purplebricks right to delist a property from its website when it discovered the vendors - a Christian couple - were opposed...

In support of International Men’s Day - today - LSL will celebrate what it calls “the positive value men bring to...

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...

Potential house buyers may be fine with virtual tours during lockdown periods, but as the country opens up, people are going...

If someone broke into your house and took a video of lots of personal information, like photos of family and pets,...

A new campaign to urge whistleblowers to come forward with evidence of wrongdoing has been launched by the Financial Conduct Authority. This...

The head of finance at Propertymark has quit - another high profile departure for the troubled organisation. Estate Agent Today broke the news...

When it comes to communications, Propertymark could do with a lot fewer confidentiality agreements and a lot more transparency. And I...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

A PropTech platform that says it halves the time taken for transactions has just completed a multi-million pound investment round. Coadjute - which...

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has admitted that getting the number one portal to change its fee structure “may take...

Boomin, the new portal being set up by the founders of Purplebricks, is holding a series of confidential webinars next week...

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

Two estate agency directors have been disqualified by the Competition and Markets Authority after taking part in an illegal price fixing...

The City regulator which is bringing a test case over insurance firms refusing to honour Business Interruption policies wants policyholders including...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

A surveyors’ firm has been wound up after courts declared that it had misled clients over the success of its core...

A long-standing legal dispute between OnTheMarket and the Gascogne Halman and Connells agencies has been settled. No details have been released but in...

The Competition and Markets Authority has released a 135 page document giving explicit details of its latest agency cartel investigation. This includes...

There’s been a new warning to estate agents to check they are fully compliant with GDPR regulations following a European case...

Countrywide says it is constantly keeping its current branch structure under review, saying any responsible agency would have to consider the...

Problems with relationships are usually helped, if not always resolved, by people asking straight questions and getting straight answers. That’s what we...

A survey conducted by Estate Agent Today suggests there is huge anger from agencies against Rightmove in particular for its fees. On...

The big question for the industry at the moment is the cost and future of portals.  This is especially key for agents...

An estate agency service in the Lake District has rolled out a new benefit to all its staff - and in...

A series of damning reviews about Purplebricks’ working environment, apparently written by existing and former staff, have appeared online. Indeed is a...

The Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally found that four agencies broke competition law by taking part in a price fixing...

The UK property market can be seen by criminals as an effective vehicle to conceal the proceeds of economic crime. Criminally...

The beleaguered Your Move estate agency insists there was no breach of customer privacy after an ex-employee reportedly took confidential data...

ARPM  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...

Direct Line for Business is launching what it calls an online “end-to-end” insurance product for estate agents and property management companies.  The...

There are only a few days left for agents, brokers and suppliers to enter the ESTAS 2019 - closing date is...

Estate Agent Today has been given details of responses made by administrators to an enquiry about the possible acquisition of some...

You don’t need EAT to remind you that Christmas is now just next month.  Many agents are gearing their fund-raising to that...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the number of properties on estate agents’ books is now nearing...

If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...

Here’s some good news to take into the Bank Holiday weekend.  Research undertaken by Estate Agent Today suggests that fees charged by...

For many estate agents seeking to become entrepreneurs, the idea of starting their own business is undoubtedly daunting, especially when going...

Conveyancing services firm My Home Move has launched a portal which it claims gives users complete transparency checking their conveyancing progress.  eWay, which is...

The ESTAS Group has announced record entries for its 2018 estate and letting agents awards.  The national award scheme - which recognises...

There was confirmation this morning, as expected, that Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt has quit - but so far there is no...

Countrywide appears to be in turmoil with Sky News reports that board members are discussing trying to get rid of controversial...

Sky News is this evening reporting that Alison Platt, the chief executive of the troubled Countrywide agency, may soon be leaving...

The Countrywide chief executive, Alison Platt, is said to have warned staff that the reaction from the markets and shareholders to...

The Competition and Markets Authority has set out precisely what agents and other companies can and cannot do in the event...

An early Gold member of OnTheMarket is making a last-ditch bid to stop its parent company, Agents’ Mutual, from floating on...

Giving clients reliable advice when they are buying, selling or letting a home lies at the core of every successful estate...

Savills is remaining silent on the issues surrounding the apparent filing of a High Court order that may oblige the agency...

The Advertising Standards Authority has given the green light to an circular which provoked complaints suggesting it deliberately did not appear...

The story of the week has been the first steps of a trade body to represent independent estate agents - as...

The Land Registry is no longer accepting any applications or correspondence relating to applications if they are marked ‘Private and Confidential’...

High-end agency Savills has launched a dedicated Sports Services team to offer what it calls “a confidential property service to the...

The estate agency industry has been ticked off by an official watchdog for the way many of its businesses handle clients'...

An estate agent that reportedly left a client’s passport and tax information in the street over 18 months ago has been...