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The Good Estate Agent has attracted 16 franchisees to its new travel brand, with almost half even combining it with their existing...

The intellectual property of collapsed online agency brand Doorsteps has sold for just £3,666. Begbies Traynor, the liquidator for Doorsteps, sought offers...

Property social network and listings website PropertyHeads has staked a claim as the number four property portal in the UK. While much...

The Good Estate Agent hybrid agency franchise has taken to the skies by diversifying into travel. While some agents may be looking...

Is Facebook giving you a headache? If you’re in the property sector, you’re not alone! From the Cambridge Analytica Scandal to...

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

Alexander Siedes, CEO of Homeppl, reveals the top five ways people try and commit tenancy fraud and how to spot and stop...

With tenancy fraud on the rise, landlords are increasingly wary. So, they want to work with agencies who do everything they...

Business intelligence is paramount to companies looking to gain a competitive edge, particularly in saturated markets like estate agency. Each client...

Almost a year ago the government announced that estate and lettings agencies were to be included in the business rates relief...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

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

To many less fortunate on the follicle front, high profile industry supplier Ed Mead has enjoyed an infuriatingly good head of...

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Hello and welcome to this week’s list of good work - yes, despite the virus lockdown.  Earlier this week we featured many...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

Hello and welcome to a special Agents Do Charity, given over entirely to a wonderful effort to coordinate the industry’s response...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column . Before we get on with it, a reminder to...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - a sure sign that it’s the end of the week and time to...

Agents now have only seven days to complete a referral fees survey, announced late on Friday by Trading Standards and The...

The National Trading Standards Estate & Letting Agency Team and The Property Ombudsman have launched an urgent survey to assess awareness...

The war of words between estate agency review website allAgents and consumer review service Trustpilot continues apace. Trustpilot has hit back, describing allAgents’...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...

I remember the day well; the day we all fell foul of addiction, the day our website was launched. Until then, at...

In the old days an agent would procure clients based upon their position in the high street, the size of the...

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...

The modern method of auction is proving to revolutionise the way properties are bought and sold across the UK.  By putting the...

MyBid4It is an online auction platform which has been developed to partner with Estate Agents and revolutionise the way properties are...

My article last week has sparked some really great engagement, which I’m delighted about!  Thank you to everyone who commented or dropped...

I don’t think I can add anything more to the excellent 2019 pieces we’ve seen on EAT in recent weeks –...

The government has moved to crack down on money laundering in the UK with a new campaign focusing on the accountancy,...

What may just be the UK’s ultimate property domain names have come up for sale - property.co.uk and realestate.co.uk. Both domains, which...

Fake news has become the popular catchphrase of a certain orange-tinted president in recent years. And everyone, from tech giants like...

A warning to people selling their homes to beware of internet-based scams offering cut-price surveys has been sounded by a leading...

Location, Location, Location: it’s no coincidence the TV show seized on that title because the importance of a property’s position is...

It’s something of an understatement to say it’s been a busy fortnight for the industry in terms of announcements, consultations and...

Purplebricks has launched something of a charm offensive to lift the lid on the experience and work of its Local Property...

Trustpilot has announced it is to remove UK reviews of Purplebricks which it says were "mistakenly invited" by the agency to be...

Historically, short-term rentals have been an unattractive business for the majority of estate agents and property managers. Scarcity of demand from tenants...

Estate and letting agents' property descriptions are becoming increasingly likely to appear in keyword searches, according to a web marketing expert. Director...

Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has announced it has become a 1% shareholder in international property portal business Propertyfinder Group (PFG). The organisation,...

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...

A controversial new search engine claiming to be in the later stages of development is seeking investment from estate agents, corporates...

No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...

1.For those who are not familiar with Properstar yet, how would you summarise your services? Properstar is an online portal that helps...

It's sometimes easy to overlook the fact that the majority of estate agents only receive payment for the weeks, if not...

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and answer sessions with some of the key figures in the property...

Purplebricks says it will have a marketing budget of AUS$17.2m - that's over £9.9m - to spend on marketing for its...

It’s a headline from an Australian business journal this week but it has a familiar ring to it: “Estate agents’ attempts...

It’s official; the estate agency business is tougher than ever. Contrary to perceptions that may exist amongst observers and even clients, the...

The amount of column inches taken up by ‘property’ is at an all-time high.  In my mind there are two major contributing...

The domain name Houses.co.uk - which we reported last month was for sale for a surprisingly low £3,000 - has had...

The internet domain name of the online estate agency Houses.co.uk has been put up for sale at a budget price, less...