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As the property market gets ready for a busy autumn market, ESTAS has launched its Summer of Success Stories. This is an...

Google estimates that 70% of a customer’s buying decision is made online before they contact you for the first time. And who...

Sprift is to continue as one of the principal sponsors for the 2024 ESTAS Awards. The data firm will present the prestigious...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

Shortlists for three ESTAS Awards are set to be revealed today. The 21st annual ESTAS Awards ceremony, sponsored for the first time...

We were delighted to hold our first ESTAS Postcode Awards last Friday as part of our commitment to recognising service standards...

The ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has unveiled new headline partners for 2024. Reapit and PayProp will become the Headline...

Regional agency Mundys has snapped up a sales business, taking its branch total to five. It currently has two offices in Lincoln...

Agents are set to discover who has won the Best in Postcode accolades next week as part of a rejig of...

Landmark Information Group has been named as a principal partner for this year’s ESTAS Awards held in October. As part of this...

Reading the news on Estate & Letting Agent Today every day (as I’m sure you all do, too), there appears to...

The ESTAS Group has scheduled a Big Postcode Reveal event in April to detail winners of its latest award category. The Best...

TV presenter Phil Spencer announced the winners at the 20th ESTAS Awards in October As most of you will know The ESTAS...

Agency brand Anthony Pepe has announced the acquisition of Chamberlains Estates in Enfield. The former owners of the Chamberlains business, Andrew Ryde...

You’ll know by now that I’m a fully signed up member of the PropTech fan club. And I’ve had an exciting...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

The annual ESTAS Awards have seen 1,000 people from across the industry witness a string of winners, including new categories celebrating...

The first Women in Estate Agency Award winners were announced at the ESTAS last week. The ESTAS Awards marked its 20th anniversary last...

TV property guru Phil Spencer has backed the latest hip hop track commissioned by Made Snappy 360 to celebrate the 20th...

The Guild of Property Professionals is celebrating reaching 13,000 ESTAS reviews. This has given the network an average customer service rating of 96.6%.  Based on...

The 20th annual ESTAS Awards are set to take place a week from today. Backed by headline sponsor Coadjute, the event will...

The ESTAS team and I are now on the final countdown to Friday 20th October.  Having run the event for twenty...

The ESTAS Group has launched an ‘app’ style version of its platform for smartphones. ESTAS Mobile offers all the functionality of the...

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

It’s a brave business owner who actually invites criticism.  I speak from the personal experience of asking the opinions of the...

Agency feedback platform The ESTAS Group has launched a new tool designed to help estate agents by collecting vital insights from...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heather Staff and it says Co-Founder of Street Group...

The ESTAS Group has revealed new branding together with the first details of two new products to be added to its...

Property industry customer review platform ESTAS is preparing to reveal its regional and national shortlists for their 2023 awards. The nominees for...

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

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Agents Giving: Entries are now open for...

The ESTAS team may be known for its Customer Service Awards but it has now picked up a gong of its...

The Guild of Property Professionals has achieved the milestone of more than 11,000 ESTAS reviews. The network has revealed it has reached...

Strike chief executive Sam Mitchell has blamed uncertainty since the September mini-Budget and rising mortgage rates for making the market more...

Customer review platform ESTAS has partnered with the Women in Estate Agency Group (WIEA) to promote the health, wealth, and empowerment...

Details of the first Women In Estate Agency (WiEA) conference have been revealed. The group, founded by senior agency figures Liana Loporto-Browne...

Estate agents are perhaps unlikely to be modest by nature, but I’m always surprised at how much many agents know, yet...

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

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

Property data company Sprift has been confirmed as one of the Principal Partners for this year’s ESTAS Awards, which take place...

Private Banker Finance has been named as the latest sponsor for the ESTAS Awards. The brand, which specialises in high-end mortgages -...

Landmark Information Group has been named as the latest sponsor for the ESTAS Awards. The brand, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services,...

The Sustainable Agent eco-scheme has launched as carbon footprint calculator to help prospective members find out what their carbon emissions are...

I look back on when my dad helped me buy my first car and shared his pearls of wisdom on what...

A record 600 firms and individuals have been shortlisted for the 2022 ESTAS Customer Service Awards. Sponsored by blockchain property network Coadjute,...

Agents may be gearing up for this year’s ESTAS Customer Service Awards but there is another accolade that you could aim for next...

Fundraising frolics by agents and property professionals this week include bike rides and triathlon challenges, plus the charity award season returns. Remember,...

The shortlists for this year’s much-coveted ESTAS awards will be revealed from the end of this week. The ESTAS Customer Service Awards,...

Property blockchain network Coadjute has launched a research project to identify ways estate agents and conveyancers can improve their working relationship. It...

Estate agents are being urged to ensure clients have instructed a solicitor from “day dot.” Speaking in an exclusive video interview with...

Estate agents and conveyancers have agreed on better working relationships at the first collaborative event between the two professions. There has been...

The sponsor of an industry forum for agents and conveyancers to be held next week says the collaborative event hails the...

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

Connells-owned Countrywide has announced a major deal in which 49 of its brands will use the ESTAS customer review platform. The deal...

The ESTAS Forum scheduled for March says its aim is to encourage agents and conveyancers to work more closely together.  “There doesn’t...

Estate Agent Today understands that the civil servant who has been at the heart of plans to reform the house buying...

Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023.  Coadjute - which took over...

The online agency Strike - which has a business model selling homes for free and relying on referral fees for revenue...

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

One of the country’s leading experts in estate agency reviews has given advice to agents on how they can best use...

In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...

Sustainable Agent, a new members-owned eco-scheme for agents and property management companies, has announced a tie-in with review and awards platform ESTAS. As...

A few weeks ago the ESTAS took place at the Grosvenor House hotel in London - the first chance for many...

With a Budget, mild weather and the continuing uncertainty over the pandemic, you might be forgiven for forgetting that we get...

The ValPal Network has won the ESTAS’ Supplier Awards – Best in Sector: Online Valuation Tool prize for the fifth year...

The largest live event in the property industry for two years took place last Friday - the ESTAS awards.  TV property expert...

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

Some 1,100 guests are expected to attend the ESTAS awards tomorrow - the first time agents, conveyancers and brokers will gather...

We’re building up towards both Christmas and the Awards season right now, and that gives plenty of opportunities for fund raising,...

The ESTAS Forum scheduled for the morning of the annual awards ceremony on October 22 has been postponed - but the...

The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...

ESTAS has announced that FocalAgent, a visual content supplier to estate agents, has signed up as an executive partner for the...

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

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

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

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another edition of good will and cheer generated by the industry’s fund-raising heroes. It’s...

The Federation of Independent Agents has passed the key milestone of 50 member branches covering in excess of 200 exclusive postcode...

Day in, day out, I see how good estate agents really are.  Whether it’s in my day job on Location, Location, Location...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

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

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...

I want you to ask yourself a question, what is your reputation? By that I mean your personal reputation and your...

The reviews element of the ESTAS Group has signed a two year deal with Hunters. The agreement means Hunters - now part...

Agent websites have become more crucial than ever in attracting new business. Consumers are more informed and doing more research online...

ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...

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

TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid  In your experience,...

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

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

The ESTAS Group has named a new headline sponsor for its 2021 Forum and Awards, taking over from Zoopla with immediate effect. It’s...

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

Later this year, on October 22, the ESTAS 2021 will take place in London. The glittering ceremony will welcome property professionals...

The Federation of Independent Agents has released details of the entry criteria for agencies interested in joining the growing group. “We’re already...

Reservation Agreement specialist Gazeal is to sponsor the Estate Agent categories at The ESTAS later this year. Gazeal chief executive Bryan Mansell...

Agents and conveyancers are expressing doubt over whether a possible six week extension to the stamp duty holiday will be enough...

Agents will soon have a chance to hear a US motivational speaker described as one of the world’s most influential sales...

The biggest awards in the residential property sector, The ESTAS, has confirmed an autumn date for its main 2021 event.  Traditionally the...