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So it’s a Labour landslide but it’s not like 1997. I remember the last time as if it were yesterday. May 1st, 1997....

When we talk in general terms about the UK housing market, we tend to draw a picture of generality. Facts and figures...

Last weekend, Levelling Up and Housing Secretary, Michael Gove wrote in the Sunday Times that the nation’s housing crisis was so...

It was actor Charlies Sheen who said: ‘I have one speed. I have one gear. Go!’ The same might not be said...

Digital transformation is now happening at a monumental pace, and dependence on technology is growing to new heights. In fact, the...

As much of the country battened down the hatches for the first storm of the season, there may have been a...

The publication of inflation figures by the government tomorrow will be a Do-Or-Die moment for the housing market, it’s been claimed. At...

Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman has fallen out of the 2023 Sunday Times Rich List while Foxtons supremo Jon Hunt has seen...

From Million Dollar Listing to Selling Sunset, we’re used to seeing real estate reality TV in full force on Netflix. Whilst...

By the Co-founders of Freehold; David Mann MBE, Partner at Tuffin Ferraby Taylor and Saleem Fazal MBE, Real Estate Partner at...

It has been another busy month for job moves in the estate agency sector. Here are some of the latest moves that...

The World Cup is set to kick off in Qatar this weekend and Estate Agent Today has compiled a team of...

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

And…breathe. For a while back there, the only certainty for the housing market was uncertainty. That isn’t to say the election of Rishi...

Auctioneers claim they are benefiting from a sales market slowdown as buyers rush to make use of mortgage offers and sellers...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry over the past week, from on land to under the...

Estate agents need to concentrate on quality marketing more than ever before as mortgage interest rates rise and lenders become ever...

There are no signs of a post-summer lull in the property jobs market. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

Zoopla is urging couples to tackle the “awkward but all-important financial and ‘what if’ questions” ahead of buying a property together...

The property jobs market hasn't taken a summer holiday this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took place during...

In a welcome return to a favourite series of mine - and a timely one at that, given the current back...

It was announced back in February this year that PEXA, the Australian FinTech/PropTech that enabled the world’s first fully digitised property settlement...

London estate agency Alan Goldin Estates is celebrating 30 years in the business. To mark this milestone, the Temple Fortune-based estate agent...

People in prominent positions in the housing industry aren’t always perfect role models. After all, Chris Pincher was housing minister for...

Independent agent Barrows and Forrester has called for the appointment of a housing tsar for a fixed term as yet another...

There has been plenty of movement in the property jobs market this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

The economic turmoil of the past two years has done little to deter people from buying a property, research suggests. Buyers and...

House price growth may be slowing but there is still plenty of movement in the property jobs market. Here are some of...

Agents have been getting active in recent weeks to raise money for Ukrainian refugees. Fundraising activities range from office-based collections and referencing challenges...

Scottish estate and lettings agent Stonehouse has sealed a new partnership deal with Aberdeen Football Club. Stonehouse, an Aberdeen-based sister brand to...

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...

You can tell that spring is in the air as this week's Agents Do Charity is full of outdoor fundraising pursuits...

These are undeniably darker days as news comes through of a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine - we have the first agency...

A popular myth suggesting 50 per cent of homes sell with a second agent, is simply untrue. That’s the claim from property...

Seven years after it launched on the London Stock Market, speculation continues that Purplebricks may be about to de-list and return...

Here’s the odd thing about interest rates - we all care about them, but they don’t directly affect that many people...

An estate agency has brought cheer - or should that be cheers? - to the local community by brewing a beer. Neil...

John D Wood - the lettings and estate agency now part of the Connells empire - is celebrating its 150th birthday...

Purplebricks has this morning said that a newspaper report over the weekend, claiming part of the business is to be sold...

A well known westcountry estate agent has died just ahead of what would have been his 50th year with the same...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and even as Christmas approaches there remains plenty to report about people moving...

The Nested online agency, which recently revamped its business model to attract more self-employed agents, is expanding outside London for the...

A survey conducted by a bank suggests that over half of the self-employed sector of the economy believes its financial position...

The Karma Club: An industry partner has celebrated its second birthday by reaching a landmark of more than £15,000 donated to...

We’re about to enter August and second half of the Olympic Games - and fund-raising is happening at a Gold medal...

A young estate agent is being praised because of his heroic actions to save a woman from drowning.  Austin Mellor - just...

Boy it’s been hot out there - yet even 30 degrees or more have failed to stifle the enthusiasm of our...

The son of an Oscar winner has been named as the latest estate agent working under the easyProperty banner. Damian Wanstall is...

Last weekend we spoke with Liana Loporto, NAEA Propertymark’s president, in an exclusive interview. Here we follow that up with an...

Welcome to the start of another week and as the housing market continues at full pelt, so does the movement of...

A former commercial director of Zoopla, who worked at the portal for 12 years, has been named as managing director of...

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s on the move. Let us know...

Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...

Welcome to another working week and with it, our regular update on appointments and moves within our industry. Please let us know...

Over the next few years, the property sector is set to change for the better – all thanks to PropTech. While the...

Property owners who play it cool when it comes to marketing their home find their frustration soon becomes overheated. The constant we...

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...

Hello and welcome to another working week, and the latest on jobs and staff movement across our industry. You can be part...

It’s Friday so it’s Charity day of course, and today we get to the root of the issue of lockdown easing...

With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...

Hello, and as we near the first Bank Holiday of the year (and a little light at the end of the...

If it’s Monday, it’s jobs news day on EAT - welcome to the latest update. Want to be featured in our next...

Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...

Hello and welcome to this edition of Property Jobs Today, a chance to catch up with who’s moving where in the...

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

Industry supplier Kerfuffle and high-profile training service Marvellous have launched a competition for the children of agents and suppliers. The kids are...

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

Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

A group that last year floated the concept of a one-off wealth tax - which would include taxing main homes as...

Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...

There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...

By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...

To kick off 2021, we have a Q&A with one of the most high-profile – and, it has to be said,...

Hello - and here we are nearing the end of the strangest of years.  With agents and industry suppliers rushed off their...

First off, hello and welcome to this new series – appearing in Estate Agent Today’s Breaking News section each month –...

We are on the threshold in December with the pandemic still dominating but we’re delighted there is still positive jobs news...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and evenings that get darker earlier.  As winter approaches we’re continuing to bring you...

They’ve got it covered - the charitable arm of Propertymark is offering free face coverings to member agents. The Arbon Trust is...

I had a wry smile when I read the article on Monday from the conveyancers complaining about people getting off their...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...

Hello and welcome to PJT, our Monday feature giving you the inside track on major moves in and across our industry. Let...

Are agents swimming upstream against the Electrical Safety Regulations? 3 months on from the introduction of the ‘Electrical Safety Standards in the...

Hello and at the start of another working week, welcome to our regular jobs slot announcing who’s moving where within the...

Hello and welcome to the latest ADC, your regular Friday round-up of great work being done by agents, suppliers and others...

The Property Franchise Group has named high-profile industry veteran Eric Walker as managing director of Martin & Co (South and Scotland).  Walker...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...

There’s been a surprise appointment as OnTheMarket chief executive. Instead of popular acting CEO Clive Beattie - who had made it known...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT - we know some agencies are reshaping their structures and downsizing but this...

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

Hello and welcome to another week. We’re more than aware that it’s a challenging time for our industry as for most...

There are high hopes that the new stamp duty holiday will make an already busy market even busier - but not...

One of the possible stamp duty options floated by Chancellor Rishi Sunak could mean 89 per cent of sales would be...