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Propertymark is hosting a webinar titled ‘Navigating Everyday Decisions for Better Outcomes’, designed to help agents improve their decision-making. The webinar will...

Everyone seems to be talking about artificial intelligence (AI) right now. It is an issue which has been bubbling under since Covid -...

If you want to hear of a tale for our industry’s times - featuring housing shortages, planning disputes, rampant  inflation and...

As most of the regular readers of this column will know (and because I’m not shy about admitting it) – I’ve...

London based presenter and property expert Elizabeth Warburton has partnered with Fine & Country as one of the hosts of the...

A housing market analyst has admitted he is “happy being wrong” after predicting house prices would fall between 8% and 10%...

LSL has described the transfer of its estate agency business to a franchise model as a success and said it expects...

A high-profile London estate agency has been chided by iconic Hollywood actor Sir Michael Caine for using his image and one...

Agents have been putting their hands in their pockets and getting active for plenty of good causes over the past week. If...

New homeowners are being warned about cold calls from scammers advising them to make speculated stamp duty refund claims. The warning comes...

A high-profile peer has questioned why estate agency regulation wasn’t extended to property management companies in the Queen’s Speech this week. Lord...

It’s easy to overestimate the importance of something in one’s own industry or work, but there seems good reason for believing...

First off, here at EAT we hope everyone enjoyed the Easter celebrations and didn’t eat too much chocolate! Despite the Easter break,...

Yesterday we reported on how the Chartered Institute of Taxation was warning of problems with new HMRC stamp duty rules to...

HM Revenue & Customs has been warned by financial experts that its latest crackdown on stamp duty abuse could make the...

The challenge of selling a property that has been garishly decorated over the Christmas period is one many agents will be familiar...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in our industry. If you have...

A TV advertising campaign begins today to promote SmartVal, its real-time valuation tool available on the Boomin portal. The advertisements will start...

HM Revenue & Customs has warned of what it calls the “negative impacts” of the pandemic on the latest property transactions...

Franchise agency giant Belvoir has acquired share capital in a small mortgage company. Nottingham Mortgage Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of...

A first-time-buyer couple in a part of the country renowned for its second homes and shortage of stock has praised a...

The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...

Normal life still seems far away so there hasn’t been the usual spotlight on a good-news-feeling that comes every year on...

The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

Here is a quick read focusing on 5 things you can check your business is doing while on your tea break....

Integration, collaboration and connected platforms – some great buzzwords, but what do they actually mean and do they really help agents? One...

There’s been a very large rise in the number of complaints submitted by consumers to the Property Redress Scheme. This is partly...

Agents have spoken out angrily against any uncertainty in the market caused by government leaks about future stamp duty changes. In recent...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

Trading Standards says agents must include more “material information” in property details even if this may not be a wholly positive...

Hello and welcome to the first PJT of 2020 - a new decade and, for many, a time of new opportunities. We’re always...

The Property Franchise Group has issued a trading statement that is upbeat on lettings but warns that the sales market has...

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...

A north of England estate agency is marking its 160th anniversary with the pledge to announce an acquisition by the end...

One of the country’s leading estate agents is leading the calls on Chancellor Sajid Javid to sort out the government’s stamp...

Housing experts have expressed their concerns that speculation about a radical stamp duty reduction to be introduced by Boris Johnson’s government...

The former chief executive of online agency Emoov has complained to the Mail on Sunday about an article concerning the firm’s...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

Connells’ brand Gascoigne Halman has lost its appeal against OnTheMarket. Gascoigne Halman challenged OTM’s old ‘one other portal’ rule at the Competition...

Anything can get a Christmas makeover these days, and if you thought it was a sprig of holly too far to...

The head of the portal PropertyMutual has accused Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket of being “corporate dinosaurs” and has called on agents...

Purplebricks is understood to be pondering the best way to assist victims of the collapse of Emoov without committing money for...

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...

PropTech has been mainstream for a few years now, and as more agents are familiar with the range of products and...

OnTheMarket has issued an upbeat statement about the Court of Appeal setting a date to hear Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman's challenge to a ruling...

Here we go again - the Court of Appeal is to hear Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman's challenge to a ruling that cleared...

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

Akshay Ruparelia, the young founder and head of the online agency Doorsteps, has been shortlisted for one of the most prestigious...

A statement to the London Stock Exchange by eProp Services has cemented its role primarily as a PropTech firm. This is in...

With the weather scheduled to get a little cooler this weekend, fund-raising is clearly still a hot topic in the industry...

There's been a shock announcement that ZPG - operator of Zoopla, PrimeLocation and Hometrack, as well as uSwitch - has accepted a £2.2...

‘Respect’ is the new mantra for politicians: whether it’s about street gang leaders, social media trolls or those on either side...

In recent years January has become the month of detoxes, fad diets, health kicks such as Dry January and Veganuary, and...

With the year in full swing we have some more heroic fund-raising and grant-giving stories to tell this week. Thanks so much...

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

A conveyancing body says it wants the government to allocate “a small fund” in next week’s Budget to promote research into...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement which suggested that the firm behind it had “a physical office ... in...

That the private rental sector has become the government’s whipping boy for housing problems - landlords in particular, letting agents almost...

The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...

Two of the most influential figures behind the PropTech sector have run a microscope over Rightmove’s business model and technology -...

Countrywide estate agency group is to drop out of the FTSE 250 from the start of trading on December 19. The news...

Humberts, long established as a southern England agency specialising in rural and semi-rural areas, says it is now going to use...

One of the world’s leading property portal and online consultants says Purplebricks, which is now operating in Australia and the UK,...

Over 40 separate estate agencies have agreed to join forces to fund litigation against Agents’ Mutual, parent company of OnTheMarket. The firms represent...

One of the directors of Agents’ Mutual, parent body of portal OnTheMarket, has told Estate Agent Today that his firm does...

So this is Easter - a busy time for many agents although once again the industry has shown its compassionate side...

John D Wood, one of Countrywide's two high-end brands operating in London and southern England, has produced a cinema commercial to be...

With the festive season in full swing, Knight Frank’s researchers have pulled out some Christmas themed data on housing market performance...

Diversity is a hot topic in offices across the UK as issues regarding the difference in pay and opportunities are being...

Connells has acquired Hatched, one of the pioneers of the online estate agency model. The acquisition is “aligned with Connells’ ambitious growth strategy...

Keller Williams, the US-originated franchise agency with three ‘market centre’ offices in the UK says it aims to expand that number...

There's good news for online estate agency easyProperty - although it has nothing to do with selling or letting homes, upfront...

Rezi’s cloud based SaaS platform seamlessly connects technology and business infrastructures Rezi Enterprise is a sales and lettings SaaS platform with an...

Mid West Displays have had the recent pleasure of working with Martin & Co at their Witney Office giving their window...

We are accustomed to increasingly lavish CGIs, fly-throughs and even the (short-lived) 3D floor plan. Now the United States has led...