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Lomond has acquired one of North Yorkshire’s oldest independent agencies, Joplings The deal will see Lomond’s Linley and Simpson brand take over...

A network uniting ethical estate agents has officially launched today with 25 members. The Ethical Agent Network (EAN) is led by industry...

On the 24th of January, Adam Walker wrote a very interesting piece about the consolidation of the lettings industry where he...

Here’s the news you don’t normally get to hear about - the agency industry in full swing doing good work. If you’ve...

Is it really just a year ago that we were nervously wondering whether yet another Christmas would be Covid-affected? Little did we...

We spent some time with Lucy Noonan, Founder and CEO of Atomic Consultancy, to pick her brains about the many moving...

The Agency UK – which was set up by three ex-employees of Purplebricks – has strengthened its team with the arrival...

Estate agency network the Experts in Property has expanded its geographical spread. The group of more than 65 independent estate agencies across...

Former Fine & Country chief executive David Lindley has teamed up with other industry heavyweights to launch a network of independent...

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

As regular readers will know, I like to use this column to shout out about the independent agents who are the...

Sky News reports that the little-known Lomond Group - backed by private equity money - is in exclusive talks to buy one...

Relocation Agent Network, the network of primarily independent agencies, says it’s looking at global options for growth thanks to its relationship...

One of the west of England’s largest independent agencies has signed a two year deal with Zoopla, running across portal listings...

A plea has been made to the government to help small companies and stop letting online firms off the hook. The Federation...

Boomin says it’s added over 600 new agency branches during May, with the latest signing being the large Pattinson independent with...

A leading industry trade body is warning that remote-working agents and smaller independent agencies are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

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

International investment bank UBS has double-downgraded Purplebricks from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ - and that could be good for independent agents, a...

Smaller independent agencies that took out government Bounce Back loans to help them through the Coronavirus crisis now have more time...

While the property industry has suffered far less than other sectors during the past year, it would be short of the...

Boomin has announced another 15 independents as members of the site, which is expected to launch in the near future. “The latest...

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...

Hello and welcome to our latest doffing of the cap in honour of those in our industry fund-raising for great causes....

Boomin, the still-to-launch portal created by the founders of Purplebricks, has named another 10 founding member agencies. Like the initial 10 they...

One of the country's largest group of independent agencies has named its new chief executive officer - and says it’s a...

Two independent agencies in London have joined forces to form a 'full circle' service for developers, promising to transform the property...

One of the many new portals recently launched has made a pitch for agents to join because of its referral fees...

The Guild of Property Professionals says that in the past quarter it has had its highest number of new joiners on...

A south coast estate agency which has been operating since the 1980s has opened its seventh office.  Jacobs Steel’s latest branch is...

A survey of estate agents’ market share post-lockdown indicates significant advances for independent agencies and online operators. TwentyCi, a data consultancy, says...

A new analysis of corporate estate agencies’ social media followings and websites shows the big winners to be Savills, Foxtons and...

A personnel company wants agents to tell them how much they earn in another anonymous online survey. Rayner Personnel - which recently...

A third of agencies say at least some of their staff will be working from home permanently when the Coronavirus pandemic...

Independent agencies are the backbone of our industry so it’s great to be able to share images from three such experts...

Much like PropTech, Open Banking has been used as a buzzword in recent years. However, when it comes to the rental...

One of Britain’s most outspoken and high profile agents has quit Rightmove in spectacular fashion, using an open letter to the...

Rightmove’s latest market snapshot, released this morning, appears starkly at odds with the situation described by some agents in recent days. “The...

Hello and welcome to PJT: even with little more than a fortnight before Christmas it seems there are still plenty of...

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

Earlier this year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working group announced the initial details of plans for mandatory qualifications and...

Connells Group has announced its acquisition of an independent Cambridgeshire agency - and it says it’s on the look out for...

The independent Seel and Co, one of Cardiff’s and Wales’ oldest independent agencies and auction houses, has been acquired by Jeffrey...

A Leicestershire estate and lettings agent has expanded after buying Barrow Upon Soar-based Strawberry Lettings and Sales.  Berkley Estate & Letting Agents...

Recent figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have revealed a rather worrying landscape for small business owners across the...

Sales and lettings firm The Grantley Group has purchased lettings and management agency Property Services Haslemere in the latest example of...

The chairman of franchise giant Hunters says his company’s purchasing power is such that it secures 60 per cent discounts from...

A new group called the Federation of Independent Agents has been set up as a network of like-minded independent agents who...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

A long-standing independent agency on the south coast is to rebrand after being snapped up by a Winkworth franchisee. Humphreys & Orr,...

New figures from the British Independent Retailers Association suggest that there are now 135 fewer independent estate agency branches than at...

As the property market gears up for a busy autumn period, agents and property firms have been equally busy bolstering their...

The team behind a new ‘open platform’ targetting smaller agencies in need of Proptech support have revealed a heavyweight line up...

The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a series of regional roadshows with a target of enhancing the success of independent...

Franchise giant Hunters says independent agencies which joined the firm in recent years have typically beaten the performance of the housing market. Chief...

A new property portal called Linktosale aims to launch in the UK at the start of March following what appears to...

The death throes of the Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents are continuing. A statement by software entrepreneur Charlie Wright, who...

The long-running saga of whether independent agents’ group CIELA is ever going to launch appears to be nearing its end game...

The fledgling and highly vocal CIELA group says it is possible it may not launch this autumn after all despite months of...

The founder of the trade group seeking to represent independent agencies says he hopes the National Association of Estate Agents considers...

The first meeting of fledgling trade group CIELA has ended with a pledge to expose what it calls ‘fake agents’ which...

Online estate agents have been accused to “the callous exploitation of naive sellers” by the software executive behind the idea to...

The founder of one of the largest independent agencies in the East Midlands is to step down, over 27 years after...

Experts in Property, a network of independent agencies with 80 offices across the west country, has secured a new affiliate to...

Zoopla Property Group claims that in the past two weeks, over 40 agency branches have returned to listing on Zoopla and...

Property Sharing Experts, which says it is the largest network of independent estate agencies in the south west of England, has...

The director of a leading regional independent agency says the agency industry needs a thriving Zoopla to keep Rightmove in check,...

Hunters has four more offices in south east England - the former Black & White Estates branches in Ashford, Folkestone, Hythe...

The Countrywide group of estate agents has come out fighting after relatively poor figures revealed at the end of last week,...