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Members of the Relocation Agent Network (RAN) are to get access to Crux Careers' specialised recruitment and training programmes as part...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has set a date for its annual conference. It will take place on 12 July 2024...

The Guild of Property Professionals has chosen 20 new member agents in the first quarter of the year.  With the property market...

The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a referral arrangement for its members with The Land & New Homes Network.  New home...

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

Agents are feeling more positive about the next 12 months after reporting higher prices and fewer abortive sales. The Federation of Independent...

Winkworth has launched a talent drive to find rising stars to build a career and a business within the franchise network.  The...

The Guild of Property Professionals has announced eight new members to its network of independent agents. One is George F White in...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has unveiled a new collaboration with Dataloft. The partnership will give FIA members access to Dataloft’s...

Members of the Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) are to be given free access to an exclusive quarterly online masterclass session...

Rightmove has reported its second highest year for average revenue per advertiser (ARPA) despite agency branch membership dipping slightly. The portal revealed...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has launched criminal record bureau and directorship checks for all new and existing members. Graham Lock,...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has launched a new mobile app for members. It is described as the first of its...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) members are to be given access to exclusive training schemes from industry expert Julian O’Dell. The...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has partnered with industry data specialist TwentyEA to offer a new tool for the membership...

Following a rigorous process, Lifesycle has been chosen as the software provider for By Design, a new high-end network brand for independent...

Rightmove’s average revenue per agent has reached record levels as firms continue to spend more on the portal’s services. The property website...

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

Agent marketing platform Growth Track has rebranded with a new offering aiming to save firm’s money and boost their digital presence. Now...

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

The Belvoir Group has announced the acquisition of mortgage broker TIME. The agency franchise and financial services brand has acquired the entire issued...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) is aiming to become the first carbon neutral estate agency network. It has teamed up with...

Property data and estate agent prospecting platform Homesearch is expanding north of the border. After three years of operation in England and...

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

For an unregulated industry, agents have an awful lot of regulations to deal with. For example, there’s the mandatory membership of a...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

The Federation of Independent Agents is to hold its third ‘in person’ conference - called FIACON - this coming Friday in...

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

Fledgling portal Boomin says its new SmartVal tool has received over 10,000 requests since launching in early September. SmartVal is powered in part by...

The Federation of Independent Agents has today announced a strategic partnership with award-winning website creative firm Estate Apps. The partnership will enable...

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

For many, paying money to use an estate agent is primarily because that company has a database of buyers or tenants....

Michael Jones & Company celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year and, in an effort to both celebrate the work of local...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

The Federation of Independent Agents is forming a partnership with the new portal lead management platform Agent Response. Agent Response is led...

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...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...

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

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

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

Another group of independent estate agents have launched a portal - a rival to a similar project launched by other agencies...

The Federation of Independent Agents says a survey of member agencies suggests only around a fifth per cent would definitely be listing...

Independent agents inspired by the Say No To Rightmove campaign are to launch a rival portal next month. Wearethemarket is a portal...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

The Federation of Independent Agents trade group has unveiled a new automated nurture product available exclusively to members - and it claims...

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...

The soon-to-launch portal Boomin - set up by the people who founded Purplebricks- has signed another 10 independent agents. They are all...

Residential People, one of many free-to-list platforms in the hectic portal marketplace, is set to launch which it calls its “AI...

As you may have seen over the weekend, the long-running Property Natter column – penned by Angels Media chief executive, Nat...

The 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards are to be held on Friday June 11. For the first time the awards will host...

Firstly, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Lockdown 2, as it’s being known, is now with us, but fortunately...

Independent estate agency Heywoods has undergone a major rebrand in honour of its former boss Chris Stops. Stops, 57, passed away in...

Independent agents are busier than they have ever been thanks to the post-lockdown surge but larger corporates are actually losing market...

A new customer service award category at The ESTAS will see agency networks competing against each other for the first time.  Networks...

Two City consultancies instructed by OnTheMarket have talked up the company’s fortunes after the appointment of its new chief executive.  Shore Capital, which in...

You might be forgiven for thinking we’ve been cheated out of our Bank Holidays this year, as so many fell during...

The Federation of Independent Agents has announced its latest partnership - this time with a live-streaming viewing service called Gavl. The platform...

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

The new portal OpenBrix, which is powered by Blockchain, has revealed its fee structure ahead of its formal launch on September...

The Federation of Independent Agents has announced its latest partnership offering exclusive services for members - it property recruitment firm The...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

The phrase ‘game-changer’ has been hugely overused. But when applied to how Covid-19 is changing the way estate agents will work...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has set out strategy suggestions for independent agents facing steep portal bills. A 10-page document reveals...

Social distancing will be part of our daily routine moving forward for the foreseeable future and if you run an estate...

Lets Bid works in partnership with a variety of Estate Agents across the Uk from big franchise brands like Winkworth /...

The fast-growing trade group for independent estate agents has launched a partnership with the soon-to-launch Homesearch portal. Of the various free-to-list portals...

The Federation of Independent Agents and the ESTAS review and awards platform have formed what they call “a key partnership.” The FIA...

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...

The key figure behind the Say No To Rightmove campaign says the fight for more realistic fees goes on - and...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

The three leading portals have rejected an appeal to give the industry a payment holiday to help firms through the Coronavirus...

The property management industry is evolving at a rapid pace, thanks almost entirely to the rise in PropTech. Hundreds, if not thousands...

Some of the biggest figures in the industry have given Estate Agent Today their reaction to the news - broken yesterday...

Who are you? Jed Topping, Business Development Executive for Virgin Media How can sales and letting agents work with Virgin Media to earn extra revenue?...

The Federation of Independent Agents has revealed the names of a string of new member companies from across the UK. Founder Graham...

Independent agents in a fast-growing trade body are to be given the opportunity to secure exclusivity on land deals and new...

Estate Agent Today understands that the fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents’ trade group has announced a new partnership - this time...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager for the South West of...

Agents who join the fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents will have full access to the new Homesearch mine of data. Homesearch debuted...

A new portal claims it will do what OnTheMarket failed to do, and offer an agent-led operation charging every agency branch...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

The big question for the industry at the moment is the cost and future of portals.  This is especially key for agents...

“Multiple”members of the new trade body, the Federation of Independent Agents, are considering cancelling their subscriptions to Rightmove. FIA founder Graham Lock...

Belvoir has struck an innovative eight-year exclusivity agreement with Dacres, the 20 office estate agency network based in Yorkshire, to deliver...

The Federation of Independent Agents, the new trade group set up in May, is holding its first conference this week.  The FIA...

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

A free-to-list property portal says that contrary to opinion within parts of the agency industry, the more portals there are the...

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...

The fledgling Federation of Independent Agents has revealed a list of agents which have joined the scheme.  The very latest is Oakwood...

A new global free-to-list property portal says it has secured 800 new property enquiries for estate agents in the last four...

The Federation of Independent Agents has agreed another new partnership with an industry supplier. The arrangement will allow FIA agent members nine...