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As 2024 progresses, I expect to see an increase in the role that estate agents play in local communities. Once perceived...
06 January 2024
From: Features
Agents may hate portal fees but have ranked property websites such as Rightmove and Zoopla as their most important digital asset. A...
14 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Dexters has acquired rival London estate agent Marsh & Parsons from LSL Property Services. The move creates an agency operating 150 offices across London,...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Potential buyers will be able to search for eco-friendly homes and message an agent through WhatsApp as part of a range...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Boomin has revealed an upgrade to its SmartVal feature, which tries to blend real-time online valuations with local expertise from member...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The latest easyProperty franchise has landed in Luton, the spiritual home of the easy brand as it’s the place where budget...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A small survey commissioned by a PropTech firm appears to show that a majority of respondents believe estate agents lack expertise...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Estate agents are being advised to emphasise to customers that they are local experts. “Show [the public] that you really know your...
09 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks has addressed its critics on house sales by pledging to return vendors’ upfront fees if the agency fails to find...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News
easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has given his personal backing to the newest recruit of online agency easyProperty - even though...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....
24 October 2020
From: Features
We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...
01 August 2020
From: Features
In these uncertain times it’s good to report positive news - ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has announced its...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The Hunters franchise group says it’s now the third largest agency in the UK, and it promises to reveal a major...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News
The relaunched easyProperty hybrid agency is to rely exclusively on local marketing to drive awareness and customers, and not follow the...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News
A regional agency operating across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire has announced an acquisition which adds two branches to its network. This week, Alexander...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Franchise giant Hunters says its branch network has now hit 200 following a spate of acquisitions in the first half of...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News
A London independent agency has joined the franchise network of Hunters. Regent 2000 Properties, which operates in Camden Town, is seeing its...
31 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Low risk letting is everyone’s aim, but unless legitimate guidelines are followed it’s difficult to know if a tenant will prove...
17 April 2019
From: Features
Well-known Essex and Hertfordshire agency Mullucks Wells is rebranding as part of the Hunters Group. Mullucks Wells will remain independently owned but...
28 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Zoopla claims a new Property Valuation Report being trialled in nine areas will win more leads for agents. The PVR will use...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News
To say legendary ZPG founder and CEO Alex Chesterman left big boots to fill when he stepped back from day-to-day operations...
24 November 2018
From: Features
New research by TheAdvisory consultancy, shared exclusively with Estate Agent Today, reveals exactly how fees have fallen for traditional agents in...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News
In an exclusive and candid interview with Estate Agent Today, Countrywide chairman Peter Long has admitted that the company had been...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News
A post-Christmas treat this week, as I carry out a Q & A with one of the leading figures in property,...
14 January 2017
From: Features
Agents who subscribe to LonRes are being offered a personalised report builder offering sales and lettings data at postcode level, and...
11 January 2017
From: Breaking News
Good branding is absolutely crucial to any successful business or product, even more so in a world of social media, instant...
12 November 2016
From: Features
Who are you? I’m the champion of local owner managed estate agents, leading them in the fight to beat the competition What...
03 May 2016
From: 60 Second Interview
In 2014 there were 19,000 estate agent branches in the UK. Of which 18,000 were registered to list properties on the...
14 April 2016
From: Sponsored Content
Countrywide says the man charged with planning the organisation’s digital future is to step down - just days after he was...