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An online travel agent has come to the rescue for an estate agent’s fundraiser to give a local road sweeper a...

An estate agent’s kind attempt to raise money for a local road sweeper to have a much-deserved holiday have been derailed...

SINCE the new Labour government was elected in early July, one phrase has been circulating more than any – grey belt....

Building and development plans Recently, Carter Jonas has marketed development sites which have attracted multiple bids, higher offers than had been anticipated...

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered property portal Jitty has now expanded to Bristol and the surrounding areas. The app said it clocked over 3,000...

The housing sector remains locked in a buyers’ market and prices are unlikely to rise nationally this year, Zoopla claims. While some...

The Labour Party has proposed introducing 25-year fixed term mortgages should it win the next General Election. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves suggested...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss the first annual Iceberg Summit to be held the...

One in four mortgages lent to those under 30 now have a term of 35 years or more, new research suggests. This...

The ESTAS team and I are now on the final countdown to Friday 20th October.  Having run the event for twenty...

It was a genuine pleasure to read this week about Yorkshire estate agent Ian Bradbury who clocked up 40 years selling...

The Labour Party has announced it will be hosting an emergency mortgage summit this week. The summit, happening in London tomorrow, is...

The cost of moving home has soared in the past year, new figures reveal. According to new data compiled by insurers Admiral...

EweMove has announced its Franchise of the Year as part of the brand’s10th anniversary celebrations More than 250 people flocked to the...

OnTheMarket (OTM) has launched a range of new tools that aim to boost the user experience for consumer and also make...

The return of commuters and international buyers has seen buyer demand return to 2019 levels, a major London agent claims. Dominic Agace,...

The confirmation of an immediate Stamp Duty cut last week may have meant delayed sales could complete, but there are concerns...

Four out of five homebuyers would consider reducing an offer if they found maintenance issues when viewing a property.  The insurer’s poll...

Downsizing could become more attractive to older homeowners as the cost of living crisis intensifies, Savills claims. It comes as analysis by...

As uncertainty, apprehension and anxiety increasingly infiltrates every aspect of our professional and personal lives, to ‘keep calm and carry on’...

It’s the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell fire tragedy, but are high rises any safer today than they were then? On 14th...

Property professionals and MPs were left wanting more after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s much-anticipated housing announcements yesterday. Johnson yesterday promised a review...

EweMove managing director Nick Neill has set out plans to double the size of the franchise network by 2025 as the brand’s...

Technology developed for the estate agency industry has advanced and expanded seismically over the past decade as software vendors develop their...

Property checks can be the bane of a letting agent’s life if left unchecked. Throw in the winter weather, and you’ve...

Christmas - time for a much-needed rest for our industry after getting through a workload which reached almost unprecedented levels in...

A company linked to the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower is being excluded from the government’s Help to Buy scheme, pending the outcome...

EAT readers may have seen a piece in Friday’s property section of The Times about the long-running Simplify saga, which has...

Agents are being advised to wear face masks at work - even if no member of the public is present.  Paul Offley,...

A few weeks ago the ESTAS took place at the Grosvenor House hotel in London - the first chance for many...

In this piece, Tom Davis, press officer at Propertymark, explores the debate surrounding a locked or open-door policy, and whether the...

It may be ‘Freedom Day’ but it looks certain that many estate agents will still wear masks in offices today and...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

For a match between two great rivals, the England-Scotland 0-0 draw on Friday may have brought both nations together. After all it’s...

Welcome to our second Euros Agent Match Report, when we get leading agents’ and suppliers’ takes on the matches featuring England and Scotland.  Today...

A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50% of home movers selected their estate agent because they liked them....

A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies.  This is despite Purplebricks this...

Zoopla today begins a new marketing drive - the latest move in the fierce battle between Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket and Boomin. Zoopla is...

If someone broke into your house and took a video of lots of personal information, like photos of family and pets,...

From 4 May 2021, your agency could be blocked from charging late fees, compounding interest on missing rent and taking any...

A new appeal has been launched to discover what happened to missing London agent Suzy Lamplugh. She disappeared in July 1986, aged 25....

In a dramatic New Year’s Eve statement on the London Stock Exchange, Countrywide has agreed the terms of a recommended offer...

The coronavirus pandemic has somewhat eclipsed Brexit this year – which is no mean feat. Cast your mind back to pre-Covid...

The private equity company which wants to take control of Countrywide has issued a statement saying it now has the support...

The soon-to-launch Boomin portal has signed up a national firm and now claims to have recruited 40 per cent of the...

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

An unidentified estate agency has been threatened with prosecution by a local council after opening its office to the public during...

2020 has been a testing year right from the start. With Storms Ciara and Dennis causing £184m+ worth of damage to...

Figures drawn up by a property industry recruitment guru show that estate agents work only two thirds of the hours they...

Agents are being advised to operate an appointments-only system if they have offices with only one person on duty during the...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

An agent in the unusual position of operating across the England and Welsh border says many of his competitors appear to...

Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...

Rightmove has suggested there may be massive changes underway in buyers’ priorities as the housing market resumes and the country begins...

Some estate agents are now receiving small business grants from the government, according to the Guild of Property Professionals. Guild chief executive...

There has been scepticism across the industry as to the motives behind an unspecified number of lay-offs and permanent branch closures...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

Estate agents who deliberately over-value properties in order to win instructions are effectively committing fraud according to a prominent industry figure. Russell...

A warning has been issued by a prominent industry figure that more bricks-and-mortar High Street agents will go under in 2020,...

An unlicensed landlord who let out rooms with dangerous electrics and refused to pay a civil fine, has been told he...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...

If anyone thought a Boris Johnson government would be more decisive than Theresa May's when it came to housing policies, the last...

Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson has expressed an interest in switching the stamp duty burden from buyers to sellers. Until now Johnson’s comments on...

Conservative leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson's plans to reverse stamp duty changes could help to kickstart the prime property market, according to...

Two of Britain’s largest and best known estate agencies have endured a day of turmoil at the hands of investors -...

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...

Equity release, seen by many agents as a reason why fewer older homeowners are downsizing these days, has reported more growth...

During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...

On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not what you could describe as ‘housing heavy’ in terms of the...

It’s been nine years since we created a dedicated team of property receptionists to answer telephone calls on behalf of agents,...

Bored with Brexit? Baffled by the backstop? Troubled by the transition period?  Well here’s a promise - there’s no mention of the...

Having delivered over 1,800 websites for estate agents over the last 15 years, I have come to recognise one major common...

The rise and rise of Equity Release continues with a more-than-doubling of the number of product options on the market in...

There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

Only 24 hours after the Land registry released data showing a 20 per cent slump in housing transactions, new figures from...

A pensioner who committed sexual assaults on two women - one of them an estate agent - has been sent to...

New data from Haart estate agency suggests that despite many homes sticking on the market, apparently would be buyers are locked...

As noted in Estate Agent Today’s news pages, OnTheMarket’s (OTM) recent dire share performance (at time of writing the price is...

It didn’t take long - within 24 hours of high-flying Tory Dominic Raab being named as housing minister, so there was...

Some customers dislike entering traditional estate agency branches, occasionally feeling 'like prey' for sales staff when they enter. This is one of...

Before we go any further, assuming you are an Agents’ Mutual member, let me ask you a question. If you had...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has blocked some of his Twitter followers, accusing them of “abusive language”.   Sharma has a relatively modest 9,169 followers...

Figures released by the government suggest that over 285,000 people, including 240,000 first time buyers, have used one or more of...

Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of...

It’s never more obvious how important good communication is for letting agents than in times of bad weather. Havoc caused by...

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

Liz runs her own estate agency in Gateshead. When researchers for the Suzy Lamplugh Trust got in touch earlier in the year to...

Auction rooms across the UK are filled with people looking to buy property, from bargain hunters to seasoned investors, ensuring that...

Haart has apologised over what it calls the “completely unacceptable” parking of one of its cars which blocked in a care worker’s...

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It’s been hot, hot, hot this week - but that's not deterred many in our industry from helping those in need...

An agent has expressed his anger and frustration at being the subject of an apparent cyber-attack which involved his office telephone...

The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered its final few days, and like never before, housing is the...

Leaked emails dating from 2013 and seen this week by Estate Agent Today appear to show a number of estate agencies...

Shelter has been tirelessly campaigning for longer tenancies for the last few years.  The charity has led the case for change and...

News from the Halifax this week that the combined values of the residential properties in London amounts to £1.13 trillion, virtually...