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Nat Daniels, chief executive of Estate Agent Today publisher Angels Media is among guests to appear on a new industry podcast...

After six years at Keller Williams, well-known industry figure, Chris Buckler is on the lookout for pastures new and exploring agency...

  It's not often that I have sympathy for our glorious leaders – those who set the rules by which we all...

Happy New Year, to you all. Now that we’re all back in harness and Christmas feels like a long-distant memory, I...

A Keller Williams agent has revealed how he gets clients to happily pay 2% and he is calling on others to...

As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...

Here at Angels Media towers, we’re always keen to get the biggest names in the business on board for interviews. And that...

The major property portals have ruled out cuts and discounts to agency fees amid the cost of living crunch. Estate agents, like...

Aside from all the news surrounding the Autumn Statement this week, which will have a significant bearing on the property market...

The property sector braced itself for the chill wind of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement this week. His pre-Budget comment that he...

Making predictions for the year ahead is notoriously difficult and leaves me open to having egg on my face, but I’m...

Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...

I can’t really write about anything else this week, can I? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have...

In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...

The worst cost-of-living crisis in generations is everywhere we look and agents – and the property industry more widely – are...

First off, my own quick tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Despite her age and declining...

Nat Daniels, chief executive of Estate Agent Today publisher Angels Media, has been named as a top UK property influencer. Daniels was...

In this latest Day in the Life of...Natter, I get an insight into one of the most vital cogs of the...

Last weekend, Nat Daniels' latest Property Natter column focused on the average day in the life of a conveyancer. In this feature,...

In a welcome return to a favourite series of mine - and a timely one at that, given the current back...

In recent years, we’ve witnessed a massive influx of channels for media consumers – two of the biggest of which are...

For some time, LinkedIn was seen – fairly or unfairly – as stodgy, dull, corporate and formal. The uncool uncle to...

If there’s one thing that received a boost as a result of Covid and lockdowns, it’s podcasts – which reached whole...

The last week has been dramatic even by the standards of UK politics, with a Cabinet and junior minister rebellion bringing...

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...

Between you and me, dear reader, I had little to no idea about what the metaverse was before researching it for...

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...

From the beginning of April, long-awaited rules from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) came into effect....

Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce has for the first time given some figures on the usage of some of the key...

With Boomin nearly turning one, I decided to catch up with Michael Bruce, the co-founder of the property website and more...

Agents are being advised to revise their processes now to accommodate changes to the information required on property details, which begin...

This week, you will have all seen the sad news that Graham Norwood is stepping down as editor of Estate Agent...

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

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...

The changes to the business models of agents have been turbo-charged by the pandemic - and that makes the industry ripe...

Property events and functions are now back in full swing, with 2022 likely to be the first ‘normal’ year for this...

The head of one of Britain’s most successful agency groups says he is a big fan of PropTech - but it...

The chief executive of Belvoir says his agency has had 25 years of significant financial and business success - and much...

Our Agents Do Charity column each Friday does a fantastic job of highlighting the amazing charitable work of agents up and...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

In this latest Property Natter video interview, Angels Media CEO Nat Daniels chats with one of the lettings industry's best-known figures about...

Adam Day will be a well-known figure to many in the industry, having been the founder of Hatched (the online agency...

If UK agents were paid higher fees they could perform a better service to the public. That’s the view of Mark Hayward,...

One of the founders and leading figures in the Agents Together industry charity says one silver lining of the pandemic has...

We’ve had a terrific display of agency and supplier videos running every weekday since late November - a wonderful lead-in to...

The chair of the strategic board of fledgling Boomin says most existing portals are merely operating like digital newspapers with listings,...

Only one in eight sellers use the estate agent through which they purchased their home to begin with. That’s a staggering loss of...

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

The chief executive of Propertymark says agents should be trained - but it’s then vital they use their training as a...

Propertymark conducts spot checks on agents to ensure they are compliant - but perhaps gives too little publicity to its role. The...

One of the country’s leading estate agents has shared his top tips for using PropTech. Simon Bradbury is managing director at Thomas...

One of the country’s leading experts in estate agency reviews has given advice to agents on how they can best use...

Angels Media was the official media sponsor of the highly successful Relocation Agent Network’s conference on Friday, with Angels chief executive...

In a first for the Natter, this week's interview is a video affair, with me posing the questions to Stephen Brown,...

Hello and welcome to a very special edition of Agents Do Charity - a tribute to someone who has arguably done...

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

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

As a character from a fairly well-known TV show once said, winter is coming and we’re all contemplating where 2021 has...

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...

The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...

As we motor towards the next major global climate change conference – the UN’s COP26 being held in Glasgow from 31...

Photography has become an increasingly important weapon in an agent’s armoury in recent years as listings compete for space on portals,...

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...

Chestertons, the London high-end estate agency chain, is reported to be looking for a buyer. Sky News says it’s hired Deloitte, the...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have another industry big-hitter and one of the most high-profile female leaders in property...

Let it never be said that this column isn’t here to help out agents directly. In this week’s Natter, I speak...

Have you recovered yet?  We don’t mean the hangover, but the shock from the fact that England never gave their fans cause...

In the world of football – very topical at the moment, as we all enjoy the Euros – there is an...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....

Around 18 months ago, just a few months before the pandemic hit, I did a Natter with the team at software...

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

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak to someone who has made an excellent impression on the property industry in...

In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I chat with Fine & Country UK’s managing director Nicky Stevenson, one of the most...

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

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

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...

Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...

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

This week’s interviewee in the ‘In Conversation Today’ hotseat is a man better placed than most to shed some light on...

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

One of the biggest TV hits of lockdown has been the Netflix show Call My Agent! It’s a surprise success, perhaps, because...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...

This week’s In Conversation Today interviewee needs no introduction. One of the property industry’s most recognisable names, she has been a...

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

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

I have written this column for over four years. I started writing it at a time when no-one really knew anything...

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

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...