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10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Technology can be utilised to grow and advance a company's income. That’s not a new or controversial statement, but here I...
21 May 2022
From: Features
Agents are being urged to make better use of technology to balance calls for a shorter working week and consumer demand...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
More than half of those working within the property sector are suffering from higher levels of fatigue or stress, due to...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The ValPal Network, a PropTech supplier working with over 4,000 agency branches across the UK, has calculated the key hour for...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Estate Agent Today is to have a new editor from April 4. He is award winning journalist and podcaster Marc Shoffman who...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Three quarters of estate agents work more than an eight hour day at least once a week - and over half...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Day in, day out, I see how good estate agents really are. Whether it’s in my day job on Location, Location, Location...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...
05 June 2021
From: Features
A trade union is demanding that the government ban emails from all employers outside office hours - and it wants emails...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...
15 April 2021
From: Sponsored Content
New data from The ValPal Network suggests 57 per cent of leads are generated outside office hours, putting the emphasis on...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Agents are up in arms at a Rightmove restriction temporarily preventing access to parts of its listing back-end. Agents received an email...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News
The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...
10 March 2021
From: Features
The last few months have seen property agents work hard to continue delivering quality client communications and maintain an increasingly digital...
23 January 2021
From: Features
Figures drawn up by a property industry recruitment guru show that estate agents work only two thirds of the hours they...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Agents are consistently being told that they need to get on board with change. And one could quite easily make the...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Why should agencies leave voicemail in the last decade and make 2020 the year to invest in a more modern solution? Voicemail...
22 February 2020
From: Features
The ‘on-demand’ economy is reshaping our world. The way we order food, get around, and even access healthcare has changed irreversibly...
05 February 2020
From: Features
Understanding the customer journey plays a huge role in the success of any estate agent. From that very first viewing right through...
29 January 2020
From: Features
Outsourcing important business functions such as marketing, HR and IT to attract cost savings, leverage expertise and gain greater competitive advantage is...
14 December 2019
From: Features
Estate agents are being encouraged to consider providing increased flexible working options for their staff, including increased opportunities to work from...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Technology will drive the lettings and property management industry in the future. There is already a plethora of various software and other...
28 August 2019
From: Features
As the founder of Jupix, I worked in the property industry between 2008 - 2014. I had the privilege to lead...
14 August 2019
From: Features
In a world where people want instant gratification, it’s important to find ways to connect and engage with customers when they...
08 May 2019
From: Features
At PayProp we recognise that it’s the hard-working agents and other staff that make the industry a success, so training should...
04 April 2019
From: Sponsored Content
For many years, the majority of agents have stuck to the tried-and-tested 9am-6pm opening hours framework. But is this now changing,...
16 March 2019
From: Features
Another For Sale By Owner website has been launched - this one, apparently, because the founder was “frustrated” with estate agents’...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Yet another estate agency has announced that it’s shutting branches and opening a centralised hub. This time it’s Newman Property Experts, a...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Increasingly cash-strapped traditional estate agencies should consider abandoning their High Street offices and work from serviced offices or similar lower-profile and...
28 September 2018
From: Breaking News
We may be well into August but there’s little sign of a holiday for our industry, with a string of big...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News
A survey by an industry recruitment consultancy indicates that work-life balance is increasingly important to agency job applicants, second in importance...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News
The Property Ombudsman has expelled a London lettings and estate agency for a year and is warning that the firm may...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News
As someone who spends his days peering into the PropTech world, one thing I’ve observed is the way in which certain tech prompts...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News
More than 270 easyProperty licences have been secured by independent estate agents belonging to The Guild of Property Professionals and Fine...
26 July 2017
From: Breaking News
Reapit has launched a new digital product following agents’ demands to handle an increasing volume of out of hours dealings with...
25 July 2017
From: Breaking News
EweMove - the hybrid agency now part of Martin & Co’s Property Franchise Group - is slashing its up-front franchise fee...
09 January 2017
From: Breaking News
Technology has been continuing to shape the way estate agents manage their customer service offering for years. It’s now a completely...
17 December 2016
From: Features
When a tenant paid his initial one month’s rent in addition to a tenancy deposit in exchange for the keys to...
05 November 2016
From: Features
Suzy Lamplugh was just 25 years old when she disappeared whilst working as an estate agent in London in 1986. She’d...
07 October 2016
From: Features
Three decades after 25-year-old Suzy Lamplugh disappeared on a house viewing, the charity set up in her name is calling on...
05 October 2016
From: Breaking News
A client recently told me how much their estate agency spends on advertising and marketing every year. It wasn’t pennies, and even...
22 July 2016
From: Features
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 has revealed to Estate Agent Today that it is to begin a trial where selected local branch staff will work between 7am...
09 February 2016
From: Breaking News
Ivy Gate, the start-up hybrid estate agency which won investment from TV Dragon James Caan three years ago, has announced its...