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A survey of over 11,000 buyers suggests overwhelming support for more upfront information to be supplied by agents to buyers. Disclosing upfront...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

The task of obtaining material information is more difficult than it appears for estate agents, Rightmove has warned. The portal revealed in...

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association, have launched the...

Data and statistics are never in short supply for those of us working in the property sector.  But one set which really...

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fifth iteration of the...

Both 'beauty' and ‘gentle density’ are central themes of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).. The notes which accompany the NPPF state...

The debate over the Green Belt, and the newly branded ‘grey belt’, has made the headlines a lot recently and will...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

Anti-money laundering platform (AML) Credas Technologies has launched a material information function, helping estate agents to get ahead of the latest...

I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has published the long-awaited Parts B and C of material information...

The majority of agents back parts B and C of material information rules but more guidance is needed on where to...

Trading Standards has insisted it is still on track to introduce parts B and C of material changes rules for property...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched a new document to help firms benefit from the range of digital services available to...

The latest material information rules will be introduced this Autumn, the industry regulator has revealed. Speaking at the Propertymark One Conference in...

At the recent Home Buying & Selling Group UFI Roadshow in London, it was gratifying to note that panel members and...

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fourth iteration of the...

According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...

For agents who take full advantage of new developments in technology in 2023, it’s a chance for them to move ahead...

Happy New Year! I hope you’ve recharged the batteries and have a shiny list of resolutions to make 2023 as successful...

Only 16% of property listings are currently compliant with upfront information rules, it has been claimed. Agents are currently required to include...

You are aware of the business benefits of digital transformation. You understand the need for your estate agency to leverage technology to...

As economic signs increasingly point to a contraction in the property market, competition for new business will inevitably heat up. But...

In the current challenging economic environment, agencies need to ensure more than ever that they’re getting the most out of every...

After two years of extraordinary activity in the housing market there are signs that the clouds are gathering as RICS reports...

The relationship between estate agents and conveyancers is undoubtedly a complex one and has certainly had ‘its moments’ over the years,...

Automation is the direction the industry is moving in and it’s gathering pace every day. Forward-thinking agents are using automation and...

Trading Standards has indicated that non-compliant listings will eventually be rejected from portals as it urges agents to use their “professional...

Agents are being reminded that they still have an obligation to provide all material information as the sector awaits Part B...

I look back on when my dad helped me buy my first car and shared his pearls of wisdom on what...

Agents may have to include the broadband speed and mobile signal for a property on listings in the next round of...

If there’s not a book called ‘The Art of Collaboration’ then there should be. Update: a quick Google search shows there...

In this article, Kristian Stott, Head of New Business at iamproperty, analyses the digital revolution in our lives and in property and why...

Agents and property professionals are travelling far and wide to raise money for charity, plus there is a new way to...

Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...

Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...

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

Property portals are preparing to support agents in complying with a new era of upfront material information. From the end of May,...

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

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...

For the record, this isn’t my last Industry Views for Estate Agent Today, although by the time you read this I'll be...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

Of the many industry buzzwords, I suspect “upfront information” was up there as one of the most widely used in 2021....

Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...

Boris Johnson's sudden and unexpectedly ruthless Cabinet reshuffle, which drew comparisons with Margaret Thatcher's 'purge of the wets' in 1981, ended...

Drone technology has come on a long way in recent years, with different use cases across various industries. New developments in...

Regulators are warning the UK’s property, finance and legal sectors to be aware of the possible impacts of the exit from...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Thom Hudson, photographer at Meyers Estate Agents What is Meyers...

While running customer identification and verification checks is part and parcel of the onboarding process for estate agents, under UK anti...

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

Propertymark has chosen YoungMinds as its charity partner of the year.  YoungMinds is dedicated to ensuring every young person gets the mental...

With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...

An estate agency is being criticised for marketing properties as second homes in an area reportedly suffering a housing shortage. Local media...

The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...

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

Knight Frank says its analysis of the whole housing market across the UK shows that transactions in the final full week...

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

Hello: if it’s Friday it’s charity day and this week we have a special announcement from the industry’s own charity, Agents...

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...

Rightmove says it’s going to reject over £150,000 in payouts from the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The portal furloughed 160 employees...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign says the portal has merely kicked the fees can down the road, deferring a long-term...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

Details being presented to Parliament today may include information on how agents can return to work in some sort of ‘new normal.’ A 50...

Winkworth is now offering free video valuations to clients who are considering a future house move. It’s created a bespoke virtual service...

We all use postcodes in our daily life but we rarely pay attention to them. It has become a regular part...

It’s that time again, with the clocks going back an hour to mark the start of slightly brighter mornings and significantly...

There’s plenty of action in and around Westminster these days, but while the political temperature rises, the marvellous work of agents,...

When an industry disruptor enters a marketplace the impact on existing operators can be significant. It has been seen most notably...

I want to take the time this week to look at an area of PropTech and real estate which is seeing...

A new and comprehensive analysis of the housing market shows a jaw-dropping collapse in stamp duty revenue going to the Treasury...

Competition for landlords will be fiercer than ever this year. Landlords are facing a raft of changes and will likely be...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - the every-Monday round-up of key moves within the industry. Let us know...

It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of defections and duplicity worthy of Shakespeare. Yet the estate agency world has...

With the shelf life of recent housing ministers being on a par with football managers, it's perhaps little surprise that we're...

We have the presidential seal of approval for our Agents Do Charity this week - well, sort of, but we don’t mean...

Maplin, Toys R Us, Carpetright, Warren Evans – what do they have in common? All are well-known high street chains that...

A senior figure at the UK arm of American agency Keller Williams has suggested that Purplebricks won’t succeed in the New...

It’s been a big week for property news - controversies surrounding Purplebricks, merger discussions between big franchise operators, and another government...

The latest departure from troubled estate agency group Countrywide is non-executive director Richard Adam, who was chair of the audit and...

Nearly all home owners (96%) consider fees to be the most important factor when choosing an estate agent, according to research...

The stock exchange seems to be on everyone’s lips at the moment. There’s Agents’ Mutual seeking to float on the Alternative Investment...

London estate agency Marsh & Parsons has announced that its sales director Liza-Jane Kelly has taken the decision to leave after...

Estate agents have been broadly supportive of the decision by Prime Minister Theresa May to push for a snap General Election...

The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...

The end of 2016 saw the launch of 30,000 new build-to-rent (BTR) projects in London alone. With market growth projected to...

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and answer sessions with some of the key figures in the property...

As with finance broking, there can be many frustrations that come with being an estate agent – I perhaps don’t need...

As we approach another autumn weekend, the country's estate agents and property professionals have not taken their foot off the pedal...

Later on, the title of this piece should become clearer (at least I hope so). First, though, a few bits and...

House price falls triggered by weaker economic growth and a drop in economic confidence following the EU referendum may not actually...

It’s been another great week of fund-raising for good causes by our industry, as you can see from our roll of...

Two more agents have been expelled by TPO because they failed to pay awards when ordered to pay compensation, and because...

You know you’re doing something right when for the third year running you are shortlisted for the Supplier of the Year...

You know the drill by now - send us details of events on press@estateagenttoday.co.uk and we are more than happy to...

Thomas Morris Estate Agents has claimed the world’s first ‘virtual open house’ property viewing.  The firm carried out the event via the...

It’s over at last. But while the property market has been awaiting the outcome of the closest poll in years, many...