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For most people, buying a house or flat is the largest financial commitment they will ever make. Which is why many...
26 August 2023
From: Features
New research from an estate agency attempts to quantify what most of the industry already knows - that prospective buyers won’t...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
In an exclusive interview with Estate Agent Today, Simon Coaker, Sales & Marketing Director of Desert Springs Resort, shared captivating insights into...
08 June 2023
From: Sponsored Content
As the first signs of spring begin to appear, we look at how letting agents and landlords can start the season...
25 March 2023
From: Features
As the first signs of spring begin to appear, we look at how letting agents and landlords can start the season...
25 March 2023
From: Features
New research claims to show what buyers most want to see in photographs on a sales listing - and it may...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s the oddest thing. Surely, the most fundamental requirement of an estate agent having won an instruction, is to get it...
19 October 2022
From: Features
Good estate agents are always busy, we get that, but the constant juggling of tasks that could be outsourced to others...
27 September 2022
From: Sponsored Content
I came across something which genuinely shocked me the other day. It was research showing that 1.7 per cent of homes listed...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents risk losing the personal communication element that drove transactions before the development of technology, an industry veteran has warned. The claim...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents and property professionals have been in boats, on bikes and even used football stars to help raise funds for charity...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A former letting agent claims to have removed the need for estate agents to use floorplan software. Mark McCorrie, who describes himself...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Our inbox is regularly stuffed with exciting new industry developments and tools to help agents work better. Here are some of the...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Visual images are key for securing the quickest sales at the best prices, according to a formal estate agency chief who...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
We know from our customer research that being able to showcase property that looks the best it can online is the...
09 March 2022
From: Features
When we all thought that the Covid-19 pandemic was coming to an end, the virus decided to throw another curveball and...
12 January 2022
From: Features
Today we have photographs from another office that’s been persistent - or should that be puss-insistent - in celebrating the festive...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A portal says many buyers feel disappointed when viewing a property becuase it is typically smaller than agents’ photographs suggest. MoveStreets claims...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Howl you doing? Yes, it’s just a fortnight until Halloween and time to wheel out unspeakably awful puns and the occasional...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Agents are being warned about removing personal data and information from marketing material. Paul Offley, compliance officer at The Guild of Property...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The pandemic has led to many people ditching more formal wear as they work from home on a more regular basis,...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...
11 September 2021
From: Features
Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Estate Agent Today stories)? Who are these people and...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Taking photographs or video footage during a routine property inspection can be a contentious subject. While landlords have every right to...
07 August 2021
From: Features
Kevin Thomas, the long time director at Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings, is retiring from the industry after more than 40...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News
I recently saw a fly-through video for a home on sale for well over £2m. The imagery was good (made better by...
26 June 2021
From: Features
There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The sizes and numbers of gardens in London are reducing because stamp duty is encouraging more extensions as an alternative to moving. That’s...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Automatically changing the main marketing photo on a portal listing can attract up to 40 per cent more traffic, it has...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News
The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...
19 December 2020
From: Features
Christmas is creeping up on us and, for some agents at least, a short seasonal closedown beckons. To get us in the...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Deposit disputes can be time-consuming and difficult for all parties involved whether it be a letting agent, landlord, or tenant. Although at...
09 December 2020
From: Features
Put the pandemic on the back burner. Forget the freezing weather. Here’s a great way to start a working week -...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to the latest of our parade of estate agency videos and photographs to mark Christmas 2020. It may be a...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News
We’re off and running with our annual showcase of the decorations and festivities in agency branches and for those working from...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A prominent PropTech supplier wants agents to hand over much more information to conveyancers to allow them to make faster progress on...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A new survey has been launched by the Residential Property Surveyors Association. The RPSA - which wants to rival the RICS as...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Clear communication and common-sense actions by landlords, letting agents and students at the start of a tenancy can drastically improve the...
31 October 2020
From: Features
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am James D. Marshall, Founder and CEO of Pupil. What...
22 October 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
As many in the industry will know, Ian Westerling passed away last week at the age of 51: he was a...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...
03 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content
Whisper it quietly but in just 10 days time we have the final Bank Holiday before Christmas. We would like to mark...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News
A new agency called Eazy Agent has launched - it’s another online operation, this time with a starting price of £249. For...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News
A BBC presenter has used her local newspaper column to mock an estate agency for suggesting fridge magnets be removed to improve...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...
11 July 2020
From: Features
A survey of 2,750 buyers and tenants has revealed the aspects of online property listings which they find most annoying. The single...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s no doubt we’re in a less-than-rosy phase of the property cycle. This, however, is not another doom and gloom piece:...
06 June 2020
From: Features
** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News
For the coming Bank Holiday on Monday, we’d like to show images of how agency offices have adapted to cope with...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News
A PropTech firm says it’s using what it calls “World War Three-style” hazard suits when they visit premises to create virtual...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News
An instant valuation service has launched a new tool aimed at helping agents prioritise leads through prospective vendors uploading photographs to...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News
The Haart estate agency chain has launched a portal called Off Market which it describes to sellers as being “a unique...
30 April 2020
From: Breaking News
For many this coming Easter weekend will be the strangest ever - for agents and industry suppliers it will not be...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Almost every part of the agency industry is operating remotely these days - and we would love to know how you’re...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks Local Property Experts are asking sellers who are not allowing agents into their homes during the virus crisis to draw...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Two auctions held behind closed doors have been deemed a success, and evidence that the property market can still function despite...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Trading Standards says agents must include more “material information” in property details even if this may not be a wholly positive...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News
In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...
29 February 2020
From: Features
The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News
An estate agent has sold a home off-market by posting teaser photographs on Instagram. The buyer - who was in the French...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News
01 February 2020
From: Features
We’re back to our Christmas celebration photographs, and with the holiday break just over a week away here’s a reminder that...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to another day of our estate agency decoration pictures and videos. Every one that we have shown so far...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Christmas gets ever closer and we’re delighted that you’re sending in those splendid festive videos and still photographs. Everyone today got in...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News
The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
07 December 2019
From: Features
You are an enterprising lot! Today we’ve got two fantastic Christmas videos from agents who’ve kindly responded to our call for...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Don’t even think how quickly Christmas has come around again: it’s December 1 on Sunday, so we imagine many offices will...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News
As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....
16 November 2019
From: Features
love2move, an online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has teamed up with the Mortgage...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News
The big day is here and thanks so much to all the agents who have this year sent in their Halloween...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Thanks a lot - or should that be fangs so much? - for sending in photographs of your brilliantly decorated offices...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News
A small online agency which in six months of trading has secured around 140 sales says it’s on course to be...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News
We’ve had a particularly scary entry for our Halloween videos and photographs - and our sympathy goes out to the innocent...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News
It’s only a week to the Big Day when gore-splattered figures wreak havoc on an unsuspecting industry and nation. But enough about...
24 October 2019
From: Breaking News
A property MOT being launched by Countrywide and described as “game changing” for the house buying process will include survey and...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Countrywide’s surveying division says it’s found a “knowledge gap” in existing surveys after a study involving over 15,000 buyers. The agency group...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News
A veteran estate agent has got hot under the collar about a London firm which has ordered its negotiators and other...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Advertising on Zoopla is a must-have for most sellers but for Susan Tate in Anglesey it meant she ended up in...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Prime London subscription-based property platform LonRes has launched an off-market service for its subscribers. It says that as transactions across prime London...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Outsourced viewings firm Viewber now handles viewings for more than 50 per cent of all UK auctioneers. The claim is from Essential...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News
The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
27 July 2019
From: Features
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint made against a listing on property website Houser.co.uk. In January, the complainant notified...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News
love2move, the online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has announced its latest partner. Peter David...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
29 June 2019
From: Features
A London sales and lettings agent has revealed to Estate Agent Today some of the tactics used by his rivals in...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News
The first hour of a property’s listing on a portal is the most crucial for sellers or landlords according to research...
12 April 2019
From: Breaking News
A working party of NAEA Propertymark is to conduct a pilot of a new Property Information Questionnaire - part of a...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive. Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...
02 March 2019
From: Features
The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
23 February 2019
From: Features
There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...
30 January 2019
From: Features
The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
22 December 2018
From: Features
Hello, and the wind-down to the Big Day continues with more pictures of your agency offices. Thanks so much, firstly, to Becky...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to another batch of your agency office Christmas pictures…it’s certainly been a bumper year for them and today...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News
With only 10 days to go before Christmas, surely everyone’s decorations are up by now? It seems that way in the agency...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Your terrific festive photographs keep on rolling in and we’re delighted to share them with the industry - and we’d like...