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A new analysis of buyers’ actions during viewings suggests many effectively ignore the truly important features, and are instead distracted by...

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

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

As the temperature drops outside, it can be tempting to think activity in the market is likely to freeze out entirely. And,...

A lack of understanding and training when it comes to sales is hampering the ability of some agents, an industry podcast...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

From Million Dollar Listing to Selling Sunset, we’re used to seeing real estate reality TV in full force on Netflix. Whilst...

Agents have plenty of ways to market properties, from pictures to 3D tours and videos but few, thankfully, have tried their...

Buyers should be mindful about the rise of so called ‘Insta-agents,’ a property body has warned. The National Association of Property Buyers...

As we’ve mentioned in other blogs, even though we’re going through uncertain times, this is the right time not only to...

Agents should be using social media and their own US-style personal brand to promote listings regardless of the value of the...

A Scottish agency has added a property twist to Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol story. West Lothian-based Property Webb has retold the...

Good estate agents are always busy, we get that, but the constant juggling of tasks that could be outsourced to others...

One of the particular characteristics of the property market is how it brings contrasting professions together. From estate agents to conveyancers,...

Agents and property professionals paid tribute to the Queen last night after Buckingham Palace announced she had passed away. Readers were celebrating...

Today’s consumers judge a business not just on the quality of its products, but also on their experience in using them....

There was an article in Estate Agent Today recently that suggested only four per cent of properties on Rightmove and Zoopla...

From cardboard cutouts to selfie frames and knitted crowns, agency window displays are ready for the Platinum Jubilee. We have featured several...

Excitement is building for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. A four-day Bank Holiday to mark the occasion will kick off on 2...

Normally estate agents are rightly proud of their professional abilities to provide expertise to vendors when it comes to selling -...

It may be blowing a gale outside but we’re safe and warm here reading about our industry’s great work for good...

Hello again and with just two weeks to go before the festivities begin, there’s a definite ramping up of fund-raising for...

There’s good news for people in Newbury, Berkshire - the Christmas windows at Hillier & Wilson estate agency have now been...

We’re already on December 2 - and what better way to celebrate the countdown to Christmas than by showing off a...

Here’s a super way to get into the Christmas mood - checking the window displays at Diggins & Co, an agency...

Rightmove will launch its latest outdoor campaign on Monday, with advertisements in over 1,000 roadside and rail locations remaining in place...

Many thanks (or should that be big fangs?) go to Alexis at west country agency Wilson Tominey for today’s images getting...

It’s been a dramatic week in the world of politics – and this has led to another new Housing Secretary, in...

The man who admits he was “the acceptable face of Foxtons” in its golden period says he finally left because it...

Taking photographs or video footage during a routine property inspection can be a contentious subject. While landlords have every right to...

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

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

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

Hello and a final ‘send your pictures and videos’ message from us to you. There’s still time to email images to press@estateagenttoday.co.uk...

With a headline like that, we can only be talking about the annual EweMove Christmas video, consisting of the hybrid agency’s...

Hello and welcome to the final full working week before Christmas 2020. With everyone pre-occupied with Covid, the festive season has crept...

Welcome to the weekend - and there are just two of these left before Christmas, so it’s time to hit the...

With just over two weeks to go to Christmas and the well-deserved break for the industry, we’re delighted that your pictures...

Here at Giraffe360, the PropTech startup, we have raised a £3.5 million funding round to further accelerate our product development and...

We’re off and running with our annual showcase of the decorations and festivities in agency branches and for those working from...

It’s already a cliche to say that Christmas will be a little different this year - and in reality it will...

What’s the happiest place in Britain? Rightmove has the answer. In a new ‘Happy At Home’ index calculated by the portal and...

Tenancy deposit disputes are messy and often frustrating for all involved. While the number of formal disputes remains low, the pandemic...

Estate agents are increasingly using low-key ‘grey’ marketing to avoid too many prospective buyers swamping them when homes go on sale. That’s...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...

It’s a Bank Holiday weekend and if you’re taking time off we hope you and your families enjoy a well-earned break. We’ll...

The number of full property details viewed on Rightmove - a key indicator of market health - is already stronger than...

  On Estate Agent Today this Bank Holiday weekend we’re celebrating the great work agents are doing to keep morale high and...

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

With a lengthy lockdown already behind us one might think that fund-raising was a step too far - but not for...

We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...

Independent agencies are the backbone of our industry so it’s great to be able to share images from three such experts...

Almost every part of the agency industry is operating remotely these days - and we would love to know how you’re...

Kays Estates in the north of England - one of the agencies ‘powered by Keller Williams’ - has prepared packs for...

An estate agent has sold a home off-market by posting teaser photographs on Instagram.  The buyer - who was in the French...

Thanks so much for your responses to our request for Valentines office window displays - we didn’t realise February 14 was...

With just a few day’s to go to Valentine’s, we’re delighted to have another themed agency window to share with readers. Many...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week, which always means a round-up of our industry’s good work for charity....

It’s just over a week to Valentine’s Day and we’re delighted to see that at least one agent is in an...

The high-end estate agent who has quit his post after being found to have posted pictures of clients’ houses on Instagram...

Hello, and with exactly one week before Christmas Day we’re delighted to bring you yet more agents’ festivities. We have two for...

We’re back to our Christmas celebration photographs, and with the holiday break just over a week away here’s a reminder that...

Hello and welcome to another day of our estate agency decoration pictures and videos. Every one that we have shown so far...

We’ve really hit the ground running with our appeal for Christmas pictures and videos from your offices this year - thanks...

We’re now into December and many offices are already decorated for the festive season - and we have our first pictures...

Don’t even think how quickly Christmas has come around again: it’s December 1 on Sunday, so we imagine many offices will...

Just because Halloween has officially been and gone for another year, doesn’t mean we would give up a chance to celebrate...

Thanks a lot - or should that be fangs so much? - for sending in photographs of your brilliantly decorated offices...

A few days to go before Halloween and it’s great to see agents getting into the swing of the event. Today’s shout...

Thanks so much for the first pictures that you have sent of your fiendishly decorated offices for Halloween. It’s less than a...

It’s only a week to the Big Day when gore-splattered figures wreak havoc on an unsuspecting industry and nation. But enough about...

1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...

Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather.  Yet...

It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - yet more examples of stupendous fund-raising by our industry (and a lot of...

As an estate agent, you need to be ready to cater for the specific requirements of buyers and sellers, tailoring your...

The industry has long been critical of reports claiming house price movements are in some way uniform across the country, but...

Hello and with Christmas just around the corner, and temperatures finally being a little more like winter, what better time to...

Hello, and the wind-down to the Big Day continues with more pictures of your agency offices. Thanks so much, firstly, to Becky...

Hello and welcome to another batch of your agency office Christmas pictures…it’s certainly been a bumper year for them and today...

Hello and welcome to a new week - the last before Christmas. We’ve got more of your wonderful office pictures and videos...

Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...

With only 10 days to go before Christmas, surely everyone’s decorations are up by now? It seems that way in the agency...

The world may be going crazy outside but we’re delighted to tell you that in the estate agency industry it’s still...

Maybe it’s the Brexit Blues but something is making the industry excel itself this year when it comes to celebrating Christmas....

Your terrific festive photographs keep on rolling in and we’re delighted to share them with the industry - and we’d like...

It’s the start of a new week and many agents may well be having their office parties this week - if...

Thanks so much for cheering us up in these challenging times with your terrific pictures of this year’s Christmas decorations.  We have...

Hello and welcome to the Wednesday edition of your Christmas agency branch decorations - and what a festive lot you are.  Before...

We’re delighted to say we’ve had a fantastic response to our call for pictures and videos of your decorated offices -...

December is here and we’re delighted to start our annual displays of agents’ Christmas windows, decorations and even those dodgy jumpers. Our...

It’s that time of year again - many offices will mark the start of December (that’s tomorrow) by putting up decorations....

Given that ‘UK buyers are the most digitally active home hunters’, with HSBC’s Beyond the Bricks report stating that 90% of...

This week may have marked the landmark moment of Facebook entering the UK property market but as the industry prepares for...

Humberts’ new owner has issued a statement saying he is on “a personal mission to revolutionise the industry and become the...

Fine & Country and The Guild of Property Professionals are refurbishing the Park Lane showroom they share - and it’s going...

By now we’ve all seen news about the long-term decline in property sales and competition from online alternatives leading to ‘more...

Ever wondered what it’s like to be on the frontline of property journalism? Well, wonder no more, as our very own...

Today is the day. 1,600 people will gather in London for FUTURE: PropTech, an event I have supported when there were...