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So, now we know. After weeks of reports predicting a Labour landslide, Keir Starmer is indeed unpacking his boxes and settling into...

The nation heads to the polls today to help choose the next Government. Housing hasn’t been a main feature and most of...

An industry expert has called on agents to actively lobby new MPs to influence housing policy – whoever wins the election. Neil...

The Stamp Duty exemption for first-time buyers will be returned to £300,000 under a Labour Government. The Labour Party, which is currently...

It’s all over bar the voting, so let’s cut to the chase. Labour will win on July 4, big time. Even a...

The Conservative Party’s General Election manifesto has committed to resurrecting the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme and temporarily removing Capital...

You may not have realised, but yesterday, the new government’s housing policy was agreed. No, I’m not talking about the new ‘Freedom...

Win, lose or draw for the political hopefuls standing as candidates in the upcoming general election, it is likely that the...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has become the latest high-profile MP to announce he would step down ahead of July’s General Election. Gove...

Affordability is a bigger factor for buyers than the confirmed General Election, Savills claims. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has set a date...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday confirmed a date for the General Election. Voters will go the polls on 4 July, meaning the...

In the fast-paced world of property, staying top-of-mind with your clients is crucial. And what better way to do this than...

Propertymark, the leading membership body for property agents has written to London Mayor candidates highlighting proposals to tackle the unique housing...

Social media has moved on from being a “nice to have” to a necessity for most businesses, but how do you...

So much has changed in the world of property of late that it’s easy to be behind the times - and...

I wasn’t completely surprised to read here on Estate Agent Today that our industry remains near the bottom of the league...

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

Who would be in the shoes of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng? I don’t mean who would like their power, pay and...

Interest rates made their biggest leap in 27 years yesterday, rising by 0.5% from 1.25% to 1.75%. It was the biggest...

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

A client called asking for advice on their social media marketing strategy. They’d thrown a lot of budget at it, but...

The Prime Minister has tonight won a confidence vote in his leadership and hung on to his premiership. After a dramatic day at...

Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly are due to be held on 5 May and agents are hoping that housing remains...

A survey suggests that an overwhelming proportion of estate agents believe the government should make the provision of upfront property information...

NAEA Propertymark says there’s no appetite that it can see amongst its representatives across the UK for charging people £30 for...

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

No fewer than 79 per cent of people want the stamp duty holiday extended according to a survey conducted by an...

The Northern Research Group, which has the backing of over 50 Conservative MPs in the north of England, wants the Chancellor...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering an extension to the current stamp duty holiday according to media reports today - and the...

Agents have long been the victim of a poor public reputation, from scoring highly in most disliked profession polls to being...

A series of polls taken by Estate Agent Today suggest substantial numbers of agents remain uncomfortable about returning to trading even...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...

Four years ago, as we approached the general election, Andrews Property Group held a roundtable debateon the impact the election might have...

This article was originally written for City AM in response to an article it published attacking letting agents. See more here.  A...

DISCLAIMER: The author of this article retains no responsibility for any reader discomfort experienced when recalling the seemingly endless horrors of...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

The housing industry has responded with shock, joy, and jitters, after Theresa May’s snap general election went catastrophically wrong, leaving her...

As the nation goes to the polls today, industry boards supplier Agency Express reports that the property market picked up in...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

In years to come, students of political history might come to look at the 2017 General Election campaign with some interest....

News headlines talk more and more about a slowdown in the property market, a drop in house prices and the need...

Not only did Theresa May stun everyone with her decision to call a ‘snap election’ but with the campaign now underway...

The industry has broadly welcomed the shock announcement of a June 8 General Election as a chance to end long term...

My apologies if this causes you to break your Easter egg with a little too much aggression, but I reckon the...

As America goes to the polls after one of the most cantankerous, aggressive and abusive campaigns since...well, our own Brexit vote in...

A poll being taken by Property Portal Watch - an international website monitoring the real estate online sector - suggests that...

Members of the property industry join the rest of the country in going to the polls today to decide whether the...

Significant national events such as elections and, in this case, referendums bring with them a level of uncertainty.   No-one can predict...

George Osborne has been busy over the last year. First came the General Election which had everyone on tenterhooks until the...

An opinion poll of over 2,000 people conducted for The House Shop shows that a majority of people would use a...