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What’s in a name? Or particularly a label? We all seem to have one these days. If we’re not a first time...

On balance, a stable new government with a large majority is good news for the sales market. Labour’s costed spending plans,...

The world of PR can feel like a crowded marketplace, where shouting your message the loudest doesn't guarantee anyone hears it....

Back in 2013 the posh head of PR of a posh estate agency took me to a London restaurant (yes, posh)...

If you’ve paid even scant attention to Landlord Today or other trade titles, you’ll be familiar with the headlines about rogue...

Proptech – it’s a people thing. It might seem like a strange thing to say but the best of tech is a...

When it comes to plain English, we in the property world are our own worst enemies. I don’t just mean the cliches...

OnTheMarket has become the first major UK portal to allow agents to promote their own revenue generating partnerships on listing pages. Agents who...

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

I don’t want to frighten any professional scribblers and wizard wordsmiths out there, but as a matter of geeky interest, this...

If journalists believed everything they received in their inboxes, you’d be forgiven for thinking the private rental sector was a shiny,...

What are you going to do when something unplanned, unexpected, and unpleasant hits your brand and business? There’s no point avoiding it...

Boomin has issued research done on its behalf into the value of spare rooms - and it’s made some eccentric comparisons...

The Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons is to sponsor what it calls a “garden sanctuary” at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show...

I wanted to take this opportunity to write an advice piece on what we here at Angels Media have found important...

A PropTech platform that aims to lock-in sellers and buyers via a mutually agreed reservation agreement system is being offered free...

I was asked a question by a German journalist yesterday. What is the biggest lesson German and European PropTech founders can...

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus early-warning statements like that from Foxtons indicate the anxiety in the...

The HomeOwners Alliance, a leading property consumer group, has now suggested it has some concerns about the government’s First Homes scheme. This...

Humberts' experiment rejecting branches and promoting a supposedly one-stop-shop for property related services has failed with reports that the firm is likely...

It’s been quite a week for news so you might have missed this story - there is yet another boost for...

Purplebricks has released figures which appear to show it is one of the most successful agencies - or perhaps THE most...

Zoopla has taken a swipe at OnTheMarket by conducting a poll of sellers’ views about having properties listed exclusively on just...

A PropTech firm has repeated claims it first made in March about allegedly inaccurate floorpan measurement and says a new initiative...

A veteran of three online estate agencies has been named as the first UK head of a US real estate operation...

A volume house builder is launching a TV advertising campaign claiming its properties are a “premium alternative” to second hand homes...

A homeowner in London has won a legal case against a chartered surveyor who failed to identify Japanese knotweed during a...

Rightmove is undertaking an investigation into a PropTech app that has tried to list private sales on the portal. The perhaps-ironically named...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

How do you remove an estate agent from an oven? How would you remove an Estate Agent from an oven? Sounds...

The former boss of Emoov, the controversial Russell Quirk, has resuscitated his career as a public relations man and pro-Brexit commentator. Just...

However mild the weather may have been for most of us, it’s a cold autumn for the online estate agency market...

When Professor Andrew Baum’s PropTech 3.0 report was first published, a small event was held to celebrate the very first academic...

The six-figure refurb of the office on London’s Park Lane occupied by The Guild and Fine & Country is officially launching...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

I received a press release yesterday - one of many that get sent my way - and, as I always do,...

Location, Location, Location: it’s no coincidence the TV show seized on that title because the importance of a property’s position is...

The so-called ‘merger’ of Emoov, Tepilo and a lettings firm is actually an acquisition by Emoov of the other two companies. That's...

As promised a few weeks ago, this week’s Natter concentrates on the importance of content, design and social media, three easily...

For part two of the 'Day in the life of' series, I spoke to Peter Kavanagh, who first joined Romans in...

Have you noticed a new turf war going on on the fringes of the agency world? It’s not a high-profile battle like...

Housing minister Dominic Raab took to Twitter to make a Trump-style criticism of trade magazine The Negotiator and its editor, the...

A recent National Association of Estate Agents press release suggesting solar panels were among the “top things” to devalue a home...

In his PropTech 3.0 report, Andrew Baum dedicated an entire section to blockchain; it was titled: ‘Blockchain is coming – get...

I’ve been in France for the past few days and depending on your viewpoint, I made a spectacularly good or singularly...

Humberts, a member of Agents’ Mutual, is today launching an online-only option and claims it can list online-only properties on OnTheMarket. Such...

That the private rental sector has become the government’s whipping boy for housing problems - landlords in particular, letting agents almost...

When it comes to provoking anger in property professionals, taxation takes some beating. Press releases are still arriving berating the December...

There’s barely a week that goes by when you don’t read about an estate or letting agency business that’s been acquired...

It has been announced that Uber, the taxi company, has teamed up with build to rent firm, Moda Living, to ‘revolutionise renting’.    This...

Over 100 so-called Top Achievers from across Connells Group’s Sequence and Connells estate agencies have been taken by the company on...

Being featured in newspapers, magazines and websites, as well as on radio and TV, can be a great way to build...

The first meeting of fledgling trade group CIELA has ended with a pledge to expose what it calls ‘fake agents’ which...

A new statement by Countrywide’s John D Wood & Co says its now-completed merger with Faron Sutaria has had the effect...

OnTheMarket has swatted away the latest criticism from a long-term critic, online estate agency head Russell Quirk - although it has...

The fledgling Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents has released to the media the text of a complaint letter it...

Forecasts are a tricky business. And as I wrote in a recent Industry Views opinion piece, any prediction in the current...

The former Apprentice runner-up Jamie Lester, who at one time ran four London estate agency branches under Haus Properties, says he...

A website live chat provider claims research shows that the facility significantly influences activity amongst users of websites on which it...

OnTheMarket says it provided “a record number of leads” to its agent members in September - but is not disclosing how...

Purplebricks says it will have a marketing budget of AUS$17.2m - that's over £9.9m - to spend on marketing for its...

A data consultancy says it will shortly release the findings of an online survey on estate agents’ concerns over how their...

If you want an indicator that the United Kingdom isn’t so united any more, have a look at Right To Buy. The...

Zoopla chief executive Alex Chesterman has been revealed to be one of the business leaders behind a legal challenge regarding the Brexit...

One estate agency leader - you’d all recognise his name - described the victory of the Leave camp in the referendum...

London transaction data company LonRes and law firm Eversheads are launching an agent-to-agent anti money laundering compliance service for LonRes subscribers.  The...

In this business you get used to dealing with regular customer and third-party feedback, input, and (occasionally) complaints.  Much like the agency market...

Beleaguered challenger portal OnTheMarket has recruited the 25-branch south of England agency Goadsby and says this takes its total of sales...

We’re used to agents in the provinces having to initiate incentives to attract vendors but the state of the high-end London...

Government figures claim almost 50,000 households in council and other forms of social housing have taken up their Right To Buy...

And so it begins. The first anniversary of OnTheMarket’s launch was inevitably going to bring a further skirmish in the portal...

OnTheMarket has issued testimonials from three agents advertising their properties on the portal, which marks its first anniversary later this month.  A...

Someone told me the other day that it’s now only seven Mondays till Christmas. Now there’s a scary thought. Best get...

After a week of criticism from some parts of the industry, OnTheMarket has released a series of testimonials from agents who say...

One of the UK franchise holders of US-based Keller Williams has accused this country's agency industry of being "complacent and unimaginative"...

A new online agency launched on Monday is already in hot water. It used photographs of a Manchester property on sale through...

One of the country largest agency chains, Connells, has unveiled an updated logo and boards, along with plans to modernise its offices...

Agents across the country, hopefully refreshed by a nice holiday somewhere warm, will be gearing up for the phones to start...

Within 12 hours of Greece defaulting on repayment of part of a loan to the International Monetary Fund, a prime central...

In a flurry of artistic jargon, LonRes has unveiled the thinking behind its new pink corporate logo, unveiled on the website...

OK, you’ve had your fun. Now let’s leave the regulators regulate and work for the public. If you don’t know what I...

Auction house Allsop is launching the country’s first ever online-only auction for new build homes - and claims it's a first. The...

Two rival redress schemes applying to sales and lettings agents are claiming increased business.  A press release from the Property Redress Scheme...

It seems like every day there’s a new article about On The Market. Usually it consists something Zoopla have said, followed...