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By Mike Bilboe, Face For Business Buying or selling a home can be one of the most stressful and uncertain times for...

Vendors could boost the value of their property by around £13,000 on average by improving its energy efficiency, research suggests. Research by...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss the evolution of  Estate Agency Software. For a long...

The Keller Williams UK (KWUK) brand is facing yet another restructure with its leadership in the country effectively removed. KWUK spent much...

Keller Williams UK’s (KWUK) new chief executive Mark Readings has outlined a new strategy for the self-employed agency brand. Speaking at KWUK’s...

Spicerhaart has celebrated the achievements and contributions of its teams at its highly anticipated annual Elevate Awards ceremony. Among the highlights of the...

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

2023 has been coined as ‘the year of AI adoption’, and with this technology trickling down to almost every sector, its...

Agents working with iamproperty sold more than 7,000 properties through its auction service last year, the proptech firm has revealed, as it...

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

Surveying is traditionally a male-dominated profession, and many women who have worked in the profession for many years report that at...

Despite all the recent speculation surrounding the housing market after the badly-received mini-Budget and regular talk of a possible slowdown, new...

Many experts are predicting that house price growth will slow for the remainder of the year as the cost of living...

Have you ever noticed that it is much easier to fix other people's problems than your own? Whether it is resolving a friend's...

More than 200 “top achievers” from across the Connells Group enjoyed a four day all-expenses paid trip to Valencia earlier this...

PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...

A rewards and recognition programme has been launched at an agency chain, with claims that it will enhance staff careers and...

A three-branch agency in the south west has launched a franchise model which it says should appeal “to those wanting a...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur with a lengthy pedigree as an estate agent says agents should use more technology in a bid...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

The head of a small hybrid firm that describes traditional agencies with offices as “antiquated” says property professionals working for corporates...

Spicerhaart - which is radically reshaping its structure to encourage hybrid operations and working from home as part of a new...

2021 redefined what it meant to offer exceptional customer experiences for consumers across multiple industries, but particularly for the residential property...

Every so often it comes around – the argument that stamp duty should be reformed/removed/replaced (delete as appropriate). But why? Where’s the...

A young franchisee with hybrid agency EweMove is expanding into another area just over nine months since launching his agency. Chris Wells,...

Working from home used to get a bad rap. With the phrase mocked as ‘shirking from home’, homeworkers were often seen...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

The NEXA agency, which already has branches in Bristol, Portsmouth, Chichester, Manchester and Cardiff, has now opened an office in Liverpool...

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...

This week’s interviewee in the ‘In Conversation Today’ hotseat is a man better placed than most to shed some light on...

Boomin has revealed its launch date after months of high-profile publicity. It’s to be three and a half weeks from now on...

Let’s address the elephant in the room first - the property sector and how we market properties is changing. Gone are the...

There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...

A firm calling itself the UK’s first 24/7 home-based agency says it wants to roll out nationally with a network of franchisees...

While the property industry has suffered far less than other sectors during the past year, it would be short of the...

Book review by Graham Norwood, editor of Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and Landlord Today. If a letting agent wants to...

In July, here at Environet UK, we transferred 100% ownership of the company to our employees, in the form of an...

If anyone thought the days of Purplebricks bosses making millions were in the past,  think again. The chief executive and chief finance...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

The founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, has this morning revealed his new project to be called Launch B - and he...

The phrase ‘game-changer’ has been hugely overused. But when applied to how Covid-19 is changing the way estate agents will work...

The fallout from Covid-19 has hit everyone hard. With breaking news today that agents are able to look at how to...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

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

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...

Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year - a significantly higher figure than 12...

Property voyeurism and the festive season have long been bedfellows for many Brits. The heady combination of over-indulgence and regret, close proximity...

Last week, it was announced that Plentific, the London-based tenant experience, has raised $32 million in Series B funding. Plentific’s model sees...

There has been a real wind of change in estate agency and over the last 18 months we have seen the...

One of the country’s largest regional estate and lettings agencies has now fully rejoined Zoopla. Yorkshire-based Dacre, Son & Hartley brings its...

With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...

I missed the biggest property story of the week and it’s only scant consolation that almost everyone else seemed to miss it...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

The head of EweMove, the hybrid agency operated by The Property Franchise Group, says he applied for the top job in...

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jake Gready Managing Director NEXA Bristol What services do you provide? buying - selling...

When you think of the best ad campaigns – from moustachioed opera singers and talking meerkats to millions of bouncing balls...

Four high-profile industry figures have sent an open letter urging agents to think about what they call “smarter marketing” in a...

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...

Interesting news this week from South Africa where the PropTech startup, Flow, has raised R20m in the country’s 'biggest PropTech seed...

There are many misconceptions about the franchising world but, whether we’re talking about estate agency franchises or fast food franchises, it’s...

BAD PHOTOS – 6 BIG MISTAKES YOU MIGHT BE MAKING! In our last article, we highlighted some really important and shocking stats...

I’ve spoken many times before of my desire to see government take property more seriously. For more than just lip service...

The Competition and Markets Authority, which is believed to be actively investigating estate agents’ alleged infringement of the Competitions Act, is...

The UK’s largest property franchise group, Belvoir, says it is reaping rewards from its acquisition of Brook Financial Services and its...

The UK PropTech Association (UKPA), of which I am a member of the steering committee, is an organisation with a purpose...

Summer finally arrived, the transport system (as always) went into meltdown, everyone complained that it was too hot and the sun...

Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...

A few years ago one of our property receptionists took a call from a vendor whose husband had passed away.  The client,...

What Countrywide are getting at is that they want to think more like retailers to engage better with customers.  If this is...

Property has long been a safe investment. Before the downturn in 2008, sellers were able to gain a healthy capital return.  Post-economic...

Hybrid estate agency EweMove is today announcing four new branches with more to come as it makes a move to target...

It will come as no surprise for those who have read the recently published Which? annual customer service survey which polled...

The internet has changed the way that most businesses operate. In many cases, the opportunities opened up by the emergence of...

A director of London agency Sterling De Vere has rewarded one of the firm's top sales managers with a Maserati worth...

Here's a thought. The Chancellor may have done the buy-to-let industry a small favour with his emergency Budget in July. What...

The rising phenomenon of agent-rating and review websites is a topic that seems to have caused considerable division and controversy among...