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Estate agent earnings remain behind other salary and incentive based professions despite helping with sales of such an expensive asset when...

Any estate agency will have noticed the rise of the “personal agent” in the industry, with interesting propositions from eXp, The...

Single first-time buyers need to save for almost 6.5 years or 76 months to raise a 10% deposit and cover moving...

As the Group HR Director of LRG – an organisation of over 3,000 employees – and perhaps more importantly, as a...

When the Chancellor stood up to deliver the Spring Budget on Wednesday, those of us in the property business could be...

The number of first-time buyers fell by a fifth last year but this cohort still made up the largest proportion of...

It usually takes a scandal or a reshuffle to remove a Government minister so it came as a bit of a...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss a beacon of hope for agencies looking to thrive...

Single first-time buyers with low deposits are priced out of much of the property market, research suggests. New analysis using the latest...

In his latest column Jonathan Rolande explains how those working in the property can best navigate the challenges the market is...

I'll start with a confession. I am not an estate agent - I'm a marketer. But since I joined the industry...

A new report highlights levels of agency pay across the property sector. The figures, from Rayner Personnel’s latest Property Sector Salary Report,...

Estate agents could boost their salary by up to 50% by finding a new job, new research suggests. A report from recruitment...

In his latest column, Jonathan Rolande, founder of House Buy Fast, explains how those working in the sector can beat the...

A new study of 130 locations across the UK reveals huge ‘postcode lottery’ differences as to how quickly a first time...

Agency acquirer Lomond has launched a new benefits and wellbeing platform for its 1,100 staff and pledged to raise £25,000 across...

Providing material information upfront could help agents charge higher fees and even reduce their carbon footprint, while those not complying could...

It’s a tough old road for today’s first-time buyers, with house prices and mortgage interest rates much higher than they were...

Proptech firm ValPal has entered the artificial intelligence (AI) sphere with a new tool to help agents write better quality and...

So next week we get to know how high housing is on the Government’s list of priorities. As we wait to see...

Residential estate agents are the lowest-paid professionals in the real estate industry, new research claims. Analysis of real estate salary data from...

The estate agency job market remains buoyant despite talk of a property market slowdown, an industry recruiter claims. Agency recruitment firm Rayner...

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

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry over the past week, from on land to under the...

The average monthly mortgage payment for a household buying a first-time buyer home would increase to £1,302 if the average mortgage...

The increased energy price cap could hit first-time buyers and the wider property market, new research suggests. It comes as households are...

In this Guides & Tips piece, Brian Murphy, Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau, offers insight into what rate rises...

Property website Rightmove has calculated that yesterday’s interest rate rise – up 0.5% to 1.75% - will mean new first-time buyers...

A leading property recruitment agency says that flexible working, restructuring pay and offering better benefits and incentives can help agencies across...

In this Guides & Tips piece, the team at Together set out what Right to Buy is and who is eligible. If...

Agency bosses are being urged to do more to help staff with the cost of living crisis if they want to...

Unless you have been living under a rock since the end of last year, you won’t need to be told about...

Estate agents use their experience, knowledge, and connections to help people to sell properties at the best prices. Working in this field...

A property expert has warned against bans on second home sales and has suggested giving local buyers first refusal instead. It comes after...

A new calculator has been launched to let homeowners compare how much their property has earned compared in a year and...

First-time buyers are now facing up to a nine-year wait to save enough of a deposit to get on the property...

We are all acutely aware of the surge in demand for rental properties in and around the capital in the months...

The government is being urged to expand and make the Treasury’s mortgage guarantee scheme permanent and compulsory on home loans above...

Almost three quarters of property professionals agree that estate agent pay is too low. A poll conducted by Estate Agent Today found 73%...

It is no longer significantly cheaper to rent compared with making monthly mortgage payments, Rightmove claims, but raising a deposit remains...

Homeowners are now earning almost as much from their property as they are from their salary after prices hit new highs. The...

The latest government house price data has sparked a fear that the market may be heading towards an affordability crisis. The Office...

These are undeniably darker days as news comes through of a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine - we have the first agency...

The Bank of England has issued a consultation on changing the affordability tests for large mortgages introduced in the wake of...

A former chief executive of OnTheMarket is now able to cash in shares worth some £92,000 in the latest part of...

With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...

A prominent agency chief is warning that record house prices could lead to a housing bust if lending gets out of...

A new league table of earnings by estate agents, based on basic salary and commission combined, suggests that UK agents earn...

New research suggests estate agents earn some of the lowest basic salaries of all sales professions.  Nested, an online agency promoting the...

Knight Frank has reported a record pre-tax profit and has reimbursed staff who sacrificed some salaries during the pandemic. The agency - which has...

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...

An agency says individual agents operating as self-employed can earn up to £64,000 more per year than fully-employed counterparts. Nested says the average UK...

As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...

The independent review into the RICS scandal of recent months and how the governance of the body failed, has thrown up...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says he wants to move his agency’s 600 Local Property Experts from self-employed to employed status...

Over a fifth of properties have risen in value by more than the average salary according to a calculation made by...

A former England international is an early graduate of a new estate agency academy in Yorkshire. Rebecca Rayner, a former England under-18...

Agency staff who worked from home at any point during the pandemic - even for just one day - can still...

Hello - it’s Friday already and that means more salutes to those in our industry raising money for good causes. If...

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

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

Another property company has announced its participation in the Kickstart scheme. The initiative is aimed at young people aged 16 to 24...

The annual report of a major estate agency has revealed that its chief executive took two large cuts to bonus payments...

The head of one of the industry’s foremost recruitment organisations says the pandemic has caused people to re-evaluate priorities and change...

Affordability across the housing market is at its worst for 10 years according to an analysis by a London agency. Benham and Reeves...

Propertymark, combining both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents, claims to speak for the...

By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

The next Budget will be held on March 3 next year - in time for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to change his...

One of the biggest supporters of the self employed estate agent business model admits there are risks and it’s not for...

Connells Group has announced a major recruitment drive as it looks to create 250 new agents' positions - and it’s launched...

A leading enthusiast of the self-employed agency business model says even in these challenging times people can make a success of...

The trend of buyers apparently fleeing the city to get more for their money in the country has hit the buffers...

There’s one key takeaway for agents from the weekend’s announcements on the next England-wide lockdown - the housing market is staying...

A new survey reveals the uphill struggle first time buyers appear to be having in securing a mortgage. A study of 1,000...

Franchise network Hunters has recorded strong figures for the first half of 2020 but a trading statement reveals the measures it...

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, better known as the furlough scheme, was introduced by the chancellor Rishi Sunak in March to...

A new league table drawn up by a property advice website may be the most authoritative yet for first time buyers...

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

The chairman of LSL Property Services - Simon Embley - says he is “increasingly optimistic” about the outlook for the market,...

Rightmove’s new chief financial officer has a basic salary of £390,000 plus bonus options coming to a potential total of £1.75m. Alison Dolan has...

In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...

A personnel company wants agents to tell them how much they earn in another anonymous online survey. Rayner Personnel - which recently...

Savills has revealed the measures it has taken to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on its activities and balance sheet. The...

The new YOUhome Property Gurus agency has announced another key hire to strengthen its central London activities.  The agency, set up by...

The managing director of a Winkworth branch is threatening to report a senior member of a nearby Countrywide office to the...

The Chancellor has revealed how he will wean businesses off the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme - meaning that agencies and suppliers...

The Chancellor has announced that the furlough scheme is to be extended until the end of October. He made the announcement in...

A high number of agents across the country have been furloughed in recent weeks and are now at risk of losing...

Knight Frank is furloughing agents and other staff with the company topping up the taxpayers’ funding to ensure employees get 100...

The NAEA and ARLA have jointly written to the government asking it to include agents’ commission in its plans to help those financially...

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

One of the biggest issues for agencies at the moment is furloughing - a safety net being offered by the government...

There has been scepticism across the industry as to the motives behind an unspecified number of lay-offs and permanent branch closures...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced a sweeping range of financial measures to try to minimise the impact of Coronavirus...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

The property management industry is evolving at a rapid pace, thanks almost entirely to the rise in PropTech. Hundreds, if not thousands...

There’s something of a conspiracy of silence over the problem of short lets. That is a stark claim but many siren voices...

Fine & Country has introduced a self-employed agency business model to be run by well-known former Property Academy chief Nicky Stevenson. The...