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Hamptons has appointed Chris Randall as regional sales director, overseeing the businesses South West and West London regions.  He takes over from...

Spicerhaart has appointed former Countrywide sales manager Victoria Kelly to lead its Land and New Homes division in the Midlands.  She has...

Savills has strengthened its residential sales team in Rickmansworth with the appointment of associate director Rozanne Edwards from Strutt & Parker. Edwards...

Savills has promoted its residential sales director Natalie Howlett-Clarke to head of its Norwich office. Effective from the start of this year,...

CRM provider Street.co.uk has unveiled a new partnership that will see technology firm Global 4’s 8x8 hosted telephony directory made available...

A former senior executive for Boomin and Purplebricks has returned to traditional estate agency. Tom Kirk, previously chief product officer for Boomin...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Jake Gann and my business card says...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Bevan and I am the Sales...

A year-long pilot of using upfront material Information by conveyancer Thomas Legal and search provider Conveyancing Data Services, a part of...

A veteran property photographer has revealed the ‘easy to spot’ signs that shows an agent isn’t using professional photography, warning it...

Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has attracted a trio of former Purplebricks agents as it continues its expansion into Scotland and...

Estate agency veteran Paul Vickerstaff has found a new job with Heatable following the collapse of Boomin. Vickerstaff had joined the challenger...

As economic signs increasingly point to a contraction in the property market, competition for new business will inevitably heat up. But...

England beat Wales at the World Cup in Qatar this week, confirming the team’s progression to the next round while their...

The World Cup is set to kick off in Qatar this weekend and Estate Agent Today has compiled a team of...

The sales progression function is what binds the whole property transaction together and the importance of effective sales progression in the...

There are no signs of a post-summer lull in the property jobs market. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

Choosing the right technology platform for your agency is hard. Getting it wrong is easy. The last thing you need is to...

Former Evolve staff are being offered £2,000 ex-gratia payments by the easyGroup after its ownership of easyProperty ended. Jason Bull, national sales...

Our story yesterday on whether the property industry should consider trialling a four-day week generated lots of debate, comments and poll...

Essex-based estate agent Beresford Group has celebrated and thanked sales director Mike Sayers who is retiring from the company after 35...

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

Chestertons chief executive Guy Gittins has stepped down with immediate effect. Gittins has been chief executive of the high-end London agency brand...

Property industry veteran Mal McCallion is among two new high-profile recruits for GetAgent. McCallion, who helped launch Primelocation in 2000 and was...

Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...

A new estate agency has been launched in the west of Scotland by property services firm Bowman Rebecchi. The new business, named...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

A former UK national sales director at Purplebricks has been reunited with the online agent’s founder Michael Bruce at Boomin. Paul Vickerstaff,...

The industry big hitter who joined Connells on a temporary basis to support its acquisition of Countrywide has now become its commercial director and a...

Purplebricks is claiming that literally thousands of High Street agents from conventional bricks-and-mortar firms are applying to the agency. It says this...

One of the country’s leading experts in estate agency reviews has given advice to agents on how they can best use...

The company selling new homes in a London development has added a new twist to our celebration of Christmas 2021 -...

Reservation Agreements provide agents with absolute certainty that both sellers and buyers are being honest. “If they’re lying or… shall we say,...

A PropTech chief says agents are now competing with each other for substantially less stock on the market - meaning their...

Disclaimer: This article is intended for information only and does not constitute legal advice. As part of its 2020 budget, the UK...

With soaring property prices, supply continuing to be outstripped by demand and overworked and overtired industry professionals; we’re seeing the sector...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - an opportunity for you to catch up with charity news from...

The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...

One of the UK’s oldest estate agency firms has expanded into two new territories.  Nock Deighton was established in Shropshire in 1831...

Almost a million tenants have built up rent arrears since March 2020, according to research by National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA)....

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...

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

In this latest video feature, EAT’s video reporter Chris Buckler speaks to Christian Scandurra, Sales Director at VaultEA, and a former...

Around 2.66 million landlords were operational in Great Britain in 2019, according to data estimations previously released by Hamptons International. Of those...

The first stamp duty holiday deadline has now passed, and we can all sigh a slight relief after the sheer numbers...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....

The property market is currently in a unique position where the number of house hunters looking for their next home is...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

The Planning Bill, which will introduce changes to the planning system in England, was announced last week in the Queen’s Speech....

An agency says sellers should improve the attractiveness of their properties for sellers - so it's linked with a florist to offer...

Purplebricks has revealed how it’s going to fill in following the departure of chief sales office Chris Beckwith last week for...

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

I was not surprised when I came across an industry article recently citing that over half of home buyers never visit...

Hello and welcome to a sunny Friday and this week’s round-up of the industry’s good works. We’re keen to feature agents and...

Late last year Hamptons launched ‘Relay around the World’… a fundraising initiative to raise money for Cancer Research’s Stand Up To...

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

A London agency has opened its second office in the south of the capital. Kalmars’ new branch is on the historic Old...

If it’s Monday, it’s jobs news day on EAT - welcome to the latest update. Want to be featured in our next...

Hello and welcome to this edition of Property Jobs Today, a chance to catch up with who’s moving where in the...

A new study suggests that the end of the stamp duty holiday should not significantly dent the purchasing pattens of buy...

Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...

Purplebricks is the first estate agency in the country to launch a meditation service to ease “the emotional rollercoaster felt by...

Despite the recent effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is still much opportunity in the market for letting agents to grow...

The portal  set up by Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny Bruce has revealed it's recruited Rightmove and Zoopla personnel and intends...

The ESTAS, which is fast establishing itself as a review platform as well as an awards network, has signed up the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...

Hello and welcome to another week. We’re more than aware that it’s a challenging time for our industry as for most...

Tuesday of this week was the busiest day of the year so far for searches for mortgages - widely seen as...

Some weeks later than usual for understandable reasons, the ESTAS Awards 2020 are almost here - and for the first time...

The brothers who founded Purplebricks - Michael and Kenny Bruce - have returned to the agency industry for the first time...

It’s been revealed that the home moving advice service set up by Phil Spencer is entering a collaboration with awards and...

As last Friday was the VE Day Anniversary bank holiday we have a bumper bundle of fund-raising activities to report on...

Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...

Hello and as it’s Monday it’s PJT Day - and there are plenty of people moving jobs in our industry even...

I don’t want this to be a long piece. I want this to be short and sharp. I want it to...

In six years of editing Estate Agent Today, some of my most dramatic moments have been covering the troubles - some...

A digital platform claims its taken “a massive step” towards speeding up property sales with what it says is the first...

Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today before Christmas - and yes, there are still plenty of people moving...

Hello and welcome to PJT: even with little more than a fortnight before Christmas it seems there are still plenty of...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Hinkins and I’m a Sales Consultant...

In the latest part of the Natter’s ‘day in the life of’ series, I catch up with Chris Osmond, sales director...

A London agency has told Estate Agent Today that it makes some of its buyers pay upwards of £5,000 in Reservation...

Independent family-run agency Kalmars, which currently has just one office in the capital, has revealed the first of four new branches...

Hello, welcome to another Monday and the latest PJT. As ever, a brief reminder to please let us know your appointments new...

It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...

Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...

Purplebricks’ founder Kenny Bruce has promised that his departure from the firm does not mean he won’t be heard of again. Kenny - whose brother...

Hello there - if it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity, and as we prepare for a hot weekend for Glastonbury revellers...

Welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - because last week there was a Bank Holiday, we have a bumper edition...

Franchise giant Hunters is to be the subject of a Channel 4 TV show on air this evening at 8pm.  When I...

Two of the PropTech sector's highest profile digital marketing suppliers are integrating in a bid to help agents nurture the leads...

Hello - here we are once again with the weekly round-up of key moves in the agency and related industries. We’re letting...

You can tell it’s the onset of spring by the fact that this weekend sees the start of the Formula 1...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your weekly chance to catch up on major moves in our industry. Everyone here has...

Chestertons says its profitability in 2018 doubled compared to the previous year, but appears to have relied heavily on lettings for...

It’s safe to say that the majority of agents will be glad to see the end of the past two years....

Over the past year I've had so many conversations with agents telling me how they feel that offering a premium customer...

So this is (almost) it. Next week may be a quiet one for business as vendors and landlords alike begin to...