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Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Paul Johnson, Head of Corporate Sales at Leaders Romans Group (LRG) Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset...
04 November 2023
From: Features
Spicerhaart’s shift to a hybrid model and investment in the business and staff has contributed to a £5m loss for 2022,...
29 August 2023
From: Breaking News
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they review the dynamics of the property market, and the current...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Higher utility and staffing costs pushed profits down in Savills’ UK residential business last year. The property and agency brand revealed in...
17 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Long-established Hampshire estate agent Clarke Mews has shut all three of its branches in West End, Botley and Netley, with its...
16 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents are preparing their businesses for the cost of living crunch, with considerations on fuel use, heating and window display lighting. Much...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Research based on questioning almost 1,000 estate agents suggests that around 70 per cent are set to expand their business this...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Work patterns and the employee experience have changed dramatically because of Covid, with a substantial rise in home, flexible and hybrid...
13 January 2022
From: PropTech & Innovation
A survey of 100 agents commissioned by industry supplier Landmark suggests most believe the current onboarding process is ripe for simplification. Some...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
In this latest exclusive video interview, EAT’s video reporter Chris Buckler – an agent himself – chats with Peter Grant, chairman of the board at...
25 September 2021
From: Features
The Oxfordshire-based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients. Peter Grant, Managing...
21 June 2021
From: Features
In the first of our revamped PropTech Today series - which will see six industry experts discussing a range of issues...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A quarter of agents say they intend to recruit new staff in the next 12 months, following on from the surge...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A mortgage lender says it will now accept ‘no-search indemnity insurance’ for residential purchases in a bid to speed up the...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News
As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...
21 November 2020
From: Features
A PropTech platform wants to find out agents’ views on a range of industry issues - and that includes whether they...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...
27 June 2020
From: Features
Savills has revealed the measures it has taken to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on its activities and balance sheet. The...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has merged two of its existing divisions to form a new Private Residence Consultancy team - and the new...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Outsourced communications provider Moneypenny has launched a new facility called Client Services for agents resuming business. Moneypenny’s 80-strong team of receptionists can...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News
We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...
11 April 2020
From: Features
Hello - it’s Monday and so it’s PJT, where you can catch up on the industry major moves of recent days. Please...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Why should agencies leave voicemail in the last decade and make 2020 the year to invest in a more modern solution? Voicemail...
22 February 2020
From: Features
UK estate agents are amongst the worst paid in any country in the world according to new data. Digital marketing firm Yell...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News
A leading industry recruitment expert says our industry is facing its worst personnel shortage in a generation. Anthony Hesse, managing director of...
07 January 2020
From: Breaking News
First things first, a big happy New Year to everyone. Welcome to 2020! It looks set to be another interesting year...
04 January 2020
From: Features
Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A small online agency which in six months of trading has secured around 140 sales says it’s on course to be...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News
In a trading statement this morning, Countrywide says it has “a new covenant package with lenders provides the financial flexibility to...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The estate agency industry is in a staffing dilemma because of the continuing uncertainty over Brexit and its effect on the...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Countrywide's report to shareholders this morning warns that the residential market is heading for a difficult 2019 which may hit the...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News
A trading statement this morning from beleaguered agency group Countrywide reveals that its revenue is down again - but it insists...
13 February 2019
From: Breaking News
PropTech has been mainstream for a few years now, and as more agents are familiar with the range of products and...
01 December 2018
From: Features
Countrywide has given Estate Agent Today exclusive details of progress on its Back To Basics programme as it seeks to recover...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The culture of impatience and instant gratification has a lot to answer for. It has forced the hand of the property...
17 October 2018
From: Features
Countrywide, the troubled estate agency group thought by some to be near collapse, has delayed issuing its interim figures which were...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Fine & Country and The Guild of Property Professionals are refurbishing the Park Lane showroom they share - and it’s going...
12 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Countrywide says its Back To Basics strategy has seen a nine per cent increase in properties for sale with the group...
25 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The estate agency sector “is experiencing the worst staff shortages in a generation at a point when the property market is...
24 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our regular Monday look at key moves inside our industry. Everyone mentioned here...
09 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our regular look at key moves inside our industry. Next week there’s no PJT as...
26 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Countrywide has revealed precisely how many brands, branches and staff it has following the extensive and multiple restructurings of recent years. In...
22 March 2018
From: Breaking News
The troubled Countrywide group has this morning revealed its recovery plan to get - in its words - ‘back to basics’...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News
There was an excellent article, published last week, based around an interview with Chandra Dhandapani, CBRE’s chief digital and technology officer. The...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News
One of the industry’s leading analysts says Countrywide’s figures for the first half of 2017 are likely to be tough -...
07 July 2017
From: Breaking News
Expert Agent says it is pleased the uncertainty surrounding its takeover had ended but suggests the Competition and Markets Authority’s announcement...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Whether it is a small or large business you run, one of the most important tasks a business can undertake is...
27 June 2017
From: Sponsored Content
Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant fees generated a range of tips for growing your business. We recently...
06 May 2017
From: Features
First impressions are the most important when meeting new people and this is no less true for new customers finding your...
02 May 2017
From: Sponsored Content
A new recruitment business for the property industry in general and agents in particular is offering a phased-fees system for clients...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News
The flexibility of Foxtons’ business model - especially its ability to control headcount, including the number of agents it employs -...
12 January 2017
From: Breaking News
Hatched, the online agency snapped up just over a year ago by Connells in what was described as an ‘industry defining’...
09 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank is the latest agency to cut staff on the prime London sales side because of the downturn. In an announcement...
01 December 2016
From: Breaking News
A series of announcements offer an insight into the market flux at the moment. Firstly the franchise giant Hunters has added three...
01 November 2016
From: Breaking News
A firm called Proper Local has launched, insisting it is offering “a new model” for estate agency, somewhere between a traditional...
07 September 2016
From: Breaking News
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