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Super prime agency The Private Office: Real Estate is looking to score with sports stars and celebrities. It has appointed Elisha Warburton...

Rightmove is to be the headline sponsor of ITV’s music show The Voice UK, starring veteran crooner Tom Jones. The portal says...

Manning Stainton has committed to nurturing the rising stars of the property industry in Yorkshire through a summer training academy with...

Zoopla is rolling out more branded taxis as it recorded a record January for unique vendor leads, the portal claims. The property...

OnTheMarket has a “puncher’s chance” of displacing Rightmove after the challenger portal was taken over by CoStar but needs to persuade...

Buyer demand and new sales at the start of 2024 are already ahead of equivalent 2023 levels, Zoopla. Figures from the portal...

Winkworth has launched a talent drive to find rising stars to build a career and a business within the franchise network.  The...

A new analysis of the housing market has assessed 50 cities in the UK to establish which is best for first...

A group of senior estate agency and property executives have combined to launch a free monthly marketing resource for upmarket agents. Former...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

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

Agents at haart in Lincoln are celebrating after receiving their 1,000th online review on Google. The branch, which offers both residential sales...

From singing and dancing to charitable support and sponsorships, agents have shown that there are plenty of ways to raise money...

It’s the oddest thing. Surely, the most fundamental requirement of an estate agent having won an instruction, is to get it...

Rising stars in the property world gathered with seasoned professionals at the British Museum this week for the Propertymark Qualifications’ annual...

Agents and property professionals have been in boats, on bikes and even used football stars to help raise funds for charity...

New data suggests the prime London market has a new lease of life as buyers and sellers look to beat the...

AllAgents has revealed the 10 worst rated agency brands on its customer review platform, with Purplebricks leading the worst performers. The reviews...

Spicerhaart’s annual conference and awards ceremony returned earlier this month after a three-year hiatus caused by the pandemic. The company’s two day...

Fundraising frolics by agents and property professionals this week include bike rides and triathlon challenges, plus the charity award season returns. Remember,...

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

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

Normally estate agents are rightly proud of their professional abilities to provide expertise to vendors when it comes to selling -...

For an unregulated industry, agents have an awful lot of regulations to deal with. For example, there’s the mandatory membership of a...

One of the founders and leading figures in the Agents Together industry charity says one silver lining of the pandemic has...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - another opportunity to see how our industry is doing great work...

As we motor towards the next major global climate change conference – the UN’s COP26 being held in Glasgow from 31...

My neighbour had been seeking to move home for some time. Suggestions that he wanted to get away from his neighbours...

Boomin has announced the appointment of six agents, described as independent representatives, who are now on the new portal’s strategic board. The...

Greater Manchester Police have arrested the Savills estate agent who allegedly posted a racist tweet about black England football stars after...

New research shows that UK estate agents are amongst the best value in the world. Using data from the Global Property Guide...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

Sarah Edmundson, the chief executive of the Agents Together charity - set up by the Bruce brothers, Michael and Kenny -...

Another week begins, another record tumbles - Rightmove this morning reports a monthly price surge of 2.1 per cent has propelled...

Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...

One of the biggest TV hits of lockdown has been the Netflix show Call My Agent! It’s a surprise success, perhaps, because...

This week’s In Conversation Today interviewee needs no introduction. One of the property industry’s most recognisable names, she has been a...

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...

A survey conducted by charity Agents Together suggests a large majority of industry people would like to see more focus on...

The ESTAS awards service and the Agents Together foundation are entering into a partnership. That means all ESTAS customer agents will be...

Another US real estate agency wants to follow Keller Williams, Berkshire Hathaway and others by opening in the United Kingdom. Nest Seekers International...

A self-employed agent has gone public to lavish praise on the mentoring scheme which is part of the Agents Together charity. Cameron Carter,...

Industry veteran Harry Hill, a former chairman of Countrywide and founder of Rightmove, has now become a mentor at the new...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

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

Arguments over the alleged gaming of reviews by and for some estate agencies have waged ferociously in recent years, and now...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

It’s easier than you might think. For any agent the challenge of making a business successful is hard work with the focus...

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...

Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather.  Yet...

A series of damning reviews about Purplebricks’ working environment, apparently written by existing and former staff, have appeared online. Indeed is a...

My experience in marketing over the last 10 years has been an interesting journey, however I don’t want to bore you...

The new independent estate and letting agents’ body, the FIA, has unveiled what it calls an exclusive online training platform for...

Controversial reviews service Trustpilot insists Purplebricks and Foxtons are not gaming its platform and accuses The Times of “misrepresenting” how it operates. Over...

Purplebricks’ and Foxtons’ apparent success on Trustpilot have come under scrutiny in a Times newspaper analysis of the review platform. The Times’...

Michael O’Flaherty, an area director at the Connells Group and at one time a resident property expert on a popular TV...

As we near the Christmas break so it’s time to put our feet up for a moment and celebrate another year. What better...

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

Hello and welcome to our latest edition of Property Jobs Today, a weekly run-through of the key job moves within our...

It’s that time of year again, when a tall ominous figure scares us all with a slow deep voice threatening endless...

From where I’m standing there’s a lot in common between the debate between online and traditional agents, and the argument over...

After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in 2005, I took careful consideration over my career moves and prospective...

Our glorious endless summer has a return visit to many areas this weekend - but it’s still not too hot for...

Another day, another housing minister – at least that’s what it feels like! The resignation of the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...

As we move towards another Bank Holiday Weekend, there is no shortage of phenomenal fundraising efforts from those in our industry.  If...

Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - it’s a bumper edition with plenty of fantastic fund-raising going...

What do you need to know if you are considering selling your sales or lettings business?  Here’s ten top tips to think...

After the fun and over-indulgence of the festivities, most of us are now back to the world of work. And, with...

easyProperty is teaming up with training organisation Estate Agency All Stars to offer training programmes to its 400 'local property professionals' across...

Zoopla is launching a new advert as part of its ongoing TV and radio campaign - and it stars those hermit...

A Countrywide agency is launching a publicity campaign involving well-known social media bloggers and YouTube ‘stars’ known as vloggers.  The publicity campaign,...

A new report reveals how clients’ reviews and star ratings - used by many online estate agents in particular - are...

Another senior industry analyst says the time is fast approaching for Rightmove to either shift its focus to take account of...

Odds are that you use TripAdvisor when you book a restaurant or hotel; perhaps you scroll down Amazon before clicking ‘buy...

The results of a survey conducted by the Home Builders Federation has been attacked by consumer group, the HomeOwners Alliance. For over...

It’s been another busy week of fund-raising for agents across the industry, sparing time to do good works despite the market...

The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...

Eaton Square, in the heart of London’s wealthy Belgravia district, has been crowned the most expensive street in England and Wales,...

There’s no need to worry but...er....there are only three weeks to go until Christmas. With traditional feelings of goodwill at this time...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s aim of creating a 24-hour city is one step closer with the appointment of London’s first Night...

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

Countrywide has closed an office of one of its best-known London brands, Faron Sutaria, and is merging its activities with a nearby...

It’s the height of holiday season but despite the rival attractions of traffic jams and airport delays, many agents are still...

Haus Properties, the high-profile London estate agency started almost five years ago by Apprentice star Jamie Lester, now appears to be...

Tepilo, the online agency set up by Sarah Beeny, has come out fighting after The Times newspaper accused it of ‘hiding’...

It’s London Marathon weekend and while plenty of agents do great charity work in other ways, this event is always a...

Oystons Limited, trading as Oystons Estate Agency, has removed reviews of its service from its Facebook page after a complaint to...

An estate agency has launched an internal academy to provide training for its rising stars.  Humberts, which has 23 offices across England,...

Savills is the latest estate agency to consider a TV advertising campaign. The agency’s marketing director Alison Dean has told Estate Agent...

High-end agency Savills has launched a dedicated Sports Services team to offer what it calls “a confidential property service to the...

We’re absolutely delighted with the response to EAT’s appeal for photographs of agency offices and teams deocrated for Christmas - you’ve...

Every week we publicise the efforts of estate agents and property professionals who have been working extra hard in the name...

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 ESTAS, the longest and largest awards ceremony in the residential agency industry, has outgrown its old venue and is moving...

Who are you? Joshua Rayner MIRP What does it say on your business card? Managing Director of Rayner Personnel & Estate Agency...

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About ten years ago, I was working as the branch manager of an estate agency based in an affluent part of...