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Google estimates that 70% of a customer’s buying decision is made online before they contact you for the first time. And who...

IT was the day the world malfunctioned.  From airport lounges to the reception areas of GP surgeries, the CrowdStrike IT Outage caused...

The number of new sellers coming to the market is up by 12% compared to this time a year ago, and...

In this, the second of a three-part series, David Beaumont continues his critique of the new Material Information Guidance. There are 21...

Financial crime within the property sector is on the rise and the stats are alarming. According to data from Apex Bridging,...

Reading the news on Estate & Letting Agent Today every day (as I’m sure you all do, too), there appears to...

Synergies between sport and business have long been compared, particularly in the highly competitive world of property. Athletes and those involved...

The stats on the slowing market are widely known, but a slowdown is by no means doom and gloom – it’s...

Leading digital compliance firm SmartSearch has launched an innovative new solution to help professionals working within the UK property sector to...

New data from respected consultancy TwentyEA showed that the market is proving unexpectedly resilient - and in the case of new...

As we move into a more challenging market this summer with interest rates still on the rise, house prices relaxing and...

Independent estate agent DM & Co. Homes has launched a weekly update on the regional housing market presented by managing director...

Fewer first-time buyers got on the property ladder last year but there was an increase in people buying for business purposes,...

Customer review platform ESTAS has partnered with the Women in Estate Agency Group (WIEA) to promote the health, wealth, and empowerment...

Inside this short article, my goal is to simply highlight the four most common mistakes l see from reviewing agents' Google Ad...

I can’t really write about anything else this week, can I? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have...

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

Empty nesters may be considering downsizing their home this September as their children set off to university, whilst other downsizers are...

As uncertainty continues to prevail across the industry, aided by a government in crisis, the challenges in the months ahead feel...

The other day I read a story here on Estate Agent Today, which was both depressing and inspiring. It reported a study...

Facebook has been a platform which has opened the door to those looking to advertise their services in exceptional ways. Digital...

A housing analyst has urged buyers to look beyond average prices. Kate Faulkner, founder of Propertychecklists.co.uk, said she is on a mission...

This question is not as flippant as it sounds because over recent years the status of the private landlord has taken...

In this latest video interview zoning in on the current property market, and the stats, facts and data behind its present...

Three of the leading industry content specialists are set to gather on stage together for what is believe to be the...

Boomin claims that one of the online influencers it has commissioned to create YouTube content has won has many viewers as...

If you want to sex-up the Chancellor’s financial statement scheduled for lunchtime on Wednesday, you’d call it a Budget or a...

A popular myth suggesting 50 per cent of homes sell with a second agent, is simply untrue. That’s the claim from property...

The average age at which someone buys their first home has risen to 32, up from 29 in 2011 and is...

There are many features and functionalities a website must have to be successful. Ultimately, the purpose of your website should be...

A property media analyst claims Purplebricks has record-breaking website traffic thanks to its “relentless” and vast budget marketing. “Whether you like to...

In the UK, 3.5 million households — which is over one-third of UK households — are either privately or socially rented,...

Another market snapshot has identified low supply as the chief characteristic of the sales landscape this autumn. Landmark Information Group’s latest Property...

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

New figures from HM Treasury have revealed that businesses, including a number of major agencies, have returned £1.3 billion in furlough...

In this article, the team at Iceberg Digital outline why agents should consider attending the Estate Agency X event as well...

PropTech platform Agent Response has just released its latest league table for conversion stats relating to the first two weeks of...

I’m sorry to break this to you but in 10 days’ time it will be autumn - and we will have...

Let it never be said that this column isn’t here to help out agents directly. In this week’s Natter, I speak...

Figures released from the government show 19,400 people in the real estate sector are still on furlough - suggesting some agents have back...

An all-time record high of one in three properties sold for more than the original asking price last month. This is according...

High end purchasers of homes in London paid 15 per cent of the stamp duty in 2020, yet the value of...

Recently I heard the stat that over 50% of property is sold with the second agent, which was backed up by...

A panel of estate agents recently participated in a webinar to discuss the benefits of livestream open house viewings. The webinar, part...

As part of our third PayProp Special Report on COVID-19 rental arrears in the UK, we surveyed over 600 agents, tenants...

It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has been and gone and the run-up to Christmas is well and truly...

You probably don’t have to listen closely to hear estate agents across the country starting to cheer. It’s been a big...

Many agents are brilliant at giving a personal touch and are professional in the way they treat customers, but I would...

The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...

One of the many free-to-list portals now vying for attention is offering agents six months free access to a platform boasting...

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice.  A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...

The agency behind a poll showing one in six buyers putting plans on hold because of Coronavirus is warning that if...

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

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

Whinge. Moan. Lead quality. Crap market. Decision procrastination. Fee pressure. Bloody competitors. Especially Purplebricks. Brexit, of course, Brexit... These are just some...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Eric Woodhams F.N.A.E.A. mio Account Manager What is mio and what...

House prices have remained roughly stagnant according to the latest figures produced by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land...

During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...

Thinking about the state of communication across residential property chains is enough to induce a severe migraine. We work in a world...

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

The former chief executive of Emoov says he has the answer to Foxtons’ current downbeat performance - it should exploit its...

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...

The monthly index of house price changes in Britain’s major cities, for many years operated under the Hometrack banner, has been...

A new portal called YourMoov and describing itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” is to launch shortly. In an...

Rather like doctors, estate agents are present at critical points in our lives – moving in together, bidding farewell to a...

Not so long ago, the best estate agents were those who did the best work for their clients and therefore built...

The culture of impatience and instant gratification has a lot to answer for. It has forced the hand of the property...

One of the world’s leading agency and PropTech analysts says the race is on for who comes second in the UK’s...

Today is the day. 1,600 people will gather in London for FUTURE: PropTech, an event I have supported when there were...

Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...

In their election rhetoric all the political parties informed us that the UK is experiencing a ‘housing crisis’, with all promising...

As Dataloft’s home town and having been declared the best place to live, we needed no further excuse to have a...

On behalf of The University of Oxford, Professor Andrew Baum has overseen the compiling of an academic study of the PropTech...

Since the seventies, housing starts and completions across England and Wales have been on a downward trajectory. The long run average...

By Wednesday April 19th, a UK citizen, on an average income, had earned £7,789 from their day job so far this...

There are more first-time buyers (FTBs) finding a way on to the property ladder than at any time since the Financial...

You may have noticed some subtle changes to Estate Agent Today in recent weeks, aimed at improving the ‘user experience’ we...

New analysis shows what appears to be the correlation between rising house prices and falling burglary rates across the country.  The research,...

Recent stats from the Council of Mortgage Lenders show that last year 360,000 people moved homes, meaning the number has stayed...

The Office for Budget Responsibility, which released its latest economic forecasts on Wednesday, has adjusted its prediction for UK house prices…again.  It...

I had a very interesting chat with the man behind a new portal the other day. He was John Dixon, the portal...

Instant gratification is nothing new. It’s been around for millennia. It’s an in-built survival instinct for humans – that want, that...

Carpe diem, seize the day – whatever you call it, it’s something all of us in the property industry should be looking...

The Advertising Standards Authority has intervened in the case of an estate agency using information from Rightmove that was more than...

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and answer sessions with some of the key figures in the property...

Suzy Lamplugh was just 25 years old when she disappeared whilst working as an estate agent in London in 1986. She’d...

Those working within the UK housing market would have felt considerable worry about the immediate impact of the vote to leave...

With more house-hunters than ever now starting their search for a new home by typically looking online on one of the major...

Winners’ reactions and views from a fantastic day of celebration! The Kings Group scooped the gold award for Best Estate Agent in...

An estate agent is complaining to Rightmove about what he says is its ‘misleading’ method of calculating and publicising leads.  Like many...

As we know, the property market in London is notorious for sitting a long way outside the conventions of the wider UK...

I'm sure most of you have seen, or at least heard of the Mad Max series of post-apocalyptic dystopian fantasies.  The latest...

No sooner was Halloween done and dusted than attentions turned to Christmas: shops were dressed with festive decorations; town centre lights...

Challenger portal OnTheMarket is “not attracting a meaningful audience or engaging with its users” and so is likely to fail according...

Over the past few years Rightmove and Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) have each been spending massive sums on marketing and product...

Public relations is big business these days. Whole companies are set up purely to provide this service. Major corporations have in-house...

There has long been the assumption and contention in the industry that portals are expensive. This, however, is not the case. Along...