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In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss the annual Estate Agency X event, titled 'Mastering the...

The total value of the UK residential housing market is now worth £8.67 trillion, according to Savills, with the value of...

An industry expert has called on agents to actively lobby new MPs to influence housing policy – whoever wins the election. Neil...

THE news that an NHS trust was hit by a cyber-attack earlier this month naturally attracted a lot of headlines. Even though...

Shortlists for three ESTAS Awards are set to be revealed today. The 21st annual ESTAS Awards ceremony, sponsored for the first time...

If you’re thinking about becoming an Estate Agency franchise or converting your existing estate agency business to a franchise, here we...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has set a date for its annual conference. It will take place on 12 July 2024...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

A coalition of organisations representing consumers, financial institutions and energy suppliers has written to the Department for Energy Security and Net...

The ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has unveiled new headline partners for 2024. Reapit and PayProp will become the Headline...

You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

Kerfuffle has revealed the winners of its Supplier of the Year awards The awards are based on agent reviews and net promoter...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry over the past week. If there are charitable endeavours you think...

"Property is in the blood," my dad frequently reminds me, albeit for two generations—his and mine. During the property boom of...

The property industry is no stranger to shifts in the technology landscape. The past year in particular saw rapid growth in technology...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

One of the most heart-warming parts of my job is having the privilege to be the patron of Agents Giving, the...

I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...

This week saw around 80 conveyancing firms across the UK paralysed by a service outage caused by a ‘cyber incident’ on...

Propertymark has revealed details of its 2024 regional conference programme. The agency trade body said it will visit 19 regional locations next...

As sure as night follows day, so our industry sets out a wish list of tax changes which it hopes the...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

Digital transformation is now happening at a monumental pace, and dependence on technology is growing to new heights. In fact, the...

Campaigners and commentators have reacted cautiously to leasehold reform proposals put forward in the King’s Speech. The King took part in his...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities are constantly developing, helping to improve efficiencies across all sectors and disciplines. Recent data* highlights that the...

As electric vehicles increasingly populate our roads and the necessity for accessible charging grows, enquiries about electric vehicle chargepoints when buying...

In the property industry, technology must work in a way that is right for agents, helping to free them up to...

Industry partner Jerry Lyons is launching a new network to support independent ethical estate agencies. The Ethical Agent Network (EAN) aims to...

The EA Directors Club dinner, hosted by the Baldock Brothers returns on September 21st after its summer break. The event, which is...

Whether you realise it or not, APIs have helped make your day possible.  Reflect on everything you’ve done today online. On your...

Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launching a tiered membership offer which it says will allow agents to choose according to...

One of the most valuable, most successful and most recognisable brands worldwide is Coca-Cola. And we have all wondered, at least...

Agency reviews website allAgents has revealed the venue for its highly anticipated 2023 UK Customer Experience Awards. This year's event will be...

Property industry customer review platform ESTAS is preparing to reveal its regional and national shortlists for their 2023 awards. The nominees for...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Agents Giving: Entries are now open for...

The long-awaited Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) rules will still be introduced but most probably in a different form, it has...

Agents have begun reporting concerns that Barclays has suspended access to their business bank accounts. Vijay Vashistha, co-founder of online agent 99home,...

Hundreds of property professionals from international premium estate agency Fine & Country gathered in London for the brand’s annual conference and...

Utility technology platform Muuvo has unveiled a range of new features as it celebrates its second birthday. The proptech firm provides a...

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

Agents and property professionals are spreading plenty of charitable love ahead of Valentine's Day. See some of the inspirational examples below. Whatever the...

Hundreds of agents have already registered to attend the landmark Propertymark One conference at Wembley Arena on 27 June. Agency trade body...

As we’ve mentioned in other blogs, even though we’re going through uncertain times, this is the right time not only to...

Plenty of inspirational examples of fundraising activities by agents and property professionals have been coming in from the end of 2022. Whatever...

Propertymark has released a new calendar of events for 2023, doubling the number of regional conferences, and in a first, attendance...

By David Boughtflower Business Analyst at Reapit, 14 years in Residential Sales and Lettings Having entered estate agency in the eye of the...

Is it really just a year ago that we were nervously wondering whether yet another Christmas would be Covid-affected? Little did we...

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

Angels Media-owned brand ValPal has been named among sponsors of the allAgents Customer Experience awards. It comes as this year’s awards will...

Self-employed estate partnership brand The Agency UK (TAUK) is to host its first industry exhibition. Titled Grow your Agency in 23, the...

Agents have been getting into the Christmas spirit and recognising the colder weather when it comes to charity this week. Whatever the...

Making predictions for the year ahead is notoriously difficult and leaves me open to having egg on my face, but I’m...

As a signage company we know we have a serious responsibility to the environment to ensure our industry’s future and we...

The ESTAS Customer Service Awards – which are often described as estate agency’s version of the Oscars – took place last...

Private Banker Finance has been named as the latest sponsor for the ESTAS Awards. The brand, which specialises in high-end mortgages -...

Landmark Information Group has been named as the latest sponsor for the ESTAS Awards. The brand, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services,...

Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has opened its first sustainable branch in Kemptown, Brighton City Centre. The Leaders-branded office has been completely refurbished...

Industry figure Iain White has admitted he has overcome ‘original scepticism’ about the launch of OnTheMarket after the portal was added...

As inflation passes the 10% mark, it’s no surprise that many landlords are hurriedly reviewing the health of their buy-to-let portfolio. You...

Property marketing provider NicheCom has gained carbon neutral status. It has been working with Carbon Footprint Ltd over the past six months...

In recent years, we’ve witnessed a massive influx of channels for media consumers – two of the biggest of which are...

In this piece, Nathan Emerson, CEO of Propertymark, discusses how the trade body is working to ensure member agents get the best of...

As the great sporting summer continues – with the Lionesses triumphant against Germany last Sunday, the ongoing Commonwealth Games, and the...

Dye & Durham says it could potentially appeal the decision by the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) to effectively disallow its acquistion...

For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...

It may be cliche to say, but technology is advancing at such a fast pace. So fast, in fact, that according...

Anti-money laundering (AML) platform Thirdfort has secured funding from three high profile estate agents. Knight Frank, Chestertons and Savills’ proptech subsidiary Grosvenor...

Knight Frank is entering the sixth year in the lineup of the Premier Sports Network’s (PSN) suppliers to provide services and...

A network for women working in the residential property industry has signed up a trio of high-profile sponsors. Residential property industry suppliers...

Industry supplier Kerfuffle has teamed up with the Relocation Agent Network (RAN) to provide its online training platform to members. RAN members...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Tom Cummuskey, I am the Sales & Marketing...

There are some inspiring examples of agents and property professionals raising money for all-important children's charities this week. Remember, if you have...

A record 600 firms and individuals have been shortlisted for the 2022 ESTAS Customer Service Awards. Sponsored by blockchain property network Coadjute,...

Just this month, the Government Property Agency kicked off its search for a digital chief to lead its 10-year technology journey,...

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

The shortlists for this year’s much-coveted ESTAS awards will be revealed from the end of this week. The ESTAS Customer Service Awards,...

EweMove managing director Nick Neill has set out plans to double the size of the franchise network by 2025 as the brand’s...

Technology developed for the estate agency industry has advanced and expanded seismically over the past decade as software vendors develop their...

Estate agents and conveyancers have agreed on better working relationships at the first collaborative event between the two professions. There has been...

A government aim to improve the home buying process by making Local Land Charge search results instantly available is well underway,...

The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine continues to dominate the thoughts of our industry as this week’s ADC shows - a wonderful...

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

No matter how dark the news, there’s light in our industry thanks to so many agents and suppliers doing good deeds....

Agents Giving - widely recognised as the industry’s main charity - has appointed another senior agency figure to its board. It’s Iain...

Property events and functions are now back in full swing, with 2022 likely to be the first ‘normal’ year for this...

The branding and technology supplier epropservices - which also owns Fine & Country and the Guild of Property Professionals - is changing...

The most senior Trading Standards officer policing the agency industry says he hopes the public will ask about referral fees in...

A new PropTech platform has an ultimate aim of allowing house buyers to select and order their interior decorations and modifications...

The lettings sector looks set to steam ahead in 2022 after a record-breaking 2021, despite the financial and mobility challenges of...

Barely three weeks into the new year and we’re already talking about plans to raise tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

Do you have an 'open API'? We use 'X' who have an 'open API' so we would need you to integrate with...

It’s often said that agency is a people business, and I can see no reason to disagree - agents dealing face-to-face...

At the risk of mixing my metaphors, any mention of energy has become something of a blue touch paper in the...

Hybrid agency eXp UK is the latest to include the Modern Method of Auction as a sales possibility for its remote...

Christmas - time for a much-needed rest for our industry after getting through a workload which reached almost unprecedented levels in...

One of the country’s leading estate agents has shared his top tips for using PropTech. Simon Bradbury is managing director at Thomas...

The Federation of Independent Agents is to hold its third ‘in person’ conference - called FIACON - this coming Friday in...

Hello and welcome to a very special edition of Agents Do Charity - a tribute to someone who has arguably done...