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HAVING spent decades closely following the UK and American property markets, I’ve seen and read many reports comparing the two.  But...

Is there such a thing as an online estate agency any more? A decade ago, about the time I started editing Estate...

Typical consumer spending on mortgages and rents increased 3.6% in April – the first increase in the rate of growth since...

A recent announcement by housing giants Persimmon has been heralded as a welcome boost to the property sector. In a trading update they...

Interesting report this week in Estate Agent Today on an analysis by the Resolution Foundation thinktank which suggests that the UK’s...

The UK’s housing stock offers the worst value for money of any advanced economy, new research suggests. Analysis by the Resolution Foundation...

Property supply and demand have rebounded since the start of the year amid falling mortgage rates but sellers are still making...

This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising rents, and the threat of falling property prices. Although average...

By Kevin Shaw, National Sales, Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising...

A new survey has scored the top ten national real estate brands in terms of reputation, value and customer satisfaction. Using YouGov...

Open Property Group has carried out research which looks into where UK homeowners are moving to and if there is a...

The major property portals have ruled out cuts and discounts to agency fees amid the cost of living crunch. Estate agents, like...

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

The latest house price index from Zoopla has suggested the market remains resilient in the face of the cost-of-living crisis, but...

Winkworth Shepherd’s Bush has passed to new owners in the latest example of succession planning at the franchise agency network. Its former owner,...

This year, Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency Hamptons, shows that...

Buyers are getting less square foot for their money when buying a property. Research by insurer Churchill has found that the average...

Estate agents have gone on the record to say the flow of purchasers from London to country and market town locations...

A new estate agency says it aims to sell homes within 30 days - and dismisses the idea of a traditional...

A report drawn up by a software firm analyses sales, lettings and valuation leads from agents listing on Rightmove, Zoopla and...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

Both Rightmove and Zoopla have issued new data showing how the market is changing as buyers’ aspirations alter. Zoopla has looked at where...

Boomin has announced another 15 independents as members of the site, which is expected to launch in the near future. “The latest...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

Propertymark has told the government that it needs to introduce overarching regulation of agents now, because existing piecemeal provisions are unmanageable...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

It’s no surprise to hear that the property market has seen a lot of change across 2020, with ups and downs...

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

The former commercial director of Rightmove has made a strong defence of much of the company’s activities, including the charges it...

Zoopla’s Hometrack data research arm says the start of 2020 has seen buyer demand up 26 per cent compared to the...

We recently asked readers for their questions to the portals - the questions they couldn’t really ask their local reps, but...

A prominent regional agent says the industry owes it to vendors to try competing marketing outlets for property, and not to...

The Great Debate over the charges levied on agents by portals and the huge profits that Rightmove and Zoopla make has...

The big question for the industry at the moment is the cost and future of portals.  This is especially key for agents...

Zoopla says it now offers the fastest listings search of all three leading UK property portals on mobile devices. In turn, it...

A report by the influential Public Accounts committee of MPs has been highly sceptical of the effectiveness of Help To Buy. It...

One of the country’s largest regional estate and lettings agencies has now fully rejoined Zoopla. Yorkshire-based Dacre, Son & Hartley brings its...

It’s been quite a week for news so you might have missed this story - there is yet another boost for...

Carl Hemming, Director from Ginger in Balsall Common explains how mio has quickly proven to be a cost-effective way to simplify...

Zoopla is mining data from users of its website to target sellers on Facebook and Instagram, producing leads and making it unnecessary for agencies to...

The industry press has given substantial space to recommendations from the Regulation of Property Agents, the government’s working party which has...

The National Audit Office says many users of Help To Buy would have been able to purchase a home anyway, without...

A recent survey conducted by comparison website GetAgent found that traditional high street agents have been given a firm thumbs up...

Traditional High Street estate agents have been given the thumbs up by sellers in a new survey of over 5,000 vendors...

Earlier this month we celebrated the 16th annual ESTAS Awards, once again hosted by TV property expert Phil Spencer.  The glittering ceremony...

With the UK population spending longer in rental accommodation, due to the upfront expense of buying a home, their time and...

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...

Low risk letting is everyone’s aim, but unless legitimate guidelines are followed it’s difficult to know if a tenant will prove...

Experienced sales trainer Boyd Mayover, co-founder of Sales Doctors, explains how agents can overcome price objectives, impress prospective clients and offer...

UK estate agents charge the lowest commission out of any nation in the European Union, according to a recent study by...

Some branches of one of London’s largest agencies, Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, have returned to Zoopla after dropping it just over four...

Zoopla says the number of its leads delivered to member agents in the period March 2018 to February 2019 was 36...

Competition for landlords will be fiercer than ever this year. Landlords are facing a raft of changes and will likely be...

When you recruit a new member of staff, training should be one of your main priorities.  After initial training, ongoing training and...

In these tougher times, we recognise that helping agents win new inventory is the key to their businesses.  There were more than...

Alongside hundreds of agents and suppliers, I recently attended the Guild of Property Professionals’ annual conference. As ever, it was a great...

A survey of 6,000 members of the public and 660 estate and letting agents has revealed some striking findings about how...

Even with 2019 well underway, letting agents need to keep refining their long-term goals and business targets. For agencies with a...

PropTech has been mainstream for a few years now, and as more agents are familiar with the range of products and...

To say legendary ZPG founder and CEO Alex Chesterman left big boots to fill when he stepped back from day-to-day operations...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

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

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...

With the news that Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to sellers, is this something...

OnTheMarket has seen another increase in listings to more than 10,500 offices, but it is repeating a warning that its free...

When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...

The former head of Rightmove’s lettings division has blasted High Street estate agencies for “living in the past, charging exorbitant fees...

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our regular look at key moves inside our industry. Next week there’s no PJT as...

The BBC says it is to broadcast a special one-hour radio documentary this weekend investigating online estate agencies. The show will go...

An online intermediary platform called OpenMoov has been set up which instructs agents on behalf of sellers and tenants - and...

There’s much said in the mainstream press about estate agency fees and how costly they can be for consumers. But one point...

Having launched 13 years ago, PayProp, part of Humanstate Group, an international private technology services group, has grown into a leading...

A mystery online petition is urging Rightmove to filter its advertisements “in a bid to curb down inflationary / speculative / fake...

I’ve written before about the impact of headlines on the property industry. Interest rate speculation.   Market booms and busts. Demand...

Consumer group Which? says the public should be wary of claims made by online estate agents. This follows a series of complaints about...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

The fees charged by estate agents receive a lot of coverage in the press - and rarely for positive reasons. Negative...

Purplebricks has stepped up its attack on what it calls “Britain's antiquated method of buying and selling homes” by describing it as...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

OnTheMarket is to advertise across 40 channels this month, in the build up to its second anniversary at the end of January. The...

Conveyancers are to be told to publish the charges for their house-moving services in a bid to help consumers and to...

The Financial Conduct Authority is to investigate mortgage competition, including the introduction of clients to lenders by estate agents.    It’s part of...

House prices will stall in 2017 and there won’t by any significant improvement in affordability for many hard-pressed buyers - but...

Agency review website RaterAgent has listed its top 50 agents for 2016 based on customer reviews posted in the year to...

As circus performers, most estate agents would fail. Some of you might find that difficult to comprehend. After all, many uninformed members...

This week we have the Head Shepherd of EweMove, Glenn Ackroyd, in the hotseat. He’s been co-owner of EweMove Sales and Lettings,...

Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...

Here are the top letting agents in Britain who go above and beyond to help their customers, as voted for by...

The People Awards, which honour the very best individuals in residential agency for 2016, are one of the highest accolades any...

If you’re considering using a telephone answering service, what are the types of questions you need to ask, before you commit...

First of all, welcome back everyone. Hope everyone had a great and relaxing break for Christmas and New Year. (Is anyone...

OnTheMartket (OTM) recently wrote to its membership saying how well its doing, how membership has increased beyond expectations and how it...

There was a recent article in Estate Agent Today titled: Agents 'missing out on income by not charging for referrals'. A study...

A couple behind a new online estate agency want to establish what they describe as a US or Australian-style franchise system...

It’s interesting to read of plans to debate which business plan really is best for the customer, online or traditional estate...

Readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given an exclusive opportunity to pose questions to Zoopla Property Group...

The Competition and Markets Authority has used Twitter to inform agents of the risks of joining trade assocaitons with loosely-worded or...

Some companies pride themselves on being able to accommodate customers of all kinds. “No job too big or too small,” they...

The presupposed notion still exists that new online agents are ‘tech savvy’ whilst the seemingly old fashioned high street agents are...