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A recent appeal decision which allowed housing development on the Hertfordshire Green Belt highlights the need for greater flexibility on locational...

The debate over the Green Belt, and the newly branded ‘grey belt’, has made the headlines a lot recently and will...

As the temperature drops outside, it can be tempting to think activity in the market is likely to freeze out entirely. And,...

It may be a measure of the government’s incompetence in the area of housing that two recent major announcements were sorely...

I don’t want to frighten any professional scribblers and wizard wordsmiths out there, but as a matter of geeky interest, this...

We’ve probably all learned to be a little less cynical about politicians in recent weeks, given the tragic events. We perhaps...

A family-run agency has reinvented the For Sale board by removing all of the usual visual cues and traditional words -...

Propertymark has worked with one of the UK governments to create an information sheet which, in virtual or hard copy firm,...

There is growing criticism of Savills on social media following the controversy over a racist tweet apparently sent from the personal...

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

New guidance has been issued in a bid to allow agents to get the insurance payouts they expect from the Business...

An estate agency has issued an abject apology for calling the Covid pandemic “a blessing in disguise.” There was a huge social...

There's good news for thousands of estate agencies awaiting pay outs under Business Interruption Insurance schemes. The agents are amongst 370,000 businesses whose...

The hundreds of estate and lettings agencies involved in various Business Interruption Insurance policies must wait even longer to find their...

The Business Interruption Insurance saga, involving hundreds of agencies awaiting pay-outs on policies, enters its next and final stage later this month. An...

Here is a quick read focusing on 5 things you can check your business is doing while on your tea break....

The result of a test case over Business Interruption Insurance involving agents has been handed down by the High Court. It has...

Agents involved in a test case over their Business Interruption insurance will know the result next Tuesday morning. The test case concluded...

An online agency says it’s offering its customers a kind of ‘fall-through insurance’ after over 100 deals collapsed between mid-March and...

Agents are awaiting the outcome of a test case regarding Business Interruption Insurance, which may determine whether they receive thousands of...

Purplebricks has changed the wording of an advertisement on its website after a watchdog stepped in following a complaint. According to the...

An eight day court hearing kicks off this morning as the Financial Conduct Authority begins a test case regarding Business Interruption...

More details have been released about a test case being brought by the Financial Conduct Authority about the ongoing Business Interruption...

Dominic Cummings has been at worst a cause of huge anger to a nation that’s already extremely anxious. At best, he’s been...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is expected to announce tomorrow that the housing market in England can resume with estate and letting...

The scandal over Business Interruption Insurance policies is hotting up, with class actions being discussed against insurance firms and the Financial Conduct Authority announcing...

Agents and in some cases their brokers continue to do battle with insurers in a bid to secure pay-outs on their...

By now, most letting agents and landlords will have heard about the draft legislation laid in Parliament concerning a mandatory minimum...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

The government has issued a revised version of its official How To Buy and How To Sell documents, aimed at consumers...

The troubled Emoov hybrid estate agency, currently up for sale, has removed an advertisement after a complaint to a watchdog over...

Emoov has agreed to change the wording of a Google search advertisement after a complaint was made to the Advertising Standards...

An estate agency is pioneering a new business model in which it charges no commission whatsoever to the vendor. Freeagent247, an online...

Fake news has become the popular catchphrase of a certain orange-tinted president in recent years. And everyone, from tech giants like...

There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...

Purplebricks has been the subject of another complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority, this time over a claim on its website...

An online estate agency has changed the wording of a listing on Rightmove, Zoopla and on its own website after a...

Another Purplebricks ad has been stamped down on by the Advertising Standards Authority following a complaint by Hunters Property Group - but...

A recent holiday in the US gave me an opportunity to catch up with property news over there - and surprisingly,...

The so-called ‘merger’ of Emoov, Tepilo and a lettings firm is actually an acquisition by Emoov of the other two companies. That's...

An estate agency has been the subject of a complaint over website wording which appeared to suggest that it had a...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

The Advertising Standards Authority has told the organisers of a house raffle that they must not repeat a promotion because of...

Estate Agent Today has been told that there are four more complaints filed to the Advertising Standards Authority about hybrid agency...

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that two TV advertisements for Purplebricks cannot be shown again in their current form because...

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

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has informally resolved another complaint made against wording on Purplebricks’ website.  A complainant suggested that the wording...

Online agency HouseSimple has once again been the subject of a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. Earlier this month a HouseSimple advertisement...

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

For the second successive week the Advertising Standards Authority has banned an online estate agency’s advertisement.  Last week it was HouseSimple and...

The Competition and Markets Authority has released the full wording on its decision to give the go-ahead to ZPG’s acquisition of Expert...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement which suggested that the firm behind it had “a physical office ... in...

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint over a Purplebricks website statement featuring testimonials from clients; the complaint was made...

Major westcountry agency Wilkinson Grant has told the Advertising Standards Authority it will not re-use wording following a complaint from a...

There’s good and bad in every industry and at first sight, this week has been one where the good have won...

A branch of Martin & Co is changing the wording it uses on a leaflet following a complaint from a rival...

The fledgling group claiming to represent independent estate and letting agents, CIELA, says it has lodged a complaint against Purplebricks with...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has informally resolved a complaint made against online estate agency eMoov.  The complaint challenged whether two statements...

A month ago we ran a quiz compiled by compliance training expert David Beaumont - and the results do not make...

For the second time this month, the Advertising Standards Authority has had to intervene over the wording of an ad from...

Forgive the footballing headline – perhaps inevitable now that Euro 2016 has started – but several decisions and statements across the...

Advertising industry website Campaign Live says Purplebricks has made a shortlist of four creative consultancies to handle its marketing - while...

Online estate agency eMoov has changed the wording on its website after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The words under...

eMoov is one of several property firms to have ‘informally resolved’ disputes with the Advertising Standards Authority - usually achieved by...

Two leading estate agency groups have changed website details of properties after complaints were lodged with the Advertising Standards Authority. The ASA...

Estate agency EweMove claims that online operator PurpleBricks has copied a property description of a house “word for word” from one...

The Advertising Standards Authority has ordered the company Homewise not to use misleading wording following two complaints about one of its...

Hull estate agency Beercock Wiles and Wick has amended the wording of a regional press advertisement following a complaint to the Advertising...

Four estate agencies including online player Purplebricks have resolved complaints submitted to the Advertising Standards Authority. Every week the ASA publishes a...

Two agencies have agreed to amend the wording of their advertisements to avoid the possibility of formal action by the Advertising...

Online estate agency HouseSimple has changed the wording of one of its adverts after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received a...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld two complaints made against online estate agency eMoov.  The first centred around eMoov’s claim that...