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Estate agents spend almost half their working day chasing or being chased for issues as a new report highlights concerns about...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Estate agents are missing out on potential clients by not responding to enquiries promptly, new research suggests. A study by lead generation...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Homebuyers in Bolton are waiting as long as 21 weeks for local authority searches new research shows. Analysis by upfront information pack...
24 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The race for space is reversing as more employers are calling staff back into the office. Research by agency brand Jackson-Stops has...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents have begun reporting concerns that Barclays has suspended access to their business bank accounts. Vijay Vashistha, co-founder of online agent 99home,...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The ValPal Network's (TVPN) services have generated 1.4m leads for agents over the past 12 months – with most coming outside...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A recent study conducted by the Technical University of Denmark reported that the attention span of people around the world is...
01 October 2022
From: Features
Over the last two years, the property industry has experienced unprecedented change through shifting market conditions and new regulations around compliance. To...
28 September 2022
From: Features
Have you ever noticed that it is much easier to fix other people's problems than your own? Whether it is resolving a friend's...
09 August 2022
From: Recruitment & Business Matters
If there’s not a book called ‘The Art of Collaboration’ then there should be. Update: a quick Google search shows there...
11 June 2022
From: Features
Conveyancers have had their busiest year on record, industry data shows. Search Acumen’s latest Conveyancing Market for the first quarter of 2022...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
There are many myths about using virtual tours to sell or let properties. The most common perceptions are that virtual property...
28 May 2022
From: Features
A former letting agent claims to have removed the need for estate agents to use floorplan software. Mark McCorrie, who describes himself...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
New portal Boomin suggests it has “thousands” of agents who have signed up on a paid basis. The portal - which launched almost...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
In this guest feature, Chris Mason, Operations Director at The Letting Partnership, outlines why agents might want to consider outsourcing client accounting. The...
19 March 2022
From: Features
Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in terms of leasehold reform – although we are calling upon the...
27 November 2021
From: Features
Increasingly rigorous Money Laundering Directives have made regulations in the property industry more stringent than ever, and Estate Agents have a...
22 November 2021
From: Legislation & Compliance
The average asking price of homes coming to the market has dropped by over £2,000 in the past month - the...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A cloud-based software provider has claimed that agents need to prepare for the future – and a very different working day...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Demand from buyers is set to be strong for the rest of 2021 as the stamp duty holiday unwinds but uncertainty...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News
An online conveyancer is on the hunt for a mansion tester. My Home Move Conveyancing is seeking a mansion tester who will...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Homebuyers are suffering huge delays in receiving responses to their search requests to council according to a study of local authorities. Consumer...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News
26 August 2021
From: Sponsored Content
For the second time in two working days, a report suggests that ever-higher numbers of buying are paying over the asking...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
There are just three working days until the end of the stamp duty holiday for most buyers. That’s not even enough time...
26 June 2021
From: Features
In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Agents should prepare for a surge in fall throughs and collapsed sales thanks to the first stamp duty holiday period expiring...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News
With just hours to go to the start of the Euros, we can announce our squad for writing Agents Reports on...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Thousands of sales are at risk because slow searches by councils may prevent deals completing by the next stamp duty deadline. With just under...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News
As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...
27 March 2021
From: Features
There’s been a huge focus on both the stamp duty holiday and Help To Buy deadlines at the end of March...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News
We’re now in Lockdown 3.0 and most of us have become used to juggling home-working, home schooling and a million and...
03 February 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Boomin has denied that it will ever allow direct property sales, cutting out estate agents. Founder Michael Bruce says the new service...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A trade body has called on House Secretary Robert Jenrick to intervene over the growing problem of delays in councils providing...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...
05 December 2020
From: Features
As we embark on another nationwide lockdown, the team at SDL Auctions are keen to help agents ride the storm, beat...
11 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content
Advanced information released today about Boomin suggests it will seek a much closer relationship with agents than existing portals, with lifetime...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content
Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...
05 August 2020
From: Features
There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...
11 July 2020
From: Features
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Tom Harrington and I’m the founder and...
26 May 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....
25 April 2020
From: Features
Almost every part of the agency industry is operating remotely these days - and we would love to know how you’re...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News
A PropTech company that monitors search times for transactions says only just over two thirds of them are now completed in...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A trade body has sharply criticised HM Land Registry for its slow progress on digitising local searches after a promising start...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
A new online auction service has launched this week, pledging a fairer service for agent partners, as well as buyers and...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News
A London council admits that it typically takes 50 working days for a search - which means a Local Land Charge...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Carl Hemming, Director from Ginger in Balsall Common explains how mio has quickly proven to be a cost-effective way to simplify...
12 August 2019
From: Sponsored Content
A leasehold reform campaigner says government proposals risk creating a two-tier market and do nothing to assist leaseholders already hit by...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Of the hundreds of headaches that come with agent territory, worrying about what’s happening to your calls shouldn’t be one of...
08 April 2019
From: Sponsored Content
For many years, the majority of agents have stuck to the tried-and-tested 9am-6pm opening hours framework. But is this now changing,...
16 March 2019
From: Features
There’s been a dramatic improvement in the speed of searches being completed and returned by local authorities, the government claims. Housing minister...
28 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Hello again and with just two working days before Christmas, there’s no stopping us yet on your festive photos - a...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News
After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in 2005, I took careful consideration over my career moves and prospective...
22 August 2018
From: Features
The estate agent who is refusing to abide by a decision of the Advertising Standards Authority is now demanding details of...
16 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Firstly, my sincere apologies - it has now been over a month since my last PropTech blog, doesn’t time fly! In the...
26 May 2018
From: Features
With the rise of Purplebricks in recent years, many will be eager to know what the hybrid agency’s Local Property Experts...
07 April 2018
From: Features
A critic of the conveyancing process has accused a law firm’s charge of £95 for “exchange and completion within five working...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Alice Hickmott is the perfect advertisement for apprentices in estate agency - especially as we are now in National Apprentice Week. Essex...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News
London’s prime central market is turning around at last according to the chief executive of Belgravia estate agency Henry & James. James...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News
So here it is … a very Merry Christmas from Estate Agent Today and Angels Media, with our very best wishes...
22 December 2017
From: Breaking News
The first residential transaction has taken place under the so-called Conveyancer’s Code for Completion - a new procedure in which the...
30 November 2017
From: Breaking News
Estate agents are angry over delays in processing land searches by a local authority in the south west. The average land search time...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Over 60% of UK consumers think that Estate Agents’ Photos Are Very Poor To Average A recent survey* by dedicated property photo...
02 March 2017
From: Sponsored Content
Agency telephone answering service Moneypenny says Christmas 2016 is set to be busy if it follows the pattern of the previous festive...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News
There were some absolutely brilliant figures released recently by telephone answering specialist, Moneypenny. The highest call volumes diverted from agents to Moneypenny occurred between 10am-11am...
12 November 2016
From: Features
Agents take an average of seven working hours and 11 minutes to respond to email leads - and just over a...
26 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Mystery surrounds the fate of Fresh Chilli, a north of England-based hybrid estate agency that launched with a fanfare last autumn,...
19 August 2016
From: Breaking News
While buy-to-let lenders brace themselves for further interventions as part of proposals currently being drawn up by the Prudential Regulation Authority...
01 June 2016
From: Features
This week, as the title suggests, I turn my attentions to the world of deposit protection schemes. Landlords have been legally obliged...
15 April 2016
From: Features
The government - which controversially launched consultation on its stamp duty surcharge between Christmas and New Year - has now used...
29 March 2016
From: Breaking News
We’ve been facing some pretty adverse weather recently. Gales, storms and terrible flooding in parts of the country have upturned the...
13 February 2016
From: Features
Countrywide has revealed to Estate Agent Today that it is to begin a trial where selected local branch staff will work between 7am...
09 February 2016
From: Breaking News
Miller Metcalfe Surveyors is a centre of excellence, with accreditation from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for residential surveys and...
28 January 2016
From: Sponsored Content
Who are you? Steve Gosney. What does it say on your business card? Managing Director of Kremer Signs. How long has Kremer Signs...
27 January 2016
From: 60 Second Interview
Controversy is growing over the government’s surprise consultation period for its proposal to levy a three per cent stamp duty surcharge...
30 December 2015
From: Breaking News
Last month it was announced that the CHAPS payment system will be extended by one hour and forty minutes from summer...
07 August 2015
From: Features
CHAPS has confirmed that its operational hours will be extended from summer 2016, enabling high-value payments to be made until 6pm. The...