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The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

This article was originally written for City AM in response to an article it published attacking letting agents. See more here.  A...

It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of defections and duplicity worthy of Shakespeare. Yet the estate agency world has...

The proliferation of big data is paving the way to improving our economy on almost every front as entrepreneurial digital companies...

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

If you want an engaging page-turner novel for cold winter evenings, my recommendation is Our House by Louise Candlish, a bestseller...

I don’t think I can add anything more to the excellent 2019 pieces we’ve seen on EAT in recent weeks –...

Thanks to vast improvements in processing powers, the use of virtual reality (VR) in some sectors is becoming more evident than...

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

Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...

The demand for rural properties is high, and with 20.7% of England’s population in countryside areas, estate agents have a large...

Cast your minds back to the summer of 2014. It’s 9.55 am somewhere in east London ‘Sorry I’m late’ offers the...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...

When it comes to major issues confronting housing, and in particular the direction that the government would like to take the...

Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...

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...

It’s a testing time for the property industry, amid Brexit fears, a slowing market and the looming tenant fees ban.  There’s no...

The recent ARLA Propertymark conference featured a hugely interesting line-up of speaks and session during a watershed time for the lettings...

When you think of the best ad campaigns – from moustachioed opera singers and talking meerkats to millions of bouncing balls...

For many years, the majority of agents have stuck to the tried-and-tested 9am-6pm opening hours framework. But is this now changing,...

The road to opening up your own business can be a long one. If you’ve never done it before, there are...

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

I don’t believe it’s unfair to state that our government, indeed, the entire political establishment is in some turmoil at the...

Last week, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced a number of measures aimed at further tackling homelessness, including...

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...

A survey by the Centre for Ageing Better recently showed that 72% of people want to see every new home built...

Barely a day goes by when we don’t read a new report on the unscrupulous practices of landlords; of the sub-standard...