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You have to feel for Rishi Sunak - well, at least a little. Leave to one side that he carries more presentational...

Back in the day, party politics and the private rental sector used to be straightforward. Conservatives were pro-landlord, Labour were pro-tenant, while...

The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...

There will not be a single business within the property sector that did not start the year in vastly different circumstances...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Matt Nicol, managing director of Nicol &...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Sam Hunter, director of Homesearch. Alongside asking Hunter...

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

Hindsight is 20-20 vision, of course, and we can all see things we did ‘then’ that we would not do ‘now’....

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

It must have been a close thing on Friday as to whose faces were looking the most glum - those at...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

If a week is a long time in politics (an old phrase, for younger readers), then a year is a very long...

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...

In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...

The letting industry has come a long way over the past few years, embracing regulation and taking pride in doing good...

From December, the new RICS Home Survey Standard will become mandatory for all RICS professionals undertaking home surveys. The below article explains...

Since June 1, under The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020, landlords in England have been...

One of the main points I’ve had reinforced to me from agent after agent over the last year of hosting a...

Conferences, events and awards dinners are a hugely important part of the property calendar, bringing the great and the good of...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to industry video expert Christopher Watkin. Watkin gives his...

Covid-19 has placed a spotlight on the impressive variety of fundraising platforms and technologies available – and not often in places...

There’s no doubt we’re in a less-than-rosy phase of the property cycle. This, however, is not another doom and gloom piece:...

The ban on evictions was due to end earlier this month, but following a last-minute U-turn from the government, it has...

Letting agents are struggling to open new bank accounts and even large established letting agents with a long history of trading...

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...

If you’re in any way connected to estate agency all it takes is a quick glance at Facebook or LinkedIn to...

It’s no surprise the mainstream news remains dominated by coronavirus - not so much the actual effect of it right now,...

It was officially announced last week that the UK is in recession for the first time since 2009, and although this...