Estate agents earn one of the lowest basic salaries of all sales professions
Estate agent salaries amongst the worst in the sales profession, new research shows.
News Archive
BTL landlord attempts to confront letting agent at their office
Landlord Gulam Sumar handed over two six-bedroom HMO properties to RHP Services, a guaranteed rent provider in London, four years ago.
Purplebricks’ record web traffic despite drop in Google searches
Purplebricks have cut back advertising spend on Google by 65%, new figures show.
Agency faced with hefty bill after pro-Palestinian group spray-paints office
Watch now: The agency says that this incident has been referred to the police.
Agents benefitting from Zoopla’s ‘latest enhancement’ – claim
Andy Marshall, Zoopla’s chief commercial officer: “We’re always striving to deliver commercial success for our agent and housebuilder partners.”
New digital service now available for UK estate agents
This product is viewed as “an important part of the next chapter in Reapit’s global strategy”.
UK homes unfit for the challenges of climate change
Some 30% of homes in England and Wales still carry a E, F or G EPC rating.
Property professionals make key changes including flexible working
Property professionals, including estate agents, are placing greater emphasis on wellbeing initiatives in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, new research shows.
Landlord confidence reaches five-year high
Richard Rowntree at Paragon: “Landlords see the sector’s issues and opportunities on a daily basis so measuring their outlook can provide useful insight for the industry.”
Sean Newman dangles £300,000 commission carrot in front of fellow agents
Huge commission up for grabs -has your firm got a buyer for this £20m+ property?
Owner recalls shock of finding that his house had been sold without his knowledge
Identity theft causes house owner to find that their property has been ‘stolen’
Radon, the silent killer that is deadlier than house fires and CO poisoning combined
Radon Awareness Week aims to educate the huge proportion of the UK population unaware of its dangers
Lettings market may be cooling but demand is still high – Goodlord
Void periods rise and rents fall as the lettings market heads towards winter
Home buying process is speeding up as Christmas approaches – Rightmove
Portal predicts that there will be 1.5million property sales this year – the highest number since 2007
OnTheMarket gets a rebate on the purchase price of Glanty
Adjustment mechanism kicks in to lower the amount portal paid for proptech company
Comings & goings
Snippets of property industry news: Appointments at Strutt & Parker; Preston Baker’s new head of financial services
EA Masters reaches its climax
Best Estate Agent Guide Awards due to be announced at glittering awards ceremony
Auction sales a hit – but not in every region
Essential Information Group publishes latest residential and commercial property auction data
Success in the face of adversity – Knight Frank posts record pre-tax profit
Report shows how major property industry company is dealing with diversity, equality and climate change.
UK government heat-pump scheme will fall short in the race to net zero
As COP26 gets under way a sustainability analyst says heat-pump incentive scheme target is ‘woefully inadequate’