» Agent calls for end to doom-mongering over iSold
10/03/10 07:33 from Estate Agent Today
Agents should not lose sleep over the new Spicerhaart cut-price sales offering it has launched in association with Tesco. Leading London agent Eric Walker, managing director of Bushells, yesterday urged an end to panic mongering over iSold...
» You\'re an oil painting, artist tells estate agency boss
10/03/10 07:32 from Estate Agent Today
At EAT, we were surprised and curiously touched to receive an email intended for the Hon Sir Mr Tony Addinall yesterday evening, and asked to pass it on to him. The Hon Sir is, of course, chairman at Badgers, the highly successful property ..
» A free offer you can\'t refuse?
10/03/10 07:30 from Estate Agent Today
If you want to win friends and influence people, you might be interested in the new Home Mover Box. It might not be an instruction winner in the immediate future, but which of your tenants or buyers is going to complain about your giving th..
» Signs firm changes over 8,000 boards in a fortnight
10/03/10 07:28 from Estate Agent Today
Boards firm Agency Express replaced more than 8,000 For Sale boards in little over two weeks following the sale and rebranding of Halifax estate agents to LSL firms Your Move, Reeds Rains and Intercounty. All the existing boards had to be r..
» Election outcome will \'make no difference\' to housing market
10/03/10 07:27 from Estate Agent Today
A Conservative win at the general election will make no difference to the housing market, according to a narrow majority of borrowers and investors. They say that house prices and mortgage availability will not alter – the verdic..
» Sellers venture back into the market
10/03/10 07:25 from Estate Agent Today
More new instructions than buyers are coming to the market, says the RICS, creating new downward pressure on prices. This week’s RICS survey suggests that the balance in the market is on the change. It says that the difference between..
» Seminars launched for agents with housing benefit tenants
10/03/10 07:24 from Estate Agent Today
A seminar on Local Housing Allowance was so successful that it will be repeated elsewhere. The seminar in London, given by Landlord Action, a company specialising in tenant eviction, drew a large number of delegates. It was held in response..
» Which? welcomes launch of \'private sale\' site iSold
08/03/10 07:32 from Estate Agent Today
Consumer watchdog Which? has welcomed the launch of iSold, describing it as giving consumers the chance to sell their own homes. At the same time, iSold is now appearing on Rightmove, which bans private sale by owner sites. iSold does, howe..
» Government attacked over plans to ban uninsulated rental homes
08/03/10 07:31 from Estate Agent Today
Plans to make it illegal for rental properties that do not have loft and cavity insulation to come on the market have been dismissed as blatant electioneering. The ban suggested by the Government could come in as early as 2015. At the same ..
» ESTAS 2010 shortlist announced
08/03/10 07:30 from Estate Agent Today
Over 19,000 votes have been cast by members of the public, over 450,000 pieces of data have been processed and now the shortlist for the 2010 ESTAS is announced. In each region the top ten rated agents for customer service have been nomina..