Antony Antoniou

Agents in some parts of the country may be able to make use of data from utilities comparison service uSwitch, which has drawn up working-from-home information for buyers. Its remote… Read More »Working From Home – what buyers want, and where they want to be

Agents Together, the wellbeing and mentorship service which came into existence earlier this year, is launching what it calls a Redundancy Bounce Back Series. This is a month-long virtual event… Read More »Industry Redundancies: Agents Together launches support programme

A Bank of England survey suggests it may be more difficult for prospective buyers to get a mortgage later this year. In the BoE’s latest quarterly Credit Conditions Survey, lenders reported… Read More »There may be trouble ahead…Mortgage lending to get tougher

An estate agency in Lancashire has been taken over by a hotel group, which pledges to expand and create more jobs. Mikhail Hotel and Leisure Group is to takeover David… Read More »Agency bought by hotel group pledging jobs growth

A new portal-style PropTech product has launched and wants to recruit estate agents to its fold – despite describing the way agents work now as “outdated.” Vyomm is a portal… Read More »New “sellers portal” pledges to improve on Rightmove and Zoopla

An estate agency in the south of England has abandoned its online-only strategy and has decided to open a physical office in a local High Street. Open House Brighton Coast,… Read More »Agency abandons online-only strategy by opening High St office

A right wing magazine once edited by Boris Johnson has called estate agents “spivs with tape measures” who conceal information from buyers. In an article about leasehold properties the veteran… Read More »Agents are ’spivs with tape measures’ says angry press article

The total Sales Agreed in 2020 so far has overtaken Sales Agreed up to this point in 2019, despite the Coronavirus crisis. Property consultancy Twenty EA also says New instructions… Read More »Market Boom: Sales agreed so far in 2020 surpass last year’s figure

A security company says it is “disappointing” the estate agency industry is only around 55 per cent through preparations to cope with Anti-Money Laundering regulations – even though the new… Read More »Agents told off for not being ready for Anti-Money Laundering regs

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has purchased the licence for Grantham, Sleaford and Lincoln… Read More »Latest online agent has 30 years work experience – but not in agency