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Google rather than the portals is the starting point for sellers finding an estate agent, a survey claims. A survey among 2,000...

The industry big hitter who joined Connells on a temporary basis to support its acquisition of Countrywide has now become its commercial director and a...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

Things can change. For those who remember, it’s no secret that I became one of the industry's strongest critics of OnTheMarket (OTM). My reasons...

The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...

For a mixture of reasons, I now only write this column every two weeks. At first, I missed the weekly consideration...

Zoopla says its sale and vendor leads have reached a 2020 high, beating volumes delivered even during the strong start to the...

Over 600 agents have now signed up to the Say No To Rightmove campaign including some of the biggest names on...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

Zoopla says the number of its leads delivered to member agents in the period March 2018 to February 2019 was 36...

OnTheMarket has stepped up its attack on Rightmove with a stridently-worded email to agents explaining how a drop in leads from...

Zoopla is claiming a big surge in leads provided to agents and a new high in the number of visits to...

As you probably know, I have been no fan of OnTheMarket (OTM) over the years. You may see this admission as...

Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...

Property portal OnTheMarket has announced that it now has listing agreements with over 8,500 estate and letting agency branches.  It says that...

OnTheMarket remains defiant despite the decision of Douglas & Gordon, one of its founder agencies, to list once again on Zoopla...

Rightmove says its visits so far in January are running over nine per cent higher than the same period a year...

Who says things slow down before Christmas? The opposite appears to be the case, at least when it comes to the...

The new contract for firms joining or re-signing to OnTheMarket is reported to have a restriction on acquisitions. It is said to...

LSL Property Services - which has high street brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - has signed...

Global investment bank RBC Capital Markets says OnTheMarket has the potential to undermine the pricing power of Rightmove and ZPG -...

OnTheMarket is reported to be threatening an estate agency with legal action. Earlier this week Estate Agent Today reported that Henry Adams, a...

The 15-branch Henry Adams agency has signed up to ZPG, just the day after the portal group said it had seen...

ZPG says that the number of estate agency branches that left to join OnTheMarket but have now returned has reached over...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

An early Gold member of OnTheMarket is making a last-ditch bid to stop its parent company, Agents’ Mutual, from floating on...

Let’s be honest - few people saw this coming. The 89 to 11 per cent majority amongst Agents’ Mutual members for...

The industry today awaits the result of Agents’ Mutual’s formal Members’ Court in which agents will vote on the organisation’s proposed demutualisation and...

The growing anger of some OnTheMarket member agents about the portal’s parent company proposal to float on the London Stock Exchange...

Before we go any further, assuming you are an Agents’ Mutual member, let me ask you a question. If you had...

There’s a distinct sense of déjà vu over the debacle of OnTheMarket. I avoided joining two years ago because I couldn’t see...

No one can say Agents’ Mutual has failed to provoke debate within the industry. The project was the centre of fierce argument...

ZPG has stepped into the escalating dispute between portals by revealing record figures on new leads - two hours before the first...

  The first two meetings in a roadshow which OnTheMarket has organised for local member agents take place today - another 18...

Agents’ Mutual has confirmed that it proposes to form a new company, OnTheMarket plc, to list on the AIM market of...

The Connells-owned agency Gascoigne Halman is to make a costs payment of £1.24m within 14 days to Agents’ Mutual - but...

The Connells-owned agency Gascoigne Halman is to make a costs payment of £1.24m within 14 days to Agents’ Mutual - but...

Agents’ Mutual says it will be seeking to recover costs and compensation for losses incurred after what is widely seen as...

ZPG says the number of estate agency branches to have quit OnTheMarket and rejoined Zoopla over the past two years has...

An internet monitoring service operated by international financial services giant Morgan Stanley says OnTheMarket is continuing to lose both its share...

OnTheMarket has swatted away the latest criticism from a long-term critic, online estate agency head Russell Quirk - although it has...

It’s over. Done. The only ones interested are those with too much time on their hands. For God’s sake - behind...

Zoopla and OnTheMarket have issued their figures for last month’s visits, each claiming their busiest ever January. Zoopla Property Group says it...

Zoopla says it delivered a record number of unique appraisal leads to its agent members in December, up 112 per cent...

OnTheMarket is now listing UK commercial properties to rent and for sale.  The portal says this is “closely aligned with its UK residential search...

Although Brexit, portal juggling and portal wars have stolen property industry headlines in recent months, there's been one story almost constantly...

Zoopla Property Group claims that in the past two weeks, over 40 agency branches have returned to listing on Zoopla and...

The Jeffries Group, an eight-branch Hampshire-based independent agency, says it is going to leave OnTheMarket.  Although the group’s website and email branding...

An eleven-branch estate agency has announced that it will stop listing with OnTheMarket and is returning to Zoopla Property Group (ZPG). Howard...

Agents' Mutual was last week ordered to make a further payment into court as part of its ongoing legal case against...

The OTM Action Group has released a statement claiming that Agents' Mutual has chosen not to address any of the concerns...

Zoopla Property Group has this morning told the City that it has seen another increase in agent numbers and listings in...

  OnTheMarket says Andrew Milsom Estate Agents, a six branch agency in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, has joined the portal.   The website says the...

Zoopla claims that it has delivered a 40 per cent increase in valuation leads to its agent members in the first six...

Zoopla chief executive Alex Chesterman has been revealed to be one of the business leaders behind a legal challenge regarding the Brexit...

Property portal OnTheMarket has announced that it has signed up five branch estate agency Meller Braggins.  The firm, which is based in...

OnTheMarket has changed the claims it makes to prospective clients about its stock levels and market share compared to Zoopla, following...

Russell Quirk - whose online agency eMoov is banned from OnTheMarket - says the new portal has indirectly helped onliners rather...

One of the directors of Agents’ Mutual, parent body of portal OnTheMarket, has told Estate Agent Today that his firm does...

After over a year of speculation, the Competition and Markets Authority has stepped into the row over OnTheMarket and its ‘one...

The rush to beat the stamp duty surcharge deadline has pushed average asking prices to a record high according to Rightmove...

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has sent an email to member agents following articles about alleged legal challenges to the portal...

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has sent an email to member agents following articles about alleged legal challenges to the portal...

The agent who last year wrote a controversial ‘open letter’ about OnTheMarket has now received a letter demanding she pay alleged...

A senior analyst at Credit Suisse has opened the debate about the possibility of unhappy agent members of OnTheMarket challenging their...

City analysts at UBS have downgraded Zoopla to a 'neutral' recommendation from 'buy' citing that it remains threatened by OnTheMarket. Against the...

A number of agencies that joined OnTheMarket but subsequently stopped listing properties on the portal have received letters from a legal...

Zoopla Property Group says it has recorded a 61 per cent leap in appraisal leads in February compared to the same...

A three branch estate agency has announced that it has returned to Zoopla from OnTheMarket.  Staves Estate Agents, which has offices in...

Here’s a story with more than a little in common with Britain’s own property portal wars. A long-running legal saga between Danish...

OnTheMarket is not going to uphold the controversial ‘one other portal’ rule for its new Overseas Channel, which it has launched...

In line with the industry’s expectations, Rightmove has announced its results declaring a record performance by almost every measure. There were a...

Countrywide has given what it admits is a “mixed performance” in 2015 with a major reduction in operating profits, although it...

It is reported this morning that OnTheMarket has lost one of its key early investors, the Gascoigne Halman agency which is...

Analysts at German-owned bank Berenberg have done an analysis of visitor numbers for OnTheMarket and Zoopla in January. In a report titled...

An OnTheMarket director says his portal can still challenge Rightmove - despite record figures from Rightmove itself. As we reported yesterday, Rightmove says...

Rightmove has announced a string of new records with visits in January up 21 million on the same period last year...

High profile stock market commentary website Motley Fool has given Zoopla a strong endorsement on the eve of the first anniversary...

An online estate agent who a year ago predicted that OnTheMarket would not survive for 12 months has issued a statement...

Zoopla has confirmed that its next date for announcing its agency membership totals - part of its ongoing rivalry with OnTheMarket...

Both Zoopla and OnTheMarket have ramped up their long-standing rivalry. As we reported yesterday afternoon, Zoopla has revealed what it calls a...

With the portal wars ratcheting up ahead of OnTheMarket’s first anniversary, Zoopla has revealed what it calls a “record number” of...

And so it begins. The first anniversary of OnTheMarket’s launch was inevitably going to bring a further skirmish in the portal...

An international portal consultancy not previously known for its outspoken comments has sharply criticised OnTheMarket for its “protection of the status...

OnTheMarket has issued testimonials from three agents advertising their properties on the portal, which marks its first anniversary later this month.  A...

The directors of Agents’ Mutual say they have “every confidence” in OnTheMarket as the portal approaches its first anniversary on January...

The director of a leading regional independent agency says the agency industry needs a thriving Zoopla to keep Rightmove in check,...

Some agents are being offered the opportunity to list with OnTheMarket for free now if they sign a Letter of Intent...

Zoopla, buoyed by its latest financial figures reported to the City yesterday, now claims that OnTheMarket lost 43 per cent of...

Zoopla Property Group is reporting record figures to the City and claims it has seen “continuous agency growth since May” as...

OnTheMarket - stung by recent lukewarm assessments of its track record - has repeated its faith in letters of intent from...

The Hamburg-based Berenberg Bank is the latest to send a briefing to investors on the so-called portal wars - and while...

At least one City analyst has given a frosty response to a statement from OnTheMarket claiming that the new portal’s membership...

Rightmove has grabbed market share from OnTheMarket according to a report from City analysts Liberum and is now the ‘portal of...

The company of City analysts that worked with Zoopla on its floatation says it now senses “a change in climate” around...

Fierce debate continues over an open letter sent by a top consultant to OnTheMarket at the end of last week, accusing...

Estate agents using OnTheMarket have come out in defence of the new portal. “We’ve had nothing but positive experiences thus far with...

I’m writing this from the brand spanking new Center Parks in Woburn Forest. Set within 365 acres of lush Bedfordshire forest,...

Zoopla has added another 146 UK estate agents to its membership since July, taking the total of UK agents now to...

Zoopla says it will later this week give an update on the number of agents it now has as members -...