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Trustpilot has announced it is to remove UK reviews of Purplebricks which it says were "mistakenly invited" by the agency to be...

When Kenneth Bruce, co-founder of Purplebricks, published an emotional post on social media this week, my first reaction was; what a...

Simon Gerrard, a past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has called on the government to switch the burden...

Three more complaints about agents made to the Advertising Standards Authority have been settled informally - including one concerning an agency's...

The latest data from Your Move reveals London as still being the area of England and Wales with the lowest house...

One of the co-founders of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, has explained why the agency challenged reviews of its services on AllAgents. Speaking to...

The founder of a new online sales assistance service says agents are often unfairly blamed by the public for failings in...

Review service AllAgents has issued a statement explaining why it has suspended the Purplebricks agency. Purplebricks puts much emphasis on public reviews,...

A company launching later this month, set up by an ex-Chestertons agent, wants to employ over 20 freelance associates who can...

A PropTech start-up says its booking, valuation and communication tools will be available free of charge to any agency with fewer...

The Competition and Markets Authority - which yesterday released details of an infamous cartel case involving estate agencies - has now...

One of the more puzzling questions in London's estate agency industry has been resolved - how a company which appears to...

The Competition and Markets Authority has for the first time published details of the findings against a group of six estate...

Rightmove’s monthly price index says the average asking price of homes coming to the market has fallen 1.2 per cent in...

Zoopla is launching a new advert as part of its ongoing TV and radio campaign - and it stars those hermit...

A former Savills agent and a former Sotheby’s and Knight Frank agent have joined forces to launch a new property consultancy...

Labour’s shadow housing minister John Healey is reported to be one of a number of prominent front bench opposition spokespeople being...

Fine & Country is to allow interior designers to operate under its brand name. Fine & Country Interior Design will be run...

The Property Ombudsman has taken the unusual step of warning all estate and letting agents to act with caution over fraudulent...

The average cost of moving home in the UK has increased by £628 over the past year from £10,966 to £11,624...

Regional property portal MoviNorth says it plans to secure additional investment to expand its coverage by the end of 2017. The portal...

An experiment conducted by insurance company AXA has revealed how sloppy photographs can alter the perception of a property in the...

Investors from countries as diverse as South Africa and Russia are getting a 21 per cent discount on UK property according...

We’re always happy to publicise the fund-raising work of agents and others in our industry - even when, as this week,...

Online review organisation Trustpilot has issued an open letter regarding its Purplebricks reviews. In it, the review company - which is often...

A Countrywide agency is launching a publicity campaign involving well-known social media bloggers and YouTube ‘stars’ known as vloggers.  The publicity campaign,...

One of the world’s leading property technology experts, who at one time was head of strategy at a property portal, says investing...

Purplebricks has given more details of its activities in the United States, where it is hoping to break into a market...

The housing market remains mixed across different parts of the UK but London and the south east remain the weakest areas...

Winkworth says solid performances from its lettings and property management services, plus new franchise deals, have compensated for a challenging sales...

Estate agency James Pendleton says it wants to give its clients more digital advantages without becoming an online operation itself -...

Chris Wood - the Cornish estate agent who unsuccessfully attempted to get on the ballot paper as a candidate for NAEA...

And so summer draws to a close. The slow, lazy months of July and August have come to pass and the...

The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a partnership with the ESTAS Group, which runs the customer feedback platform and customer...

Horton Estate Agents - a hybrid agency which nonetheless claims to have ‘offices’ - says it will expand into 15 new...

Government figures suggest house prices are still rising by 5.1 per cent a year, with the average property value in the...

An online platform that allows the public to compare the services and fees of traditional estate agents in their areas has...

Sky News says the online estate agent eMoov is drawing up plans to float on the stock market.  Sky has been well-informed...

The flotation of Agents’ Mutual on the London Stock Exchange could happen as soon as later this year following the endorsement...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a comprehensive guide to what it calls “the responsibilities of residential property agents...

Long-established central London estate agency Kay & Co is opening what it calls “a stylish new boutique office” on the ground...

Viewber, the outsourced viewing service, has marked its first anniversary by notching up its 6,500th appointment.  Launched in early September 2016 by...

Agents’ Mutual’s flotation will definitely go ahead following a meeting of the High Court today, at which the appropriate processes behind...

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

The Daily Telegraph claims that what it calls “dodgy practices” are leaving customers “thousands of pounds out of pocket.” The article quotes...

One of the founding agents behind Agents’ Mutual and OnTheMarket and one of the current directors of Countrywide will be amongst...

Beauchamp Estates has announced that it will have a fourth prime central London office following its merger with Marylebone-based Hanover.  The Marylebone...

House prices in June, July and August were a tiny 0.1 per cent higher than in the previous three months according...

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

One of the country’s leading property-technology experts says the way in which the Agents’ Mutual stock market flotation proposal has been...