Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has unveiled a buyer representation programme, spearheaded by industry trainer Richard Rawlings. Its agents will be able...
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![Only agency dinosaurs will be left in the office, eXp boss claims](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The next generation of estate agents won’t be going to the office in 10 years, the founder of eXp World Holdings...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Self employed brand reveals more agencies signing up](/upload/images/shutterstock_2197519793.jpg)
Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has named a second wave of estate agencies to adopt its new business model. The brand’s ‘brokerage’...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency earnings lagging other commission-based professions](/upload/images/shutterstock_2103114257.jpg)
Estate agent earnings remain behind other salary and incentive based professions despite helping with sales of such an expensive asset when...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing affordability ratio remains high but are second steppers worse-off?](/upload/images/shutterstock_1667087182.jpg)
Housing affordability ratios have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels but remain high, Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows. The latest figures...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Olympic champion and business guru to speak at eXp conference](/upload/images/shutterstock_1747921001.jpg)
Olympic gold medallist Victoria Pendleton and Dragon’s Den investor Steven Bartlett are the latest speakers scheduled to appear at this summer’s...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Well-known agent joins eXp brand](/upload/images/shutterstock_178692677.jpg)
Simon Bradbury has returned to estate agency with self-employed brand eXp. Bradbury, who quit as managing director of Thomas Morris in January,...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![eXp announces two-day conference to replace roadshows](/upload/images/shutterstock_217119211.jpg)
Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has launched its first ever two-day conference, set to take place in July 2024. It replaces the...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Fresh property sale stock rises 80% - research](/upload/images/shutterstock_283455371.jpg)
There has been an 80% annual increase in the number of homes entering the market in the past two weeks across...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Revealed! The cities with the 'busiest' estate agents](/upload/images/LondonMapUK-400x310.png)
Estate agents in Liverpool and Portsmouth have had the busiest start to the year, new analysis suggests. Self-employed agency brand eXp UK...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Two high street agencies among first to join eXp brokerage model](/upload/images/shutterstock_2162718897.jpg)
Two estate agency businesses have already signed up to self-employed agency brand eXp’s new brokerage model just weeks after launch. Mackays, a...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Self-employed agency brand reaches 500 agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Self-employed agency brand eXp UK is celebrating surpassing the 500 agent milestone. The latest announcement comes less than a year after the...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![eXp UK launches brokerage model for ‘traditional agents’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Self-employed agency brand eXp has launched a brokerage model for the UK market. Such a system is already common in the US...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Self-employed models ‘driving growth’ of agency brands](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Self-employed agency models are helping drive growth in the estate agency sector, while larger firms struggle to maintain positive momentum, research...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homeowners ‘unphased’ by cooling house prices - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
Homeowners are largely unconcerned about cooling house prices, research suggests. Instead, they are more concerned about having their own home than sitting...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Comedian named as host for eXp awards](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
Comedian Rob Beckett is joining eXp UK, for one night only. He hasn’t decided to segway into the estate agency profession but...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Self-employed brand to help top agents build their own team](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has launched a ‘Teams’ initiative designed to help its top performing agents expand their business. It is...
22 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Self-employed agency brand offers Jiu-Jitsu lessons](/upload/images/shutterstock_1941768262.jpg)
Agents from across the eXp global network are being offered Jiu-Jitsu training sessions. This is not an attempt to help agents fight...
01 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sellers facing ‘window of opportunity’ to list at best price before winter – claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Sellers are being encouraged to list their homes now as the market approaches its seasonal peak. Self-employed agency brand eXp UK analysed...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency brand seals strategic marketing partnership](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has launched a strategic partnership with proptech supplier nurtur.group. Under the agreement, nurtur.group will become the exclusive...
04 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![eXp UK unveils 'teams' strategy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20Equality%20comes%20through%20learning%20-%20PIT%20by%20Chitra%20Stern.jpg)
Self-employed agency brand eXp has unveiled a new approach to attract recruits. Speaking at the end of the eXp UK roadshow last...
29 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Single buyers hit by supply imbalance - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
Property supply appears weighted toward couples and small families, an agent has claimed. Analysis by self-employed agency brand eXp UK analysed current...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Athletics legends named eXp UK brand ambassadors](/upload/images/shutterstock_295415369.jpg)
British athletics legends Steve Backley and Roger Black have been named as brand ambassadors for self-employed agency brand eXp UK. They will...
05 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Adam Day: ‘I’m to blame for low agency fees’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
Self-employed agency network eXp UK’s Adam Day has admitted he shoulders some blame for low fees in the sector. Speaking on the...
02 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![eXp UK promises football star speaker during 2023 roadshow](/upload/images/promises.jpg)
Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has unveiled details of a new nationwide roadshow including an as yet unnamed ex-footballer. Its ‘Growing into...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![eXp UK named as nation’s fastest growing estate agency brand](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
Self-employed agency network eXp UK has been named as the fastest growing brand when it comes to new instructions and number...
12 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![eXp UK passes 400 agent milestone](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
Self-employed agency network eXp UK has passed the 400 agent mark and beyond. The brand has announced that it now has 401...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homebuyers shun whiff of air pollution](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuildHomes-400x310.png)
New data reveals nearly two-thirds of homebuyers actively avoided areas of high air pollution when on the hunt for their current...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents wanted! Research reveals where new talent is most needed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_360897173.jpg)
The South East of England is currently most in need of an estate agency personnel boost, new research claims. The analysis, by...
01 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sales slide by 30% as buyer demand wanes - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
Reduced homebuyer activity has led to a 30.5% drop in UK house sales, new research suggests. The data also shows that one...
17 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Former Purplebricks agents help drive self-employed brand’s UK expansion](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has attracted a trio of former Purplebricks agents as it continues its expansion into Scotland and...
09 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons board member: 'Most agents aren’t very good'](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Foxtons non-executive director and former boss Peter Rollings has suggested the “vast majority” of agents aren’t good at selling properties. Discussing opportunities...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Reader poll: Will you raise your fees this year?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agent1-400x310.png)
More than half of Estate Agent Today readers have indicated they will raise their fees this year. Several industry executives have suggested...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![North-south house price divide is narrowing - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
The north-south house price divide may be narrowing, eXp UK claims. Research by the self-employed agency brand has found that while the...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Media blamed for ‘stifling market sentiment’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
Industry leaders have hit out at the media for “stifling sentiment” as they urge agents to help vendors make an informed...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency boss: How I manage to charge 2% fees](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
A Keller Williams agent has revealed how he gets clients to happily pay 2% and he is calling on others to...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![eXp launches referral network for agents to share sellers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-2-400x310.png)
Agency brand eXp UK has launched a new network referral programme for its self-employed agents to earn extra commission by sending...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents urged to increase fees in 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/2023HappyNY-400x310.png)
Agents should increase their fees in 2023 so the average reaches at least 2%, a senior industry executive claims. Adam Day, founder...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents urged to ‘trim the fat’ but keep marketing in the New Year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Hatched founder Adam Day has drawn on his experiences of running the online agent during the 2008 financial crisis to advise...
30 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![eXp agents celebrate successful 2022](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/2023HappyNY-400x310.png)
Agents from eXp UK filled the Waldorf Hilton hotel in London’s Aldwych earlier this month with more than 250 of its...
23 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid agency reveals first recipients of its ICON Awards](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Recruitment-400x310.png)
Hybrid self-employed agency brand eXp UK has revealed the first three recipients of its new ICON Awards programme. The ICON scheme offers...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency boss: Viewing figures show strength of the housing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The number of viewings per sale should be used as an indicator for the health of the housing market, a senior...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![The end for Help to Buy - but who has it helped?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Buyers have until 31 October to reserve a new-build and apply for Government-backed finance before the government’s Help to Buy Equity...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid agency surpasses 300-agent milestone](/upload/images/library/HappyMillennialTeam-400x310.jpg)
Hybrid agency brand eXp UK is marking recruiting 300 agents. The network reached the milestone earlier this year. It comes after eXp UK...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency boss backs including broadband and mobile signal in listings](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Anewyear.png)
A senior agency executive has backed the controversial issue of including broadband and mobile signal in property listings. The National Trading Standards...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![New eXp UK incentive aims to attract and reward top performers](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HappyMillennialTeam-400x310.jpg)
Hybrid agency brand eXp UK has launched a new incentive programme for its top-selling agents involving £16,000 in stocks. The ICON scheme...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency boss: ‘Why we desperately need ROPA rules’](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyManagement-400x310.jpg)
A senior agency executive has said minimum standards and qualifications are “desperately needed” in the property sector. Adam Day, international expansion leader...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid agent hits the road to attract more recruits](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/TeamSelection2-400x310-min.jpeg)
Hybrid agent eXp UK is embarking on a national roadshow this month to showcase its US-inspired business model. It will visit London,...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the who’s who of the industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
![Interview with eXp's Glenn Sanford - 'some agents will always prefer self-employed'](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennial-BusinessWoman-Communication-400x310.jpg)
The self-employed model, after years of not really catching on fully, was given a major boost by the pandemic and the...
26 March 2022
From: Features
![Online agency says it’s UK's best for instructions and sales growth](/upload/images/library/property-sales400x310.png)
The online agency brand eXp UK claims it’s growing at an industry leading pace - and it puts it all down...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![It’s tough going for High Street agents says online boss](/upload/images/library/UKHighStreet-400x310.jpg)
The shortage of stock in the current market is making it tough for High Street agents according to one of the...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Video interview - talking self-employed agents with eXp UK's Adam Day](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennial-BusinessWoman-Communication-400x310.jpg)
Adam Day will be a well-known figure to many in the industry, having been the founder of Hatched (the online agency...
08 January 2022
From: Features
![Hybrid agency is latest to offer Modern Method of Auction option](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/GenerateRevenueImage-400x310.jpg)
Hybrid agency eXp UK is the latest to include the Modern Method of Auction as a sales possibility for its remote...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the A-Z of property for 2021](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...
18 December 2021
From: Features
![Self-employed agency concept likely to fail, warns leading agent](/img/default/eat.png)
The self-employed agency model will not be successful in the UK because the commission in this country is so low. That’s the...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents switch to self-employment as brand celebrates 200 recruits](/img/default/eat.png)
eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US - says it now has 200 self-employed agents operating under its...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Want to be a self-employed agent? Recruitment roadshow starts](/img/default/eat.png)
eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US and led by Adam Day, a veteran of three online firms -...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - is working from anywhere the future for UK estate agency?](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...
13 March 2021
From: Features
![Self-employed brand now has 150-plus agents across the UK](/img/default/eat.png)
eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US and led by Adam Day, a veteran of three online agencies -...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - ‘I work for myself, not by myself’ – a self-employed agent’s tale](/img/default/eat.png)
In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...
13 February 2021
From: Features
![Another self-employed agency model boasts of 100 new recruits](/img/default/eat.png)
The battle between rival self-employed agent business models continues apace with eXp UK - set up last autumn - announcing it...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Self-employed agents - the way forward for the industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
Many of the leading advocates of the self-employed estate agent business model have talked about why many want new recruits with...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Over 50 agents join new national agency in first three months](/img/default/eat.png)
A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has revealed that it has recruited over 50 agents in its first...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![One of UK’s top agents joins ‘self employed’ hybrid agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Mark Bentley, the immediate past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has become the highest profile agent yet to...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![EXCLUSIVE: New national agency recruitment ‘ahead of expectations’](/img/default/eat.png)
A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has told Estate Agent Today that its recruitment schedule is running “well...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Power to the People](/img/default/eat.png)
‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...
19 September 2019
From: Features
![Branch closures: Large number of offices quit the High Street](/img/default/eat.png)
A comprehensive report into the changing complexion of the High Street suggests that some 143 estate agents’ offices closed in the...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agents undervalued, underpaid and 'not really self-employed' - guru](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the most experienced and high profile figures in the industry says individual agents working for online companies are typically...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - who's moving where in our industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and here’s another PJT to start the week: we hope it’s your first port of call when you want to...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online ‘veteran’ to lead virtual estate agency launching in UK](/img/default/eat.png)
A veteran of three online estate agencies has been named as the first UK head of a US real estate operation...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - catch up with key moves within the industry](/img/default/eat.png)
If it’s Monday it must be Property Jobs Today, your round up of the industry’s key moves. Are you changing jobs yourself?...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - all the latest industry moves ...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello - if it’s Monday, it must be Property Jobs Today, your chance to see a snapshot of the key moves...
18 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Fast track to franchise success - are you ready to be your own boss?](/img/default/eat.png)
For many estate agents seeking to become entrepreneurs, the idea of starting their own business is undoubtedly daunting, especially when going...
17 March 2018
From: Features
![easyProperty to sponsor three Channel 4 property shows from New Year](/img/default/eat.png)
easyProperty is to sponsor some of the most iconic property programmes on TV from January 1. It will sponsor Sun, Sea, and...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property experts reveal their Autumn Budget wishlist](/img/default/eat.png)
The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday. Despite...
18 November 2017
From: Features
![easyProperty backs switch in stamp duty for first time buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
easyProperty, the online agency, says stamp duty should be paid by sellers and not by first time buyers. The online firm’s head...
16 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![easyProperty relaunches, claiming to be UK's second-biggest hybrid](/img/default/eat.png)
easyProperty has unveiled details of its relaunch, declaring itself to be the UK’s second largest hybrid estate agency - second only...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Founder of Connells-owned online agency switches to easyProperty](/img/default/eat.png)
Adam Day, the founder of Connells-owned online estate agency Hatched, has been announced as head of operations at easyProperty. In a statement...
31 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Connells-owned online agency Hatched plans 2017 regional expansion](/img/default/eat.png)
Hatched, the online agency snapped up just over a year ago by Connells in what was described as an ‘industry defining’...
09 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: online agents – where are they now?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. When the idea behind the world wide...
19 August 2016
From: Features
![Online agency marks 10th anniversary with recruitment drive and 24/7 viewings](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the original online estate agents, Hatched, is marking its tenth anniversary with a series of announcements. The firm, which began...
03 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![FUTURE: PropTech - Rightmove chief's critique of modern estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
The main debate at this year’s FUTURE: PropTech conference - the industry’s leading technology forum, held yesterday in London - saw...
20 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Connells buys online estate agency Hatched](/img/default/eat.png)
Connells has acquired Hatched, one of the pioneers of the online estate agency model. The acquisition is “aligned with Connells’ ambitious growth strategy...