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A high profile agent has written a robust defence of the industry following a critical article in a business newspaper - but...

Fine & Country is opening a new office in York, joining some 300 similarly branded outlets worldwide.  Frances Bowling, manager of Fine...

The founder of the Hunters franchise agency group, Kevin Hollinrake - now a Conservative MP - is the latest parliamentarian to...

As the clock ticks down and Britain’s future gets ever more difficult to predict, one of the few certainties to cling...

A newspaper claims that 1,228 estate agent branches closed on Britain’s High Streets last year. The Mirror’s business editor, Graham Hiscott, says the...

One of the largest investors in Purplebricks has now joined forces with an off-shoot of luxury car firm Porsche to launch...

Three portals are to reveal their thoughts on how their platforms and others are likely to develop at this spring’s annual...

Many of the industry’s best known and widely respected suppliers have set up a new group which they say offers agents...

Estate agents have been warned that if new guidance over referral fees is not taken seriously, they could be faced with...

To get the absolute most from your estate or letting agency business, it’s vital that you partner with the right software...

An estate agency which was set up in south Wales late last year is opening a new branch that it describes...

The Secretary of State for Education has written to the head of an online estate agency to ask him to share...

Another new online auction company has launched and is bidding to woo traditional estate agents with the controversial ‘modern method of...

Nested, an innovative online agency that offers vendors a form of guaranteed sale, has laid off 20 per cent of its workforce...

Regional agency Prospect, which already has offices in Berkshire and Surrey, has opened its 10th office at Farnborough in Hampshire. Last year Prospect...

Hello - here we are once again with the weekly round-up of key moves in the agency and related industries. We’re letting...

For many years, the majority of agents have stuck to the tried-and-tested 9am-6pm opening hours framework. But is this now changing,...

Two 'challenger portals' have revealed major new services this morning as they fight to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. OneDome, the new...

A report claims that the hybrid agency EweMove performs above average across a number of measurements. The study comes from TwentyCi, a...

You can tell it’s the onset of spring by the fact that this weekend sees the start of the Formula 1...

A former senior management figure at Rightmove and online estate agency Doorsteps is going it alone for a new holiday property...

Savills has this morning talked up its investment in onliner Yopa, which it claims is the sixth largest estate agency in...

The Guild of Property Professionals says its network of over 800 independent estate agents across the UK has, collectively, the highest...

GetAgent, the comparison estate agency business, has secured £2.2m in investment from a consortium of investors including Channel 4. The backers are...

Estate agent anti-money laundering (AML) compliance is under scrutiny again following the publication of figures detailing the fines levied for AML...

The end of 2018 was a bit of a rocky time for online estate agents. Yet only a few years ago...

The easyProperty online agency has abandoned an across-the-board fee structure, allowing its licensee agents to charge what they like. “Each local market is unique...

An interesting debate has been sparked in PropTech this week. It started with an interview, published on YouTube, in which Kristjan Byfield...

Family-run Chelsea agency Russell Simpson is marking 40 years of business by expanding for the first time in its history, opening...

The best suppliers to the estate and letting agent sector for customer service have been announced by the ESTAS in the...

The online estate agency platform Love2Move has scrapped its bid for investment via a controversial crowdfunding platform. The platform - which allows...

Purplebricks has become the major partner with a leading Australian rugby league team, Melbourne Storm. "Purplebricks is reshaping the real estate market...

Agency Express says that following a strong start to the year there’s a been a slowdown in the number of properties...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

Maverick Cornish estate agent Chris Wood has quit the industry with a stinging attack on those who have “taken their toll”...

The Property Ombudsman has issued new guidance over what it calls “a growing issue” - that is, disputes over dual fees. TPO...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your weekly chance to catch up on major moves in our industry. Everyone here has...

The road to opening up your own business can be a long one. If you’ve never done it before, there are...

The influential Treasury Select Committee says estate agents should be more closely monitored to ensure they abide by anti-money laundering regulations. In...

A slew of allegations have been made against agents and sometimes even by agents, over alleged misdemeanours over property listings as...

Countrywide's report to shareholders this morning warns that the residential market is heading for a difficult 2019 which may hit the...

Savills has declined to comment on whether it will follow in the footsteps of LSL Property Services and write down its...

We all make mistakes, and when it comes to typos Estate Agent Today is as guilty as anyone. But there’s a...

Competition for landlords will be fiercer than ever this year. Landlords are facing a raft of changes and will likely be...

The huge £215,000 fine levied on Countrywide for failing to abide by anti-money laundering procedures is a demonstration that estate agents...

The troubled online agency House Network has amended its website after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority about its claims...

A slew of bad news stories about online estate agencies may have taken the lustre off the sector in recent weeks,...

Who are you? Mikus Opelts, CEO of Giraffe360 What is Giraffe360 and what does it do? Giraffe360 is a unique digital photography subscription service...

LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rains, has substantially 'written down' its investment in online estate...

The director of strategy at the Council for Licensed Conveyancers says “the onus is very much on estate agents” to respond...

HM Revenue & Customs has issued more details of its bid to encourage estate agents to combat money laundering in the...

The former chief information officer of Foxtons has taken a senior position at Hunters. The appointment of Dan Rafferty as Hunters’ chief operating...

It’s been revealed that Countrywide has been hit with a £215,000 fine as part of a swoop by HMRC cracking down...

Here’s an unusual story, describing the work of one of Purplebricks’ Local Property Experts who was with the company for around...

The long-running stand off between website AllAgents and Purplebricks appears to be over, with the online agency being ‘readmitted’ by the...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - the every-Monday round-up of key moves within the industry. Let us know...

A working party of NAEA Propertymark is to conduct a pilot of a new Property Information Questionnaire - part of a...

Your Move and Reeds Rains have confirmed that 39 branches are to be taken over by David Newnes and an existing...

OnTheMarket will be “blanketing the commercial radio landscape” as well as engaging in sports and agency industry sponsorship programmes over the...

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...

Rightmove has this morning given its 2018 report to shareholders, laying bare the huge financial wealth of the company which dominates...

House Network, one of the first ever online estate agencies, is alleged to be considering calling in administrators. Two reliable sources close...

The National Association of Estate Agents has led the support for stricter new guidelines on transparency for referral fees. The clampdown means agents...

The Met Office says today, March 1, is the first official day of spring - perfect timing to coincide with the...

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team has this afternoon revealed new industry guidance to make referral fees more transparent to...

Chancellors says it has over 10,000 reviews on Trustpilot, making it the most reviewed High Street agency on the platform.  In a statement...

An estate and lettings agency that has been trading in the centre of Exeter for 12 years has ceased trading and...

Connells Group says investment in PropTech will be the way to safeguard its almost-600 High Street branches - and it’s repeated...

Well-known Essex and Hertfordshire agency Mullucks Wells is rebranding as part of the Hunters Group. Mullucks Wells will remain independently owned but...

The Competition and Markets Authority has this afternoon taken the latest step in the lengthy case of an estate agency cartel. This revolves...

No doubt we’ve all seen the recent Purplebricks news - shares have, according to the BBC, ‘plunged after it slashed its...

The chief executive and founder of a developer and property investment group says Purplebricks is “an excellent business” but its recent...

Another estate agency has closed one of its prime London offices as the capital’s most exclusive areas continue to be hit...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

Online agency platform Love2move insists that its current bid to attract investors will not be damaged by the adverse publicity surrounding...

The former chief executive of online agency Emoov has complained to the Mail on Sunday about an article concerning the firm’s...

Countrywide’s high-end brand Hamptons International says agents at its branches will in future be “delighted” to fill water bottles for members of...

Welcome to this week’s PJT, your chance to catch up with the latest key job moves. Keep in touch with us on...

The government’s anti-money laundering campaign Flag It Up has published an A to Z which it claims will help agents understand...

Online estate agent Emoov failed to tell crowdfunding investors it was losing £3m a month before its collapse, a Sunday paper claims. The...

It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of defections and duplicity worthy of Shakespeare. Yet the estate agency world has...

Purplebricks’ eye-watering share price fall yesterday was greeted with widespread satisfaction by property professionals outside the online sector. The agency’s share price...

Few can deny that with announcements from MPs and an announcement from Purplebricks, that it’s been an extraordinary week.  While it may...

Purplebricks has this morning warned investors its foreign activities are not going as well as predicted - although it insists it is...

A new training and development team has been set up by Connells Group. It’s designed - in the company’s words - “to...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

The two men behind a low-profile hybrid estate agency say their company is flourishing after two years in business, during which they...

Cambridge-based agency and auctioneers Cheffins is celebrating the approach of 200 years in business with a very 21st century event -...

A new group called the Federation of Independent Agents has been set up as a network of like-minded independent agents who...

The head of an online agency has accused the National Association of Estate Agents’ conference of being “a sea of old...

The radically-restructured Humberts estate agency claims the risks it took last year in scrapping branches and moving to ‘hubs’ has paid...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

Property consultancy JLL has launched a specialised Help to Buy team in response to what it calls “the increasing demand for...

The first major estate agency business to launch a crowdfunding bid since the controversial collapse of Emoov has emphasised its “realistic”...

It’s Valentine’s Day (have you remembered?) and at least one agency has decided that it’s pretty in pink to celebrate the...

A design and renovation business has set up a property sourcing business which will find homes requiring renovation. What’s more, it claims...

We all know the three essential things an estate agent must have on their website include the ability to be able...

A trading statement this morning from beleaguered agency group Countrywide reveals that its revenue is down again - but it insists...

A new free-to-list property portal is launching in the UK, and has a pledge to serve over 20 counties by the...

The Guild of Property Professionals is seeking views from member agents on the government’s reform agenda.  The Regulation of Property Agents working...

The UK’s second-largest online estate agency, Yopa, is this month launching a new advertising campaign under the title ‘Smooth Move’. The agency...

The government has launched an official consultation about a new stamp duty surcharge - the long-awaited additional one per cent for...

Every staff member at a branch of the Connells-owned William H Brown agency has been promoted, after it was voted one...

Northwood has hoovered up Humphreys of Chester, which it describes as one of the city’s “most reputable and well-established estate agencies.” Jim...

An estate agent says he’s “bruised” by recent mysterious negative online reviews he has received - shortly after he posted positive...

Mystery surrounds the details of an apparent theft of thousands of pounds by three men who walked into an estate agency...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...

“You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over,” is an oft-quoted saying of Richard...

There are many misconceptions about the franchising world but, whether we’re talking about estate agency franchises or fast food franchises, it’s...

He may not yet have had time to produce a Brexit plan but Boris Johnson has at least had a few...

Strutt & Parker says transaction levels in Prime Central London, already at a low ebb, plummeted a further nine per cent...

The end of the snow has given way to warmer weather, and while it’s a little early to speak of spring...

To a sales-focused agency, having a lettings department can sometimes feel like losing control of the business. Recent cases of property management...

BAD PHOTOS – 6 BIG MISTAKES YOU MIGHT BE MAKING! In our last article, we highlighted some really important and shocking stats...

The beleaguered Your Move estate agency insists there was no breach of customer privacy after an ex-employee reportedly took confidential data...

The latest analysis of the performance of the top 10 online estate agencies shows that their market share of new listings...

A review website has launched that describes itself as “a new and powerful research and marketing tool in the residential property...

The Property Ombudsman’s annual conference is to hear from the chair of the government’s ‘Property Agents Working Group’ - just days...

Winkworth has set up a dedicated land and new homes division. The franchise agency, which has most of its offices in and...

Customer experience (CX) will largely determine the future of estate agency in the UK. This is now a key battleground for...

As an estate agent, you need to be ready to cater for the specific requirements of buyers and sellers, tailoring your...

Formal consultations have started concerning the job losses and branch closures for Your Move and Reeds Rains, revealed yesterday by their...

The Property Franchise Group says its online/hybrid agency EweMove traded profitably throughout  last year and will show “a significant improvement” over...

There’s been a big rise in the number of homes being listed for sale despite ongoing concerns over Brexit. That’s the news...

The former LSL director of estate agency, David Newnes, has made what is officially described as “a significant investment” in a...

A major restructuring of LSL Property Services has just been announced to shareholders, with substantial numbers of branch closures. The statement says...

The former chief executive of Emoov says he has the answer to Foxtons’ current downbeat performance - it should exploit its...

OnTheMarket says it now has listings agreements with more than 12,500 estate and lettings agency branches. In a statement to shareholders and...

The regional agency MoveSelf, which set up in 2017 as an online estate agent, is shifting emphasis towards For Sale By...

Average prices of flats and houses in prime central London are now the same as they were six years ago; meanwhile...

Strutt & Parker says the housing crisis - in the shape of too few homes and their stubbornly high prices -...

Purplebricks might have the last laugh - its biggest critic is ditching his High Street office and making his own agency online. Controversial...

As eagle-eyed readers may have discovered over weekend, Purplebricks is the new back-of-shirt sponsor of the Scotland national team throughout the...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT.  Everyone here let us know about their jobs news by emailing press@estateagenttoday.co.uk - please do...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...

The head of a For Sale By Owner website claims that some agents are making “vast amounts” of up to £7,000...

There was a huge 33 per cent collapse in transactions in central London in the final quarter of 2018 compared with...

There has been a nine per cent rise over the past year in estate agency and property industry firms in so-called...

Franchise giant Hunters, which started 2019 by announcing two new branches, is to open another four next month after an upbeat...

North east England regional chain Bradley Hall Chartered Surveyors and Estate Agents has launched a new office in Hexham as its...

An estate agent who stole per £300,000 from an estate agency spent the money on designer goods and expensive holidays -...

The seemingly-endless debate surrounding Brexit may be punishing for estate agents in London in particular but one, at least, is making...

Michael O’Flaherty, an area director at the Connells Group and at one time a resident property expert on a popular TV...

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency team has issued new guidance for those seeking redress over leasehold disputes.  This guidance contains a...

The Property Ombudsman is to give agents new guidance on dual fees, following a surge in complaints from the public. In 2017, TPO received...

Agents need to focus on more targeted marketing using a mix of traditional and modern methods to optimise their position in...

Property industry commentator and former online agency chief executive Russell Quirk has defended Rightmove’s charges to agents, saying that compared to...

When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent. The more...

Alongside hundreds of agents and suppliers, I recently attended the Guild of Property Professionals’ annual conference. As ever, it was a great...

A review of the housing market at present, particularly when it comes to purchase transactions, might not necessarily feel overly positive.  The...

Mystery surrounds the identity of an estate agency which has been accused of charging a seller five years after the home...

  The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Lettings Agents have thrown their weight behind the government’s latest...

The controversial crowdfunding site Crowdcube has listed the founder of online estate agency Doorsteps as one of its five ‘entrepreneurs of...

High-end agency Savills says London’s super-rich are now buying and selling more actively than a year ago.  The agency says London’s so-called...

The industry is back to full-strength on its fund-raising judging from our virtual postbag this week with many new reports of...

Purplebricks has increased its listings by an eye-opening 44 per cent in the past two weeks according to an updated analysis...

Fine & Country has revealed that it is the fastest-growing premium agency in the UK. Quoting research from TwentyCi - the business...

Every day thousands of estate agency boards are erected across the UK. Even in the digital age the board remains one...

It’s been revealed that the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is to deliver new guidelines to agents for referral fees...

The former chief executive of Emoov says online estate agencies charge too little, so risk appearing cheap and ineffective to potential...

One of the largest estate agencies in the Midlands, Newton Fallowell, says it’s made a remarkable £5m in referral fees from...

Shares in OnTheMarket hit another new low of 75.7p yesterday, dropping over nine per cent on the day and falling well...

A PropTech firm that provides photography for virtual tours, floor plans and online and hard copy property details is relocating from Latvia to...

A new bespoke Customer Relationship Management system developed by The Property Franchise Group claims to enable High Street agents to fight...

LSL Property Services - parent company of Your Move, Reeds Rains and London agency Marsh & Parsons - has given a...

There’s been another raft of movers and shakers in the industry in recent days, so this is a busy Property Jobs...

EweMove, the hybrid agency owned by The Property Franchise Group, has announced five new franchisees - several of them are independent...

Chestertons says its profitability in 2018 doubled compared to the previous year, but appears to have relied heavily on lettings for...

I don’t think I can add anything more to the excellent 2019 pieces we’ve seen on EAT in recent weeks –...

When it comes to building online reputation, Google is king. It is estimated that over 90% of consumers Google a business before...

The share of the market taken by online agencies in the final quarter of 2018 slipped from last summer’s high of...

Hunters has continued its expansion in the north of England with two new branches in Yorkshire and Lancashire.  The Pontefract branch becomes...

A survey of 6,000 members of the public and 660 estate and letting agents has revealed some striking findings about how...

A firm which recently joined the ‘hub club’ of agencies using centralised services offices says its won a major new build...

The auction firm that purchased the property listings left stranded by the collapse of Emoov is now offering partnership opportunities to...

While even agents of the calibre of Savills struggle in today’s market - see the agency’s figures here - it’s a...

Our latest case study come from a recent news item to have hit the industry and national press. A disgruntled tenant is claiming...

The new management at Emoov says that following its acquisition out of administration it will relaunch as an online estate agency later...

The government has moved to crack down on money laundering in the UK with a new campaign focusing on the accountancy,...

A statement this morning by franchise agency Winkworth says lettings and property management now accounts for 50 per cent of its turnover. The...

Savills’ residential business grew market share last year in the UK despite what it calls “challenging conditions.” In a trading statement to...

A Scottish estate agency has changed its website following a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The complaint relates to West Property...

Kenny Bruce, one of the founders of sector-leading online agency Purplebricks, has sent his good wishes to Russell Quirk, who founded...

The National Association of Estate Agents has met with other members of a high-level government board to look at ways of...

Part of the Arun Estates Group has rebranded - by dropping the ‘& Partners’ element of its name. The agency formerly known...

The high-end New York based estate agency Corcoran has issued franchise documents for ‘global markets’ prompting speculation that it could spread...

The Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries, Margot James, has used social media to say she is “thrilled to see...

Former Emoov chief executive Russell Quirk has made his first on-the-record comments about the factors behind the dramatic collapse of his...

Hello and welcome to another PJT, your regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Please keep us informed of...

Even with 2019 well underway, letting agents need to keep refining their long-term goals and business targets. For agencies with a...

It’s the word on everyone’s lips: after two and a half years of debate, and months before that leading up to...

A leading buying agent says 2019 is likely to see the continuation of last year’s trend where distressed sellers accept discounts...

A new property management firm claims that an average of nine estate agencies have gone bust each week since 2010.  Apropos -...

Still recovering from Christmas and New Year? There’s no shame in that - the agents’ fund-raising season resumes in earnest in...

Recent years have seen tighter regulation and new legislation hit the lettings industry. Combined with the fee ban, there is no...

An agent has started an online petition demanding negotiators and others in the agency industry be paid the legal minimum wage...

Customers are still trying to get hold of Emoov, Tepilo and Hatched months after they closed down. Estate Agent Today has seen...

Direct Line for Business is launching what it calls an online “end-to-end” insurance product for estate agents and property management companies.  The...

Estate Agent Today understands from a respected source that the remains of the Emoov and Tepilo online agencies have been acquired...

Are you a real Doctor? Not in the conventional sense no, sorry to disappoint! I’m Tom Durrant and I’m the Creative Director...

The former boss of Emoov, the controversial Russell Quirk, has resuscitated his career as a public relations man and pro-Brexit commentator. Just...

One of the world’s leading PropTech analysts says Purplebricks has turned the UK online/hybrid estate agency business into “a one horse...

Winkworth says it’s seen a huge 78.5 per cent rise in franchise applicants over the past 12 months and says there...

A new portal which had branded itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” appears to have had a setback...

Century 21 UK appears to have bucked the trend of closing offices and reduced footfall by marking the opening of 16...

A branch of the Haart estate agency is reported to have apologised to Purplebricks for claiming that the hybrid agency was...

Hello and welcome to this year’s first edition of Property Jobs Today, reporting on the first industry moves of 2019. We’re told...

A hybrid estate agency which uses freelance agents operating from a central hub is now expanding from London into the Home...

UBS, a Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services company based in Zurich and Basel, now owns approaching 10 per cent...

Hamptons International - at one time tipped to be sold off or even shut during the recent problems afflicting parent company...

The online sales and lettings platform TheHouseShop has scrapped its £500,000 crowdfunding pitch - and it’s blaming the collapse of online...

Keller Williams, which yesterday revealed two new market centres in the south of England, says up to 25 agents in the...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that US-owned franchise agency Keller Williams has ‘soft-opened’ two new market centres in the south of...

Phil Spencer is on the warpath against “constant tinkering” by government in housing matters - and instead, he wants the problems...

The shortlist has been announced for the annual Guild of Property Professionals Awards to be held on January 17 in London.  The...

Hello and welcome to 2019. These are less predictions and more expectations - developments following on from what’s happened in the past...

As 2018 ticks away and 2019 beckons, it’s time for everyone at Estate Agent Today to wish you, your family and...

It’s been reported that an estate agency in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, has had its windows smashed, causing £1,500 of damage. Arlington...

There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...

Fine & Country’s annual conference in the New Year is to have former England rugby player Matt Dawson MBE as the...

If you thought Christmas Eve meant no more news in terms of industry movers and shakers…well, think again - we’ve one...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

An analysis of property branding by more than 200 companies suggests that Purplebricks and OnTheMarket are two of the big winners with...

In the past year it seems every other story has been about PropTech - the big stuff like Purplebricks and the...

Infamous X Factor rapper Honey G, who just last week was lauded for becoming an estate agent, now says she’s been...

Well here we are, at the last Agents Do Charity of the year. It’s been a record haul of good works, as...

Uncertainty will be a key characteristic of the housing market for “the next few years” warns Countrywide - and not just...

Hello and with Christmas just around the corner, and temperatures finally being a little more like winter, what better time to...

House prices are flatlining with the rate of annual growth having fallen continually since August according to LSL Property Services, which...

Having built over 1900 websites for estate and lettings agents in the last 16 years, we know a thing or two...

A new website is offering to contact owners of homes that are not for sale, on behalf of people who would...

Audioagent and KeyAGENT have merged to create the UK’s largest property marketing group. Together they provide property marketing services to the UK’s...

As we near the Christmas break so it’s time to put our feet up for a moment and celebrate another year. What better...

Hello, and the wind-down to the Big Day continues with more pictures of your agency offices. Thanks so much, firstly, to Becky...

If your New Year’s resolution is to move to a four bedroom home in London or the south of England, you...

For my final EAT contribution of 2018, I’ve put together a list of Christmas gifts that you could buy your PropTech-loving...

It is something of an understatement to say that we are in challenging times. BREXIT is unresolved and we wait with...

A new analysis of the online estate agency business model claims that it ‘could be described as a Ponzi scheme’. The accusation...

A top PropTech analyst says Purplebricks is as much an advertising firm as an estate agency but is nonetheless a huge success...

Hello and welcome to another batch of your agency office Christmas pictures…it’s certainly been a bumper year for them and today...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - and while it may be just days to Christmas, there’s still plenty of...

A family is raffling a £3m home on the Hampshire/Dorset border after a series of sales fell through. Mark and Sharon Beresford...

Hello and welcome to a new week - the last before Christmas. We’ve got more of your wonderful office pictures and videos...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...

Has the bell finally tolled for online agencies? Emoov’s collapse and an investor revolt over crowdfunding have left a large question...

Savills has snapped up an independent London estate agency in what is likely to be one of the last deals of...

With only 10 days to go before Christmas, surely everyone’s decorations are up by now? It seems that way in the agency...

A Newcastle-based property company says it has acquired the listings of Emoov and Tepilo. It has emailed and texted vendors to say...

Purplebricks says it has £100m net cash to exercise “relentless innovation” and benefit from an industry shake-out that will ”expose undercapitalised traditional...

A crowdfunding bid to Emoov’s staff to win financial help over the Christmas period has flopped badly with a paltry £30...

OnTheMarket had told its shareholders this morning that it now has over 12,000 branches listing and is offering share incentives to...

The world may be going crazy outside but we’re delighted to tell you that in the estate agency industry it’s still...

Vesta, which describes itself as “the new online marketplace for buying and selling rental property” has launched a bid to raise...

It is now known that at least 32 formal complaints have been received by the crowdfunding platform that helped Emoov raise...

Estate agency Strutt & Parker says that despite Brexit and the economic and political uncertainty accompanying it, house prices in the...

It’s that time of year again where we start saying goodbye to 12 months of hard work and start looking forward...

Maybe it’s the Brexit Blues but something is making the industry excel itself this year when it comes to celebrating Christmas....

Estate Agent Today has been given details of responses made by administrators to an enquiry about the possible acquisition of some...

There’s been a four per cent rise in the number of estate agencies becoming insolvent according to a new report. In the...

Your terrific festive photographs keep on rolling in and we’re delighted to share them with the industry - and we’d like...

The Times reports that crowdfunding investors are considering legal action following the collapse of Emoov. The investors in question appear to be some of...

It’s the start of a new week and many agents may well be having their office parties this week - if...

House price rises are now the slowest they have been for six years according to the Halifax. Across the UK, property values...

Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause of genuine sadness when people lose their jobs - close proximity...

The chief executive of online agency HouseSimple says “sellers need to be prepared and willing to lower their expectations” in the current...

A leading digital analyst says Purplebricks’ success in the US market is not assured and has expressed concern over whether it...

The chief executive of failed online agency Emoov has been named this week as one of the 500 top “tech influencers”...

Hello again and welcome to the latest display of agents’ Christmas decorations. We’d love to share your windows, trees, lights and even...

The ‘new broom’ owners of Zoopla have revealed that Gary Bramall is to be the firm’s new chief marketing officer charged with...

It’s that time of the week again when we focus on the great work done by the industry, usually without much...

Property analysts say ‘flippers’ - those who buy new homes and sell them quickly, hopefully for a profit - are losing...

A tweet from Purplebricks’ chief executive Michael Bruce suggests that the agency may be about to play a role in the Emoov...

Investment platform Crowdcube has told Estate Agent Today that defunct online estate agency Emoov revised down its company valuation from £104m...

A statement by the administrators appointed by Emoov says there are prospective buyers for the listings on the online agency and...

Hello and welcome to the Wednesday edition of your Christmas agency branch decorations - and what a festive lot you are.  Before...

The demise of Emoov, Tepilo and lettings platform Urban raises question marks over the long-term viability of online agencies according to...

The chief executive of Emoov and the founder of the new portal Rummage4Property had a dramatic spat on Twitter just hours...

A new portal is launching next year with Countrywide and some 30 other estate agency groups signed up, as well as...

At least some calls from potential customers to Emoov are being cut off and rival estate agents are now plundering the...

Has no one told the industry that it’s December and things are supposed to be slowing down? This week’s Property Jobs...

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...

PropTech has been mainstream for a few years now, and as more agents are familiar with the range of products and...

The circus surrounding the fate of online agency Emoov has taken an unexpected turn. Yesterday Sky News revealed that the company was...

A high-end estate agency selling some of the country’s most expensive homes says the possible currency falls resulting from Brexit chaos...

Last year it was ‘disruptor’ and before that came ‘exclusive’ - now, according to one estate agency at least, the over-used...

It’s that time of year again - many offices will mark the start of December (that’s tomorrow) by putting up decorations....

With Christmas less than four weeks away (yes, really) the countdown to the festive season begins tomorrow when December begins. Charity...

Sky News says the online estate agency Emoov is preparing to call in administrators in a last-ditch attempt to salvage its...

More speculation has swirled around the future of Emoov as it appeared that company chief executive and founder Russell Quirk had...