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Fall throughs which could be avoided by Reservation Agreements have cost agency branches an average £10,000 per month. That’s the claim from digital...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...
12 December 2020
From: Features

One of the oldest portals in the UK, Mouseprice, has been bought by a service which describes itself as the country’s...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

We’re off and running with our annual showcase of the decorations and festivities in agency branches and for those working from...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Free-to-list portal group OneDome claims 425 estate agency branches joined its listing services last month, OneDome Group operates two portals, OneDome and...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The soon-to-launch Boomin portal has signed up a national firm and now claims to have recruited 40 per cent of the...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has handed out more shares to agencies signing long-term agreements with the portal. It was almost three years ago that OTM, then...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...
24 October 2020
From: Features

There is no doubting that 2020 has been a challenging year for all industries, with the lettings market being no exception. Following...
24 October 2020
From: Features

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the way every industry operates and the property sector is no exception. Following an enforced seven-week...
23 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Some 713 estate agency branches have failed to reopen following the spring lockdown according to a business consultancy. TwentyCi says that is the...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Most agents' branches in Wales are expected to close for just over two weeks from 6pm this Friday, October 23 - moving...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket’s acting chief executive says the portal will embrace more social media and innovative marketing strategies in the coming period. Yesterday the...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket says it’s going to issue its next trading statement one week today on October 13. This will cover the first six...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

New PropTech products continue to appear, many aimed at enhancing transparency in buying and selling, or helping agents adopt new ways of...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that all retail staff will be obliged to wear masks when working - and it's now...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The battle between portals is hotting up again with Zoopla repeating its offer of free listings until January for agents committing...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Fine & Country has revealed its latest branch - a West Wales office opening for business on Tuesday. It will initially cover...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Estate agents’ offices have been explicitly mentioned by the Scottish Government as locations where face masks must now be worn by...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Almost all estate agents are still saying Yes to Rightmove, according to figures produced by the portal this morning. Membership numbers for...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A statement by OnTheMarket this morning reveals that as of the end of last month it had a record 14,000 advertisers...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has entered into a partnership with an online platform to promote the so-called Modern Method of Auction option to estate...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

More than 24 hours after the government's announcement about the compulsory wearing of facemasks by shoppers in England, and there is...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Six agency branches are being closed as a result of a partnership between franchise giant Belvoir and the Nottingham Building Society. Under...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The industry’s first virtual awards event has taken place with hundreds of agents participating courtesy of YouTube. Winners of the prestigious ESTAS...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have announced that they are extending their cut-price fees deals, introduced because of Coronavirus. This morning Rightmove says: "We have...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech supplier mio says it now has over 1,000 agency branches using its sales progression platform - and it’s recruited Countrywide...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The fast-growing trade group for independent estate agents has launched a partnership with the soon-to-launch Homesearch portal. Of the various free-to-list portals...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News

For the coming Bank Holiday on Monday, we’d like to show images of how agency offices have adapted to cope with...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Some 2,500 estate agency branches have expressed an interest in a new portal, Homesearch, launching next month. Although the Homesearch website lists...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services says one of its measures to “rightsize” the organisation during the Coronavirus crisis will be to put agents...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Training operator The Able Agent is to include a module on the Modern Method of Auction in its future programme. Charlotte Jeffry-Campbell,...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has released another stonking set of results - but there are signs that some agents are defecting from the ever-more-expensive...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The NAEA and ARLA have written a joint letter to government on the impact of business rates on High Street agency...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Humberts is the latest estate agency to announce that it’s going to offer customers the controversial Modern Method of Auction option. The...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The big question for the industry at the moment is the cost and future of portals. This is especially key for agents...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A well known regional agent has closed one of its offices saying “the old shop window of an estate agency is...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News

In the old days an agent would procure clients based upon their position in the high street, the size of the...
04 September 2019
From: Features

Hello and welcome to the final PJT before September - yes that means summer is almost over. Yet even during the holiday season...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News

iamproperty, parent company of IAMsold, says it now works with 2,500 estate agency branches nationwide and has sold over 16,500 properties...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News

With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...
10 August 2019
From: Features

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...
03 August 2019
From: Features

Rightmove’s half year figures this morning continue to show strong growth in profits and revenue - but there are the first...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the earliest property websites, nethouseprices.com, has been acquired by fledgling property portal OneDome. Nethouseprices was set up in 2004 and...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The price of property coming to market fell by 0.2 per cent or an average of £656 in the past month...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has taken a swipe at OnTheMarket by conducting a poll of sellers’ views about having properties listed exclusively on just...
12 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - because last week there was a Bank Holiday, we have a bumper edition...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News

As we move closer to the halfway point of 2019, property market conditions for agents and their clients remain challenging. Brexit may...
22 May 2019
From: Features

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...
30 March 2019
From: Features

This article was originally written for City AM in response to an article it published attacking letting agents. See more here. A...
23 March 2019
From: Features

The influential Treasury Select Committee says estate agents should be more closely monitored to ensure they abide by anti-money laundering regulations. In...
08 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Savills has declined to comment on whether it will follow in the footsteps of LSL Property Services and write down its...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rains, has substantially 'written down' its investment in online estate...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
11 February 2019
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket says it now has listings agreements with more than 12,500 estate and lettings agency branches. In a statement to shareholders and...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Shares in OnTheMarket hit another new low of 75.7p yesterday, dropping over nine per cent on the day and falling well...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...
15 December 2018
From: Features

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has told an agents’ conference of the strategy for his service - including a prediction that...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

New figures from the British Independent Retailers Association suggest that there are now 135 fewer independent estate agency branches than at...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...
17 November 2018
From: Features

Keller Williams, the US agency which allows agents to work from hub-like ‘market centres’, says it now has 130 freelance agents in this...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A firm which links with agents to operate online auctions has hit back at a consumer group's allegations that this growing sector...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Perhaps it’s been our pre-occupation with Brexit, or on the other hand maybe we’re bored with politics, but this year’s Budget...
27 October 2018
From: Features

Not so long ago, the best estate agents were those who did the best work for their clients and therefore built...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News

An agent in the Guild is launching a ‘hub’ style operation from December 1 and says the concept of traditional estate...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Industry supplier Mid West Displays has drafted in students from the University of Wolverhampton to design future estate agency branches. The company...
21 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to vendors. An announcement from PropTech property auction company Bamboo...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has signed up an estate and lettings agency firm run by a family and with 11 offices across west Devon...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has seen another increase in listings to more than 10,500 offices, but it is repeating a warning that its free...
24 August 2018
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has signed up 12-office regional agency Robert Oulsnam and Company. The firm, which handles sales and lettings, has 12 offices in...
08 August 2018
From: Breaking News

‘Up’ is the key word in Rightmove’s figures for the first half of 2018, released to the City and to shareholders...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has now signed listing agreements with UK estate and letting agents with a total of over 10,000 offices - but...
26 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The new owner of Humberts is to ultimately close many of the traditional branches and move to what he is calling...
25 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Another four existing estate agency branches have rebranded as Hunters. In the westcountry three branches of Heritage4homes - at Yatton, Nailsea and...
05 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket now has listing agreements with over 9,000 estate agency branches - that's another 500 or so since its previous release...
14 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Property portal OnTheMarket has announced that it now has listing agreements with over 8,500 estate and letting agency branches. It says that...
30 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Several agencies operating under different brand names in south east England have been retitled under just one, called Alexander & Co. This...
03 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Just like that, the Easter Bank Holiday has come and gone and I find myself now looking ahead to the Summer. The...
07 April 2018
From: Features

OnTheMarket says estate agencies with some 1,000 offices have joined the portal in the five weeks since it floated on the...
14 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Alice Hickmott is the perfect advertisement for apprentices in estate agency - especially as we are now in National Apprentice Week. Essex...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News

New figures released by ZPG suggest increasing numbers of agents are listing on three portals. Amongst the latest agencies to renew long...
02 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Connells Group - which includes Connells, Sequence and other brands - says it recorded over 9,000 new homes sales in 2017. This...
09 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The UK’s largest property franchise group, Belvoir, says it is reaping rewards from its acquisition of Brook Financial Services and its...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News

PropTech start up OneDome, which supplies online booking and mapping tools, has teamed up with live chat service provider Yomdel in...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services - which has high street brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - has signed...
28 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Currell is defying any gloomy predictions about the capital's housing market by opening a new office at Hackney Wick Fish Island. Currell...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News

ZPG says that the number of estate agency branches that left to join OnTheMarket but have now returned has reached over...
13 November 2017
From: Breaking News

An analysis conducted by estate agency comparison website GetAgent has for the first time attempted to calculate how ‘local’ agencies' local property...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Some customers dislike entering traditional estate agency branches, occasionally feeling 'like prey' for sales staff when they enter. This is one of...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Sources within Countrywide say the latest senior management figure to leave the company is Sam Tyrer, who under her title of...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Speculation is growing that one of the most senior executives in the Countrywide management team may be leaving the organisation. Countrywide and...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Jackson-Stops & Staff has opened a new branch in Reigate, Surrey, taking its national network to 45 offices. The branch augments nearby...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Haus Properties - the estate agency set up by former Apprentice finalist Jamie Lester, who quit the company suddenly last year...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News

ZPG says the number of estate agency branches to have quit OnTheMarket and rejoined Zoopla over the past two years has...
02 June 2017
From: Breaking News

ZPG has published its half-year figures this morning showing a six per cent rise in the number of agents and a...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Network Auctions has added 19 additional estate agency offices to its network so far this year. They include three offices of Chaffers...
09 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Badger Holdings, owner of 26 agency branches operating under the Townends and Regents Estate Agent brands, has signed a multi-year deal...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The industry magazine Estates Gazette is reporting that Cluttons, the residential and commercial agency, has been bought out of pre-pack administration...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Only one in nine customers of estate agents regard face-to-face contact as the most important element of the process to determine...
13 March 2017
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has swatted away the latest criticism from a long-term critic, online estate agency head Russell Quirk - although it has...
03 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A sales progression tool claims to have reduced the average transaction time for a property from around 94 days to around...
27 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Connells Group’s mortgage services wing has recorded a 10 per cent increase in the number of mortgages in 2016 and has generated...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Zoopla Property Group says that in the last three months alone over 100 estate agency branches have returned to its portal...
26 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt has told Estate Agent Today the transformation she wishes to see within the group may take...
25 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The former Apprentice runner-up Jamie Lester, who at one time ran four London estate agency branches under Haus Properties, says he...
17 November 2016
From: Breaking News

When a tenant paid his initial one month’s rent in addition to a tenancy deposit in exchange for the keys to...
05 November 2016
From: Features

A new automated sales progression tool being launched today promises to require fewer resources from agents in return for ensuring faster...
31 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Zoopla Property Group claims that in the past two weeks, over 40 agency branches have returned to listing on Zoopla and...
18 October 2016
From: Breaking News

One of the great events of the agency year is the Agents Giving Ball, hosted a few days ago at The Lancaster...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A firm called Proper Local has launched, insisting it is offering “a new model” for estate agency, somewhere between a traditional...
07 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A property analytics company has devised a method of calculating the ‘best’ locations in which to work as an estate agent,...
05 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The Property Professionals Support Centre, set up earlier this year to provide compliance advice and training, has launched a free compliance...
30 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has expanded its network of branches in central London with the launch of new offices in Clerkenwell,...
09 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Over 40 separate estate agencies have agreed to join forces to fund litigation against Agents’ Mutual, parent company of OnTheMarket. The firms represent...
13 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Agency software company Dezrez says the jury is out on whether Zoopla’s acquisition of the Property Software Group will be considered...
21 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Zoopla Property Group has confirmed its conditional agreement to buy The Property Software Group, which it calls the UK’s market-leading provider...
19 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Leaders has acquired another agency just weeks after absorbing another agency in the same region. Tudor Estates was founded in 1959 and...
10 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide is to lead a group including Connells and Zoopla in a partnership with the proptech company Fixflo, currently best known...
15 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Hunters is expanding its London presence with a new branch in Willesden Green - and the promise of more openings in...
26 January 2016
From: Breaking News

One of the best known figures in estate agency consultancy, Richard Rawlings, has written to OnTheMarket urging it to drop the...
30 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Keller Williams, the US-originated franchise agency with three ‘market centre’ offices in the UK says it aims to expand that number...
28 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has added another 146 UK estate agents to its membership since July, taking the total of UK agents now to...
22 October 2015
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has made a defiant response to news that Zoopla is growing both its estate agent membership and its property listings...
13 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Zoopla is back in business with its trading update to the City this morning revealing that it has a net growth...
12 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Zoopla is set to announce its latest total of agent members later this week. Back in May Zoopla revealed that it had...
10 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Q: Tell us about Kristina Grimes. I am the Sales Director of Dezrez, one of the leading providers of estate agency software....
28 May 2015
From: 60 Second Interview

Zoopla remains unbowed by its loss of 23 per cent of its UK agents and says it has new statistics proving...