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The Guild of Property Professionals has chosen 20 new member agents in the first quarter of the year.  With the property market...

Energy performance certificates (EPC) make little difference to property sales and the Government should consider replacing them with more effective green...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors housing market snapshot shows the increasing damage being wrought by high interest rates. The RICS...

Homesearch has partnered with professional body Propertymark, to provide increased support to its estate agent members and boost innovation across the...

Our inbox is regularly stuffed with exciting new industry developments and tools to help agents work better.  Here are some of the...

The chief executive of Boomin says agents have asked him to do something about rival portals “pocketing income from mortgage referral...

Boomin co-founder and chief executive Michael Bruce has returned to the attack on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket with an open letter,...

The chair of the strategic board of fledgling Boomin says most existing portals are merely operating like digital newspapers with listings,...

OnTheMarket figures for the first half of this year show stronger revenue and improved profits. Agency numbers have increased modestly since January...

A long-standing critic of OnTheMarket, who was once excluded from a presentation by the portal’s leadership, has spoken enthusiastically of the...

Boomin has announced the appointment of six agents, described as independent representatives, who are now on the new portal’s strategic board. The...

Industry trade body Propertymark has unveiled a digital expansion programme. A statement from the organisation says this initiative shows new chief executive...

Propertymark has shortlisted five of the 700 or so PropTech suppliers in the UK, as part of the trade body’s REACH...

OnTheMarket is to release its full year performance figures to shareholders on June 8. This will be for its trading year to January...

Another attempt is being made to introduce property logbooks to the selling and buying process, and agents are invited to play a...

It’s no surprise the mainstream news remains dominated by coronavirus - not so much the actual effect of it right now,...

The battle between portals is hotting up again with Zoopla repeating its offer of free listings until January for agents committing...

OnTheMarket has confirmed it is “considering” making redundancies - the second of the large portals to be in this position. Rumours have been...

Propertymark is working with an organisation called the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance to inform agents how to sport signs and respond...

OnTheMarket says it still aims to be the number one portal, but the acting chief executive has revealed a far more...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

Rightmove says it’s to launch its biggest ever national marketing campaign in a bid to kick-start the market once lockdown eases. The...

The Federation of Independent Agents and the ESTAS review and awards platform have formed what they call “a key partnership.” The FIA...

Agent disenchantment with the major portals has continued as a torrid week nears its end. The spotlight has now shifted to Zoopla...

Three signs emerged over the weekend suggesting that the market may be shaping up well for 2020. Firstly a new survey by...

“Multiple”members of the new trade body, the Federation of Independent Agents, are considering cancelling their subscriptions to Rightmove. FIA founder Graham Lock...

OnTheMarket’s share price slumped to an all-time low just before the end of trading last week. The price fell to 69.0p during trading on...

The Federation of Independent Agents has agreed another new partnership with an industry supplier. The arrangement will allow FIA agent members nine...

OnTheMarket says one of its key aims for 2019 is to match Rightmove’s product offer to agents. “We’re looking to match Rightmove’s...

Last week, the first of a new kind of industry event took place; an open debate between agents and PropTech suppliers. Strong...

To demonstrate the lengths some buyers will go to make sure their offer is accepted, NAEA Propertymark has asked its agent...

The National Association of Estate Agents says a new tool just launched will make it easier for agent members to comply...

Whatever else you say about OnTheMarket, you can’t say it’s not consistent, consistent in treating its core membership shabbily.  We already know...

It appears that OnTheMarket member agents can, if they wish, opt out of the five year ‘lock in’ share agreement and...

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

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

The roadshow of presentations of Agents’ Mutual’s plans to float on the stock market have just passed the half-way mark. Remaining sessions...

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

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

Agents’ Mutual (oops, that name might need to change…read on) has been touting its recent legal victory and is about to...

The Guild of Professional Estate Agents and Fine & Country are offering agent members the option to have in-person reviews and...

The Guild of Property Professionals, which has over 800 agent members across the country, has this week launched a new website.  The...

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

OnTheMarket says it provided “a record number of leads” to its agent members in September - but is not disclosing how...

Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has announced the launch of a new feature on its website which will help estate agents to...

Zoopla Property Group is seeking to integrate uSwitch, its price comparison service, with MoveIT, its agents’ platform for ancillary revenue generation. It...

Zoopla Property Group is organising a series of seminars for agent members next month, aimed at promoting products offered by its...

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

Agent members of OnTheMarket who contacted an action group set up following grievances about the portal have been invited to a...

This week, as the title suggests, I turn my attentions to the world of deposit protection schemes. Landlords have been legally obliged...

The broad disgruntlement of some OnTheMarket estate agent members over claims of poor quality and low quantity of leads, and the...

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

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...

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

The chief executive of OnTheMarket has hit out at what he calls "detractors" who allege four multi-office agencies have quit the...

Readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given an exclusive opportunity to pose questions to Zoopla Property Group...

The war of words and statistics between rival portals continues apace as OnTheMarket says its visits hit a record last month according...

What will Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) do if it is overtaken in agent numbers by OnTheMarket?  Does the acquisition of uSwitch risk...

OnTheMarket has made a defiant response to news that Zoopla is growing both its estate agent membership and its property listings...

Zoopla is set to announce its latest total of agent members later this week. Back in May Zoopla revealed that it had...

OnTheMarket has achieved 5.2m visits in July – an increase of 18 per cent on the previous month and ahead of...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is the latest body to warns its estate agent members that they have a legal...

Members of Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) who purchased discounted shares ahead of the firm’s Initial Public Offering last June will have...

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

Investors’ Chronicle, the Financial Times group magazine for private investors, says Zoopla’s acquisition of price comparison site uSwitch is ‘a creative...