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

ZPG has announced that it has signed a listings agreement with Chestertons, one of the estate agencies involved in the founding...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has finally completed its stock market float, with less capital raised, at a lower than planned valuation and, as I write,...
09 February 2018
From: Features

All eyes are on Agents’ Mutual’s first day of trading on the London stock exchange - just over five years after...
09 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Most listed agencies and portals suffered share price falls yesterday, creating a challenging landscape for Agents’ Mutual which launches on the London stock exchange...
07 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Whatever else you say about OnTheMarket, you can’t say it’s not consistent, consistent in treating its core membership shabbily. We already know...
29 January 2018
From: Features

Figures presented to the London Stock Exchange by Agents’ Mutual appear to show that it has 200 fewer branches now than...
29 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Analysts have given a frosty reception to the announcement by Agents’ Mutual that it is going to float shares priced at...
29 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Agents’ Mutual has released more details of its float on the stock market, which begins on February 9 with a placing priced...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Connells says it is still unable to comment on whether it will appeal against the Competition Appeals Tribunal verdict of last...
12 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Connells has told Estate Agent Today that it is not making any official comment yet on the decision revealed yesterday that...
22 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Who says things slow down before Christmas? The opposite appears to be the case, at least when it comes to the...
21 December 2017
From: Features

The Court of Appeal Civil Division has today given Connells’ agency Gascoigne Halman the right to appeal against the verdict of...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The new contract for firms joining or re-signing to OnTheMarket is reported to have a restriction on acquisitions. It is said to...
05 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Franchise agency Hunters has signed up to the OnTheMarket portal. This comes as speculation mounts that an announcement is imminent on stock market...
01 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Global investment bank RBC Capital Markets says OnTheMarket has the potential to undermine the pricing power of Rightmove and ZPG -...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The 15-branch Henry Adams agency has signed up to ZPG, just the day after the portal group said it had seen...
15 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Chris Bell, a former chief executive of bookies’ organisation Ladbrokes, has been named as the non-executive chairman of Agents’ Mutual as...
03 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents’ Mutual is officially making no comment on the timetable for the company flotation but speculation within the industry is mounting...
12 October 2017
From: Breaking News

It now appears that OnTheMarket agents do not require to sign up to the portal for five years in order to...
22 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The flotation of Agents’ Mutual on the London Stock Exchange could happen as soon as later this year following the endorsement...
12 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents’ Mutual’s flotation will definitely go ahead following a meeting of the High Court today, at which the appropriate processes behind...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News

An early Gold member of OnTheMarket is making a last-ditch bid to stop its parent company, Agents’ Mutual, from floating on...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News

One of the founding agents behind Agents’ Mutual and OnTheMarket and one of the current directors of Countrywide will be amongst...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Let’s be honest - few people saw this coming. The 89 to 11 per cent majority amongst Agents’ Mutual members for...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading property-technology experts says the way in which the Agents’ Mutual stock market flotation proposal has been...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents' Mutual has told the London Stock Exchange that it is going to float after winning support from 89 per cent...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The industry today awaits the result of Agents’ Mutual’s formal Members’ Court in which agents will vote on the organisation’s proposed demutualisation and...
06 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Iain White, the ex-Romans managing director and former Countrywide director, has come out strongly against the demutualisation proposal from Agents’ Mutual...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The growing anger of some OnTheMarket member agents about the portal’s parent company proposal to float on the London Stock Exchange...
29 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Before we go any further, assuming you are an Agents’ Mutual member, let me ask you a question. If you had...
24 August 2017
From: Features

OnTheMarket is declining to comment after suggestions were floated that some debts by its member agents could be deferred, or in some...
22 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The investment consultancy chosen by Agents’ Mutual to advise on its float plans - Zeus Capital - is the same one...
22 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The roadshow of presentations of Agents’ Mutual’s plans to float on the stock market have just passed the half-way mark. Remaining sessions...
18 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Humberts, a member of Agents’ Mutual, is today launching an online-only option and claims it can list online-only properties on OnTheMarket. Such...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News

There’s a distinct sense of déjà vu over the debacle of OnTheMarket. I avoided joining two years ago because I couldn’t see...
12 August 2017
From: Features

No one can say Agents’ Mutual has failed to provoke debate within the industry. The project was the centre of fierce argument...
11 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents’ Mutual has confirmed that it requires 75 per cent of the votes of member agencies to pass its proposals to...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News

After my article last week predicting that Agents’ Mutual would likely seek to raise external capital, including possibly on the public markets,...
09 August 2017
From: Features

ZPG has stepped into the escalating dispute between portals by revealing record figures on new leads - two hours before the first...
08 August 2017
From: Breaking News

There has been a sceptical reception from City analysts to Agents’ Mutual’s decision to restructure and float on the stock market...
07 August 2017
From: Breaking News
04 August 2017
From: Features

Agents’ Mutual (oops, that name might need to change…read on) has been touting its recent legal victory and is about to...
03 August 2017
From: Features

The accounts for Agents’ Mutual, parent company of the OnTheMarket portal, show that revenue for the year ending January 31 was...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket is this month holding 20 meetings for member agents to explain “progress and plans” for the portal. The meetings - sometimes...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The Connells-owned agency Gascoigne Halman is to make a costs payment of £1.24m within 14 days to Agents’ Mutual - but...
13 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The Connells-owned agency Gascoigne Halman is to make a costs payment of £1.24m within 14 days to Agents’ Mutual - but...
12 July 2017
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket is keeping its powder dry over the possible legal action against it by dissident agents who have formed an action...
10 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents’ Mutual says it will be seeking to recover costs and compensation for losses incurred after what is widely seen as...
06 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has issued its judgement in the case between Agents’ Mutual and the Gascoigne Halman agency - and...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The Competition Appeals Tribunal hearing between Agents’ Mutual and Connells-owned agency Gascoigne Halman is to be concluded on Monday - but...
17 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The Competition Appeal Tribunal hearing involving Agents’ Mutual and Gascoigne Halman, set to start tomorrow, has had a last-minute twist with...
02 February 2017
From: Breaking News

This week sees the start of the Competition Appeal Tribunal court case between Agents’ Mutual Ltd and Gascoigne Halman Ltd. The case...
30 January 2017
From: Breaking News

When I read about the possible formation of yet another ‘mutual’ with the aim of furthering and protecting the interests of...
21 January 2017
From: Features

The OnTheMarket Action Group of rebel agents in a legal process against the portal has issued a set of questions following...
30 September 2016
From: Breaking News

An eleven-branch estate agency has announced that it will stop listing with OnTheMarket and is returning to Zoopla Property Group (ZPG). Howard...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Agents' Mutual was last week ordered to make a further payment into court as part of its ongoing legal case against...
20 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The OTM Action Group has released a statement claiming that Agents' Mutual has chosen not to address any of the concerns...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The Competition Appeals Tribunal which is to investigate a dispute between OnTheMarket and two agencies is scheduled to hold its first...
25 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Over 50 estate agents in the rebel OnTheMarket Action Group have released details of a letter sent to the portal’s parent...
13 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Property portal OnTheMarket has announced that it has signed up five branch estate agency Meller Braggins. The firm, which is based in...
03 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Several stock market analysts have published reports on Zoopla's half-year trading statement released yesterday. Anthony Codling of Jefferies – the firm which...
26 May 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

The action group representing rebel OnTheMarket agents says it is considering legal action with a barrister named to lead any possible...
10 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Rebel agents unhappy with the beleaguered portal OnTheMarket have set up a website with plans of a meeting with legal representatives...
03 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A London agent says he has quit OnTheMarket and Agents’ Mutual as a result of the intervention of the Competitions and Markets...
26 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The Independent Network of Estate Agents has written to the Competition and Markets Authority, raising the issue of the NAEA’s managing...
25 April 2016
From: Breaking News

By accident or design, the PR machine at OnTheMarket was beefed up last week. Just as well. With the portal still reeling...
23 April 2016
From: Features

One of the directors of Agents’ Mutual, parent body of portal OnTheMarket, has told Estate Agent Today that his firm does...
22 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Agent members of OnTheMarket who contacted an action group set up following grievances about the portal have been invited to a...
19 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The deadline for action by some OnTheMarket member agents who received letters from lawyers on behalf of parent company Agents’ Mutual...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has sent an email to member agents following articles about alleged legal challenges to the portal...
15 April 2016
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has sent an email to member agents following articles about alleged legal challenges to the portal...
14 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Two City consultancies have been quick to interpret the rebellion by OnTheMarket member agents as an indication of dire changes - or...
13 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The broad disgruntlement of some OnTheMarket estate agent members over claims of poor quality and low quantity of leads, and the...
13 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The agency industry consultant who has volunteered to coordinate responses to OnTheMarket’s legal warnings to estate agents say he has been...
12 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The agent who last year wrote a controversial ‘open letter’ about OnTheMarket has now received a letter demanding she pay alleged...
12 April 2016
From: Breaking News

An industry consultant says he has been asked to form an action group OnTheMarket member agents who are disillusioned with the...
11 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Some estate agents who received a letter from lawyers acting on behalf of Agents’ Mutual say they will still not upload...
11 April 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s all too easy to look sleazy in the eyes of a sceptical world, and there’s a danger right now that...
08 April 2016
From: Features

A number of agencies that joined OnTheMarket but subsequently stopped listing properties on the portal have received letters from a legal...
07 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A three branch estate agency has announced that it has returned to Zoopla from OnTheMarket. Staves Estate Agents, which has offices in...
17 March 2016
From: Breaking News

London estate agency Douglas & Gordon, one of the firms which founded Agents’ Mutual, has launched a new website with a...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News

A high-end estate agent who was one of the founding directors of Agents' Mutual says a British exit from the EU may not...
22 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Agents’ Mutual, the parent company of OnTheMarket, has released another testimonial from one of its directors striking the same tone as...
18 February 2016
From: Breaking News

I'm sure most of you have seen, or at least heard of the Mad Max series of post-apocalyptic dystopian fantasies. The latest...
18 January 2016
From: Features

The Nottingham and Harrison Murray estate agencies - both owned by the Nottingham Building Society - have announced they are to join...
18 January 2016
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket says there is no delay with its plans to list member agents’ overseas properties for sale, but still cannot reveal...
11 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The directors of Agents’ Mutual say they have “every confidence” in OnTheMarket as the portal approaches its first anniversary on January...
04 January 2016
From: Breaking News

OnTheMartket (OTM) recently wrote to its membership saying how well its doing, how membership has increased beyond expectations and how it...
27 November 2015
From: Features

The consumer is King and to protect sellers and buyers' best interests estate and letting agents have to operate in the...
09 October 2015
From: Features

OnTheMarket has confirmed to Estate Agent Today that it will be listing overseas properties "in the coming weeks". Amongst the founding members...
05 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Agents’ Mutual says no decision has yet been taken on a replacement for regional estate agency chief Clive Rook, who has...