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A veteran PropTech figure with extensive experience of working at leading estate and sales agencies has told the government to act...

The UK Government should make better use of property taxes to deter foreign buyers, boost property supply and raise tax revenue,...

Any estate agency will have noticed the rise of the “personal agent” in the industry, with interesting propositions from eXp, The...

Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has launched its first ever two-day conference, set to take place in July 2024. It replaces the...

Zoopla is rolling out more branded taxis as it recorded a record January for unique vendor leads, the portal claims. The property...

The UK timeframe for selling a property has been branded as “embarrassing.” New research shows the UK ranks as the slowest country...

After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during May’s local election campaigning,...

Self-employed agency brand eXp Realty has partnered with HomeHunter to help improve the property search process for consumers across its territories...

UK estate agents receive the lowest sales commission across eight of the world’s biggest property markets, new research suggests. The analysis suggests...

UK estate agents are paid one of the lowest commission rates in the world, according to a spokesperson for a leading...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they review the valuable guidance and innovation offered by Estate Agency...

After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during recent local election campaigning,...

Russell Quirk may have already irked plenty of estate agents in his time as boss of collapsed online brand Emoov and...

New research shows that while the UK homebuyers are paying far more than those in many other countries, the properties they...

Fine & Country has unveiled details of its 2023 International conference and awards ceremony The upmarket agent brand will hold its annual...

The Agency UK – which was set up by three ex-employees of Purplebricks – has strengthened its team with the arrival...

An Australian FinTech which this year entered the UK market has outlined the e-conveyancing lessons that the UK property industry can...

It was announced back in February this year that PEXA, the Australian FinTech/PropTech that enabled the world’s first fully digitised property settlement...

Hidden amongst the annual results released by Purplebricks on Tuesday – which saw revenue and profits down, as well as a...

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...

Almost three quarters of property professionals agree that estate agent pay is too low. A poll conducted by Estate Agent Today found 73%...

Spicerhaart’s annual conference and awards ceremony returned earlier this month after a three-year hiatus caused by the pandemic. The company’s two day...

Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...

Technology developed for the estate agency industry has advanced and expanded seismically over the past decade as software vendors develop their...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

The self-employed model, after years of not really catching on fully, was given a major boost by the pandemic and the...

An Australian PropTech platform called PEXA aims to break into the UK property industry this year, claiming to improve transaction processes. PEXA...

Research suggests there are substantial numbers of older Londoners using too-large properties but unable to downsize because of a lack of...

Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Estate Agents: “We’re on a mission to revolutionise the traditional concept of estate agency.   We don’t have...

A new league table of earnings by estate agents, based on basic salary and commission combined, suggests that UK agents earn...

Estate agency business platform Reapit is launching AgentPoint services in the UK - just seven months after it acquired AgentPoint in...

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...

Best and Final Offers should be scrapped - and a property expert claims that would be good because they do a massive...

A prominent London-focussed buying agent says she is seeing more foreign buyers returning to the UK capital - with more expected...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

An unexpected claim was made over the weekend - that the long-running stamp duty holiday was not, after all, behind the...

An estate agency is celebrating its 21st anniversary by launching a new ‘realtor’ franchise model based on enhanced technology and personalised...

In this latest video feature, EAT’s video reporter Chris Buckler speaks to Christian Scandurra, Sales Director at VaultEA, and a former...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

Right now it seems that another day means another house price record, an all-time high for transactions, and a conveyancing log-jam...

New research shows that UK estate agents are amongst the best value in the world. Using data from the Global Property Guide...

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s on the move. Let us know...

The government has set up a committee to push forward ideas on the collective form of homeownership known as commonhold. Housing Secretary...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak to someone who has made an excellent impression on the property industry in...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Mark Armstrong, and my business card says...

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I chat with Fine & Country UK’s managing director Nicky Stevenson, one of the most...

The UK is only the eighth most popular country for Asian investment buyers, and accounts for just three per cent of...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Franchising What is Meyers and what...

CRM supplier Reapit, backed by private equity funding, has entered into an international deal to acquire a leading Australian PropTech provider...

To kick off 2021, we have a Q&A with one of the most high-profile – and, it has to be said,...

Buyer feedback is a key resource for agents who want to keep on top of market changes and so handle vendors’...

Survivors and bereaved family members from the Grenfell Tower fire have joined forces with residents trapped in allegedly dangerous flats in...

Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...

Rightmove, which recently posted a 37 per cent drop in revenue for the first six months of 2020, has lost almost...

As many in the industry will know, Ian Westerling passed away last week at the age of 51: he was a...

New research suggests that British estate agents charge some of the lowest fees in the world. Based on an apparent British average...

The battle between rival self-employed agent business models continues apace with eXp UK - set up last autumn - announcing it...

A PropTech platform that claims to halve the time a transaction takes has received a huge cash injection from investors for...

Swiss bank UBS has upgraded its investment rating on Purplebricks, raising its price target and urging investors to buy. In a note...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

A leading expert on estate agency and the housing market in Australia has lifted the lid on how Purplebricks failed down...

    Purplebricks says changes to its fees structure - possibly becoming less reliant on controversial upfront charges - has been delayed until...

A founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, suggests there was nothing wrong with the controversial Commisery TV ads that contributed to making...

Purplebricks’ sale of its Canadian operation for some £35m begs the question - where can it now recoup some of its losses...

Purplebricks is selling its Canadian business. The sale comes little over a year after the troubled agency closed both its failed Australian and...

One of the key members of the Purplebricks board has stood down after two years. Andreas Wiele joined the Purplebricks board in...

The brothers who founded Purplebricks - Michael and Kenny Bruce - have returned to the agency industry for the first time...

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

A former Purplebricks chief has become managing director of an agency aiming to be a national brand. Jim Harris - a former training...

An analysis of seven countries which underwent different forms of lockdown during the pandemic suggests the British and Italian housing markets...

An international comparison of how major portals have discounted their charges to agents show Rightmove and Zoopla making “deeper and longer...

Welcome to the weekly salute for agents and others in the industry fund-raising for good causes - and we know that...

The National Association of Estate Agents has announced that it’s to offer US PropTech solutions to UK agents. The REACH programme has...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week…which must mean Agents Do Charity. There’s plenty to admire in this week’s entries;...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

Another weekend, another storm: it’s hard to put a smile on your face when winter goes on this long but the...

Welcome to another Agents Do Charity, meaning it’s not just Friday but also a day to think about fund-raising in the...

There’s a warning today that Rightmove could be vulnerable to losing its number one portal status because it has such a...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - and it’s not just because we...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Hinkins and I’m a Sales Consultant...

In a new video interview, Steve Carroll, director of industry relations at Real Estate Group, tells industry commentator Christopher Watkin why...

Purplebricks claims it actually sells - not just lists - three times more than the UK’s next largest estate agency.  The claim...

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - no surprises there. And it’s not...

Controversy and Purplebricks have gone hand in hand since the agency was first launched in 2012, through its float on the...

A high-end estate agency which describes itself as 'the world's only global lifestyle real estate company' is recruiting new partner agents. Quintessentially...

Stamp duty won’t take centre stage at the Conservative Party conference - that’ll be Brexit, quelle surprise. But if the government...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

Purplebricks has spent £26.7m on marketing in the past year - that represents £382 per instruction.  The figures, revealed in the agency’s...

I remember the day well; the day we all fell foul of addiction, the day our website was launched. Until then, at...

As the self-employed estate agency market continues to grow in the UK, one of Australia's most succesful proponents of the model...

Whinge. Moan. Lead quality. Crap market. Decision procrastination. Fee pressure. Bloody competitors. Especially Purplebricks. Brexit, of course, Brexit... These are just some...

OnTheMarket’s selective fee freeze for agents has been challenged by a new portal which asks agents: ‘Why pay at all?’ OTM revealed...

Purplebricks has revealed it is considering changes to its pricing structure to correct “mistakes” of the past. Chief executive Vic Darvey has...

Global free-to-list property portal Residential People has announced it’s almost at its next milestone of 800,000 listings within its first six...

A new global free-to-list property portal says it has secured 800 new property enquiries for estate agents in the last four...

Welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today. It's the time of the week when you can catch up with...

Purplebricks has revealed its annual results for the year ending April 30 2019.  The hybrid agency has posted an operating loss of...