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25 January 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...
23 January 2021
From: Features

The Federation of Independent Agents says a survey of member agencies suggests only around a fifth per cent would definitely be listing...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Boomin has announced another 15 independents as members of the site, which is expected to launch in the near future. “The latest...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says it’s recorded the busiest ever start to a New Year in its two decade history with visits to the...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

New figures from the Bank of England show that mortgage approvals rose 7.0 per cent in November to reach 105,000 -...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A young estate agent - who by the age of 20 has already had a year working with Purplebricks - has...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...
02 January 2021
From: Features

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...
02 January 2021
From: Features

One of the founder agencies of the new Boomin portal, scheduled to launch in the New Year, has also rejoined Zoopla. Farrell...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...
19 December 2020
From: Features

The Bruce brothers’ portal Boomin has signed two high profile regional agencies from the north of England. Manning Stainton and Farrell Heyworth...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Douglas & Gordon, one of the highest profile London agency networks, is the latest signing for the yet-to-launch Boomin portal. The agency...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket is to undergo a revamp under its new chief executive, former Foxtons agent Jason Tebb - who has been given...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The launch of much-hyped new portal Boomin, originally scheduled for this month, has now been pushed back until early next year. A lengthy letter sent...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The saga over the future of Countrywide continues with the company urging its shareholders to take “no action” over the latest...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has added over 1,000 branches since lockdown began in March, taking total membership of offices and new homes to a...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Software provider Dezrez has entered into an integration partnership with Boomin - the fledgling portal’s first PropTech deal. The agreement ensures that...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...
05 December 2020
From: Features

Belvoir has become the latest major agency group to sign up to Boomin as a founder agent. The properties of all four...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce has batted away a stinging attack on him made by allAgents, a review website. allAgents has set up...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Upcoming portal Boomin has written to its founder agents inviting one of them to take up a seat on the main...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The agency industry may look back on this year and say: “Well...to be honest we didn’t really see it coming.” No, no,...
28 November 2020
From: Features

One of the highest profile figures in the agency industry - and a past critic of Purplebricks - has come out as a vociferous...
27 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

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...
21 November 2020
From: Features

Reapit has named Mark Armstrong as the new chief executive officer, the post occupied by the high profile and popular Gary...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The Boomin portal, which incentivises agents to cross-sell and benefit from referral fees, is to receive advice on fee disclosure from...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The new property portal Boomin has revealed its fees structure for agents. Tapping into the industry debate over portal fees, Boomin describes...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The soon-to-launch portal Boomin - set up by the people who founded Purplebricks- has signed another 10 independent agents. They are all...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Property is considered to be a safe investment. The buy-to-let market is booming, fuelled by a generation unable to get on...
13 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content

The six brands that make up The Property Franchise Group are the latest signings for yet-to-launch portal Boomin. TPFG’s brands are national...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Fledgling portal Boomin - launching later this month - has announced another 10 independent regional agencies as founder members. This includes its...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Boomin is to levy a traditional monthly fee for estate and letting agents listing on the site, in line with other...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Advanced information released today about Boomin suggests it will seek a much closer relationship with agents than existing portals, with lifetime...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The ESTAS awards service and the Agents Together foundation are entering into a partnership. That means all ESTAS customer agents will be...
02 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

Yet-to-launch portal Boomin has secured the support of 10 more estate agencies, one of them the national chain Humberts. In its third...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the latest 10 agents joining the still-to-launch Boomin portal says it could be the go-to website for all property...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Boomin, the still-to-launch portal created by the founders of Purplebricks, has named another 10 founding member agencies. Like the initial 10 they...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The senior management from four of the agencies announced as founding members of Boomin have spoken out in favour of the...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The new Boomin portal being launched shortly has named 10 high profile agency chains as founding members. The 10 give the new portal...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents Together, the wellbeing and mentorship service which came into existence earlier this year, is launching what it calls a Redundancy...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform wants to find out agents’ views on a range of industry issues - and that includes whether they...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the founders of Purplebricks, and now a founder of the portal Boomin, has been awarded an MBE in today’s...
10 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has admitted that getting the number one portal to change its fee structure “may take...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Boomin, the new portal being set up by the founders of Purplebricks, is holding a series of confidential webinars next week...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The frenzied housing market and the uncertain wider economic outlook during the pandemic have combined to lead to a surge in...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The portal set up by Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny Bruce has revealed it's recruited Rightmove and Zoopla personnel and intends...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s no surprise the mainstream news remains dominated by coronavirus - not so much the actual effect of it right now,...
05 September 2020
From: Features

Property portal Boomin has been "courted by a range of potential backers" according to Sky News. The news service - which has...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the most experienced British estate agents says the new portal Boomin - expected to launch next month, October -...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has given a thumbs up to the new Boomin listings service created by the brothers...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has revealed details of its biggest ever marketing campaign in a bid to cash in on agents’ growing dissatisfaction with...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The housing market is still booming according to data released by the National Association of Estate Agents Propertymark - although the...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, suggests there was nothing wrong with the controversial Commisery TV ads that contributed to making...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny Bruce have revealed the name of their new property venture. It’s to be called Boomin. There are still few specific...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

On April 4, EAT published a piece titled: ‘It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post corona-virus’. To me, this...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

We are facing a new world in the lettings industry, with the proportion of households in the private rented sector (PRS)...
08 January 2020
From: Features

Everyone thought John Bercow was short. It probably didn’t help that I was on stage just before him. 5ft 6 versus...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The listings website Home, which conducts a monthly survey of asking prices and wider market monitors, is reporting a show 10...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices have remained roughly stagnant according to the latest figures produced by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A new housing market survey paints a bleaker picture than that from Rightmove earlier this week - and instead speaks of...
17 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The former chief executive of Emoov says he has the answer to Foxtons’ current downbeat performance - it should exploit its...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...
22 December 2018
From: Features

The chief executive of online agency HouseSimple says “sellers need to be prepared and willing to lower their expectations” in the current...
07 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...
25 August 2018
From: Features

If agents want to get into what looks like a guaranteed growth sector, retirement properties might just be the one if...
04 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The retirement housing sector has increased its market share considerably in the last two years, creating a 'perfect storm' for estate...
24 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The fast-growing Leaders Romans Group now looks set to grow its new homes business. Alison Guyton, currently Leaders’ head of marketing with...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The housing market may appear sluggish at best in many areas but data from Rightmove suggests it’s now quicker to sell...
10 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A London independent says it has doubled its valuations so far this year and is opening a new office, despite the...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A prominent agent admits to being “disappointed” at what appears to be slowing mortgage figures at a time of year when...
26 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Being featured in newspapers, magazines and websites, as well as on radio and TV, can be a great way to build...
22 April 2017
From: Features

Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...
01 April 2017
From: Features

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...
17 February 2017
From: Features

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...
09 September 2016
From: Features

An estate agency is claiming that the psychology of buying and selling has come to the fore following the EU referendum,...