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In the third part of this exclusive series with Homesearch’s chief operating officer, Sam Hunter, Angels Media’s Lee Dahill questions him...

Homeowners are being warned that their properties may inadvertently end up the Secret Property section of Boomin’s portal. Boomin’s Secret Property tool...

There’s one message that’s come home to me loud and clear from my dealings with agents so far this year -...

Conveyancers have had their busiest year on record, industry data shows. Search Acumen’s latest Conveyancing Market for the first quarter of 2022...

Boomin has acquired interior design platform My Bespoke Room. The challenger portal's founder Michael Bruce said it was part of a wider...

Sales remain the predominant source of income for most estate agency brands, research claims. The analysis warns that agents shouldn’t ignore lettings...

Agents using Boomin have managed to convert more than 20% of SmartVal valuation requests into instructions. The challenger portal and lead generation...

Fundraising efforts featuring bikes, boats and James Bond all feature in this week's edition of Agents Do Charity. Remember, if you have...

The prime country market outside of London appears to be booming again in a rush to beat a slowdown in house...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Agency franchisees with brands such as Hunters, Martin & Co, Belvoir and EasyProperty are being given the chance to sign up...

Rising house prices boosted HMRC’s coffers during the previous tax year. Analysts suggest the booming housing market has meant HMRC has attracted...

A leading figure in the Say No To Rightmove (STNR) campaign says the attempts to get agents to ditch Rightmove have...

Boomin has unveiled its latest round of paying agents. The challenger portal, launched by former Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce, has revealed 10...

A property analyst has warned against comparing the number of branches on Boomin to Rightmove. Challenger portal Boomin revealed its first batch...

In this week’s Natter, I carry out a Q&A with Lisa Knight, who has taken the impressive journey from barmaid to...

Foxtons, Chancellors and Douglas & Gordon have been named among the first paid-up agency brands on Boomin. The challenger portal, launched by...

A former UK national sales director at Purplebricks has been reunited with the online agent’s founder Michael Bruce at Boomin. Paul Vickerstaff,...

Sky News is reporting that Boomin, the portal founded by Purplebricks creator Michael Bruce, is close to finalising a new round...

New portal Boomin suggests it has “thousands” of agents who have signed up on a paid basis. The portal - which launched almost...

Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce has for the first time given some figures on the usage of some of the key...

With Boomin nearly turning one, I decided to catch up with Michael Bruce, the co-founder of the property website and more...

In a new column, solicitor Colum Smith, an expert in combating fraud at Taylor Rose MW Solicitors, explains why those looking...

The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...

Boomin claims that one of the online influencers it has commissioned to create YouTube content has won has many viewers as...

Michael and Kenny Bruce have for the first time given their views on what went wrong for Purplebricks during their time...

In this exclusive for Estate Agent Today readers, video supremo and property expert Chris Watkin conducts an interview with the Bruce...

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

The founder of fledgling portal Boomin says the latest Nationwide house price index findings demonstrate that there’s no sign yet of...

Housing market analyst and PropTech entrepreneur Anthony Codling says that the next few weeks will determine whether Boomin is the portal...

A webinar this week is set to see the release of more details of changes to property listings being demanded by...

The estate agent known to his thousands of followers on Twitter as Mayfair Guru is predicting a ‘Roaring 2020s’ for the...

Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce wants government action to help save the housing market as the cost of living crisis grows.  Following...

New research suggests that the estate agency industry has bucked the nationwide trend of business liquidation that he plagued other sectors...

Research based on questioning almost 1,000 estate agents suggests that around 70 per cent are set to expand their business this...

The ESTAS Forum scheduled for March says its aim is to encourage agents and conveyancers to work more closely together.  “There doesn’t...

With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...

Boomin has issued research done on its behalf into the value of spare rooms - and it’s made some eccentric comparisons...

The Bruce brothers’ new portal Boomin has given its first statistics regarding usage following the launch of a new marketing campaign...

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

A prominent agency chief is warning that record house prices could lead to a housing bust if lending gets out of...

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

Boomin is launching a new ad campaign from Boxing Day, December 26 - the date previously associated with record visits to...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...

As the UK housing market faces an ongoing boom, there’s one profession that’s certainly rushed off its feet — estate agents....

An England football manager who resigned after a newspaper sting is in a podcast series launched by Boomin and Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny...

Online auction specialist Iamsold has opened its training programme for applications for its January 2022 intake.  Jamie Cooke, managing director at iamsold,...

Boomin has revealed an upgrade to its SmartVal feature, which tries to blend real-time online valuations with local expertise from member...

Boomin has launched a new tool - Chainmaker - which it claims cuts fall throughs and introduces agents to ‘hot buyers’. The software...

Fledgling portal Boomin has published figures - but not the long-awaited ones about its users or agents.   Instead, it’s released data...

In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...

PropTech is booming, and its rise was only accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the real estate industry – as...

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

Fledgling portal Boomin says its new SmartVal tool has received over 10,000 requests since launching in early September. SmartVal is powered in part by...

A leading agency says the new normal likely to establish itself in the housing market after the end of the stamp...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another edition of good will and cheer generated by the industry’s fund-raising heroes. It’s...

A TV advertising campaign begins today to promote SmartVal, its real-time valuation tool available on the Boomin portal. The advertisements will start...

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

An estate agency comparison website has conducted research into how much it costs to simply keep an average home in a...

I’m sorry to break this to you but in 10 days’ time it will be autumn - and we will have...

Representatives of Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket, Boomin and OneDome portals are to be quizzed in an industry Question Time session next month. Russell...

Michael Bruce says the new SmartVal automated valuation system he is this month introducing on Boomin will be the most accurate...

Are you experiencing Estate Agent burnout? As The Stamp Duty Holiday has begun to tail off, it didn’t bring the relaxation in...

Zoopla has issued a data-heavy statement on its services for agents - just days after Boomin criticised it for being over...

Boomin has revealed to Estate Agent Today the latest figures on agency branches signed up to its fledgling portal. It says it...

The head of Boomin has attacked Rightmove for the fees it currently charges agents, the likelihood of higher fees to come,...

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...

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

Boomin has given its member agents more details of its new valuation tool being launched next month. Called SmartVal, it is described...

Ben Ridgway gives his views on the current market, material information and PropTech for agents. What is your current view of the...

Fledgling portal Boomin is launching what it claims to be the most interactive and accurate online valuation tool on the market.  It...

In the world of football – very topical at the moment, as we all enjoy the Euros – there is an...

The intense rivalry between portals continues today with Zoopla announcing one of its longest-standing agent customers has renewed for five more...

A former commercial director of Zoopla, who worked at the portal for 12 years, has been named as managing director of...

Boomin says it’s added over 600 new agency branches during May, with the latest signing being the large Pattinson independent with...

Boomin says it’s going to “reinvent the YouTube channel for property.” The portal’s new YouTube channel has gone live with five unique...

Sarah Edmundson, the chief executive of the Agents Together charity - set up by the Bruce brothers, Michael and Kenny -...

Three of the leading portals have made major announcements as the fierce rivalry between the big players continues apace.  Firstly Zoopla claims its latest...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid  In your experience,...

Boomin founder Michael Bruce says his new site has enjoyed a stronger start than any other portal in terms of visits, viewings,...

One of the world’s leading analysts of portals has warned Boomin, OnTheMarket and others challenging Rightmove - millions have been spent...

The Property Franchise Group’s hybrid agency EweMove more than doubled its income in 2020 to £5m, according to a statement to...

An insolvency specialist is warning that the real estate sector of the UK is seeing more firms in financial distress despite...

International investment bank UBS has double-downgraded Purplebricks from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ - and that could be good for independent agents, a...

As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...

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

Zoopla today begins a new marketing drive - the latest move in the fierce battle between Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket and Boomin. Zoopla is...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

Foxtons has reassured investors that 2021 has started well and the agency is on the road to recovery after the Coronavirus...

Michael Bruce has been promoted from the role of executive chairman of Boomin to group chief executive officer. This is within two...

Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...

Sky News is reporting that new portal Boomin is to announce the former chief executive of Sir Richard Branson’s business empire...

Agents have contacted Estate Agent Today to say they fear the new MatchMaker service on the Boomin portal could be used...

The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...

First off, happy Good Friday to all our readers. Here’s to a great, if still slightly different, long Easter bank holiday...

The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...

Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...

Here are the first three TV adverts for Boomin, the new property portal which launches on Friday.The new website launches early...

With just days before the launch of new portal Boomin, Rightmove says it’s hit a record 9.1m visits in a 24...

As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...

We recently launched our state of the property nation survey – a two-minute poll designed to give estate and letting agents...

On Monday, we launched our state of the property nation survey – a 14-question poll designed to give estate and letting...

The Building Societies Association says there’s been a surge in consumer confidence in the housing market following the Budget. Some 37 per...

Boomin co-founder Kenny Bruce says the UK economy should now be opening up thanks to the success of the Coronavirus vaccines. In...

Will Rightmove still be the dominant portal by 2030? Will Boomin really shake up the industry as Purplebricks did before it?...

Purplebricks is now part of the mainstream landscape of British estate agency. There - I said it. An agency whose whispered name...

On Monday next week, Estate Agent Today will launch its state of the property nation survey, a 14-question poll for UK...

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

Last year saw a monumental shift in almost every aspect of our lives: not least the way we work, socialise and...

Agents are up in arms at a Rightmove restriction temporarily preventing access to parts of its listing back-end.  Agents received an email...

Boomin has revealed its launch date after months of high-profile publicity. It’s to be three and a half weeks from now on...

An open letter from Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce shows how fierce the competition is going to be in the portal field...

A new study suggests that the end of the stamp duty holiday should not significantly dent the purchasing pattens of buy...

The Bruce brothers’ latest project, Boomin, is “ready to launch” some two months after it was expected to see the light...

Former Reapit chief Gary Barker is to join Connells Group, just as the company is taking over Countrywide. Barker - who last...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

A survey of portal usage shows a low level of trust and customer satisfaction from agents, and a majority of agencies saying they...

Boomin, created by Michael and Kenny Bruce, promises “highly memorable and engaging” TV and radio ads at its launch in the near...

After high levels of publicity for Zoopla and Boomin in recent weeks, Rightmove has struck back with figures suggesting it’s enjoyed...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

Boomin has denied that it will ever allow direct property sales, cutting out estate agents. Founder Michael Bruce says the new service...

It’s been some time since online agencies have ventured into crowdfunding to raise investment, but easyProperty has now done so -...

Despite the booming housing market the whole property sector - a key indicator of the economy's performance - has seen 11,000...

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

The Federation of Independent Agents says a survey of member agencies suggests only around a fifth per cent would definitely be listing...

Boomin has announced another 15 independents as members of the site, which is expected to launch in the near future. “The latest...

Rightmove says it’s recorded the busiest ever start to a New Year in its two decade history with visits to the...

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

New figures from the Bank of England show that mortgage approvals rose 7.0 per cent in November to reach 105,000 -...

A young estate agent - who by the age of 20 has already had a year working with Purplebricks - has...

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

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

One of the founder agencies of the new Boomin portal, scheduled to launch in the New Year, has also rejoined Zoopla. Farrell...

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...

The Bruce brothers’ portal Boomin has signed two high profile regional agencies from the north of England. Manning Stainton and Farrell Heyworth...

Douglas & Gordon, one of the highest profile London agency networks, is the latest signing for the yet-to-launch Boomin portal. The agency...

OnTheMarket is to undergo a revamp under its new chief executive, former Foxtons agent Jason Tebb - who has been given...

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...

The saga over the future of Countrywide continues with the company urging its shareholders to take “no action” over the latest...

Zoopla has added over 1,000 branches since lockdown began in March, taking total membership of offices and new homes to a...

Software provider Dezrez has entered into an integration partnership with Boomin - the fledgling portal’s first PropTech deal.  The agreement ensures that...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

Belvoir has become the latest major agency group to sign up to Boomin as a founder agent.  The properties of all four...

Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce has batted away a stinging attack on him made by allAgents, a review website. allAgents has set up...

Upcoming portal Boomin has written to its founder agents inviting one of them to take up a seat on the main...

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

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

The soon-to-launch Boomin portal has signed up a national firm and now claims to have recruited 40 per cent of the...

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...

Reapit has named Mark Armstrong as the new chief executive officer, the post occupied by the high profile and popular Gary...

The Boomin portal, which incentivises agents to cross-sell and benefit from referral fees, is to receive advice on fee disclosure from...

The new property portal Boomin has revealed its fees structure for agents. Tapping into the industry debate over portal fees, Boomin describes...

The soon-to-launch portal Boomin - set up by the people who founded Purplebricks- has signed another 10 independent agents. They are all...

Property is considered to be a safe investment. The buy-to-let market is booming, fuelled by a generation unable to get on...

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...

Fledgling portal Boomin - launching later this month - has announced another 10 independent regional agencies as founder members. This includes its...

Boomin is to levy a traditional monthly fee for estate and letting agents listing on the site, in line with other...

Advanced information released today about Boomin suggests it will seek a much closer relationship with agents than existing portals, with lifetime...

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

OnTheMarket has handed out more shares to agencies signing long-term agreements with the portal. It was almost three years ago that OTM, then...

Yet-to-launch portal Boomin has secured the support of 10 more estate agencies, one of them the national chain Humberts. In its third...

One of the latest 10 agents joining the still-to-launch Boomin portal says it could be the go-to website for all property...

Boomin, the still-to-launch portal created by the founders of Purplebricks, has named another 10 founding member agencies. Like the initial 10 they...

The senior management from four of the agencies announced as founding members of Boomin have spoken out in favour of the...

The new Boomin portal being launched shortly has named 10 high profile agency chains as founding members. The 10 give the new portal...

Agents Together, the wellbeing and mentorship service which came into existence earlier this year, is launching what it calls a Redundancy...

A PropTech platform wants to find out agents’ views on a range of industry issues - and that includes whether they...

One of the founders of Purplebricks, and now a founder of the portal Boomin, has been awarded an MBE in today’s...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has admitted that getting the number one portal to change its fee structure “may take...

Boomin, the new portal being set up by the founders of Purplebricks, is holding a series of confidential webinars next week...

The frenzied housing market and the uncertain wider economic outlook during the pandemic have combined to lead to a surge in...

The portal  set up by Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny Bruce has revealed it's recruited Rightmove and Zoopla personnel and intends...

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

Property portal Boomin has been "courted by a range of potential backers" according to Sky News. The news service - which has...

One of the most experienced British estate agents says the new portal Boomin - expected to launch next month, October -...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has given a thumbs up to the new Boomin listings service created by the brothers...

Zoopla has revealed details of its biggest ever marketing campaign in a bid to cash in on agents’ growing dissatisfaction with...

The housing market is still booming according to data released by the National Association of Estate Agents Propertymark - although the...

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

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...

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

We are facing a new world in the lettings industry, with the proportion of households in the private rented sector (PRS)...

Everyone thought John Bercow was short. It probably didn’t help that I was on stage just before him. 5ft 6 versus...

The listings website Home, which conducts a monthly survey of asking prices and wider market monitors, is reporting a show 10...

House prices have remained roughly stagnant according to the latest figures produced by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land...

A new housing market survey paints a bleaker picture than that from Rightmove earlier this week - and instead speaks of...

The former chief executive of Emoov says he has the answer to Foxtons’ current downbeat performance - it should exploit its...

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

The chief executive of online agency HouseSimple says “sellers need to be prepared and willing to lower their expectations” in the current...

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

If agents want to get into what looks like a guaranteed growth sector, retirement properties might just be the one if...

The retirement housing sector has increased its market share considerably in the last two years, creating a 'perfect storm' for estate...

The fast-growing Leaders Romans Group now looks set to grow its new homes business. Alison Guyton, currently Leaders’ head of marketing with...

The housing market may appear sluggish at best in many areas but data from Rightmove suggests it’s now quicker to sell...

A London independent says it has doubled its valuations so far this year and is opening a new office, despite the...

A prominent agent admits to being “disappointed” at what appears to be slowing mortgage figures at a time of year when...

Being featured in newspapers, magazines and websites, as well as on radio and TV, can be a great way to build...

Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

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

While buy-to-let lenders brace themselves for further interventions as part of proposals currently being drawn up by the Prudential Regulation Authority...