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

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have revealed their latest bids to keep agent support. Rightmove is launching an extensive redesign of property details pages, after...

The Guild of Property Professionals is relaunching its online auction brand - Guild Auctions - even though it has already successfully...

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

Agents have long been the victim of a poor public reputation, from scoring highly in most disliked profession polls to being...

A new director has been appointed at Fine & Country charged with achieving the corporate goal of “becoming the largest premium...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

Fine & Country has announced it signed a string of agencies to its brand during lockdown. Most F&C agents members are High...

Purplebricks has revealed that its new board member is one of the world’s leading digital executives.  Dr Stephanie Caspar is the new...

A new analysis of corporate estate agencies’ social media followings and websites shows the big winners to be Savills, Foxtons and...

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

Butters John Bee, one of the oldest agency brands in the UK, is the latest part of the Spicerhaart group to...

The chief executive of the UK operation of a US-owned brand says his agency its the fastest growing in this country...

The EweMove hybrid agency has been singled out for special praise in a trading statement from its parent company, which also...

Difference should be celebrated. But in our industry it rarely is. I was on the board of a large corporate where...

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...

The online agency Housesimple has rebranded to become 'Strike' with immediate effect. The news comes as a surprise given the apparent success...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jon Horton, Product director of sales progression platform, mio What does...

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

The founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, has this morning revealed his new project to be called Launch B - and he...

The advertising and sponsorship links between Purplebricks and Team GB have won the agency a silver medal according to a leading...

One of the many free-to-list portals now vying for attention is offering agents six months free access to a platform boasting...

The Andrew Grant regional estate agency brand is “very much alive” despite the firm which bore the name losing 54 jobs...

A London agency says it’s seen over 30 new agents join its hub franchise operation during the lockdown, taking the total...

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of  branches closing - but there are...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

The chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents, Mark Hayward, is to retire at the end of this year.  The...

Haart - one of the brands owned by Spicerhaart, which laid off staff in the first hours of the pandemic -...

Purplebricks is starting a new wave of TV advertisements today, continuing its theme from earlier this year as a sponsor of...

A brand and marketing strategic who also ran one of the country’s most successful lettings agencies for a decade has said...

One of the highest profile and most widely respected figures in the British property industry has died suddenly. He was 72. Tony...

Revenue for The Property Franchise Group was hit by 20 per cent cent thanks for the lockdown - but sales listings...

The new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group says he anticipates his company’s hybrid arm - EweMove - will go...

The latest branch of Fine & Country says it intends to expand both its premises and its workforce by the end...

Midlands regional chain Andrew Grant, which last year closed some branches as it moved to a ‘hub’ structure, appears to have...

The phrase ‘game-changer’ has been hugely overused. But when applied to how Covid-19 is changing the way estate agents will work...

A hybrid agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched has announced a recruitment drive and expansion in...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has set out strategy suggestions for independent agents facing steep portal bills. A 10-page document reveals...

US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...

A free webinar is taking place this week to show how agents can list properties on Facebook Marketplace. The event, hosted by...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

If you are an established UK estate agent, the status quo dictates that you will most likely work for ‘the man.’ Corporate...

Russell Jervis, who spent 33 years at Spicerhaart rising to managing director before quitting late last year, has re-emerged this morning...

There’s no doubt we’re in a less-than-rosy phase of the property cycle. This, however, is not another doom and gloom piece:...

The Property Franchise Group - parent company of six agency brands including EweMove and Martin & Co - says all of...

Lets Bid works in partnership with a variety of Estate Agents across the Uk from big franchise brands like Winkworth /...

The man who has been Rightmove’s head of innovation for the past five years has joined an online agency. Hannes Buhrmann has...

A senior property lawyer is to set up a franchise agency which he describes as embracing the best of the High...

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

A well-known saying in estate agency is that first-time buyers are the sellers of the future. If we believe this to...

Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...

The combined market share of agencies in the Guild of Property Professionals is now higher even than it was at the...

Dominic Cummings has been at worst a cause of huge anger to a nation that’s already extremely anxious. At best, he’s been...

The well-known chief executive of Fine & Country, David Lindley, is standing down. An announcement from the agency came late this morning...

A specialist legal advisory service is urging conveyancers to use the reopening of the housing market as an opportunity to increase...

Letting agents up and down the country have undoubtedly felt the financial strain added by the outbreak of COVID19. Whilst this will continue,...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign is to hold a seminar for agents who have already left the portal or are...

It’s been revealed that the home moving advice service set up by Phil Spencer is entering a collaboration with awards and...

Veteran estate agency owner Paul Rooney has again featured as the most wealthy individual agency owner in the annual Sunday Times...

The fallout from Covid-19 has hit everyone hard. With breaking news today that agents are able to look at how to...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

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

A third of agencies say at least some of their staff will be working from home permanently when the Coronavirus pandemic...

An instant valuation service has launched a new tool aimed at helping agents prioritise leads through prospective vendors uploading photographs to...

Since my last column in April, one could argue that very little has changed for agents in terms of the market...

We all know the world has gone digital—nothing new there. Every time you jump online, you’re one of 4.5 billion internet...

Gareth Samples has been confirmed as the new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group, stepping into the role on Thursday...

Fine & Country says now is “a great time” for estate agents to go upmarket and become “the luxury agent” in...

The OneDome and Nethouseprices websites claim to have seen a surge in agents joining in recent weeks as an alternative to...

Purplebricks chief financial officer James Davies has resigned. His place has been taken by Andrew Botha, who has joined from the online...

An estate agency that runs its own TV shows via YouTube has launched a second season featuring local companies, amenities and...

Three more agencies have signed up to the ESTAS customer review platform. The arrival of Newton Fallowell, Lovelle and Goodchilds - all...

As the impact of coronavirus unfolds, we are in constant conversations with customers to understand the challenges they’re facing and to...

An online estate agency which has described the Coronavirus pandemic as “a disrupter and game changer” for the agency industry says...

I won't be the first or last person to say that society and the property industry in which we operate is...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...

Based on our historical data over twenty years of nationwide operation and a survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, we estimate...

One of the industry’s leading automated valuation services says it’s running at approaching 1,000 leads a day for agents even during...

The ESTAS has launched a new tool which it says will help agents get in pole position for when the market...

Staff and senior management at a large franchise company running a string of major High Street agency brands are taking voluntary...

Two property portals insist they’re going to launch this spring despite the Coronavirus chaos effectively closing down much of the housing...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

In response to the current coronavirus pandemic, which is having such an impact on all parts of life, including the property...

A hybrid agency says the Coronavirus is a “disrupter and game changer” for the industry and is wanting agents keen to...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...

A senior figure in the industry has spoken out against the shock sackings and branch closures announced by Spicerhaart. Jon Cooke, chief...

We all know how stressful buying a home is, whether it’s your very first step onto the ladder or your final...

Countrywide shares fell by just over 30 per cent yesterday as the stock market blood-letting continued for property stocks. The value fell 30.86...

A key figure behind the setting up of Foxtons has been named as the new chief executive of one of the...

Property expert Phil Spencer will soon be sharing his unique insight into Move iQ’s engaged consumer audience alongside advice from other...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to give guidance to agents on how to run their businesses remotely.  Chief executive Iain McKenzie...

Nested is the latest online agency to base a marketing campaign around criticism of established estate agents.  In three 30-second TV ads...

Your business may be growing quicker than you could ever imagine which is great when it comes to raising brand awareness....

There’s been another shortlist announced for The ESTAS 2020 - this time for the best suppliers to the estate and letting...

LSL Property Services says the Coronavirus crisis has led to a softening of "lead sales indicators" - and it warns of...

Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry. You know the drill by now: if...

Keller Williams has announced another new market centre, and this time its operating principal is a former Purplebricks territory owner.  JP Downes...

Agents are consistently being told that they need to get on board with change. And one could quite easily make the...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

A PropTech website has broken down the sales recorded by HM Land Registry in 2019 into property types - and apartments...

The property management industry is evolving at a rapid pace, thanks almost entirely to the rise in PropTech. Hundreds, if not thousands...

Buyers and sellers using online estate agencies could inadvertently sign contracts if they carelessly use email signature blocks. Blocks are the ‘auto-signatures’...

An estate agent who has himself made the move from the High Street to a hybrid operation has urged anyone in...

An estate agent has sold a home off-market by posting teaser photographs on Instagram.  The buyer - who was in the French...

Some of the biggest figures in the industry have given Estate Agent Today their reaction to the news - broken yesterday...

Boydens, a seven branch family-owned business that dates back to 1852, has become the latest agency to join Zoopla. It will list...

Sky News claims that Countrywide and LSL Property Services are discussing a merger to become a £500m super-agency.  In an exclusive it...

Why should agencies leave voicemail in the last decade and make 2020 the year to invest in a more modern solution? Voicemail...

A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites - especially Rightmove - are contributing to estate agencies...

A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has revealed that it has recruited over 50 agents in its first...

Estate agency Chestertons has named the new chief operating officer for the roll out of its UK and Europe franchising operation. Some...

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

This week I fly to Spain to present at a conference called Immotechnia. I am opening the conference with a 45-minute...

A number of estate agents have recently received phishing emails, fraudulently claiming to be from the main portals and trying to...

An online valuation service says the number of leads it generated for agents in January was over double the figure in...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week - and it’s been a frantic seven days since the last...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

Fine & Country has introduced a self-employed agency business model to be run by well-known former Property Academy chief Nicky Stevenson. The...

The Property Franchise Group - which owns Martin & Co, EweMove and three other brands - is to have a former...

Zoopla has published a startling set of statistics to demonstrate what it calls “a record January with significant growth in delivery...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of the most senior figures in Countrywide’s upmarket John D Wood and Hampton International brands...

The head of SEO at Rightmove has defected to a rival portal, Residential People. Farhaad Saleh was responsible for all of Rightmove's...

The Federation of Independent Agents has revealed the names of a string of new member companies from across the UK. Founder Graham...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

The ‘on-demand’ economy is reshaping our world. The way we order food, get around, and even access healthcare has changed irreversibly...

The people behind an online valuation service is warning agents that having a widget on their website is not enough by...

Unfortunately for consumers, buying and selling properties is rarely plain sailing. But fortunately for agents, this provides you with an opportunity to...

Welcome to the first February PJT. As the year progresses the industry embarks on more appointments, especially with a market that’s...

For a very long time, it was one of the best ways – if not the best way – of generating...

Mystery surrounds a historic agency that has ceased trading after 235 years in business - even though its website is still...

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its debut last year with teams from the property sector makes a welcome return...

Understanding the customer journey plays a huge role in the success of any estate agent. From that very first viewing right through...

LSL Property Services, which embarked on a significant branch closure programme last year, has reported a 16 per cent slump in...

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...

It's been confirmed that Humberts has been sold for an undisclosed amount to a consortium of franchisees - and that the...

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...

The ValPal Network claims its new product allows agents to gather the maximum amount of information from customers using its automated...

Following on from the second half of the last decade, the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit mad...

Six common ‘crimes of modern-day call handling’ are blighting UK estate and letting agencies and hampering their growth, reputation and profitability. These...

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

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...

The Property Franchise Group - which operates five High Street agency brands and the EweMove hybrid - has set up a...

A hybrid estate agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched says it aims to recruit 25 agents...

Hello and welcome to the first PJT of 2020 - a new decade and, for many, a time of new opportunities. We’re always...

There’s been a long-term trend of growing numbers of Londoners quitting the capital to afford a home elsewhere - and typically...

In six years of editing Estate Agent Today, some of my most dramatic moments have been covering the troubles - some...

The tussle for New Build listings between Zoopla and OnTheMarket has swung in favour of the former this morning with the...

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

Nicky Stevenson, formerly the managing director of the Property Academy, has quit hybrid agency Keller Williams UK after just eight months. Stevenson’s...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...

First things first, a big happy New Year to everyone. Welcome to 2020! It looks set to be another interesting year...

It's been two years since the SDL Group launched its franchise block management business, SDL Property Partners, the first of its...

Zoopla is launching a new eight week marketing campaign on Boxing Day - and Estate Agent Today has an exclusive look at...

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...

Connells has confirmed that it has closed two branches in Dorset in the south west of England, in addition to the...

We’re nearing the end of another year in which many agents have faced challenging times and a frustrating market hit by...

An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...

A  husband and wife team have bought the franchise for EweMove in York. Local media in the area say Jonathan and Elly...

The ESTAS, the national customer service awards recognising the best agents, brokers and suppliers, closes for entry at the end of...

The troubled London agency Foxtons says its fleet of branded Minis will go electric - but it has generously set itself...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

Outsourcing important business functions such as marketing, HR and IT to attract cost savings, leverage expertise and gain greater competitive advantage is...

A new tie-up between Coadjute, a network for decentralised workflow and data sharing within the property industry, and banks including NatWest...

OnTheMarket’s TV advert, promoting its ‘New & exclusive’ feature, will be back on screens from Boxing Day ahead of what it calls a...

Century 21 UK has made what it claims to be the largest acquisition in its history, snapping up an independent agency...

A leading estate agent has urged others in the industry to follow his example and make local TV programmes to build...

The relaunched easyProperty hybrid agency is to rely exclusively on local marketing to drive awareness and customers, and not follow the...

Hello and welcome to PJT: even with little more than a fortnight before Christmas it seems there are still plenty of...

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

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

Countrywide has this morning revealed that its special general meeting of shareholders to agree the sale of its commercial arm will...

The dispute between controversial online estate agency Emoov and the Advertising Standards Authority is rumbling on.  In the first half of November...

The man who founded Zoopla is now a second hand car salesman - but with a digital difference. Alex Chesterman, who founded...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where and why across our...

Cash-strapped Countrywide has this morning announced that it is selling its commercial business, Lambert Smith Hampton, for £38m. In a surprise statement...

A sales and lettings agency in the Cotswolds has taken on a fleet of fully electric company cars. The Volkswagen eGolfs selected...

London’s specialist mews estate agency, Lurot Brand, is opening a new office in the capital.  Established in 1971 and widely regarded as...

A report from Countrywide says the proportion of homes in Great Britain bought with cash fell to a mere 28 per...

Rightmove has this morning named Andrew Fisher as its non-executive chairman, stepping into the role on January 1.  He succeed Scott Forbes,...

The Property Franchise Group has issued a trading statement that is upbeat on lettings but warns that the sales market has...

The Great Debate over the charges levied on agents by portals and the huge profits that Rightmove and Zoopla make has...

A Connells’ agency brand arguably best known because of legal action by OnTheMarket is to open its 21st office. Cheshire property consultancy...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

The competition is hotting up between Zoopla and OnTheMarket for new homes listings. Today Zoopla has revealed that it has seen a...

A sales agency based in Warrington and set up originally to market new homes in Manchester is now expanding into Shanghai...

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

Two separate former High Street estate agents have sung the praise of switching to the hybrid business model. Appleby’s in Gloucestershire is...

Mark Bentley, the immediate past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has become the highest profile agent yet to...

Hello, we hope you had a good weekend, and welcome to Monday - as ever, Property Jobs Today time, bringing you...

Zoopla says it now offers the fastest listings search of all three leading UK property portals on mobile devices. In turn, it...

Belvoir has struck an innovative eight-year exclusivity agreement with Dacres, the 20 office estate agency network based in Yorkshire, to deliver...

You’ve probably heard about unified communications (UC) before. But why are your competitors and other organisations moving towards centralised comms platforms? What are...

This line is one that I use a lot in my speeches and presentations, often as part of the final slide. I...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Jason Wilson, mio Account Manager What is mio and what does...

Relocation Agent Network has revealed a new competition in which member agents can win tip to £5,000. RAN currently offers four customer...

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Milton Rodosthenous, Director of Equity and Capital & LetsBid Property.  What...

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

Countrywide’s upmarket brand Hamptons International is urging all owners of homes with septic tanks to prepare for new regulations that kick...

Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...

One of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or freelance agents operating under the same...

Enhanced customer care strategies, relationship-building schemes, cost-cutting measures and new revenue streams can’t help the lettings industry if the fundamental underlying...

It was in this very column, back in July, when I wrote about how the British government was starting to take...

Zoopla has unveiled new functionality that it claims will make searching for new homes easier for consumers - and resumes the...

A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has told Estate Agent Today that its recruitment schedule is running “well...

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

There has been a real wind of change in estate agency and over the last 18 months we have seen the...

The US-based real estate firm Keller Williams says it is aiming to be this country’s leading agency training organisation. Ben Taylor, who...

A relatively new company which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents says it...

There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s 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...

England rugby fans will have been disappointed to find out that Saturday's planned World Cup group stage clash with France in...

Property portal Zoopla has hired a new creative agency to help it reach its goal of becoming the UK's 'number one...

OnTheMarket has this morning posted its latest results to the stock market. The portal reports that 2,346 branches had converted to full-paying...

The boss of a 15+ branch estate agency group has explained how he thinks regulation could 'ruin' the estate agency industry. Simon...

An estate agency based in Cumbria has rebranded to Hunters following a management buyout. Cumberland Estate Agents has been purchased by its...

Property portal OnTheMarket has thrown down the challenge to Rightmove by launching two new features for its listing agents. The first, Market...

The new managing director of easyProperty claims the hybrid agency will be targeting branch managers and senior negotiators who think they...

The ValPal Network, which consists of over 800 agency brands with more than 4,000 offices, has launched a new product which...

Welcome back to Property Jobs Today - your Monday roundup of all the latest employment news from the industry. If you have...

An independent agency has partnered with high-end firm Fine & Country after its own brand reached a 'glass ceiling'. Home Truths Sales...

It may only be October 4, but temperatures have already started to drop this week as preparations for winter begin. As we...

It never rains but it pours. And that’s certainly been the case for the online estate agency sector in the last...

Countrywide says London agency Greene & Co, acquired back in May 2015, will become ‘fully immersed’ into its Hamptons International brand...

Leaders Romans says it has won new funding to acquire more agencies.  “We have made no secret of the group’s intention to...

How can estate and letting agents nurture leads who aren't ready to sell or let a property instantly? It's a question many...

Picture this: You have finally pushed that sale or purchase through, which means your client is over the moon and happy...

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

All eyes are on Japan for the Rugby World Cup beginning this weekend…but there’s still time for our industry to raise...

‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Simon Trippett – Partner at The Property Centre. What services...

A hybrid estate and lettings agency operating currently in Manchester, Liverpool and others parts of the north of England has told...

A banking company used by OnTheMarket has issued a note to its investor clients claiming the portal “arguably beats its peers...

Connells Group has announced its acquisition of an independent Cambridgeshire agency - and it says it’s on the look out for...

A comprehensive report into the changing complexion of the High Street suggests that some 143 estate agents’ offices closed in the...

The independent Seel and Co, one of Cardiff’s and Wales’ oldest independent agencies and auction houses, has been acquired by Jeffrey...

One of the biggest changes seen in the property market over the last decade is technology growth. With the likes of Rightmove...

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...

A free-to-list portal says it’s an ideal way to capture potential leads so as to augment agents’ client databases that have...

Barratt Developments’ three consumer brands - Barratt Homes, David Wilson Homes and Barratt London - are the first developers to list...

The parent company of franchised hybrid estate agency EweMove says that experienced estate agents outperform inexperienced franchisees - but only for...

Three former online estate agency founders - including the controversial Russell Quirk - are going into mainstream full fee agency. They are...

One of the country’s largest regional estate and lettings agencies has now fully rejoined Zoopla. Yorkshire-based Dacre, Son & Hartley brings its...

In the old days an agent would procure clients based upon their position in the high street, the size of the...

OnTheMarket TV adverts return on Monday with what the portal calls “a refreshed version” giving more prominence to its ‘new and...

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

We daren’t mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday before…well, Christmas.  Let’s hope agents and suppliers have an opportunity to...

Rightmove’s blog suggests that pro-standard photos can increase enquiries by up to four times, but how do you make great photos? You...

Online estate agency Housesimple has appointed a company to handle its public relations and social media as it rolls it its...

It’s that time again. Each year I take a look at newspaper readership - not from the angle of journalists, but...

A free-to-list property portal says that contrary to opinion within parts of the agency industry, the more portals there are the...

Countrywide’s branch closure programme, shrouded in secrecy even to shareholders, may have involved shutting 250 offices according to an insider. The individual...

This week, you find me in Italy. Now that we’ve entered that languid month of August, where all of real estate...

A newspaper claims that a crowdfunding site used by some estate agencies and other property industry companies has suspended trading on...

Zoopla is mining data from users of its website to target sellers on Facebook and Instagram, producing leads and making it unnecessary for agencies to...

The owners of four branches of a franchise agency in Berkshire have launched a new office in the county, just over...

After months of difficulties and closures for many online and hybrid estate agencies, EweMove claims to have bucked the trend. In a...

Online estate agency EasyProperty has been acquired by a firm with the backing of Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. easyProperty has been sold by the eProp...

1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...

Nicky Stevenson has had a very varied and interesting career in property. She started out as a lettings negotiator for Nicholas...

Rightmove’s half year figures this morning continue to show strong growth in profits and revenue - but there are the first...

One of the earliest property websites, nethouseprices.com, has been acquired by fledgling property portal OneDome.  Nethouseprices was set up in 2004 and...

Seven in 10 agents fail to use video or YouTube to assist in their marketing according to an analysis by free-to-list...

The chief executive of Hunters franchise operation, Glynis Frew, says online estate agencies have given the industry two ‘positives’ - but...

An online agency which last autumn said it wanted to have as much as a three per cent market share of...

In a marketplace as competitive as the property industry, you may think that generating leads is the most important focus for...

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...

It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...

Two Countrywide brands have joined forces to launch Airspace Exchange – a service to push the idea of constructing homes and...

The PropTech era is changing the way in which employees decide where they are going to work. As CBRE has discovered in...

Jamie Lester, the London estate agent who starred in The Apprentice almost a decade ago, has set up a property industry...

The new owners of Emoov have confirmed that 70 previous customers have opted to re-list their homes with the firm since it...

The new chief executive of Purplebricks believes hybrid agents could win '20-30% market share' in the UK. Vic Darvey, who replaced Michael...

Fine & Country, the international network of prime estate agencies, has this week announced the opening of two new offices. The first...

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

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

 – use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...

Hello and welcome to both this week’s PJT and welcome to July. It may be summer and Wimbledon time, but there’s no...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

Purplebricks has released figures which appear to show it is one of the most successful agencies - or perhaps THE most...