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Marketing expert Simon Leadbetter has recommended that Purplebricks absorb its owner’s brand to consolidate its market position.  Leadbetter, former group marketing director...

One of the most valuable, most successful and most recognisable brands worldwide is Coca-Cola. And we have all wondered, at least...

Zoopla has teamed up with homelessness charity Crisis to help campaign for reform of housing benefits and to tackle the affordable...

EweMove managing director Nick Neill has set out plans to double the size of the franchise network by 2025 as the brand’s...

As a character from a fairly well-known TV show once said, winter is coming and we’re all contemplating where 2021 has...

One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...

The biggest challenge facing many agents in the current climate is the general shortage of stock, both for sales & lettings. Let’s...

Zoopla has revealed a multi-million-pound programme of future developments which have taken 18 months to finalise. Chief executive Charlie Bryant has told...

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

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT.  Everyone here let us know about their jobs news by emailing press@estateagenttoday.co.uk - please do...

Every day thousands of estate agency boards are erected across the UK. Even in the digital age the board remains one...

Google celebrated its 20th birthday last month. Yes, it might be hard to recall a time when it wasn’t integral in...

The latest figures from Purplebricks, contained within the agency’s annual report released this week, claim that 81 per cent of its...

For many estate agents seeking to become entrepreneurs, the idea of starting their own business is undoubtedly daunting, especially when going...

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...

For my latest Property Natter I have sought the opinions of two well-known property consultants - Michael Day, managing director of...

Good branding is absolutely crucial to any successful business or product, even more so in a world of social media, instant...

It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. When the idea behind the world wide...

Research conducted for Zoopla Property Group claims its own Zoopla portal has a higher level of ‘spontaneous awareness’ than Rightmove amongst...

It’s time to take a pause, to reflect and put into context—and what a year it has been for our industry...

Purplebricks is very easily the most recognisable online estate agency, according to a survey of 1,300 home owners by respected polling...

Research commissioned by Zoopla claims it remains the property portal in the UK with the highest spontaneous national consumer brand awareness. The...

The annual RESI conference, usually dominated by developers and debates over housebuilding totals, is this year to include a discussion on...