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![Murray Lee – Say No To Rightmove has sadly stalled, but OTM offers agents hope](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
A leading figure in the Say No To Rightmove (STNR) campaign says the attempts to get agents to ditch Rightmove have...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: interview with Michael Bruce - 'why Boomin is not just another portal'](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
With Boomin nearly turning one, I decided to catch up with Michael Bruce, the co-founder of the property website and more...
26 March 2022
From: Features
![The mistakes we made at Purplebricks - by the Bruce brothers](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-TeamGB-Board-400x310.jpg)
Michael and Kenny Bruce have for the first time given their views on what went wrong for Purplebricks during their time...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Video exclusive - the Bruce brothers reveal all on Purplebricks and Boomin](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Interview-Speaker-400x310.jpg)
In this exclusive for Estate Agent Today readers, video supremo and property expert Chris Watkin conducts an interview with the Bruce...
19 March 2022
From: Features
![Boomin claims large uptick in usage since Christmas](/upload/images/Logos/Boomin-TV-400x310.jpg)
The Bruce brothers’ new portal Boomin has given its first statistics regarding usage following the launch of a new marketing campaign...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the A-Z of property for 2021](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...
18 December 2021
From: Features
![Six Things We DIDN’T See In 2021](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Homes-MaginifyingGlass-400x310.jpg)
We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...
11 December 2021
From: Features
![Controversial football boss links with Bruce Brothers and Boomin](/upload/images/Logos/BoominVoicesPodcast-400x310.jpg)
An England football manager who resigned after a newspaper sting is in a podcast series launched by Boomin and Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: half-year review – what has 2021 brought so far?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...
31 July 2021
From: Features
![Boomin names Bruce brothers’ charity chief as portal strategy leader](/img/default/eat.png)
Sarah Edmundson, the chief executive of the Agents Together charity - set up by the Bruce brothers, Michael and Kenny -...
23 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket’s crunch date for agent membership](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket is to release its full year performance figures to shareholders on June 8. This will be for its trading year to January...
21 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![State of the property nation survey – what did we discover?](/img/default/eat.png)
Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Boomin - What’s the verdict?](/img/default/eat.png)
The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...
03 April 2021
From: Features
![Portal Wars: Boomin’s early launch and Zoopla’s membership surge](/img/default/eat.png)
The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sarah Edmundson – how Agents Together is helping the industry to talk](/img/default/eat.png)
Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - is working from anywhere the future for UK estate agency?](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...
13 March 2021
From: Features
![Boomin’s Michael Bruce says: “We’re ready to launch”](/img/default/eat.png)
The Bruce brothers’ latest project, Boomin, is “ready to launch” some two months after it was expected to see the light...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Independent agents not yet convinced about Boomin - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
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 signs up another 15 independents ahead of delayed launch](/img/default/eat.png)
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
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Boomin signs another two agencies - more to be named soon](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![OnTheMarket revamp under highly-paid new chief executive](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Michael Bruce bats away accusation of “bullying tactics”](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![2020 - The year of Boomin?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Boomin portal reveals how agents will be charged for listings](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Industry Redundancies: Agents Together launches support programme](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Autumn 2020 - seven things to watch](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Secret portal from Purplebricks founders wins praise from Rightmove critics](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Nothing wrong with 'Commisery' says unrepentant Michael Bruce](/img/default/eat.png)
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 reveal new project to re-enter the agency industry](/img/default/eat.png)
The brothers who founded Purplebricks - Michael and Kenny Bruce - have returned to the agency industry for the first time...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks in Canada - is it the agency’s secret success story?](/img/default/eat.png)
Controversy and Purplebricks have gone hand in hand since the agency was first launched in 2012, through its float on the...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Countrywide complainers ‘betray those who stayed loyal’ - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
Former Countrywide employees who take to social media or the mainstream press to criticise the company are betraying those who remained...
02 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: has Purplebricks' bubble now officially burst?](/img/default/eat.png)
Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...
18 May 2019
From: Features
![Pssst! Derek! Now you can get your home marketed for free...](/img/default/eat.png)
Online estate agencies are the centre of attention right now - but one of them seems to be seeking publicity in...
15 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Was this the week the agency industry changed for good?](/img/default/eat.png)
I’ve been in France for the past few days and depending on your viewpoint, I made a spectacularly good or singularly...