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![Self employed brand reveals more agencies signing up](/upload/images/shutterstock_2197519793.jpg)
Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has named a second wave of estate agencies to adopt its new business model. The brand’s ‘brokerage’...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Jonathan Rolande: Those not already in lettings should look into it urgently](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
In his latest column Jonathan Rolande explains how those working in the property can best navigate the challenges the market is...
18 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Could stricter regulation mean higher fees? A marketer explains….](/upload/images/__thumbs/2%20weekend%20features%20-%20could%20stricter%20regulations%20mean%20higher%20fees%20by%20Simon%20Leadbetter.jpg/2%20weekend%20features%20-%20could%20stricter%20regulations%20mean%20higher%20fees%20by%20Simon%20Leadbetter__399x266.jpg)
I'll start with a confession. I am not an estate agent - I'm a marketer. But since I joined the industry...
09 September 2023
From: Features
![Warning To Agents - House price falls to continue into 2024](/upload/images/shutterstock_2036243708.jpg)
The Halifax is warning that house price falls will continue into 2024. It cautions that price drops will be “gradual, rather than...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Some self-employed agency models act like cults - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_1591427464.jpg)
Self-employed models have a place in estate agency but there is a risk of some becoming ‘cultish,’ a senior industry figure...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![EA Masters hits the road with agency masterplan](/upload/images/E-%20Agents.jpg)
The team behind the Best Estate Agent Guide is set to host an inaugural series of roadshows. The EA Masters team is...
16 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today - Is technology beefing up ready for the future of auctions?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/PropTech%20.jpg)
The auction market has changed drastically with many business owners accepting that face to face auctions are in some cases, no...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents back licensing schemes in 'optimistic' industry survey](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Survey-image400x310.png)
Agents remain positive about the prospects for their business and the property market despite talk of slowing house price growth and...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![A smart acquisition: Vouch and Goodlord 18 months on](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransaction-400x310.jpg)
In July 2020, two leading lettings technology disruptors - Vouch and Goodlord - announced that they were going into partnership. Now,...
02 April 2022
From: Features
![A message to agents? Third of self-employed worse off than in 2019](/upload/images/library/OfficeWorker-400x310.jpg)
The findings of a new survey may make worrying reading for agents who have taken the self-employed route as agency business...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Can Virtual Assistants help agents work in the New Normal?](/upload/images/library/VirtualViewing-Agent-400x310.jpg)
The changes to the business models of agents have been turbo-charged by the pandemic - and that makes the industry ripe...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Falling market share for online agencies - are they doomed to fail?](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropertyOnline-400x310.jpg)
The market share of hybrid and online agents has fallen again, this time to 6.7 per cent. That figure - taken at...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![New Year Message - ‘Breaking Through in 22’](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Plans-400x310.png)
The past two years have been a whirlwind of change, challenges and chance. The main catalyst has clearly been the pandemic...
08 January 2022
From: Features
![Phil Spencer - Now is the perfect time to reassess your agency](/upload/images/library/PhilSpencer-MoveIQ-EATLAT-400x310.jpg)
Christmas - time for a much-needed rest for our industry after getting through a workload which reached almost unprecedented levels in...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks faces legal action from agents over holiday and pension pay](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
A claims firm wants to commence proceedings against online estate agency companies such as Purplebricks and Yopa. It's on behalf of thousands...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive: £5m to be spent on self-employed agents in 100 areas](/upload/images/Logos/NestedLogo-2020-400x310.jpg)
An online operator called Nested is to spend £5m to promote the self-employed estate agency concept in 100 parts of the...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Blow for self-employed agents as survey shows financial crisis](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennial-Tenant-Kitchen-400x310.jpg)
A survey conducted by a bank suggests that over half of the self-employed sector of the economy believes its financial position...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Can an agent REALLY earn £100k a year (by watching 22 videos)?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-20-400x310.jpg)
An agent promoting self-employed business models has launched a course showing how estate agents can earn £100,000 per year. The set of...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Interview with Matt Ratliff, CTO at Sort Group](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Matt Ratliff, Chief Technology Officer of Sort Group. How has your...
07 July 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Self-Employed Surge - agency has 100 new applicants since January](/img/default/eat.png)
A company which was once an early adopter of using a central resource for self-employed agents working under its name, says...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Is flexibility key in auction partnerships?](/img/default/eat.png)
Whilst it was once seen as a way to sell niche or run-down properties, auction is now a mainstream method of...
05 May 2021
From: Features
![PropTech Today: Farewell – what we’ve learnt and where do we go next?](/img/default/eat.png)
I have written this column for over four years. I started writing it at a time when no-one really knew anything...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Chris Summers, Head of Franchising at Century21 UK](/img/default/eat.png)
1. How would you say Century 21 franchisees have adapted to the challenges during 2020? If someone had told me at the...
06 January 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Agency launches new business models to attract agents hit by Covid](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agency group has launched new franchise business models to help those in the industry impacted by Covid-19. Century 21 UK...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![How can PropTech adapt within an uncertain market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Ever since the initial ripples of innovation in the 1990s, PropTech has proceeded to reshape our market beyond recognition; going on...
19 December 2020
From: Features
![Self-employed agents thrive - if they work harder than before](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading enthusiast of the self-employed agency business model says even in these challenging times people can make a success of...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer: Conveyancing - don't battle what you can't control](/img/default/eat.png)
We can all agree that the recovery of the property market since May has been outstanding. The latest data from Zoopla...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agencies’ ‘hub’ business model may apply in other industries](/img/default/eat.png)
The so-called hub model of estate agency adopted by a growing number of firms appears to be part of a wider...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: the challenge with iBuyers](/img/default/eat.png)
Recently, when giving speeches, I have discussed investment trends and industry trends that the built environment is experiencing. They are quite...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today - why do PropTech companies fail?](/img/default/eat.png)
I was giving an interview this week for an upcoming conference - yet another to convert from a physical to a...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Another self-employed agency model boasts of 100 new recruits](/img/default/eat.png)
The battle between rival self-employed agent business models continues apace with eXp UK - set up last autumn - announcing it...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - latest moves in and across our industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT, the industry’s summary of new movers. Of course many agencies are reassessing their...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: why don't agents encourage people to swap not sell?](/img/default/eat.png)
I want to talk to you about new ways to sell homes. Let's not encourage people to sell but just swap...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove has nothing to fear but Rightmove itself](/img/default/eat.png)
It must have been a close thing on Friday as to whose faces were looking the most glum - those at...
08 August 2020
From: Features
![We’re the fastest growing agency in UK, boasts US-owned firm](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of the UK operation of a US-owned brand says his agency its the fastest growing in this country...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Virus made us abandon branches for hubs, says agency](/img/default/eat.png)
A regional agency in the east of England says the Coronavirus lockdown working environment has made it rethink its structure -...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: On the offensive - why aren't you giving it all away for free?](/img/default/eat.png)
I was asked a question by a German journalist yesterday. What is the biggest lesson German and European PropTech founders can...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Settled - people miss the point about failure](/img/default/eat.png)
I recently read the news about Settled closing its doors. As of 6.29am on Tuesday morning, the article had been read by 8,642...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Company gurus to advise agents on new strategies post-Covid](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agency is running a series of five webinars aimed at helping agent discover new business strategies for the post-Covid...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Virus crisis will drive more agents to become self-employed - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the industry’s highest profile figures has suggested the Coronavirus crisis could trigger many more agents becoming self-employed. Nicky Stevenson -...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Agency mergers and new business models](/img/default/eat.png)
What an interesting few days it’s been. I don’t think the topic of this week’s column is doing anything good for our...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Underpaid agents told: ‘You can earn £200k a year in a hybrid firm’](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agent who has himself made the move from the High Street to a hybrid operation has urged anyone in...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![How can agents keep up with the ‘on-demand’ economy?](/img/default/eat.png)
The ‘on-demand’ economy is reshaping our world. The way we order food, get around, and even access healthcare has changed irreversibly...
05 February 2020
From: Features
![How digitisation will change conveyancing – for the better](/img/default/eat.png)
In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...
22 January 2020
From: Features
![Portals say they're ready for big changes to agencies and house sales](/img/default/eat.png)
The portals say they are ready and willing to play their part in changes approaching the industry, ranging from new agency...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - plenty of movers as Christmas nears](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to PJT: even with little more than a fortnight before Christmas it seems there are still plenty of...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Training - how can you be the best estate agent?](/img/default/eat.png)
Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...
30 November 2019
From: Features
![Technology can give letting agents new life instead of a slow death](/img/default/eat.png)
No one would argue that unfair fees and practices by rogue landlords is a problem that should be ignored, but the...
30 November 2019
From: Features
![Agency sells new homes overseas and charges ‘no marketing fees’](/img/default/eat.png)
A sales agency based in Warrington and set up originally to market new homes in Manchester is now expanding into Shanghai...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![UK agents promised true wealth if they follow US-style industry training](/img/default/eat.png)
The US-based real estate firm Keller Williams says it is aiming to be this country’s leading agency training organisation. Ben Taylor, who...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks’ biggest investor buys online agency ahead of Euro roll-out](/img/default/eat.png)
The German-based Alex Springer publishing company, which is already the largest single investor in Purplebricks, has acquired a prominent online estate...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![How to thrive and not just survive in today’s market](/img/default/eat.png)
Consumer habits have changed massively over the past few years, and regardless of which market you operate in, being able to...
15 May 2019
From: Features
![PropTech Today: Market transformation – deterring, championing and Purplebricks](/img/default/eat.png)
I hope you had another wonderful Bank Holiday weekend; only three weeks to hold on until the next one. Personally, it...
08 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![ARLA Propertymark Conference 2019 – three key talking points](/img/default/eat.png)
The recent ARLA Propertymark conference featured a hugely interesting line-up of speaks and session during a watershed time for the lettings...
13 April 2019
From: Features
![The Only Way Is Essex as independent joins franchise empire](/img/default/eat.png)
Winkworth has a new office at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, as an independent local agency rebrands as part of the franchise giant. Previously trading...
12 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Is innovation the key to thriving in the property sector?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s a testing time for the property industry, amid Brexit fears, a slowing market and the looming tenant fees ban. There’s no...
03 April 2019
From: Features
![Major Purplebricks backer launches new PropTech start-up fund](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the largest investors in Purplebricks has now joined forces with an off-shoot of luxury car firm Porsche to launch...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks' biggest critic ditches High Street and takes his estate agency online](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks might have the last laugh - its biggest critic is ditching his High Street office and making his own agency online. Controversial...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: My predictions for 2019](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s that time of year again where we start saying goodbye to 12 months of hard work and start looking forward...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Professor names four issues agents need to be aware of](/img/default/eat.png)
In his keynote speech at the recent Negotiator Conference, Professor Andrew Baum sparked debate throughout the property industry. Baum’s speech, which began...
05 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks claims 20% revenue growth despite “online shake out”](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks says it has seen year-on-year revenue growth of about 20 per cent despite what its chairman calls “a challenging UK...
06 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Would you like to meet the world's leading PropTech innovators?](/img/default/eat.png)
Propteq Global Property Technology and Innovation summit takes place in London on 26 - 27 Sep. 75 of the world's leading...
17 September 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![PropTech Today: What do Rightmove and WeWork have in common?](/img/default/eat.png)
There have been two stories dominating the PropTech headlines over this past week. As WeWork places a gentle arm around the...
01 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Who wants £20,000 from government to develop a business?](/img/default/eat.png)
Before I get into the nitty gritty of the government (well, one of its startup accelerator schemes) giving away £20,000, let...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![It’s happening in the US too - a new portal and industry consolidation](/img/default/eat.png)
A recent holiday in the US gave me an opportunity to catch up with property news over there - and surprisingly,...
02 June 2018
From: Features
![Create a ‘plan’ of action to help sell more properties](/img/default/eat.png)
Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home. A floor...
07 April 2018
From: Features
![PropTech Today: Selling my flat - can I put my money where my mouth is?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s all very easy, talking and evangelising about the use of technology in the property market, but, now that I’m selling...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks begins search for lifetime relationship with customers](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks has given details of how it intends to use some of its new investment, and in particular is spelling out...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: Purplebricks “stunning growth” explained by top industry analyst](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the world’s leading property technology analysts has compiled a major report on estate agents’ business models - an exercise...
07 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Online agents' poor sales progression can improve through technology - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s leading PropTech entrepreneurs has responded to recent criticism of online estate agencies and their allegedly-poor record of...
01 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks: boards up, shares down?](/img/default/eat.png)
Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...
13 February 2018
From: Features
![Countrywide shares struggle as theory emerges on Platt departure](/img/default/eat.png)
If Countrywide thought its fortunes would immediately improve following the departure of chief executive Alison Platt, it has to think again...
25 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Reveal referral fees early but don't ban them says conveyancing body](/img/default/eat.png)
The body that regulates conveyancers says controversial referral fees should be disclosed earlier in the house buying process - but they...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Platform allowing agents to 'rival Purplebricks' wins PropTech support](/img/default/eat.png)
Two of the leading lights in the growing Proptech sector are now working with a company which has a product it...
25 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![New analysis shows Purplebricks' massive domination of online sector](/img/default/eat.png)
A long-standing traditional agent says the real success of online agencies is not their share of the market but that they...
18 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![How many agency business models are there today?](/img/default/eat.png)
It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...
23 September 2017
From: Features
![Agents unfairly blamed for failings of 'antiquated conveyancing system'](/img/default/eat.png)
The founder of a new online sales assistance service says agents are often unfairly blamed by the public for failings in...
19 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: estate agency then, now and in the future](/img/default/eat.png)
How has the world of estate agency changed in the last few decades? That’s the question this week’s Natter is going...
16 September 2017
From: Features
![Tips for surviving the ban on letting agent fees](/img/default/eat.png)
Parliament is sitting again and the entire lettings industry is waiting with bated breath for more detail on the government’s proposal...
09 September 2017
From: Features
![LSL announces £20m investment into Savills-backed YOPA](/img/default/eat.png)
LSL Property Services has announced that it has invested £20 million into hybrid agency YOPA. News of the investment broke on Friday...
04 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Why consolidation and collaboration are badly needed](/img/default/eat.png)
“When an industry is new, still finding its feet, finding its purpose, the tendency is for those few people within it...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons told: 'More digital innovation or risk being left behind'](/img/default/eat.png)
Two leading property technology experts have warned Foxtons that it risks failing to keep up with the digital revolution which the...
02 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Are we going to buy talk of a doomed high street?](/img/default/eat.png)
You saw it, right? This article from Monday’s Guardian? It says that one in five estate agents are at risk of...
02 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Should agents list for free and allow vendors to set asking prices?](/img/default/eat.png)
Two leading voices in the PropTech sector suggest a radical overhaul of agents’ fee structures, saying that neither traditional full service nor online...
02 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![PropTech group gets barrister's opinion over online agents' duties](/img/default/eat.png)
As debate continues over the merits of upfront fees against post-sale commission for agents and consumers, the fledgling UK ProperTech Association...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: Q & A with David Cox, ARLA Propertymark](/img/default/eat.png)
In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...
08 April 2017
From: Features
![LSL the latest firm expected to enter 'digital' market](/img/default/eat.png)
LSL Property Services - which owns high street agency brands Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - is the...
08 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Autumn Statement: reaction and what’s next for us?](/img/default/eat.png)
Chancellor Philip Hammond caught the lettings industry unaware with an incredulous Autumn Statement. The buy-to-let sector took a bashing earlier in 2015...
26 November 2016
From: Features
![Rightmove may be world's most profitable property portal, says analyst](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading PropTech analyst has compared the finances of many of the world's leading property portals and says Rightmove is earning...
03 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide chief to face questions ahead of latest results](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide's second most senior management figure - Head of Retail Sam Tyrer - is to speak before an industry audience next...
01 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove, Purplebricks and easyProperty get global endorsement](/img/default/eat.png)
A long-standing analyst of property portals and websites worldwide has included Rightmove, Purplebricks and easyProperty in a list of 10 sites...
08 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Do your staff reflect the standard of your service?](/img/default/eat.png)
As property ‘experts’, sector know-how and experience sits centrally to everything we do, right? Of course, but it’s certainly not the only...
29 April 2016
From: Features
![EweMove chief slams government and portals over digital innovation efforts](/img/default/eat.png)
An executive director at hybrid estate agency EweMove has hit out at the government’s apparent support for innovation in the house...
12 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla looks to digital and online sectors for new finance chief](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group has gone for a new chief financial officer steeped in online and digital experience rather than one with...
02 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property ad banned after suggesting guaranteed capital gain](/img/default/eat.png)
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement from a property company selling new homes in East London, after it was...
30 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Property ownership is fine – if it’s on an industrial scale](/img/default/eat.png)
I’m sure I’m not the only estate agent confused by the Government’s approach to residential property ownership. Many of the current ministerial...
04 December 2015
From: Features
![Agents’ Mutual’s latest ‘letter of intent’: what’s in it for agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
The consumer is King and to protect sellers and buyers' best interests estate and letting agents have to operate in the...