Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...
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![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
![MovePal - a cautionary tale for agents](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyPeople-400x310.jpg)
I’m going to declare upfront that, as an investor, I have a financial interest in the success of MovePal but I also need...
23 October 2021
From: Features
![OTM reconciliation - why I've decided to join a portal I previously criticised](/upload/images/Logos/OnTheMarketLogo-New-2022-400x310.jpg)
Things can change. For those who remember, it’s no secret that I became one of the industry's strongest critics of OnTheMarket (OTM). My reasons...
21 August 2021
From: Features
![The PRS is broken - here’s how to fix it](/img/default/eat.png)
The pandemic and the way the government has reacted to the private rental sector (PRS) has got me thinking about the...
19 September 2020
From: Features
![Why working from home isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be](/img/default/eat.png)
Let me start by wishing everyone well in these uncertain and precarious times. I truly hope you, your families, friends and...
18 April 2020
From: Features
![Open letter – why agents need lead generation to help them through the crisis](/img/default/eat.png)
In response to the current coronavirus pandemic, which is having such an impact on all parts of life, including the property...
28 March 2020
From: Features
![It doesn’t have to be like Spicerhaart - another agent’s approach…](/img/default/eat.png)
While controversy swirls around the approach and motives of the sackings and branch closures at Spicerhaart, other agents are showing how...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![How will the coronavirus affect estate agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...
07 March 2020
From: Features
![Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...
06 February 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
![Going, Going, Gone! More agents sign with online auction firm](/img/default/eat.png)
[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove has “failed miserably” to support estate agents - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A prominent agency owner and industry figure has attacked Rightmove for failing to support estate agents and has accused it of...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Regulation will drive more consumers to DIY approach, says agency boss](/img/default/eat.png)
The boss of a 15+ branch estate agency group has explained how he thinks regulation could 'ruin' the estate agency industry. Simon...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tenant fees ban – post-apocalyptic or the dawn of a new age?](/img/default/eat.png)
Sometimes having prior knowledge of a stressful event can be more stressful than the event itself, just look at Brexit for...
24 July 2019
From: Features
![OnTheMarket vs Rightmove?](/img/default/eat.png)
As you probably know, I have been no fan of OnTheMarket (OTM) over the years. You may see this admission as...
20 July 2018
From: Features
![OTM shares - Bumpy ride or on the slide?](/img/default/eat.png)
As noted in Estate Agent Today’s news pages, OnTheMarket’s (OTM) recent dire share performance (at time of writing the price is...
27 March 2018
From: Features
![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
![OTM - A good buy, or is it goodbye?](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket has finally completed its stock market float, with less capital raised, at a lower than planned valuation and, as I write,...
09 February 2018
From: Features
![OTM float - the OOP is dead, long live the OOP](/img/default/eat.png)
Whatever else you say about OnTheMarket, you can’t say it’s not consistent, consistent in treating its core membership shabbily. We already know...
29 January 2018
From: Features
![What now for the OTM IPO?](/img/default/eat.png)
Who says things slow down before Christmas? The opposite appears to be the case, at least when it comes to the...
21 December 2017
From: Features
![Will OTM float or sink?](/img/default/eat.png)
Yesterday morning OnTheMarket confirmed its IPO plans but with no firm date. The question remains on whether the float will be...
11 December 2017
From: Features
![Why I want to join Agents’ Mutual](/img/default/eat.png)
Before we go any further, assuming you are an Agents’ Mutual member, let me ask you a question. If you had...
24 August 2017
From: Features
![Agents’ Mutual Proposal – The Details](/img/default/eat.png)
After my article last week predicting that Agents’ Mutual would likely seek to raise external capital, including possibly on the public markets,...
09 August 2017
From: Features
04 August 2017
From: Features
![How not to sell a €12.5m villa (or any other property for that matter)](/img/default/eat.png)
This actually happened - the names of the guilty have been withheld to protect the innocent. I live in Spain, Marbella actually,...
15 April 2017
From: Features
![Purple smoke and mirrors](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks’ advertising is very negative and critical of the competition. They talk about 'commisery', trying to make potential sellers feel ripped...
08 April 2017
From: Features
![CIELA – you’re breaking my heart](/img/default/eat.png)
When I read about the possible formation of yet another ‘mutual’ with the aim of furthering and protecting the interests of...
21 January 2017
From: Features
![Seek and ye shall find](/img/default/eat.png)
I have a confession to make. In 1988 I became a Seekers franchisee. For those of you who don't know who...
07 January 2017
From: Features
![The market is dead, long live the market](/img/default/eat.png)
Listening to all the coverage of the tenant fee ban, all I hear is consumer groups talking about how some agents...
26 November 2016
From: Features
![OTM – is this the end of the Odyssey?](/img/default/eat.png)
It is with no pleasure and a touch of sadness that I took in the significance of OTM's recent performance in...
28 October 2016
From: Features
![Should estate agents vote In or Out?](/img/default/eat.png)
I pride myself as a logical person, so much so that it amazes me how most people seem to struggle to...
17 June 2016
From: Features
![The siren call of Lisbon – A tale of rejection, disappointment and betrayal](/img/default/eat.png)
When, during his budget speech, George Osborne announced Capital Gains Tax (CGT) was going down to 20%, I experienced a mix...
25 March 2016
From: Features
![OTM Fury Road(Show)](/img/default/eat.png)
I'm sure most of you have seen, or at least heard of the Mad Max series of post-apocalyptic dystopian fantasies. The latest...
18 January 2016
From: Features
![OTM finds out what happens when 'rent a crowd' goes home](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMartket (OTM) recently wrote to its membership saying how well its doing, how membership has increased beyond expectations and how it...
27 November 2015
From: Features
![Why estate agents must come to terms with change](/img/default/eat.png)
A riposte to Paul Smith's article 'Why Estate Agents Must Stand Up to the Power of the Portals' I just read an...
17 July 2015
From: Features
![Society’s Golden Ratio](/img/default/eat.png)
As estate agents, business people and just plain people for that matter, we can't help looking at the way our society...
19 June 2015
From: Features
![It's time for OTM to drop the exclusivity rule](/img/default/eat.png)
Yesterday we heard about the letter from the CMA warning agents about anti-competitive behaviour. Today, in a scoop for Estate Agent...
04 June 2015
From: Features
![It’s time to consign sole agencies to history](/img/default/eat.png)
This publication recently reported on Russell Quirk's latest attempt to upset the establishment, this time by attacking the hallowed ground of...