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Shareholders at today’s annual general meeting of OnTheMarket will hear the latest conversion figures showing how many agents on free or...

The city of Norwich has become the sixth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card?             Becky Howes, mio Account Manager What...

The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that an excavation that took place yesterday was part of its ongoing investigation into the disappearance...

This week, I want to take a look at the Israeli startup, Venn, an urban revitalisation firm which has recently received...

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

Gazumping is alive and well in much of the country, despite the slowdown in the property market, according to new research...

Purplebricks’ former chief executive Lee Wainwright has made a stout defence of the controversial agency’s sales progression process and its local...

The income required for first time buyers to purchase in the three most expensive UK cities has fallen slightly according to...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Mark Worrall the co-founder of love2move What is love2move and...

The former chief executive of Purplebricks UK says the agency completes on over 80 per cent of the homes it lists...

A former Territory Owner at Purplebricks, who at one time managed 11 Local Property Experts, has spoken out in support of...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

Facebook is set to enter the cryptocurrency business with the big reveal of its formal plans scheduled for some point this...

LSL Property Services’ Land & New Homes division says it’s set a record by selling 50 per cent of the units...

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett says rival portals may want to “interfere” with his aim of converting agency members from free...

Conveyancing platform The Moving Hub and Acquaint CRM have announced a strategic partnership. New and existing users of Acquaint CRM will have...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today - the Monday slot where you can catch up with...

It’s London Tech Week, everybody! The sprawling city-wide event taking in dozens of conferences, events, workshops, panel debates and so on,...

OnTheMarket claims monthly visits to its website hit a record 25.4m in May - but the portal’s latest update gives no...

A veteran of three online estate agencies has been named as the first UK head of a US real estate operation...

Talks are reported to have been held between Purplebricks leading shareholder, Neil Woodford, and the German publishing group Axel Springer about...

It may well seem that the government is pre-occupied with one issue, and one issue alone. While preparations for Brexit take up a...

Hello - it’s that time of the week again when we celebrate the agency industry’s fantastic fund-raising. We were delighted that our...

Countrywide’s shares took another battering yesterday as they plummeted below the psychologically-painful 5p mark - reflecting a 95 per cent loss of...

A recently-launched free-to-list portal says it’s uniquely positioned to attract overseas buyers and investors interested in purchasing in major UK cities. Residential...

The gap between average asking prices and average selling prices has increased in recent months according to Zoopla. Its latest study of...

There’s been a mixed response to the government’s surprise announcement that it would make permanent the right of home owners to...

Homeowners will be able to extend properties more easily instead of moving home. In a surprise announcement this morning - less than...

Ultra slow broadband speeds could knock a quarter off the value of a property according to research undertaken by online agency...

A new sales progression tool that claims to have been hugely successful over an 18-month pilot is being rolled out across...

Foxtons has warned shareholders and the City that sales volumes are at a “record low” and that the agency suffered another fall...

A top London estate agency says interest in the capital's residential property from US and Indian buyers has soared over the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jake Gready Managing Director NEXA Bristol What services do you provide? buying - selling...

I hope you had another wonderful Bank Holiday weekend; only three weeks to hold on until the next one. Personally, it...

1989 was a significant time for the property industry: it marked the beginning of the end of a period of unprecedented...

Countrywide has named a senior businesswoman as chair of its controversial remuneration committee which was at the centre of a row...

It’s an eye-catching combination - former professional rugby players turn estate agents, set up in converted shipping containers, and promise in time-honoured fashion...

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...

Estate Agent Today has been given details of the new National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team - the body...

The jury appears to be out on whether the new enforcement body for estate and lettings agents will be resourced sufficiently...

A new team has been set up to police all estate and letting agency legislation including the upcoming tenants' fees ban. The...

I am writing this as I reflect on a recent trip to Nigeria. I was asked to speak at the country’s...

A millionaire who has not previously invested in the property industry has taken the plunge by funding an online agency network. The...

It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

With next Friday being Easter, this is the last ADC for a fortnight - so it’s our chance to honour those...

HM Revenue & Customs is set to pocket £60m less from one of its property taxes than it forecast. An analysis of...

It’s a testing time for the property industry, amid Brexit fears, a slowing market and the looming tenant fees ban.  There’s no...

OnTheMarket has applied to the London Stock Exchange for the release of shares to agents signing long term deals with the...

An estate agent who operates an online blog has told The Times that Purplebricks has faked price reductions. Other tricks which the agent reveals about...

Mortgage prisoners - borrowers unable to switch lenders despite being up-to-date with payments - may have an escape route in sight...

This article was originally written for City AM in response to an article it published attacking letting agents. See more here.  A...

A high profile agent has written a robust defence of the industry following a critical article in a business newspaper - but...

Fine & Country is opening a new office in York, joining some 300 similarly branded outlets worldwide.  Frances Bowling, manager of Fine...

Thinking about the state of communication across residential property chains is enough to induce a severe migraine. We work in a world...

To get the absolute most from your estate or letting agency business, it’s vital that you partner with the right software...

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

You can tell it’s the onset of spring by the fact that this weekend sees the start of the Formula 1...

Savills has this morning talked up its investment in onliner Yopa, which it claims is the sixth largest estate agency in...

A slew of allegations have been made against agents and sometimes even by agents, over alleged misdemeanours over property listings as...

A slew of bad news stories about online estate agencies may have taken the lustre off the sector in recent weeks,...

Who are you? Mikus Opelts, CEO of Giraffe360 What is Giraffe360 and what does it do? Giraffe360 is a unique digital photography subscription service...

OnTheMarket has stepped up its attack on Rightmove with a stridently-worded email to agents explaining how a drop in leads from...

The demand for rural properties is high, and with 20.7% of England’s population in countryside areas, estate agents have a large...

Connells Group says investment in PropTech will be the way to safeguard its almost-600 High Street branches - and it’s repeated...

A member of a prominent legal network is warning buyers and their conveyancers to be ”wary” of the Modern Method of...

Both major portals have this morning revealed more evidence of a gently slowing housing market. The average time to sell a property...

Online agency platform Love2move insists that its current bid to attract investors will not be damaged by the adverse publicity surrounding...

It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of defections and duplicity worthy of Shakespeare. Yet the estate agency world has...

Cast your minds back to the summer of 2014. It’s 9.55 am somewhere in east London ‘Sorry I’m late’ offers the...

Few can deny that with announcements from MPs and an announcement from Purplebricks, that it’s been an extraordinary week.  While it may...

Purplebricks has this morning warned investors its foreign activities are not going as well as predicted - although it insists it is...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

The Daily Telegraph has gone public with City speculation that Chicago-based real estate consultancy JLL may be interested in buying Savills. Both...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...

Northwood has hoovered up Humphreys of Chester, which it describes as one of the city’s “most reputable and well-established estate agencies.” Jim...

Strutt & Parker says transaction levels in Prime Central London, already at a low ebb, plummeted a further nine per cent...

The end of the snow has given way to warmer weather, and while it’s a little early to speak of spring...

The Property Franchise Group says its online/hybrid agency EweMove traded profitably throughout  last year and will show “a significant improvement” over...

At the end of January the Asian PropTech company PropertyGuru announced the imminent launch of beta-phase testing of its cutting-edge new product, PropertyGuru Lens. This...

OnTheMarket says it now has listings agreements with more than 12,500 estate and lettings agency branches. In a statement to shareholders and...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

Outsourcing. Everyone has an opinion on it and there’s a stigma surrounding it in the lettings industry. But get this…letting agents ARE...

ARPM  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...

There’s a distinctly northern flavour to some of the great fund-raising this week - and in particular Yorkshire. This isn’t the only...

Foxtons has reported further small slides in both revenue and profits for 2018 - but sales income plummeted from £43m to...

A think tank is suggesting that micro-homes could be the answer to London’s shortage of available homes for first time buyers. The...

Former City analyst Anthony Codling - who is now the front-man for a new property portal - has set out why...

Chestertons says its profitability in 2018 doubled compared to the previous year, but appears to have relied heavily on lettings for...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Beccy Moore. Office Manager for Nicholas Humphreys Tell us more about Nicholas...

It’s been an interesting week of contrasts when it comes to online replacing ‘the old school’. Data from that clever consultancy The...

‘I need more power’ - it’s a common request experienced by landlords, letting agents and commercial estate agents across the country. Be...

Still recovering from Christmas and New Year? There’s no shame in that - the agents’ fund-raising season resumes in earnest in...

An agent has started an online petition demanding negotiators and others in the agency industry be paid the legal minimum wage...

Are you a real Doctor? Not in the conventional sense no, sorry to disappoint! I’m Tom Durrant and I’m the Creative Director...

It’s time to think about planning the 2019 events calendar. This year, there are more PropTech conferences scheduled than ever before,...

We’re back with the first edition of Agents Do Charity for 2019 - and despite the uncertainty everywhere else, one thing...

Rightmove has revealed which day was its busiest in 2018 in terms of page views. It says February 19 was the date,...

Ilchester Place in London’s Holland Park may be the most expensive residential street in Britain - but it’s cheaper than a year...

Hello and welcome to 2019. These are less predictions and more expectations - developments following on from what’s happened in the past...

A major UK city which previously appeared to have avoided Brexit-induced problems is now showing signs of being affected by political...

House price inflation across the UK has slowed to a six-year low of 2.6 per cent thanks to falls in London...

Well here we are, at the last Agents Do Charity of the year. It’s been a record haul of good works, as...

The Property Ombudsman scheme has taken action against another six rogue agents in recent days, bringing the total number expelled this...

Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...

Has the bell finally tolled for online agencies? Emoov’s collapse and an investor revolt over crowdfunding have left a large question...

A Newcastle-based property company says it has acquired the listings of Emoov and Tepilo. It has emailed and texted vendors to say...

It’s that time of year again where we start saying goodbye to 12 months of hard work and start looking forward...

Two reports have suggested London’s residential market may be damaged by Brexit - both the past two and a half years...

The chief executive of Emoov and the founder of the new portal Rummage4Property had a dramatic spat on Twitter just hours...

At least some calls from potential customers to Emoov are being cut off and rival estate agents are now plundering the...

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...

Sky News says the online estate agency Emoov is preparing to call in administrators in a last-ditch attempt to salvage its...

The town of Blackpool has become the fourth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - the last one in November. Career moves tend to slow this time...

It’s not just the Cabinet and the government where jobs are in flux - there are plenty of moves to announce...

Every cloud has a silver lining, and a high end prime central London estate agent appears to have found one from...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

Winkworth’s Bath franchise has been acquired by new franchisees Lucy McIlroy and Matthew Leonard - the latter having been a partner...

London estate agency JOHNS&CO, which specialises in new homes, has opened its seventh office in the capital - the announcement came...

A leading property consultancy has called out Manchester as the location which has seen the highest urban price growth of anywhere...

Foxtons has this morning confirmed that it has now closed six branches. There was high-level publicity given to the closure of its...

It’s been reported that Nested, an estate agency launched two years ago, has received a massive £120m cash injection from venture capitalists. Nested, which...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? It just says “Agent” for, at the end of the...

Raffles are in the news as a way of ‘selling’ homes, and not just because an Irish club has won a...

You don’t need EAT to remind you that Christmas is now just next month.  Many agents are gearing their fund-raising to that...

Fresh details have emerged about the financial difficulties suffered by Emoov, its search for a buyer and its possible sale price. A...

Countrywide has given Estate Agent Today exclusive details of progress on its Back To Basics programme as it seeks to recover...

An early sign of a possible recovery in the London housing market may be appearing, according to data consultancy Hometrack.  It’s just...

A hybrid estate agency with ambitions to rival Purplebricks has revealed that it has significantly expanded its current footprint, with ambitions...

Hello and welcome to a bumper edition of Property Jobs Today, your weekly insight into the key moves within our industry. Everyone...

It’s now almost a month since the government introduced new rules on Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO), as part of its...

We all get an extra hour in bed this weekend, giving us more energy to fund-raise for good causes, right? That seems...

A new online agency says it is currently focussing on one large city but will expand to cover the whole of...

Outspoken online estate agency chief Russell Quirk says the estate agency industry is “really p****d off” with Rightmove trying to ride...

A city’s housing market that suffered badly because of the collapse in North Sea oil prices is now likely to rebound...

An estate agency is moving from its traditional branch to new city centre serviced offices as it expands. East of Exe -...

A new internet and DAB radio station specialising on the subject of property will launch from purpose built studios next month. Property...

When Professor Andrew Baum’s PropTech 3.0 report was first published, a small event was held to celebrate the very first academic...

Hello and welcome to a new working week, which means your chance to catch up on the key moves in our...

Purplebricks has been the subject of another complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority - and the issue has again been categorised...

Hello and welcome to our weekly catch-up on the major moves within our industry. Remember, you can let the rest of the...

London has been identified as one of a number of ‘bubble risk cities’ in a report by Swiss bank UBS. In a...

Yopa - the online agency with huge financial backing from Savills - has attracted a Knight Frank agent to become its...

The income first-time buyers need to purchase a home in the UK’s largest cities has shot up by 18 per cent...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Marco Ferrara, Director of Tili What is Tili and what does...

I am a patient man; a pacifist. Yet there is little in life right now that would satisfy me more than...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, the latest weekly catch-up with moves within and across our industry. A quick...

We’re well and truly back from summer with a flurry of fund-raising to report on this week: thanks to each and...

Peter Long, the chairman of the troubled Royal Mail organisation, has stepped down from that role to focus full time on...

HM Land Registry says the full roll-out of its Local Land Charges digital register could take up to seven years, with...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

Franchise giant Hunters has reported its latest results to the city, showing impressive growth despite a slow-moving property market. In the six...

Following the first day of trading its new shares yesterday, Countrywide's share price finished at 12.52, down almost 4%. The new shares were...

A few stories caught my eye this week from China, all of which announce the arrival of cutting-edge technological innovation in...

There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...

For too long the private rented sector has been complacent towards customer satisfaction. In the changing rental landscape, the smartest letting...

Countrywide’s share price defied the expectations of some analysts and rose over six per cent yesterday with the company moving from...

Today sees the first of a series of important deadlines which will determine the success of otherwise of Countrywide’s controversial rescue...

Sky News is reporting that Countrywide faces a new crisis - this time over senior management remuneration, particularly for its executive...

High-end agency and international property consultancy Savills has reported strong half-year figures for its UK business - but warns that Brexit...

Purplebricks co-founder Michael Bruce says traditional agents sell only around 50 per cent of the homes that they list, so spend...

Countrywide is under fire again over the controversial rescue plan it announced last week. On Friday the troubled agency group’s share price -...

We may be well into August but there’s little sign of a holiday for our industry, with a string of big...

Our glorious endless summer has a return visit to many areas this weekend - but it’s still not too hot for...

Data prepared for the BBC and shared with Estate Agent Today gives a snapshot of how estate agencies, lettings agencies and...

‘Up’ is the key word in Rightmove’s figures for the first half of 2018, released to the City and to shareholders...

The agonisingly painful decline of Countrywide continues, with no one sure whether it is the darkest hour before the dawn or...

Countrywide has not made any official statement about speculation over the weekend that it was about to seek an additional £100m investment. Estate...

It’s holiday season shortly and we’ve got just the weather for it - good news for some, perhaps less so for...

The Welsh estate agency Jeffrey Ross has opened its fourth branch in Cardiff, with a former Savills agent as its head....

The fast-expanding Spicerhaart group has launched its own in-house Property Marketing Academy and has secured a well-known industry trainer and coach...

It may not be a good idea for a journalist to be personal about a politician, so I write about our...

The dream may be over but the return to reality can at least be staged in the spirit of an England...

The Advertising Standards Authority says its compliance team is considering its next steps following the refusal of estate agency PDQ Estates...

Highly regarded industry figure Simon Whale, who quit his role as head of sales at Reapit on Friday, took to the...

The stock market and at least one City analyst have shrugged their shoulders at the claim by Purplebricks that it is...

Hello and welcome to this week’s hat-tip towards those in our industry doing so much to help others in need. Summer fund-raising...

  Purplebricks says it enjoyed an 81 per cent growth in revenue in the UK the year to the end of April and...

Purplebricks is reported to be set to reveal increasing losses when it issues its full-year financial results to the London Stock...

Hometrack says other cities are now closing the gap on London in terms of house prices and market value. The latest Hometrack UK...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Tom Cummuskey Sales & Marketing Manager … Fast approaching double...

One of Countrywide’s former allies in the City broker community - independent corporate advisor Numis - has downgraded the troubled agency...

High-end housebuilder Berkeley Homes says “macro and political uncertainty, including Brexit” is leading to some developers previously building in London to...

If World Cup 2018 appeared to be low profile at the start, it didn’t last long. Following this week’s Harry Kane goals...

Location, Location, Location: it’s no coincidence the TV show seized on that title because the importance of a property’s position is...

OnTheMarket now has listing agreements with over 9,000 estate agency branches - that's another 500 or so since its previous release...

Over 100 ‘top achievers’ from Connells Group have just enjoyed an all-expenses paid trip to New York as a thank you...

Letting agents are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help compensate for the introduction of...

Having recently attended FUTURE: PropTech in London, it struck me just how far the integration of property and technology has progressed...

Russell Quirk, chief executive of Emoov, says his agency is now one of the top seven in the UK following its...

OnTheMarket’s first formal annual figures released since its flotation reveal losses in what it describes as its “transformational year” but also...

OnTheMarket has announced to the City and its shareholders that it’s to reveal its annual results tomorrow - the first such...

Major auction companies continue to claim successes despite the challenging housing market. Auction House says a recent auction of London properties produced...

Property sellers in the South of England are having to accept asking reductions in order to achieve a sale.  Data from Hometrack...

Firstly, my sincere apologies - it has now been over a month since my last PropTech blog, doesn’t time fly!  In the...

A study of house price affordability has revealed that train drivers can afford a greater proportion of homes in the UK's...

Respected industry spokesperson Kristjan Byfield is continuing his fightback against the negative coverage of the agency industry in the mainstream press...

Foxtons has this morning given a gloomy trading update to the City and shareholders. In a statement issued at 7am it says:...

Online estate agencies are the centre of attention right now - but one of them seems to be seeking publicity in...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our weekly feature on who’s moving where throughout our industry. And it’s...

Hello and welcome to this week’s celebration of the industry’s fund-raising activities. Remember it’s easy to get publicity and additional support for...

Estate Agent Today understands several major national agencies and some smaller operators are involved in a project to understand why transaction...

Ever wondered what it’s like to be on the frontline of property journalism? Well, wonder no more, as our very own...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

Leading housing analyst Kate Faulkner says the current low transaction level is “a little scary” because with so few sellers, buyers...

New figures from Hometrack show that a typical home in Greater London now takes 17 weeks to find a buyer -...

Four estate agencies have opened new branches, either as a result of expansion or because of acquisitions. Homes4u has opened a futuristic...

A flat in Brixton is being raffled for £5 a ticket by a start-up entrepreneur who claims this is just the...

Maplin, Toys R Us, Carpetright, Warren Evans – what do they have in common? All are well-known high street chains that...

Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - it’s a bumper edition with plenty of fantastic fund-raising going...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Awais Ahmad - Founder and CEO of Hystreet (I don’t...

To say I had a lot of reaction to last week's column about selling my flat would be an understatement. I've never...

As the spring market gets into full swing, here’s the traditional beach hut story - yet this time, it really does...

The Property Franchise Group has this morning reported strong figures for 2017 with news that its hybrid brand EweMove traded profitably...

Welcome to another edition of Agents Do Charity, the weekly round-up of fund-raising from across our industry. With spring looking like it’s...

OnTheMarket has this morning issued a statement claiming that its portal traffic reached circa 12m visits during March - more than...

A Maserati 3200 has ended up wedged into the front of a Fox and Sons estate agency office in central Brighton. The...

A US TV company is considering making a news programme about Russian involvement in property transactions in the UK and particularly London. The...

House price growth in London has hit a seven year low according to Hometrack, with prices actually down across 42 per...

The share price of OnTheMarket slipped again on Friday - down around five per cent on the day and ending at...

Estate agency Jackson-Stops says it has discovered precisely how many existing home owners understand the difficulties facing first time buyers in...

High-end international estate agency company Savills claims Yopa, in which it has invested substantial sums, is now the UK’s 10th largest...

So here’s another week’s great work being done by colleagues in our industry - and we’re very pleased to salute them. Everybody...

Savills has reported good figures for 2017 although most of its strongest performance was outside the world of residential property. In a...

Greetings from Cannes, where the sun is finally shining over MIPIM. I’m sure many of you are out here, too, and...

ZPG’s comparison website uSwitch is to be the headline sponsor of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent.  The company says it will use this...

Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...

Jefferies - the City consultancy which has in the past worked with Countrywide - has cuts its forecasts for the troubled...

The troubled Countrywide group has this morning revealed its recovery plan to get - in its words - ‘back to basics’...

A Cotswolds-based agency has expanded to a second office and says it has plans to develop further in the region. Move was...

The UK PropTech Awards are fast approaching. The window is open for applications and nominations and on May 2, the winners...

LSL Property Services - parent company to 12 brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and London’s Marsh & Parsons - has...

Alice Hickmott is the perfect advertisement for apprentices in estate agency - especially as we are now in National Apprentice Week.  Essex...

HM Land Registry has taken another step towards its aim to “make conveyancing simpler, faster and cheaper” for the general public. The...

The operation of ‘online estate agencies’ has changed substantially in the relatively short few years of their existence: I have spotted...

Collars up, gloves on, scarves pulled tight...it’s so cold you can hardly concentrate on work let alone anything else. But the...

Foxtons has reported its 2017 figures to shareholders and the City this morning and as expected they show sharp falls in...

We think about technology all the time. At least, I do. And there’s nothing left in property that technology hasn’t touched...

New analysis by Hometrack shows that large regional cities like Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester look set for a 20 per cent...

A former president of the National Association of Estate Agents has attacked “irresponsible agents” for over-valuing asking prices in London in...

Rightmove says its commercial property side is “continuing to gain momentum” with 650,000 leads generated for customers in 2017. Perhaps with an...

The UK property sector has been a hotbed for financial crime in recent years, with many criminals seeing it as an...

Rightmove has reported another very large leap in revenue in 2017 and a modest rise in agency and new home customers...

OnTheMarket has told the City this morning that it has already signed up 81 new listing agreements by 5pm yesterday, completing...

One of the largest investment firms in the United States has taken a stake in the London-based venture capital firm Pi...

City broker Jefferies is warning that Countrywide’s earnings as calculated through the EBITDA measure could drop to as little as £50m -...

Tepilo has told Estate Agent Today that it will be unaffected by the sale of Northern & Shell Ventures’ publishing activities...

Traditional solicitor estate agents north of the border have a higher success rate than any other estate agency model. The claim comes, perhaps...

OnTheMarket has finally completed its stock market float, with less capital raised, at a lower than planned valuation and, as I write,...

Former estate agent Nick Ferrand has gone public with a new website which says home owners decide when and to whom...

The Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents says Purplebricks is still not complying with a ruling made by the Advertising...

Pressure continues to mount on Purplebricks to reveal its sales data after a weekend during which claims about its effectiveness continued...

Spicerhaart, which describes itself as the UK’s largest independent estate agency group, has been on the acquisition trail again, showing its...

Hello and welcome to our latest Property Jobs Today; if you missed the launch last week, each Monday we will provide...

Purplebricks has this morning issued an unusual statement to the Stock Exchange blaming a City report for the sharp fall in the...

Purplebricks’ new UK chief executive officer, Lee Wainwright, is to address a major industry conference in May - his first address...

Lloyds Bank has revealed a league table of the cities which have seen the highest price growth over the past decade...

An analysis of one month’s listings on Purplebricks by City consultancy Jefferies concludes that it sold 51.6 per cent of its...

London estate agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward says is reported to be appealing against a court’s decision about commission payable by...

If you were under any misconceptions about how pivotal a role HM Land Registry is going to play in the future...

The story of this week - the ousting of Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt - prompts two key questions. Firstly, who takes...

A senior figure at the UK arm of American agency Keller Williams has suggested that Purplebricks won’t succeed in the New...

Oh we do love a busy Agents Do Charity page, and this week’s is busy indeed - thanks to everyone for...

If Countrywide thought its fortunes would immediately improve following the departure of chief executive Alison Platt, it has to think again...

Rightmove’s former lettings chief Sam Mitchell has taken over as chief executive of online agency HouseSimple, which recently won another £20m...

Countrywide appears to be in turmoil with Sky News reports that board members are discussing trying to get rid of controversial...

Sky News is this evening reporting that Alison Platt, the chief executive of the troubled Countrywide agency, may soon be leaving...

The Countrywide chief executive, Alison Platt, is said to have warned staff that the reaction from the markets and shareholders to...

According to The Branding Journal, a brand is “a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's...

New figures from Your Move suggest that average house prices across England and Wales barely moved in 2017, increasing just 0.2...

New analysis by credit and comparison service Totally Money has revealed the districts where the controversial Help To Buy initiative is...

After the fun and over-indulgence of the festivities, most of us are now back to the world of work. And, with...

It’s no surprise that figures don’t always show the results or consequences we expect - even if they are entirely accurate. Look...

A buying agent in Melbourne says ‘old dinosaurs’ in traditional estate agencies ‘have no idea’ how to deal with the arrival of...

We would like to take this opportunity to provide a clarification to a newsflash sent by Property Industry Eye on January 1.  The...

Grosvenor Crescent, located in the heart of London’s Belgravia between Hyde Park Corner and Belgravia Square, is the most expensive residential...

Thanks once more to all those agents sending in their office pics to get us in the mood for Christmas…especially as there...

OnTheMarket has announced some details of its IPO and the launch of its stock market flotation - but it has given nothing...

Financial analysts over the weekend have been giving their view on Purplebricks, which later this week issues its figures for the...

ZPG has revealed its 2017 annual report this morning with a stream of records - 648 million visits to portals, revenue...

The small print of the Budget has revealed that the government is to make minor changes to the ‘additional homes’ three...

ZPG is refusing to increase its rejected bid to buy comparison website GoCompare. Earlier this month GoCompare turned down an unsolicited takeover offer...

Four weeks today almost the entire industry will be finishing work for Christmas after another year - and ready to start...

British politics is extraordinarily volatile right now and the ongoing battle between austerity and anti-austerity, Leave and Remain, and Conservative and...

Belvoir has this morning withdrawn its merger offer to The Property Franchise Group, after some weeks of talks. As recently as Tuesday,...

Purplebricks’ share price value yesterday dropped below the 300p, over 40 per cent less than its high point over the recent...

Belvoir has revealed that it has won the backing of a minority shareholder in The Property Franchise Group to resume merger...

The supply of homes coming to the market has slumped again according to a monthly survey conducted by online agency HouseSimple. September...