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The number of offers agreed on homes priced below £1m since mid-May is a healthy 41 per cent higher than the...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has announced that there will be no stamp duty on homes selling for £500,000 or...

A PropTech supplier claims that an agency has secured the first ever transaction where the complete chain used Reservation Agreements.  Harrison Residential,...

Mortgage enquiries in June surged to double the rate of the previous month according to the latest halifax house price index. Although...

Haart - one of the brands owned by Spicerhaart, which laid off staff in the first hours of the pandemic -...

A prominent tax specialist has suggested that stamp duty cuts would not help improve the housing market, despite many agents suggesting...

A former City analyst best known for his scathing criticisms of Purplebricks has launched a PropTech platform that he describes as...

There’s been a big rise in demand for new-builds since the lockdown according to figures from Knight Frank - but the...

Video tours, heralded as the next big thing just a few weeks ago, are being abandoned by buyers and dismissed as...

A company promoting a Blockchain platform with promises to speed up the buying and selling process claims the pandemic has proved...

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...

Purplebricks has instructed a new legal firm to support its sales and lettings activities. Business Insider reports that the commercial team at...

US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...

The devolved government in Wales - where the housing market is still officially closed - has urged agents to report rivals...

Zoopla has upped the stakes in the war between rival websites with two major claims which implicitly challenge both Rightmove and...

OnTheMarket says in a trading statement this morning that as of May 31 only some 9,000 branches were on paying contracts...

The managing director of a Winkworth branch is threatening to report a senior member of a nearby Countrywide office to the...

Typical house prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the rest of summer according to home moving service...

The Guild of Property Professionals says “a remarkable number” of agencies has joined it during the lockdown. Some 27 agencies signed up...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

An overwhelming 98 per cent of vendors questioned by Zoopla say they remain anxious about the Coronavirus and would prefer to...

The government is jeopardising the success of the housing market relaunch through the inflexibility of the furlough scheme, claims a group...

Research from Zoopla suggests that demand from buyers across England surged 88 per cent shortly after the housing market reopened -...

A specialist legal advisory service is urging conveyancers to use the reopening of the housing market as an opportunity to increase...

Outsourced communications provider Moneypenny has launched a new facility called Client Services for agents resuming business. Moneypenny’s 80-strong team of receptionists can...

NetAnAgent, a website which offers consumers instant quotes from a selection of traditional and online agents, has changed some of its...

Countrywide has refuted claims that none of its branches have so far re-opened for business but has issued an explanation why...

The surge in consumer activity encouraged by the government's decision to reopen the property market last week led to two portals...

A free to list portal has blasted Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for using agents' data to boost their profits.  Christopher May, chief...

The City regulator which is bringing a test case over insurance firms refusing to honour Business Interruption policies wants policyholders including...

A food packaging manufacturer is re-shaping its production line to make PPE equipment which it is selling to estate and letting...

Foxtons - which has recently closed branches and furloughed staff - has described a shareholder rebellion over senior management bonuses and pay...

The acting chief executive of OnTheMarket says the Coronavirus crisis could indirectly create a catalyst for change in the portals marketplace. Clive...

Details being presented to Parliament today may include information on how agents can return to work in some sort of ‘new normal.’ A 50...

There’s been a substantial 20 per cent rise in formal complaints about agents taken up by The Property Ombudsman.  The figures refer...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

The housing market is likely to rebound relatively strongly after the Coronavirus lockdown eases, according to the Nationwide. House prices grew at...

The scandal over Business Interruption Insurance policies is hotting up, with class actions being discussed against insurance firms and the Financial Conduct Authority announcing...

The government of one part of the British Isles has produced guidelines for removal firms. Until now, house moving in an era...

Business consultancy TwentyCi is the latest to try to put a value on the potential losses to the property industry and...

Agents and in some cases their brokers continue to do battle with insurers in a bid to secure pay-outs on their...

The company at the centre of a controversy over estate agents’ business interruption insurance says its core package does NOT cover...

One of the most important aspects of being a successful and profitable agent is selecting the right tenants. The industry manages this...

Fine & Country says now is “a great time” for estate agents to go upmarket and become “the luxury agent” in...

An estate agency says it’s using so-called Covid Clauses in contracts to keep transactions on course. Knight Frank says it’s writing ‘Coronavirus...

A trade body has reported some council search departments to the government for refusing to provide email details and forcing search...

The government has amended the eligibility criteria and will allow some agents' commission payments to be included in claims for Furloughed...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Countrywide has strongly denied claims made to Estate Agent Today that some people have felt obliged to work at an admin...

The Competitions and Markets Authority has started court proceedings seeking the disqualification of two estate agency directors over a price fixing...

There has been scepticism across the industry as to the motives behind an unspecified number of lay-offs and permanent branch closures...

A surveyors’ firm has been wound up after courts declared that it had misled clients over the success of its core...

Purplebricks faces an imminent takeover bid following the collapse of its share price, predicts a leading industry analyst. Andrew Stanton has already...

Nested is the latest online agency to base a marketing campaign around criticism of established estate agents.  In three 30-second TV ads...

A property portal is making the controversial claim that the Coronavirus has led to an increase in online interest in UK...

An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later...

The head of a firm that has been creating digital property log books for well over a decade says the house-moving...

A PropTech firm claims it will improve the security of estate agents and other lone workers through a new app and location...

A new hybrid set up by ex-Purplebricks territory owners says it wants to "redefine estate agency in the customer's favour." Knock Knock...

Purplebricks and Countrywide have each recently claimed to be the biggest agency group in the UK but now Connells says that...

A woman claims she had no idea that her husband stole almost £1.5m from two high-profile employers - one of them...

It’s been revealed that under takeover rules, LSL Property Services and Countrywide have until March 23 to make merger or takeover...

Some of the biggest figures in the industry have given Estate Agent Today their reaction to the news - broken yesterday...

Boydens, a seven branch family-owned business that dates back to 1852, has become the latest agency to join Zoopla. It will list...

Sky News claims that Countrywide and LSL Property Services are discussing a merger to become a £500m super-agency.  In an exclusive it...

A conveyancing firm has launched what it claims to be one of the first ever apps for vendors and buyers in...

It’s been revealed that the branch closure programme by Your Move and Reeds Rains last year resulted in 460 lost jobs...

A legal challenge by HM Revenue and Customs has stopped a bid to secure a stamp duty discount on a property. The...

Savills has smoked out another money-making opportunity with a new enterprise which it claims has “enormous growth potential.” The property consultancy is teaming...

Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

OnTheMarket claims its visitor total last month exceeded 30m, a new monthly record and an increase of some 28 per cent...

An online agency’s claim that it sells homes “for free” has been disputed by a High Street rival - but the...

The estate agency review site allAgents claims some of Trustpilot’s reviews “could be dubious.”  A statement from allAgents repeats an allegation made last...

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...

An estate agent has set up his own buying operation because he claims the quality of service for high-end buyers has...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

A hub-style agency says it’s achieved what it calls a mega-sale - and claims it’s the largest ever by a hub...

A BBC Radio probe into quick-sale firms claims some of them can lose sellers many thousands of pounds. It says Trading Standards...

A leasehold reform campaigner claims estate agents face “growing calls to be held accountable for mis-selling leasehold properties.” Louie Burns, managing director...

The ValPal Network claims its new product allows agents to gather the maximum amount of information from customers using its automated...

Zoopla has revealed large growth in agency membership and visitor figures for 2019. Since being bought by US equity firm Silver Lake,...

There have been two developments on the controversial subject of online reviews. One concerns the online agency Emoov, which three months ago...

Agents are being offered a two week free trial of a service giving mobile telephone signal strength information and broadband connectivity...

A digital platform claims its taken “a massive step” towards speeding up property sales with what it says is the first...

A property portal says that it’s going to remain free to list for estate and letting agents - and that pledge...

First things first, a big happy New Year to everyone. Welcome to 2020! It looks set to be another interesting year...

Barclays claims that property size and measurements are confusing home owners - and especially those considering going to the market this...

An agency in Leeds is next month launching a service which it claims is unique in the area, partnering with a...

The government has given details of a scheme allowing 30 per cent reductions for what it calls ‘local first time buyers’...

An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...

An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...

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 statement made by Purplebricks in its trading statement yesterday appears to fly in the face of statements it has made...

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands.  The offer is...

Century 21 UK has made what it claims to be the largest acquisition in its history, snapping up an independent agency...

There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

A new portal claims it will do what OnTheMarket failed to do, and offer an agent-led operation charging every agency branch...

The dispute between controversial online estate agency Emoov and the Advertising Standards Authority is rumbling on.  In the first half of November...

A new digital ‘members-only club’ is being launched for property professionals around the world.  The Eighth Door is a web and app-based...

A PropTech company says the majority of transactions now involve chains and that the issue is becoming more problematic for agents...

Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...

Humberts is the latest estate agency to announce that it’s going to offer customers the controversial Modern Method of Auction option. The...

An online estate agency which last week claimed it had resolved a dispute over reviews it showed on its website is...

A prominent agency owner and industry figure has attacked Rightmove for failing to support estate agents and has accused it of...

A shock prediction from a property management firm suggests that around 10 estate agencies have gone bust every week in Britain...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

The competition is hotting up between Zoopla and OnTheMarket for new homes listings. Today Zoopla has revealed that it has seen a...

A sales agency based in Warrington and set up originally to market new homes in Manchester is now expanding into Shanghai...

Purplebricks claims it actually sells - not just lists - three times more than the UK’s next largest estate agency.  The claim...

Fledgling online estate agency Emoov - now owned by PropTech firm Mashroom - has removed reviews and endorsements from its website...

House prices are forecast to dip as the year ends and stagnate at the start of 2020 according to the latest...

“Multiple”members of the new trade body, the Federation of Independent Agents, are considering cancelling their subscriptions to Rightmove. FIA founder Graham Lock...

Zoopla says it now offers the fastest listings search of all three leading UK property portals on mobile devices. In turn, it...

Purplebricks has this morning released a brief and relatively downbeat trading statement to the City and its shareholders. The statement applies to the...

An estate agency has been fined £30,000 for waiting until minutes after the sale of a flat was completed to tell...

An online agent claims to have the answer to why fewer people are buying and selling these days. It’s not Brexit, stamp...

A London council wants government backing for a borough-wide Section 7 direction - effectively banning all agents’ boards being erected without...

A survey undertaken for estate agency Jackson-Stops reveals that 55 per cent of people do not believe housing is a priority...

Zoopla is continuing its aggressive expansion of listings and services to agents with news this morning that it has added a...

A Labour proposal to dramatically improve energy efficiency in almost every British home would cost an estimated £60 billion. The upgrades would...

Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...

The Advertising Standards Authority has clamped down on misleading claims made by the organisers of a property raffle. The controversy surrounds an...

An estate agency will pay out over £40,000 after being found to have misled customers and allowing one of its own...

A former 10 Downing Street adviser says stamp duty on house sales should be scrapped or at least slashed in order...

A survey suggests that 15 per cent of people who work in the real estate sector feel unsafe at work. This figure...

The latest Rightmove asking price index indicates a smaller than usual autumn bounce - that’s a sign, the portal says, of...

Zoopla has unveiled new functionality that it claims will make searching for new homes easier for consumers - and resumes the...

A London estate agency chain says It’s seen a 59 per cent surge in the number of its clients who have...

A relatively new company which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents says it...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

A new online auction service has launched this week, pledging a fairer service for agent partners, as well as buyers and...

Auction House has reported a record number of sales for September, while its founder claims private treaty sales 'won't be able...

The new managing director of easyProperty claims the hybrid agency will be targeting branch managers and senior negotiators who think they...

A new estate agency, which claims to only hire property experts, has announced a new investment as well as the recruitment...

A company that treats Japanese Knotweed has made startling claims about the extent of the problem across the UK. Environet claims that...

Purplebricks - which is at the centre of a string of controversies - has joined the growing campaign for stamp duty...

Briefings from the Conservative Party to The Sun newspaper suggest that the party will this week announce further relaxation in planning...

A trading statement from OnTheMarket reveals that fewer agents than anticipated have so far converted from free or discounted deals to...

Shadow defence secretary Nia Griffiths is pledging to improve the quality of housing for serving military personnel if Labour gets into...

Around one person in seven in England are living in unaffordable, insecure or unsuitable accommodation. The claim comes from the research produced...

Labour will this week discuss plans to allow councils to compulsorily purchase homes left empty for six months. Young Labour - a...

A sales and lettings agency which has entered insolvency is reported by a local newspaper to have offered vendors cut-price fees...

A quick move company claims that the general public underestimate estate agents’ fees by around £6,000.  A survey of 2,000 home owners...

A property MOT being launched by Countrywide and described as “game changing” for the house buying process will include survey and...

A hybrid estate and lettings agency operating currently in Manchester, Liverpool and others parts of the north of England has told...

A report by the influential Public Accounts committee of MPs has been highly sceptical of the effectiveness of Help To Buy. It...

It’s been revealed this morning that the organisation behind a new clean-air website is encouraging buyers to seek reductions of as...

A PropTech company is suggesting that property mis-measurements and resulting over-valuations may be the next PPI scandal. The firm - Spec, which...

A PropTech start-up says its service allows investors from anywhere in the world to buy property in the UK which can...

A banking company used by OnTheMarket has issued a note to its investor clients claiming the portal “arguably beats its peers...

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

Purplebricks’ recent strong share price rise is not a good sign for the agency but an indication that it may be...

Hunters chairman Kevin Hollinrake, who is also a Conservative MP, has given notice that he would resign the party whip if...

A survey claims that millions of potential sellers would use online estate agents - and bizarrely, this includes an online agency...

A business site says an agency’s administration has been extended as insolvency specialists try to find its former owner to claim...

A portal which describes itself as a social network and which has been operating on a soft launch basis for many...

A PropTech firm is marketing anti-money laundering audit checks for agents to help the industry comply with tighter regulation. Identity verification business...

A new online estate agency has attacked the industry for being “largely cloaked and ambiguous” - and says that of all...

OnTheMarket says it will not increase listing charges in 2020 for any agents currently paying full fees, while agencies which list on only...

Pattinson Auction has claimed its latest live non-online event was a “tremendous success” despite what it calls “misconceptions” about this way...

OnTheMarket TV adverts return on Monday with what the portal calls “a refreshed version” giving more prominence to its ‘new and...

An independent estate agency says a No Deal Brexit will prompt a “feeding frenzy” of foreign buyers who are already “piling...

A new survey claims to have discovered the sights and experiences that most deter would-be buyers when they view homes on...

A new service which launched in June and pledged to provide estate and letting agents with “game changing” access to property...

Crowdfunding has been largely avoided by property companies for much of the past year following controversies surrounding Emoov’s fund raising -...

The Guardian has revealed that small investors lured into putting money into TV property guru Kevin McCloud’s eco-friendly housing projects -...

The Liverpool Echo says housing minister Esther McVey, who was born in the city, is now ”reviled” there following comments about poor families. According...

The international estate agency Engel & Volkers is closing its single prime central London office - despite past claims that sales...

A new PropTech product uses WhatsApp to communicate within agency teams as soon as a lead is received from a portal. However,...

If anyone thought a Boris Johnson government would be more decisive than Theresa May's when it came to housing policies, the last...

A former Local Property Expert and manager at Purplebricks has gone on record to reveal what it was really like to work...

A sales progression tool is urging property professionals and consumers alike to do more to speed up typical transaction times, and...

A free-to-list property portal says that contrary to opinion within parts of the agency industry, the more portals there are the...

Akshay Ruparelia, the 21 year old who founded the online agency Doorsteps while he was still in sixth form, has called for...

Countrywide’s branch closure programme, shrouded in secrecy even to shareholders, may have involved shutting 250 offices according to an insider. The individual...

Some homes in the UK are now worth 44 per cent less than they were a decade ago, claims the estate...

Estate agents have collectively been fiercely criticised for allegedly exaggerating valuations to win instructions, doing a disservice to vendors and not...

A property industry trade body claims 85 per cent of agents believes a ‘staged’ property sells three times faster than a...

An online agency has struck out against the conventional wisdom that it’s tougher than ever before for first time buyers to...

A newspaper claims that a crowdfunding site used by some estate agencies and other property industry companies has suspended trading on...

Zoopla claims its new app has a huge level of what it calls “user engagement” within a month of launching. It’s hit...

A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...

Zoopla is mining data from users of its website to target sellers on Facebook and Instagram, producing leads and making it unnecessary for agencies to...

Speculation surrounding whether Boris Johnson will honour his pledge to reduce stamp duty risks bringing the housing market “to a grinding...

A new analysis of stamp duty suggests that a cut of around a third in SDLT could produce a 40 per...

A PropTech start up says its new free tool allows prospective sellers and buyers to get an automated valuation of their...

Connells Group has repeated its claim, made in recent months in the light of trading figures, that it is now the...

New research has identified those local housing market potentially worst hit by the planned changes to Help To Buy in 2021,...

After months of difficulties and closures for many online and hybrid estate agencies, EweMove claims to have bucked the trend. In a...

In a trading statement this morning, Countrywide says it has “a new covenant package with lenders provides the financial flexibility to...

An equity release provider says there is now £382 billion worth of equity available within older homeowners’ properties following recent house...

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...

One of the earliest property websites, nethouseprices.com, has been acquired by fledgling property portal OneDome.  Nethouseprices was set up in 2004 and...

The number of UK residential mortgages approved with a term of 40-years or more jumped over 20-fold in 2018. London estate agency...

Agents have put a brave face on official government figures which have shown a shock fall in London house prices and...

Improved communication and increased transparency throughout the buying process can manage vendors’ expectations, improve satisfaction scores and create long-term clients. That’s the...

A trade association of agents selling properties overseas has launched a new feature which it claims will give buyers greater security...

Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson has expressed an interest in switching the stamp duty burden from buyers to sellers. Until now Johnson’s comments on...

A new survey claims that 28 per cent of those who have put their home up for sale in past five...

Winkworth has a new office in its network, in the fashionable Suffolk town of Southwold. Independent agency Halford Wetmore has been acquired...

The Nationwide building society is to go into house building. It has received planning permission to build 239 new homes for sale...

A new global free-to-list property portal says it has secured 800 new property enquiries for estate agents in the last four...

The former chief executive of Purplebricks has defended claims that some Local Property Experts are underpaid, saying that success comes through...

Purplebricks has revealed its annual results for the year ending April 30 2019.  The hybrid agency has posted an operating loss of...

Estate Agent Today has been contacted by an individual who says he is one of three former Emoov customers intending to...

A leasehold reform campaigner says government proposals risk creating a two-tier market and do nothing to assist leaseholders already hit by...

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

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

Zoopla has announced an improved app which “enhances the house-hunting journey with a fresh design, improved navigation and an intuitive interface” -...

Purplebricks has released figures which appear to show it is one of the most successful agencies - or perhaps THE most...

Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...

A PropTech firm which claims its products offer “industry-leading” response times says agents lose a majority of their leads due to slow...

A national newspaper claims that the 20 millionth domestic EPC in the UK is set to be issued in the next...

An online auction service which only came into existence in September last year claims to have 150 partner estate agents already,...

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

New research by comparison website GoCompare suggests almost a million house sales have been lost because of Brexit.  The study claims that...

Sellers are back with a vengeance according to figures from online agency HouseSimple.  It claims the Brexit date extension has given sellers...

A PropTech firm has repeated claims it first made in March about allegedly inaccurate floorpan measurement and says a new initiative...

An analysis of transactions agreed this spring suggests there will be a surge in prices which will ultimately be reflected later...

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

A review website set up by a former estate agent says £1m of new funding will allow it to roll out...

A new service which aims to provide estate and letting agents with what it calls “game changing” access to property data...

A portal specialising in prime and super-prime London property has turned perceptions of the capital’s housing market on their head -...

A volume house builder is launching a TV advertising campaign claiming its properties are a “premium alternative” to second hand homes...

New research suggests it takes, on average, six months and 24 days to buy a home. The study, for PropTech virtual tours...

Retired homeowners are increasingly using property wealth to clear unsecured debts and mortgages to strengthen their later life finances, a new...

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

An IT firm says small and medium-sized estate agencies without the infrastructure of large corporates are putting themselves and their customers...

A Parliamentary committee has claimed that 160 properties in the UK are owned by “high corruption-risk individuals” and wants more to...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the destination where you can catch up with the key moves announced in the...

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...

Further details of Countrywide's closure and consolidation programme, first revealed by Estate Agent Today on Friday, have emerged over the weekend. A...

Equity release, seen by many agents as a reason why fewer older homeowners are downsizing these days, has reported more growth...

The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent weeks, some might say somewhat ironically by a House of Lords’...

A statement from London-focussed agency Chestertons claims to have bucked the poor market in the capital - and says it’s partly...

A lawyer appears to be suggesting that ‘clean and tidy’ clauses be inserted into house purchase deals, allowing buyers to retain...

Research  by HouseSimple suggests that over 31 per cent of homes currently on sale in major UK towns and cities have...

A PropTech firm that lists a customer’s home with successive estate agents until it is sold has raised £500,000 of startup...

A solicitor handling cases involving Japanese Knotweed say the problem could devalue the prices of affected houses by as much as...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

Zoopla has been spelling out more details of prospective buyers’ and renters’ patterns of portal-watching and how they relate to leads...

A quick buy company that describes itself as an “express estate agency” is making a pitch for vendors who may be...

An estate agency has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority not to use an advertisement on its website and Facebook...

A new snapshot of market share claims that online agents accounted for 7.0 per cent of all exchanges in the first...

The first hour of a property’s listing on a portal is the most crucial for sellers or landlords according to research...

A ‘property potential’ portal which claims to be highly successful across the south east of England is now going to launch...

Spicerhaart claims that it achieved an average of 104.29 per cent against the market value on properties that were taken into...

A national and regional property auction firm has delivered its best ever first quarter sales in the 12 year history of...

The owner of a home for sale has complained to the Advertising Standards Authority after seeing it marketed on Zoopla -...

OnTheMarket says high take up for its alert service demonstrates that it’s closing the gap on Rightmove. The challenger portal says that...

Analysts at Berenberg Bank have sharply reduced their price target for Purplebricks by over 80 per cent from 470p to 80p, accusing...

PropTech players behind a recent trial claim that use of Blockchain can cut a transaction time from a typical three months...

New figures from the Equity Release Council suggest more growth in this sector, alarming those agents who see this as a...

An insurance company claims that over 29,000 property deals fall through in a year because buyers get cold feet over their...

A mortgage firm claims that around a third of all those who have moved homes since 2016 have done so -...

An online estate agency insists the online/hybrid sector will take a 50 per cent market share in the future - despite...

An anonymous estate agent has renewed his attack on Purplebricks after an article in The Times at the weekend. Estate Agent Today...

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...

It’s no secret that the UK’s housing sector is in crisis. Headlines scream about the shortage of new-build homes. TV pundits...

Many estate and letting agents are receiving more leads through OnTheMarket than through Rightmove, the challenger portal claims - and it...

Four high-profile industry figures have sent an open letter urging agents to think about what they call “smarter marketing” in a...

A quick-buy firm that buys homes at around 85 per cent of market value claims the industry is concealing how slow...

A newspaper claims that 1,228 estate agent branches closed on Britain’s High Streets last year. The Mirror’s business editor, Graham Hiscott, says the...

A survey of owners has revealed that recent leasehold scandals have deterred many would-be buyers from considering new build homes.  The survey,...

The Law Society claims that the unforeseen charges faced by some purchasers of leasehold properties could be addressed “if developers and...

An industry provider of reservation agreements says its services can “entirely eliminate” fall throughs and reduce failed transactions “to almost zero.” PropTech...

The leasehold system has created many unsellable and unmortgageable homes and should change, MPs say. The all-party Housing, Communities and Local Government...

Another new online auction company has launched and is bidding to woo traditional estate agents with the controversial ‘modern method of...

A report claims that the hybrid agency EweMove performs above average across a number of measurements. The study comes from TwentyCi, a...

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

The Guild of Property Professionals says its network of over 800 independent estate agents across the UK has, collectively, the highest...

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...

The end of 2018 was a bit of a rocky time for online estate agents. Yet only a few years ago...

Maverick Cornish estate agent Chris Wood has quit the industry with a stinging attack on those who have “taken their toll”...

A PropTech firm claims agents are currently undervaluing properties in London because of what it calls “outdated and inaccurate property measurement...

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

Countrywide’s executive chairman and group managing director have spoken to Estate Agent Today about the impact of Brexit on the company,...

Countrywide's report to shareholders this morning warns that the residential market is heading for a difficult 2019 which may hit the...

The head of residential property at a law firm is warning that referral fees can backfire on estate agents who may...

Competition for landlords will be fiercer than ever this year. Landlords are facing a raft of changes and will likely be...

The troubled online agency House Network has amended its website after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority about its claims...

Outsourced auction provider IAMSold says it is the top independent auctioneer for residential property lots sold in 2018, according to the...

The controversial property portal Propertyheads has compiled a blacklist of tradesmen who have a criminal record. The website says this is the...

The vast majority of people want homes built as standard for all age groups - a contrary view to those in...