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A housing market analyst has admitted he is “happy being wrong” after predicting house prices would fall between 8% and 10%...

The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a second virtual event this Autumn following its inaugural streamed event earlier this year. Scheduled...

Purplebricks’ share price hit a new low last week after it announced a strategic review that could lead to the sale...

With the Treasury and the Bank of England stepping in to try and calm the markets, talk of an emergency interest...

A property analyst has warned against comparing the number of branches on Boomin to Rightmove. Challenger portal Boomin revealed its first batch...

Purplebricks ended the trading day yesterday without being able to formally welcome its new chief executive but the markets appeared to...

Housing market analyst and PropTech entrepreneur Anthony Codling says that the next few weeks will determine whether Boomin is the portal...

The level of house price growth is at a 17 year high at 11.2 per cent according to the Nationwide. The annual...

Low fee agents such as Purplebricks and some other online operators are generally not trusted by the public when selling their...

PropTech firm CoreLogic UK has acquired the property search and marketing platform Rummage4. Rummage4 was founded in 2015 by agent Robert May...

The latest figures for mortgage approvals show demand as being relatively unchanged - a development welcomed by agents. House purchase mortgage approvals...

A torrid period for Purplebricks' share value means it opens stock market trading today with a price of just 33p.  This is less...

The first house price index for August suggests they rose 2.1 per cent in just a month - despite forecasts that the...

Mortgage approvals declined over the last month as the tapering stamp duty holiday deterred home purchases, according to data from the...

The Halifax is reporting a 0.5 per cent monthly drop in house prices, plus a fall in the annual rate from...

Average house prices in the year to the end of April increased by 8.9 per cent according to the government’s Office...

Mortgage lending has shown the biggest net increase on record according to the Bank of England.  Mortgage borrowing in March rose by...

The government’s highly-anticipated Tax Day was just a damp squib.  That’s the view of leading analyst Anthony Codling, who says the almost complete...

The latest house price index from the Halifax suggests the market has softened ahead of the original scheduled end of the stamp...

A leading market commentator says the acquisition of London agency Douglas & Gordon represents “a strategic step change” for Foxtons -...

A housing market analyst says stamp duty, for all its unpopularity within the property industry, may not be so bad after...

Today’s the day when Parliament debates a possible extension to the stamp duty holiday beyond its March 31 cliff edge deadline...

A leading analyst is questioning whether buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holiday because demand has purshed up prices far...

One of the housing market’s senior analysts says the end of the stamp duty holiday on March 31 would not be...

New figures from the Bank of England show that mortgage approvals rose 7.0 per cent in November to reach 105,000 -...

Anthony Codling, the City analyst who made his name as a scourge of Purplebricks, says Brexit may be good news for the...

House prices surged in December to post their fastest growth in six years, according to the Nationwide.  Prices rose 7.3 per cent...

Mystery still surrounds the number of homes actually sold by Purplebricks, despite upbeat statements regarding the number of instructions it wins. The...

It may make little difference to agents but a leading analyst suggests thousands of buyers have effectively lost money on their purchase...

One of the industry’s leading commentators says an unintended consequence of a possible Capital Gains Tax increase could be a bonus...

A leading market analyst says the widespread belief that we are ‘safe’ in our homes may indirectly lead to the recent...

House prices in September were 7.3 per cent higher than a year earlier – the highest house price inflation since June 2016. The Halifax...

House prices rose again in August to reach a record high level according to Halifax, which is part of the Lloyds...

The scale of the market bounce back after lockdown is made clear in new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. It registers...

An industry analyst is challenging the long-established agents’ view that reducing or temporarily scrapping stamp duty would help the market. On the...

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...

"New property website launches. Not immediately sure what it does differently, what its USP is or who will use it, but...

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

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...

A PropTech start-up led by a prominent commentator has become the latest part of the industry to take a pop at...

The current market crisis caused by Coronavirus should present OnTheMarket with an opportunity to pause its existing strategy, talk to agents...

Prominent agency industry analyst Anthony Codling is asking agents whether the board of OnTheMarket did the right thing by firing Ian...

It never rains but it pours. And that’s certainly been the case for the online estate agency sector in the last...

Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...

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

Following yesterday's surprise news that founder Michael Bruce is leaving the business and its Australian operation is closing down, Purplebricks encountered...

LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rains, has substantially 'written down' its investment in online estate...

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

Alongside hundreds of agents and suppliers, I recently attended the Guild of Property Professionals’ annual conference. As ever, it was a great...

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

There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...

A new portal is launching next year with Countrywide and some 30 other estate agency groups signed up, as well as...

The investment bank Jefferies says Foxtons’ long-running share price slump is a reflection of Brexit uncertainty “until we find out what...

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

The UK chief executive of Purplebricks says his company has ambitions to roll out its business model all over the world. Lee...

The Future: PropTech conference takes place in under a fortnight’s time on May 2 and over 1,200 delegates have now been...

The Future:PropTech event on May 2 is now under six weeks away and more details have been released about speakers and...

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

The death of traditional TV – where viewers sit down together to watch shows at defined times – has been much...

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

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

Here it is - the industry’s verdict on the latest set of figures from Purplebricks. The agency doesn’t play by any of...

Purplebricks has told Estate Agent Today it is more open about its business than almost any other agency and stridently rejects criticism about...

Agents’ Mutual (oops, that name might need to change…read on) has been touting its recent legal victory and is about to...

After a roller-coaster day on the Stock Exchange yesterday, Purplebricks has sought to defend itself against further possible share price losses...

A City analyst has fuelled speculation that Rightmove has a goal to increase its monthly average revenue from each agency from...

Speculation is growing over whether figures to be released by Countrywide on Thursday may prompt another fall in the troubled company’s...

Foxtons - a company seen by many as a barometer of the London housing market - is likely to face a...

One of the industry’s leading analysts says Countrywide’s figures for the first half of 2017 are likely to be tough -...

Few things provoke argument within the industry more than the online v traditional agency debate - and within that debate, nothing...

The popularity of property auctions in the UK has increased enormously in recent years, supported by popular TV shows such as...

A respected City analyst has pointedly dissed Purplebricks over its allegedly modest inventory of homes for sale and rent. Antony Codling of...

City investment consultancy Jefferies has suggested that Rightmove ‘may go easy’ on increasing its charges to agent customers, because of the...

A City consultancy has noted every property advertised on Rightmove in recent months and will track them throughout 2017 in a...

Foxtons has received lavish praise from investment consultancy Jefferies despite long-term share price worries reflecting its mixed performance in the troubled...

Business consultancy Jefferies has given a strong endorsement to the digital agency policy set out by LSL Property Services earlier this...

LSL Property Services - which owns high street agency brands Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - is the...

A City consultancy has issued a note to investors backing Zoopla Property Group’s acquisition of data company Hometrack, suggested there is...

Countrywide’s long-term share price decline and turbulent branch closure programme have not prevented a relatively positive endorsement of the group’s strategy and...

Some sectors of the industry have been giving their initial reactions to the shock Donald Trump victory in the US presidential election.  Camilla...

A debate discussing how online and traditional estate agency would develop in the future, organised by City investment consultancy Jefferies, has...

An equity specialist has warned that shareholders may now choose this is the time to sell their stakes in Purplebricks because...

Hybrid estate agency YOPA is today launching a nationwide TV advertising campaign starring The Village People, the band best-known for the...

City consultancy Jefferies has made a blistering attack on Purplebricks’ sales performance and finances, saying “the arithmetic…still does not add up.”  Last...

One of the most respected City analysts of the changing residential sales industry says Purplebricks’ business model is worth admiring -...

Several stock market analysts have published reports on Zoopla's half-year trading statement released yesterday. Anthony Codling of Jefferies – the firm which...

A City investment consultancy says one leading private agency chain has slashed its fees to 0.5 per cent in order to...

LSL, the UK’s second largest estate agency division, has received a glowing endorsement from two property market analysts. In a note issued...

The analyst who has claimed that Rightmove may be seeking to ‘embed’ itself into estate agencies’ day-to-day management has now told...

One of the property portal sector’s leading analysts is suggesting that Rightmove may be about to increasingly involve itself with services...

The company of City analysts that worked with Zoopla on its floatation says it now senses “a change in climate” around...