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Agents are being urged to place more value on their work and to charge higher fees. Richard Palfreeman, advisor at training provider...

In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...

Online estate agency Strike - which used to be HouseSimple - is expanding its sell-for-free service out across the Midlands and...

New research shows that UK estate agents are amongst the best value in the world. Using data from the Global Property Guide...

Fall throughs which could be avoided by Reservation Agreements have cost agency branches an average £10,000 per month. That’s the claim from digital...

The advertising watchdog has told the agency industry to clean up its act on four issues, with clarity over fees being...

New guidance spells out how leniency can be exercised on agencies or individuals who inform on anti-competition cartels of the kind that...

One of the victims of a notorious estate agency price fixing cartel has spoken out against one of the offenders.  Christina Davis...

New research suggests that British estate agents charge some of the lowest fees in the world. Based on an apparent British average...

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

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

What an interesting few days it’s been. I don’t think the topic of this week’s column is doing anything good for our...

A new call has been issued this morning by the Competition and Markets Authority for estate agents to confess if their...

An estate agent who has himself made the move from the High Street to a hybrid operation has urged anyone in...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

Another former Savills agent has joined freelance agency operation Keller Williams, the second in recent weeks. In January it was revealed that...

A new market centre operating as a hub for freelance agents has opened in Glasgow. Called KW Evolve it is a Keller...

Keller Williams UK is opening a new Market Centre, this time in Oxfordshire - and it has signed a senior Savills...

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...

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

A yet-to-launch estate agency comparison site is nearing its crowdfunding target of £50,000. Invite Agents, which is crowdfunding on crowdcube, had, as...

The Advertising Standards Authority has issued a guidance note warning online estate agents, after complaints about them have “grown dramatically”. “Property is big...

High Street estate agents should re-define themselves in today’s competitive market by becoming Residential Property Experts offering a wide range of...

The Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally found that four agencies broke competition law by taking part in a price fixing...

A recent survey conducted by comparison website GetAgent found that traditional high street agents have been given a firm thumbs up...

Traditional High Street estate agents have been given the thumbs up by sellers in a new survey of over 5,000 vendors...

Proceedings against an estate agent at the centre of a fees cartel case have been dropped following his agreement not to stand as...

Experienced sales trainer Boyd Mayover, co-founder of Sales Doctors, explains how agents can overcome price objectives, impress prospective clients and offer...

A family run estate agency faces a string of charges relating to commission fees and “undue influence” exerted on clients. The charges...

UK estate agents charge the lowest commission out of any nation in the European Union, according to a recent study by...

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

The Property Ombudsman has issued new guidance over what it calls “a growing issue” - that is, disputes over dual fees. TPO...

The Property Ombudsman is to give agents new guidance on dual fees, following a surge in complaints from the public. In 2017, TPO received...

A new prime London hybrid agency wants what it calls “disillusioned property professionals” to join the firm and take advantage of...

Two former High Street agents say their new hybrid agency has enjoyed an impressive launch gathering 40 instructions in just four...

Hybrid agency Emoov has released research in which it claims consumers rank high street estate agency commission fees as the second...

A PropTech firm has adopted the unusual position of claiming some agencies deliberately over-value properties in a bid to win instructions. Agent...

The former head of Rightmove’s lettings division has blasted High Street estate agencies for “living in the past, charging exorbitant fees...

If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...

Two online agents and a number of PropTech companies have been named in startups.co.uk's Startups 100 index. Coming in at number 64...

In recent months, there’s been a notable move in the rental market towards deposit replacement products in place of traditional security...

Purplebricks has returned to the fray after recent controversies with a claim that home owners saved themselves over £140m in commission...

One of the most important aspects of running a successful estate or letting agency is being able to generate new business...

There’s much said in the mainstream press about estate agency fees and how costly they can be for consumers. But one point...

The fees charged by estate agents receive a lot of coverage in the press - and rarely for positive reasons. Negative...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint made against hybrid estate agency Pink and Cow. The Portsmouth-based firm claimed on...

It has emerged that global property firm Savills won a case in the Court of Appeal, entitling them to claim an...

EasyProperty has removed from its advertising any reference to clients getting ‘an offier in 20 weeks’ after an intervention by the...

Buy-to-let landlords may have failed in their recent legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set to...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld two of three complaints against claims made in Purplebricks' TV and website advertising.  The watchdog upheld...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an ad by online agency emoov after a complaint disputing the duration of a fee...

Marsh & Parsons is this month opening its second new branch of the year and its 26th across London.  The new Tufnell...

First of all, welcome back everyone. Hope everyone had a great and relaxing break for Christmas and New Year. (Is anyone...

Do you remember Martha Lane-Fox? She was the poster girl for lastminute.com and an icon of the dot.com bubble that ended...

With the industry still awaiting the outcome of two investigations into allegations surrounding London property money-laundering, one estate agency is now...

Another online estate agency has launched, claiming to save vendors thousands of pounds by “getting rid of all the unnecessary stuff...

An estate agent who co-presented BBC programme Living in the Sun has opened a hybrid estate agency with what he calls...