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Hello and welcome to the end of the week - another opportunity to see how our industry is doing great work...

An online agency which describes itself as being “the future of property” is up for sale. Nu:move is a franchise operation, set...

A company says it will fund first time buyers’ bids to get on the property ladder by matching them with property...

One of the men behind the defunct Emoov online estate agency has re-emerged as the head of a marketing service. The service...

It’s Friday so it’s Charity day of course, and today we get to the root of the issue of lockdown easing...

A controversial property crowdfunding platform, criticised in the past on TV's Dragon’s Den, has gone into administration.  The House Crowd was launched...

It’s been some time since online agencies have ventured into crowdfunding to raise investment, but easyProperty has now done so -...

There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...

The Competitions and Markets Authority is to probe the proposed merger of two crowdfunding sites used by numerous property industry companies. Crowdcube...

As many in the industry will know, Ian Westerling passed away last week at the age of 51: he was a...

Dominic Cummings has been at worst a cause of huge anger to a nation that’s already extremely anxious. At best, he’s been...

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...

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 -...

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

An online agency which last autumn said it wanted to have as much as a three per cent market share of...

The new owners of Emoov have confirmed that 70 previous customers have opted to re-list their homes with the firm since it...

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

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

A firm that offers a white-labelled online agency platform to traditional High Street agents has signed up a new customer. love2move was...

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

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

A former senior management figure at Rightmove and online estate agency Doorsteps is going it alone for a new holiday property...

The online estate agency platform Love2Move has scrapped its bid for investment via a controversial crowdfunding platform. The platform - which allows...

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

The former chief executive of online agency Emoov has complained to the Mail on Sunday about an article concerning the firm’s...

Online estate agent Emoov failed to tell crowdfunding investors it was losing £3m a month before its collapse, a Sunday paper claims. The...

The first major estate agency business to launch a crowdfunding bid since the controversial collapse of Emoov has emphasised its “realistic”...

The controversial crowdfunding site Crowdcube has listed the founder of online estate agency Doorsteps as one of its five ‘entrepreneurs of...

Former Emoov chief executive Russell Quirk has made his first on-the-record comments about the factors behind the dramatic collapse of his...

The former boss of Emoov, the controversial Russell Quirk, has resuscitated his career as a public relations man and pro-Brexit commentator. Just...

The online sales and lettings platform TheHouseShop has scrapped its £500,000 crowdfunding pitch - and it’s blaming the collapse of online...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

A bid by online property platform TheHouseShop to raise £500,000 investment via crowdfunding appears to be flatlining. TheHouseShop - until 2015 known...

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 crowdfunding bid to Emoov’s staff to win financial help over the Christmas period has flopped badly with a paltry £30...

Vesta, which describes itself as “the new online marketplace for buying and selling rental property” has launched a bid to raise...

It is now known that at least 32 formal complaints have been received by the crowdfunding platform that helped Emoov raise...

The Times reports that crowdfunding investors are considering legal action following the collapse of Emoov. The investors in question appear to be some of...

Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause of genuine sadness when people lose their jobs - close proximity...

Investment platform Crowdcube has told Estate Agent Today that defunct online estate agency Emoov revised down its company valuation from £104m...

A platform that allows individual private sellers and landlords to list their properties alongside those from professional agents says it’s not...

A website that lists private sale properties and calls itself “the all in one property marketplace” has valued itself on a...

However mild the weather may have been for most of us, it’s a cold autumn for the online estate agency market...

Akshay Ruparelia, the young founder and head of the online agency Doorsteps, has been shortlisted for one of the most prestigious...

Doorsteps, the online agency founded by a teenager, has raised over £700,000 - that’s 175 per cent of its original £400,000 target,...

At first sight, to suggest this is a good time for an agency business to go for an IPO - that...

When you are starting up a new business, it is unlikely that you will already have enough capital to invest. Taking...

Emoov’s latest crowdfunding campaign has now gone well over £1.5m, making it already 50 per cent over-funded already from its original...

A new free-to-list portal is to be launched - and it is to be ‘voice led’.  The PropTech firm Triplerr says it...

Emoov has launched a crowdfunding campaign giving investors, it says, “a final chance” to put their money into the hybrid agency...

The young entrepreneur behind Doorsteps, the estate agency that deliberately avoids the huge marketing razzamatazz of other online companies, says his...

Akshay Ruparelia, the teenager who set up the Doorsteps online estate agency only 18 months ago, is now reported to be...

allAgents has today reinstated Purplebricks’ reviews on its site - this includes the majority of the negative reviews which have been...

The co-founder of online agency Estates Direct, who also previously worked for Propertyfinder, has become head of a property crowdfunding service. Ben...

AllAgents, the review website which failed in a bid to raise a ‘fighting fund’ in its ongoing row with Purplebricks, is...

The website AllAgents has failed in its bid to raise the £50,000 it says it requires to pay for a defence...

The website AllAgents has extended its deadline to raise £50,000 for possible legal costs should Purplebricks take action over disputed reviews. The...

A firm that sells homes but also creates operating platforms for other agencies to break into the industry is seeking £450,000 through...

Estate Agent Today has been told that the website AllAgents has been holding peace talks with Purplebricks over its dispute about...

Crowdfunding is nothing new. As I pointed out in a previous Natter, it dates back centuries, playing a part in the...

The 19 year old boss of online agency Doorsteps claims that his website has sold £100m worth of homes, currently lists...

The crowdfunding appeal by review website AllAgents to mount possible legal action against Purplebricks appears to be making relatively slow progress. As...

A donor with the name ‘Michael Bruce’ has contributed - at least a little - to a fighting fund for review...

An online platform has been launched with the aim of allowing first time buyers to seek crowdfunding to raise enough cash...

Online estate agency eMoov has announced the appointment of a new marketing expert. Lucy Milne - formerly marketing director of Just Eat...

An online estate agency with a website claiming “a saving of 50 per cent” on local agents, is seeking £100,000 to £250,000...

An online estate agency which says it could be the next Purplebricks says prejudice against internet property transactions is waning  “With Neil...

What does it say on your business card? Christopher Merriman, Land and Planning Director at Intro Crowd Who are Intro Crowd? Intro...

Instant gratification is nothing new. It’s been around for millennia. It’s an in-built survival instinct for humans – that want, that...

What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in no particular order: Trump, Brexit, Leicester winning the Premier League, a...

A remarkable survey conducted by a crowdfunding platform suggests that young Londoners on an average annual salary of £34,320 may have to...

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and answer sessions with some of the key figures in the property...

Agents don’t need reminding that Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today are invaluable sources of daily industry news - but...

Another crowdfunding platform has launched, encouraging investors to buy a share in a property - in this case, a prime London...

The high-profit property crowdfunding site Property Partner has laid off 13 of its employees - equivalent to around 29 per cent...

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...

eMoov has announced that it has secured a loan of £500,000 to help it expand into lettings, international transactions and license...

Last time out I spoke about the beginnings of a PropTech revolution, with two major London-based events in the offing over...

Two estate agencies have looked to a crowdfunding platform to try to raise investment. Online agency HouseSpotters wants £150,000 to “ensure the...

Storm Katie (makes it sound so harmless when they give it a name like that, doesn’t it?) might have given the...

There has been a surge of new crowdfunding platforms aimed at people who either cannot afford to purchase their own buy...

Online estate agent Purplebricks has now completed its pre-Christmas IPO with shares initially valued at £240m. It’s the latest news that...

An interesting story caught my eye a few weeks ago. A man from Lytham St Annes in Lancashire attempted to sell...

An entrepreneurial website has revealed the investors behind this month's crowdfunding success by online agency eMoov. Episode 1 Ventures and Maxfield Capital...

The big online estate agencies appear to have come of age. No, no - I'm not saying they're good, bad, better or...

eMoov has far exceeded its original target of raising £1m in its latest crowdfunding pitch and, with two days to go,...

Controversial online estate agency eMoov is on the verge of successfully raising £1m through crowdfunding - and may even hit the...

The controversial description of online agency eMoov as being valued at £20m - even though it currently does not even make...

Online estate agency eMoov has is close to reaching two thirds of its target £1m in crowdfunding but after a spectacular...

Controversial agency eMoov, which has already raised over half a million pounds in a weekend of crowdfunding, says online agencies now...

An estate agent has been nominated for a national award as result of his local campaigning to help rebuild play equipment...

A crowdfunding website has been set up with the aim of raising money to assist first time buyers purchase their homes. It...

Frazer Fearnhead, a founder of The House Crowd property crowdfunding platform, has been sharply criticised in a ‘car crash’ moment on BBC...

As the summer holidays near, we’re continuing to publicise the side of estate agency that rarely presents itself to the public...

A Yorkshire-based online estate agency has launched a crowdfunding campaign to pay for its new marketing plans.  MyHouseAdvert.co.uk, formed in 2011, says...