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Purplebricks will this week reveal the result of almost two years of trials into a new pricing structure.  The details will come...

Estate agents might be expert at advising on buying and selling properties on their books but when it comes to buying...

A £17.8m pre-tax loss has been reported by Yopa in its latest financial statement filed at Companies House. Figures lodged just before...

Almost all estate agents are still saying Yes to Rightmove, according to figures produced by the portal this morning. Membership numbers for...

It is widely expected that Purplebricks will shortly reveal the result of an experiment with a number of different pricing strategies. The...

There’s been a cautious welcome for the extension to the current mortgage holiday scheme, due to run out for ‘early adopters’...

A new analysis of the simmering Rightmove crisis says there is now “no clear downside” stopping agents leaving. The Financial Times says that Rightmove’s...

The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign says that agents are demanding that there is “no return to full...

Two agents have quit Rightmove and taken to social media to give their reasons. One is the 12-branch Andrew Craig agency which...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

Over 600 agents have now signed up to the Say No To Rightmove campaign including some of the biggest names on...

The two major portals have unveiled their discounts and deals for agents facing a dramatic loss of business because of the...

Agent disenchantment with the major portals has continued as a torrid week nears its end. The spotlight has now shifted to Zoopla...

A free-to-list property portal is warning the estate agency industry that it’s facing “dark days” thanks to the Coronavirus crisis and...

One of Britain’s most outspoken and high profile agents has quit Rightmove in spectacular fashion, using an open letter to the...

There’s been widespread outrage amongst agents at Rightmove’s offer to allow some agents a deferred payment scheme operating for just three...

Rightmove is offering some of its agents a deferred payment option. An announcement this morning says: "While sales agreed pipelines have strengthened following...

Purplebricks is not revealing details of the different pricing strategies it is testing “in the field” early this year. Last month the...

A story from America caught my eye this week. It’s about a company called Curbio partnering with another called The Keyes...

Purplebricks has launched an emergency hotline for customers of Emoov and Tepilo that are stranded by the agencies’ collapse. A statement this...

Purplebricks’ share price has now recovered all of the value it lost after being criticised on two BBC consumer programmes and...

The Property Ombudsman has told Estate Agent Today that it is happy with the controversial deferred payment scheme operated on behalf of...

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

One of the country’s most prominent online estate agencies is trying to confound critics by offering a no sale-no fee model,...