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18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The new managing director of easyProperty claims the hybrid agency will be targeting branch managers and senior negotiators who think they...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News

It never rains but it pours. And that’s certainly been the case for the online estate agency sector in the last...
03 October 2019
From: Features

Hello and welcome to the final PJT before September - yes that means summer is almost over. Yet even during the holiday season...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the most experienced and high profile figures in the industry says individual agents working for online companies are typically...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency EasyProperty has been acquired by a firm with the backing of Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. easyProperty has been sold by the eProp...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

New figures released show High Street estate agents taking an increasingly large market share as online operators continue to crumble. According to the...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and here’s another PJT to start the week: we hope it’s your first port of call when you want to...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A veteran of three online estate agencies has been named as the first UK head of a US real estate operation...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News

It's been another busy 24 hours for publicly-quoted estate agencies. Swiss investment bank UBS has increased its stake in the troubled London...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Beleaguered fund manager Neil Woodford, one of the first champions of Purplebricks, has reduced his stake in the troubled agency for...
06 June 2019
From: Breaking News

New data from property consultancy The Advisory shows that the top 10 online estate agents now have a combined market share...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News

When you think of the best ad campaigns – from moustachioed opera singers and talking meerkats to millions of bouncing balls...
06 April 2019
From: Features

You can tell it’s the onset of spring by the fact that this weekend sees the start of the Formula 1...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The easyProperty online agency has abandoned an across-the-board fee structure, allowing its licensee agents to charge what they like. “Each local market is unique...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest analysis of new listings in the two weeks to last Friday show that online estate agencies continue to have...
11 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A firm which recently joined the ‘hub club’ of agencies using centralised services offices says its won a major new build...
17 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The circus surrounding the fate of online agency Emoov has taken an unexpected turn. Yesterday Sky News revealed that the company was...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News

An agent in the Guild is launching a ‘hub’ style operation from December 1 and says the concept of traditional estate...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A statement to the London Stock Exchange by eProp Services has cemented its role primarily as a PropTech firm. This is in...
28 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The shock immediate closure of Hatched, the online agency heavily invested in by Connells, has raised question marks over the online...
21 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...
28 July 2018
From: Features

Hello - if it’s Monday, it must be Property Jobs Today, your chance to see a snapshot of the key moves...
18 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The head of eProp Services, parent company of easyProperty, says growth in the online sector is slower than expected - but that...
06 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The online agency shake-out and consolidation continues apace. Former YOPA director Russell Humphrey has been named as the managing director of estate...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News

For many estate agents seeking to become entrepreneurs, the idea of starting their own business is undoubtedly daunting, especially when going...
17 March 2018
From: Features

One of the world’s leading property technology analysts has compiled a major report on estate agents’ business models - an exercise...
07 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The death of traditional TV – where viewers sit down together to watch shows at defined times – has been much...
24 February 2018
From: Features

According to The Branding Journal, a brand is “a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's...
20 January 2018
From: Features

easyProperty is to sponsor some of the most iconic property programmes on TV from January 1. It will sponsor Sun, Sea, and...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been. Even better, this property-based...
25 November 2017
From: Features

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday. Despite...
18 November 2017
From: Features

easyProperty, the online agency, says stamp duty should be paid by sellers and not by first time buyers. The online firm’s head...
16 November 2017
From: Breaking News

International property analyst Mike DelPrete has queried the suggestion that Countrywide's online sales option is drawing in additional business to those...
07 November 2017
From: Breaking News

easyProperty is teaming up with training organisation Estate Agency All Stars to offer training programmes to its 400 'local property professionals' across...
07 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Crowdfunding is nothing new. As I pointed out in a previous Natter, it dates back centuries, playing a part in the...
28 October 2017
From: Features

As those of us in the industry know, there is a fine balance to strike between disruptive technology – and the...
30 September 2017
From: Features

It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...
23 September 2017
From: Features

I’ve been in France for the past few days and depending on your viewpoint, I made a spectacularly good or singularly...
09 September 2017
From: Features

It’s been quite a week, much of it concerning the technology that increasingly underpins our industry. A glut of fund-raising and relaunching...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

easyProperty has unveiled details of its relaunch, declaring itself to be the UK’s second largest hybrid estate agency - second only...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Fine & Country and the Guild of Property Professionals are to keep their current Mayfair office on London’s Park Lane -...
22 August 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services - owners of Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons amongst estate agency brands - has enjoyed...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Adam Day, the founder of Connells-owned online estate agency Hatched, has been announced as head of operations at easyProperty. In a statement...
31 July 2017
From: Breaking News

More than 270 easyProperty licences have been secured by independent estate agents belonging to The Guild of Property Professionals and Fine...
26 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Given the shift change in the estate agent world at the moment, with online models becoming more prevalent (think easyProperty’s £60...
22 July 2017
From: Features

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...
14 July 2017
From: Features

Over 500 members of the Guild of Property Professionals have requested an easyProperty licence following the merger between the two organisations. The...
26 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Two leading property analysts have written a fiercely critical assessment of the merger between easyProperty and the Guild of Property Professionals. The...
23 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The Guild of Property Professionals, which earlier this month merged with easyProperty, has now announced a new link up, this time...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News

It was only a couple of weeks ago that I was writing about the Google City, in Toronto, and now the...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News

This week, the obvious thing to write about would be easyProperty's merger with GPEA. It's such a huge and potentially influential...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of eProp Services Ltd - the company formed by a merger between easyProperty and GPEA Ltd (the parent...
13 June 2017
From: Breaking News

GPEA Ltd - the parent company of the Guild of Property Professionals and Fine & Country - has announced it has...
08 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A consumer group which has consistently promoted online agencies says they achieve closer to sellers’ original asking price than the national...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Think ‘fake agents’ are no threat to your business? Think again. The rise of online agents - dubbed by some as...
12 May 2017
From: Features

EasyProperty has removed from its advertising any reference to clients getting ‘an offier in 20 weeks’ after an intervention by the...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News

An analysis by a leading PropTech entrepreneur has attempted to throw light on the startling losses reported last week by online...
05 April 2017
From: Breaking News

This week, it would be very easy for me to focus on the startling figures that easyProperty logged with Companies House...
05 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of online easyProperty says the company’s investors “have full confidence” in the firm despite it announcing an operating...
03 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Figures lodged at Companies House by online agency easyProperty suggest parent company EProp Services will seek additional funding this year. A strategic...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Harry Hill - former chief executive of Countrywide and the founder of Rightmove, and one of the most respected figures in the...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...
28 January 2017
From: Features

One of the earliest entrepreneurs to found a website to allow for-sale-by-owner property listings back in 2000, predicts current online agents...
05 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...
09 December 2016
From: Features

easyProperty has exchanged contracts on a £35 million property portfolio, which it claims to be the largest deal carried out by...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A long-standing analyst of property portals and websites worldwide has included Rightmove, Purplebricks and easyProperty in a list of 10 sites...
08 September 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. When the idea behind the world wide...
19 August 2016
From: Features

Buyer numbers remain broadly unchanged but some sellers are withdrawing their homes from the market accoding to the chief executive of...
05 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency easyProperty has brought in a veteran psychology expert to look at the stress of buying a home -...
23 June 2016
From: Breaking News
09 June 2016
From: Sponsored Content

It's great to hear how new proptech is being embraced by a number of front line agents in order to network...
07 June 2016
From: Sponsored Content

There is a growing potential for property portals to take over the role of estate agents thanks to the vast amount...
07 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Women property buyers are more instinctive when buying a home and are therefore 13% more likely to 'mentally move into a...
01 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Property has dominated many of the entries in the Sunday Times’ much-respected Rich List, which names the 1,000 wealthiest individuals with...
25 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency easyProperty is believed to have parted company with its PR firm The Red Brick Road after less than...
11 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide's chief information officer Oliver Skagerlind this morning joins online agency easyProperty as de facto number two to chief executive Rob...
04 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A fascinating report commissioned by online agency easyProperty has given the lowdown on what house buying might be like in 2020...
24 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Savills is the latest estate agency to consider a TV advertising campaign. The agency’s marketing director Alison Dean has told Estate Agent...
07 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Forget eMoov, easyProperty, Tepilo or Purplebricks. It appears the less well-known My Online Estate Agent has taken the honours for having the...
20 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Do you remember Martha Lane-Fox? She was the poster girl for lastminute.com and an icon of the dot.com bubble that ended...
15 January 2016
From: Features

An international portal consultancy not previously known for its outspoken comments has sharply criticised OnTheMarket for its “protection of the status...
12 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency easyProperty is marking the start of 2016 by launching a Land and New Homes division. “It’s obviously one of...
04 January 2016
From: Breaking News

There’s been plenty of forecasting in recent weeks - banks, consultancies and high-end estate agents have predicted house prices in the...
31 December 2015
From: Features

It’s time to take a pause, to reflect and put into context—and what a year it has been for our industry...
24 December 2015
From: Features

Andy Clarke, who held a key product development role at OnTheMarket since before the challenger portal’s launch 11 months ago, has...
23 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks is very easily the most recognisable online estate agency, according to a survey of 1,300 home owners by respected polling...
23 December 2015
From: Breaking News

In the week that Purplebricks floats on the stock market, rival agency easyProperty says it will not list for two years...
14 December 2015
From: Breaking News

With Purplebricks floating next week and at least one other agent believed to be announcing the appointment of a senior staff...
08 December 2015
From: Breaking News

easyProperty is reported to be in talks to raise around £5m to expand its services. Reports over the weekend, including one on...
30 November 2015
From: Breaking News

easyProperty has become the first online estate agency in the UK to link with an online platform that permits the exchange...
26 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Savills has hired Isobel as its main creative agency to work on the marketing of its residential division. Communications industry publication Campaign...
10 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The big online estate agencies appear to have come of age. No, no - I'm not saying they're good, bad, better or...
02 October 2015
From: Features

Savills, the high end estate agency, has parted ways with public relations company The Red Brick Road as a result of...
02 October 2015
From: Breaking News

We've caught the apparent death of the high street estate agent on video - or at least that's what online estate...
30 September 2015
From: Breaking News

There's good news for online estate agency easyProperty - although it has nothing to do with selling or letting homes, upfront...
29 September 2015
From: Breaking News

easyProperty says it is looking at the prospect of exporting its online agency business model to other countries. Chief executive Rob Ellice...
24 September 2015
From: Breaking News

easyProperty today launches a TV and multi-media advertising campaign “costing very much into seven figures” as it attempts to boost its...
21 September 2015
From: Breaking News

We’ve enjoyed a bit of an Indian summer this week. Not sure it makes up for one of the coldest and...
11 September 2015
From: Features

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on Zoopla’s fightback...
14 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on Zoopla’s fightback...
14 August 2015
From: Video Articles

Online agency easyProperty has launched its residential sales service this week, ahead of schedule - and catching some elements of the...
11 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Online agency easyProperty has launched its residential sales service today, ahead of schedule, with a sales section already on the easyproperty.com...
10 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on what Right...
07 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on what Right...
07 August 2015
From: Video Articles

With just a few days to go before the formal start of the new football season, the much-publicisied possible easyProperty sponsorship...
05 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Harry Hill, the former Countrywide chief executive, has described his old company as “going backwards” following the publication of its half-year...
31 July 2015
From: Breaking News

easyProperty, which until now has been operating largely in the residential and commercial lettings markets, has confirmed that it is moving...
30 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of online agency easyProperty says the money laundering scandal exposed in Channel 4’s ‘From Russia With Cash’ would...
13 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The annual RESI conference, usually dominated by developers and debates over housebuilding totals, is this year to include a discussion on...
07 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Online estate agent easyProperty has appointed a creative and PR agency to manage an ‘above the line’ advertising campaign ahead of...