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Many of the leading advocates of the self-employed estate agent business model have talked about why many want new recruits with...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

This week I fly to Spain to present at a conference called Immotechnia. I am opening the conference with a 45-minute...

A rugby star has signed a deal to operate the easyProperty franchise in his home town area. Castleford Tigers prop forward Liam...

An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

The relaunched easyProperty hybrid agency is to rely exclusively on local marketing to drive awareness and customers, and not follow the...

A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has told Estate Agent Today that its recruitment schedule is running “well...

The new managing director of easyProperty claims the hybrid agency will be targeting branch managers and senior negotiators who think they...

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

Hello and welcome to the final PJT before September - yes that means summer is almost over.  Yet even during the holiday season...

One of the most experienced and high profile figures in the industry says individual agents working for online companies are typically...

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...

New figures released show High Street estate agents taking an increasingly large market share as online operators continue to crumble. According to the...

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

A veteran of three online estate agencies has been named as the first UK head of a US real estate operation...

It's been another busy 24 hours for publicly-quoted estate agencies. Swiss investment bank UBS has increased its stake in the troubled London...

Beleaguered fund manager Neil Woodford, one of the first champions of Purplebricks, has reduced his stake in the troubled agency for...

New data from property consultancy The Advisory shows that the top 10 online estate agents now have a combined market share...

When you think of the best ad campaigns – from moustachioed opera singers and talking meerkats to millions of bouncing balls...

You can tell it’s the onset of spring by the fact that this weekend sees the start of the Formula 1...

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...

The latest analysis of new listings in the two weeks to last Friday show that online estate agencies continue to have...

A firm which recently joined the ‘hub club’ of agencies using centralised services offices says its won a major new build...

The circus surrounding the fate of online agency Emoov has taken an unexpected turn. Yesterday Sky News revealed that the company was...

An agent in the Guild is launching a ‘hub’ style operation from December 1 and says the concept of traditional estate...

A statement to the London Stock Exchange by eProp Services has cemented its role primarily as a PropTech firm. This is in...

The shock immediate closure of Hatched, the online agency heavily invested in by Connells, has raised question marks over the online...

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...

Hello - if it’s Monday, it must be Property Jobs Today, your chance to see a snapshot of the key moves...

The head of eProp Services, parent company of easyProperty, says growth in the online sector is slower than expected - but that...

The online agency shake-out and consolidation continues apace. Former YOPA director Russell Humphrey has been named as the managing director of estate...

For many estate agents seeking to become entrepreneurs, the idea of starting their own business is undoubtedly daunting, especially when going...

One of the world’s leading property technology analysts has compiled a major report on estate agents’ business models - an exercise...

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

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

easyProperty is to sponsor some of the most iconic property programmes on TV from January 1. It will sponsor Sun, Sea, and...

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...

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

easyProperty, the online agency, says stamp duty should be paid by sellers and not by first time buyers. The online firm’s head...

International property analyst Mike DelPrete has queried the suggestion that Countrywide's online sales option is drawing in additional business to those...

easyProperty is teaming up with training organisation Estate Agency All Stars to offer training programmes to its 400 'local property professionals' across...

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

As those of us in the industry know, there is a fine balance to strike between disruptive technology – and the...

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

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

It’s been quite a week, much of it concerning the technology that increasingly underpins our industry.  A glut of fund-raising and relaunching...

easyProperty has unveiled details of its relaunch, declaring itself to be the UK’s second largest hybrid estate agency - second only...

Fine & Country and the Guild of Property Professionals are to keep their current Mayfair office on London’s Park Lane -...

LSL Property Services - owners of Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons amongst estate agency brands - has enjoyed...

Adam Day, the founder of Connells-owned online estate agency Hatched, has been announced as head of operations at easyProperty.    In a statement...

More than 270 easyProperty licences have been secured by independent estate agents belonging to The Guild of Property Professionals and Fine...

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

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

Over 500 members of the Guild of Property Professionals have requested an easyProperty licence following the merger between the two organisations.   The...

Two leading property analysts have written a fiercely critical assessment of the merger between easyProperty and the Guild of Property Professionals.   The...

The Guild of Property Professionals, which earlier this month merged with easyProperty, has now announced a new link up, this time...

It was only a couple of weeks ago that I was writing about the Google City, in Toronto, and now the...

This week, the obvious thing to write about would be easyProperty's merger with GPEA. It's such a huge and potentially influential...

The chief executive of eProp Services Ltd - the company formed by a merger between easyProperty and GPEA Ltd (the parent...

GPEA Ltd - the parent company of the Guild of Property Professionals and Fine & Country - has announced it has...

A consumer group which has consistently promoted online agencies says they achieve closer to sellers’ original asking price than the national...

Think ‘fake agents’ are no threat to your business? Think again. The rise of online agents - dubbed by some as...

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

An analysis by a leading PropTech entrepreneur has attempted to throw light on the startling losses reported last week by online...

This week, it would be very easy for me to focus on the startling figures that easyProperty logged with Companies House...

The chief executive of online easyProperty says the company’s investors “have full confidence” in the firm despite it announcing an operating...

Figures lodged at Companies House by online agency easyProperty suggest parent company EProp Services will seek additional funding this year. A strategic...

Harry Hill - former chief executive of Countrywide and the founder of Rightmove, and one of the most respected figures in the...

Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...

One of the earliest entrepreneurs to found a website to allow for-sale-by-owner property listings back in 2000, predicts current online agents...

Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...

easyProperty has exchanged contracts on a £35 million property portfolio, which it claims to be the largest deal carried out by...

A long-standing analyst of property portals and websites worldwide has included Rightmove, Purplebricks and easyProperty in a list of 10 sites...

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

Buyer numbers remain broadly unchanged but some sellers are withdrawing their homes from the market accoding to the chief executive of...

Online estate agency easyProperty has brought in a veteran psychology expert to look at the stress of buying a home -...

As we have just passed the 6 month half way point of 2016 we thought it would be a good idea...

It's great to hear how new proptech is being embraced by a number of front line agents in order to network...

There is a growing potential for property portals to take over the role of estate agents thanks to the vast amount...

Women property buyers are more instinctive when buying a home and are therefore 13% more likely to 'mentally move into a...

Property has dominated many of the entries in the Sunday Times’ much-respected Rich List, which names the 1,000 wealthiest individuals with...

Online estate agency easyProperty is believed to have parted company with its PR firm The Red Brick Road after less than...

Countrywide's chief information officer Oliver Skagerlind this morning joins online agency easyProperty as de facto number two to chief executive Rob...

A fascinating report commissioned by online agency easyProperty has given the lowdown on what house buying might be like in 2020...

Savills is the latest estate agency to consider a TV advertising campaign. The agency’s marketing director Alison Dean has told Estate Agent...

Forget eMoov, easyProperty, Tepilo or Purplebricks. It appears the less well-known My Online Estate Agent has taken the honours for having the...

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

An international portal consultancy not previously known for its outspoken comments has sharply criticised OnTheMarket for its “protection of the status...

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

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

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

Andy Clarke, who held a key product development role at OnTheMarket since before the challenger portal’s launch 11 months ago, has...

Purplebricks is very easily the most recognisable online estate agency, according to a survey of 1,300 home owners by respected polling...

In the week that Purplebricks floats on the stock market, rival agency easyProperty says it will not list for two years...

With Purplebricks floating next week and at least one other agent believed to be announcing the appointment of a senior staff...

easyProperty is reported to be in talks to raise around £5m to expand its services. Reports over the weekend, including one on...

easyProperty has become the first online estate agency in the UK to link with an online platform that permits the exchange...

Savills has hired Isobel as its main creative agency to work on the marketing of its residential division.  Communications industry publication Campaign...

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

Savills, the high end estate agency, has parted ways with public relations company The Red Brick Road as a result of...

We've caught the apparent death of the high street estate agent on video - or at least that's what online estate...

There's good news for online estate agency easyProperty - although it has nothing to do with selling or letting homes, upfront...

easyProperty says it is looking at the prospect of exporting its online agency business model to other countries. Chief executive Rob Ellice...

easyProperty today launches a TV and multi-media advertising campaign “costing very much into seven figures” as it attempts to boost its...

We’ve enjoyed a bit of an Indian summer this week. Not sure it makes up for one of the coldest and...

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on Zoopla’s fightback...

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on Zoopla’s fightback...

Online agency easyProperty has launched its residential sales service this week, ahead of schedule - and catching some elements of the...

Online agency easyProperty has launched its residential sales service today, ahead of schedule, with a sales section already on the easyproperty.com...

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on what Right...

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on what Right...

With just a few days to go before the formal start of the new football season, the much-publicisied possible easyProperty sponsorship...

Harry Hill, the former Countrywide chief executive, has described his old company as “going backwards” following the publication of its half-year...

easyProperty, which until now has been operating largely in the residential and commercial lettings markets, has confirmed that it is moving...

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

The annual RESI conference, usually dominated by developers and debates over housebuilding totals, is this year to include a discussion on...

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

easyProperty, the online lettings agency set to launch a sales operation later this year, plans an Initial Public Offering after the...