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![Industry Views - Do Online Estate Agencies Exist Any More?](/upload/images/1%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Industry%20View%20Do%20online%20estate%20agencies%20exist%20any%20more%20IV.png)
Is there such a thing as an online estate agency any more? A decade ago, about the time I started editing Estate...
18 May 2024
From: Features
![Charity campaign launched to see Simon Whale as ‘servant for a day’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Kerfuffle founder Simon Whale may have thought becoming a servant for the day as part of a charity auction would have...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Russell Quirk set to launch agency licensing debate](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/LandlordLicensing-4-400x310.jpg)
Russell Quirk may have already irked plenty of estate agents in his time as boss of collapsed online brand Emoov and...
23 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark unveils heavyweight panel for industry conference](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
Propertymark has released details of a panel featuring several industry heavyweights at its much anticipated conference in June. Founder of emoov-turned-property-pundit and...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Countrywide director claims over £1m in fees at new agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.png)
A former Countrywide director says that since becoming a Keller Williams agent he’s racked up over £1m in fees. Dominic Marcel -...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Should agents door-knock to win business?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent1-400x310.png)
Industry leaders have hit back at a suggestion that agents should do more door-knocking to win business. Speaking in the latest video...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Media blamed for ‘stifling market sentiment’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
Industry leaders have hit out at the media for “stifling sentiment” as they urge agents to help vendors make an informed...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Online Estate Agents - the new dinosaurs of house selling](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/WiFiMobile-400x310.png)
I’ve just read an article saying that this is the time of the online estate agency. The time in question is, of...
26 November 2022
From: Features
![iamproperty launches Love Island inspired campaign](/upload/images/Today%20Site%20Images/MeetTheMoovs-400x310.png)
Proptech firm iamproperty has overhauled its movebutler platform with more material information features and a Love Island theme. The end-to-end onboarding and...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the who’s who of the industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
![Markets shrug as Purplebricks awaits confirmation of new chief executive](/upload/images/Logos/PurplebricksLogo2020-400x310.jpg)
Purplebricks ended the trading day yesterday without being able to formally welcome its new chief executive but the markets appeared to...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Video interview - talking self-employed agents with eXp UK's Adam Day](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennial-BusinessWoman-Communication-400x310.jpg)
Adam Day will be a well-known figure to many in the industry, having been the founder of Hatched (the online agency...
08 January 2022
From: Features
![Five top portals to face Question Time with legendary agent Quirk](/img/default/eat.png)
Representatives of Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket, Boomin and OneDome portals are to be quizzed in an industry Question Time session next month. Russell...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Paying For Viewings - will charging buyers really work?](/img/default/eat.png)
A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Fake estate agency reviews: Watchdog probes Google and Amazon](/img/default/eat.png)
The Competititon and Markets Authority says it’s to look into reviews on Google and Amazon, and see whether the online giants...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Emoov Controversy: senior figure returns with Facebook initiative](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the men behind the defunct Emoov online estate agency has re-emerged as the head of a marketing service. The service...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Boomin - What’s the verdict?](/img/default/eat.png)
The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...
03 April 2021
From: Features
![Online agency says it will buy vendors' properties from them](/img/default/eat.png)
Emoov’s new 'guaranteed offer' service means fall-thoughs and chain-related delays are effectively eliminated, the agency claims. Emoov - now owned by a firm...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Call My Agent! Celebrities find it’s not so easy to sell and buy homes…](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the biggest TV hits of lockdown has been the Netflix show Call My Agent! It’s a surprise success, perhaps, because...
06 March 2021
From: Features
![Sarah Beeny – Will she be returning to estate agency after Tepilo?](/img/default/eat.png)
This week’s In Conversation Today interviewee needs no introduction. One of the property industry’s most recognisable names, she has been a...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks rated as only 10th best online agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks has been rated as only the 10th best online agency in the country in a controversial new league table. The list...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – will 2021 be the year of the merger?](/img/default/eat.png)
At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...
30 January 2021
From: Features
![Why don’t agencies list on the stock market anymore?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...
23 January 2021
From: Features
![Revealed - where it takes over 200 days to complete a house sale](/img/default/eat.png)
A survey of completion times for house sales over the past four years suggests that the worst performing local authority area...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Watchdog to probe merger of popular agency crowdfunding sites](/img/default/eat.png)
The Competitions and Markets Authority is to probe the proposed merger of two crowdfunding sites used by numerous property industry companies. Crowdcube...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![What next for UK side of US agency as chief exec quits?](/img/default/eat.png)
Gary Keller is stepping down from his post as chief executive of the global Keller Williams estate agency empire. Although operating chiefly...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Online market share revealed - with Purplebricks way ahead](/img/default/eat.png)
A new survey of the market share split between High Street and online agencies shows that Purplebricks remains the digital market...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: Agencies’ top website hits and social media followings](/img/default/eat.png)
A new analysis of corporate estate agencies’ social media followings and websites shows the big winners to be Savills, Foxtons and...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing Secretary Jenrick may be sacked shortly, says newspaper](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - currently at the centre of a planning controversy - could be sacked in a September Cabinet reshuffle. The...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks and Emoov founders call for radical stamp duty reform](/img/default/eat.png)
Online sector veterans Russell Quirk and Kenny Bruce have used social media to call for a temporary scrapping of all stamp...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Dominic Cummings - lessons for the agency industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Dominic Cummings has been at worst a cause of huge anger to a nation that’s already extremely anxious. At best, he’s been...
30 May 2020
From: Features
![Blood and branches will be shed in Countrywide merger, experts predict](/img/default/eat.png)
Some of the biggest figures in the industry have given Estate Agent Today their reaction to the news - broken yesterday...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Is this why Countywide, Purplebricks and Foxtons are struggling?](/img/default/eat.png)
An outspoken industry commentator says some of the country’s leading agencies are failing because they’re not actually run by experienced agents. Russell...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Emoov online review row deepens as CMA probes wider problem](/img/default/eat.png)
There have been two developments on the controversial subject of online reviews. One concerns the online agency Emoov, which three months ago...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Fraud! Agents who over-value to win instructions 'act illegally'- claim](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents who deliberately over-value properties in order to win instructions are effectively committing fraud according to a prominent industry figure. Russell...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks leads UK league table of agents with available properties](/img/default/eat.png)
An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: what has the last decade meant for the property industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
14 December 2019
From: Features
![Emoov unmoved: row with Advertising Standards Authority rumbles on](/img/default/eat.png)
The dispute between controversial online estate agency Emoov and the Advertising Standards Authority is rumbling on. In the first half of November...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive: online agency at centre of new complaints over reviews](/img/default/eat.png)
An online estate agency which last week claimed it had resolved a dispute over reviews it showed on its website is...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agency removes Trustpilot and Google reviews after complaint](/img/default/eat.png)
Fledgling online estate agency Emoov - now owned by PropTech firm Mashroom - has removed reviews and endorsements from its website...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks, Housesimple and Yopa must merge to survive - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Start touting! Agents told to knock on doors and steal their rivals' vendors](/img/default/eat.png)
A controversial estate agent and former head of an online agency is urging agents to knock on the doors of vendors...
24 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![EXCLUSIVE: New national agency recruitment ‘ahead of expectations’](/img/default/eat.png)
A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has told Estate Agent Today that its recruitment schedule is running “well...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Why has Upad gone down?](/img/default/eat.png)
Upad, the national online letting agent set up by entrepreneur James Davis has announced that it is “closed to new business”...
15 October 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Online estate agents and digital malfunction](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Purplebricks review methods to be investigated by Trustpilot - report](/img/default/eat.png)
The tech publication WIRED has conducted an in-depth analysis of Purplebricks’ reviews on the Trustpilot site and suggests the agency may...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Former Emoov agency fined for anti-money laundering breaches](/img/default/eat.png)
HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that the original Emoov online agency has been fined for breaches of money laundering regulations. HMRC...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Three top online chiefs abandon sector and buy into full-fee agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Three former online estate agency founders - including the controversial Russell Quirk - are going into mainstream full fee agency. They are...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Dodgy survey boosts online agents - including one that doesn’t exist](/img/default/eat.png)
A survey claims that millions of potential sellers would use online estate agents - and bizarrely, this includes an online agency...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Your new shop window is not a shop window](/img/default/eat.png)
In the old days an agent would procure clients based upon their position in the high street, the size of the...
04 September 2019
From: Features
![Online firm wins £750k crowdfunding as it defies 'curse of Emoov'](/img/default/eat.png)
Crowdfunding has been largely avoided by property companies for much of the past year following controversies surrounding Emoov’s fund raising -...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Speculation grows about Yopa’s future as LSL chief quits board](/img/default/eat.png)
Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks: an insider’s story of what it was REALLY like](/img/default/eat.png)
A former Local Property Expert and manager at Purplebricks has gone on record to reveal what it was really like to work...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Crowdfunding site used by agents claims “it’s business as usual”](/img/default/eat.png)
A newspaper claims that a crowdfunding site used by some estate agencies and other property industry companies has suspended trading on...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agents undervalued, underpaid and 'not really self-employed' - guru](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Natter - is a no deal Brexit real life, or is it just fantasy?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...
13 July 2019
From: Features
![70 former customers have relisted with Emoov since relaunch](/img/default/eat.png)
The new owners of Emoov have confirmed that 70 previous customers have opted to re-list their homes with the firm since it...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Give All Your £ to Google](/img/default/eat.png)
In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...
03 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Emoov collapse: angry sellers threaten legal action](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate Agent Today has been contacted by an individual who says he is one of three former Emoov customers intending to...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Market Share: High Street estate agents crush online firms](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Jobs Today - who's moving where in our industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Invest in online agencies! What could possibly go wrong...?](/img/default/eat.png)
We like a good video here at Estate Agent Today, and we know our industry can take a joke even if...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Emoov and Countrywide merge: it could have happened…](/img/default/eat.png)
Emoov and Countrywide: what a pair, observers might say. They present a tale of two failures - although, in the case of...
08 June 2019
From: Features
![Online ‘veteran’ to lead virtual estate agency launching in UK](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Countrywide’s biggest critic says: “Here’s my plan to save the firm”](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide’s shares took another battering yesterday as they plummeted below the psychologically-painful 5p mark - reflecting a 95 per cent loss of...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks market share falls as online sector becomes still weaker](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Natter: has Purplebricks' bubble now officially burst?](/img/default/eat.png)
Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...
18 May 2019
From: Features
![Online agents will never get above 10% market share admits agency founder](/img/default/eat.png)
“I’m Russell Quirk, and I’ve failed” - with those words, the former chief executive of Emoov has begun to explain how...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![High-profile ex-Zoopla director joins ‘insight’ firm used by many agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
Mark Witherspoon, well known in the agency industry as the former data services director of Zoopla, has joined the TwentyCi company. TwentyCi...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agents “too cheap” and look too good to be true - Quirk](/img/default/eat.png)
The failure of online agencies to significantly disrupt the industry is down to their being too cheap and creating a perception...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Millionaire with no property experience puts cash into online agency service](/img/default/eat.png)
A millionaire who has not previously invested in the property industry has taken the plunge by funding an online agency network. The...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![New blow for Purplebricks as onliners’ market share dips again](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s more bad news for Purplebricks: after a shock 80 per cent downgrading of its stock value by a bank on...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: great advertising campaigns for independent estate agents](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Controversial ‘Slime Balls’ online agency calls in liquidators](/img/default/eat.png)
A controversial online estate agency has gone into liquidation two years after describing High Street agents as “smug, suited slime-balls.” BetterMove, registered...
03 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agencies 'will still take 50% market share' claims company chief](/img/default/eat.png)
An online estate agency insists the online/hybrid sector will take a 50 per cent market share in the future - despite...
01 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![What do virtual tours look like for estate agents in 2019?](/img/default/eat.png)
Virtual tours are a compelling way of enhancing a property’s potential through online marketing, increased transparency and efficiency for agents, and...
27 March 2019
From: Features
![Ex-Emoov chief's new online business makes headlines before it launches](/img/default/eat.png)
The founder and former chief executive of Emoov, Russell Quirk, is back in the headlines with a new but until now...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agent comparison website bags £2.2m funding to build on TV backing](/img/default/eat.png)
GetAgent, the comparison estate agency business, has secured £2.2m in investment from a consortium of investors including Channel 4. The backers are...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News
13 March 2019
From: Features
![Another blow for online as agency scraps crowdfunding campaign](/img/default/eat.png)
The online estate agency platform Love2Move has scrapped its bid for investment via a controversial crowdfunding platform. The platform - which allows...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agency alleged to have told staff they may not be paid](/img/default/eat.png)
House Network, one of the first ever online estate agencies, is alleged to be considering calling in administrators. Two reliable sources close...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Emoov’s losses: agency founder Quirk complains to Mail on Sunday](/img/default/eat.png)
The former chief executive of online agency Emoov has complained to the Mail on Sunday about an article concerning the firm’s...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - your weekly round-up of key industry moves](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to this week’s PJT, your chance to catch up with the latest key job moves. Keep in touch with us on...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Emoov former boss disputes Mail on Sunday claim about agency's debts](/img/default/eat.png)
Online estate agent Emoov failed to tell crowdfunding investors it was losing £3m a month before its collapse, a Sunday paper claims. The...
24 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agencies: the final curtain call?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of defections and duplicity worthy of Shakespeare. Yet the estate agency world has...
23 February 2019
From: Features
![Game over for online agents? They fail to get above 5% market share](/img/default/eat.png)
Latest figures show that the top 10 online estate agencies have once again failed to exceed five per cent market share,...
22 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agency business tries to avoid Emoov fall-out with ‘realistic’ crowdfund](/img/default/eat.png)
The first major estate agency business to launch a crowdfunding bid since the controversial collapse of Emoov has emphasised its “realistic”...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive - the final three Quirk interviews](/img/default/eat.png)
“You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over,” is an oft-quoted saying of Richard...
09 February 2019
From: Features
![Purplebricks still in charge but online market share drops back](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest analysis of the performance of the top 10 online estate agencies shows that their market share of new listings...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![No Sale, No Fee - how EweMove bucked the online sector's stagnation](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Franchise Group says its online/hybrid agency EweMove traded profitably throughout last year and will show “a significant improvement” over...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons could blossom 'by moving beyond London and going online' - Quirk](/img/default/eat.png)
The former chief executive of Emoov says he has the answer to Foxtons’ current downbeat performance - it should exploit its...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove's charges 'are good value for agents' insists ex-agency boss](/img/default/eat.png)
Property industry commentator and former online agency chief executive Russell Quirk has defended Rightmove’s charges to agents, saying that compared to...
28 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Controversial crowdfund site names agency boss as a top entrepreneur](/img/default/eat.png)
The controversial crowdfunding site Crowdcube has listed the founder of online estate agency Doorsteps as one of its five ‘entrepreneurs of...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agents charge too little and risk looking 'cheap' - Russell Quirk](/img/default/eat.png)
The former chief executive of Emoov says online estate agencies charge too little, so risk appearing cheap and ineffective to potential...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agents’ weak spots: they don’t appeal to high value sellers in key regions](/img/default/eat.png)
The share of the market taken by online agencies in the final quarter of 2018 slipped from last summer’s high of...
18 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![‘Emoov auction firm’ offers partnership deal to more agents](/img/default/eat.png)
The auction firm that purchased the property listings left stranded by the collapse of Emoov is now offering partnership opportunities to...
17 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Emoov urges past vendors to re-list as it relaunches this month](/img/default/eat.png)
The new management at Emoov says that following its acquisition out of administration it will relaunch as an online estate agency later...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online love-in: Purplebricks founder heaps praise on Emoov boss Quirk](/img/default/eat.png)
Kenny Bruce, one of the founders of sector-leading online agency Purplebricks, has sent his good wishes to Russell Quirk, who founded...