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In this, the second of a three-part series, David Beaumont continues his critique of the new Material Information Guidance. There are 21...

A shift towards self-employed estate agency models has contributed to a decline in estate agency branches, research suggests. Analysis by property data...

Agents may have been slightly put out by Rightmove reporting a boom in user fees despite a drop in members, but...

High-profile agency self-employed agency owner Sean Newman has unveiled a rebrand of his offering. He has changed the name of his self-employed...

The branding and technology supplier epropservices - which also owns Fine & Country and the Guild of Property Professionals - is changing...

Low fee agents such as Purplebricks and some other online operators are generally not trusted by the public when selling their...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I can’t remember the last time I had a business...

Like most industries, estate agency is changing. A general trend to a more hybrid model, accelerated by the pandemic has resulted...

An estate agency is celebrating its 21st anniversary by launching a new ‘realtor’ franchise model based on enhanced technology and personalised...

A number of estate agencies have signed up to a service which charges £30 to view a property. The online service, called...

Like many of you, I have watched a lot of football recently and I’ve enjoyed every minute. It has been an...

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...

The UK property market is always evolving but never as quickly as it is now. Traditional estate agents are seriously questioning...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Franchising What is Meyers and what...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

Humberts has signed off in bizarre style leaving only false contact details on its website. The historic agency - which closed several...

Humberts' experiment rejecting branches and promoting a supposedly one-stop-shop for property related services has failed with reports that the firm is likely...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

It’s an eye-catching combination - former professional rugby players turn estate agents, set up in converted shipping containers, and promise in time-honoured fashion...

Savills has declined to comment on whether it will follow in the footsteps of LSL Property Services and write down its...

The radically-restructured Humberts estate agency claims the risks it took last year in scrapping branches and moving to ‘hubs’ has paid...

The chief executive of Emoov, Russell Quirk, has suggested that the unexpectedly low take up of online agents may mean that...

Traditional solicitor estate agents north of the border have a higher success rate than any other estate agency model. The claim comes, perhaps...

So at last someone has woken up to the fact that Purplebricks needs to be clearer about how it charges for...

Nested, the chain-breaking estate agency that offers vendors a guaranteed sale of their property within 90 days, is to expand beyond...

Zoopla has been reported as saying hybrid estate agencies will not reach their professed targets of achieving 10 per cent of...

A hybrid franchise agency is looking for new partners to expand its reach in the Midlands. Campbells says it is looking for...

  The chief marketing officer of Purplebricks, Joby Russell - who in the recent past has described the hybrid as “the UK’s...

Connells has acquired Hatched, one of the pioneers of the online estate agency model. The acquisition is “aligned with Connells’ ambitious growth strategy...

Keller Williams, the US-originated franchise agency with three ‘market centre’ offices in the UK says it aims to expand that number...

The future estate agency model is going to be neither the traditional High Street office nor the online-only alternative - instead...

There’s been a lot of talk lately about artificial intelligence (AI). We’ve seen it feature prominently this year on film (in...

It’s become almost obligatory for start-ups in many industries – frequently online agents in the selling and letting business – to...

Traditional estate agents are not actually needed to sell a home but merely serve as “reputational insurance” to reassure a buyer...