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A new analysis of the cost-of-moving suggests that the typical seller will incur expenses of £5,867 - and that rises hugely...

Falling Stamp Duty and survey fees have pushed down the cost of moving. Comparison website reallymoving analyses the cost of moving home...

Estate agent comparison site GetAgent has handed a lifeline to struggling Purplebricks sellers. It has announced that it will give home sellers...

Estate agents are charging movers fees of 1.4% on average to sell their homes, new research claims. An article by consumer watchdog...

Zoopla has launched a review into its editorial processes after agents criticised a consumer guide published by the portal that encouraged...

A property purchasing specialist has revealed how the UK’s home sellers are now paying £793 more in estate agent commission when...

A new company claiming to save money on buyers’ legal and estate agent fees has been forced to rebrand. Easyfees - launched...

A hybrid agency that charges no fees to vendors but instead relies on referral fees for income has officially rolled out...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

The average cost of buying and selling a home in England this year has soared from £6,877 before the end of...

Strike, the firm previously known as HouseSimple, has launched another attack on the charges levied by High Street agents. This time it is...

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...

A league table drawn up by a quick buy property firm claims that some estate agents' average commission has hit 2.32 per...

Consumer group Which? says the stamp duty holiday has cut more than £4,000 from the average cost of moving home -...

NetAnAgent, a website which offers consumers instant quotes from a selection of traditional and online agents, has changed some of its...

The public are being asked to inform the authorities if they know of agents operating fee-fixing cartels. The request - from the...

Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...

An annual study of transaction charges shows that house moving costs are now at a record average high of almost £10,000...

A new website is offering to contact owners of homes that are not for sale, on behalf of people who would...

Research by comparison website Netanagent claims the commission paid to estate agents in London could be over £70,000 depending on where...

Traditional estate agent fees average just 1.1 per cent across the UK according to research from an agency comparison website -...

A new online agency says it is currently focussing on one large city but will expand to cover the whole of...

Here’s some good news to take into the Bank Holiday weekend.  Research undertaken by Estate Agent Today suggests that fees charged by...

Buyers spent £9.7 billion on moving house in 2017 with the average individual move costing £9,580 according to comparison website Compare...

Online agency HouseSimple has once again been the subject of a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. Earlier this month a HouseSimple advertisement...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned online agency HouseSimple from claiming that High Street agents charge “1.5% to 4% (plus 20%...

The fees charged by estate agents receive a lot of coverage in the press - and rarely for positive reasons. Negative...

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

The award-winning online agency HouseSimple has had one of its advertisements banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The advert was a poster for...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has informally resolved a complaint made against online estate agency eMoov.  A media sales adviser for a...

The estate agency industry is “in the sights of” the Competitions and Markets Authority according to a competition lawyer. “All the evidence...

Online agency and DIY sales platform Settled claims on its website that traditional agents charge commission of up to 3.5% +...

Typical estate agency fees have risen 61 per cent in the past decade although average house prices have increased by a...