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It’s that time again. Each year I take a look at newspaper readership - not from the angle of journalists, but...

A former Local Property Expert and manager at Purplebricks has gone on record to reveal what it was really like to work...

Richard Rawlings’ annual roadshow opens on September 3 with the first of 17 stops across the UK, each giving a three...

Countrywide’s branch closure programme, shrouded in secrecy even to shareholders, may have involved shutting 250 offices according to an insider. The individual...

iamproperty, parent company of IAMsold, says it now works with 2,500 estate agency branches nationwide and has sold over 16,500 properties...

A London council admits that it typically takes 50 working days for a search - which means a Local Land Charge...

Savills says it’s not commenting on whether it will list on Zoopla in the future. Last week Knight Frank - which in...

With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...

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

One of the agencies most active in the creation of OnTheMarket is trialling a return to listing on Zoopla after an...

A PropTech start up says its new free tool allows prospective sellers and buyers to get an automated valuation of their...

Countrywide has thrown its weight behind the proposals for a new single industry-wide regulator taking on the roles of Trading Standards...

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...

I missed the biggest property story of the week and it’s only scant consolation that almost everyone else seemed to miss it...

Former Countrywide employees who take to social media or the mainstream press to criticise the company are betraying those who remained...

Countrywide has told Estate Agent Today that it will not be releasing any figures on the branch closure programme it introduced...

In a trading statement this morning, Countrywide says it has “a new covenant package with lenders provides the financial flexibility to...

Nicky Stevenson has had a very varied and interesting career in property. She started out as a lettings negotiator for Nicholas...

The industry press has given substantial space to recommendations from the Regulation of Property Agents, the government’s working party which has...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your Monday catch-up on all the key appointments news in the industry. Please...

It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...

The Property Ombudsman will in future refer more estate agents to the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team if...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

The new owners of Emoov have confirmed that 70 previous customers have opted to re-list their homes with the firm since it...

The new chief executive of Purplebricks believes hybrid agents could win '20-30% market share' in the UK. Vic Darvey, who replaced Michael...

Estate Agent Today has been contacted by an individual who says he is one of three former Emoov customers intending to...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

Purplebricks’ former chief executive Lee Wainwright has made a stout defence of the controversial agency’s sales progression process and its local...

Purplebricks has released figures which appear to show it is one of the most successful agencies - or perhaps THE most...

The former chief executive of Purplebricks UK says the agency completes on over 80 per cent of the homes it lists...

A former Territory Owner at Purplebricks, who at one time managed 11 Local Property Experts, has spoken out in support of...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

The founder of Zoopla has explained how the portal got its name and branding, and the philosophy behind it when it...

Countrywide is declining to comment on speculation that it is making 36 of its sales progression staff redundant. Estate Agent Today, which...

South west regional agency Luscombe Maye has amended an advertisement for a new housing development following a complaint to a watchdog. A...

A member of a legal information and networking organisation says an online estate agency expects him to do some work in...

We like a good video here at Estate Agent Today, and we know our industry can take a joke even if...

Emoov and Countrywide: what a pair, observers might say. They present a tale of two failures - although, in the case of...

Rightmove says its data quality team is to conduct “a full review of the current customer” after an allegation about a...

A TV production company is looking for family-run estate agencies to be considered for a possible reality TV show. Curve Media -...

Two of Britain’s largest and best known estate agencies have endured a day of turmoil at the hands of investors -...

In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...

It appears that at least three Countrywide brands are undergoing branch closures as the company’s cuts continue to bite. Estate Agent Today...

Hello - it’s that time of the week again when we celebrate the agency industry’s fantastic fund-raising. We were delighted that our...

Rumours continue to circulate about possible large-scale branch closures at Countrywide; its share price ended trading today at its lowest ever...

Countrywide’s shares took another battering yesterday as they plummeted below the psychologically-painful 5p mark - reflecting a 95 per cent loss of...

The Innovative Collaboration Group - a collection of high-profile tech suppliers to the agency industry - has unveiled a raft of new...

New figures released to Estate Agent Today show that a net total of 284 agents’ offices closed down in 2018. This number -...

There’s been a mixed response to the government’s surprise announcement that it would make permanent the right of home owners to...

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...

Estate Agent Today has been named Property Trade Magazine of the Year 2019 at the annual Property Press Awards. It fought off...

As we move closer to the halfway point of 2019, property market conditions for agents and their clients remain challenging. Brexit may...

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

Here at Estate Agent Today, we're always pleased to highlight the lengths the best agents will go to provide outstanding customer...

Further details of Countrywide's closure and consolidation programme, first revealed by Estate Agent Today on Friday, have emerged over the weekend. A...

Estate Agent Today understands that Countrywide has started a programme involving branch closures and redeployment of staff. Unlike other branch closure programmes by...

For the industry's football lovers, the notable achievements and never-say-die attitude of both Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur on the European stage...

A London sales and lettings agent has revealed to Estate Agent Today some of the tactics used by his rivals in...

During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...

Hello and welcome to another one of those great long weekends that come along often at this time of year -...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

It’s clear that some agents are not fans of Trading Standards officers, described in the comments sections of the trade press...

The head of the new Trading Standards authority regulating estate agents says Online firms are treated exactly the same as High...

Estate Agent Today has been given details of the new National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team - the body...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

The fledgling trade body the Federation of Independent Agents has revealed another new partner - this one dealing with housing and...

Two of the PropTech sector's highest profile digital marketing suppliers are integrating in a bid to help agents nurture the leads...

It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

Online estate agents have seized on the recent national newspaper article accusing estate agents of over-valuing properties to earn higher fees. The...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that the new Federation of Independent Agents has recruited an expert from the two leading portals...

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

The US estate agency Keller Williams says it is on course to have 10 hubs, called market centres, across the UK...

A controversial online estate agency has gone into liquidation two years after describing High Street agents as “smug, suited slime-balls.” BetterMove, registered...

An anonymous estate agent has renewed his attack on Purplebricks after an article in The Times at the weekend. Estate Agent Today...

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...

Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...

There’s been no formal confirmation that London agency Dexters has acquired the London and nearby offices of Jackson-Stops, as has been...

Four high-profile industry figures have sent an open letter urging agents to think about what they call “smarter marketing” in a...

Controversial reviews service Trustpilot insists Purplebricks and Foxtons are not gaming its platform and accuses The Times of “misrepresenting” how it operates. Over...

This article was originally written for City AM in response to an article it published attacking letting agents. See more here.  A...

A high profile agent has written a robust defence of the industry following a critical article in a business newspaper - but...

The founder and former chief executive of Emoov, Russell Quirk, is back in the headlines with a new but until now...

For many years, the majority of agents have stuck to the tried-and-tested 9am-6pm opening hours framework. But is this now changing,...

The best suppliers to the estate and letting agent sector for customer service have been announced by the ESTAS in the...

The online estate agency platform Love2Move has scrapped its bid for investment via a controversial crowdfunding platform. The platform - which allows...

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...

A slew of allegations have been made against agents and sometimes even by agents, over alleged misdemeanours over property listings as...

Countrywide’s senior executives have set out reasons why investors should put their money into the group, despite its troubled recent years. Yesterday...

Countrywide’s executive chairman and group managing director have spoken to Estate Agent Today about the impact of Brexit on the company,...

Rightmove is undertaking an investigation into a PropTech app that has tried to list private sales on the portal. The perhaps-ironically named...

We all make mistakes, and when it comes to typos Estate Agent Today is as guilty as anyone. But there’s a...

The troubled online agency House Network has amended its website after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority about its claims...

Here’s an unusual story, describing the work of one of Purplebricks’ Local Property Experts who was with the company for around...

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...

House Network, one of the first ever online estate agencies, is alleged to be considering calling in administrators. Two reliable sources close...

The National Association of Estate Agents has led the support for stricter new guidelines on transparency for referral fees. The clampdown means agents...

Online agency platform Love2move insists that its current bid to attract investors will not be damaged by the adverse publicity surrounding...

Another For Sale By Owner website has been launched - this one, apparently, because the founder was “frustrated” with estate agents’...

The former chief executive of online agency Emoov has complained to the Mail on Sunday about an article concerning the firm’s...

Online estate agent Emoov failed to tell crowdfunding investors it was losing £3m a month before its collapse, a Sunday paper claims. The...

It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of defections and duplicity worthy of Shakespeare. Yet the estate agency world has...

Few can deny that with announcements from MPs and an announcement from Purplebricks, that it’s been an extraordinary week.  While it may...

The two men behind a low-profile hybrid estate agency say their company is flourishing after two years in business, during which they...

Estate agents and property firms are being invited to take part in the inaugural Property & Construction leg of an event...

A new group called the Federation of Independent Agents has been set up as a network of like-minded independent agents who...

The head of an online agency has accused the National Association of Estate Agents’ conference of being “a sea of old...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

The Daily Telegraph has gone public with City speculation that Chicago-based real estate consultancy JLL may be interested in buying Savills. Both...

One of the country’s leading conveyancing chiefs has given his support to reforms to the house buying process. But Rob Hailstone -...

The first major estate agency business to launch a crowdfunding bid since the controversial collapse of Emoov has emphasised its “realistic”...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...

An estate agent says he’s “bruised” by recent mysterious negative online reviews he has received - shortly after he posted positive...

Mystery surrounds the details of an apparent theft of thousands of pounds by three men who walked into an estate agency...

“You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over,” is an oft-quoted saying of Richard...

The beleaguered Your Move estate agency insists there was no breach of customer privacy after an ex-employee reportedly took confidential data...

The regional agency MoveSelf, which set up in 2017 as an online estate agent, is shifting emphasis towards For Sale By...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

Agents need to focus on more targeted marketing using a mix of traditional and modern methods to optimise their position in...

If you want an engaging page-turner novel for cold winter evenings, my recommendation is Our House by Louise Candlish, a bestseller...

When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent. The more...

I don’t think I can add anything more to the excellent 2019 pieces we’ve seen on EAT in recent weeks –...

It’s been an interesting week of contrasts when it comes to online replacing ‘the old school’. Data from that clever consultancy The...

It’s the word on everyone’s lips: after two and a half years of debate, and months before that leading up to...

Recent years have seen tighter regulation and new legislation hit the lettings industry. Combined with the fee ban, there is no...

Customers are still trying to get hold of Emoov, Tepilo and Hatched months after they closed down. Estate Agent Today has seen...

Estate Agent Today understands from a respected source that the remains of the Emoov and Tepilo online agencies have been acquired...

Are you a real Doctor? Not in the conventional sense no, sorry to disappoint! I’m Tom Durrant and I’m the Creative Director...

The former boss of Emoov, the controversial Russell Quirk, has resuscitated his career as a public relations man and pro-Brexit commentator. Just...

A new portal which had branded itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” appears to have had a setback...

The man who is leading the government’s efforts to reform the house buying process will be one of the speaker at...

Today sees the launch of Unissu, a platform which has classified over 6,000 PropTech businesses in a bid to offer estate...

Hello and welcome to this year’s first edition of Property Jobs Today, reporting on the first industry moves of 2019. We’re told...

The online sales and lettings platform TheHouseShop has scrapped its £500,000 crowdfunding pitch - and it’s blaming the collapse of online...

A new portal called YourMoov and describing itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” is to launch shortly. In an...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that US-owned franchise agency Keller Williams has ‘soft-opened’ two new market centres in the south of...

Hello and welcome to 2019. These are less predictions and more expectations - developments following on from what’s happened in the past...

As 2018 ticks away and 2019 beckons, it’s time for everyone at Estate Agent Today to wish you, your family and...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...

One of the west country’s best known estate agencies is about to enter a new era – led by a managing...

If you thought Christmas Eve meant no more news in terms of industry movers and shakers…well, think again - we’ve one...

Everyone at Estate Agent Today wishes all our readers, agents and suppliers to the industry, a peaceful and loving Christmas. If at...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

In the past year it seems every other story has been about PropTech - the big stuff like Purplebricks and the...

Hello and with Christmas just around the corner, and temperatures finally being a little more like winter, what better time to...

Hello, and the wind-down to the Big Day continues with more pictures of your agency offices. Thanks so much, firstly, to Becky...

There are only a few days left for agents, brokers and suppliers to enter the ESTAS 2019 - closing date is...

Hello and welcome to another batch of your agency office Christmas pictures…it’s certainly been a bumper year for them and today...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...

Has the bell finally tolled for online agencies? Emoov’s collapse and an investor revolt over crowdfunding have left a large question...

The auction company that has acquired some 5,000 vendor listings from the failed Emoov and Tepilo agencies says it wants more agents...

The HomeOwners Alliance says a hack on its IT infrastructure was “a professional attempt at deception” by people who uploaded 5,000...

A Newcastle-based property company says it has acquired the listings of Emoov and Tepilo. It has emailed and texted vendors to say...

Agents should be on the alert after what appears to be the hacking of the email account of the consumer group...

It is now known that at least 32 formal complaints have been received by the crowdfunding platform that helped Emoov raise...

Maybe it’s the Brexit Blues but something is making the industry excel itself this year when it comes to celebrating Christmas....

Estate Agent Today has been given details of responses made by administrators to an enquiry about the possible acquisition of some...

It’s the start of a new week and many agents may well be having their office parties this week - if...

Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause of genuine sadness when people lose their jobs - close proximity...

The chief executive of failed online agency Emoov has been named this week as one of the 500 top “tech influencers”...

A tweet from Purplebricks’ chief executive Michael Bruce suggests that the agency may be about to play a role in the Emoov...

Investment platform Crowdcube has told Estate Agent Today that defunct online estate agency Emoov revised down its company valuation from £104m...

The demise of Emoov, Tepilo and lettings platform Urban raises question marks over the long-term viability of online agencies according to...

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...

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

More speculation has swirled around the future of Emoov as it appeared that company chief executive and founder Russell Quirk had...

A sales and lettings agency specialising in waterside property along the Thames is linking up with a larger business to co-market...

It’s a great start to the week for Wesley Carney, a lettings negotiator at the wonderful Breckon & Breckon agency in...

To say legendary ZPG founder and CEO Alex Chesterman left big boots to fill when he stepped back from day-to-day operations...

The title may be unfamiliar but most agents know by now that in the corridors of Whitehall a working party exists...

The introduction of the Propertymark brand as a ‘consumer friendly’ umbrella name for a series of trade bodies has been a...

It’s Friday and what better way to kick off the weekend than winning two completely FREE tickets for the industry event...

A consumer group which has already expressed alarm at some aspects of the so-called ‘Modern Method of Auction’ says it has...

Time appears to be running short for the sale of troubled online agency Emoov. An Emoov insider has told Estate Agent Today...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

Housing minister Kit Malthouse appears to be backing Theresa May as Brexit chaos consumes the government. A request from Estate Agent Today...

An estate agency analyst has shared with Estate Agent Today his findings on the current and recent conversion rates of online...

OnTheMarket has issued an upbeat statement about the Court of Appeal setting a date to hear Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman's challenge to a ruling...

The ValPal Network, an automated valuation system, has for the first time provided over 100,000 leads to agents in just one...

However mild the weather may have been for most of us, it’s a cold autumn for the online estate agency market...

A digital conveyancing platform says a lack of transparency in the house moving process - particularly regarding legal costs - is...

Keller Williams, the US agency which allows agents to work from hub-like ‘market centres’, says it now has 130 freelance agents in this...

One of Emoov’s agents in the field has contacted Estate Agent Today to give an insight into how the agency has...

Countrywide is to give each of its 10,000 staff a strategy document setting out where the company is planning to be...

It’s the most obvious visual medium high street agents have at their disposal, and for many decades has been absolutely pivotal...

Fresh details have emerged about the financial difficulties suffered by Emoov, its search for a buyer and its possible sale price. A...

Sky News says Emoov is to be sold, just months after the controversial online agency merged with Sarah Beeny's Tepilo and the...

Countrywide has given Estate Agent Today exclusive details of progress on its Back To Basics programme as it seeks to recover...

Perhaps it’s been our pre-occupation with Brexit, or on the other hand maybe we’re bored with politics, but this year’s Budget...

We all get an extra hour in bed this weekend, giving us more energy to fund-raise for good causes, right? That seems...

New research by TheAdvisory consultancy, shared exclusively with Estate Agent Today, reveals exactly how fees have fallen for traditional agents in...

Outspoken online estate agency chief Russell Quirk says the estate agency industry is “really p****d off” with Rightmove trying to ride...

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

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...

Another high profile estate agency office in London has closed - this time a branch of Winkworth.  The Richmond branch has been...

Almost one in five online sales valuations generated by The ValPal Network over a two-year period resulted in a completion with...

Bored with Brexit? Baffled by the backstop? Troubled by the transition period?  Well here’s a promise - there’s no mention of the...

The estate agency group Humberts, which narrowly avoided collapse early this year, now claims to have turned around its fortunes thanks...

The cost of new-build leasehold properties has surged 16 times faster than freeholds according to research from property investment platform. The revelation...

Purplebricks says its performance in the UK “is currently showing double-digit growth year-on-year in monthly instructions.” In a brief UK trading update...

It’s time to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to overseas buyers of property. If you listen to Theresa...

Foxtons says its use of technology allows it to increase the reach of its branches - and claims this is behind...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Foxtons has closed another London agency office - this time at Barnes in the borough...

Foxtons is shutting its Park Lane office - the flagship of the agency in prime central London’s Mayfair. Estate Agent Today was...

Google celebrated its 20th birthday last month. Yes, it might be hard to recall a time when it wasn’t integral in...

The head of a leading Chinese property portal has taken the unusual step of commenting on a British tax policy -...

One of the industry’s best respected trainers and consultants has outlined six key reasons why agents should keep offices on the...

Purplebricks has been the subject of another complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority - and the issue has again been categorised...

A website has officially launched this morning, aiming to push the concept of US-style For Sale By Owner online property marketing...

A competitive pricing analysis undertaken for hybrid estate agency Emoov claims that it sells for an average £6,000 more than rival...

Hello and welcome to our weekly catch-up on the major moves within our industry. Remember, you can let the rest of the...

From where I’m standing there’s a lot in common between the debate between online and traditional agents, and the argument over...

Today’s long-awaited debate staged by fledgling PropTech platform Best Agent will address the issue of how the agency industry can most...

Reapit’s popular former sales manager Peter Fenwick is today formally launching as an independent PropTech consultant. Fenwick, whose departure from Reapit was...

Emoov’s founder Russell Quirk has outlined how he would help Britain get out of its current housing crisis to a Labour...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

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

Peter Long, the chairman of the troubled Royal Mail organisation, has stepped down from that role to focus full time on...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

An estate agency is pioneering a new business model in which it charges no commission whatsoever to the vendor. Freeagent247, an online...

As the property market gears up for a busy autumn period, agents and property firms have been equally busy bolstering their...

Fake news has become the popular catchphrase of a certain orange-tinted president in recent years. And everyone, from tech giants like...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld one of two complaints made against OnTheMarket's TV and print advertising. The complaints refer to...

OK, so the headline has drawn you into the story - but you’ll enjoy the video we have below. It’s the...

There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...

Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...

Purplebricks has been the subject of another complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority, this time over a claim on its website...

The brief but troubled history of individuals and companies attempting to raffle homes as prizes has received another blow as a...

Today sees the first of a series of important deadlines which will determine the success of otherwise of Countrywide’s controversial rescue...

As our minds turn to autumn, here’s a reminder that Estate Agent Today is on hand to help with your agency’s...

The estate agent who is refusing to abide by a decision of the Advertising Standards Authority is now demanding details of...

An OnTheMarket sales rep - who now no longer works for the company - wrote a critical review of an independent estate...

When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...

At first sight, to suggest this is a good time for an agency business to go for an IPO - that...

Next week ludlowthompson celebrates its 25th anniversary. Here, I catch up with Stephen Ludlow, co-founder and now executive director of the...

Research by Estate Agent Today reveals that there have been 12 different stamp duty regimes in the UK since the Millennium. What’s...

We may be well into August but there’s little sign of a holiday for our industry, with a string of big...

The former Chancellor George Osborne - architect of drastic stamp duty reform - has come out fighting to defend the tax...

It was interesting to see the recent story on Estate Agent Today about OnTheMarket (OTM) raising its fees after signing up...

With all the recent change and upheaval in the rental sector it may be time to consider how letting agencies will...

Small print in the Countrywide rescue plan announced yesterday spells out in stark terms what could happen if the company’s bid...

The newly-appointed Group Managing Director of Countrywide says rumours of Hamptons International or other ‘crown jewels’ being put up for sale...

Countrywide's share price has dropped sharply following the announcement of the company's rescue plan - but the firm itself says this...

Data prepared for the BBC and shared with Estate Agent Today gives a snapshot of how estate agencies, lettings agencies and...

It’s holiday time: schools have broken up, quite a few estate agents are taking time off, and the MPs are in...

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

Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work?  Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...

The couple at the centre of a court case about agents’ fees say the issue could have been resolved earlier had...

A businessman who’s just entered the estate agency industry says he’s got the secret behind Purplebricks’ success - even though he...

Traditional estate agencies should make their work appear more of a luxury and even showcase the prices of individual elements that...

The new owner of Humberts is to ultimately close many of the traditional branches and move to what he is calling...

The agonisingly painful decline of Countrywide continues, with no one sure whether it is the darkest hour before the dawn or...

Countrywide, the troubled estate agency group thought by some to be near collapse, has delayed issuing its interim figures which were...

It’s being suggested that Countrywide’s rights issue, previously expected to be announced this week, may now be delayed. The Times says the...

Countrywide has not made any official statement about speculation over the weekend that it was about to seek an additional £100m investment. Estate...

You will notice that there is a new author for this regular column for Estate Agent Today. Last month I was...

The creators of a website using market data to define postcodes as hosting a seller’s market or a buyer’s market have...

The UK division of Keller Williams, the world's largest estate agency, says it can help entrepreneurial agents to set up their...

There’s a new twist in the row between a Cornish agent and the Advertising Standards Authority. The row revolves around a tweet...

It may not be a good idea for a journalist to be personal about a politician, so I write about our...

First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...

A property software guru says he wants PropTech firms to join with him in an ‘open platform’ which would allow smaller...

The Advertising Standards Authority says its compliance team is considering its next steps following the refusal of estate agency PDQ Estates...

“They think it’s all over ... it is now.” The refrain that haunts England fans returned last night, not in a good...

Highly regarded industry figure Simon Whale, who quit his role as head of sales at Reapit on Friday, took to the...

Hello, and welcome to this week’s regular Monday summary of all the major jobs moves in our industry.  The industry is still...

Any fingernails left after last night’s thriller? It was a cracker of a game, particularly the last 45 minutes...and then the...

A decade ago we were still years away from Purplebricks, Countrywide was a colossus in the industry, no one had thought...

The creative agency behind the new round of Purplebricks Commisery TV advertisements have been explaining the philosophy they brought to the...

Two high-profile PropTech entrepreneurs have raised £150,000 to help fund what they call “the first global PropTech platform.” James Dearsley and Eddie...

We all need to lighten up from time to time, especially at the start of another working week at the height...

Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...

So here’s the thing. It’s summer - not much going on, school holidays about to start, industry publications filling out space...

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...

The UK arm of the US-based estate agency Keller Williams says it is making a specific bid to recruit more women...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Keller Williams, the US-led firm that has 170,000 agents worldwide, is to open its fourth...

One of the country’s largest auction houses has had to amend an advertisement on its website after an intervention by the...

The famed fund manager Neil Woodford has increased his stake in hybrid agency Purplebricks, which last week announced an expansion of...

Peter Rollings is one of the most respected and best-known figures in property, having helped to rapidly grow Foxtons (where he...

Location, Location, Location: it’s no coincidence the TV show seized on that title because the importance of a property’s position is...

The young entrepreneur behind Doorsteps, the estate agency that deliberately avoids the huge marketing razzamatazz of other online companies, says his...

Major online agencies appear to be unaffected by yesterday’s Supreme Court decision over workers' rights in the so-called 'gig economy'.  Yesterday’s case concerned...

Paul Lamplugh, the father of estate agent Suzy who was presumed murdered 33 years ago, has died - tragically, without ever...

The pace of change is extraordinary. As we reach the middle of one conversation, rumblings of the next already begin. I think...

Letting agents are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help compensate for the introduction of...