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NAEA Propertymark’s new president Stephen McCarron has said he intends to focus on making agency an attractive option for school leavers...

Estate agents and sellers could be set to benefit from fewer fall-throughs this year but the costs of a collapsed sale...

Housebuilders are being offered a new way to sell developments on Zoopla with zero marketing costs. The portal has launched a Pay-On-Exchange...

There are many myths about using virtual tours to sell or let properties. The most common perceptions are that virtual property...

Belvoir has reported that group revenue is up 14% in the first four months of the year, helped mainly by its...

Auction house iamproperty is marking a record start to the year with landmark sales and fees raised for partner agents. The brand...

In this latest video interview, exclusively for EAT and LAT readers, Estate Agent Today's Lee Dahill chats with Mike Dawson from...

Estate agents are being urged to reassess their fee structure and not be afraid to reflect the time and level of...

The Acorn Group has opened its 40th branch in Sevenoaks under its Langford Russell brand. It isn’t opening quietly though and is...

Homeowners may have become less willing to pay upfront fees to sell their home. Despite efforts by online-only brands such as Purplebricks...

Referral fees, lack of trust and too much email have been identified as barriers to greater collaboration between conveyancers and estate...

The outgoing chief executive of Rightmove has claimed he has a good relationship with the portal’s customers. It was announced this week...

The estate agency sector is now paying almost £6m for anti-money laundering (AML) supervision. Businesses are legally required to register for AML...

An online auctioneer has hit out at exclusive partner agreements between agents and traditional auction houses.  Stuart Collar-Brown, co-founder and director of...

Agents lost out on £600,000 worth of owed commission from withdrawn listings last year, industry data suggests. Withdrawn sales are an occupational hazard...

You will hopefully have seen that the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 has now received its Royal Assent, meaning it...

In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...

A leading figure in the Say No To Rightmove (STNR) campaign says the attempts to get agents to ditch Rightmove have...

Online agent Strike is preparing to name a home seller who will be reimbursed the equivalent of an estate agent fee...

Boomin has unveiled its latest round of paying agents. The challenger portal, launched by former Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce, has revealed 10...

Keller Williams has marked a record month for new agents but has announced the closure of its Bristol market centre hub...

Agents are preparing their businesses for the cost of living crunch, with considerations on fuel use, heating and window display lighting. Much...

You’re probably up to your neck at the start of a busy spring market but I’d hope there’s one thing most...

Technology developed for the estate agency industry has advanced and expanded seismically over the past decade as software vendors develop their...

Zoopla has unveiled a Sales Advisory Board in an attempt to give agents a greater say in how the portal is...

Estate agency veteran Robin Paterson has joined new ‘quick buy” service UPSTIX. Paterson, a former chief executive of Hamptons and managing director...

A French billionaire who made his money from estate agency is promising to transform the UK property industry with his unique...

The ValPal Network, a PropTech supplier working with over 4,000 agency branches across the UK, has calculated the key hour for...

Challenger portal group OneDome has linked with a chain repair service to provide what it calls an end-to-end property offering. The OneDome...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity, the weekly round up of fund-raising in our industry. Once more our thoughts are...

This week, you will have all seen the sad news that Graham Norwood is stepping down as editor of Estate Agent...

An estate agent who has now become a PropTech entrepreneur says fees are absolutely not what makes a vendor choose who...

Those aficionados of the Sound of Music will recognise the tag line above. It came to my mind when thinking about...

Franchise giant Belvoir has snapped up one of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or...

Some agents say they have as many as one in 10 vendors taking their properties off the market and seeking to...

The overwhelming majority of vendors do not choose their estate agent based on fees, but on wider market expertise. That’s the finding...

Kirstie Allsopp says the Sunday Times has amended its report of an interview in which she says first time buyers may...

Analysts are gearing up for the full year figures to be revealed by Rightmove to its shareholders at the end of...

If the UK and its allies have been played by Russia over the Ukraine ‘invasion’, and it’s beginning to look that...

Fall throughs remain a significant problem with transaction collapses costing buyers and sellers a wasted £880m in 2021 according to new...

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

Strike, formerly known as Housesimple, is the latest online agency to claim it’s going to secure a 10 per cent market...

The Experts in Property trade group has cut its subscription and rolled out marketing initiatives in a bid to woo new...

If 2020 was the year of survival, then 2021 was about the post-Covid boom. The impact of the pandemic on the...

Location Location Location co-presenter Kirstie Allsopp has fought back after her comments on first time buyers were sharply criticised oil social...

For an unregulated industry, agents have an awful lot of regulations to deal with. For example, there’s the mandatory membership of a...

Hybrid agency EweMove - which has a mix of working-from-home agents and High Street branches - has had an outstanding year...

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

Agents are losing tens of thousands of pounds each - in some cases even more - because of the volume of...

The most senior Trading Standards officer policing the agency industry says he hopes the public will ask about referral fees in...

Our Agents Do Charity column each Friday does a fantastic job of highlighting the amazing charitable work of agents up and...

OnTheMarket has signed a deal with Brickflow, a new comparison site for development finance.   The portal says the partnership will provide member...

The London agency that was at the forefront of introducing the ‘serviced office hub’ concept of working for self-employed agents has...

With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...

Barely three weeks into the new year and we’re already talking about plans to raise tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of...

A High Street estate agent on Merseyside has criticised online rivals for creating nightmares for vendors who are then obliged to...

The iamproperty group’s auction service, iamsold, says it’s raised over £804m in capital value from properties sold by the Modern Method...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

Estate Agent Today understands that the civil servant who has been at the heart of plans to reform the house buying...

When we all thought that the Covid-19 pandemic was coming to an end, the virus decided to throw another curveball and...

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

If UK agents were paid higher fees they could perform a better service to the public. That’s the view of Mark Hayward,...

Purplebricks has this morning said that a newspaper report over the weekend, claiming part of the business is to be sold...

A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...

The online agency Strike - which has a business model selling homes for free and relying on referral fees for revenue...

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

A regional estate agency that markets homes without charging the vendor is set to expand next year. Midlands-based Chosen Home explains its...

An estate agency that three years ago launched saying that High Street offices were unnecessary has had a rethink - and...

A petition is being started, urging the government to ban the payment of referral fees to estate agents. It’s reported to have...

The Good Estate Agent, set up in 2010, is slashing its franchise fee - it claims the reductions are for Black...

A long-standing estate agency with three major branches has shut after 27 years of trading - blaming online competition and ‘race...

One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model has announced its first franchise agreement - and says...

A new membership scheme aiming to increase the industry’s energy efficiency credentials is being launched next year by allAgents. The Sustainable Agent...

A comparison website dealing with estate agency charges says commission varies hugely across 20 major cities of the UK.  GetAgent looked at...

EweMove - the hybrid brand owned by The Property Franchise Group - says its operating model effectively solves a reported staff...

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

I’m going to declare upfront that, as an investor, I have a financial interest in the success of MovePal but I also need...

A new service has been launched claiming to offer ‘a new supportive partnership opportunity’ for agents to earn referral fees. Cox &...

Research by price comparison service MoneySuperMarket has itemised the additional fees incurred by people moving home. This year’s 12 per cent rise...

An analysis of estate agencies in 21 major cities suggests a big rise in competing companies, prompting risks of fee wars between...

Estate agents who differentiate themselves from competitors should not be afraid of charging more - and should have confidence when doing...

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...

Former Housing Secretary James Brokenshire has died at the age of 53. The Conservative ex-Cabinet minister, who was diagnosed with lung cancer...

An estate agent claims he may be the highest paid in the industry this year - and he puts it down to...

Fledgling portal Boomin says its new SmartVal tool has received over 10,000 requests since launching in early September. SmartVal is powered in part by...

Rightmove - which for some time has linked solely with iamsold to provide the controversial Modern Method of Auction system to...

As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...

An estate agency that charges buyers not sellers is proposing to roll out nationwide. FreeAgent247.com, has been set up by Daniel Lewis...

In a 'coup' for property data firm Homesearch, Keller Williams UK, which has some 400 agents under its banner across the UK,...

With the competition for new listings between agents as fierce as ever, it can sometimes feel like a race to the...

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...

The independent review into the RICS scandal of recent months and how the governance of the body failed, has thrown up...

Over the last three years there has been a quiet revolution in the tenant referencing market. Starting with the 2019 tenant...

The growing number of lettings sector rules is a hotly debated issue, while the sales sector has been seeing its own...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

An agent has gone on record saying how he has progressed from being a photocopier boy at a Connells branch to...

Like most aspects of life since the pandemic hit, the employment arena has been hit hard. But not just with uncertainty...

Sinclair Taylor, the first company to offer debt solutions to estate agencies, has been acquired by The Broadriver Group, a diverse...

The largest player in the Modern Method of Auction sector has reported a record average number of bids per property. In July...

One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...

Referral revenues shared between agents in a major industry trade group has hit over £1.35m.  Daniel Pepperell, regional director at The Guild...

The controversial proposal by a PropTech start up to charge potential viewers of properties to let or for sale has been...

The House of Commons Library has published what may be the definitive record of estate agency regulations issued in recent years...

NAEA Propertymark says there’s no appetite that it can see amongst its representatives across the UK for charging people £30 for...

The head of Boomin has attacked Rightmove for the fees it currently charges agents, the likelihood of higher fees to come,...

Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...

Rightmove has reported a dramatic bounce back in its fortunes - and it’s making more money from agents even than before...

Hybrid agency EweMove has continued growing with the sale of 37 new territories in the first six months of the year...

The platform behind a controversial proposal to charge prospective buyers and renters £30 or more to view a property on the...

A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...

Remember the early days of lockdown when there was a general panic? Perhaps the hot demand for toilet rolls was a sign...

The largest player in the Modern Method of Auction sector says there is growing consumer confidence in the way the system...

An online estate agency is launching a quasi franchise operation it calls Agency In A Box and claims applicants will “effectively”...

Strike - which over the weekend announced a new £11m investment package - has now revealed it has a new chief...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Jamie Cooke, Co-Founder and Managing Director of iamsold, part...

Purplebricks has addressed its critics on house sales by pledging to return vendors’ upfront fees if the agency fails to find...

Purplebricks will this week reveal the result of almost two years of trials into a new pricing structure.  The details will come...

Online estate agency Strike - which used to be HouseSimple - is expanding its sell-for-free service out across the Midlands and...

No fewer than seven estate and lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme today. Most of them are now...

For many, paying money to use an estate agent is primarily because that company has a database of buyers or tenants....

One of the highest profile supporters of the online estate agency concept has quit the company he founded. Akshay Ruparelia, who is...

Estate agency comparison website GetAgent has calculated the typical fees charged to vendors in different parts of the country. It says agents...

Last weekend we spoke with Liana Loporto, NAEA Propertymark’s president, in an exclusive interview. Here we follow that up with an...

There are just three working days until the end of the stamp duty holiday for most buyers. That’s not even enough time...

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

In the first of a two-part special with the presidents of the UK’s largest property trade organisation, we carry out an...

EweMove, the high profile hybrid estate agency owned by The Property Franchise Group, says it has recruited a record 30 new...

New research shows that UK estate agents are amongst the best value in the world. Using data from the Global Property Guide...

The editor of the legal publication the Law Gazette has taken an estate agent to task for daring to suggest that...

An anonymous conveyancer has admitted increasing fees to deter buyers and sellers in the frenzied housing market during the stamp duty...

Before you read on, ask yourself, how many times did you hear “we want to move, but just we can’t find...

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...

One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launching a new PropTech platform called Fee Street, which is in its own words “dedicated...

It’s nearly two years since The Tenant Fees Act came into force for tenancies in England. On 1 June 2019 it...

An online platform claims each agency branch in the UK has benefited from the stamp duty holiday by over £120,000. WiggyWam says...

One of the men behind the defunct Emoov online estate agency has re-emerged as the head of a marketing service. The service...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak to someone who has made an excellent impression on the property industry in...

A league table of the most important issues facing vendors places the scale of estate agents’ charges at the bottom - and this...

Zoopla says house builders “are at the heart of everything we do” and it is revamping its New Homes marketing offer...

Estate agents are being invited to a webinar to end their apparent “misconceptions” about the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA has...

Whilst it was once seen as a way to sell niche or run-down properties, auction is now a mainstream method of...

We have more regulations controlling the sector than ever before and we have more ‘regulators’ involved in controlling the sector than...

Agents are being advised on what course of action they should take to safeguard their right to fees should they be dis-instructed...

One of the earliest London agencies to adopt a hub-style operation with self-employed agents working on a high commission basis, has...

The estate agency industry is besotted with digital canvassing to try to win business - but that’s the wrong approach to take...

An estate agency is to link with a home set-up service and says it will give its referral fees to an...

International investment bank UBS has double-downgraded Purplebricks from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ - and that could be good for independent agents, a...

Iamsold, the company best known for its Modern Method of Auction online platform, has won top spot in an auction league...

Rightmove’s new Modern Method of Auction service launches on Monday.  The service - which Rightmove calls Online Conditional Auctions - will involve...

A new survey suggests 53 per cent of buyers never actually visit an estate agent’s office during the course of their...

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

First time buyers are now saving more than £800 a year in comparison with tenants, new analysis suggests.  The Halifax says the...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

A new property board game called Gazumped aims to rival Monopoly but reflect a much more realistic view of how the house...

With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...

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...

Purplebricks is now part of the mainstream landscape of British estate agency. There - I said it. An agency whose whispered name...

From 4 May 2021, your agency could be blocked from charging late fees, compounding interest on missing rent and taking any...

A quarter of agents say they intend to recruit new staff in the next 12 months, following on from the surge...

Online agency Yopa says it will change a claim on its website that appears to suggest no fee will be charged...

A prominent estate agent has warned buyers and sellers about the perils of the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA is now...

A broker has launched the UK’s longest-ever fixed rate mortgage, with no early repayment charge or exit fees - the first product...

Boomin has revealed its launch date after months of high-profile publicity. It’s to be three and a half weeks from now on...

One of the biggest TV hits of lockdown has been the Netflix show Call My Agent! It’s a surprise success, perhaps, because...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property What is LetsBid and...

Honesty is a concept that journalists will tell their readers is non-existent for estate agents. Yeah, right! But as the end...

An open letter from Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce shows how fierce the competition is going to be in the portal field...

In this tips article, the experts at GoodMove provide expert insight into the remortgage process. Remortgaging is the process of changing your...

Zoopla says it has so far delivered almost £80,000 in agent fees through its access to the Modern Method of Auction. MMA...

The Bruce brothers’ latest project, Boomin, is “ready to launch” some two months after it was expected to see the light...

When it comes to communications, Propertymark could do with a lot fewer confidentiality agreements and a lot more transparency. And I...

Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...

Fixflo’s webinar on February 9 saw an industry panel debate 2021’s threats and opportunities for letting agents. The panel discussed a range...

A survey of portal usage shows a low level of trust and customer satisfaction from agents, and a majority of agencies saying they...

Two mothers have launched a new estate agency using a virtual office - and they have overcome personal challenges to achieve their...

Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...

Rightmove is the latest portal to forge a link with the controversial Modern Method of Auction service being offered to agents. A...

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...

It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...

One of the early operators of the self-employed agency model has launched a scheme under which its agents receive shares in the...

Experts are warning that buyers rushing to complete before the March 31 cliff edge for the stamp duty holiday may miss...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

A newspaper claims that thousands of customers’ financial details held by Foxtons Group are being freely accessed on the so-called dark...

A new survey suggests online agents are favoured by only three per cent of sellers. The study involved a modest sample -...

Just as the new chief executive of Propertymark holds interviews across the industry, so The Guild of Property Professionals is coming out...

High profile agency owner Sean Newman is offering his entire self-employed team of 100 agents and mortgage advisors a chance for...

There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...

A property platform claims the current pipeline stock is so large that the average UK agency branch is waiting on £105,000...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Will Thompson, Associate Director at Pugh & Co Auctions. I...

One of the most respected figures in the industry, trainer and consultant Richard Rawlings, is suggesting that stamp duty should be...

The Sunday Times has made new and detailed allegations regarding the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. For some weeks the newspaper has...

Boomin has announced another 15 independents as members of the site, which is expected to launch in the near future. “The latest...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Independent agents inspired by the Say No To Rightmove campaign are to launch a rival portal next month. Wearethemarket is a portal...

To kick off 2021, we have a Q&A with one of the most high-profile – and, it has to be said,...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

An estate agency group has launched new franchise business models to help those in the industry impacted by Covid-19. Century 21 UK...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

An auction house that's made a transition from ballroom operations to online streaming is to publish all fees for all lots -...

The largest company involved in the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it’s producing a “disruptive digital market campaign to address...

Fall throughs which could be avoided by Reservation Agreements have cost agency branches an average £10,000 per month. That’s the claim from digital...

Purplebricks says it’s to continue to test new pricing models next year - and has not ruled out completely moving away...

Revenues have slumped by 18 per cent at LSL Property Services, the corporate which boasts Your Move and Reeds Rains and...

A study of 2,000 home owners shows that over a third have felt pressured by an agent into use its in-house mortgage...

Over 100 Zoopla member branches have signed up to the Modern Method of Auction system offered via the portal. Over the summer Zoopla...

The Property Ombudsman has joined calls for greater disclosure of referral fees by agents.  The issue has become a hot topic in...

The soon-to-launch Boomin portal has signed up a national firm and now claims to have recruited 40 per cent of the...

High profile franchise hybrid agency EweMove has announced ambitious plans to double agent numbers within two years. The firm - which has...

The Boomin portal, which incentivises agents to cross-sell and benefit from referral fees, is to receive advice on fee disclosure from...

The founder of OneDome says a likely housing market slowdown is the perfect time for agents to optimise revenue by investing in PropTech. Babek Ismayil believes...

The government has revealed new regional price caps for its revamped Help To Buy Equity Loan scheme, set to operate between...

A leasehold group has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher pressing for an update on the government’s approach to reform for...

The new property portal Boomin has revealed its fees structure for agents. Tapping into the industry debate over portal fees, Boomin describes...

One of the country’s top buying agents is advising purchasers and vendors to avoid online agencies and 'bucketshop' conveyancers. Edward Heaton - founder...

The advertising watchdog has told the agency industry to clean up its act on four issues, with clarity over fees being...

Watching the government’s surprise press conference a couple of weekends ago the message was clear; we were heading into a gruelling...

The Competitions and Markets Authority is to probe the proposed merger of two crowdfunding sites used by numerous property industry companies. Crowdcube...

The six brands that make up The Property Franchise Group are the latest signings for yet-to-launch portal Boomin. TPFG’s brands are national...

A relaunched home buying service says it wants to partner with agents to unlock sales if the housing market deteriorates. The service...

What are the best ways for a letting agency to generate additional revenue and stay ahead of the competition? Management fees are...

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

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

Fledgling portal Boomin - launching later this month - has announced another 10 independent regional agencies as founder members. This includes its...

New guidance spells out how leniency can be exercised on agencies or individuals who inform on anti-competition cartels of the kind that...

Boomin is to levy a traditional monthly fee for estate and letting agents listing on the site, in line with other...

An online agency says its virtual auction service can be used even by its rivals between now and the end of...

Purplebricks has issued a statement to its shareholders saying it’s ‘never been more relevant’. However, the expected radical change to its fees structure appears...

Housing Minister Christopher Pincher announced that the introduction of the Renters' Reform Bill will be delayed for an indefinite period due...

David Cox is joining Rightmove next week in a dramatic return to the industry. Cox left the ARLA Propertymark in late July after...

A developer operating in prime central London is offering buyers a deferred-payment scheme. K10 Group says it’s doing this because of the...

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

I was asked recently, how can an agent generate more landlord leads? Well that got me thinking, firstly, we have to...

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...

In recent years, the extent and role of the private rented sector (PRS) in the housing market has seen significant changes. The...

Lawyers, politicians, bankers, insurance sellers – no matter where you go, there are some professions that are just always going to...

The latest review by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team into referral fees places the outdated practice of...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has admitted that getting the number one portal to change its fee structure “may take...

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

A survey says many people under-estimate the costs of moving with conveyancing and mortgage fees often higher than expected. Some 54 per cent of...

The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind the recommendation of Trading Standards that agents must by law be...

Customers must be told about third party referral fees when buying or selling a home says the National Trading Standards Estate...

The agency leading the Say No To Rightmove campaign has returned all of its offices and brands to Zoopla. The Acorn Group,...

A new online platform claims to be the first of its kind to speed up the private treaty sales process for...

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

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...

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

Property technology company OneDome, which operates two portals - OneDome and Nethouseprices - has raised another £5m in funding.  It says it...

Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, better known as the furlough scheme, was introduced by the chancellor Rishi Sunak in March to...

One of the many new portals recently launched has made a pitch for agents to join because of its referral fees...

Vendors spend an average £41 a day for 144 days when selling their home - but some spend a remarkable £140 a...

Another regional agency group has returned to Zoopla, attributing the move to the portal's “receptive audiences” amongst the house buying and renting...

A quick buy firm boasting it has ‘sold’ a home within six days also says it now takes 140 days on...

Despite the recent effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is still much opportunity in the market for letting agents to grow...

Hybrid agency EweMove has outperformed its traditional sister companies within The Property Franchise Group over the past six months. That’s the clear...

Another US real estate agency wants to follow Keller Williams, Berkshire Hathaway and others by opening in the United Kingdom. Nest Seekers International...

It’s no surprise the mainstream news remains dominated by coronavirus - not so much the actual effect of it right now,...

For many agents it’s been a big week…not because of the surge of buyers, but because their children have returned to...

The battle between portals is hotting up again with Zoopla repeating its offer of free listings until January for agents committing...

One of the victims of a notorious estate agency price fixing cartel has spoken out against one of the offenders.  Christina Davis...

An American realtor who once predicted his company would have 5,000 UK estate agents working under its banner is now saying...

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

With access to finance being such a hot topic at the moment, more and more estate agents are turning to commercial...

An insurance firm claims estate agents are taught not to quote VAT in fees until the final bill. A statement from Admiral...

New research suggests that British estate agents charge some of the lowest fees in the world. Based on an apparent British average...

Hindsight is 20-20 vision, of course, and we can all see things we did ‘then’ that we would not do ‘now’....

An online agency says it’s offering its customers a kind of ‘fall-through insurance’ after over 100 deals collapsed between mid-March and...

If anyone thought the days of Purplebricks bosses making millions were in the past,  think again. The chief executive and chief finance...

A new agency called Eazy Agent has launched - it’s another online operation, this time with a starting price of £249. For...

A digital resource hub for estate agents claims to shorten transaction times. Sort Move, which has been operating since late 2019,...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

A leading expert on estate agency and the housing market in Australia has lifted the lid on how Purplebricks failed down...

A property developer has set up an estate agency that charges no commission to sellers but instead levies a non-refundable reservation...

The Sequence Group is to be the sole selling agent for RoyaleLife, the country’s largest builder of bungalows, exclusively aimed at...

Almost all estate agents are still saying Yes to Rightmove, according to figures produced by the portal this morning. Membership numbers for...

House raffles and similar competitions have become mired in controversy in recent years, thanks to some of them failing to abide by...

The chairman of LSL Property Services - Simon Embley - says he is “increasingly optimistic” about the outlook for the market,...

An intervention by a magazine has led to Purplebricks refunding the up-front fee to a seller whose husband died suddenly and...

    Purplebricks says changes to its fees structure - possibly becoming less reliant on controversial upfront charges - has been delayed until...

Agents have long been the victim of a poor public reputation, from scoring highly in most disliked profession polls to being...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

A new website that describes itself as an estate agency says it wants to “empower people to sell their own home”...

A founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, suggests there was nothing wrong with the controversial Commisery TV ads that contributed to making...

The EweMove hybrid agency has been singled out for special praise in a trading statement from its parent company, which also...

It is widely expected that Purplebricks will shortly reveal the result of an experiment with a number of different pricing strategies. The...

Difference should be celebrated. But in our industry it rarely is. I was on the board of a large corporate where...