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This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News

It now looks likely that Hunters will be taken over by The Property Franchise Group after several months of talks, subject...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News

By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company has won a grant for a project to improve ID verification in the buying and selling process, via...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Revenues for LSL Property Services - owner of Your Move and Reeds Rains - dropped last year by 15 per cent. Although...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Even the prospect of a stamp duty holiday is not enough to persuade many buyers and sellers to enter the market...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A £17.8m pre-tax loss has been reported by Yopa in its latest financial statement filed at Companies House. Figures lodged just before...
29 December 2020
From: Breaking News

An extensive culling of branches and staff continues apace at Countrywide as it significantly reduces the size of both its office...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country's largest group of independent agencies has named its new chief executive officer - and says it’s a...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s major regional agencies has unveiled a ‘super hub’ structure which began life as a lockdown measure but...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group has named high-profile industry veteran Eric Walker as managing director of Martin & Co (South and Scotland). Walker...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The scale of the problems facing many prospective buyers has been set out in a survey showing as many as one-third...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

I want to talk to you about new ways to sell homes. Let's not encourage people to sell but just swap...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The chairman of LSL Property Services - Simon Embley - says he is “increasingly optimistic” about the outlook for the market,...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...
25 July 2020
From: Features

A new estate agency Code of Practice is to be written by a group set up by the Royal Institution of Chartered...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group says he anticipates his company’s hybrid arm - EweMove - will go...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...
20 June 2020
From: Features

A survey of 2,750 buyers and tenants has revealed the aspects of online property listings which they find most annoying. The single...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A former Purplebricks chief has become managing director of an agency aiming to be a national brand. Jim Harris - a former training...
01 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The financial services industry’s much-hyped mortgage holiday scheme, heavily endorsed by the government, could cost home owners hundreds of pounds in...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...
23 May 2020
From: Features

It’s another Bank Holiday weekend and the first since lockdown was eased and the housing market returns - so perhaps a...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has added its weight to the campaign asking the government to allow agents to get back to work - and...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services, parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rain, has named a new chief executive officer taking the helm...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Hunters has expanded its online offering to improve its service to both the sales and lettings sectors - and it’s even...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times. If you have any appropriate advice you...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services says one of its measures to “rightsize” the organisation during the Coronavirus crisis will be to put agents...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Welcome to the weekly salute for agents and others in the industry fund-raising for good causes - and we know that...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Jon Notley and I am the co-founder...
12 March 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

LSL Property Services says the Coronavirus crisis has led to a softening of "lead sales indicators" - and it warns of...
10 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Keller Williams has announced another new market centre, and this time its operating principal is a former Purplebricks territory owner. JP Downes...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News

There are fears that the so-called Boris Bounce which saw a surge in activity after the General Election may be hitting...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...
28 February 2020
From: Sponsored Content

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
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group - which owns Martin & Co, EweMove and three other brands - is to have a former...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A new market centre operating as a hub for freelance agents has opened in Glasgow. Called KW Evolve it is a Keller...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The mystery of why Countrywide’s crucial sale of its commercial arm has failed to go through as scheduled deepened over the...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services, which embarked on a significant branch closure programme last year, has reported a 16 per cent slump in...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Independent agents in a fast-growing trade body are to be given the opportunity to secure exclusivity on land deals and new...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...
25 January 2020
From: Features

A new analysis from a financial services trade body shows that gross mortgage lending is expected to rise significantly in the...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group - which operates five High Street agency brands and the EweMove hybrid - has set up a...
15 January 2020
From: Breaking News

In six years of editing Estate Agent Today, some of my most dramatic moments have been covering the troubles - some...
11 January 2020
From: Features

Chancellors Estate Agents is next month opening its newest branch in Swindon - the first time the company has operated in...
07 January 2020
From: Breaking News

In the firmest sign yet that PropTech has entered the mainstream, Housing Minister Esther McVey recently launched an expert advisory council...
14 December 2019
From: Features

It’s been revealed that Countrywide is involved in a pilot exercise to help the creation of a so-called ‘affordability hub’ for...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide says it is constantly keeping its current branch structure under review, saying any responsible agency would have to consider the...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A trading statement this morning by LSL Property Services - owners of Reeds Rains, Your Move and Marsh & Parsons -...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s easier than you might think. For any agent the challenge of making a business successful is hard work with the focus...
20 November 2019
From: Features

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has struck an innovative eight-year exclusivity agreement with Dacres, the 20 office estate agency network based in Yorkshire, to deliver...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Troubled online agency Yopa has launched an in-house subsidiary to sell mortgages and other financial services - and not just to Yopa...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Esther McVey says Compulsory Purchase Orders and brownfield land registers are to be made digitally transparent. This will allow CPO...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Since I started working with Zero Deposit for me the market leader in deposit replacement alternatives, the most common question I am...
19 October 2019
From: Features

Countrywide has named Amanda Rendle as a new independent non-executive director of the estate agency group; she joined the board yesterday. Rendle...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

An estate agency service in the Lake District has rolled out a new benefit to all its staff - and in...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The boss of a 15+ branch estate agency group has explained how he thinks regulation could 'ruin' the estate agency industry. Simon...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Phil Smith - mio Account manager What is mio and what does...
19 August 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

LSL Property Services, parent firm of Your Move and Reeds Rains, says the company’s branch closure programme was a success with profits...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Eric Woodhams F.N.A.E.A. mio Account Manager What is mio and what...
26 July 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

How many of you are in favour of estate agents being licenced? Would most agents rather not be overseen by a regulator...
25 July 2019
From: Features

Estate agents are amongst the workers to suffer the worst fall in wages over the past 10 years according to shock...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise, has changed its name - at least slightly - from Belvoir Lettings to Belvoir Group. In...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...
06 July 2019
From: Features
05 July 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...
01 June 2019
From: Features

An agent with over 29 years of experience has taken over as chief executive officer at Humberts - just as the...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the destination where you can catch up with the key moves announced in the...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News

There was a time when the mere mention of the financial services industry brought with it scorn and mistrust. The issues arising...
13 April 2019
From: Features

LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rains, has substantially 'written down' its investment in online estate...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

An estate and lettings agency that has been trading in the centre of Exeter for 12 years has ceased trading and...
28 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Connells Group says investment in PropTech will be the way to safeguard its almost-600 High Street branches - and it’s repeated...
28 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A major restructuring of LSL Property Services has just been announced to shareholders, with substantial numbers of branch closures. The statement says...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services - parent company of Your Move, Reeds Rains and London agency Marsh & Parsons - has given a...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News

UBS, a Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services company based in Zurich and Basel, now owns approaching 10 per cent...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The world may be going crazy outside but we’re delighted to tell you that in the estate agency industry it’s still...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Two reports have suggested London’s residential market may be damaged by Brexit - both the past two and a half years...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has this morning announced that it has acquired MAB Glos, part of the Mortgage Advice Bureau. The £3.6m deal, done through...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Orchards of London is abandoning its current branch network and instead opening a single Hub from the middle of next month. Orchards,...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Raffles are in the news as a way of ‘selling’ homes, and not just because an Irish club has won a...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The independent Sutton-based property business Centro PLC has acquired Cheam and Mayfair based Christies Estate Agents Limited. The new combined agency is...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Speculation is growing that Rightmove could drop out of the prestigious FTSE-100 within the next few days as the stock exchange...
30 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Dare we mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday weekend of the year before Christmas - so what a...
24 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Oakwood Homes, a four-branch sales and lettings agency operating across East Kent, has acquired Parkland Estates, a single-branch firm based in...
14 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Rumours abound over the future of Countrywide, which lost further share value on Friday, closing very slightly down on the day...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News

One of London’s leading estate agents says Brexit has had at worst a neutral effect on the housing market and may...
08 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The parent company of Your Move, Reeds Rains and other agency brands has succeeded where Foxtons yesterday did not - in...
31 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide, the troubled estate agency group thought by some to be near collapse, has delayed issuing its interim figures which were...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - a slim edition given how quiet the industry is at the...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide says its Back To Basics strategy has seen a nine per cent increase in properties for sale with the group...
25 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The entrepreneur behind a free-to-list property portal claiming support from 17 estate agencies has defended the description of them as ‘partners’ -...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A magazine which earlier this year claimed that two big corporates pressured customers to use their preferred mortgage brokers has now...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A PropTech startup which claims to revolutionise the speed at which property transactions can be processed has officially launched this week. When...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services has issued a warning that market conditions are softer than expected so far in 2018 and that transaction...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The UK’s real estate sector, embracing estate agencies as well as other aspects of the property industry, has been facing “increased...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The announcement that MPs will set up a Select Committee to probe the scale of money laundering in the UK property...
14 April 2018
From: Features

Countrywide is not quite finished with online experimentation yet, for today sees the launch of an online mortgage service, backed by...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The magazine Mortgage Strategy says Countrywide is investigating reports that one of its estate agent branches pressured buyers to use in-house...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services - parent company to 12 brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and London’s Marsh & Parsons - has...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A mergers and acquisitions specialist says traditional agencies have been pushed into becoming more innovative by the rise of portals and...
02 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A EweMove branch operating from a franchisee’s home in Staffordshire has taken over the running of a bricks and mortar agency. EweMove’s...
02 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Leaders is expanding the mortgage side of its business with a raft of new products and services, as well as introducing...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The UK property sector has been a hotbed for financial crime in recent years, with many criminals seeing it as an...
24 February 2018
From: Features

The government has launched a surprise consultation on the creation of a new redress system for customers of agents and others...
18 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The other day I met with two agents who have 30 years of property sales experience between them, and yet also...
17 February 2018
From: Features

Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...
13 February 2018
From: Features

Spicerhaart, which describes itself as the UK’s largest independent estate agency group, has been on the acquisition trail again, showing its...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services is beefing up the mortgage arm of its activities. It has acquired the mortgage adviser network Personal Touch in...
01 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s new management has taken immediate steps to try to stem the loss of market share by the troubled agency group,...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Shares in troubled agency group Countrywide have fallen to their lowest-ever level of 106.40p in trading this morning. Yesterday shares fell a...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A trading statement from Countrywide this morning continues the decline shown by the agency group in recent years. It says total income...
18 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The Motley Fool, the financial services company that provides investor advice, has published an article raising doubts about Purplebricks’ long-term profitability. Investment writer...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The former managing director of Countrywide’s estate agency division has joined the board of a PropTech firm wanting to introduce facial...
15 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The UK’s largest property franchise group, Belvoir, says it is reaping rewards from its acquisition of Brook Financial Services and its...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services - which includes Your Move, Reeds Rains and other high street estate agencies - batted away any housing...
30 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has revealed that it has won the backing of a minority shareholder in The Property Franchise Group to resume merger...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The spread and sophistication of financial crime in the UK in recent years has been unprecedented. Figures from UK Finance show that...
04 November 2017
From: Features

The UK estate agency and construction industries are not ready for the huge workload and responsibilities involved in the General Data...
19 October 2017
From: Breaking News

ZPG says it has reached the milestone of delivering over £1m in referrals to its agents via its new MoveIt tool. This provides agents with the...
09 October 2017
From: Breaking News

ZPG - which already owns and operates Zoopla, PrimeLocation, Hometrack and the price comparison website uSwitch - has acquired the financial...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today understands that Spicerhaart is in the final stages of talks to acquire major regional independent firm butters john...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Facebook appears to be interested in entering the sales and lettings world with its first advertising product geared solely towards industry professionals. The...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services - owners of Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons amongst estate agency brands - has enjoyed...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has revealed a massive plunge in its profits for the first six months of 2017. Pre-tax profit for the six months...
27 July 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services does not report its figures for the first half of 2017 until August 1, but even so it...
18 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A new report, conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research for the financial services group Legal & General, claims...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News

An internet monitoring service operated by international financial services giant Morgan Stanley says OnTheMarket is continuing to lose both its share...
22 May 2017
From: Breaking News

One of the biggest stories post-Brexit is how the housing market has proven to be more resilient than anyone could have...
15 April 2017
From: Features

New research by business information firm Bloomberg suggests many thousands of London’s financial services jobs are under threat thanks to Brexit...
10 April 2017
From: Breaking News

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...
08 April 2017
From: Features

Property Franchise Group - formerly known as Martin & Co - has announced that 12 EweMove franchises have been sold in...
05 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...
01 April 2017
From: Features

Recent stats from the Council of Mortgage Lenders show that last year 360,000 people moved homes, meaning the number has stayed...
11 March 2017
From: Features

Another senior Countrywide figure is leaving the organisation to join an independent agency - itself set up by a former Countrywide...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today understands that Vince Corley, a senior director at Countrywide, is leaving the company. He is one of the longest-standing...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News

What does it say on your business card? Christopher Merriman, Land and Planning Director at Intro Crowd Who are Intro Crowd? Intro...
10 February 2017
From: 60 Second Interview

Countrywide’s long-term share price decline and turbulent branch closure programme have not prevented a relatively positive endorsement of the group’s strategy and...
16 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...
14 January 2017
From: Features

A post-Christmas treat this week, as I carry out a Q & A with one of the leading figures in property,...
14 January 2017
From: Features

The Financial Conduct Authority is consulting on new guidance to lenders on how to measure and treat the repayment of arrears...
20 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has announced the launch of a new feature on its website which will help estate agents to...
20 September 2016
From: Breaking News

This week, tech startup Habito claims to have launched the world's first artificially intelligent 'digital mortgage adviser'. The robo-adviser takes into account...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News
The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...
13 September 2016
From: Sponsored Content

The number of 95 per cent loan to value mortgages available for first time buyers has dwindled 16 per cent in...
24 August 2016
From: Breaking News

As promised, this week’s Natter is dedicated to a question and answer session with Peter Brodnicki, the man who has been...
22 July 2016
From: Features

A leading London buying agency is warning that some areas of prime central London could face a downturn following the Brexit...
30 June 2016
From: Breaking News

One estate agency leader - you’d all recognise his name - described the victory of the Leave camp in the referendum...
24 June 2016
From: Features
09 June 2016
From: Sponsored Content

Countrywide's retail chief says the group's new hybrid joint online and traditional project has involved training agents to change the way...
06 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Curchods, the privately-owned, 21-branch Surrey agency which also trades as Burns and Webber has appointed a new group managing director. Michael Ansell...
22 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Bob Scarff, the head of Countrywide’s estate agency business until last May, has become a...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Having urged agents to think about the full marketing mix and not just price, we must look at our business relationships...
08 April 2016
From: Features

Keller Williams UK has appointed an agent with financial services experience to focus on recruiting more agents for the firm’s London...
06 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group - including the brands Martin & Co, Whitegates, CJ Hole, Parkers and Ellis & Co - has...
30 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has taken the highly-unusual step of announcing that it will reveal key performance indicators every six months, come rain or...
29 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Financial analysts at City consultancy Jefferies - which helped Countrywide float on the stock market - say 2016 is a key...
26 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of Countrywide says there’s “no change of course” after a 37 per cent slump in operating profits were...
25 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has given what it admits is a “mixed performance” in 2015 with a major reduction in operating profits, although it...
25 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Coldwell Banker Real Estate, the US-based international agency expected to launch in the UK over the winter, has signed up with...
18 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The Resort Group, the developer of the all-suite Llana Beach Hotel and Spa, which is due to open in 2016, has...
20 October 2015
From: Sponsored Content

On Wednesday 21st October future and reality will collide. Back to the Future’s Marty McFly will arrive in the DeLorean to...
16 October 2015
From: Features

The rising phenomenon of agent-rating and review websites is a topic that seems to have caused considerable division and controversy among...
10 July 2015
From: Features

In case we didn’t learn the lesson last time around, we appear to be on the brink of a refresher course...
10 July 2015
From: Features

Q: What does it say on your business card? The support network for quality agents Q: Who is Agent Tracker? Agent Tracker...
10 June 2015
From: 60 Second Interview

A number of UK estate agents have announced further expansion and investment. Lincolnshire agency Pygott and Crone, winner of Sunday Times Estate...
08 June 2015
From: Breaking News

This publication recently reported on Russell Quirk's latest attempt to upset the establishment, this time by attacking the hallowed ground of...
29 May 2015
From: Features

The head of a company making virtual walkthroughs for estate agents says the industry wrongly sees technology as a disruptive threat,...