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An online agency that already operates in the lettings field is spreading into sales - and pledges to give most of...

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

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

A new high end agency called The Country House Department is launching with an initial focus on Oxfordshire, Berkshire and The...

Prominent agency industry analyst Anthony Codling is asking agents whether the board of OnTheMarket did the right thing by firing Ian...

Controversy and Purplebricks have gone hand in hand since the agency was first launched in 2012, through its float on the...

Purplebricks has revealed it is considering changes to its pricing structure to correct “mistakes” of the past. Chief executive Vic Darvey has...

The Advertising Standards Authority has issued a guidance note warning online estate agents, after complaints about them have “grown dramatically”. “Property is big...

Purplebricks has this morning warned investors its foreign activities are not going as well as predicted - although it insists it is...

The controversial crowdfunding site Crowdcube has listed the founder of online estate agency Doorsteps as one of its five ‘entrepreneurs of...

A new portal is launching next year with Countrywide and some 30 other estate agency groups signed up, as well as...

Online agency Doorsteps is slashing its flat fee to just £1 with no commission charge - but for only 48 hours. The...

Purplebricks is expanding its US activities by entering the markets of Las Vegas, Nevada and Phoenix, in the state of Arizona. A...

London-focussed Buying agency Black Brick has launched a specialist service to cater for divorcing couples. The company - increasingly regarded by some...

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

Purplebricks has issued a provocative response to the government’s new measures to promote a more professional and transparent house buying process.  The...

The Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents says Purplebricks is still not complying with a ruling made by the Advertising...

Purplebricks once again used the Christmas period to launch new TV and social media advertisements.  In one, the hybrid agency debuted Mr...

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that two TV advertisements for Purplebricks cannot be shown again in their current form because...

The UK is home to four million leasehold properties in private ownership, according to government figures. The majority of which require...

Two friends have launched a new estate agency with a High Street office but charging vendors flat fees instead of a...

Purplebricks has stepped up its attack on what it calls “Britain's antiquated method of buying and selling homes” by describing it as...

Purplebricks says it will have a marketing budget of AUS$17.2m - that's over £9.9m - to spend on marketing for its...

Countrywide has given Estate Agent Today some early details of how its mix of online and traditional agency services will roll-out...

Over 50 estate agents in the rebel OnTheMarket Action Group have released details of a letter sent to the portal’s parent...

Online agent House Network has accused unspecified numbers of traditional estate agents of hiding their VAT fees.  A statement from the agency...

Tepilo is the latest online estate agency to introduce an option for sellers to pay after a sale is completed, instead...

Purplebricks has launched in another region of the UK as speculation continues over the date of its expected flotation.  It has now...

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on the fortunes...

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on the fortunes...

A High Street estate agent has cautioned others within the industry against being tempted to go down the route of charging...

Another online estate agency has launched, claiming to save vendors thousands of pounds by “getting rid of all the unnecessary stuff...

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

A traditional estate agent has taken a leaf from the book of online rivals by scrapping old-style percentage commission and instead...

Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson is launching a fee structure linked directly to what it calls the “customer experience.” Linley &...

Sky News is reporting that the City's top fund manager Neil Woodford has increased his involvement in online estate agent Purplebricks,...