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Savills has strengthened its European residential network with the acquisition of Verbier Hospitality SA, which trades as Verbier Location. Founded by Jürgen...

Landmark Information Group has unveiled a series of open, accessible and standardised digital hubs that aim to connect parts of the...

One of the UK’s oldest estate agency firms has expanded into two new territories.  Nock Deighton was established in Shropshire in 1831...

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

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

The Property Franchise Group, which earlier this year completed a buy out of franchise rival Hunters, has expanded its senior management...

The head of a PropTech platform wants financial penalties on conveyancers if transactions miss deadlines. “The only way to accelerate the current...

The biggest awards in the residential property sector, The ESTAS, has confirmed an autumn date for its main 2021 event.  Traditionally the...

A PropTech platform wants to find out agents’ views on a range of industry issues - and that includes whether they...

One of the most experienced British estate agents says the new portal Boomin - expected to launch next month, October -...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has given a thumbs up to the new Boomin listings service created by the brothers...

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

Three more agencies have signed up to the ESTAS customer review platform. The arrival of Newton Fallowell, Lovelle and Goodchilds - all...

An estate agency that won a major property award only 18 months ago has shut after trading for 40 years. The Marlborough...

First things first, a big happy New Year to everyone. Welcome to 2020! It looks set to be another interesting year...

Zoopla has repelled a cyber attack on its Alto property software - with no breach of customer agents’ personal data. It has...

A former Foxtons estate agent has set up a property finding service which is exclusively for first time buyers - believed...

Former Purplebricks US chief executive officer Eric Eckardt is seeking some £6m in funding from across the world for his latest...

Technology will drive the lettings and property management industry in the future. There is already a plethora of various software and other...

The failure of online agencies to significantly disrupt the industry is down to their being too cheap and creating a perception...

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

Of the hundreds of headaches that come with agent territory, worrying about what’s happening to your calls shouldn’t be one of...

The ESTAS has released details of those agents and suppliers to the industry who have been shortlisted for the most prestigious...

Still recovering from Christmas and New Year? There’s no shame in that - the agents’ fund-raising season resumes in earnest in...

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

The head of eProp Services, parent company of easyProperty, says growth in the online sector is slower than expected - but that...

A housing association has launched its own online agency which offers to sell vendors' homes for £275. Capsel Homes, based in Mamhilad,...

In an exclusive and candid interview with Estate Agent Today, Countrywide chairman Peter Long has admitted that the company had been...

The troubled Countrywide group has this morning revealed its recovery plan to get - in its words - ‘back to basics’...

House Network, which describes itself as the UK’s first online estate agency, is using TV advertising to promote a new "20-point...

Leading independent property expert Kate Faulkner says the current row regarding the accuracy of Purplebricks’ sales figures should be the trigger...

The ESTAS Group has announced record entries for its 2018 estate and letting agents awards.  The national award scheme - which recognises...

Connells Group’s estate agency business increased its market share of new instructions in 2017 by almost four per cent, despite a...

A senior figure in another regional estate agency group has expressed scepticism about the popularity of online choices for vendors. Last week...

The much-expected pause in the roll out of Countrywide's online service to vendors, confirmed yesterday, did not appear to impress investors. Countrywide's...

A new firm has launched in Surrey describing itself as “the premium hybrid estate agency” with an innovative presence on the...

It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...

An online platform that allows the public to compare the services and fees of traditional estate agents in their areas has...

Experts in Property - the network of independent estate agencies across Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Bristol - has revealed two...

Sources within Countrywide say the latest senior management figure to leave the company is Sam Tyrer, who under her title of...

Speculation is growing that one of the most senior executives in the Countrywide management team may be leaving the organisation. Countrywide and...

Humberts, which yesterday launched an online-only option for landlord clients, says it is “not closing the door” on expanding the idea...

Countrywide says the roll out of its online sales and lettings service is on schedule to reach 50 per cent of...

A network of almost 80 independent estate agency offices has launched what it calls a hard-hitting campaign against 'internet-based call centre...

To give you a nice distraction from the post-election madness, here’s an interview with Charlie Wright, founder of CIELA (or The...

Two leading voices in the PropTech sector suggest a radical overhaul of agents’ fee structures, saying that neither traditional full service nor online...

A company which last month launched a service which it claims allows High Street estate agents to compete with online and...

Think ‘fake agents’ are no threat to your business? Think again. The rise of online agents - dubbed by some as...

Swiss bank UBS has downgraded Countrywide’s status to ‘sell’ in a move which has prompted the troubled estate agency’s share price...

It's been revealed that Countrywide has lost 200 branches in its reorganisation - that's around 20 per cent of its branch...

A trading update released by Countrywide this morning shows a 29 per cent slump in London exchanges in the third quarter...

Barely a week goes by without an announcement relating to the latest player entering the online agency world and when they...

The main debate at this year’s FUTURE: PropTech conference - the industry’s leading technology forum, held yesterday in London - saw...

I want to take this opportunity to share some findings from the National Landlord Association’s latest Quarterly Landlord Panel. The first is...

OnTheMarket - stung by recent lukewarm assessments of its track record - has repeated its faith in letters of intent from...

You know you’re doing something right when for the third year running you are shortlisted for the Supplier of the Year...

Some companies pride themselves on being able to accommodate customers of all kinds. “No job too big or too small,” they...