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The government’s new Right to Buy policy for housing association tenants appeared to unravel last night after the Housing Secretary said...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Agency trade body Propertymark has called for the government’s housing market reforms to go further and has even suggested targeted stamp...
13 June 2022
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Property professionals and MPs were left wanting more after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s much-anticipated housing announcements yesterday. Johnson yesterday promised a review...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A proptech startup launched by former Conveyancing Association chairman Eddie Goldsmith has secured a second round of investment. YouConvey, which aims to...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents have been getting active in recent weeks to raise money for Ukrainian refugees. Fundraising activities range from office-based collections and referencing challenges...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...
14 May 2022
From: Features

Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly are due to be held on 5 May and agents are hoping that housing remains...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

You can tell that spring is in the air as this week's Agents Do Charity is full of outdoor fundraising pursuits...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The government’s long awaited Energy Security Strategy has failed to spark excitement among estate agents. The government unveiled its plans to create...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Savills suggests that London is returning to its role as the dominant element in the high end housing market in the...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine continues to dominate the thoughts of our industry as this week’s ADC shows - a wonderful...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Sky News is reporting that Boomin, the portal founded by Purplebricks creator Michael Bruce, is close to finalising a new round...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News

It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for...
26 March 2022
From: Features

Hello and welcome to the weekend, and another ADC - our chance to pay tribute to fundraisers throughout our industry. Want to...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Too many leaseholders will fall through the cracks of the government’s “piecemeal measures” to combat the cladding crisis. That’s the view of...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The Mayor of London is demanding ministers take sanctioning Russian oligarchs seriously by moving immediately to seize assets that can then...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News

These are undeniably darker days as news comes through of a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine - we have the first agency...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government has announced an increase to the maximum level of council tax premiums for second homes, as well as...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has backed a call for stamp duty incentives to be introduced to drive forward domestic energy efficiency. The trade body’s policy...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...
26 February 2022
From: Features

Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that claims it can radically simplify home purchasing, has revealed that PropTech...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A stamp duty cut would provide a long-term to improve energy efficiency on homes, the Chancellor has been told by an...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Our Agents Do Charity column each Friday does a fantastic job of highlighting the amazing charitable work of agents up and...
29 January 2022
From: Features

OnTheMarket has signed a deal with Brickflow, a new comparison site for development finance. The portal says the partnership will provide member...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Barely three weeks into the new year and we’re already talking about plans to raise tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Homesearch has won £5m new investment from venture capital firm Octopus Ventures - an organisation that has also backed three businesses...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...
15 January 2022
From: Features

Foxtons has this morning announced that it’s selling off the sales wing of a rival London agency that it bought just...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023. Coadjute - which took over...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

It’s often said that agency is a people business, and I can see no reason to disagree - agents dealing face-to-face...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
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Leaseholders in lower-rise blocks of flats will not have to take out loans to remove dangerous cladding under new government rules...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A hybrid agency that charges no fees to vendors but instead relies on referral fees for income has officially rolled out...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Welcome to 2022 and the first Agents Do Charity of the New Year. We’re all learning to live with Covid a little...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Coadjute, the PropTech platform that aims to slash the length of property transactions, has announced a further £6m investment. Coadjute is a blockchain...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest Agents Do Charity, your weekly opportunity to salute those in our industry doing so much...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been a significant rise in buyer interest in the energy efficiency of properties - but so far it’s making no...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The scheme behind two of this country’s most successful PropTech start-ups is marking what it calls a successful first year. REACH UK...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading estate agency says the government may have to use stamp duty and council tax as incentives to persuade owners...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News

In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...
30 October 2021
From: Features

The Nested online agency, which recently revamped its business model to attract more self-employed agents, is expanding outside London for the...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents trade body Propertymark has given its verdict on yesterday’s Budget with this statement - “Some good news but it leaves...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News
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There’s been some cynicism amongst the industry in response to new homes promises made by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in yesterday’s Budget. Sunak...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The Budget has proven more generous than many expected - and with most property taxation left unchanged. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Within weeks the focus of the industry will be on the White Paper to be issued on rental reform before Christmas. Let’s...
16 October 2021
From: Features

The government has released details of a new property tax. It’s the Residential Property Developer Tax, first announced at the start of...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...
09 October 2021
From: Features

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...
09 October 2021
From: Features

Fund-raising takes all sorts of shapes and sizes and this week we have a splendid selection proving that point. Don’t miss out...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A service that sells properties and elements of joint venture schemes to investors says it’s seeking to expand after completing on...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - another opportunity to see how our industry is doing great work...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News

An online operator called Nested is to spend £5m to promote the self-employed estate agency concept in 100 parts of the...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News

An online agency which describes itself as being “the future of property” is up for sale. Nu:move is a franchise operation, set...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Controversial London agency Foxtons is to review its policy on top management bonuses. This follows a shareholder revolt at the agency's AGM...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Strike, the digital-first estate agent previously known as Housesimple, has been selected to join Tech Nation’s Future Fifty programme. The online agent, which...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s certainly the case that awareness of part exchange isn’t very high in the property and agency world, despite the potential...
22 September 2021
From: Features

New figures from HM Treasury have revealed that businesses, including a number of major agencies, have returned £1.3 billion in furlough...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Almost a million tenants have built up rent arrears since March 2020, according to research by National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA)....
15 September 2021
From: Features

Estate agents are being urged to future-proof and diversify by linking with retirement developers via part-exchange services. Property investment service HBB Solutions...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The Karma Club: An industry partner has celebrated its second birthday by reaching a landmark of more than £15,000 donated to...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A company says it’s gathering £500m in funding to purchase properties for a “gradual home ownership” scheme - a variation on...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A company says it will fund first time buyers’ bids to get on the property ladder by matching them with property...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Here’s a new way to encourage house moves - pay the potential vendor £50,000. The Scottish Government is launching an official consultation...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News
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A group of MPs has suggested the government consider a “proportional property tax” to replace the current council tax, in a...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Strike - which over the weekend announced a new £11m investment package - has now revealed it has a new chief...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Channel 4 Ventures is one of a number of investors who have collectively put the equivalent of £11m into the online...
09 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Almost 77 per cent of people think the government must build more homes - but if that means reclassifying Green Belt...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents should prepare for a surge in fall throughs and collapsed sales thanks to the first stamp duty holiday period expiring...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading agent has been in touch with EAT to vent his frustration at the government for extending most of the...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Amro Partners, the Build to Rent and student accommodation operator, has launched a venture capital arm investing in PropTech and FinTech. Amro...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 exposed the dangers of inflammable cladding on residential tower blocks, and what has come...
05 June 2021
From: Features

One of the men behind the defunct Emoov online estate agency has re-emerged as the head of a marketing service. The service...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News

We have more regulations controlling the sector than ever before and we have more ‘regulators’ involved in controlling the sector than...
01 May 2021
From: Features

There’s a new warning that the estate agency industry may be in a more fragile financial condition than before the pandemic,...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Another major agency group has agreed to repay substantial sums it claimed under the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, introduced to...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...
24 April 2021
From: Features

Potential house buyers may be fine with virtual tours during lockdown periods, but as the country opens up, people are going...
24 April 2021
From: Features

Controversial Foxtons chief executive Nic Budden is to pocket a bonus package of around £1m - despite a huge shareholder rebellion at...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to a sunny Friday and this week’s round-up of the industry’s good works. We’re keen to feature agents and...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s Friday so it’s Charity day of course, and today we get to the root of the issue of lockdown easing...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Sky News is reporting that new portal Boomin is to announce the former chief executive of Sir Richard Branson’s business empire...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The founder of Zoopla has returned to the property market with a new proposal to disrupt how agents buy and sell homes. Alex...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News

First time buyers are now saving more than £800 a year in comparison with tenants, new analysis suggests. The Halifax says the...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The managing director of Fine & Country Cardiff, Dan Thomas, has wasted no time with his fundraiser - starting as soon...
02 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A company in the German Axel Springer publishing empire - which also invested in Purplebricks in the past - has put...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A controversial property crowdfunding platform, criticised in the past on TV's Dragon’s Den, has gone into administration. The House Crowd was launched...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Energy Performance Certificates ought to be scrapped because they are outdated and not fit for purpose. That’s the view of an influential...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The total value of the UK’s housing stock has hit a record £7.56 trillion despite the pandemic. The calculation - by Savills,...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Pressure is building on London agency Foxtons to repay its furlough funding. The company issued an upbeat trading statement on Wednesday; while...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News

With just two days to go, it's fair to say the property industry is eagerly awaiting Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget statement...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

CRM supplier Reapit, backed by private equity funding, has entered into an international deal to acquire a leading Australian PropTech provider...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Agency websites supplier Property Webmasters has secured a substantial but undisclosed cash injection to expand internationally. The investment comes from Net Ventures...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has slammed government energy efficiency proposals as being “unrealistic, too simplistic and could deter people from moving home.” A formal consultation...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News

You can always tell when Budget day is approaching. There’s lots of comment from every imaginable quarter about what the Chancellor of...
13 February 2021
From: Features

The government has given details of two new taxes to provide funds to address the cladding problem on high rise tower blocks...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
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Labour has entered the cladding controversy by calling a vote in the House of Commons to force government action on the...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s been some time since online agencies have ventured into crowdfunding to raise investment, but easyProperty has now done so -...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...
23 January 2021
From: Features

The Chancellor has announced new measures to help businesses in the light of the lockdown announced in the past 24 hours. The...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

MPs want the government to publish the names of estate agencies and other companies claiming furlough funding. The all-party Public Accounts Committee of...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to our latest doffing of the cap in honour of those in our industry fund-raising for great causes....
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A London estate agency chief executive says agents "have become good at pretending that they are qualified and regulated when the...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...
05 December 2020
From: Features

Here at Giraffe360, the PropTech startup, we have raised a £3.5 million funding round to further accelerate our product development and...
05 December 2020
From: Features

We’re just a few days from December so why not get into the festive spirit a little early and get some...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Property tax rises and falling house prices look as if they are on the way according to the small print accompanying...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The Competitions and Markets Authority is to probe the proposed merger of two crowdfunding sites used by numerous property industry companies. Crowdcube...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A relaunched home buying service says it wants to partner with agents to unlock sales if the housing market deteriorates. The service...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly forum for the industry to share its good news on...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

High end agents usually keep their powder dry when it comes to party politics, to avoid upsetting customers. However Knight Frank has...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The ESTAS awards service and the Agents Together foundation are entering into a partnership. That means all ESTAS customer agents will be...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Shorter days and darker nights deflate the spirits, especially in today’s challenging circumstances, but there’s some bright news - a large...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Many agents, certainly those in London, will have faced the difficult task of selling a flat with a shorter lease. A...
09 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content

A security company says it is “disappointing” the estate agency industry is only around 55 per cent through preparations to cope...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Gary Keller is stepping down from his post as chief executive of the global Keller Williams estate agency empire. Although operating chiefly...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s no stopping our industry - whether it’s local lockdowns or early autumn storms, agents and suppliers continue doing great work for...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A veteran agent with 38 years experience of the industry - much of it at Countrywide - has become the head...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Property technology company OneDome, which operates two portals - OneDome and Nethouseprices - has raised another £5m in funding. It says it...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Survivors and bereaved family members from the Grenfell Tower fire have joined forces with residents trapped in allegedly dangerous flats in...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The Times has revealed new allegations concerning the behaviour of Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick. The Cabinet member has been under the spotlight...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News

I was giving an interview this week for an upcoming conference - yet another to convert from a physical to a...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News

As many in the industry will know, Ian Westerling passed away last week at the age of 51: he was a...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Property portal Boomin has been "courted by a range of potential backers" according to Sky News. The news service - which has...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the most experienced British estate agents says the new portal Boomin - expected to launch next month, October -...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

An overview of the global PropTech sector is often what I am asked to cover at conferences around the world. This generally...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform that claims to halve the time a transaction takes has received a huge cash injection from investors for...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News

An unusual property sales concept, which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents, has...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News

An intervention by a magazine has led to Purplebricks refunding the up-front fee to a seller whose husband died suddenly and...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News

There are high hopes that the new stamp duty holiday will make an already busy market even busier - but not...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News

An industry analyst is challenging the long-established agents’ view that reducing or temporarily scrapping stamp duty would help the market. On the...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the key members of the Purplebricks board has stood down after two years. Andreas Wiele joined the Purplebricks board in...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has released details of its trading performance, including the knock its income has received as a result of the housing...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A hybrid agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched has announced a recruitment drive and expansion in...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News

US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Estate agents are likely to get through the next five to six months even if the market falls away - but...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, our weekly opportunity to salute suppliers and agents fund-raising for good causes. We appreciate how...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The brothers who founded Purplebricks - Michael and Kenny Bruce - have returned to the agency industry for the first time...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News

I was asked a question by a German journalist yesterday. What is the biggest lesson German and European PropTech founders can...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Dominic Cummings has been at worst a cause of huge anger to a nation that’s already extremely anxious. At best, he’s been...
30 May 2020
From: Features

The online estate agency Settled appears to have ceased trading with its customers refunded. It was launched in 2014 by former Google...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A Labour council in London has come out against the government’s plan to offer 30 per cent discounts to first time...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Listings from an agent who ended his contract with Rightmove were not removed as he expected - instead, he is accusing...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove, Zoopla and even OnTheMarket could make money even if they did not charge agents anything at all to list properties....
29 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank is furloughing agents and other staff with the company topping up the taxpayers’ funding to ensure employees get 100...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A high-profile regional agency is “cracking on” with support for a hospice for children and young people that cannot raise funds during...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News

New temporary rules have thrown a lifeline to troubled agencies like Countrywide and Purplebricks which may need to raise additional funds...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The founder and chairman of Hunters, who is also a Conservative MP, has been criticised for a tweet saying he would...
24 March 2020
From: Breaking News

There has been scepticism across the industry as to the motives behind an unspecified number of lay-offs and permanent branch closures...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced a sweeping range of financial measures to try to minimise the impact of Coronavirus...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Nested is the latest online agency to base a marketing campaign around criticism of established estate agents. In three 30-second TV ads...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in the base interest rate to shore up the economy during the Coronavirus...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Another former Savills agent has joined freelance agency operation Keller Williams, the second in recent weeks. In January it was revealed that...
18 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

Keller Williams UK is opening a new Market Centre, this time in Oxfordshire - and it has signed a senior Savills...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello - if it’s Monday it’s PJT day, so welcome to the latest update on key moves within our industry. Let us...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The founder of an online agency has spoken publicly for the first time about how his near-death experience led him to...
23 January 2020
From: Breaking News

“Give me 100 leads and I will make five-times more good appointments than any AI you put me up against,” stated...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...
14 December 2019
From: Features

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

The election is over and there’s nothing on the agenda except the run-up to Christmas - although there’s still time for...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...
07 December 2019
From: Features

The man who founded Zoopla is now a second hand car salesman - but with a digital difference. Alex Chesterman, who founded...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s been clear for a while that the additional regulation landlords and agents are facing has helped professionalise the private rental...
30 November 2019
From: Features

It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Election time means setting out your stall and getting support - so how about a vote of confidence for those agents,...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Last week, it was announced that Plentific, the London-based tenant experience, has raised $32 million in Series B funding. Plentific’s model sees...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A small online agency which in six months of trading has secured around 140 sales says it’s on course to be...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The founder of Rightmove and former Countrywide chief executive Harry Hill is one of a number of investors behind a new...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s that time again, with the clocks going back an hour to mark the start of slightly brighter mornings and significantly...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

It was in this very column, back in July, when I wrote about how the British government was starting to take...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Yopa – launched in 2015 as part of the new breed of hybrid operators seeking to shake up the industry –...
19 October 2019
From: Features

Raise more money for your charity with help from the industry charity – Agents Giving. At Agents Giving we work with estate and...
09 October 2019
From: Features

A yet-to-launch estate agency comparison site is nearing its crowdfunding target of £50,000. Invite Agents, which is crowdfunding on crowdcube, had, as...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans says it has won new funding to acquire more agencies. “We have made no secret of the group’s intention to...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Savills, Knight Frank, Cushman & Wakefield and JLL are the main estate agencies now working with a review website allowing buyers...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News

There are those who say that PropTech is at risk of becoming a bubble market, and others who say bubbles don’t...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A report by the influential Public Accounts committee of MPs has been highly sceptical of the effectiveness of Help To Buy. It...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A £3.6 billion Towns Fund to support towns across England to build prosperous futures through innovative regeneration is a perfect chance...
10 September 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s plenty of action in and around Westminster these days, but while the political temperature rises, the marvellous work of agents,...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Former Purplebricks US chief executive officer Eric Eckardt is seeking some £6m in funding from across the world for his latest...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Crowdfunding has been largely avoided by property companies for much of the past year following controversies surrounding Emoov’s fund raising -...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Guardian has revealed that small investors lured into putting money into TV property guru Kevin McCloud’s eco-friendly housing projects -...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The former Countrywide chief executive Grenville Turner says it is an option for online estate agency Yopa to go to an...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

We daren’t mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday before…well, Christmas. Let’s hope agents and suppliers have an opportunity to...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency Housesimple has appointed a company to handle its public relations and social media as it rolls it its...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News

News this week tells of Zehomes, the German property management company, raising €13 million in Series-A funding, bringing its all-time total...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A newspaper claims that a crowdfunding site used by some estate agencies and other property industry companies has suspended trading on...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News

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

An online agency which last autumn said it wanted to have as much as a three per cent market share of...
23 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says clarity and speed are vital to ensure agencies can adequately prepare for a...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The industry press has given substantial space to recommendations from the Regulation of Property Agents, the government’s working party which has...
20 July 2019
From: Features

The trade headlines may be dominated by a revolution proposed for how agents are regulated, licensed and trained but one thing...
19 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

It’s been a busy year for Giraffe360. Following its £1 million successful funding round in January and moving its headquarters from...
05 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content

The new owners of Emoov have confirmed that 70 previous customers have opted to re-list their homes with the firm since it...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News

This week, I want to take a look at the Israeli startup, Venn, an urban revitalisation firm which has recently received...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today has been contacted by an individual who says he is one of three former Emoov customers intending to...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...
29 June 2019
From: Features

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Mark Worrall the co-founder of love2move What is love2move and...
25 June 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

The minister at the centre of reforms to the estate and lettings industry sector has apologised for what she calls “inappropriate...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

You may be right in thinking that Brexit has dominated the thinking of the government in the last three years. However,...
22 June 2019
From: Features

If it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity day - and we’ve got another bundle of good work for you this week,...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...
15 June 2019
From: Features

Property developing is an incredibly diverse and exciting career choice, and something that many people aspire to do in the UK. I...
15 June 2019
From: Features

A firm that offers a white-labelled online agency platform to traditional High Street agents has signed up a new customer. love2move was...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s London Tech Week, everybody! The sprawling city-wide event taking in dozens of conferences, events, workshops, panel debates and so on,...
12 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A review website set up by a former estate agent says £1m of new funding will allow it to roll out...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News

With summer in full swing (will someone tell the weather?) we’re having bumper editions of Agents Do Charity, and this weekend’s is...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News

It may well seem that the government is pre-occupied with one issue, and one issue alone. While preparations for Brexit take up a...
01 June 2019
From: Features

We’ve reached the final instalment of my market transformation do’s and don’ts. In previous articles, we’ve looked at: Do encourage, don’t deter;...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...
18 May 2019
From: Features

Equity release, seen by many agents as a reason why fewer older homeowners are downsizing these days, has reported more growth...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today has been given details of the new National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team - the body...
23 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm that lists a customer’s home with successive estate agents until it is sold has raised £500,000 of startup...
23 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A millionaire who has not previously invested in the property industry has taken the plunge by funding an online agency network. The...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s no secret that the UK’s housing sector is in crisis. Headlines scream about the shortage of new-build homes. TV pundits...
30 March 2019
From: Features

Nested, an innovative online agency that offers vendors a form of guaranteed sale, has laid off 20 per cent of its workforce...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A former senior management figure at Rightmove and online estate agency Doorsteps is going it alone for a new holiday property...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News

GetAgent, the comparison estate agency business, has secured £2.2m in investment from a consortium of investors including Channel 4. The backers are...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The online estate agency platform Love2Move has scrapped its bid for investment via a controversial crowdfunding platform. The platform - which allows...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Last week, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced a number of measures aimed at further tackling homelessness, including...
09 March 2019
From: Features

Savills has declined to comment on whether it will follow in the footsteps of LSL Property Services and write down its...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A couple of weeks ago, SoftBank’s Vision Fund led a whopping $200 million investment injection into Clutter, the US-based on-demand storage...
06 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Online agency platform Love2move insists that its current bid to attract investors will not be damaged by the adverse publicity surrounding...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The former chief executive of online agency Emoov has complained to the Mail on Sunday about an article concerning the firm’s...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Online estate agent Emoov failed to tell crowdfunding investors it was losing £3m a month before its collapse, a Sunday paper claims. The...
24 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Few can deny that with announcements from MPs and an announcement from Purplebricks, that it’s been an extraordinary week. While it may...
22 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity - our tribute to the great work done by our industry in...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The first major estate agency business to launch a crowdfunding bid since the controversial collapse of Emoov has emphasised its “realistic”...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News

There are many misconceptions about the franchising world but, whether we’re talking about estate agency franchises or fast food franchises, it’s...
09 February 2019
From: Features

The controversial crowdfunding site Crowdcube has listed the founder of online estate agency Doorsteps as one of its five ‘entrepreneurs of...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Connells’ brand Gascoigne Halman has lost its appeal against OnTheMarket. Gascoigne Halman challenged OTM’s old ‘one other portal’ rule at the Competition...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The industry is back to full-strength on its fund-raising judging from our virtual postbag this week with many new reports of...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm that provides photography for virtual tours, floor plans and online and hard copy property details is relocating from Latvia to...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Former Emoov chief executive Russell Quirk has made his first on-the-record comments about the factors behind the dramatic collapse of his...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Still recovering from Christmas and New Year? There’s no shame in that - the agents’ fund-raising season resumes in earnest in...
11 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The former boss of Emoov, the controversial Russell Quirk, has resuscitated his career as a public relations man and pro-Brexit commentator. Just...
09 January 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s time to think about planning the 2019 events calendar. This year, there are more PropTech conferences scheduled than ever before,...
09 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Today sees the launch of Unissu, a platform which has classified over 6,000 PropTech businesses in a bid to offer estate...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The online sales and lettings platform TheHouseShop has scrapped its £500,000 crowdfunding pitch - and it’s blaming the collapse of online...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...
22 December 2018
From: Features

A bid by online property platform TheHouseShop to raise £500,000 investment via crowdfunding appears to be flatlining. TheHouseShop - until 2015 known...
20 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...
15 December 2018
From: Features

Has the bell finally tolled for online agencies? Emoov’s collapse and an investor revolt over crowdfunding have left a large question...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A crowdfunding bid to Emoov’s staff to win financial help over the Christmas period has flopped badly with a paltry £30...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Vesta, which describes itself as “the new online marketplace for buying and selling rental property” has launched a bid to raise...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News

It is now known that at least 32 formal complaints have been received by the crowdfunding platform that helped Emoov raise...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The Times reports that crowdfunding investors are considering legal action following the collapse of Emoov. The investors in question appear to be some of...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause of genuine sadness when people lose their jobs - close proximity...
08 December 2018
From: Features

Investment platform Crowdcube has told Estate Agent Today that defunct online estate agency Emoov revised down its company valuation from £104m...
05 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman - who sold the portal company for more than £2.2 billion to US private equity fund Silver...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News

With Christmas less than four weeks away (yes, really) the countdown to the festive season begins tomorrow when December begins. Charity...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A platform that allows individual private sellers and landlords to list their properties alongside those from professional agents says it’s not...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

East Midlands estate and lettings agency Jackson Grundy has signed up to OnTheMarket. The firm, with its Northampton headquarters, has 10 sales...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has told an agents’ conference of the strategy for his service - including a prediction that...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A website that lists private sale properties and calls itself “the all in one property marketplace” has valued itself on a...
21 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Time appears to be running short for the sale of troubled online agency Emoov. An Emoov insider has told Estate Agent Today...
19 November 2018
From: Breaking News

However mild the weather may have been for most of us, it’s a cold autumn for the online estate agency market...
10 November 2018
From: Features

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Akshay Ruparelia, the young founder and head of the online agency Doorsteps, has been shortlisted for one of the most prestigious...
18 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Doorsteps, the online agency founded by a teenager, has raised over £700,000 - that’s 175 per cent of its original £400,000 target,...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to another weekly update on the industry’s good work - and a chance for us to show that...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News

You will perhaps have seen recently that the Government has decided to boost funding to the regulator, the National Trading Standards...
29 September 2018
From: Features

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...
22 September 2018
From: Features

We’re well and truly back from summer with a flurry of fund-raising to report on this week: thanks to each and...
21 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A new ‘robo-adviser’ mortgage service which is backed by LSL Property Services has won another £3.8m in funding from investors. Robo-advisers provide...
18 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Viewber has announced that it’s just completed its 35,000th outsourced viewing, reflecting a jaw-dropping 460 per cent rise in just a...
11 September 2018
From: Breaking News

One of Countrywide's major investors has significantly reduced its holding in the troubled estate agency group. Oaktree Capital yesterday lowered its stake...
04 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The online auction platform BidX1 has announced a strategic investment which will be used to accelerate its growth. The investment comes from...
04 September 2018
From: Breaking News

In a surprise weekend announcement the government has almost doubled funding for the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team - the...
01 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Following the first day of trading its new shares yesterday, Countrywide's share price finished at 12.52, down almost 4%. The new shares were...
31 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide may have enjoyed the overwhelming support of its major institutional shareholders for its controversial rescue plan, but the wider financial...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s embattled management leaders have been overwhelmingly backed by shareholders in their bid for additional funding. A General Meeting of shareholders was held...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News
11 August 2018
From: Features

When you are starting up a new business, it is unlikely that you will already have enough capital to invest. Taking...
10 August 2018
From: Sponsored Content

Running an effective property business in today’s market relies on the clever use of technology. The right technology will make your agency...
08 August 2018
From: Features

Countrywide is under fire again over the controversial rescue plan it announced last week. On Friday the troubled agency group’s share price -...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Small print in the Countrywide rescue plan announced yesterday spells out in stark terms what could happen if the company’s bid...
03 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide's share price has dropped sharply following the announcement of the company's rescue plan - but the firm itself says this...
02 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Labour says stamp duty receipts and other tax income from properties in the capital should go to the Mayor, Sadiq Kahn,...
31 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The emerging Proptech platform BestAgent has announced its latest partnership - this one is with sales progression company ViewMyChain. BestAgent, run by...
26 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The agonisingly painful decline of Countrywide continues, with no one sure whether it is the darkest hour before the dawn or...
25 July 2018
From: Breaking News

At least one estate agency appears to be doing better than expected in the current challenging market - Hunters says sales...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Emoov’s latest crowdfunding campaign has now gone well over £1.5m, making it already 50 per cent over-funded already from its original...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Before I get into the nitty gritty of the government (well, one of its startup accelerator schemes) giving away £20,000, let...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News

First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...
14 July 2018
From: Features

The dream may be over but the return to reality can at least be staged in the spirit of an England...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A new free-to-list portal is to be launched - and it is to be ‘voice led’. The PropTech firm Triplerr says it...
10 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
09 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content

Some of Britain’s top property experts say bureaucracy, lack of cooperation and a dwindling number of smaller builders are the main...
06 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s hat-tip towards those in our industry doing so much to help others in need. Summer fund-raising...
06 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Emoov has launched a crowdfunding campaign giving investors, it says, “a final chance” to put their money into the hybrid agency...
03 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The government says its funding schemes such as Help To Buy will no longer be applied to what it calls “unjustified...
03 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Labour says it wants ‘Healthy Homes Zones’ in a bid to reduce housing-related health inequalities which are estimated to cost the NHS £1.4...
03 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
02 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content

Two high-profile PropTech entrepreneurs have raised £150,000 to help fund what they call “the first global PropTech platform.” James Dearsley and Eddie...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
25 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content

Savills has suggested that it may be time for a fundamental review of what’s left of the flagship policy of Margaret...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The young entrepreneur behind Doorsteps, the estate agency that deliberately avoids the huge marketing razzamatazz of other online companies, says his...
14 June 2018
From: Breaking News

TV property expert Sarah Beeny says she expects online agencies to take 70 per cent market share in the future -...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - and just because it’s half term, don’t think the industry has...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The Bank of Mum and Dad will provide funding towards around a quarter of property purchases this year, according to research. By...
30 May 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

As we move towards another Bank Holiday Weekend, there is no shortage of phenomenal fundraising efforts from those in our industry. If...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Two online agents and a number of PropTech companies have been named in startups.co.uk's Startups 100 index. Coming in at number 64...
22 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Our industry does great work for good causes not just in this country but around the world, as this week’s Agents...
18 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Akshay Ruparelia, the teenager who set up the Doorsteps online estate agency only 18 months ago, is now reported to be...
17 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to our latest chronicle of fund-raising exploits by our industry: the onset of fine weather and the Bank...
04 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has issued a statement saying that 99.98 per cent of its shareholders have backed the new investment to expand its...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The outsourced viewing service Viewber says it has now conducted over 20,000 viewings on behalf of agents and has secured another...
11 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Welcome to another edition of Agents Do Charity, the weekly round-up of fund-raising from across our industry. With spring looking like it’s...
06 April 2018
From: Breaking News

As always seems to be the case with Purplebricks, the hybrid agency has had a good week...and a bad one. Undeniably impressive...
31 March 2018
From: Features

Gross mortgage lending is set to reach its highest level since 2007 despite Brexit, says the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association. But its...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The boss of an electrical company has set up a new estate and letting agency with the help of six-figure funding...
28 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has given details of how it intends to use some of its new investment, and in particular is spelling out...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Thanks very much to everyone getting in touch to publicise their efforts for good causes: we’re always delighted to help. Just let...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News

This week I carry out a question and answer session with one of the most high-profile names in property. Isobel Thomson has...
10 February 2018
From: Features

We seem to be getting more and more contact from agents and others in the industry who are doing great work...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Oh we do love a busy Agents Do Charity page, and this week’s is busy indeed - thanks to everyone for...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Sky News is reporting that the non-executive chairman of Purplebricks, Paul Pindar, is set to invest a seven figure sum in...
16 January 2018
From: Breaking News

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...
30 December 2017
From: Features

Andy Martin, the popular and respected senior partner at Strutt & Parker from 2009 to earlier this year, has been appointed...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

HouseSimple is reported to have secured £20m in growth capital which it says will help it “challenge Purplebricks as the UK’s...
20 December 2017
From: Breaking News

PropTech start up OneDome, which supplies online booking and mapping tools, has teamed up with live chat service provider Yomdel in...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News

allAgents has today reinstated Purplebricks’ reviews on its site - this includes the majority of the negative reviews which have been...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The short let management company Lavanda - backed by Harry Hill, former chief of Rightmove and Countrywide - has launched software...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Today’s the big day when we make our draw for two lucky Estate Agent Today readers to attend the prestigious Agents’...
01 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The co-founder of online agency Estates Direct, who also previously worked for Propertyfinder, has become head of a property crowdfunding service. Ben...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News

AllAgents, the review website which failed in a bid to raise a ‘fighting fund’ in its ongoing row with Purplebricks, is...
28 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing. The decision to cut stamp duty...
25 November 2017
From: Features

The fast-growing Leaders Romans Group now looks set to grow its new homes business. Alison Guyton, currently Leaders’ head of marketing with...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The website AllAgents has failed in its bid to raise the £50,000 it says it requires to pay for a defence...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The website AllAgents has extended its deadline to raise £50,000 for possible legal costs should Purplebricks take action over disputed reviews. The...
21 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A firm that sells homes but also creates operating platforms for other agencies to break into the industry is seeking £450,000 through...
08 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The rise of Airbnb has been majestic, going all the way from conception to becoming a common noun in less than...
08 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Savills-backed online estate agency YOPA has found itself in glittering company amongst 25 firms listed by business media site LinkedIn...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today has been told that the website AllAgents has been holding peace talks with Purplebricks over its dispute about...
01 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Crowdfunding is nothing new. As I pointed out in a previous Natter, it dates back centuries, playing a part in the...
28 October 2017
From: Features

Innovative London agency Nested has raised an additional £36m in funding - brining the total behind the company to almost £50m. Nested,...
24 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The 19 year old boss of online agency Doorsteps claims that his website has sold £100m worth of homes, currently lists...
17 October 2017
From: Breaking News

It has been revealed that the beleaguered government of Theresa May is to hold a summit at 10 Downing Street tomorrow...
16 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The crowdfunding appeal by review website AllAgents to mount possible legal action against Purplebricks appears to be making relatively slow progress. As...
16 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A donor with the name ‘Michael Bruce’ has contributed - at least a little - to a fighting fund for review...
12 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conservative party, in a press statement released to clarify comments made by Theresa May, says the government’s proposed extra £2...
05 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The research director of an investment firm which has advised Purplebricks says the “odd detractor” who doesn’t sell their home does...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Investment website The Motley Fool says comparisons between forecast and actual profits reported by Purplebricks suggest the company’s position isn’t -...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Figures in the property industry have sharply criticised the announcement made at the Conservative party conference to pump an estimated £10...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Every week we carry reports of how great causes are helped by individual agents and other property professionals - this week...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Online petitions appear to be the flavour of the week - the latest is calling for the government’s Help to Buy...
28 September 2017
From: Breaking News

An online platform has been launched with the aim of allowing first time buyers to seek crowdfunding to raise enough cash...
21 September 2017
From: Breaking News

When Kenneth Bruce, co-founder of Purplebricks, published an emotional post on social media this week, my first reaction was; what a...
20 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Viewber, the outsourced viewing service, has marked its first anniversary by notching up its 6,500th appointment. Launched in early September 2016 by...
12 September 2017
From: Breaking News

I’ve been in France for the past few days and depending on your viewpoint, I made a spectacularly good or singularly...
09 September 2017
From: Features

Let’s be honest - few people saw this coming. The 89 to 11 per cent majority amongst Agents’ Mutual members for...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency eMoov has announced the appointment of a new marketing expert. Lucy Milne - formerly marketing director of Just Eat...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services has announced that it has invested £20 million into hybrid agency YOPA. News of the investment broke on Friday...
04 September 2017
From: Breaking News

eMoov, the online agency which last month secured an additional £9m funding from investors, has launched a recruitment drive for what...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A tech magazine has raised speculation, circulating in the industry for some months, that some online agencies have considered joining forces...
29 August 2017
From: Breaking News

An online estate agency with a website claiming “a saving of 50 per cent” on local agents, is seeking £100,000 to £250,000...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News

As the mainstream mortgage market braces itself for yet another clampdown on buy-to-let lending, a growing number of property investors are...
04 August 2017
From: Features

Agents’ Mutual has confirmed that it proposes to form a new company, OnTheMarket plc, to list on the AIM market of...
04 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents’ Mutual (oops, that name might need to change…read on) has been touting its recent legal victory and is about to...
03 August 2017
From: Features

That the private rental sector has become the government’s whipping boy for housing problems - landlords in particular, letting agents almost...
14 July 2017
From: Features

PropTech start-up OneDome - which describes its products as allowing traditional estate agents to challenge Purplebricks and other online rivals -...
13 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Estate agents complying with new anti-money laundering regulations introduced this week are unlikely to avoid falling foul of terrorists and criminal...
27 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency Settled has raised £1.2 million in funding to further develop its product. Settled describes itself as a 'powerful digital...
16 June 2017
From: Breaking News

This week, the obvious thing to write about would be easyProperty's merger with GPEA. It's such a huge and potentially influential...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...
03 June 2017
From: Features

In years to come, students of political history might come to look at the 2017 General Election campaign with some interest....
03 June 2017
From: Features

Hybrid estate agency YOPA has launched a recruitment campaign suggesting that agents have “the chance to make between £6k and £12k per...
31 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...
27 May 2017
From: Features

An estate agency group operating from two offices close to Heathrow airport has announced it is to open a third, ultimately...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Hybrid estate agency YOPA has announced a successful Series B round of funding in which it raised a total of £15...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Viewber, the outsourced property viewing service and brainchild of high-profile former estate agent Ed Mead, says its network of 'Viewbers' now...
16 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Cash is becoming an increasingly large proportion of the funding used to buy homes according to a new analysis of transactions...
11 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Four Proptech experts have listed the top 10 start up companies they believe are the ones to watch for agents and...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Research from Legal & General and the Centre for Economic Business and Research says parents are to spend 23 per cent...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News

My apologies if this causes you to break your Easter egg with a little too much aggression, but I reckon the...
15 April 2017
From: Features

A substantial new research body is to be launched this summer with a remit of looking at six overlapping aspects of...
12 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Ten years ago this month (April 2007) tenancy deposit schemes were first introduced in England and Wales. You need to go a...
08 April 2017
From: Features

It’s peak business season for many agents right now and yet they still have time to do good work for charities...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that next month’s Future: PropTech conference will feature a debate between ‘technologists’ and ‘traditionalists’ over the future of...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News

This week, it would be very easy for me to focus on the startling figures that easyProperty logged with Companies House...
05 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of online easyProperty says the company’s investors “have full confidence” in the firm despite it announcing an operating...
03 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

Figures lodged at Companies House by online agency easyProperty suggest parent company EProp Services will seek additional funding this year. A strategic...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s been another busy week of fund-raising for agents across the industry, sparing time to do good works despite the market...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News

As Trussle and Placester add to 2017s bonkers tally of PropTech investment, isn’t it time we end the conflict between Tech...
29 March 2017
From: Breaking News

In a week that I am recovering from the exuberance of MIPIM, there are two big pieces of fundraising news that...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Nested, the chain-breaking estate agency that offers vendors a guaranteed sale of their property within 90 days, has secured a new...
21 March 2017
From: Breaking News

An online estate agency which says it could be the next Purplebricks says prejudice against internet property transactions is waning “With Neil...
17 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...
11 March 2017
From: Features

Countrywide has successfully placed 21.6m shares to institutional investors at the competitive price of 175p per share - allowing it to...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...
04 March 2017
From: Features

A data portal called REalyse and aimed at professional property investors is launching today after raising £500,000 in seed capital. The site...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News

We’re used to stories on how the buying and renting of ‘formal’ accommodation - flats and houses - has become increasingly...
17 February 2017
From: Features

London based property management startup Airsorted has raised £1.5m in a funding round led by Concetric and the ever present PiLabs. What...
15 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...
11 February 2017
From: Features

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

Instant gratification is nothing new. It’s been around for millennia. It’s an in-built survival instinct for humans – that want, that...
28 January 2017
From: Features

Digital mortgage broker habito has announced that it has raised £5.5 million in investment funding. The firm says it will use the...
24 January 2017
From: Breaking News

As the wait goes on for the government’s White Paper on Housing, due this month, one funding organisation has suggested that...
17 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Consolidation continues apace amongst traditional estate agents. The raft of pressures on agents is increasing and these pressures have two strong...
14 January 2017
From: Features

Peter Rollings, the well-known former managing director of Foxtons, has taken a stake in Viewber, the recently-launched outsourced viewing service. Viewber allows...
12 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The head of a new ‘disruptive’ online mortgage service says 2017 will see more major estate agency and other property businesses...
30 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Only a week to the Christmas break and still our industry goes above and beyond the call of duty to raise...