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There are those who say that PropTech is at risk of becoming a bubble market, and others who say bubbles don’t...

A report by the influential Public Accounts committee of MPs has been highly sceptical of the effectiveness of Help To Buy. It...

A £3.6 billion Towns Fund to support towns across England to build prosperous futures through innovative regeneration is a perfect chance...

There’s plenty of action in and around Westminster these days, but while the political temperature rises, the marvellous work of agents,...

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

Crowdfunding has been largely avoided by property companies for much of the past year following controversies surrounding Emoov’s fund raising -...

The Guardian has revealed that small investors lured into putting money into TV property guru Kevin McCloud’s eco-friendly housing projects -...

The former Countrywide chief executive Grenville Turner says it is an option for online estate agency Yopa to go to an...

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...

Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...

Online estate agency Housesimple has appointed a company to handle its public relations and social media as it rolls it its...

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

A newspaper claims that a crowdfunding site used by some estate agencies and other property industry companies has suspended trading on...

LSL Property Services, parent firm of Your Move and Reeds Rains, says the company’s branch closure programme was a success with profits...

An online agency which last autumn said it wanted to have as much as a three per cent market share of...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says clarity and speed are vital to ensure agencies can adequately prepare for a...

The industry press has given substantial space to recommendations from the Regulation of Property Agents, the government’s working party which has...

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

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

It’s been a busy year for Giraffe360. Following its £1 million successful funding round in January and moving its headquarters from...

The new owners of Emoov have confirmed that 70 previous customers have opted to re-list their homes with the firm since it...

This week, I want to take a look at the Israeli startup, Venn, an urban revitalisation firm which has recently received...

Estate Agent Today has been contacted by an individual who says he is one of three former Emoov customers intending to...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

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...

The minister at the centre of reforms to the estate and lettings industry sector has apologised for what she calls “inappropriate...

You may be right in thinking that Brexit has dominated the thinking of the government in the last three years. However,...

If it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity day - and we’ve got another bundle of good work for you this week,...

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

Property developing is an incredibly diverse and exciting career choice, and something that many people aspire to do in the UK.  I...

A firm that offers a white-labelled online agency platform to traditional High Street agents has signed up a new customer. love2move was...

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

A review website set up by a former estate agent says £1m of new funding will allow it to roll out...

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

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

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;...

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

Equity release, seen by many agents as a reason why fewer older homeowners are downsizing these days, has reported more growth...

Estate Agent Today has been given details of the new National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team - the body...

A PropTech firm that lists a customer’s home with successive estate agents until it is sold has raised £500,000 of startup...

A millionaire who has not previously invested in the property industry has taken the plunge by funding an online agency network. The...

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

Nested, an innovative online agency that offers vendors a form of guaranteed sale, has laid off 20 per cent of its workforce...

A former senior management figure at Rightmove and online estate agency Doorsteps is going it alone for a new holiday property...

GetAgent, the comparison estate agency business, has secured £2.2m in investment from a consortium of investors including Channel 4. The backers are...

The online estate agency platform Love2Move has scrapped its bid for investment via a controversial crowdfunding platform. The platform - which allows...

Last week, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced a number of measures aimed at further tackling homelessness, including...

Savills has declined to comment on whether it will follow in the footsteps of LSL Property Services and write down its...

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

Online agency platform Love2move insists that its current bid to attract investors will not be damaged by the adverse publicity surrounding...

The former chief executive of online agency Emoov has complained to the Mail on Sunday about an article concerning the firm’s...

Online estate agent Emoov failed to tell crowdfunding investors it was losing £3m a month before its collapse, a Sunday paper claims. The...

Few can deny that with announcements from MPs and an announcement from Purplebricks, that it’s been an extraordinary week.  While it may...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity - our tribute to the great work done by our industry in...

The first major estate agency business to launch a crowdfunding bid since the controversial collapse of Emoov has emphasised its “realistic”...

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

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

Connells’ brand Gascoigne Halman has lost its appeal against OnTheMarket. Gascoigne Halman challenged OTM’s old ‘one other portal’ rule at the Competition...

The industry is back to full-strength on its fund-raising judging from our virtual postbag this week with many new reports of...

A PropTech firm that provides photography for virtual tours, floor plans and online and hard copy property details is relocating from Latvia to...

Former Emoov chief executive Russell Quirk has made his first on-the-record comments about the factors behind the dramatic collapse of his...

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

The former boss of Emoov, the controversial Russell Quirk, has resuscitated his career as a public relations man and pro-Brexit commentator. Just...

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

Today sees the launch of Unissu, a platform which has classified over 6,000 PropTech businesses in a bid to offer estate...

The online sales and lettings platform TheHouseShop has scrapped its £500,000 crowdfunding pitch - and it’s blaming the collapse of online...

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

A bid by online property platform TheHouseShop to raise £500,000 investment via crowdfunding appears to be flatlining. TheHouseShop - until 2015 known...

Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...

Has the bell finally tolled for online agencies? Emoov’s collapse and an investor revolt over crowdfunding have left a large question...

A crowdfunding bid to Emoov’s staff to win financial help over the Christmas period has flopped badly with a paltry £30...

Vesta, which describes itself as “the new online marketplace for buying and selling rental property” has launched a bid to raise...

It is now known that at least 32 formal complaints have been received by the crowdfunding platform that helped Emoov raise...

The Times reports that crowdfunding investors are considering legal action following the collapse of Emoov. The investors in question appear to be some of...

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

Investment platform Crowdcube has told Estate Agent Today that defunct online estate agency Emoov revised down its company valuation from £104m...

Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman - who sold the portal company for more than £2.2 billion to US private equity fund Silver...

With Christmas less than four weeks away (yes, really) the countdown to the festive season begins tomorrow when December begins. Charity...

A platform that allows individual private sellers and landlords to list their properties alongside those from professional agents says it’s not...

East Midlands estate and lettings agency Jackson Grundy has signed up to OnTheMarket. The firm, with its Northampton headquarters, has 10 sales...

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has told an agents’ conference of the strategy for his service - including a prediction that...

A website that lists private sale properties and calls itself “the all in one property marketplace” has valued itself on a...

Time appears to be running short for the sale of troubled online agency Emoov. An Emoov insider has told Estate Agent Today...

However mild the weather may have been for most of us, it’s a cold autumn for the online estate agency market...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

Akshay Ruparelia, the young founder and head of the online agency Doorsteps, has been shortlisted for one of the most prestigious...

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

Hello and welcome to another weekly update on the industry’s good work - and a chance for us to show that...

You will perhaps have seen recently that the Government has decided to boost funding to the regulator, the National Trading Standards...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

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

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...

Viewber has announced that it’s just completed its 35,000th outsourced viewing, reflecting a jaw-dropping 460 per cent rise in just a...

One of Countrywide's major investors has significantly reduced its holding in the troubled estate agency group. Oaktree Capital yesterday lowered its stake...

The online auction platform BidX1 has announced a strategic investment which will be used to accelerate its growth. The investment comes from...

In a surprise weekend announcement the government has almost doubled funding for the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team - the...

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...

Countrywide may have enjoyed the overwhelming support of its major institutional shareholders for its controversial rescue plan, but the wider financial...

Countrywide’s embattled management leaders have been overwhelmingly backed by shareholders in their bid for additional funding. A General Meeting of shareholders was held...

At first sight, to suggest this is a good time for an agency business to go for an IPO - that...

When you are starting up a new business, it is unlikely that you will already have enough capital to invest. Taking...

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

Countrywide is under fire again over the controversial rescue plan it announced last week. On Friday the troubled agency group’s share price -...

Small print in the Countrywide rescue plan announced yesterday spells out in stark terms what could happen if the company’s bid...

Countrywide's share price has dropped sharply following the announcement of the company's rescue plan - but the firm itself says this...

Labour says stamp duty receipts and other tax income from properties in the capital should go to the Mayor, Sadiq Kahn,...

The emerging Proptech platform BestAgent has announced its latest partnership - this one is with sales progression company ViewMyChain. BestAgent, run by...

The agonisingly painful decline of Countrywide continues, with no one sure whether it is the darkest hour before the dawn or...

At least one estate agency appears to be doing better than expected in the current challenging market - Hunters says sales...

Emoov’s latest crowdfunding campaign has now gone well over £1.5m, making it already 50 per cent over-funded already from its original...

Before I get into the nitty gritty of the government (well, one of its startup accelerator schemes) giving away £20,000, let...

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

The dream may be over but the return to reality can at least be staged in the spirit of an England...

A new free-to-list portal is to be launched - and it is to be ‘voice led’.  The PropTech firm Triplerr says it...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

Some of Britain’s top property experts say bureaucracy, lack of cooperation and a dwindling number of smaller builders are the main...

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...

Emoov has launched a crowdfunding campaign giving investors, it says, “a final chance” to put their money into the hybrid agency...

The government says its funding schemes such as Help To Buy will no longer be applied to what it calls “unjustified...

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...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

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

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

Savills has suggested that it may be time for a fundamental review of what’s left of the flagship policy of Margaret...

The young entrepreneur behind Doorsteps, the estate agency that deliberately avoids the huge marketing razzamatazz of other online companies, says his...

TV property expert Sarah Beeny says she expects online agencies to take 70 per cent market share in the future -...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - and just because it’s half term, don’t think the industry has...

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

A PropTech startup which claims to revolutionise the speed at which property transactions can be processed has officially launched this week. When...

As we move towards another Bank Holiday Weekend, there is no shortage of phenomenal fundraising efforts from those in our industry.  If...

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...

Our industry does great work for good causes not just in this country but around the world, as this week’s Agents...

Akshay Ruparelia, the teenager who set up the Doorsteps online estate agency only 18 months ago, is now reported to be...

Hello and welcome to our latest chronicle of fund-raising exploits by our industry: the onset of fine weather and the Bank...

Purplebricks has issued a statement saying that 99.98 per cent of its shareholders have backed the new investment to expand its...

The outsourced viewing service Viewber says it has now conducted over 20,000 viewings on behalf of agents and has secured another...

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...

As always seems to be the case with Purplebricks, the hybrid agency has had a good week...and a bad one. Undeniably impressive...

Gross mortgage lending is set to reach its highest level since 2007 despite Brexit, says the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association. But its...

The boss of an electrical company has set up a new estate and letting agency with the help of six-figure funding...

Purplebricks has given details of how it intends to use some of its new investment, and in particular is spelling out...

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

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

We seem to be getting more and more contact from agents and others in the industry who are doing great work...

Oh we do love a busy Agents Do Charity page, and this week’s is busy indeed - thanks to everyone for...

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

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

Andy Martin, the popular and respected senior partner at Strutt & Parker from 2009 to earlier this year, has been appointed...

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

PropTech start up OneDome, which supplies online booking and mapping tools, has teamed up with live chat service provider Yomdel in...

allAgents has today reinstated Purplebricks’ reviews on its site - this includes the majority of the negative reviews which have been...

The short let management company Lavanda - backed by Harry Hill, former chief of Rightmove and Countrywide - has launched software...

Today’s the big day when we make our draw for two lucky Estate Agent Today readers to attend the prestigious Agents’...

The co-founder of online agency Estates Direct, who also previously worked for Propertyfinder, has become head of a property crowdfunding service. Ben...

AllAgents, the review website which failed in a bid to raise a ‘fighting fund’ in its ongoing row with Purplebricks, is...

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

The fast-growing Leaders Romans Group now looks set to grow its new homes business. Alison Guyton, currently Leaders’ head of marketing with...

The website AllAgents has failed in its bid to raise the £50,000 it says it requires to pay for a defence...

The website AllAgents has extended its deadline to raise £50,000 for possible legal costs should Purplebricks take action over disputed reviews. The...

A firm that sells homes but also creates operating platforms for other agencies to break into the industry is seeking £450,000 through...

The rise of Airbnb has been majestic, going all the way from conception to becoming a common noun in less than...

The Savills-backed online estate agency YOPA has found itself in glittering company amongst 25 firms listed by business media site LinkedIn...

Estate Agent Today has been told that the website AllAgents has been holding peace talks with Purplebricks over its dispute about...

Crowdfunding is nothing new. As I pointed out in a previous Natter, it dates back centuries, playing a part in the...

Innovative London agency Nested has raised an additional £36m in funding - brining the total behind the company to almost £50m. Nested,...

The 19 year old boss of online agency Doorsteps claims that his website has sold £100m worth of homes, currently lists...

It has been revealed that the beleaguered government of Theresa May is to hold a summit at 10 Downing Street tomorrow...

The crowdfunding appeal by review website AllAgents to mount possible legal action against Purplebricks appears to be making relatively slow progress. As...

A donor with the name ‘Michael Bruce’ has contributed - at least a little - to a fighting fund for review...

The Conservative party, in a press statement released to clarify comments made by Theresa May, says the government’s proposed extra £2...

The research director of an investment firm which has advised Purplebricks says the “odd detractor” who doesn’t sell their home does...

Investment website The Motley Fool says comparisons between forecast and actual profits reported by Purplebricks suggest the company’s position isn’t -...

Figures in the property industry have sharply criticised the announcement made at the Conservative party conference to pump an estimated £10...

Every week we carry reports of how great causes are helped by individual agents and other property professionals - this week...

Online petitions appear to be the flavour of the week - the latest is calling for the government’s Help to Buy...

An online platform has been launched with the aim of allowing first time buyers to seek crowdfunding to raise enough cash...

When Kenneth Bruce, co-founder of Purplebricks, published an emotional post on social media this week, my first reaction was; what a...

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

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

Let’s be honest - few people saw this coming. The 89 to 11 per cent majority amongst Agents’ Mutual members for...

Online estate agency eMoov has announced the appointment of a new marketing expert. Lucy Milne - formerly marketing director of Just Eat...

LSL Property Services has announced that it has invested £20 million into hybrid agency YOPA. News of the investment broke on Friday...

eMoov, the online agency which last month secured an additional £9m funding from investors, has launched a recruitment drive for what...

A tech magazine has raised speculation, circulating in the industry for some months, that some online agencies have considered joining forces...

An online estate agency with a website claiming “a saving of 50 per cent” on local agents, is seeking £100,000 to £250,000...

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

Agents’ Mutual has confirmed that it proposes to form a new company, OnTheMarket plc, to list on the AIM market of...

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

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

PropTech start-up OneDome - which describes its products as allowing traditional estate agents to challenge Purplebricks and other online rivals -...

Estate agents complying with new anti-money laundering regulations introduced this week are unlikely to avoid falling foul of terrorists and criminal...

Online estate agency Settled has raised £1.2 million in funding to further develop its product. Settled describes itself as a 'powerful digital...

This week, the obvious thing to write about would be easyProperty's merger with GPEA. It's such a huge and potentially influential...

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

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

Hybrid estate agency YOPA has launched a recruitment campaign suggesting that agents have “the chance to make between £6k and £12k per...

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...

An estate agency group operating from two offices close to Heathrow airport has announced it is to open a third, ultimately...

Hybrid estate agency YOPA has announced a successful Series B round of funding in which it raised a total of £15...

Viewber, the outsourced property viewing service and brainchild of high-profile former estate agent Ed Mead, says its network of 'Viewbers' now...

Cash is becoming an increasingly large proportion of the funding used to buy homes according to a new analysis of transactions...

Four Proptech experts have listed the top 10 start up companies they believe are the ones to watch for agents and...

Research from Legal & General and the Centre for Economic Business and Research says parents are to spend 23 per cent...

My apologies if this causes you to break your Easter egg with a little too much aggression, but I reckon the...

A substantial new research body is to be launched this summer with a remit of looking at six overlapping aspects of...

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

It’s peak business season for many agents right now and yet they still have time to do good work for charities...

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

This week, it would be very easy for me to focus on the startling figures that easyProperty logged with Companies House...

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

Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...

Figures lodged at Companies House by online agency easyProperty suggest parent company EProp Services will seek additional funding this year. A strategic...

It’s been another busy week of fund-raising for agents across the industry, sparing time to do good works despite the market...

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

In a week that I am recovering from the exuberance of MIPIM (I didn't want to focus on it in this...

Nested, the chain-breaking estate agency that offers vendors a guaranteed sale of their property within 90 days, has secured a new...

An online estate agency which says it could be the next Purplebricks says prejudice against internet property transactions is waning  “With Neil...

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...

Countrywide has successfully placed 21.6m shares to institutional investors at the competitive price of 175p per share - allowing it to...

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

A data portal called REalyse and aimed at professional property investors is launching today after raising £500,000 in seed capital.  The site...

We’re used to stories on how the buying and renting of ‘formal’ accommodation - flats and houses - has become increasingly...

London based property management startup Airsorted has raised £1.5m in a funding round led by Concetric and the ever present PiLabs.  What...

The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...

What does it say on your business card? Christopher Merriman, Land and Planning Director at Intro Crowd Who are Intro Crowd? Intro...

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

Digital mortgage broker habito has announced that it has raised £5.5 million in investment funding.  The firm says it will use the...

As the wait goes on for the government’s White Paper on Housing, due this month, one funding organisation has suggested that...

Consolidation continues apace amongst traditional estate agents. The raft of pressures on agents is increasing and these pressures have two strong...

Peter Rollings, the well-known former managing director of Foxtons, has taken a stake in Viewber, the recently-launched outsourced viewing service.  Viewber allows...

The head of a new ‘disruptive’ online mortgage service says 2017 will see more major estate agency and other property businesses...

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

One of the key factors associated with an active private rental market in the UK, as detailed in the Dataloft PRS...

There’s been a bumper mailbag sent to press@estateagenttoday.co.uk this week to mark what must be the height of the fund-raising season...

What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in no particular order: Trump, Brexit, Leicester winning the Premier League, a...

In case you missed it yesterday, here’s a summary of everything relating to property that was in Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s Autumn...

Phillip Hammond has delivered his first Autumn Statement, tackling amongst other things, what he called “the housing challenge.” The speech made no...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

A new automated sales progression tool being launched today promises to require fewer resources from agents in return for ensuring faster...

A remarkable survey conducted by a crowdfunding platform suggests that young Londoners on an average annual salary of £34,320 may have to...

It’s been another very busy week for the excellent fund-raising champions of our industry - and the good causes are encouraging...

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and answer sessions with some of the key figures in the property...

Agents don’t need reminding that Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today are invaluable sources of daily industry news - but...

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote have so far proved to be ‘wide...

As with finance broking, there can be many frustrations that come with being an estate agent – I perhaps don’t need...

The OnTheMarket Action Group of rebel agents in a legal process against the portal has issued a set of questions following...

A campaign has been launched to make Bristol the colour capital of the UK by ensuring that more homes are painted...

More criticism has come of the government’s multi-faceted Help To Buy initiative, this time from campaigning housing charity Shelter. The charity claims...

LOT11, an online auction house, is teaming up with short-term lender LendInvest in the first alliance of its kind. LendInvest will ‘pre-qualify’...

It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. When the idea behind the world wide...

Rentplus, a business providing Rent To Buy homes, has announced that it has new funding of £20m - on top of...

PropTech firm Plentific has teamed up with the HomeOwners Alliance to give another platform for its ‘Find a Pro’ service highlighting...

Pi Labs, which has ex-TV Dragon James Caan and Countrywide amongst its investors, is partnering with a Canadian company in a...

Another crowdfunding platform has launched, encouraging investors to buy a share in a property - in this case, a prime London...

YOPA, the online agency which recently won financial backing from high end consultancy Savills, is on the look out for an...

The high-profit property crowdfunding site Property Partner has laid off 13 of its employees - equivalent to around 29 per cent...

Settled, which was set up in 2015 and earlier this year announced it was hunting for an additional £1m in funding,...

Plentific - a proptech startup that operates a ‘find a professional’ service - has secured £2m in funding.  The service, which lists...

Zoopla chief executive Alex Chesterman has been revealed to be one of the business leaders behind a legal challenge regarding the Brexit...

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...

Well, the Euros have turned into a nail-biter for the home teams - but that appears not to be deterring you...

Let’s face it - the biggest distraction for many estate agents in the coming weeks may well be the Euro 2016...

Online agency HouseSimple Award claims a new £13m investment package will allow it to “challenge PurpleBricks as the UK’s leading online...

There has been a muted response from the City to the announcement just before the weekend that high-end estate agency Savills...

While buy-to-let lenders brace themselves for further interventions as part of proposals currently being drawn up by the Prudential Regulation Authority...

The glorious thing about the referendum on our EU membership is that four weeks today it will all be over –...

eMoov has announced that it has secured a loan of £500,000 to help it expand into lettings, international transactions and license...

Running a business is not easy, but sometimes it becomes harder because we are expected to modify our behaviour due to...

Last time out I spoke about the beginnings of a PropTech revolution, with two major London-based events in the offing over...

We seem to have skipped spring completely and moved from winter to summer in just one week - so what better...

On Tuesday we managed hail, snow, rain, sun and a chilly wind all in one day. Whatever you want to say...

As property ‘experts’, sector know-how and experience sits centrally to everything we do, right? Of course, but it’s certainly not the only...

Two estate agencies have looked to a crowdfunding platform to try to raise investment. Online agency HouseSpotters wants £150,000 to “ensure the...

Purplebricks has appointed Grant Thornton as its ‘growth adviser’ as the hybrid agency continues to fly high on the London stock...

Storm Katie (makes it sound so harmless when they give it a name like that, doesn’t it?) might have given the...

A top consultancy firm is warning that the stamp duty surcharge coming into effect at the end of this week may lead...

So this is Easter - a busy time for many agents although once again the industry has shown its compassionate side...

As any marketer will tell you, the marketing mix in its most basic form is made up of 4 P’s: Price,...

There has been a surge of new crowdfunding platforms aimed at people who either cannot afford to purchase their own buy...

With February around the corner and spring just about on the horizon (if you can see it for the driving rain...

The co-founder of hybrid estate agency EweMove says if the newly-floated Purplebricks fails "the online agency game could be up." Glenn Ackroyd,...

Do you remember Martha Lane-Fox? She was the poster girl for lastminute.com and an icon of the dot.com bubble that ended...

Online estate agent Purplebricks has now completed its pre-Christmas IPO with shares initially valued at £240m. It’s the latest news that...

Andy Clarke, who held a key product development role at OnTheMarket since before the challenger portal’s launch 11 months ago, has...

In the week that Purplebricks floats on the stock market, rival agency easyProperty says it will not list for two years...

The traditional festive spirit of estate agency does not extend simply to decorating offices - it’s about doing good work, too. This...

A so-called ‘brand incubator’ has invested in online estate agency Settled. Settled launched in January 2015 but has had negligible impact even...

An interesting story caught my eye a few weeks ago. A man from Lytham St Annes in Lancashire attempted to sell...

The number of house purchase mortgage approvals has risen by 19.8 per cent over the last 12 months.  Data from eSurv suggests...