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Normal life still seems far away so there hasn’t been the usual spotlight on a good-news-feeling that comes every year on...

Connells Group has adopted e-Signatures from Yoti for its sales and lettings business across a number of brands. This follows a successful...

A south coast estate agency which has been operating since the 1980s has opened its seventh office.  Jacobs Steel’s latest branch is...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

A long-standing legal dispute between OnTheMarket and the Gascogne Halman and Connells agencies has been settled. No details have been released but in...

A Connells’ agency brand arguably best known because of legal action by OnTheMarket is to open its 21st office. Cheshire property consultancy...

OnTheMarket has this morning posted its latest results to the stock market. The portal reports that 2,346 branches had converted to full-paying...

OnTheMarket says one of its key aims for 2019 is to match Rightmove’s product offer to agents. “We’re looking to match Rightmove’s...

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

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

OnTheMarket has issued an upbeat statement about the Court of Appeal setting a date to hear Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman's challenge to a ruling...

Here we go again - the Court of Appeal is to hear Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman's challenge to a ruling that cleared...

OnTheMarket has finally completed its stock market float, with less capital raised, at a lower than planned valuation and, as I write,...

Connells says it is still unable to comment on whether it will appeal against the Competition Appeals Tribunal verdict of last...

Connells has told Estate Agent Today that it is not making any official comment yet on the decision revealed yesterday that...

Who says things slow down before Christmas? The opposite appears to be the case, at least when it comes to the...

The Court of Appeal Civil Division has today given Connells’ agency Gascoigne Halman the right to appeal against the verdict of...

One of the industry’s longest-serving individuals, Connells Group chairman Stephen Shipperley, this month celebrates 40 years with the business.   He joined...

OnTheMarket is declining to comment after suggestions were floated that some debts by its member agents could be deferred, or in some...

The accounts for Agents’ Mutual, parent company of the OnTheMarket portal, show that revenue for the year ending January 31 was...

OnTheMarket is this month holding 20 meetings for member agents to explain “progress and plans” for the portal.   The meetings - sometimes...

The Connells-owned agency Gascoigne Halman is to make a costs payment of £1.24m within 14 days to Agents’ Mutual - but...

The Connells-owned agency Gascoigne Halman is to make a costs payment of £1.24m within 14 days to Agents’ Mutual - but...

The OnTheMarket Action Group of dissident agents has told Estate Agent Today it is now in a position to decide on...

Agents’ Mutual says it will be seeking to recover costs and compensation for losses incurred after what is widely seen as...

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has issued its judgement in the case between Agents’ Mutual and the Gascoigne Halman agency - and...

The Competition Appeals Tribunal hearing between Agents’ Mutual and Connells-owned agency Gascoigne Halman is to be concluded on Monday - but...

The Competition Appeal Tribunal hearing involving Agents’ Mutual and Gascoigne Halman, set to start tomorrow, has had a last-minute twist with...

This week sees the start of the Competition Appeal Tribunal court case between Agents’ Mutual Ltd and Gascoigne Halman Ltd. The case...

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

Agents' Mutual was last week ordered to make a further payment into court as part of its ongoing legal case against...

North West estate agency Gascoigne Halman has confirmed it is looking for acquisition opportunities.  Yesterday the firm, which has 18 branches, announced...

The Competition Appeals Tribunal which is to investigate a dispute between OnTheMarket and two agencies is scheduled to hold its first...

It has been revealed this morning that OnTheMarket has been ordered to pay £1m into court - three quarters of it...

Talks are ongoing about portal choices for Cheshire-based estate agency Gascoigne Halman - acquired by Connells last year - and no decision has...

It is reported this morning that OnTheMarket has lost one of its key early investors, the Gascoigne Halman agency which is...

Connells Group says it is still on the prowl for traditional estate agencies to acquire after its announcement that it has...

There’s no escaping it now. The John Lewis advert has been released, the weather is almost as cold as it should...

Zoopla says it will later this week give an update on the number of agents it now has as members -...

The Connells Group has acquired independent agency chain Gascoigne Halman, an 18-branch company operating in south Manchester.  Gascoigne Halman, founded in 1990,...