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A well known regional agent has closed one of its offices saying “the old shop window of an estate agency is...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...

Earlier this year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working group announced the initial details of plans for mandatory qualifications and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Simon Trippett – Partner at The Property Centre. What services...

Former Purplebricks chief executive Lee Wainwright says the problem for estate agents maintaining a strong level of fees isn’t competition from...

A comprehensive report into the changing complexion of the High Street suggests that some 143 estate agents’ offices closed in the...

One of the biggest changes seen in the property market over the last decade is technology growth. With the likes of Rightmove...

I remember the day well; the day we all fell foul of addiction, the day our website was launched. Until then, at...

Two PropTech advocates have launched a podcast series telling agents how to improve their businesses. One of the couple is Mark Worrall,...

Three former online estate agency founders - including the controversial Russell Quirk - are going into mainstream full fee agency. They are...

A survey claims that millions of potential sellers would use online estate agents - and bizarrely, this includes an online agency...

In the old days an agent would procure clients based upon their position in the high street, the size of the...

The head of online agency Housesimple has made another strident attack on the integrity of High Street agents by saying some...

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

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

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

Richard Rawlings’ annual roadshow opens on September 3 with the first of 17 stops across the UK, each giving a three...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Lino Goncalves – Area Sales Manager What is Lets bid property...

I missed the biggest property story of the week and it’s only scant consolation that almost everyone else seemed to miss it...

Connells Group has repeated its claim, made in recent months in the light of trading figures, that it is now the...

Countrywide has told Estate Agent Today that it will not be releasing any figures on the branch closure programme it introduced...

After months of difficulties and closures for many online and hybrid estate agencies, EweMove claims to have bucked the trend. In a...

When an industry disruptor enters a marketplace the impact on existing operators can be significant. It has been seen most notably...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new Property Jobs Today column, bringing you the industry’s...

Sometimes having prior knowledge of a stressful event can be more stressful than the event itself, just look at Brexit for...

The chief executive of Hunters franchise operation, Glynis Frew, says online estate agencies have given the industry two ‘positives’ - but...

There’s more bad news for online estate agencies this morning as a survey reveals that they have only a seven per cent...

It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...

Once a year you might be perfectly justified in putting your feet up for a weekend and enjoying some great sport...

The PropTech era is changing the way in which employees decide where they are going to work. As CBRE has discovered in...

Century 21, the global estate agency franchise, has opened its latest high street branch in Cheltenham.  The franchise, Century 21’s 49th in...

With somewhere in the region of 1.2 million property sales transactions being completed each year, and 16,500 estate agents actively vying...

A survey of property sellers has revealed that 'achieving the asking price' (43%) and 'selling properties quickly' (35%) are the most...

love2move, the online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has announced its latest partner. Peter David...

New figures released show High Street estate agents taking an increasingly large market share as online operators continue to crumble. According to the...

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 former chief executive of Purplebricks UK says the agency completes on over 80 per cent of the homes it lists...

The weekend is over all-too-quickly but at least if it’s Monday, it’s Property Jobs Today - your weekly catch up with...

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

An online auction service which only came into existence in September last year claims to have 150 partner estate agents already,...

High Street estate agents should re-define themselves in today’s competitive market by becoming Residential Property Experts offering a wide range of...

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

A recent survey conducted by comparison website GetAgent found that traditional high street agents have been given a firm thumbs up...

Rightmove says its data quality team is to conduct “a full review of the current customer” after an allegation about a...

Traditional High Street estate agents have been given the thumbs up by sellers in a new survey of over 5,000 vendors...

New figures released to Estate Agent Today show that a net total of 284 agents’ offices closed down in 2018. This number -...

The number of mortgages approved by High Street banks increased 5.4 per cent to 44,000 in April. Data from trade body UK...

An agent with over 29 years of experience has taken over as  chief executive officer at Humberts - just as the...

1989 was a significant time for the property industry: it marked the beginning of the end of a period of unprecedented...

It’s clear that some agents are not fans of Trading Standards officers, described in the comments sections of the trade press...

The head of the new Trading Standards authority regulating estate agents says Online firms are treated exactly the same as High...

Humberts, the agency which was one of the first to ditch High Street offices in favour of fewer larger hubs, has...

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

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

The investment bank which on Friday put Purplebricks under the cosh has now given a boost to two High Street estate...

A controversial online estate agency has gone into liquidation two years after describing High Street agents as “smug, suited slime-balls.” BetterMove, registered...

An online estate agency insists the online/hybrid sector will take a 50 per cent market share in the future - despite...

When they first came onto the scene, online-only estate and lettings agents were predicted to swiftly spell the end for traditional...

Virtual tours are a compelling way of enhancing a property’s potential through online marketing, increased transparency and efficiency for agents, and...

Extended Permitted Development Rights unveiled in the Chancellor’s recent Spring Statement could create issues concerning Right To Light for homes near...

A newspaper claims that 1,228 estate agent branches closed on Britain’s High Streets last year. The Mirror’s business editor, Graham Hiscott, says the...

Regional agency Prospect, which already has offices in Berkshire and Surrey, has opened its 10th office at Farnborough in Hampshire. Last year Prospect...

For many years, the majority of agents have stuck to the tried-and-tested 9am-6pm opening hours framework. But is this now changing,...

Savills has this morning talked up its investment in onliner Yopa, which it claims is the sixth largest estate agency in...

The end of 2018 was a bit of a rocky time for online estate agents. Yet only a few years ago...

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

The road to opening up your own business can be a long one. If you’ve never done it before, there are...

Hello and here we go with yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly opportunity to herald the unsung efforts of our...

LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rains, has substantially 'written down' its investment in online estate...

Here’s an unusual story, describing the work of one of Purplebricks’ Local Property Experts who was with the company for around...

Chancellors says it has over 10,000 reviews on Trustpilot, making it the most reviewed High Street agency on the platform.  In a statement...

Connells Group says investment in PropTech will be the way to safeguard its almost-600 High Street branches - and it’s repeated...

The chief executive and founder of a developer and property investment group says Purplebricks is “an excellent business” but its recent...

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

Countrywide’s high-end brand Hamptons International says agents at its branches will in future be “delighted” to fill water bottles for members of...

It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of defections and duplicity worthy of Shakespeare. Yet the estate agency world has...

Cast your minds back to the summer of 2014. It’s 9.55 am somewhere in east London ‘Sorry I’m late’ offers the...

A new training and development team has been set up by Connells Group. It’s designed - in the company’s words - “to...

The two men behind a low-profile hybrid estate agency say their company is flourishing after two years in business, during which they...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

One of the country’s leading conveyancing chiefs has given his support to reforms to the house buying process. But Rob Hailstone -...

A London council is considering a borough-wide ban on agents’ boards of all kinds. Labour-controlled Camden already has a ban for a...

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

Government figures show the UK’s annual house price growth now being down to 2.5 per cent - the lowest rate since...

“You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over,” is an oft-quoted saying of Richard...

The latest analysis of the performance of the top 10 online estate agencies shows that their market share of new listings...

The Property Franchise Group says its online/hybrid agency EweMove traded profitably throughout  last year and will show “a significant improvement” over...

At the end of January the Asian PropTech company PropertyGuru announced the imminent launch of beta-phase testing of its cutting-edge new product, PropertyGuru Lens. This...

A major restructuring of LSL Property Services has just been announced to shareholders, with substantial numbers of branch closures. The statement says...

The regional agency MoveSelf, which set up in 2017 as an online estate agent, is shifting emphasis towards For Sale By...

Purplebricks might have the last laugh - its biggest critic is ditching his High Street office and making his own agency online. Controversial...

Alongside hundreds of agents and suppliers, I recently attended the Guild of Property Professionals’ annual conference. As ever, it was a great...

Mystery surrounds the identity of an estate agency which has been accused of charging a seller five years after the home...

Purplebricks has increased its listings by an eye-opening 44 per cent in the past two weeks according to an updated analysis...

The former chief executive of Emoov says online estate agencies charge too little, so risk appearing cheap and ineffective to potential...

A new bespoke Customer Relationship Management system developed by The Property Franchise Group claims to enable High Street agents to fight...

Former City analyst Anthony Codling - who is now the front-man for a new property portal - has set out why...

One of the west country’s best known estate agencies is about to enter a new era – led by a managing...

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

It is something of an understatement to say that we are in challenging times. BREXIT is unresolved and we wait with...

A new analysis of the online estate agency business model claims that it ‘could be described as a Ponzi scheme’. The accusation...

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

It’s that time of year when we gaze to the future, when we ponder what the coming year will bring, and...

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

A Newcastle-based property company says it has acquired the listings of Emoov and Tepilo. It has emailed and texted vendors to say...

Research by comparison website Netanagent claims the commission paid to estate agents in London could be over £70,000 depending on where...

The head of the portal PropertyMutual has accused Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket of being “corporate dinosaurs” and has called on agents...

Thanks to vast improvements in processing powers, the use of virtual reality (VR) in some sectors is becoming more evident than...

Yet another estate agency has announced that it’s shutting branches and opening a centralised hub. This time it’s Newman Property Experts, a...

I’m spending a lot of time in airport terminals waiting for flights. They’re not the most comfortable of surroundings, but at...

The closure of Foxtons’ Park Lane office and five other branches in the capital are merely the start of things to come...

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

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - the last one in November. Career moves tend to slow this time...

New figures from the British Independent Retailers Association suggest that there are now 135 fewer independent estate agency branches than at...

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

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

An online agency launched by a traditional high street agent to ward off competition says the online business model might have...

Shocking figures from the Local Data Company, a consultancy monitoring the health of High Streets, show that 211 estate agency offices...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? It just says “Agent” for, at the end of the...

An estate agency that’s been commended for its flexible working has launched a recruitment drive for franchisees who would keep 75...

The first signs of a seasonal slowdown are appearing according to some agents in touch with EAT, but there are still...

It’s the most obvious visual medium high street agents have at their disposal, and for many decades has been absolutely pivotal...

Two former High Street agents say their new hybrid agency has enjoyed an impressive launch gathering 40 instructions in just four...

Fresh details have emerged about the financial difficulties suffered by Emoov, its search for a buyer and its possible sale price. A...

Sky News says Emoov is to be sold, just months after the controversial online agency merged with Sarah Beeny's Tepilo and the...

For any business, regardless of size, age or industry, operating efficiently is fundamental to your success. When faced with challenges like we...

Strutt & Parker is bucking the trend on High Street offices by opening a new one - and in this case,...

Perhaps it’s been our pre-occupation with Brexit, or on the other hand maybe we’re bored with politics, but this year’s Budget...

Not so long ago, the best estate agents were those who did the best work for their clients and therefore built...

New research by TheAdvisory consultancy, shared exclusively with Estate Agent Today, reveals exactly how fees have fallen for traditional agents in...

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...

The estate agency group Humberts, which narrowly avoided collapse early this year, now claims to have turned around its fortunes thanks...

The culture of impatience and instant gratification has a lot to answer for. It has forced the hand of the property...

One of the brokers working with OnTheMarket says the portal will not be profitable until 2021, but predicts that its target...

The chief executive of Emoov, Russell Quirk, has suggested that the unexpectedly low take up of online agents may mean that...

Several agents have asked me whether they should consider ditching their high street offices and move to an out of town...

One of the industry’s best respected trainers and consultants has outlined six key reasons why agents should keep offices on the...

A branch of EweMove - which operates from a traditional High Street office - claims to have generated £140,000 income in...

The independent Essex estate agency Beresfords is celebrating its 50th anniversary next week - and is doing so in style with...

Increasingly cash-strapped traditional estate agencies should consider abandoning their High Street offices and work from serviced offices or similar lower-profile and...

The shock immediate closure of Hatched, the online agency heavily invested in by Connells, has raised question marks over the online...

The Connells-owned online agency Hatched is to close with immediate effect. A statement from the company says: “Online estate agency Hatched will...

Purplebricks has introduced its second price rise of the year so far in Australia, and is pioneering a model under which...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your chance to catch up on the major moves in the agency industry over...

Hybrid agency Emoov has released research in which it claims consumers rank high street estate agency commission fees as the second...

An online estate agency run by one of the country’s youngest entrepreneurs has agreed to change a reference about savings on...

Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...

A new survey suggests that face-to-face contact is still valued by buyers and sellers. Research by Winkworth, questioning over 1,000 people who...

Traditional estate agencies could be in for a stormy autumn and face being the next casualty of the high street shake-out...

Next week ludlowthompson celebrates its 25th anniversary. Here, I catch up with Stephen Ludlow, co-founder and now executive director of the...

Hello again from Italy. Only another week or so left out here, working every day from the same table at my...

Making my way to our London office on a busy commuter train, my mind got busy thinking about the new do-it-yourself...

Data prepared for the BBC and shared with Estate Agent Today gives a snapshot of how estate agencies, lettings agencies and...

The former deputy chief executive at online agency Tepilo is launching a new training, recruitment and consultancy business for estate agents.  Catherine...

‘Up’ is the key word in Rightmove’s figures for the first half of 2018, released to the City and to shareholders...

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

Since January 2018, nine of the UK’s biggest banks have allowed competitors direct access to customer data as part of the...

The former head of Rightmove’s lettings division has blasted High Street estate agencies for “living in the past, charging exorbitant fees...

We are currently engaged in consultations with our members to help to find a practical solution to the concern of the...

The creators of a website using market data to define postcodes as hosting a seller’s market or a buyer’s market have...

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

The consumer group Which? says some estate agents are misleading buyers about in-house mortgage services.  The consumer group has issued a number...

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

Auction House says the number of lots it sold in the first half of 2018 was some 3.8 per cent up...

I loved my Foxtons office. I started in the Battersea branch. It was the old-style office; traditional carpets, actual properties in...

A hybrid estate agency has launched in Bury, one of the first of its kind to operate in the UK on...

The stock market and at least one City analyst have shrugged their shoulders at the claim by Purplebricks that it is...

By now we’ve all seen news about the long-term decline in property sales and competition from online alternatives leading to ‘more...

Total mortgage approvals by the main High Street banks increased three per cent in May over the same month last year...

The Money editor of The Mirror newspaper has finally sold a home he first put on the market in late 2016...

A new online agency has started charging only 0.75 per cent commission, payable only on completion, with no VAT and no...

Location, Location, Location: it’s no coincidence the TV show seized on that title because the importance of a property’s position is...

Whisper it quietly, but it may be that some bosses of online agencies used traditional High Street companies to sell their...

The managing director of independent agency network Spicerhaart says shop workers who are unemployed because of the latest round of retail...

Major online agencies appear to be unaffected by yesterday’s Supreme Court decision over workers' rights in the so-called 'gig economy'.  Yesterday’s case concerned...

The For Sale board is one of the oldest marketing tools available to agents, but it is still considered one of...

One of the country’s best known regional traditional agencies, Pygott and Crone, has used a promotion in local news outlets to...

News media in Australia say Purplebricks is the subject of an investigation by a consumer watchdog in the province of Western...

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

Last time out I looked at the growing importance of content, social media and design – but these should only form...

National franchise agency Hunters has announced the opening of its latest branch in the Welsh town of Llandrindod Wells. The agency's third...

Two high street estate agents have used the medium of the local press to come out fighting against the threat of...

A study of estate agencies and portals floated on the London Stock Exchange suggests that digital companies have shown much better...

That’s it. I’ve given up. The lull has continued and it’s becoming quite a bore.  The price drop hasn’t worked. The revamped...

Outsourced viewing operator Viewber is expanding its offer to agents by forming what it calls “a close technical cooperation” with keyholding...

The prospect of technology transforming the selling and buying process, including more power for portals and especially online agents, dominated parts...

The rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...

GetAgent, an estate agent comparison website, has won investment from a growth fund that also provides a 10 month advertising campaign on...

Countrywide’s Group Operations Director Paul Creffield - one of three figures now at the top of the organisation - says he...

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

I have total transparency. I love that.  I know how the portals are doing, I know how many people are clicking on...

Hybrid agency Emoov is now offering a tailored sales package aimed at attracting developers listing and selling new homes. Rather than paying...

Maplin, Toys R Us, Carpetright, Warren Evans – what do they have in common? All are well-known high street chains that...

As the estate agency business in England moves towards being more robust with professional qualifications and higher standards being introduced, there...

Online agency HouseSimple has become a completely No Sale No Fee agency - and is thought to be the only online...

Purplebricks has returned to the fray after recent controversies with a claim that home owners saved themselves over £140m in commission...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Awais Ahmad - Founder and CEO of Hystreet (I don’t...

To say I had a lot of reaction to last week's column about selling my flat would be an understatement. I've never...

With the rise of Purplebricks in recent years, many will be eager to know what the hybrid agency’s Local Property Experts...

It’s all very easy, talking and evangelising about the use of technology in the property market, but, now that I’m selling...

As noted in Estate Agent Today’s news pages, OnTheMarket’s (OTM) recent dire share performance (at time of writing the price is...

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our regular look at key moves inside our industry. Next week there’s no PJT as...

For many estate agents seeking to become entrepreneurs, the idea of starting their own business is undoubtedly daunting, especially when going...

A EweMove branch operating from a franchisee’s home in Staffordshire has taken over the running of a bricks and mortar agency. EweMove’s...

One of the country’s leading PropTech entrepreneurs has responded to recent criticism of online estate agencies and their allegedly-poor record of...

One of the country’s oldest estate agencies is celebrating 250 years in business.  Essex and Suffolk agency Fenn Wright has roots back...

A new report by the residential property team of a legal firm has found widespread criticism of online agents’ over their...

The death of traditional TV – where viewers sit down together to watch shows at defined times – has been much...

An online estate agency brand launched a year ago by a traditional high street agent to ward off competition has exceeded...

And now, as if the friction between property and PropTech wasn’t difficult enough, estate agents are turning on estate agents.  We are...

Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...

Controversial new Purplebricks advertisements on social media mock traditional estate agents who “twiddle their thumbs” in offices and claim the hybrid...

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

Pressure continues to mount on Purplebricks to reveal its sales data after a weekend during which claims about its effectiveness continued...

Outspoken buying agent Henry Pryor has set out 10 points that he claims many traditional agents overlook when they debate the...

Whisper it quietly, but there seems to be change in the air when it comes to agents recommending lawyers based on...

The BBC says it is to broadcast a special one-hour radio documentary this weekend investigating online estate agencies. The show will go...

Q. How did you get in to the property industry? My career in the property industry actually started out as a holiday...

Whatever else you say about OnTheMarket, you can’t say it’s not consistent, consistent in treating its core membership shabbily.  We already know...

The story of this week - the ousting of Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt - prompts two key questions. Firstly, who takes...

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

A ‘secret’ proposal called Project UHA was put to a hand-picked group of agents on Friday with speculation suggesting it centres...

According to The Branding Journal, a brand is “a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's...

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

An estate agency that is moving from a high street to a business centre says it is relocation because footfall has...

Arun Estates has launched what it describes as “a major new departure” - a fully-staffed High Street office but covering a...

The latest house prices as indicated by the most recent index offer confirmation of “a slowing rather than collapsing market” according...

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

Estate agents are facing the biggest industry changes seen in decades. The rise of online and hybrid agents alongside more traditional...

Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...

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

The Property Franchise Group has launched five new websites, one for each of its high street brands.  These are CJ Hole, Ellis & Co,...

Yesterday morning OnTheMarket confirmed its IPO plans but with no firm date. The question remains on whether the float will be...

James Hillier and Rob Bearsby, who have operated Apex Residential at Bexleyheath in London for the past 14 years, have switched...

LSL Property Services - which includes Your Move, Reeds Rains and other high street estate agencies - batted away any housing...

LSL Property Services - which has high street brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - has signed...

Earlier this month Fine & Country announced it was to offer an auction option to vendors - now the Surrey agency...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

Belvoir has this morning withdrawn its merger offer to The Property Franchise Group, after some weeks of talks. As recently as Tuesday,...

Belvoir has revealed that it has won the backing of a minority shareholder in The Property Franchise Group to resume merger...

The consumer affairs correspondent of The Times has savaged High Street estate agents because of the commission they charge when compared...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

Six more High Street estate agencies have signed up to an online platform that allows them to offer customers a fixed-fee...

Two of the leading lights in the growing Proptech sector are now working with a company which has a product it...

Belvoir has announced that it has made an approach to The Property Franchise Group regarding a possible merger. In a statement to...

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

Purplebricks has launched something of a charm offensive to lift the lid on the experience and work of its Local Property...

Hunters says it will not be following other traditional-style estate agencies by offering online-only services to sellers - but it will...

An analysis conducted by estate agency comparison website GetAgent has for the first time attempted to calculate how ‘local’ agencies' local property...

Mortgage lending reached £24.2 billion in August according to latest estimates by UK Finance. There were some 41,807 house purchase approvals, with...

The UK’s largest high street property franchise, Belvoir, has launched a new video called #MovingMemories to attract buyers and landlords to...

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

A company launching later this month, set up by an ex-Chestertons agent, wants to employ over 20 freelance associates who can...

A PropTech start-up says its booking, valuation and communication tools will be available free of charge to any agency with fewer...

Horton Estate Agents - a hybrid agency which nonetheless claims to have ‘offices’ - says it will expand into 15 new...

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

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

Parliament is sitting again and the entire lettings industry is waiting with bated breath for more detail on the government’s proposal...

Following speculation earlier in the week, Spicerhaart has confirmed that it has purchased 19 branch regional agency butters john bee. The acquisition...

Online agency HouseSimple has once again been the subject of a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. Earlier this month a HouseSimple advertisement...

A major regional agency with offices in Kent, Surrey and Sussex says its new online service - Howard Cundey LIVE -...

An estate agency that has just launched in south Devon says it is giving its customers the advantages of a 24-hour...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned online agency HouseSimple from claiming that High Street agents charge “1.5% to 4% (plus 20%...

One of the founding figures behind OnTheMarket, which currently bans listings from online agencies, now says bricks and mortar agencies that...

Once upon a time there were estate agents. That was it. Nice and simple. If you marketed and sold residential property,...

After my article last week predicting that Agents’ Mutual would likely seek to raise external capital, including possibly on the public markets,...

Historically, short-term rentals have been an unattractive business for the majority of estate agents and property managers. Scarcity of demand from tenants...

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

MPL Interiors has not one but two brilliant things to give away this summer. We want to encourage as many estate...

The Property Ombudsman has told Estate Agent Today that it is happy with the controversial deferred payment scheme operated on behalf of...

You saw it, right? This article from Monday’s Guardian? It says that one in five estate agents are at risk of...

Adam Day, the founder of Connells-owned online estate agency Hatched, has been announced as head of operations at easyProperty.    In a statement...

  You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the property industry and consumer media in the coming days: early August...

Purplebricks’ well-publicised attempt to break into the Australian market with a similar model to the one being used here has come...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

Purplebricks has landed a deal to sell new-build homes, an activity previously done usually directly by developers or traditional high street estate...

  A hybrid agency called 99Home Ltd, which made its debut back in April, appears to have relaunched with what it calls...

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...

Purplebricks has this morning announced a drive to recruit “hundreds” of new Local Property Experts” in a bid to become what...

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint over a Purplebricks website statement featuring testimonials from clients; the complaint was made...

The chief executive of Purplebricks, often criticised by detractors for failing to reveal completion rates as opposed to listings, says his...

Few things provoke argument within the industry more than the online v traditional agency debate - and within that debate, nothing...

White & Sons came to MPL Interiors specifically to counteract the growing threat from online and hybrid estate agents, commissioning a...

A one branch independent estate agency has this week launched a fixed-fee sales option alongside its traditional commission-based service. WH Breading, which...

Berkshire estate agents Braxton partnered with MPL Interiors to increase the size of its Maidenhead High Street office and refit its...

Two successful high street estate agency directors claim to have invested a six-figure sum into their new hybrid estate agency.  ispymyhome.com, which...

A distinctive boutique estate agency that describes itself as a hybrid between traditional and online operators, and which set up a...

A study described as the biggest of its type seeks to explain why vendors choose - or avoid - online agents. The...

A consumer group which has consistently promoted online agencies says they achieve closer to sellers’ original asking price than the national...