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A Hertfordshire-based hybrid agency has released a surprising and some might argue refreshing message, saying it’s not interested in size as...

One of the hybrid agency sector’s leading agents says there are key lessons our industry can learn from the collapse of...

Two separate former High Street estate agents have sung the praise of switching to the hybrid business model. Appleby’s in Gloucestershire is...

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

Purplebricks says it has £100m net cash to exercise “relentless innovation” and benefit from an industry shake-out that will ”expose undercapitalised traditional...

The high profile financial difficulties faced by Emoov and the recent fall in the share value of Purplebricks do not mean...

One of Emoov’s agents in the field has contacted Estate Agent Today to give an insight into how the agency has...

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...

An estate agent claims that chain management tool View My Chain has helped his firm to deal with chains involving online...

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

Purplebricks has this morning issued its latest trading update, reporting what it calls "strong growth" in the UK and updating investors on...

The bitter war of words against Purplebricks waged by the fledgling Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents reached a new...

Purplebricks has stepped up its attack on what it calls “Britain's antiquated method of buying and selling homes” by describing it as...

A firm that offers online, hybrid and traditional estate and lettings agency services says the digital side of its business is...

A new recruitment push by franchise agency operation HomeXperts says its agents - who work from home - earn invoiced commissions...

A new website that will allow vendors and landlords to compare the expertise and fees of estate and letting agents has banned online...

Purplebricks, which launched in Australia last August, is expanding its service in the country. It already operates in Melbourne, Brisbane, the Gold...

The average fee paid by sellers to high street estate agents in the past year is £4,055 claims Purplebricks - an...

Purplebricks chief executive Michael Bruce has suggested that calling his area representatives ‘Local Property Experts’ means they can be more proud...

Hybrid estate agency YOPA is today launching a nationwide TV advertising campaign starring The Village People, the band best-known for the...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld two of three complaints against claims made in Purplebricks' TV and website advertising.  The watchdog upheld...

Online agency YOPA has launched a recruitment campaign via social media. Tweets began appearing over the weekend and the latest, posted yesterday,...

EweMove Sales and Lettings, which describes itself as the UK's first hybrid estate agency, has opened four new branches, taking its...

Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...

An investment consultancy has issued a note to investors, advising them not to buy shares in Purplebricks.  Jefferies – the firm which...

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

A survey of over 2,000 people suggests that online estate agents lose out to their traditional counterparts in terms of public...

An executive director at hybrid estate agency EweMove has hit out at the government’s apparent support for innovation in the house...

Advertising industry website Campaign Live says Purplebricks has made a shortlist of four creative consultancies to handle its marketing - while...

OnTheMarket, the property portal founded by Agents' Mutual, has announced its launch in Northern Ireland. The website is aiming to go head-to-head...

I'm sure most of you have seen, or at least heard of the Mad Max series of post-apocalyptic dystopian fantasies.  The latest...

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

The first online agency to list on the UK stock market - Purplebricks - has enjoyed a volatile first day of trading. The...

Hybrid estate agency EweMove is today announcing four new branches with more to come as it makes a move to target...