Archive

Troubled agency Purplebricks is set to face further litigation from the group which is already preparing to bring a class action...

An estate agency that launched in 2018 saying that High Street offices were dead…has now opened its second physical branch in...

An estate agency that three years ago launched saying that High Street offices were unnecessary has had a rethink - and...

The head of a small hybrid firm that describes traditional agencies with offices as “antiquated” says property professionals working for corporates...

A family franchise agency that prides itself on saving costs associated with traditional High Street premises has nonetheless opened a new office...

The class action taken by former self-employed workers against two online agencies should be a warning to other firms breaking the...

A claims firm wants to commence proceedings against online estate agency companies such as Purplebricks and Yopa. It's on behalf of thousands...

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...

A young franchisee with hybrid agency EweMove is expanding into another area just over nine months since launching his agency. Chris Wells,...

Purplebricks’ annual report has revealed that a short term bonus scheme to provide incentives for executive directors to meet financial and...

Almost a million shares in Purplebricks have been ‘awarded’ to the two most senior men in the organisation. The golden handcuff deal...

Spicerhaart - which is increasingly shifting its activities towards agents operating away from traditional branches - has redesigned its boards in...

The market share of the online and hybrid agencies combined has risen to 8.1 per cent in the second quarter of...

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has given his personal backing to the newest recruit of online agency easyProperty - even though...

EweMove, the high profile hybrid estate agency owned by The Property Franchise Group, says it has recruited a record 30 new...

EweMove says it’s has just recorded its best-ever month for new enquiries from sellers. In April the hybrid - which is part...

The market share of hybrid and online agents has remained at eight per cent, according to property industry consultancy TwentyCi. This figure...

Purplebricks is to tilt its marketing increasingly towards local advertising on traditional and online platforms, and promoting the ‘on the street’...

A new family-run estate agency in Cornwall claims to be the first in the county to focus on green thinking, championing...

Rezi’s integration with Zapier has transformed the way in which estate agents can now save time, money and resource. Agents are...

High profile franchise hybrid agency EweMove has announced ambitious plans to double agent numbers within two years. The firm - which has...

Some 713 estate agency branches have failed to reopen following the spring lockdown according to a business consultancy. TwentyCi says that is the...

    Purplebricks says changes to its fees structure - possibly becoming less reliant on controversial upfront charges - has been delayed until...

The chief executive of a hybrid agency in London has revealed why he deserted big corporates to create his own company. Rollo...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have announced that they are extending their cut-price fees deals, introduced because of Coronavirus. This morning Rightmove says: "We have...

The new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group says he anticipates his company’s hybrid arm - EweMove - will go...

EweMove is this week hosting a webinar in a bid to win recruits to its hybrid model from agents who may...

Industry operators who receive dividends as part of their monthly income are pressing the government to include this in its financial...

An estate agent who has himself made the move from the High Street to a hybrid operation has urged anyone in...

A  husband and wife team have bought the franchise for EweMove in York. Local media in the area say Jonathan and Elly...

The relaunched easyProperty hybrid agency is to rely exclusively on local marketing to drive awareness and customers, and not follow the...

The chief executive of Purplebricks UK says the struggling hybrid agency is definitely not for sale, despite recent sales of stakes...

Upad, the national online letting agent set up by entrepreneur James Davis has announced that it is “closed to new business”...

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

Some estate agents are charging as much as 2.9 per cent commission according to a survey by comparison website GetAgent. While the...

The new chief executive of Purplebricks believes hybrid agents could win '20-30% market share' in the UK. Vic Darvey, who replaced Michael...

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

The demise of Emoov, Tepilo and lettings platform Urban raises question marks over the long-term viability of online agencies according to...

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

A hybrid estate agency with ambitions to rival Purplebricks has revealed that it has significantly expanded its current footprint, with ambitions...

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

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

The creative agency behind the new round of Purplebricks Commisery TV advertisements have been explaining the philosophy they brought to the...

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

Russell Quirk, chief executive of Emoov, says his agency is now one of the top seven in the UK following its...

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

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

High-end international estate agency company Savills claims Yopa, in which it has invested substantial sums, is now the UK’s 10th largest...

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

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

Zoopla has been reported as saying hybrid estate agencies will not reach their professed targets of achieving 10 per cent of...

A company which last month launched a service which it claims allows High Street estate agents to compete with online and...

An online agency called DoorStepAgents.com claims to have set up a service which is both the cheapest and ‘best value’ sales...

Barely a week goes by without an announcement relating to the latest player entering the online agency world and when they...

The bank Credit Suisse has launched a new monthly survey of online estate agents, using a simple eight-element questionnaire. The bank -...

Countrywide has given Estate Agent Today some early details of how its mix of online and traditional agency services will roll-out...

An estate agency owned by Countrywide has relaunched with what it calls “an innovative, premises-free business model that seeks to redefine...

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

A company that describes itself as a hybrid between a traditional and an online estate agency is opening a new branch...