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Industry figure Iain White has admitted he has overcome ‘original scepticism’ about the launch of OnTheMarket after the portal was added...

High-profile outsourced communications provider Moneypenny has joined the industry PropTech hub known as the Innovation Collaboration Group. There are around 40 companies...

We recently conducted a survey and discussion session with estate and lettings agencies called Agency panel - Cut through the noise...

Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...

This week’s interviewee in the ‘In Conversation Today’ hotseat is a man better placed than most to shed some light on...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

One of the highest profile figures in the agency industry - and a past critic of Purplebricks - has come out as a vociferous...

Agents Together, the wellbeing and mentorship service which came into existence earlier this year, is launching what it calls a Redundancy...

Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...

With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign is to release a set of options for member agents to consider if the portal...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign is to hold a seminar for agents who have already left the portal or are...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

The big question for the industry at the moment is the cost and future of portals.  This is especially key for agents...

One of the industry’s leading consultants says Rightmove is in a form of abusive relationship with agents, who should consider legal...

PropTech start-up BestAgent is to stage a day-long event for suppliers to the agency industry later this month. This follows BestAgent founder...

The Innovative Collaboration Group - a collection of high-profile tech suppliers to the agency industry - has unveiled a raft of new...

Four high-profile industry figures have sent an open letter urging agents to think about what they call “smarter marketing” in a...

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

Iain White, the ex-Romans managing director and former Countrywide director, has come out strongly against the demutualisation proposal from Agents’ Mutual...

No one can say Agents’ Mutual has failed to provoke debate within the industry. The project was the centre of fierce argument...

Who are you? Iain White, Business Consultant and, most importantly, father to 4 boys.  I travel frequently with work so to...

CRM software provider Reapit, has teamed up with Agency Mentors to provide training programmes for agents.  Reapit says its agent customers who...

Cost-effective marketing will always be an important part of growing an estate agency business. I'm often asked about the ways in which...

It’s nearly June – June! – already. Seriously, where has this year gone? This means summer is nearly upon us, with a...

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

Over 40 separate estate agencies have agreed to join forces to fund litigation against Agents’ Mutual, parent company of OnTheMarket. The firms represent...

The action group representing rebel OnTheMarket agents says it is considering legal action with a barrister named to lead any possible...

OnTheMarket says it now has the support of over 7,000 estate and letting agency offices. This includes those formally contracted now and...

Over 60 estate agencies have signed up to attend the OnTheMarket Action Group seminar on Monday at which legal representatives will...

Rebel agents unhappy with the beleaguered portal OnTheMarket have set up a website with plans of a meeting with legal representatives...

Agent members of OnTheMarket who contacted an action group set up following grievances about the portal have been invited to a...

Two City consultancies have been quick to interpret the rebellion by OnTheMarket member agents as an indication of dire changes - or...

The broad disgruntlement of some OnTheMarket estate agent members over claims of poor quality and low quantity of leads, and the...

The agency industry consultant who has volunteered to coordinate responses to OnTheMarket’s legal warnings to estate agents say he has been...

An industry consultant says he has been asked to form an action group OnTheMarket member agents who are disillusioned with the...

What Countrywide are getting at is that they want to think more like retailers to engage better with customers.  If this is...

Respected industry trainer Adam Walker is teaming up with Iain White of Agency Mentors to offer seminars, webinars and one-to-one advice...

Training or as I prefer to call it team development is something every managing director or owner I meet says is...

Two senior figures from major agencies have teamed up to form a new training operation called Agency Mentors.  Iain White, a former...