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Foxtons has reassured investors that 2021 has started well and the agency is on the road to recovery after the Coronavirus...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A new property board game called Gazumped aims to rival Monopoly but reflect a much more realistic view of how the house...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A prominent London agency says today’s new two per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on most overseas buyers will not dampen...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Two property directors have been banned from holding company office for a total of 25 years after abusing £7.7m taken from...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A controversial property crowdfunding platform, criticised in the past on TV's Dragon’s Den, has gone into administration. The House Crowd was launched...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank is investing an undisclosed sum in a venture capital firm specialising in PropTech. The money is going into a European...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Pressure is building on London agency Foxtons to repay its furlough funding. The company issued an upbeat trading statement on Wednesday; while...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this edition of Property Jobs Today, a chance to catch up with who’s moving where in the...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the biggest TV hits of lockdown has been the Netflix show Call My Agent! It’s a surprise success, perhaps, because...
06 March 2021
From: Features

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News

With just two days to go, it's fair to say the property industry is eagerly awaiting Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget statement...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading agent says the worst thing that could happen with Wednesday’s Budget is if the Chancellor does not deliver on...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

An open letter from Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce shows how fierce the competition is going to be in the portal field...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A new study suggests that the end of the stamp duty holiday should not significantly dent the purchasing pattens of buy...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News

This week’s In Conversation Today interviewee needs no introduction. One of the property industry’s most recognisable names, she has been a...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the early operators of the self-employed agency model has launched a scheme under which its agents receive shares in the...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The high-end housing market on Jersey has been rocked by a plan from the island’s government which may ban foreign investors from...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s most popular tourist destinations may ban the sale of new builds to second home buyers. The council in Padstow -...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...
30 January 2021
From: Features

As we now find ourselves in the UK’s third national lockdown in 10 months, what tenants want, and need from their...
30 January 2021
From: Features

The property sector is set to lead the UK out of its Covid slump according to Ernst & Young’s latest forecast....
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Will Thompson, Associate Director at Pugh & Co Auctions. I...
19 January 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

An appeal has gone out to agents wanting to jump from being employees to running their own businesses - and there are...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Connells has cemented its takeover of Countrywide - it now has backing from over 52 per cent of shareholders. In a statement...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The sudden end of the stamp duty holiday at the end of March could throw away the market gains achieved in...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

London’s largest independent estate agency, Dexters, suggests that the stamp duty holiday ending in 12 weeks time will have relatively little...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Following a turbulent 2020 in which the property market and the professionals working within it excelled in the face of unprecedented...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
02 January 2021
From: Features

An auction house that's made a transition from ballroom operations to online streaming is to publish all fees for all lots -...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The saga over the future of Countrywide continues with the company urging its shareholders to take “no action” over the latest...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Property sales take a seriously long time to complete. There are a number of reasons for this, although often delays are...
28 November 2020
From: Features

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...
28 November 2020
From: Features

Today sees the government’s Spending Review, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak taking centre stage as he presents a 12 month spending plan to...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The mixture of the stamp duty holiday and generally fast-rising house prices has led to a resurgence of flipping. Data released this...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s no secret that the recent pandemic has forced more businesses to operate remotely, but the shift for estate agents has...
18 November 2020
From: Features

Just when you thought the housing market was beginning to calm down... along comes a likely vaccine for Coronavirus. One of the country’s...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The Competitions and Markets Authority is to probe the proposed merger of two crowdfunding sites used by numerous property industry companies. Crowdcube...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

As we embark on another nationwide lockdown, the team at SDL Auctions are keen to help agents ride the storm, beat...
11 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Various investors in Countrywide have submitted early online paperwork to The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers - the red tape required to...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide shares soared yesterday, rising 47 per cent on the previous close at one point as investors relished the prospect of...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A London property investment consultancy says 22 per cent of properties it’s advised overseas purchasers on this year have been bought sight-unseen. London...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...
27 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

I was asked recently, how can an agent generate more landlord leads? Well that got me thinking, firstly, we have to...
27 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...
24 October 2020
From: Features

There is no doubting that 2020 has been a challenging year for all industries, with the lettings market being no exception. Following...
24 October 2020
From: Features

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....
24 October 2020
From: Features

Two independent agencies in London have joined forces to form a 'full circle' service for developers, promising to transform the property...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content

When it comes to the future of the property market in the wake of Covid-19, there are two main schools of...
19 September 2020
From: Features

The government has published draft legislation giving further details on the two per cent stamp duty surcharge on non-residents purchasing residential...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Property portal Boomin has been "courted by a range of potential backers" according to Sky News. The news service - which has...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Two City consultancies instructed by OnTheMarket have talked up the company’s fortunes after the appointment of its new chief executive. Shore Capital, which in...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

An overview of the global PropTech sector is often what I am asked to cover at conferences around the world. This generally...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A new portal launches today with 100,000 listings and a pledge to target buyers largely ignored by established websites - investors. It’s...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Hindsight is 20-20 vision, of course, and we can all see things we did ‘then’ that we would not do ‘now’....
22 August 2020
From: Features

It was officially announced last week that the UK is in recession for the first time since 2009, and although this...
22 August 2020
From: Features

Countrywide has rejected a claim by one of its biggest shareholders that it does not engage with investors over future strategy...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform that claims to halve the time a transaction takes has received a huge cash injection from investors for...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Swiss bank UBS has upgraded its investment rating on Purplebricks, raising its price target and urging investors to buy. In a note...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A property developer has set up an estate agency that charges no commission to sellers but instead levies a non-refundable reservation...
11 August 2020
From: Breaking News

An investment adviser says Purplebricks remains “far too risky” for investors even though it now has “a fighting chance of survival”. Rodney...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The Zoopla Rental Market Report, published this week, mentioned a two-speed rental market, but what does that mean? We are seeing two...
08 August 2020
From: Features

Wholesale reform of leasehold issues is still some years away, despite recent proposals by the Law Commission and pledges by the...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has confirmed it is “considering” making redundancies - the second of the large portals to be in this position. Rumours have been...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A housing market snapshot for prime London shows a fall of over half in the number of £1m-plus properties sold so...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday means prime property in the UK now enjoys lower tax rates than most European countries. Buyers...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News

As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...
25 July 2020
From: Features

Large scale increases in and changes to the Capital Gains Tax regime could seriously hurt the housing market, a senior figure...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News

An investment manager who has a 7.8 per cent stake in Countrywide, is warning that the agency group may not survive...
12 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to our latest ADC, with more evidence that fund-raising goes on even with communal activity at a premium...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Midlands regional chain Andrew Grant, which last year closed some branches as it moved to a ‘hub’ structure, appears to have...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A tax and legal specialist says there’s been a huge rise in stamp duty refund cases between March and June -...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the leading ‘new breed’ of hybrids relying on self-employed agents is opening a share offer to investors in a...
18 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News

National property auctioneer Pugh & Co is launching an initiative to partner with estate agents across the UK. Via a new network...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...
06 June 2020
From: Features

Cushman & Wakefield has pulled out of direct sales of homes in the UK. The firm has closed its UK new homes department...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A digital ‘members-only club’ for property professionals around the world has slashed its prices nine months after launching. The Eighth Door is...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There's widespread expectation that Foxtons’ senior management will face sharp criticism at the company’s Annual General Meeting today. The hottest issue at...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There could be a wave of legal disputes as off-plan buyers seek to get out of purchase deals after the lockdown...
05 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a warning today that the housing market could face a wave of legal disputes if buyers of off-plan new builds...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The Say No To Rightmove campaign, which expects to have some 3,000 offices signed up by the end of the month,...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Foxtons' Annual General Meeting next month is to be held virtually, meaning voting will be electronic. A feature of last year’s AGM...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News

This month saw the introduction of the final stages of the Section 24 tax changes, first introduced in April 2017. Whereas buy-to-let...
18 April 2020
From: Features

Investment bank RBC Capital has downgraded its rating of Rightmove and is warning that the property market is entering a prolonged...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News

We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...
11 April 2020
From: Features

New temporary rules have thrown a lifeline to troubled agencies like Countrywide and Purplebricks which may need to raise additional funds...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News

On April 4, EAT published a piece titled: ‘It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post corona-virus’. To me, this...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Owners and investors who may be leaving their properties empty in the current Coronavirus crisis risk having their insurance invalidated. High-end property...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide shares fell by just over 30 per cent yesterday as the stock market blood-letting continued for property stocks. The value fell 30.86...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks faces an imminent takeover bid following the collapse of its share price, predicts a leading industry analyst. Andrew Stanton has already...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Almost all quoted agencies and portals have suffered as a result of stock market investors being spooked by Coronavirus, with some...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s share price fell by as much as 17 per cent at one point yesterday afternoon as investors assessed the latest...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket is not responding to requests to reveal details of any pay-off for its chief executive Ian Springett, who was sacked...
10 March 2020
From: Breaking News

It may be that we’re facing another year - make that yet another year - of disruption in the housing market. Coronavirus...
07 March 2020
From: Features

Increasing numbers of reports suggest that the government will use next week’s Budget to confirm a three per cent stamp duty...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a surge in UK enquiries to global free-to-list portal Residential People, and a comparable rise in interest from Chinese...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The government is being urged to make commonhold ownership compulsory on all new apartments - and the move could even begin a...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Savills has smoked out another money-making opportunity with a new enterprise which it claims has “enormous growth potential.” The property consultancy is teaming...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading housing market research experts has been poached from Knight Frank to join Zoopla. Gráinne Gilmore - a...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...
06 February 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...
01 February 2020
From: Features

Insolvency firm Begbies Traynor says the estate agency and property industry sector of the UK economy has seen a big rise...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...
15 January 2020
From: Features

In six years of editing Estate Agent Today, some of my most dramatic moments have been covering the troubles - some...
11 January 2020
From: Features

There’s a warning today that Rightmove could be vulnerable to losing its number one portal status because it has such a...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...
04 January 2020
From: Features

A warning has been issued by a prominent industry figure that more bricks-and-mortar High Street agents will go under in 2020,...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has announced the start of a two-month share repurchase programme - a way of buying its own stock back from...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s share price yesterday went from little over 7p to 360p in one fell swoop. Is it the end of uncertainty about...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has this morning announced it has raised £3.4m through a placing of shares. It has placed 4,857,143 new ordinary shares at a...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...
21 December 2019
From: Features

A former residential chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has posed key questions for the government to answer over...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A high-profile investment advice service says as OnTheMarket nears two years listed on the stock market it “has yet to deliver...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands. The offer is...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Foxtons is reported to have closed four more branches across London, backing up widespread industry speculation that the agency is retrenching further in...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

We recently asked readers for their questions to the portals - the questions they couldn’t really ask their local reps, but...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...
07 December 2019
From: Features

Everyone thought John Bercow was short. It probably didn’t help that I was on stage just before him. 5ft 6 versus...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The man who founded Zoopla is now a second hand car salesman - but with a digital difference. Alex Chesterman, who founded...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s been clear for a while that the additional regulation landlords and agents are facing has helped professionalise the private rental...
30 November 2019
From: Features

A new digital ‘members-only club’ is being launched for property professionals around the world. The Eighth Door is a web and app-based...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest figures from investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests new build sales have plummeted in prime areas of the capital...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...
27 November 2019
From: Features

I got an overnight flight to Nigeria yesterday. I landed at 5am local time and am only just now getting sensation...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A report from Countrywide says the proportion of homes in Great Britain bought with cash fell to a mere 28 per...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s easier than you might think. For any agent the challenge of making a business successful is hard work with the focus...
20 November 2019
From: Features

A sales agency based in Warrington and set up originally to market new homes in Manchester is now expanding into Shanghai...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has announced that Robyn Perris is to step down as finance director next year after 12 years at the company. During...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot of prime central London suggests that homes there are now 15.2 per cent cheaper than five years...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A new study by the London School of Economics suggests that a high profile ban on the sale of new homes...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s ever-patient investors appear to have been unfazed by the company’s latest compliance issue, which has led to a £100,000 fine...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A tax expert is urging owners of second homes, as well as property investors and existing landlords, to seek independent financial...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The founder of Rightmove and former Countrywide chief executive Harry Hill is one of a number of investors behind a new...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank - which a year ago loudly announced a 14 per cent profits leap - has now reported an 11...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The troubled ‘star fund manager’ Neil Woodford has drastically reduced his stake in Purplebricks: he now owns less than five per...
15 October 2019
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket is delivering agents “a higher marketing yield than Rightmove” according to an investment consultancy which works with OTM. Investors appear to...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The property market in prime central London showed some impressive signs of recovery during the summer months, according to Knight Frank. The...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Welcome back to Property Jobs Today - your Monday roundup of all the latest employment news from the industry. If you have...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks' senior management avoided a shareholder revolt yesterday during the company's Annual General Meeting (AGM). Last weekend, it emerged via the Sunday...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A yet-to-launch estate agency comparison site is nearing its crowdfunding target of £50,000. Invite Agents, which is crowdfunding on crowdcube, had, as...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The Purplebricks share price dropped by 1% to 108p yesterday as investors prepare for today's Annual General Meeting. The hybrid agency's market...
03 October 2019
From: Breaking News

We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting agents dearly, with an estimated loss of £300 million paid to...
02 October 2019
From: Features

I want to take the time this week to talk about PropTech startups and how they can often be seen to...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A growing free-to-list property portal says there's never been a better time for estate agents to target foreign investors. Residential People, which,...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Cash buyers have fallen in 90 per cent of major UK cities over the past three years according to a Zoopla...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks is reported to be facing a shareholder revolt this coming week at its annual general meeting because of bonuses paid...
29 September 2019
From: Breaking News

There's good news for the market in at least one sector - mortgages offered to first time buyers. Latest figures from the...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

There are those who say that PropTech is at risk of becoming a bubble market, and others who say bubbles don’t...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech start-up says its service allows investors from anywhere in the world to buy property in the UK which can...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Former Purplebricks US chief executive officer Eric Eckardt is seeking some £6m in funding from across the world for his latest...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s been quite a week for news so you might have missed this story - there is yet another boost for...
31 August 2019
From: Features
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Tony Strover. On my business card it says...
30 August 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

An independent estate agency says a No Deal Brexit will prompt a “feeding frenzy” of foreign buyers who are already “piling...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A well-respected agent who was president of the NAEA just five years ago has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Crowdfunding has been largely avoided by property companies for much of the past year following controversies surrounding Emoov’s fund raising -...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Guardian has revealed that small investors lured into putting money into TV property guru Kevin McCloud’s eco-friendly housing projects -...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The former Countrywide chief executive Grenville Turner says it is an option for online estate agency Yopa to go to an...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A media report suggests a mystery ‘predator’ is attempting to acquire Countrywide. The Daily Mail this morning, quoting unnamed “City sources,” says a...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A free-to-list property portal says that contrary to opinion within parts of the agency industry, the more portals there are the...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A record £8.2 billion was paid in Capital Gains Tax in 2017/18 - over £1 billion more than the year before. The...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News

I missed the biggest property story of the week and it’s only scant consolation that almost everyone else seemed to miss it...
03 August 2019
From: Features

Former Countrywide employees who take to social media or the mainstream press to criticise the company are betraying those who remained...
02 August 2019
From: Breaking News

1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...
29 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Countrywide is now “beyond salvation” according to former chief executive Harry Hill. The industry veteran, who also founded Rightmove, made the remark...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the earliest property websites, nethouseprices.com, has been acquired by fledgling property portal OneDome. Nethouseprices was set up in 2004 and...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...
23 July 2019
From: Breaking News

High end London estate agency Aston Chase says there’s already been a surge in interest in property in the UK capital...
23 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading agent has suggested that some parts of the UK would face “a property exodus” if Boris Johnson’s proposals for...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News

If agents ran their databases more efficiently, the property portals might find themselves redundant. Controversial opening statement aside, the reality is that...
10 July 2019
From: Features

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...
06 July 2019
From: Features

The number of cash buyers in London has recently plummeted by very nearly a fifth - and every other part of...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The free-to-list property portal Residential People says it now has over 740 independent agents in the UK on board - and...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News

London Central Portfolio, a respected property consultancy that has been pessimistic about the market in prime areas of the capital, says...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...
22 June 2019
From: Features

An interesting analysis of Rightmove’s performance on the stock market has led to questions about the long-term profitability and viability of...
20 June 2019
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett says rival portals may want to “interfere” with his aim of converting agency members from free...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...
15 June 2019
From: Features

Figures released from OnTheMarket this morning suggest that its conversion programme for agents shifting from free deals to paid membership is...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News

There seems no end in sight for the share turmoil going on at Purplebricks, with several new developments on Friday before...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Emoov and Countrywide: what a pair, observers might say. They present a tale of two failures - although, in the case of...
08 June 2019
From: Features

It's been another busy 24 hours for publicly-quoted estate agencies. Swiss investment bank UBS has increased its stake in the troubled London...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has announced that it is to give a trading update and the result of its review of its US activities on...
05 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Two of Britain’s largest and best known estate agencies have endured a day of turmoil at the hands of investors -...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A writer for the influential financial publication Money Week says investors should “steer clear” of Foxtons - at least for now. Sarah...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Talks are reported to have been held between Purplebricks leading shareholder, Neil Woodford, and the German publishing group Axel Springer about...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News

In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...
01 June 2019
From: Features

Rumours continue to circulate about possible large-scale branch closures at Countrywide; its share price ended trading today at its lowest ever...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A recently-launched free-to-list portal says it’s uniquely positioned to attract overseas buyers and investors interested in purchasing in major UK cities. Residential...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

In today’s crowded property marketplace, the needs of tenants have changed. With a greater emphasis on quality of living, tenants are increasingly...
29 May 2019
From: Features

Purplebricks’ share price yesterday plunged to 90.5p at one point - well below the 100p level at which the company originally...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Might the central London market gloom be broken by just a sliver of light? London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, has recently...
21 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A Parliamentary committee has claimed that 160 properties in the UK are owned by “high corruption-risk individuals” and wants more to...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...
18 May 2019
From: Features

With the Tenant Fee Ban obliterating a key income stream, letting agents should be looking at ways they can increase the...
16 May 2019
From: Sponsored Content

An expert who has invested in an online agency in the past has slammed Purplebricks’ business model. James Max, who presents the...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Welcome back to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today (PJT) after a Bank Holiday break. Each week, we round up...
13 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jake Gready Managing Director NEXA Bristol What services do you provide? buying - selling...
08 May 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

Countrywide’s share price woes continued yesterday with another new low being reached in early morning trading. A low of 6.5p at close...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...
20 April 2019
From: Features

An influential investment blog says the number of analysts and investors still believing in Purplebricks’ growth story is dwindling - and...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...
06 April 2019
From: Features

Analysts at Berenberg Bank have sharply reduced their price target for Purplebricks by over 80 per cent from 470p to 80p, accusing...
05 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A large-scale survey by a consumer group has revealed that over half of home owners regard stamp duty as a growing...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the largest investors in Purplebricks has now joined forces with an off-shoot of luxury car firm Porsche to launch...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Zoopla says the number of its leads delivered to member agents in the period March 2018 to February 2019 was 36...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News

This month’s MIPIM conference in Cannes once again played host to the final round of the much coveted MIPIM Startup Competition. The...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News

GetAgent, the comparison estate agency business, has secured £2.2m in investment from a consortium of investors including Channel 4. The backers are...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The online estate agency platform Love2Move has scrapped its bid for investment via a controversial crowdfunding platform. The platform - which allows...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
11 March 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Countrywide’s senior executives have set out reasons why investors should put their money into the group, despite its troubled recent years. Yesterday...
08 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Savills has declined to comment on whether it will follow in the footsteps of LSL Property Services and write down its...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Another estate agency has closed one of its prime London offices as the capital’s most exclusive areas continue to be hit...
26 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
25 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Online agency platform Love2move insists that its current bid to attract investors will not be damaged by the adverse publicity surrounding...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The former chief executive of online agency Emoov has complained to the Mail on Sunday about an article concerning the firm’s...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Online estate agent Emoov failed to tell crowdfunding investors it was losing £3m a month before its collapse, a Sunday paper claims. The...
24 February 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of defections and duplicity worthy of Shakespeare. Yet the estate agency world has...
23 February 2019
From: Features

The first set of figures for the year from HMRC show that there were 0.8 per cent more residential property transactions...
22 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has this morning warned investors its foreign activities are not going as well as predicted - although it insists it is...
21 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A portal powered by Artificial Intelligence claims it is offering investors a much-needed and superior alternative to Rightmove and Zoopla. One &...
21 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
20 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The first major estate agency business to launch a crowdfunding bid since the controversial collapse of Emoov has emphasised its “realistic”...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Government figures show the UK’s annual house price growth now being down to 2.5 per cent - the lowest rate since...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The average prices of flats and maisonettes bucked the trend by falling very slightly in the year to December, according to...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The former LSL director of estate agency, David Newnes, has made what is officially described as “a significant investment” in a...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A review of the housing market at present, particularly when it comes to purchase transactions, might not necessarily feel overly positive. The...
26 January 2019
From: Features

Shares in OnTheMarket hit another new low of 75.7p yesterday, dropping over nine per cent on the day and falling well...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A property platform that has chronicled the London sales market’s problems in recent years says the recovery will start in 2020...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Former City analyst Anthony Codling - who is now the front-man for a new property portal - has set out why...
21 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Even with 2019 well underway, letting agents need to keep refining their long-term goals and business targets. For agencies with a...
12 January 2019
From: Features

A leading buying agent says 2019 is likely to see the continuation of last year’s trend where distressed sellers accept discounts...
11 January 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the world’s leading PropTech analysts says Purplebricks has turned the UK online/hybrid estate agency business into “a one horse...
09 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The online sales and lettings platform TheHouseShop has scrapped its £500,000 crowdfunding pitch - and it’s blaming the collapse of online...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Phil Spencer is on the warpath against “constant tinkering” by government in housing matters - and instead, he wants the problems...
02 January 2019
From: Breaking News

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...
29 December 2018
From: Features

Six directors have been banned from office after misleading over 300 people who bought new build homes in the north of...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News

There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...
28 December 2018
From: Features

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...
22 December 2018
From: Features

A bid by online property platform TheHouseShop to raise £500,000 investment via crowdfunding appears to be flatlining. TheHouseShop - until 2015 known...
20 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...
15 December 2018
From: Features

A crowdfunding bid to Emoov’s staff to win financial help over the Christmas period has flopped badly with a paltry £30...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket had told its shareholders this morning that it now has over 12,000 branches listing and is offering share incentives to...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News

There is a perfect storm brewing in the lettings market, and as the saying goes, “you can’t change the direction of...
12 December 2018
From: Features

Vesta, which describes itself as “the new online marketplace for buying and selling rental property” has launched a bid to raise...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News

It is now known that at least 32 formal complaints have been received by the crowdfunding platform that helped Emoov raise...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s that time of year again where we start saying goodbye to 12 months of hard work and start looking forward...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The Times reports that crowdfunding investors are considering legal action following the collapse of Emoov. The investors in question appear to be some of...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause of genuine sadness when people lose their jobs - close proximity...
08 December 2018
From: Features

Investment platform Crowdcube has told Estate Agent Today that defunct online estate agency Emoov revised down its company valuation from £104m...
05 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A high-end estate agency selling some of the country’s most expensive homes says the possible currency falls resulting from Brexit chaos...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Sky News says the online estate agency Emoov is preparing to call in administrators in a last-ditch attempt to salvage its...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The closure of Foxtons’ Park Lane office and five other branches in the capital are merely the start of things to come...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A platform that allows individual private sellers and landlords to list their properties alongside those from professional agents says it’s not...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has this morning confirmed that it has now closed six branches. There was high-level publicity given to the closure of its...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News

However mild the weather may have been for most of us, it’s a cold autumn for the online estate agency market...
10 November 2018
From: Features

Savills has issued its forecast for the housing market for the next five years, and while it highlights some bright spots...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News

As scary Halloweens go, yesterday was quite a shocker for Britain’s online estate agency sector - and not in a good...
01 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Sky News says Emoov is to be sold, just months after the controversial online agency merged with Sarah Beeny's Tepilo and the...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has given Estate Agent Today exclusive details of progress on its Back To Basics programme as it seeks to recover...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News

New figures from the Mortgage Advice Bureau give an insight into the changing demographics of home buyers and buy to let...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s now almost a month since the government introduced new rules on Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO), as part of its...
27 October 2018
From: Features

An open rental market, where neither landlord nor tenant is in a dominant position, enables rents to rise and fall, which...
27 October 2018
From: Features

Purplebricks’ share price dipped below the psychologically-important 200p level yesterday as the hybrid agency’s longer-term slide continues. In the summer of 2017...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News

One of London’s most prominent buying agencies says post-Brexit the interest in buying in the capital will return - whether there...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Transactions across England and Wales in September dropped 7.6 per cent year on year while Prime Central London now sees fewer than...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The estate agency group Humberts, which narrowly avoided collapse early this year, now claims to have turned around its fortunes thanks...
18 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A city’s housing market that suffered badly because of the collapse in North Sea oil prices is now likely to rebound...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News

We’re sorry to be starting the week with more evidence of the housing market in the doldrums, but Rightmove’s latest index...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

I’ve spoken many times before of my desire to see government take property more seriously. For more than just lip service...
13 October 2018
From: Features

One of the brokers working with OnTheMarket says the portal will not be profitable until 2021, but predicts that its target...
12 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for a new development in London after complaints over claims about the yields...
10 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to a new working week, which means your chance to catch up on the key moves in our...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Google celebrated its 20th birthday last month. Yes, it might be hard to recall a time when it wasn’t integral in...
06 October 2018
From: Features

An accountancy trade body has revealed that last year it briefed MPs - including the Prime Minister and Housing Minister of...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A website has officially launched this morning, aiming to push the concept of US-style For Sale By Owner online property marketing...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Agents have continued to express their shock and opposition to the announcement by the government that it wants a stamp duty...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News

London has been identified as one of a number of ‘bubble risk cities’ in a report by Swiss bank UBS. In a...
28 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...
22 September 2018
From: Features

Yieldit, an online agency that specialises in selling investment houses and apartments with tenants in situ, is claiming a strong quarter...
18 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A new ‘robo-adviser’ mortgage service which is backed by LSL Property Services has won another £3.8m in funding from investors. Robo-advisers provide...
18 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Viewber has announced that it’s just completed its 35,000th outsourced viewing, reflecting a jaw-dropping 460 per cent rise in just a...
11 September 2018
From: Breaking News

One of Countrywide's major investors has significantly reduced its holding in the troubled estate agency group. Oaktree Capital yesterday lowered its stake...
04 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Following the first day of trading its new shares yesterday, Countrywide's share price finished at 12.52, down almost 4%. The new shares were...
31 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide may have enjoyed the overwhelming support of its major institutional shareholders for its controversial rescue plan, but the wider financial...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A few stories caught my eye this week from China, all of which announce the arrival of cutting-edge technological innovation in...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Yopa, which says it is the second largest hybrid agency when measured by listings, has received a major new £20m investment. Savills -...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s eagerly-awaited General Meeting for shareholders takes place today and is widely expected to back the ailing agency group’s controversial rescue...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A property management company is warning that some areas of the UK could be in line for a price correction this...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s share price defied the expectations of some analysts and rose over six per cent yesterday with the company moving from...
23 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Lucie Hirst and Delphine Colombo, two of Prime Central London’s most high profile sales agents, have combined forces to set up Hirst...
23 August 2018
From: Breaking News

In yet another statement to the London Stock Exchange and shareholders, Countrywide says its last-gasp £140m fund-raising is likely to be...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide appears to have backtracked on a move which could have seen its three most senior executives receive some £20m in...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of the newly-expanded Emoov group has been giving details of the merger with Tepilo and the possibility of...
17 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The buy-to-let sector, which has been under sustained pressure for a number of years now thanks to tax changes designed to...
15 August 2018
From: Sponsored Content

The investment bank Jefferies says Foxtons’ long-running share price slump is a reflection of Brexit uncertainty “until we find out what...
14 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Rumours abound over the future of Countrywide, which lost further share value on Friday, closing very slightly down on the day...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News
11 August 2018
From: Features

Next week ludlowthompson celebrates its 25th anniversary. Here, I catch up with Stephen Ludlow, co-founder and now executive director of the...
11 August 2018
From: Features

The Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse has slashed its target share price for the company from 77p to only 17.2p. The reason...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide is under fire again over the controversial rescue plan it announced last week. On Friday the troubled agency group’s share price -...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The business editor of right wing political weekly The Spectator says “what’s bad for Foxtons is on the whole likely to...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News

It was interesting to see the recent story on Estate Agent Today about OnTheMarket (OTM) raising its fees after signing up...
04 August 2018
From: Features

Small print in the Countrywide rescue plan announced yesterday spells out in stark terms what could happen if the company’s bid...
03 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide's share price has dropped sharply following the announcement of the company's rescue plan - but the firm itself says this...
02 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The Financial Times this morning says that Countrywide suffered a failed bond issue earlier this year, forcing it to rely on...
01 August 2018
From: Breaking News

With the continued indecision surrounding Brexit and the final divorce settlement still months away, it seems property buyers are choosing to...
28 July 2018
From: Features

An online estate agency has changed the wording of a listing on Rightmove, Zoopla and on its own website after a...
26 July 2018
From: Breaking News

If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...
20 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content

Emoov’s latest crowdfunding campaign has now gone well over £1.5m, making it already 50 per cent over-funded already from its original...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News

An article in Investors’ Chronicle says the dominance of Rightmove and ZPG in the portal market could be under threat from...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - a slim edition given how quiet the industry is at the...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Amid the headline-grabbing political manoeuvring over Brexit, a policy proposal which could have serious ramifications for private landlords, and those who...
14 July 2018
From: Features
11 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Renting has long been characterised as a stepping stone onto the housing ladder for the younger generations. But in recent years,...
07 July 2018
From: Features

The stock market and at least one City analyst have shrugged their shoulders at the claim by Purplebricks that it is...
06 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Emoov has launched a crowdfunding campaign giving investors, it says, “a final chance” to put their money into the hybrid agency...
03 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Two high-profile PropTech entrepreneurs have raised £150,000 to help fund what they call “the first global PropTech platform.” James Dearsley and Eddie...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News

One of Countrywide’s former allies in the City broker community - independent corporate advisor Numis - has downgraded the troubled agency...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Senior management at Countrywide came in for a pasting on Twitter yesterday as TV market commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor...
26 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s share price has taken a massive hit this morning - down well over 20 per cent - following a surprise...
25 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Prime London’s transactions are now the preserve of so-called ‘needs-based buyers’ and not investors according to high-end agency Knight Frank -...
21 June 2018
From: Breaking News

So what did you think of the match? A deserved 2-1 win or a lucky victory snatched from the jaws of...
19 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A survey of owner-occupiers, landlords, property investors and insolvency practitioners has revealed that Brexit is the single biggest concern when it...
19 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Russell Quirk, chief executive of Emoov, says his agency is now one of the top seven in the UK following its...
08 June 2018
From: Breaking News

London estate agency Kay & Co says it is targeting Chinese buyers following research data produced by a portal. The China property...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading experts on the housing market says first time buyers are still hampered from purchasing homes despite...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The so-called ‘merger’ of Emoov, Tepilo and a lettings firm is actually an acquisition by Emoov of the other two companies. That's...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A new online platform claims agents can now offer people a chance to buy a property with, literally, just one click...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News

It has today been announced that the Natural Retreats group has purchased Humberts. The entirety of Humberts has been included in the...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A new report suggests Capital Gains Tax changes coming into effect next year are worrying a large majority of wealthy overseas...
17 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of Winkworth says the upcoming Brexit is creating uncertainty and causing buyers and investors to delay purchasing plans. Dominic Agace,...
16 May 2018
From: Breaking News

ZPG shares have rocketed up in value by 30 per cent this morning on the back of a £2.2 billion bid...
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Trussle, which describes itself as the UK’s first online mortgage broker, has won £13.6m in financing from international investors led by...
10 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Let us know what’s...
23 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The Henley Business School is often identified with cutting edge forecasts - but now it has revealed the history of what...
19 April 2018
From: Breaking News

‘Respect’ is the new mantra for politicians: whether it’s about street gang leaders, social media trolls or those on either side...
14 April 2018
From: Features

The announcement that MPs will set up a Select Committee to probe the scale of money laundering in the UK property...
14 April 2018
From: Features

A proposal by HMRC to speed up HMRC Capital Gains Tax payments for residential property sales could create a “compliance nightmare.” The...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Has Countrywide finally convinced its investors that it is on the road to recovery? Back on March 8 the Countrywide share price...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News

As noted in Estate Agent Today’s news pages, OnTheMarket’s (OTM) recent dire share performance (at time of writing the price is...
27 March 2018
From: Features

House price growth in London has hit a seven year low according to Hometrack, with prices actually down across 42 per...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Market analysts at Swiss bank UBS are warning that Purplebricks’ meteoric growth in the UK may be slowing. The bank has cut...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Jefferies - the City consultancy which has in the past worked with Countrywide - has cuts its forecasts for the troubled...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A Cotswolds-based agency has expanded to a second office and says it has plans to develop further in the region. Move was...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News

We think about technology all the time. At least, I do. And there’s nothing left in property that technology hasn’t touched...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A forecast suggests HM Revenue & Customs will rake in no less than £8.8 billion in Capital Gains Tax in 2018...
23 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Online auction house BidX1 has launched its first UK online auction following its acquisition of London-based auctioneer Andrews & Robertson. This is...
20 February 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the largest investment firms in the United States has taken a stake in the London-based venture capital firm Pi...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...
13 February 2018
From: Features

The bank Morgan Stanley says OnTheMarket’s listings have fallen 19 per cent in the past year. In a note to investors issued...
12 February 2018
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has finally completed its stock market float, with less capital raised, at a lower than planned valuation and, as I write,...
09 February 2018
From: Features

All eyes are on Agents’ Mutual’s first day of trading on the London stock exchange - just over five years after...
09 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...
08 February 2018
From: Sponsored Content

An analysis of one month’s listings on Purplebricks by City consultancy Jefferies concludes that it sold 51.6 per cent of its...
01 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A former director at London agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has taken a swipe at agencies that have made knee-jerk changes...
29 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Agents’ Mutual has released more details of its float on the stock market, which begins on February 9 with a placing priced...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The story of this week - the ousting of Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt - prompts two key questions. Firstly, who takes...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News

According to The Branding Journal, a brand is “a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's...
20 January 2018
From: Features

Shares in troubled agency group Countrywide have fallen to their lowest-ever level of 106.40p in trading this morning. Yesterday shares fell a...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News

US bank J P Morgan has predicted that Purplebricks, which it says now has around six per cent of advertised homes...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Two UK online estate agencies have been named in a list of the world’s top 50 real estate start-ups to watch...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A buying agent in Melbourne says ‘old dinosaurs’ in traditional estate agencies ‘have no idea’ how to deal with the arrival of...
05 January 2018
From: Breaking News

We would like to take this opportunity to provide a clarification to a newsflash sent by Property Industry Eye on January 1. The...
02 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Connells has told Estate Agent Today that it is not making any official comment yet on the decision revealed yesterday that...
22 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Who says things slow down before Christmas? The opposite appears to be the case, at least when it comes to the...
21 December 2017
From: Features

HouseSimple is reported to have secured £20m in growth capital which it says will help it “challenge Purplebricks as the UK’s...
20 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...
16 December 2017
From: Features

PropTech start up OneDome, which supplies online booking and mapping tools, has teamed up with live chat service provider Yomdel in...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The short let management company Lavanda - backed by Harry Hill, former chief of Rightmove and Countrywide - has launched software...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Yesterday morning OnTheMarket confirmed its IPO plans but with no firm date. The question remains on whether the float will be...
11 December 2017
From: Features

OnTheMarket has announced some details of its IPO and the launch of its stock market flotation - but it has given nothing...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Financial analysts over the weekend have been giving their view on Purplebricks, which later this week issues its figures for the...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Hands up if you’ve read all of the property reports that have been published in the past week or so? Forever...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The London-focussed estate agency Cluttons says chains in central London are becoming increasingly fragile thanks to general uncertainty in the wider...
28 November 2017
From: Breaking News

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...
25 November 2017
From: Features

Agents and even the Labour Party have backed the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers’ purchases up to...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News

As Augmented Reality (AR) and Microsoft’s Hololens showcase the finest in modern architecture, it’s time for me to think again about...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Global investment bank RBC Capital Markets says OnTheMarket has the potential to undermine the pricing power of Rightmove and ZPG -...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday. Despite...
18 November 2017
From: Features

British politics is extraordinarily volatile right now and the ongoing battle between austerity and anti-austerity, Leave and Remain, and Conservative and...
18 November 2017
From: Features

The much-expected pause in the roll out of Countrywide's online service to vendors, confirmed yesterday, did not appear to impress investors. Countrywide's...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The rise of Airbnb has been majestic, going all the way from conception to becoming a common noun in less than...
08 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has issued the briefest-of-brief statements to the City and the company's investors to assure them it is "on course". The latest...
07 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A new portal has been launched aimed at marketing ex-council properties for sale or to let through agencies. Ex-Council.com says it is...
06 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The first of the major estate agency research teams to offer a forecast for the 2018 market has kicked off the...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Crowdfunding is nothing new. As I pointed out in a previous Natter, it dates back centuries, playing a part in the...
28 October 2017
From: Features

A breakdown of data from over 4,100 agents has revealed that it takes on average 201 days to move home, from...
23 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has told Estate Agent Today it is more open about its business than almost any other agency and stridently rejects criticism about...
19 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The 19 year old boss of online agency Doorsteps claims that his website has sold £100m worth of homes, currently lists...
17 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents’ Mutual is officially making no comment on the timetable for the company flotation but speculation within the industry is mounting...
12 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Like many of Labour’s recent policy proposals, its call for rent controls leaves more questions than answers. There has been widespread criticism...
07 October 2017
From: Features

Investment website The Motley Fool says comparisons between forecast and actual profits reported by Purplebricks suggest the company’s position isn’t -...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News

It now appears that OnTheMarket agents do not require to sign up to the portal for five years in order to...
22 September 2017
From: Breaking News

When Kenneth Bruce, co-founder of Purplebricks, published an emotional post on social media this week, my first reaction was; what a...
20 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Investors from countries as diverse as South Africa and Russia are getting a 21 per cent discount on UK property according...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News

And so summer draws to a close. The slow, lazy months of July and August have come to pass and the...
13 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Sky News says the online estate agent eMoov is drawing up plans to float on the stock market. Sky has been well-informed...
12 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The flotation of Agents’ Mutual on the London Stock Exchange could happen as soon as later this year following the endorsement...
12 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Some good news is here for landlords and letting agents worried about the energy efficiency rating of their property – the...
09 September 2017
From: Features

Let’s be honest - few people saw this coming. The 89 to 11 per cent majority amongst Agents’ Mutual members for...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

eMoov, the online agency which last month secured an additional £9m funding from investors, has launched a recruitment drive for what...