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There’s been a surprise appointment as OnTheMarket chief executive. Instead of popular acting CEO Clive Beattie - who had made it known...

A former agency director and owner with three decades of experience in the industry has set up a coaching and training...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

Is Countrywide finally on the road to recovery? Its share price has risen 125 per cent in the past three months; much of...

The chairman of LSL Property Services - Simon Embley - says he is “increasingly optimistic” about the outlook for the market,...

A new analysis of corporate estate agencies’ social media followings and websites shows the big winners to be Savills, Foxtons and...

The hunt is on for a new boss of Countrywide according to news reports. Sky News says the company has recruited professional...

A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...

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

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...

LSL Property Services has this morning released details of its response to the Coronavirus crisis. All members of its board have taken...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has launched a countdown clock on its website to galvanise agents into remembering only 85...

LSL Property Services, parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rain, has named a new chief executive officer taking the helm...

Gareth Samples has been confirmed as the new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group, stepping into the role on Thursday...

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...

LSL Property Services says one of its measures to “rightsize” the organisation during the Coronavirus crisis will be to put agents...

The human cost of the Coronavirus crisis is growing and devastating, but behind that businesses are being badly hurt too. Many consider...

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...

Countrywide’s share price has dived over 50 per cent during the course of the day, following news of LSL pulling out...

In a very brief announcement to the City and to its shareholders this morning, LSL Property Services made clear that it...

Almost all quoted agencies and portals have suffered as a result of stock market investors being spooked by Coronavirus, with some...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Jon Notley and I am the co-founder...

LSL Property Services says the Coronavirus crisis has led to a softening of "lead sales indicators" - and it warns of...

The right wing political magazine that Boris Johnson used to edit has called on him to cut stamp duty. The Spectator says...

Both Countrywide and LSL Property Services have submitted early online paperwork to The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, an independent body...

What an interesting few days it’s been. I don’t think the topic of this week’s column is doing anything good for our...

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

It’s been revealed that under takeover rules, LSL Property Services and Countrywide have until March 23 to make merger or takeover...

Countrywide and LSL Property Services have this morning confirmed that talks are underway about a possible mega-merger. This confirms the speculation yesterday that...

Some of the biggest figures in the industry have given Estate Agent Today their reaction to the news - broken yesterday...

Sky News claims that Countrywide and LSL Property Services are discussing a merger to become a £500m super-agency.  In an exclusive it...

It’s been revealed that the branch closure programme by Your Move and Reeds Rains last year resulted in 460 lost jobs...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week - and it’s been a frantic seven days since the last...

The Property Franchise Group - which owns Martin & Co, EweMove and three other brands - is to have a former...

An outspoken industry commentator says some of the country’s leading agencies are failing because they’re not actually run by experienced agents. Russell...

LSL Property Services, which embarked on a significant branch closure programme last year, has reported a 16 per cent slump in...

Hello and welcome to a new week, and a new edition of PJT. If you’re on the move or your firm has...

For the stock market generally, 2019 has been a positive year - but a few high profile agencies and associated companies...

An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...

An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...

A trading statement this morning by LSL Property Services - owners of Reeds Rains, Your Move and Marsh & Parsons -...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...

Purplebricks claims it actually sells - not just lists - three times more than the UK’s next largest estate agency.  The claim...

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

Hello, we hope you had a good weekend, and welcome to Monday - as ever, Property Jobs Today time, bringing you...

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...

An estate agency will pay out over £40,000 after being found to have misled customers and allowing one of its own...

Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...

Hello, welcome to another Monday and the latest PJT. As ever, a brief reminder to please let us know your appointments new...

Yopa – launched in 2015 as part of the new breed of hybrid operators seeking to shake up the industry –...

‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...

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

It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...

The former Countrywide chief executive Grenville Turner says it is an option for online estate agency Yopa to go to an...

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

Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...

LSL Property Services, parent firm of Your Move and Reeds Rains, says the company’s branch closure programme was a success with profits...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your regular weekly column giving all the key appointments news in the...

A recent study has revealed what the biggest moving home fails are in the UK, including damaged furniture, scratched walls and...

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...

LSL Property Services’ Land & New Homes division says it’s set a record by selling 50 per cent of the units...

Countrywide is declining to comment on speculation that it is making 36 of its sales progression staff redundant. Estate Agent Today, which...

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

Sharp-witted marketing advisers for Marsh & Parsons have done it again with a clever poster and social media campaign to mark...

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

Estate Agent Today understands that Countrywide has started a programme involving branch closures and redeployment of staff. Unlike other branch closure programmes by...

One of the capital's best-known agents, Marsh & Parsons, has expanded its network with a new office in Streatham Hill, South...

Countrywide has this morning revealed that group income is down yet again - it blames continuing Brexit-related problems. It says: “The ongoing...

Two of the PropTech sector's highest profile digital marketing suppliers are integrating in a bid to help agents nurture the leads...

A family run estate agency faces a string of charges relating to commission fees and “undue influence” exerted on clients. The charges...

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...

Prices have dropped 0.5 per cent in the past year according to LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move...

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

Family-run Chelsea agency Russell Simpson is marking 40 years of business by expanding for the first time in its history, opening...

Countrywide’s executive chairman and group managing director have spoken to Estate Agent Today about the impact of Brexit on the company,...

Savills has declined to comment on whether it will follow in the footsteps of LSL Property Services and write down its...

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

Your Move and Reeds Rains have confirmed that 39 branches are to be taken over by David Newnes and an existing...

The UK’s second-largest online estate agency, Yopa, is this month launching a new advertising campaign under the title ‘Smooth Move’. The agency...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...

The beleaguered Your Move estate agency insists there was no breach of customer privacy after an ex-employee reportedly took confidential data...

A review website has launched that describes itself as “a new and powerful research and marketing tool in the residential property...

Formal consultations have started concerning the job losses and branch closures for Your Move and Reeds Rains, revealed yesterday by their...

The former LSL director of estate agency, David Newnes, has made what is officially described as “a significant investment” in a...

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

The former chief executive of Emoov says he has the answer to Foxtons’ current downbeat performance - it should exploit its...

The seemingly-endless debate surrounding Brexit may be punishing for estate agents in London in particular but one, at least, is making...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your Monday update on jobs and key moves across the industry. Everyone mentioned here has...

LSL Property Services - parent company of Your Move, Reeds Rains and London agency Marsh & Parsons - has given a...

Purplebricks has tightened its vice-like grip on the online market according to a new analysis - but the race is on...

House prices are flatlining with the rate of annual growth having fallen continually since August according to LSL Property Services, which...

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

Data from the National Association of Estate Agents suggests that the number of registered buyers per member branch has slumped to...

New build house prices rose 5.1 per cent in the year to the end of August - substantially more than the...

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...

Yopa - the online agency enjoying large-scale financial backing from Savills and LSL Property Services, the owner of Your Move -...

Yopa, which says it is the second largest hybrid agency when measured by listings, has received a major new £20m investment. Savills -...

Rumours abound over the future of Countrywide, which lost further share value on Friday, closing very slightly down on the day...

At first sight, to suggest this is a good time for an agency business to go for an IPO - that...

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

The parent company of Your Move, Reeds Rains and other agency brands has succeeded where Foxtons yesterday did not - in...

Foxtons share price hit a new low yesterday, dropping to only 46p early in the afternoon: it eventually closed narrowly up...

A leading digital analyst says online agency Yopa has doubled its listings this year and is fighting the merged Emoov-Tepilo operation...

Peter Rollings is one of the most respected and best-known figures in property, having helped to rapidly grow Foxtons (where he...

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 online agency shake-out and consolidation continues apace. Former YOPA director Russell Humphrey has been named as the managing director of estate...

Any letting agent appreciates the effort, dedication, and sometimes heartache, that comes with running a business yet equally knows that when...

A PropTech startup which claims to revolutionise the speed at which property transactions can be processed has officially launched this week. When...

Welcome back to Property Jobs Today - EAT's weekly roundup of all the big moves going on in our industry. If you...

The introduction of the Land Transaction Tax (LTT) to replace stamp duty in Wales has had a significant impact on house...

High-end London chain Marsh & Parsons, part of the LSL Property Services empire, has opened in 30th office in Chiswick.  “Chiswick’s wonderful...

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

David Brown, the chief executive of London high-end agency Marsh & Parsons, is retiring with immediate effect.  The news came through late...

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

LSL Property Services has issued a warning that market conditions are softer than expected so far in 2018 and that transaction...

The latest mortgage snapshot from e.surv has reinforced recent claims from other sources that London’s housing market remains the most difficult...

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

Average house prices rose 0.5 per cent in February, making it the biggest rise in five months according to the latest...

Investment consultancy London Central Portfolio has launched a new index which it claims uses “the most comprehensive data available” to assess...

LSL Property Services - parent company to 12 brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and London’s Marsh & Parsons - has...

City broker Jefferies is warning that Countrywide’s earnings as calculated through the EBITDA measure could drop to as little as £50m -...

Yopa, the online agency with financial backing from Savills and LSL Property Services, is the latest online firm to launch a...

House price falls have been recorded in London, the South East and the North East according to data from LSL Property Services,...

Most listed agencies and portals suffered share price falls yesterday, creating a challenging landscape for Agents’ Mutual which launches on the London stock exchange...

LSL Property Services is beefing up the mortgage arm of its activities.  It has acquired the mortgage adviser network Personal Touch in...

ZPG says it anticipates a strong 2018 according to a trading statement ahead of the company’s annual general meeting today. The firm...

HM Land Registry has revealed how major house price indices are compiled - showing the huge variation in transactions behind the headline figures. The critique,...

The Advertising Standards Authority has intervened following a complaint about a mailshot from the high profile online agency Yopa. The ASA says...

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...

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...

Your Move and Reeds Rains, both part of LSL Property Services, are the latest agencies to admit a slowdown in house...

The Savills-backed online estate agency YOPA has found itself in glittering company amongst 25 firms listed by business media site LinkedIn...

An industry analyst says some agents may find it tough to survive in 2018 if they’re hit by a double whammy...

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

Countrywide’s share price hit another new low yesterday of around 115.5p - a fall of just over four per cent on...

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

Online estate agency YOPA - well known recently for advertisements featuring the Village People - is this evening launching a new...

LSL Property Services has announced that it has invested £20 million into hybrid agency YOPA. News of the investment broke on Friday...

A leading business consultancy which advises clients on investments has refuted a claim by a prominent media analyst that it is...

Not so long ago, new UK car sales were racing ahead, fuelled by confidence in the economic recovery, but car production...

The stock exchange seems to be on everyone’s lips at the moment. There’s Agents’ Mutual seeking to float on the Alternative Investment...

Marsh & Parsons will be opening a new office in Islington on September 4 - defying many analysts who say the...

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

LSL Property Services - owners of Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons amongst estate agency brands - has enjoyed...

LSL Property Services does not report its figures for the first half of 2017 until August 1, but even so it...

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

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

London estate agency Marsh & Parsons has announced that its sales director Liza-Jane Kelly has taken the decision to leave after...

A record number of over 300 agents have so far signed up for next week’s FUTURE: PropTech conference, the largest event...

LSL-owned London estate agency Marsh & Parsons has removed what one Twitter users called a ‘sleazy’ advertisement, following a row over...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

House prices grew at their fastest pace for 12 months in February, with average values increasing 0.6 per cent -  that’s...

Business consultancy Jefferies has given a strong endorsement to the digital agency policy set out by LSL Property Services earlier this...

LSL Property Services - which owns high street agency brands Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - is the...

An analysis of estate agents quoted on the London Stock Exchange suggests that almost all the traditional firms have suffered since...

LSL Property Services has named Helen Buck as executive director of its estate agency business.  Buck has been a non-executive director at...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

A former Countrywide director is joining estate and lettings agency franchise group Homexperts as its operations director. Mike Gowland, who originally qualified...

New data from LSL Property Services suggest that the image of London as one large housing market encountering difficulties at the...

Peter Rollings, the well-known former managing director of Foxtons, has taken a stake in Viewber, the recently-launched outsourced viewing service.  Viewber allows...

It’s a tale of two estate agencies - Britain’s biggest, seemingly in trouble, and the second biggest, winning a seal of...

Share prices for both Foxtons and Countrywide took a significant tumble yesterday as news of the ban on letting agents’ fees...

Some sectors of the industry have been giving their initial reactions to the shock Donald Trump victory in the US presidential election.  Camilla...

Although Brexit, portal juggling and portal wars have stolen property industry headlines in recent months, there's been one story almost constantly...

LSL Property Services has sold its remaining stake in Zoopla Property Group according to a City report. LSL - which includes High...

The share prices of Countrywide and LSL Property Services diverged yesterday in response to both agency groups being downgraded by influential...

I hate to be a party-pooper, but one of the agency industry’s coming-up-to-Christmas traditions is going to be particularly hard to undertake...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...

Paying too much every month for your website? Move your website to us and we guarantee to halve your monthly bill I want...

Surveys claiming to show the housing market’s reaction to Brexit continue to be released - there are two new ones this morning.  Firstly...

Speculation continues to grow within the industry over a potential merger involving Connells and the newly-combined agencies of Leaders and Romans.   Connells...

LSL Property Services - which owns agency brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - has reported strong...

Another former Countrywide director is in the news, this time for launching a specialist property recruitment, training and consultancy business.  Mike Gowland,...

There has been a gloomy response to the latest Knight Frank measure of house price sentiment - the first of its...

The news that Theresa May will be installed as Prime Minister tomorrow has immediately stabilished the share prices of estate agents...

Three separate surveys appear to suggest that even a long-term shortage of homes on sale is not enough to stop a...

Property sales slowed dramatically in April as the market readjusted following the frenzy of buying before the stamp duty surcharge deadline...

The latest price index from LSL Property Services suggests that the average home in Greater London has risen in price by...

Marsh & Parsons is now “outperforming” Foxtons in terms of revenue growth in the London market, according to a comparative analysis...

Curchods, the privately-owned, 21-branch Surrey agency which also trades as Burns and Webber has appointed a new group managing director. Michael Ansell...

The numbers of households purchasing their first home has grown by almost seven per cent annually, despite the surge in buy...

Despite being round the block quite a few times in the property world, it was only in 2008 that the importance...

Estate Agent Today’s editor Graham Norwood has won a Gold award as Property Blogger of the Year at the prestigious annual...

LSL, the UK’s second largest estate agency division, has received a glowing endorsement from two property market analysts. In a note issued...

Ivy Gate, the start-up hybrid estate agency which won investment from TV Dragon James Caan three years ago, has announced its...

In the latest of many mixed signals from the housing market, a survey by agents Your Move and Reeds Rains suggests...

Let Mid West Displays get your window in shape! Never underestimate the power of high street presence. Image is everything, and what...

A major estate agency chain’s price index says average house prices in England and Wales have grown 6.6 per cent in...

Your Move has announced what it claims to be “a major integrated marketing and media campaign which aims to raise brand...

LSL Property Services plc has announced another lettings acquisition, this time in Elgin and Inverness. The agency they have bought, PHP Lettings,...

Another house price index has suggested a strong mainstream housing market but a struggling one at the high end. The latest LSL...

It’s rare for an incumbent to pivot to a disruptive business model, even in the face of compelling logic that they...

Who are you? Ellie Hall. What does it say on your business card? Head of Acquisitions. You're on the hunt for acquisitions, what makes a...

Last month was the strongest September since 2007 for home sales, with a distinct north-south divide when it comes to transactions...

There's been a surge in agents letting us know about their fantastic good work - an indication of just how big...

easyProperty today launches a TV and multi-media advertising campaign “costing very much into seven figures” as it attempts to boost its...

Average house prices across England and Wales jumped £1,900 in August – the fastest rise seen for past 12 months according...

LSL Property Services, owner of Reeds Rains and Your Move amongst other high street chains, says last month’s sales market was the...

Scottish house prices may have risen 10.3 per cent since May 2014 – twice that of England & Wales - but...

The fact that Countrywide, LSL Property and Foxtons have remained loyal to both Rightmove and Zoopla “should mean that OnTheMarket will fail...

Average house price growth is slowing and is now just a third of what it was this time last year according...

In what would have been an unimaginable trend just a year ago, house prices are now rising faster in Scotland than...

For the first time in four and a half years, London is no longer the region with the country’s strongest house...

Two of the UK’s largest agency groupings have announced new senior appointments. Martin & Co PLC, one of the UK's largest property...

The chief executive of Andrews estate agency chain says housing policy should be decided not directly by politicians but by an...

Demand for property is at the lowest level it has been since March 2014, according to the National Association of Estate...