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There are those who say that PropTech is at risk of becoming a bubble market, and others who say bubbles don’t...

A PropTech company is suggesting that property mis-measurements and resulting over-valuations may be the next PPI scandal. The firm - Spec, which...

Former Purplebricks chief executive Lee Wainwright says the problem for estate agents maintaining a strong level of fees isn’t competition from...

A banking company used by OnTheMarket has issued a note to its investor clients claiming the portal “arguably beats its peers...

A free-to-list portal says it’s an ideal way to capture potential leads so as to augment agents’ client databases that have...

The parent company of franchised hybrid estate agency EweMove says that experienced estate agents outperform inexperienced franchisees - but only for...

The number of new property listings in the UK fell by a whopping 13.2 per cent in August according to online...

Whinge. Moan. Lead quality. Crap market. Decision procrastination. Fee pressure. Bloody competitors. Especially Purplebricks. Brexit, of course, Brexit... These are just some...

Former Purplebricks US chief executive officer Eric Eckardt is seeking some £6m in funding from across the world for his latest...

A new PropTech online platform called BestAgent Property Marketplace is to launch next year following a series of 12 meetings this autumn. It...

OnTheMarket’s selective fee freeze for agents has been challenged by a new portal which asks agents: ‘Why pay at all?’ OTM revealed...

OnTheMarket says it will not increase listing charges in 2020 for any agents currently paying full fees, while agencies which list on only...

A company operating the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it is trying to improve the sector’s image after a series...

Technology will drive the lettings and property management industry in the future. There is already a plethora of various software and other...

The head of online agency Housesimple has made another strident attack on the integrity of High Street agents by saying some...

Global free-to-list property portal Residential People has announced it’s almost at its next milestone of 800,000 listings within its first six...

Advertising on Zoopla is a must-have for most sellers but for Susan Tate in Anglesey it meant she ended up in...

The typical new real estate agency forms when an entrepreneurial high performer quits their job at a leading chain and sets...

A former Local Property Expert and manager at Purplebricks has gone on record to reveal what it was really like to work...

A free-to-list property portal says that contrary to opinion within parts of the agency industry, the more portals there are the...

Prime London subscription-based property platform LonRes has launched an off-market service for its subscribers. It says that as transactions across prime London...

Savills says it’s not commenting on whether it will list on Zoopla in the future. Last week Knight Frank - which in...

One of the most experienced and high profile figures in the industry says individual agents working for online companies are typically...

Zoopla claims its new app has a huge level of what it calls “user engagement” within a month of launching. It’s hit...

One of the agencies most active in the creation of OnTheMarket is trialling a return to listing on Zoopla after an...

The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that last month’s optimistic assessment of the housing market has...

Speculation surrounding whether Boris Johnson will honour his pledge to reduce stamp duty risks bringing the housing market “to a grinding...

Traditionally speaking, users who are looking to buy, rent, or sell their property to customers on an international basis have been...

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...

When an industry disruptor enters a marketplace the impact on existing operators can be significant. It has been seen most notably...

In a trading statement this morning, Countrywide says it has “a new covenant package with lenders provides the financial flexibility to...

OnTheMarket has applied to the London Stock Exchange for the release of over a million new shares to agents who have...

1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...

Rightmove’s half year figures this morning continue to show strong growth in profits and revenue - but there are the first...

One of the earliest property websites, nethouseprices.com, has been acquired by fledgling property portal OneDome.  Nethouseprices was set up in 2004 and...

I feel I am in a fortunate position. I have been central to the PropTech movement for a number of years,...

Trade bodies and property firms have strongly welcomed the recommendations for root and branch reform of the agency industry - and...

A trade association of agents selling properties overseas has launched a new feature which it claims will give buyers greater security...

Connells Group-owned Sequence UK has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority to update Rightmove listings more promptly after properties are...

A new global free-to-list property portal says it has secured 800 new property enquiries for estate agents in the last four...

If agents ran their databases more efficiently, the property portals might find themselves redundant. Controversial opening statement aside, the reality is that...

Property sellers have been urged to list their properties now in the hope of selling their properties for maximum value within...

Welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today. It's the time of the week when you can catch up with...

The new owners of Emoov have confirmed that 70 previous customers have opted to re-list their homes with the firm since it...

The summer market momentum building thanks to warmer weather and reduced Brexit uncertainty took a hit in June, according to new...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint made against a listing on property website Houser.co.uk. In January, the complainant notified...

New figures released show High Street estate agents taking an increasingly large market share as online operators continue to crumble. According to the...

Purplebricks’ former chief executive Lee Wainwright has made a stout defence of the controversial agency’s sales progression process and its local...

Zoopla has announced an improved app which “enhances the house-hunting journey with a fresh design, improved navigation and an intuitive interface” -...

Purplebricks has released figures which appear to show it is one of the most successful agencies - or perhaps THE most...

Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...

The free-to-list property portal Residential People says it now has over 740 independent agents in the UK on board - and...

Facebook is set to enter the cryptocurrency business with the big reveal of its formal plans scheduled for some point this...

A survey suggests there’s no firm correlation between a traditional agency’s opening hours and its performance in selling property - and...

Figures released from OnTheMarket this morning suggest that its conversion programme for agents shifting from free deals to paid membership is...

Zoopla has taken a swipe at OnTheMarket by conducting a poll of sellers’ views about having properties listed exclusively on just...

Sellers are back with a vengeance according to figures from online agency HouseSimple.  It claims the Brexit date extension has given sellers...

OnTheMarket claims monthly visits to its website hit a record 25.4m in May - but the portal’s latest update gives no...

Subscription-based business-to-business prime London platform LonRes has launched a new service for retained agents.   The Retained Agent Buyer Alert enables buying agents...

Rightmove says its data quality team is to conduct “a full review of the current customer” after an allegation about a...

Two of Britain’s largest and best known estate agencies have endured a day of turmoil at the hands of investors -...

It may well seem that the government is pre-occupied with one issue, and one issue alone. While preparations for Brexit take up a...

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...

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

A new sales progression tool that claims to have been hugely successful over an 18-month pilot is being rolled out across...

New data from property consultancy The Advisory shows that the top 10 online estate agents now have a combined market share...

The average time on the market for a property is soaring across the UK thanks to Brexit uncertainty, according to the...

North East England regional agency chain Bradley Hall has amended details for a property listed on its website following a complaint...

New free-to-list portals Residential People and Commercial People are aiming to secure one million property listings by Q4 2019. The portals -...

A new portal for the prime London property market has launched this week, recruiting a string of big-name agents.  Vyomm, founded by...

Thousands of homeowners listed their properties for sale in the days following the latest Brexit delay on April 12, new research...

OnTheMarket has revealed several agents have signed up to the portal on long-term contracts and stopped listing properties on Rightmove. The agencies...

Landmark Information’s online valuation tool SmartVal is being retired by the company, with agents who use it being advised to switch to...

The UK PropTech Association, set up in early 2017 with the objective of promoting engagement between tech business and the property...

A new analysis suggests that sales of more than four out of five homes in the UK are taking at least...

With the UK population spending longer in rental accommodation, due to the upfront expense of buying a home, their time and...

OnTheMarket has applied to the London Stock Exchange for the release of over 528,000 new shares to agents who have signed...

A property listings platform has revealed what it describes as ‘the best places to sell a home’ in England and Wales. The...

An estate agency has produced figures showing a 12.5 per cent slump in the number of homes listed to sell in...

The trade body for ‘home stagers’ says that properties that have been dressed sell three times faster than those that have...

A PropTech firm that lists a customer’s home with successive estate agents until it is sold has raised £500,000 of startup...

Zoopla has been spelling out more details of prospective buyers’ and renters’ patterns of portal-watching and how they relate to leads...

An estate agency has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority not to use an advertisement on its website and Facebook...

A new housing market survey paints a bleaker picture than that from Rightmove earlier this week - and instead speaks of...

The first hour of a property’s listing on a portal is the most crucial for sellers or landlords according to research...

The owner of a home for sale has complained to the Advertising Standards Authority after seeing it marketed on Zoopla -...

Of the hundreds of headaches that come with agent territory, worrying about what’s happening to your calls shouldn’t be one of...

There’s anger in the industry over an article in The Times which accused agents of overvaluing properties - although why this was happening...

There’s more bad news for Purplebricks: after a shock 80 per cent downgrading of its stock value by a bank on...

Analysts at Berenberg Bank have sharply reduced their price target for Purplebricks by over 80 per cent from 470p to 80p, accusing...

Two new free-to-list portals say they have now attracted 100,000 listings from 1,600 agents. The portals - Residential People and Commercial People...

Winkworth’s latest trading statement reveals that while its rental side blossomed, sales suffered thanks to the familiar cocktail of Brexit, uncertainty...

An anonymous estate agent has renewed his attack on Purplebricks after an article in The Times at the weekend. Estate Agent Today...

An estate agent who operates an online blog has told The Times that Purplebricks has faked price reductions. Other tricks which the agent reveals about...

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

The new portal OneDome is offering what it calls a “consumer-facing digital mortgage product” in a bid to cut fall-throughs. OneDome already...

Many estate and letting agents are receiving more leads through OnTheMarket than through Rightmove, the challenger portal claims - and it...

Virtual tours are a compelling way of enhancing a property’s potential through online marketing, increased transparency and efficiency for agents, and...

A quick-buy firm that buys homes at around 85 per cent of market value claims the industry is concealing how slow...

One of the largest investors in Purplebricks has now joined forces with an off-shoot of luxury car firm Porsche to launch...

Many of the industry’s best known and widely respected suppliers have set up a new group which they say offers agents...

In another bid to take on Rightmove, OnTheMarket is introducing a new range of advertising products which will enable agents to...

Hello - here we are once again with the weekly round-up of key moves in the agency and related industries. We’re letting...

The latest RICS survey has one key message - 77 per cent of surveyors participating in the study say Brexit uncertainty...

A former senior management figure at Rightmove and online estate agency Doorsteps is going it alone for a new holiday property...

Estate agent anti-money laundering (AML) compliance is under scrutiny again following the publication of figures detailing the fines levied for AML...

The easyProperty online agency has abandoned an across-the-board fee structure, allowing its licensee agents to charge what they like. “Each local market is unique...

Latest data from property platform Home suggests that instruction numbers across the UK as a whole are down four per cent...

Agency Express says that following a strong start to the year there’s a been a slowdown in the number of properties...

Maverick Cornish estate agent Chris Wood has quit the industry with a stinging attack on those who have “taken their toll”...

The latest analysis of new listings in the two weeks to last Friday show that online estate agencies continue to have...

A slew of allegations have been made against agents and sometimes even by agents, over alleged misdemeanours over property listings as...

Rightmove is undertaking an investigation into a PropTech app that has tried to list private sales on the portal. The perhaps-ironically named...

We all make mistakes, and when it comes to typos Estate Agent Today is as guilty as anyone. But there’s a...

Who are you? Mikus Opelts, CEO of Giraffe360 What is Giraffe360 and what does it do? Giraffe360 is a unique digital photography subscription service...

OnTheMarket has stepped up its attack on Rightmove with a stridently-worded email to agents explaining how a drop in leads from...

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...

A new sales portal has launched with a radically different business model, aiming to pay agents to list on it. It’s the brainchild of...

The controversial property portal Propertyheads has compiled a blacklist of tradesmen who have a criminal record. The website says this is the...

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

Cast your minds back to the summer of 2014. It’s 9.55 am somewhere in east London ‘Sorry I’m late’ offers the...

Latest figures show that the top 10 online estate agencies have once again failed to exceed five per cent market share,...

A portal powered by Artificial Intelligence claims it is offering investors a much-needed and superior alternative to Rightmove and Zoopla. One &...

A survey of 3,000 people by Zoopla suggests that 47 per cent of vendors believe the success of their sale was...

As the sales market across much of Britain appears to be mired in political and economic uncertainty, figures from Scotland appear...

In these tougher times, we recognise that helping agents win new inventory is the key to their businesses.  There were more than...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

A new free-to-list property portal is launching in the UK, and has a pledge to serve over 20 counties by the...

OnTheMarket says one of its key aims for 2019 is to match Rightmove’s product offer to agents. “We’re looking to match Rightmove’s...

Agents have suggested that the latest price figures from the Halifax may be masking increased activity in the market in recent...

The latest analysis of the performance of the top 10 online estate agencies shows that their market share of new listings...

New figures released this morning from OnTheMarket claim its listing inventory bis now over 80 per cent of the size of...

There’s been a big rise in the number of homes being listed for sale despite ongoing concerns over Brexit. That’s the news...

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

OnTheMarket says it now has listings agreements with more than 12,500 estate and lettings agency branches. In a statement to shareholders and...

The regional agency MoveSelf, which set up in 2017 as an online estate agent, is shifting emphasis towards For Sale By...

Average prices of flats and houses in prime central London are now the same as they were six years ago; meanwhile...

Purplebricks might have the last laugh - its biggest critic is ditching his High Street office and making his own agency online. Controversial...

OnTheMarket is to continue its TV advertising campaign throughout February - and this time it’s ad is also going to be...

The monthly index of house price changes in Britain’s major cities, for many years operated under the Hometrack banner, has been...

If you want an engaging page-turner novel for cold winter evenings, my recommendation is Our House by Louise Candlish, a bestseller...

Purplebricks has increased its listings by an eye-opening 44 per cent in the past two weeks according to an updated analysis...

A property platform that has chronicled the London sales market’s problems in recent years says the recovery will start in 2020...

Gloomy statements from some industry organisations have suggested the market is in trouble thanks to Brexit uncertainty but Rightmove says visits...

I don’t think I can add anything more to the excellent 2019 pieces we’ve seen on EAT in recent weeks –...

A survey of 6,000 members of the public and 660 estate and letting agents has revealed some striking findings about how...

The auction firm that purchased the property listings left stranded by the collapse of Emoov is now offering partnership opportunities to...

The new management at Emoov says that following its acquisition out of administration it will relaunch as an online estate agency later...

A statement this morning by franchise agency Winkworth says lettings and property management now accounts for 50 per cent of its turnover. The...

Zoopla is radically changing its strategy by exploiting the freedom it has under its new private equity ownership. That’s the conclusion of...

Estate Agent Today understands from a respected source that the remains of the Emoov and Tepilo online agencies have been acquired...

With the speed of property sales continuing to slow and no end to the sluggishness in sight, it’s time to take...

A new portal which had branded itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” appears to have had a setback...

Zoopla is claiming a big surge in leads provided to agents and a new high in the number of visits to...

A new portal called YourMoov and describing itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” is to launch shortly. In an...

Early figures suggest record numbers of people visited Rightmove just after Christmas, giving renewed hope that the market may step up...

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

One of the country’s most detailed housing market forecasts for 2019 suggests house prices will fall in London and nearby regions...

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

Zoopla is launching its latest advertising campaign from Boxing Day with ideas from the creative minds behind Wallace & Gromit.  From Wednesday...

New figures show that online agencies’ share of listings of homes for sale has plummeted to 4.6 per cent. This is well...

It is something of an understatement to say that we are in challenging times. BREXIT is unresolved and we wait with...

A new analysis of the online estate agency business model claims that it ‘could be described as a Ponzi scheme’. The accusation...

A specialist property portal says it’s offering estate agents “a captive audience for the ski properties on their books.” SnowOnly says that...

Has the bell finally tolled for online agencies? Emoov’s collapse and an investor revolt over crowdfunding have left a large question...

The auction company that has acquired some 5,000 vendor listings from the failed Emoov and Tepilo agencies says it wants more agents...

A Newcastle-based property company says it has acquired the listings of Emoov and Tepilo. It has emailed and texted vendors to say...

A crowdfunding bid to Emoov’s staff to win financial help over the Christmas period has flopped badly with a paltry £30...

OnTheMarket had told its shareholders this morning that it now has over 12,000 branches listing and is offering share incentives to...

Estate Agent Today has been given details of responses made by administrators to an enquiry about the possible acquisition of some...

The head of the portal PropertyMutual has accused Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket of being “corporate dinosaurs” and has called on agents...

A leading digital analyst says Purplebricks’ success in the US market is not assured and has expressed concern over whether it...

Purplebricks is understood to be pondering the best way to assist victims of the collapse of Emoov without committing money for...

A tweet from Purplebricks’ chief executive Michael Bruce suggests that the agency may be about to play a role in the Emoov...

A statement by the administrators appointed by Emoov says there are prospective buyers for the listings on the online agency and...

With portal rivalry hotting up again, Zoopla has announced that with immediate effect it’s removing all non-property related adverts from all...

The chief executive of Emoov and the founder of the new portal Rummage4Property had a dramatic spat on Twitter just hours...

A new portal is launching next year with Countrywide and some 30 other estate agency groups signed up, as well as...

At least some calls from potential customers to Emoov are being cut off and rival estate agents are now plundering the...

Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman - who sold the portal company for more than £2.2 billion to US private equity fund Silver...

PropTech has been mainstream for a few years now, and as more agents are familiar with the range of products and...

When was the last time you looked at your business and really thought about what you could do to improve? Yesterday? Last...

To say legendary ZPG founder and CEO Alex Chesterman left big boots to fill when he stepped back from day-to-day operations...

The chief executive of Haart, Paul Smith, is warning that a No Deal exit from the EU could leave Britain with...

Photos and floor plans remain an essential tool in property marketing. Despite a wealth of choice from aspiring UK PropTech start-ups the...

A website that lists private sale properties and calls itself “the all in one property marketplace” has valued itself on a...

An estate agency has had to alter a listing on Rightmove following a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. Gravesend-based Waterman House...

Time appears to be running short for the sale of troubled online agency Emoov. An Emoov insider has told Estate Agent Today...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

An online agency launched by a traditional high street agent to ward off competition says the online business model might have...

However mild the weather may have been for most of us, it’s a cold autumn for the online estate agency market...

There was a drop in the number of new listings across the UK last month, suggesting that the usual autumn rush to...

The head of a controversial property portal says agents can by-pass some GDPR marketing restrictions by using his service’s social network. Ben Davis,...

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

Two local estate agencies are entering a strategic partnership to market properties together, allowing them to list the properties on the...

You know the shiver you get when the portal reps call you out of the blue? That cold sweat in the...

Strutt & Parker is bucking the trend on High Street offices by opening a new one - and in this case,...

Zoopla says 38 per cent of properties on sale have had their asking prices slashed. That’s a five per cent rise since...

Mortgage approvals fell again in September - this means that every month of 2018 so far has seen a drop against...

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...

The culture of impatience and instant gratification has a lot to answer for. It has forced the hand of the property...

Price cutting is becoming the new norm as the market adapts to reduced interest from buyers, according to property listings platform...

The chief executive of Emoov, Russell Quirk, has suggested that the unexpectedly low take up of online agents may mean that...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the number of properties on estate agents’ books is now nearing...

OnTheMarket’s trading figures for the six months to the end of July show, as predicted, losses while the company is building...

OnTheMarket plc, the company which operates the OTM portal, gives its first formal stock market figures tomorrow morning, for the six...

Several agents have asked me whether they should consider ditching their high street offices and move to an out of town...

When Facebook first announced it would be entering the property listings market a few weeks ago it sent shockwaves across the...

The latest assessment of supply across the housing market undertaken by online agency HouseSimple claims that the number of new properties...

Andrews, which has over 50 branches across the south of England, is the latest major chain to sign up to OnTheMarket. In...

One of the industry’s best respected trainers and consultants has outlined six key reasons why agents should keep offices on the...

Purplebricks has been the subject of another complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority - and the issue has again been categorised...

A website has officially launched this morning, aiming to push the concept of US-style For Sale By Owner online property marketing...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that it now has signed listing agreements with more than 11,000 estate agency offices - over...

The latest figures from Purplebricks, contained within the agency’s annual report released this week, claim that 81 per cent of its...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that it’s signed up the north east of England regional agency Pattinson, which has 27 branches...

Estate agents say the continuing gentle slowdown reflected in the latest government house price figures will be the story of the...

With the news that Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to sellers, is this something...

Purplebricks has introduced its second price rise of the year so far in Australia, and is pioneering a model under which...

Two agency brands operated by Nick Dunning Associates, a company led by former Countrywide employees, have started listing on OnTheMarket. Townends, covering...

Yieldit, an online agency that specialises in selling investment houses and apartments with tenants in situ, is claiming a strong quarter...

New data reveals that new property listings have fallen for three successive months - and that includes a huge 17.1 per...

Humberts - which when it was operating jointly with Chestertons was a prominent supporter of Agents’ Mutual and OnTheMarket - has...

OnTheMarket today launches a new TV advertising campaign which aims to highlight its 'New & Exclusive' marketing feature. Agents listing with the...

This week may have marked the landmark moment of Facebook entering the UK property market but as the industry prepares for...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld one of two complaints made against OnTheMarket's TV and print advertising. The complaints refer to...

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what the practical...

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

OnTheMarket has seen another increase in listings to more than 10,500 offices, but it is repeating a warning that its free...

The online agency acquired by Purplebricks in Canada has started facing the same criticisms that its parent company have faced in...

The chief executive of the newly-expanded Emoov group has been giving details of the merger with Tepilo and the possibility of...

My eye was caught yesterday morning by news that PropTech company, Agent Software, is claiming that ‘some agencies deliberately over-value properties...

When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...

New property listings in July were down 6.0 per cent across the UK and down no less than 12.7 per cent...

Purplebricks co-founder Michael Bruce says traditional agents sell only around 50 per cent of the homes that they list, so spend...

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

Another OnTheMarket founding estate agency - Strutt & Parker - has rejoined the Zoopla and PrimeLocation portals. Some months ago the London...

Foxtons has suffered a massive 23 per cent drop in sales income and a nine per cent drop in overall company...

OnTheMarket has now signed listing agreements with UK estate and letting agents with a total of over 10,000 offices - but...

An online estate agency has changed the wording of a listing on Rightmove, Zoopla and on its own website after a...

The new owner of Humberts is to ultimately close many of the traditional branches and move to what he is calling...

The agonisingly painful decline of Countrywide continues, with no one sure whether it is the darkest hour before the dawn or...

The latest transaction figures from HM Revenue and Customs make depressing reading - a three per cent drop between May and...

A report drawn up by Reapit and data consultancy Dataloft suggests that agents in 2017 lost a potential (and jaw-dropping) £4...

Purplebricks has told the Press Association it wants to secure over 10 per cent of the agency market share in the...

The former head of Rightmove’s lettings division has blasted High Street estate agencies for “living in the past, charging exorbitant fees...

As you probably know, I have been no fan of OnTheMarket (OTM) over the years. You may see this admission as...

Emoov’s latest crowdfunding campaign has now gone well over £1.5m, making it already 50 per cent over-funded already from its original...

An article in Investors’ Chronicle says the dominance of Rightmove and ZPG in the portal market could be under threat from...

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

A property software guru says he wants PropTech firms to join with him in an ‘open platform’ which would allow smaller...

As any agent will know, the task of ordering, erecting and maintaining boards can be time- consuming and cumbersome. While ultimately working...

Over 15,000 households have exchanged after listing with an online agent in the second quarter of 2018 - that’s eight per...

An agent from Cornwall who has waged a long-running campaign against online agencies in general and Purplebricks in particular has been...

A new free-to-list portal is to be launched - and it is to be ‘voice led’.  The PropTech firm Triplerr says it...

Leading PropTech guru Mike DelPrete has revealed that he was involved in Purplebricks’ latest expansion, entering the Canadian agency market via the...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

The Agency Express board company says its monitor of the sales market suggests that it’s in better shape now than it...

Another update from OnTheMarket this morning claims the portal is now listing over 550,000 UK residential property listings, in excess of...

Purplebricks is reported to be set to reveal increasing losses when it issues its full-year financial results to the London Stock...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

Purplebricks has acquired another fixed-fee agency for £29.3m - it’s in Canada and marks another new territory for the hybrid agency. The...

A decade ago we were still years away from Purplebricks, Countrywide was a colossus in the industry, no one had thought...

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

Total mortgage approvals by the main High Street banks increased three per cent in May over the same month last year...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

Countrywide says its Back To Basics strategy has seen a nine per cent increase in properties for sale with the group...

It looks as if Purplebricks has hit something less than a purple patch in the Australian housing market. The Australian Financial Review,...

A major hybrid agency says there is a huge ‘reality gap’ between the typical asking price of homes on sale and the...

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

OnTheMarket now has listing agreements with over 9,000 estate agency branches - that's another 500 or so since its previous release...

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...

News media in Australia say Purplebricks is the subject of an investigation by a consumer watchdog in the province of Western...

A leading property industry analysts says Rightmove may be amongst the top portals in the industry worldwide, but it is facing...

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

OnTheMarket’s first formal annual figures released since its flotation reveal losses in what it describes as its “transformational year” but also...

The entrepreneur behind a free-to-list property portal claiming support from 17 estate agencies has defended the description of them as ‘partners’ -...

May saw the highest number of new sellers list their properties in any single month for at least 18 months, claims...

A property portal that describes itself as free-to-list has launched today, taking the industry by surprise - however, at least one...

The Federal Trade Commission - the US equivalent of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority - will today discuss how the...

Last time out I looked at the growing importance of content, social media and design – but these should only form...

A recent holiday in the US gave me an opportunity to catch up with property news over there - and surprisingly,...

Property portal OnTheMarket has announced that it now has listing agreements with over 8,500 estate and letting agency branches.  It says that...

A housing association has launched its own online agency which offers to sell vendors' homes for £275. Capsel Homes, based in Mamhilad,...

A leading agent has urged major portals Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket to feature virtual viewings content more prominently on their platforms. Writing...

Firstly, my sincere apologies - it has now been over a month since my last PropTech blog, doesn’t time fly!  In the...

The retirement housing sector has increased its market share considerably in the last two years, creating a 'perfect storm' for estate...

Well last week was interesting. The column about my decision to put the property on with a letting agent went viral.  This was...

An estate agent claims that online property listings which include video tours receive 'hundreds more views' than those without. Dan Killeen of...

Two online agents and a number of PropTech companies have been named in startups.co.uk's Startups 100 index. Coming in at number 64...