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OnTheMarket has entered a PropTech commercial partnership with Autoenhance.ai Limited, the AI photo editing platform.  Autoenhance was founded by PropTech entrepreneur Jamie...

It’s the last call for agents to sign up to a ‘Battle For Listings’ webinar to be held tomorrow (10am-11am) by reservations...

A new agency service has been launched seeking to attract vendors of second-hand residential park homes.  Quickmove Properties has partnered with park industry...

A webinar in mid-January will help agents get an edge on securing leads and ensuring transactions are not lost. That’s the claim...

The chair of the strategic board of fledgling Boomin says most existing portals are merely operating like digital newspapers with listings,...

There’s been yet another month of declining property listings according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market snapshot. Those responding...

There are many features and functionalities a website must have to be successful. Ultimately, the purpose of your website should be...

The market may be soaring in most of the country but there are still locations where significant numbers of properties sell...

A torrid period for Purplebricks' share value means it opens stock market trading today with a price of just 33p.  This is less...

There’s been a huge rise in references to electric car charging within property listings submitted to Rightmove. The number of homes listed...

Zoopla says its new In-Search ads have secured over 38m impressions since their launch.  ‘In-Search’ ads are hosted on Zoopla’s listings search...

A small property portal has accused Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket of listing properties with asking prices far in excess of market...

Another market snapshot has identified low supply as the chief characteristic of the sales landscape this autumn. Landmark Information Group’s latest Property...

Spicerhaart - which is radically reshaping its structure to encourage hybrid operations and working from home as part of a new...

An analysis of estate agencies in 21 major cities suggests a big rise in competing companies, prompting risks of fee wars between...

OnTheMarket figures for the first half of this year show stronger revenue and improved profits. Agency numbers have increased modestly since January...

It’s been revealed that HM Revenue & Customs scours the listings on both Rightmove and Zoopla to assess whether property investors...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about a property advertised by Connells-owned Countrywide estate agents. The issue revolves...

Rightmove - which for some time has linked solely with iamsold to provide the controversial Modern Method of Auction system to...

Rightmove is at the centre of a revolutionary advertising initiative involving Channel 4’s Location, Location, Location. Using Artificial Intelligence technology, a digital...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? As Chief Business Development Officer I am responsible for Simplify’s...

One of the west of England’s largest independent agencies has signed a two year deal with Zoopla, running across portal listings...

West London agency RiverHomes is rebranding in what it describes as a bid to more closely reflect its unique expertise on...

Agents are being warned about removing personal data and information from marketing material. Paul Offley, compliance officer at The Guild of Property...

Photography has become an increasingly important weapon in an agent’s armoury in recent years as listings compete for space on portals,...

An estate agent has been ‘marketing properties so well’ in a Worcestershire town that it has temporarily ‘sold out’ of all...

Buyer demand per property for sale is more than double that of pre-pandemic levels, Rightmove claims. The property portal’s latest House Price...

With the competition for new listings between agents as fierce as ever, it can sometimes feel like a race to the...

Warwick Estates has revealed the most in-demand features for new-build buyers. The firm has analysed Rightmove data and found that those buying...

A surprise statement from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the stamp duty holiday, which goes on until the end...

Parts of Britain are so short of homes for sale they have only half the number of listings to be expected...

A prominent London-focussed buying agent says she is seeing more foreign buyers returning to the UK capital - with more expected...

An agent promoting self-employed business models has launched a course showing how estate agents can earn £100,000 per year. The set of...

The very strong housing market seen throughout this year is set to extend into 2022 as a stock shortage is forecast...

House sales slumped nearly two thirds last month as the main deadline for the stamp duty holiday passed.  HM Revenue and Customs...

An independent agency has signed up to an international property sales platform designed to place UK new build developments on the...

Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...

Yet another housing market snapshot is reporting the stock of property for sale plummeting further downwards.  Property website Home says that while...

The market slowdown continues with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reporting that new buyer enquiries have reduced for the first...

A bank which a year ago told investors to sell Rightmove shares has now changed its tune - radically. In August 2020...

A much higher than usual proportion of homes on sale in the current market have successfully found a buyer, according to...

With stock remaining perilously short for most agents, the industry has been advised to use data to identify those existing owners...

Available residential property listings across the country are at historic lows according to property data firm Homesearch. The company, which focuses its...

Properties with professional marketing packs sell up to 48 per cent quicker than those without, according to an experiment conducted by...

Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...

A leading agent says the supply of homes coming to the market is still insufficient to match demand. London estate agent Jeremy...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Jamie Cooke, Co-Founder and Managing Director of iamsold, part...

Purplebricks has addressed its critics on house sales by pledging to return vendors’ upfront fees if the agency fails to find...

Zoopla has launched a new advertising innovation which it says will help both agents and housebuilders as they seek to capitalise...

Purplebricks will this week reveal the result of almost two years of trials into a new pricing structure.  The details will come...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

Back in April, leading portal Zoopla launched a new multi-million-pound marketing campaign, its biggest ever, to help agents capitalise on the...

I recently saw a fly-through video for a home on sale for well over £2m. The imagery was good (made better by...

Peter Everett - a veteran High Street estate agent with a quarter of a century at LSL and a decade at...

There’s been a dramatic slump in instructions for online agencies, particularly Purplebricks, according to data produced by one online firm itself. 99Home...

London property is still a draw for the wealthiest in the world according to Knight Frank. Despite international travel restrictions, the number...

Zoopla has unveiled new features which it says will deliver more value to agents. In-Search Ads gives agents and housebuilders the option...

An app that promotes both on- and off-market homes to prospective buyers has linked up with a moving service PropTech platform.  Houso...

Despite the vast amount of publicity given to the concept of virtual viewing, a survey suggests relatively few properties on sale...

In the previous edition of PropTech Today, Nathan Emerson highlighted the importance of effective implementation, linking poor staff engagement to the...

A Channel 4 property TV presenter is to become an estate agent. Kerr Drummond, who hosts Coast vs Country, has joined the...

One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest...

A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies.  This is despite Purplebricks this...

An analysis of over 1.6m listings by Rightmove shows a big return to normality - demand for smaller city centre properties...

The Trading Standards agency team has outlined to Estate Agent Today the process it will follow to improve what it calls...

An agency says sellers should improve the attractiveness of their properties for sellers - so it's linked with a florist to offer...

The controversial demands of Trading Standards for more “material information” to be provided upfront in property details have been criticised by...

Gathering and analysing feedback at all stages in the customer journey is highly important. So, where do we begin? For many estate...

A leading industry trade body is warning that remote-working agents and smaller independent agencies are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

The number of properties coming on the market is still not meeting the huge demand from buyers, but the level of...

A first-time-buyer couple in a part of the country renowned for its second homes and shortage of stock has praised a...

Rightmove is to roll-out two-factor authentication within Rightmove Plus to try to protect agents against attempts by fraudsters to steal leads and...

Changes to the way the property market operates over the last year - with increased flexibility and remote interactions - has...

Boomin founder Michael Bruce says his new site has enjoyed a stronger start than any other portal in terms of visits, viewings,...

Zoopla says house builders “are at the heart of everything we do” and it is revamping its New Homes marketing offer...

Parts of the UK property market face a supply shortage with a quarter fewer properties listed for sale in England and...

You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...

Software provider Rex has launched three new live dashboards for agencies, one of which covers agent performance. Rex says the dashboards -...

New figures from Zoopla today emphasise just how frenzied the housing market remains. Here are the figures: - so far in the first...

A major agency is reporting a “frenzy” with branches inundated with enquiries as soon as homes are listed. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of...

National Trading Standards wants agents, portals and industry groups to come up with ways to provide basic essential material information ‘upfront’.  The National...

There’s been a surge in activity in London’s prime housing market according to LonRes. The property data company says that new instructions in March...

Rightmove’s new Modern Method of Auction service launches on Monday.  The service - which Rightmove calls Online Conditional Auctions - will involve...

New research shared with Estate Agent Today suggest that in areas of the country almost four in 10 homes for sale...

The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...

A company in the German Axel Springer publishing empire - which also invested in Purplebricks in the past - has put...

With just days before the launch of new portal Boomin, Rightmove says it’s hit a record 9.1m visits in a 24...

Emoov’s new 'guaranteed offer' service means fall-thoughs and chain-related delays are effectively eliminated, the agency claims. Emoov - now owned by a firm...

Data from Rightmove suggests a sharp increase in the number of chain-free properties on the market because sellers are increasingly willing...

Purplebricks is now part of the mainstream landscape of British estate agency. There - I said it. An agency whose whispered name...

Last year saw a monumental shift in almost every aspect of our lives: not least the way we work, socialise and...

Rightmove has promised to keep its restrictions on access to Rightmove Plus under review - and says it’s aiming to help...

Agents are up in arms at a Rightmove restriction temporarily preventing access to parts of its listing back-end.  Agents received an email...

Recently I heard the stat that over 50% of property is sold with the second agent, which was backed up by...

Automatically changing the main marketing photo on a portal listing can attract up to 40 per cent more traffic, it has...

Fundamental changes to the way in which agents can work were shown at the online launch of Lifesycle 2 by Iceberg...

The head of a PropTech platform wants financial penalties on conveyancers if transactions miss deadlines. “The only way to accelerate the current...

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...

Rightmove has revealed its figures for the full year 2020 - down in terms of profit and revenue because of the impact...

A report drawn up by a software firm analyses sales, lettings and valuation leads from agents listing on Rightmove, Zoopla and...

OneDome says it’s seen a surge in consumer activity in 2021, culminating in its two websites growing to a combined visitor...

A high-profile London agency is asking the police and property industry bodies including Trading Standards to investigate a fake company posing under...

Rightmove is the latest portal to forge a link with the controversial Modern Method of Auction service being offered to agents. A...

The rise and rise of portal listings and changing consumer habits during the pandemic may mean the death of the High...

It seems like a week does not go by without a new ‘gamechanging’ piece of technology being announced to the industry. 2020...

After high levels of publicity for Zoopla and Boomin in recent weeks, Rightmove has struck back with figures suggesting it’s enjoyed...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we evaluate our lives and, looking more specifically at the property market, it...

Boomin has denied that it will ever allow direct property sales, cutting out estate agents. Founder Michael Bruce says the new service...

Zoopla has revealed a multi-million-pound programme of future developments which have taken 18 months to finalise. Chief executive Charlie Bryant has told...

Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...

There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...

Another group of independent estate agents have launched a portal - a rival to a similar project launched by other agencies...

Two mysterious online agencies have had their advertisements for the same property banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The agencies - Manchestersalerent and...

While the property industry has suffered far less than other sectors during the past year, it would be short of the...

A housing index says the market continues to defy Coronavirus and Brexit worries with asking prices up 4.9 per cent in...

Property expert Phil Spencer is warning that “chaos” and “mayhem” looms in the housing market if the stamp duty holiday is...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

At the start of December 2020, a select handful of agents attended a private online event to see the latest news...

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...

Described on this site as a ‘powerful disruptor’ in March 2020, few would deny that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on...

Here at Giraffe360, the PropTech startup, we have raised a £3.5 million funding round to further accelerate our product development and...

It now takes an average 12 days longer to complete a sale in Britain compared to a year ago - but...

One of the oldest portals in the UK, Mouseprice, has been bought by a service which describes itself as the country’s...

Free-to-list portal group OneDome claims 425 estate agency branches joined its listing services last month,  OneDome Group operates two portals, OneDome and...

Two prominent suppliers have teamed up to offer customers instant visibility of chain lengths, details of agents connected to properties being...

One of Countrywide’s two up-market brands, Hamptons International, has unveiled a new look which it describes as part of “a transformational...

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

The new property portal Boomin has revealed its fees structure for agents. Tapping into the industry debate over portal fees, Boomin describes...

A TV advert for Rightmove first screened in 2018 has been cleared of gender stereotyping. A complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority...

The Home website, which publishes a detailed monthly snapshot of the market, has raised the alarm over London because of a...

Many agents are brilliant at giving a personal touch and are professional in the way they treat customers, but I would...

House prices by the end of October were running 7.5 per cent above their level a year ago - but the...

Boomin is to levy a traditional monthly fee for estate and letting agents listing on the site, in line with other...

Advanced information released today about Boomin suggests it will seek a much closer relationship with agents than existing portals, with lifetime...

A new property portal that operates a Tinder-style ‘swipe’ app is offering agents 12 months free listings. MoveStreets operates like the dating...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that a string of Countrywide offices across the country have been closed in recent weeks - but...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

OnTheMarket’s acting chief executive says the portal will embrace more social media and innovative marketing strategies in the coming period. Yesterday the...

A new portal-style PropTech product has launched and wants to recruit estate agents to its fold - despite describing the way...

A PropTech platform wants to find out agents’ views on a range of industry issues - and that includes whether they...

A new survey of the market share split between High Street and online agencies shows that Purplebricks remains the digital market...

One of the growing number of free to list property portals, Residential People, claims a record-breaking number of sales and letting...

Property sellers are twice as likely to find a buyer for their property if the original asking price does not change,...

The strong house price growth experienced in recent months could soon be 'marred' by oversupply, according to Home.co.uk. The property website says...

The property market experienced a slowdown last month as a result of more people going on summer holidays, according to the...

Independent agents are busier than they have ever been thanks to the post-lockdown surge but larger corporates are actually losing market...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

If you’re in any way connected to estate agency all it takes is a quick glance at Facebook or LinkedIn to...

Hybrid agency EweMove has outperformed its traditional sister companies within The Property Franchise Group over the past six months. That’s the clear...

A new league table shows how many listings exist per agency in 23 different cities across the UK.  The analysis looks at the...

The battle between portals is hotting up again with Zoopla repeating its offer of free listings until January for agents committing...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

An American realtor who once predicted his company would have 5,000 UK estate agents working under its banner is now saying...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has given a thumbs up to the new Boomin listings service created by the brothers...

Data from Rightmove shows that demand is up 61 per cent compared to the same period last year - and the...

A new portal launches today with 100,000 listings and a pledge to target buyers largely ignored by established websites - investors. It’s...

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

A new agency called Eazy Agent has launched - it’s another online operation, this time with a starting price of £249. For...

It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...

A home office set up in a dedicated room apparently adds £17,500 to the value of a property. Direct Line Insurance has...

Agents have been understandably delighted at the latest Halifax index which shows house prices posting their biggest gain of the year...

Almost all estate agents are still saying Yes to Rightmove, according to figures produced by the portal this morning. Membership numbers for...

A PropTech firm that regularly claims London homes are mis-measured in property descriptions has taken a swipe at Purplebricks. Pupil, a spatial...

A survey of estate agents’ market share post-lockdown indicates significant advances for independent agencies and online operators. TwentyCi, a data consultancy, says...

Rightmove’s new chief financial officer has a basic salary of £390,000 plus bonus options coming to a potential total of £1.75m. Alison Dolan has...

The new portal OpenBrix, which is powered by Blockchain, has revealed its fee structure ahead of its formal launch on September...

A new PropTech platform says its central feature will be the launch of a Multiple Listings Service.  This will allow agents “to...

The Nationwide says annual house price growth has recovered to 1.5 per cent. Its July house price index says the fall in...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

A statement by OnTheMarket this morning reveals that as of the end of last month it had a record 14,000 advertisers...

A new website that describes itself as an estate agency says it wants to “empower people to sell their own home”...

The EweMove hybrid agency has been singled out for special praise in a trading statement from its parent company, which also...

It is widely expected that Purplebricks will shortly reveal the result of an experiment with a number of different pricing strategies. The...

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom that was existing even before the stamp duty holiday - enough to propel average asking prices...

The investment bank UBS says it’s forecasting that Rightmove revenues will be down £53m in the first half of this year. “The...

How businesses can list properties on Facebook Marketplace   What is Facebook Marketplace? Marketplace is a discovery and search experience on Facebook designed to...

The Black Lives Matter debate has reached the property industry with some agents dropping the term ‘Master bedroom’ from descriptions. The Times...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to industry video expert Christopher Watkin. Watkin gives his...

Purplebricks is starting a new wave of TV advertisements today, continuing its theme from earlier this year as a sponsor of...

With the UK housing market now largely open - there are still restrictions in some areas on home moves to occupied properties...

Homesearch, the long-awaited new free-to-list portal, launches today with a string of testimonials from supportive estate agents. The new portal announced at...

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

Revenue for The Property Franchise Group was hit by 20 per cent cent thanks for the lockdown - but sales listings...

The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign has revealed to Estate Agent Today that he has lobbied the portal...

It’s been confirmed by the Scottish Government that the housing market north of the border resumes for business - and house...

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

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

A survey of 2,750 buyers and tenants has revealed the aspects of online property listings which they find most annoying. The single...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

There’s no doubt we’re in a less-than-rosy phase of the property cycle. This, however, is not another doom and gloom piece:...

I was asked a question by a German journalist yesterday. What is the biggest lesson German and European PropTech founders can...

Leading estate agents are warning that the sharp fall in house prices reported by the Nationwide may be just the first...

The man who has been Rightmove’s head of innovation for the past five years has joined an online agency. Hannes Buhrmann has...

The combined market share of agencies in the Guild of Property Professionals is now higher even than it was at the...

Over the last few years, there have been a number of high-profile court cases in which renters took action against letting...

Rightmove says it enjoyed 5.3m visits on Tuesday of this week - up four per cent on the comparable day of...

An analysis of seven countries which underwent different forms of lockdown during the pandemic suggests the British and Italian housing markets...

A free to list portal has blasted Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for using agents' data to boost their profits.  Christopher May, chief...

As you know, having professional images of your properties is the best (only?) way to get people wanting to step through...

There’s been a very significant increase in the number of listings carrying virtual viewings, accelerating during the period of the Coronavirus crisis and...

The market share for all online agents fell sharply in the period up to the start of the pandemic according to new...

Listings from an agent who ended his contract with Rightmove were not removed as he expected - instead, he is accusing...

A study by Rightmove suggests that 94 per cent of buyers and sellers currently in the market are determined to go...

An online auction platform is offering agents full legal packs with no upfront cost in a bid to keep the housing...

The OneDome and Nethouseprices websites claim to have seen a surge in agents joining in recent weeks as an alternative to...

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...

Floorplan and photography supplier FocalAgent is making a free offer to every agent in the UK during the virus crisis -...

One of the first analyses of portal listings since the start of the Coronavirus crisis shows that new listings have plummeted...

As the impact of coronavirus unfolds, we are in constant conversations with customers to understand the challenges they’re facing and to...

Some 2,500 estate agency branches have expressed an interest in a new portal, Homesearch, launching next month.  Although the Homesearch website lists...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

It’s time to draw a line in the sand and condemn our rival portals for their current charging structure. Little will...

An international comparison of how major portals have discounted their charges to agents show Rightmove and Zoopla making “deeper and longer...

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus early-warning statements like that from Foxtons indicate the anxiety in the...

There’s been widespread outrage amongst agents at Rightmove’s offer to allow some agents a deferred payment scheme operating for just three...

OnTheMarket has signed auto another new homes builder, Miller Homes. "Miller Homes is the latest large homebuilder to join OnTheMarket and we look forward to introducing the...

Another index shows how strong the market was in the build-up to the escalation in Coronavirus across the country.  The website Home...

The lightbulb moment for LonRes was born out of sheer frustration. I’d just missed out on a deal and the postman...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to give guidance to agents on how to run their businesses remotely.  Chief executive Iain McKenzie...

There’s been a surge in UK enquiries to global free-to-list portal Residential People, and a comparable rise in interest from Chinese...

By now, most letting agents and landlords will have heard about the draft legislation laid in Parliament concerning a mandatory minimum...

There are fears that the so-called Boris Bounce which saw a surge in activity after the General Election may be hitting...

Purplebricks banked more than £18m in fees for thousands of homes it did not sell last year according to this morning’s...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

Forget the Boris Bounce - this might be the Rightmove Retreat. A new tool produced by the portal measures price per...

Boydens, a seven branch family-owned business that dates back to 1852, has become the latest agency to join Zoopla. It will list...

A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites - especially Rightmove - are contributing to estate agencies...

A challenger portal says agents should reduce their reliance on the likes of Rightmove and Zoopla by using smaller rival portals...

Rightmove may continue to be a target for criticism from some agents and rival portals but it has just enjoyed it...

An estate agency that won a major property award only 18 months ago has shut after trading for 40 years. The Marlborough...

Unfortunately for consumers, buying and selling properties is rarely plain sailing. But fortunately for agents, this provides you with an opportunity to...

An analysis of the market share of online agents shows they are on 4.8 per cent - virtually unchanged from the...

Hello - if it’s Monday it’s PJT day, so welcome to the latest update on key moves within our industry. Let us...

Property portals generate revenue from estate agents regardless of the outcome of the transaction. This relationship has resulted in a fundamental...

A new website called Silver Sharers says it’s chief objective is to help older home owners remain in their properties without...

When is a property really off-market? There may be many answers to that question but it’s likely that few would consider...

Winkworth says it’s achieved a big jump in London sales market share despite “an uncertain and difficult year that was dominated...

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...

The tussle for New Build listings between Zoopla and OnTheMarket has swung in favour of the former this morning with the...

A property portal says that it’s going to remain free to list for estate and letting agents - and that pledge...

Purplebricks is not revealing details of the different pricing strategies it is testing “in the field” early this year. Last month the...

Bristol is the location outside London most searched for on Rightmove this year, by both buyers and renters. The average asking price...

A high end estate agency says prices in Prime Central London are poised to rise 18 per cent by 2024 despite...

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands.  The offer is...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that as of December 2, over 3,000 more offices had been signed under new paying contracts...

We recently asked readers for their questions to the portals - the questions they couldn’t really ask their local reps, but...

A new portal has been launched aiming to take on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket in the retirement property sector - and...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents continues to show how political uncertainty is dampening sentiment and...

The listings website Home, which conducts a monthly survey of asking prices and wider market monitors, is reporting a show 10...

The competition is hotting up between Zoopla and OnTheMarket for new homes listings. Today Zoopla has revealed that it has seen a...

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

Zoopla says it now offers the fastest listings search of all three leading UK property portals on mobile devices. In turn, it...

An online agent claims to have the answer to why fewer people are buying and selling these days. It’s not Brexit, stamp...

Zoopla is continuing its aggressive expansion of listings and services to agents with news this morning that it has added a...

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

OnTheMarket is being accused by an agent of charging a monthly fee for a branch it knows to be shut. Ian King...

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

The latest Rightmove asking price index indicates a smaller than usual autumn bounce - that’s a sign, the portal says, of...

Zoopla has unveiled new functionality that it claims will make searching for new homes easier for consumers - and resumes the...

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

The latest housing market snapshot from the listings website Home suggests more regional markets are heading for price corrections. Home says that...

A service has launched for estate and letting agents to copy and paste a widget into online advertisements free of charge. It...

A relatively new company which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents says it...

OnTheMarket has this morning posted its latest results to the stock market. The portal reports that 2,346 branches had converted to full-paying...

Of all the UK properties for sale over the last year, 59% would have been exempt from any type of transaction...

The property market in prime central London showed some impressive signs of recovery during the summer months, according to Knight Frank. The...

Property portal OnTheMarket has thrown down the challenge to Rightmove by launching two new features for its listing agents. The first, Market...

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,...

The German-based Alex Springer publishing company, which is already the largest single investor in Purplebricks, has acquired a prominent online estate...

A trading statement from OnTheMarket reveals that fewer agents than anticipated have so far converted from free or discounted deals to...

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...

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...

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...

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...