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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Online estate agencies are the centre of attention right now - but one of them seems to be seeking publicity in...

An online question-and-answer article with OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has suggested that its focus of criticism may be shifting from...

One of the world’s leading agency and PropTech analysts says the race is on for who comes second in the UK’s...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

Review service allAgents has relaunched its property portal, saying it may become an agent-owned service and pledging to turn it into...

OnTheMarket says it has now struck listing agreements with 7,500 agency branches, adding over 2,000 branches since floating on the London stock...

A BBC Radio 5 Live analysis of online reviews has reignited the argument about the glut of positive reviews for Purplebricks...

Four estate agencies have opened new branches, either as a result of expansion or because of acquisitions. Homes4u has opened a futuristic...

In recent months, there’s been a notable move in the rental market towards deposit replacement products in place of traditional security...

I’m writing this a week into my instruction decision. It has been a fascinating journey to date. As I discussed last week,...

As the estate agency business in England moves towards being more robust with professional qualifications and higher standards being introduced, there...

There were 43 per cent more new properties listed for sale than in the same month last year according to online...

Agency Express, which reported a muted housing market in February, says the pace picked up considerably last month. The board company, which...

One of the industry’s best-known software suppliers Reapit has announced that it’s acquired Pocket Size Media - a firm that provides...

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home.  A floor...

You don’t have to look far to see an abundance of photo failures, just head to any property portal and they’ll pop...

As always seems to be the case with Purplebricks, the hybrid agency has had a good week...and a bad one. Undeniably impressive...

ZPG has announced that it has signed a listings agreement with Chestertons, one of the estate agencies involved in the founding...

A property technology analyst has floated the idea that portals could become eclipsed by powerful alternatives such as Google, triggered by...

An estate agency has been the subject of a complaint over website wording which appeared to suggest that it had a...

One of the leading PropTech analysts says Rightmove’s huge success means that it has two difficult choices ahead if it is...

Market analysts at Swiss bank UBS are warning that Purplebricks’ meteoric growth in the UK may be slowing. The bank has cut...

OnTheMarket says estate agencies with some 1,000 offices have joined the portal in the five weeks since it floated on the...

A major revamp of Northern Ireland’s Propertynews portal has been unveiled with one of the targets being to enhance the visability...

There has been a 19.9 per cent increase in new property listings, with some locations seeing as many as 80 per...

Getting your property marketing right is vital, and the starting point is with professional images.  With most buyers browsing the internet for...

One of the world’s leading property technology analysts has compiled a major report on estate agents’ business models - an exercise...

The operation of ‘online estate agencies’ has changed substantially in the relatively short few years of their existence: I have spotted...

A mergers and acquisitions specialist says traditional agencies have been pushed into becoming more innovative by the rise of portals and...

New figures released by ZPG suggest increasing numbers of agents are listing on three portals. Amongst the latest agencies to renew long...

Foxtons has reported its 2017 figures to shareholders and the City this morning and as expected they show sharp falls in...

London agency Portico has been warned that if there is a repeat of issues concerning its listings on portals, it may...

Rightmove says its commercial property side is “continuing to gain momentum” with 650,000 leads generated for customers in 2017. Perhaps with an...

In an unexpected trading statement this morning, OnTheMarket says it has signed 243 new listing agreements within its first 10 days...

A new PropTech platform is providing a service to help agents market their new listings instantly across portals and social media. BestAgent...

OnTheMarket has told the City this morning that it has already signed up 81 new listing agreements by 5pm yesterday, completing...

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

The bank Morgan Stanley says OnTheMarket’s listings have fallen 19 per cent in the past year. In a note to investors issued...

ZPG has revealed that it had 58m visits to its property websites, Zoopla and Primelocation, last month. This is 10 per cent up...

There has been a 40 per cent increase in new vendors registering their properties for sale according to an online estate...

I had an interesting meeting last week with a VR company called Garou. Based in New York, they claim to have...

Pressure continues to mount on Purplebricks to reveal its sales data after a weekend during which claims about its effectiveness continued...

An analysis of one month’s listings on Purplebricks by City consultancy Jefferies concludes that it sold 51.6 per cent of its...

Homes for sale in some parts of inner London are seeing price discounts of up to 10 per cent says Hometrack...

Whatever else you say about OnTheMarket, you can’t say it’s not consistent, consistent in treating its core membership shabbily.  We already know...

Hello and welcome to our first Property Jobs Today, a weekly round-up of key job moves within estate and letting agencies...

Agents’ Mutual has released more details of its float on the stock market, which begins on February 9 with a placing priced...

ZPG, which operates Zoopla and PrimeLocation as well as owning the Property Software Group, has signed more long-term marketing deals with a...

Virtual Staging is about presenting a property in the most appealing way to potential buyers. Many consider virtual staging is deceiving...

December saw the fewest number of people put their homes on the market than in any month in 2017, according to...

Online estate agency Tepilo has denied industry speculation that it is to change its fee structure now that it is under...

A website called Roofoveryourhead has launched which threatens to bypass estate agents and allow vendors to sell for free. The site uses language similar...

We would like to take this opportunity to provide a clarification to a newsflash sent by Property Industry Eye on January 1.  The...

An online intermediary platform called OpenMoov has been set up which instructs agents on behalf of sellers and tenants - and...

The operators of a new website which earlier today claimed to have 500,000 property listings appear to have now removed the...

Asking prices are being cut more heavily than at any time in the past six years says Zoopla.  It says just over...

Here it is - the industry’s verdict on the latest set of figures from Purplebricks. The agency doesn’t play by any of...

Keller Williams UK is launching its third office in the UK. It’s in Glasgow and the new market centre - the term...

Yesterday morning OnTheMarket confirmed its IPO plans but with no firm date. The question remains on whether the float will be...

It’s been a trend developing in the past few months - estate agents increasingly flirting with the idea of selling homes...

Property has always been an industry built on a foundation of personal relationships. Deals made, promotions gained, clients won, portfolios grown;...

Foxtons says it takes just eight minutes for a purchaser to know whether they will go ahead with buying a home.  The...

ZPG has revealed its 2017 annual report this morning with a stream of records - 648 million visits to portals, revenue...

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...

An online agency which claims to be the first in the world to be dedicated to sealed bid property sales, is...

Estate Agent Today understands that a high-profile online estate agency in the UK has approached Facebook with a view to operating...

The supply of homes coming to the market has slumped again according to a monthly survey conducted by online agency HouseSimple. September...

A new website which completely by-passes all kinds of estate agents and allows vendors to upload details of their own properties...

A firm that sells homes but also creates operating platforms for other agencies to break into the industry is seeking £450,000 through...

The rise of Airbnb has been majestic, going all the way from conception to becoming a common noun in less than...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

ZPG has announced that Connells is the latest major agency chain to sign a long-term deal with its portals Zoopla and...

London estate agency Residential Realtors removed a property listing from its website after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The property...

What is your experience in the property industry? I worked in estate agency for 12 years before joining Moneypenny and really enjoyed...

An upbeat survey by online website HouseSimple claims there has been a 20 per cent increase in the number of homes...

Speculation that OnTheMarket was courting Countrywide to list on its website after flotation may have suffered a setback following an announcement...

Online petitions appear to be the flavour of the week - the latest is calling for the government’s Help to Buy...

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

One of the most thorough analyses of property portals ever undertaken shows that Rightmove is the world’s most profitable portal company...

A mystery online petition is urging Rightmove to filter its advertisements “in a bid to curb down inflationary / speculative / fake...

It looks likely that Facebook will soon be able to list homes for sale in the US, in the style of...

A PropTech start-up says its booking, valuation and communication tools will be available free of charge to any agency with fewer...

Regional property portal MoviNorth says it plans to secure additional investment to expand its coverage by the end of 2017. The portal...

One of the world’s leading property technology experts, who at one time was head of strategy at a property portal, says investing...

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

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

Consumer group Which? says the public should be wary of claims made by online estate agents. This follows a series of complaints about...

Before we go any further, assuming you are an Agents’ Mutual member, let me ask you a question. If you had...

Research in the United States shows that traditional full-service estate agencies achieve better sale prices than the biggest alternative in that...

The chief executive of online estate agency eMoov - which has raised £9m in its latest investment round - says “more...

The roadshow of presentations of Agents’ Mutual’s plans to float on the stock market have just passed the half-way mark. Remaining sessions...

I’m excited to write this piece. I love it when something comes along and delivers that genuine thrill; the thrill of...

Humberts, a member of Agents’ Mutual, is today launching an online-only option and claims it can list online-only properties on OnTheMarket. Such...

One of the founding figures behind OnTheMarket, which currently bans listings from online agencies, now says bricks and mortar agencies that...

Facebook appears to be interested in entering the sales and lettings world with its first advertising product geared solely towards industry professionals. The...

Record low stock numbers, political uncertainty and the aftermath of tax changes are the obstacles hindering the housing market, according to...

  The first two meetings in a roadshow which OnTheMarket has organised for local member agents take place today - another 18...

Historically, short-term rentals have been an unattractive business for the majority of estate agents and property managers. Scarcity of demand from tenants...

Agents’ Mutual has confirmed that it proposes to form a new company, OnTheMarket plc, to list on the AIM market of...

In its latest report to shareholders, Rightmove has revealed yet more growth in agent numbers, traffic to its website, revenue per...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in after receiving a complaint about two ads for properties listed on Rightmove. The homes were...

Reapit has launched a new digital product following agents’ demands to handle an increasing volume of out of hours dealings with...

More than a third of the homes in London currently on the market have had their asking prices reduced according to...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement which suggested that the firm behind it had “a physical office ... in...

The controversial website Houser, which made waves when it launched in 2014, has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority to...

  A hybrid agency called 99Home Ltd, which made its debut back in April, appears to have relaunched with what it calls...

A traditional estate agency has launched a new online package to give vendors the opportunity “to save thousands.” FranKeys in Lincoln has...

How many property professionals are truly happy with their revenue? High levels of competition from new market entrants is a significant...

Agents’ Mutual says it will be seeking to recover costs and compensation for losses incurred after what is widely seen as...

Supporting the adoption of technology does not mean we have to stop protecting the core values of the property industry. In...

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...

The chief executive of Purplebricks, often criticised by detractors for failing to reveal completion rates as opposed to listings, says his...

Mark Goddard was the founder and CEO of The Property Software Group (PSG), a property software solutions firm established in 2007,...

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

TV property expert and online agency owner Sarah Beeny says there will always be some sellers who prefer to use traditional...

The latest Rightmove figures show that the number of sales agreed by agents over the last month is up 7% when...

A new online estate agency is offering vendors a sales package for just £24.99. MoveSelf, which is based in Manchester, allows vendors to...

Estate and letting agents' property descriptions are becoming increasingly likely to appear in keyword searches, according to a web marketing expert. Director...

As the nation goes to the polls today, industry boards supplier Agency Express reports that the property market picked up in...

ZPG has published its half-year figures this morning showing a six per cent rise in the number of agents and a...

An internet monitoring service operated by international financial services giant Morgan Stanley says OnTheMarket is continuing to lose both its share...

The comparison service Get Agent has released the full details of its analysis of the performance of four different online estate...

Estate agents' listings may soon include compulsory information on a location's air quality, the chief executive of NAEA Propertymark, Mark Hayward,...

Given that around 95% of property searches now start online, it is more important than ever that an agent has an...

Is it the Brexit triggering of Article 50, the snap General Election or the cold weather we have had until recently?...

Purplebricks' share price moved up over two per cent yesterday on the strength of its latest trading statement - but its...

A controversial new search engine claiming to be in the later stages of development is seeking investment from estate agents, corporates...

The website Home, which monitors asking prices, says prices have rallied strongly in the last month but thanks to growing inflation...

An analysis by a leading PropTech entrepreneur has attempted to throw light on the startling losses reported last week by online...

This week, it would be very easy for me to focus on the startling figures that easyProperty logged with Companies House...

Agents should remember to target overseas buyers and tenants according to the head of a business management system aimed at maximising international...

A software platform offering a hybrid conveyancing and compliance service to agents has been launched following 12 months of testing with...

Which Money? - part of the Which? consumer organisation - says its analysis of thousands of properties for sale suggests that...

An assessment of new stock on sale through agents in February suggests a monthly rise in supply of 13.3 per cent...

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

It’s over. Done. The only ones interested are those with too much time on their hands. For God’s sake - behind...

Zoopla Property Group says that in the last three months alone over 100 estate agency branches have returned to its portal...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has informally resolved a complaint made against online estate agency eMoov.  The complaint challenged whether two statements...

A post-Christmas treat this week, as I carry out a Q & A with one of the leading figures in property,...

The seasonal slowdown in property supply was much sharper than usual in December, claims an online agency which monitors property listings...

One of the earliest entrepreneurs to found a website to allow for-sale-by-owner property listings back in 2000, predicts current online agents...

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...

Zoopla and OnTheMarket have given their first reactions to Rightmove's portal juggling extension of its property re-listing deadline from two weeks to...

A new property portal is to launch in April, and has this week started recruiting estate and letting agency members while...

The latest data from board supplier Agency Express suggests November was a surprisingly buoyant month for the housing market, with only...

OnTheMarket is now listing UK commercial properties to rent and for sale.  The portal says this is “closely aligned with its UK residential search...

Zoopla Property Group's estate agency membership grew five per cent and its property listing inventory was up 10 per cent in...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped into a dispute over a property listing which claimed a property was a two bedroom...

The Financial Times has beefed up its high-end house and apartment listings after the newspaper's property sector saw a 17 per...

The award-winning online agency HouseSimple has had one of its advertisements banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The advert was a poster for...

It is with no pleasure and a touch of sadness that I took in the significance of OTM's recent performance in...

An online estate agency delisted by Rightmove for apparently breaching its terms and conditions has accused the portal of “gross abuse”...

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and answer sessions with some of the key figures in the property...

An online agent monitoring the market claims there was a 10.4 per cent rise in new properties listed in September up,...

A new portal has launched listing off-market properties at the very highest end of the market, and says it does not...

The National Association of Estate Agents report has batted away an idea which has been resuscitated by the insurance industry, suggesting...

Estate agents are to be given access to PropertyBOX – a free floor plan and photo enhancing app. The app comes from...

When marketing a property for sale, there are a number of attributes that buyers and sellers today expect ‘as standard’, but...

Those working within the UK housing market would have felt considerable worry about the immediate impact of the vote to leave...

The average asking price of a property coming to market has started to recover from the dip that followed June's Brexit...

The phrase 'well-appointed' is commonplace in many property descriptions, but do 'well-appointed' homes really have more features than those that are not? Well,...

Zoopla Property Group has this morning told the City that it has seen another increase in agent numbers and listings in...

New data released from Agency Express suggests an unexpectedly strong month for sale in August.  Figures for properties ‘Sold’ bucked the seasonal...

The bank Credit Suisse has launched a new monthly survey of online estate agents, using a simple eight-element questionnaire. The bank -...

The sales website Home claims that London house prices have dropped an average of 1.2 per cent in the past four...

It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. When the idea behind the world wide...

An estate agency is claiming that the psychology of buying and selling has come to the fore following the EU referendum,...

A data consultancy says it will shortly release the findings of an online survey on estate agents’ concerns over how their...

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

An agent at the centre of the campaign to expose and stop portal juggling wants to know whether the National Trading...

With ever increasing obligations, estate agents know that compliance matters now more than ever.  However, being able to obtain access to the...

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is warning agents not to engage in portal juggling - an activity it describes...

Summer finally arrived, the transport system (as always) went into meltdown, everyone complained that it was too hot and the sun...

Board supplier Agency Express says there has been a drop in new ‘For Sale’ and ‘Sold’ listings during July - but...

The Competition Appeals Tribunal which is to investigate a dispute between OnTheMarket and two agencies is scheduled to hold its first...

Zoopla is linking with Samsung to offer its members giant touch-screens for use in offices, displaying the agents’ own inventory of...

London’s rising supply of homes on sale and relatively low level of transactions are “pointing to slower house price growth in...

Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...

Zoopla claims that it has delivered a 40 per cent increase in valuation leads to its agent members in the first six...

The agency which describes itself as the UK’s first hybrid - EweMove - is claiming a record quarter of property sales...

Rightmove says fewer new sellers are coming to market, with this month’s total some 5.3 per cent below the monthly average...

With more house-hunters than ever now starting their search for a new home by typically looking online on one of the major...

One of the most respected City analysts of the changing residential sales industry says Purplebricks’ business model is worth admiring -...

In a very buoyant report to the City, Purplebricks claims it has sold £2.8 billion worth of property in the year...

There is a slowdown in homes coming to the market and in those selling according to data from Agency Express based...

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

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an ad by online agency emoov after a complaint disputing the duration of a fee...

There is a growing potential for property portals to take over the role of estate agents thanks to the vast amount...

Online agency HouseSimple Award claims a new £13m investment package will allow it to “challenge PurpleBricks as the UK’s leading online...

An investment consultancy has issued a note to investors, advising them not to buy shares in Purplebricks.  Jefferies – the firm which...

Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has today reported a strong period of growth during the six months to the end of March...

House prices across the UK increased by 9.0 per cent in the year to March, showing a significant rise from the 7.6...

The Independent Network of Estate Agents has written to the Competition and Markets Authority, raising the issue of the NAEA’s managing...

We’re all talking about second home stamp duty, changes to tax relief and the Prudential Regulation Authority’s suggestion that banks should...

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

Some estate agents who received a letter from lawyers acting on behalf of Agents’ Mutual say they will still not upload...

Who are you? My name is Sham, I am based in the UK and my core experience is in running cross border...

In a digital age where we have an abundance of information at our fingertips via desktops, tablets and smartphones, our attention...

OnTheMarket, the property portal founded by Agents' Mutual, has announced its launch in Northern Ireland. The website is aiming to go head-to-head...

These days we have a wealth of information at our fingertips, the mere touch of a button or two provides more...

As any marketer will tell you, the marketing mix in its most basic form is made up of 4 P’s: Price,...

The housing market is coming out of the winter doldrums but remains much quieter than at this time last year according...

OnTheMarket is not going to uphold the controversial ‘one other portal’ rule for its new Overseas Channel, which it has launched...

A property statistician says portals may be inaccurately reflecting prices in some areas because of possible double-counting of properties listed with...

Do you remember Martha Lane-Fox? She was the poster girl for lastminute.com and an icon of the dot.com bubble that ended...

OnTheMarket says there is no delay with its plans to list member agents’ overseas properties for sale, but still cannot reveal...

Many industry analysts have dismissed a claim by an online estate agency that a 21 per cent fall in new listings...

New property listings on Rightmove plummeted by 21.5 per cent across the UK in November according to an analysis made by...

A so-called ‘brand incubator’ has invested in online estate agency Settled. Settled launched in January 2015 but has had negligible impact even...

The new Propcision website says it now has a tool which allows users to see the marketing histories of London properties...

Connells Group says it is still on the prowl for traditional estate agencies to acquire after its announcement that it has...

There appears to have been no public action taken so far by online agency PurpleBricks in response to the claim that...

OnTheMarket has written to a number of members of the Independent Network of Estate Agents, saying they should remove properties from...

Estate agency EweMove claims that online operator PurpleBricks has copied a property description of a house “word for word” from one...

House builders say portals are vital generators of leads, especially for drawing in buyers who are not ‘brand loyal’ to one...

The Advertising Standards Authority has ordered the company Homewise not to use misleading wording following two complaints about one of its...

YourLocalAgent.com Some 91% of the public use search engines to find information every day and 91% of these always or most of...

Over the past few years Rightmove and Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) have each been spending massive sums on marketing and product...

The controversial UK property portal Houser is shortly launching an internet site marketing homes for sale across the United Arab Emirates,...

OnTheMarket has confirmed to Estate Agent Today that it will be listing overseas properties "in the coming weeks". Amongst the founding members...

Readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given an exclusive opportunity to pose questions to Zoopla Property Group...

The chief executive of Zoopla has ruled out allowing private sellers and landlords to list properties directly on Zoopla or PrimeLocation.  In...

Readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given an exclusive opportunity to pose questions to Zoopla Property Group...

Franchise giant Martin & Co says there has been “very limited take-up” of a no frills estate agency service that it...

The war of words and statistics between rival portals continues apace as OnTheMarket says its visits hit a record last month according...