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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...

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

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” -...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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 &...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...