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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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...