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Savills has recruited Cory Askew to head up its newly established South West London Parks region. Askew joins from Chestertons having worked throughout...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings: Last week...

Every year, those thinking about investing in property for the first time and even current landlords ask themselves whether it’s the...

A hybrid agency that charges no fees to vendors but instead relies on referral fees for income has officially rolled out...

Like most industries, estate agency is changing. A general trend to a more hybrid model, accelerated by the pandemic has resulted...

The Portico agency - set up in 1818 - has become part of the Leaders Romans Group, which has bought it...

Business intelligence is paramount to companies looking to gain a competitive edge, particularly in saturated markets like estate agency. Each client...

Purplebricks’ chief executive says a £4m marketing blitz scheduled for the autumn will go ahead despite the upheaval caused by the...

Estate agents are being advised to emphasise to customers that they are local experts. “Show [the public] that you really know your...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

A family-run agency which last year asked people to “make an offer” to buy a franchise is now claiming it will...

A hybrid agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched has announced a recruitment drive and expansion in...

A hybrid estate agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched says it aims to recruit 25 agents...

The relaunched easyProperty hybrid agency is to rely exclusively on local marketing to drive awareness and customers, and not follow the...

Upad, the national online letting agent set up by entrepreneur James Davis has announced that it is “closed to new business”...

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

The Advertising Standards Authority has issued a guidance note warning online estate agents, after complaints about them have “grown dramatically”. “Property is big...

The Advertising Standards Authority has today issued a three-point guidance note for estate agents, including controversial interpretations of what constitutes a...

Hello and welcome to this week’s hat-tip towards those in our industry doing so much to help others in need. Summer fund-raising...

Complaints about a Purplebricks claim concerning its Local Property Experts have been rejected by the Advertising Standards Authority. Complaints came from PDQ...

Purplebricks has issued a strong defence of its Local Property Experts after an agency comparison website’s analysis was critical of the...

It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...

White & Sons came to MPL Interiors specifically to counteract the growing threat from online and hybrid estate agents, commissioning a...

A distinctive boutique estate agency that describes itself as a hybrid between traditional and online operators, and which set up a...

An online agency called DoorStepAgents.com claims to have set up a service which is both the cheapest and ‘best value’ sales...

Barely a week goes by without an announcement relating to the latest player entering the online agency world and when they...

I can’t remember a time when there were so many changes in the property industry. Forget Brexit and interest rates, the...

Martin & Co is reported to have acquired EweMove, an estate agency which describes itself as the first ‘hybrid’ service -...

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

Hybrid agency Purplebricks has launched a recruitment drive for what it calls ‘local property experts’ in 17 parts of the country...