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Agents have been warned to be wary about the resurgence of Purplebricks. It comes after the online brand was taken over by...

Property industry veteran Mal McCallion has helped launch a new artificial intelligence (AI) property search tool that agents can embed in...

Only a fifth of agents have reported being busier than last year as higher mortgage rates and inflation weigh on the...

An extraordinary increase in estate agencies has been recorded over the past year. A total of 10.6% more estate agencies existed in...

UK estate agents are split when it comes to their opinion on last week’s Budget, with half concerned about a lack...

The number of properties listed as sold subject to contract (SSTC) has increased by 5% so far this year versus the...

Estate agents have been bringing more listings to the market since the start of the year but professionals in the north...

Estate agents have seen a more muted start to the year for seller and buyer activity but there is concern about...

New research has uncovered the most densely populated areas for estate agency branches. Agency comparison website GetAgent’s internal data tracks the number...

The festive season may be a time to slowdown and reflect on the past year but estate agents are planning to...

Online and Americanised models of self-employed agency have deterred new agents from entering the sector amid a wider decline of professionals...

Agents have managed to secure a buyer two weeks faster for their vendors so far this year compared with in 2021,...

Property industry veteran Mal McCallion is among two new high-profile recruits for GetAgent. McCallion, who helped launch Primelocation in 2000 and was...

An agent support service set up in the early days of the pandemic has closed down with its architect saying “If...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where and why across our...

The story of this week - the ousting of Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt - prompts two key questions. Firstly, who takes...

A ‘secret’ proposal called Project UHA was put to a hand-picked group of agents on Friday with speculation suggesting it centres...

Let’s be honest - few people saw this coming. The 89 to 11 per cent majority amongst Agents’ Mutual members for...

No one can say Agents’ Mutual has failed to provoke debate within the industry. The project was the centre of fierce argument...

A fantastic exclusive this week as I carry out a question and answer session with one of the leading names in...

The former managing director of Countrywide has responded to claims made by Russell Quirk that the UK's largest agency rejected the...

Later on, the title of this piece should become clearer (at least I hope so). First, though, a few bits and...

Forget the gloomy stamp duty news, or the prospect that a new house price index might revalue house prices downwards, or...

Like many people these days I rarely make a significant purchase without first checking out online reviews.   Whether it’s for a...

The rising phenomenon of agent-rating and review websites is a topic that seems to have caused considerable division and controversy among...

Estate and letting agency review site raterAgent says an analysis of its own website suggests that 17 per cent, or just...