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Land is our greatest resource: one that has considerable potential to address society’s challenges. So, determining how land is used is...

There’s no question that trust is the bedrock of any longstanding client relationship. It is built on delivering on your promises...

Simon Bradbury has quit his role as managing director of Thomas Morris. An announcement from the brand has revealed that Bradbury, who...

Joe Pepper has stepped down as chief executive of TM Group. It follows the acquisition of the proptech brand by Aurelius last...

At a recent Women in Residential Property Group online coffee morning, I was given the opportunity to lead the session, gaining...

Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...

Now more than ever, property professionals across the sector need to pull together and collaborate more closely to make business gains,...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill was finally introduced in Parliament in May, but is it really good news for tenants? Several...

The founder of an online agency that switched to the for sale-by-owner model has turned his attention to property portals. Kae Travis...

In simple terms, as you are probably aware, ‘lenders’ are the organisations who loan you something, in this case money to...

Agency website and lead generation software provider Homeflow has acquired lead management and automation business of Area Technologies. Homeflow said the move...

With reform of the home buying and selling process as crucial as it's ever been, and disrupters like Coadjute and PEXA...

Keller Williams’ (KW) Warwick Market Centre has closed, prompting a blame game between its former owners and the franchise brand. KW Warwick has...

As temperatures rise and the holidays begin many of us will be looking to enjoy our gardens and make improvements to...

The relationship between estate agents and conveyancers is undoubtedly a complex one and has certainly had ‘its moments’ over the years,...

As uncertainty continues to prevail across the industry, aided by a government in crisis, the challenges in the months ahead feel...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

The iamproperty group - best known for its online auction business - has snapped up cloud-based property software business VTUK for...

The sponsor of an industry forum for agents and conveyancers to be held next week says the collaborative event hails the...

The ESTAS Forum scheduled for March says its aim is to encourage agents and conveyancers to work more closely together.  “There doesn’t...

The lettings sector looks set to steam ahead in 2022 after a record-breaking 2021, despite the financial and mobility challenges of...

As you are no doubt aware, building mutually beneficial relationships with conveyancers in your local area can not only make your...

Guided by our philosophy of being open and connected, at MRI we are constantly evolving and developing relationships and partnerships with...

The Oxfordshire-based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients.   Peter Grant, Managing...

“A hybrid offering, which serves customers of all needs and capabilities, is what we should all be working towards.” Following Aconveyancing opening...

Zoopla says it has so far delivered almost £80,000 in agent fees through its access to the Modern Method of Auction. MMA...

The acquisition of Countrywide by Connells might just be the deal of the century in the British estate agency industry. That’s the...

An announcement from Propertymark this afternoon says: The Board of Propertymark has accepted the resignation of its CEO, Tim Balcon. Following four...

Douglas & Gordon, one of the highest profile London agency networks, is the latest signing for the yet-to-launch Boomin portal. The agency...

Upcoming portal Boomin has written to its founder agents inviting one of them to take up a seat on the main...

Searches that are bound by the Search Code, protecting the seller, buyer and lender, are property and not client specific. As...

Foxtons has announced that its remuneration policy for senior management is to stay unchanged - and it says a voting problem...

The proliferation of free and accessible digital services has - at face value - brought us many great things: same-day deliveries,...

Another new property portal has been launched, this one - Mutual - describing itself as the ‘Pre-Portal Property Platform for estate...

A PropTech platform that aims to lock-in sellers and buyers via a mutually agreed reservation agreement system is being offered free...

Purplebricks is selling its Canadian business. The sale comes little over a year after the troubled agency closed both its failed Australian and...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

The founder of OnTheMarket has revealed why the portal floated on the stock market and why Ian Springett was the right...

The fallout from Covid-19 has hit everyone hard. With breaking news today that agents are able to look at how to...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign, which expects to have some 3,000 offices signed up by the end of the month,...

Foxtons' Annual General Meeting next month is to be held virtually, meaning voting will be electronic. A feature of last year’s AGM...

Estate Agent Today understands that the Knight Frank agency has been hit by a large number of branch office heads quitting...

A long-standing legal dispute between OnTheMarket and the Gascogne Halman and Connells agencies has been settled. No details have been released but in...

OnTheMarket has started 2020 as it ended 2019 - with an attack on Rightmove via an agency which urges others to...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

The Great Debate over the charges levied on agents by portals and the huge profits that Rightmove and Zoopla make has...

A Connells’ agency brand arguably best known because of legal action by OnTheMarket is to open its 21st office. Cheshire property consultancy...

Foxtons has revealed that the chair of the troubled agency’s remuneration committee has stood down with immediate effect. This are also unconfirmed...

Troubled London estate agency Foxtons says it has rewritten its remuneration policy for its senior management following a shareholder revolt at...

OnTheMarket’s share price slumped to an all-time low just before the end of trading last week. The price fell to 69.0p during trading on...

One of the country’s most prominent estate agents has given renewed backing to a pilot project on reservation agreements, being tested...

OnTheMarket has this morning posted its latest results to the stock market. The portal reports that 2,346 branches had converted to full-paying...

One of the country’s leading estate agents is leading the calls on Chancellor Sajid Javid to sort out the government’s stamp...

Savills says it’s not commenting on whether it will list on Zoopla in the future. Last week Knight Frank - which in...

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

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

A writer for the influential financial publication Money Week says investors should “steer clear” of Foxtons - at least for now. Sarah...

The Annual General Meeting of Foxtons shareholders in London has seen a dramatic rebellion against bonuses for senior management. There were 14 resolutions put...

The UK PropTech Association, set up in early 2017 with the objective of promoting engagement between tech business and the property...

My article last week has sparked some really great engagement, which I’m delighted about!  Thank you to everyone who commented or dropped...

The jury appears to be out on whether the new enforcement body for estate and lettings agents will be resourced sufficiently...

Two of the PropTech sector's highest profile digital marketing suppliers are integrating in a bid to help agents nurture the leads...

Nobody likes change. It makes people feel threatened, undermines their confidence, and makes them worry about the future. But regardless of...

A review website has launched that describes itself as “a new and powerful research and marketing tool in the residential property...

If you want an engaging page-turner novel for cold winter evenings, my recommendation is Our House by Louise Candlish, a bestseller...

Connells’ brand Gascoigne Halman has lost its appeal against OnTheMarket. Gascoigne Halman challenged OTM’s old ‘one other portal’ rule at the Competition...

Hello and welcome to 2019. These are less predictions and more expectations - developments following on from what’s happened in the past...

It’s that time of year again where we start saying goodbye to 12 months of hard work and start looking forward...

The head of the portal PropertyMutual has accused Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket of being “corporate dinosaurs” and has called on agents...

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

OnTheMarket has issued an upbeat statement about the Court of Appeal setting a date to hear Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman's challenge to a ruling...

Here we go again - the Court of Appeal is to hear Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman's challenge to a ruling that cleared...

Humberts - which when it was operating jointly with Chestertons was a prominent supporter of Agents’ Mutual and OnTheMarket - has...

It was interesting to see the recent story on Estate Agent Today about OnTheMarket (OTM) raising its fees after signing up...

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

A property portal that describes itself as free-to-list has launched today, taking the industry by surprise - however, at least one...

A recent holiday in the US gave me an opportunity to catch up with property news over there - and surprisingly,...

Property portal OnTheMarket has announced that it now has listing agreements with over 8,500 estate and letting agency branches.  It says that...

It will be 'business as usual' for Humberts following the announcement of its sale to Natural Retreats, says the agency's new...

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

A forecast suggests HM Revenue & Customs will rake in no less than £8.8 billion in Capital Gains Tax in 2018...

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

OnTheMarket has finally completed its stock market float, with less capital raised, at a lower than planned valuation and, as I write,...

All eyes are on Agents’ Mutual’s first day of trading on the London stock exchange - just over five years after...

Most listed agencies and portals suffered share price falls yesterday, creating a challenging landscape for Agents’ Mutual which launches on the London stock exchange...

The printing industry is in the midst of a decline as digital products and services displace printed materials, which is why...

I have high expectations for this year’s PropTech events and property conferences.  Those that I attended in 2017 demonstrated a real step...

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

Figures presented to the London Stock Exchange by Agents’ Mutual appear to show that it has 200 fewer branches now than...

Analysts have given a frosty reception to the announcement by Agents’ Mutual that it is going to float shares priced at...

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

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

Connells says it is still unable to comment on whether it will appeal against the Competition Appeals Tribunal verdict of last...

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

Connells has told Estate Agent Today that it is not making any official comment yet on the decision revealed yesterday that...

Who says things slow down before Christmas? The opposite appears to be the case, at least when it comes to the...

The Court of Appeal Civil Division has today given Connells’ agency Gascoigne Halman the right to appeal against the verdict of...

It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...

Both Purplebricks and OnTheMarket are keeping their powder dry on speculation that that hybrid agency is going to list on the...

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