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A company in the German Axel Springer publishing empire - which also invested in Purplebricks in the past - has put...

Emoov’s new 'guaranteed offer' service means fall-thoughs and chain-related delays are effectively eliminated, the agency claims. Emoov - now owned by a firm...

Nested is the latest online agency to base a marketing campaign around criticism of established estate agents.  In three 30-second TV ads...

An estate agent who has himself made the move from the High Street to a hybrid operation has urged anyone in...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

The average age of a first-time buyer in the UK is 27, according to research from Nested.com. The online estate agency says...

One of the first so-called ‘hub’ hybrid estate agencies using self-employed freelances instead of staff says it’s moving to bigger premises...

The London market has “plummeted” because almost a third of vendors have cut their asking prices in anticipation of Brexit. Using data...

An online agency has struck out against the conventional wisdom that it’s tougher than ever before for first time buyers to...

“You say tomato, I say tomato” is a line in a famous film score way back in the 1937 film Shall...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday edition of Property Jobs Today. Everyone here contacted us on press@estateagenttoday.co.uk to espresso the word;...

Nested, an innovative online agency that offers vendors a form of guaranteed sale, has laid off 20 per cent of its workforce...

A hybrid estate agency which uses freelance agents operating from a central hub is now expanding from London into the Home...

It’s been reported that Nested, an estate agency launched two years ago, has received a massive £120m cash injection from venture capitalists. Nested, which...

The first signs of a seasonal slowdown are appearing according to some agents in touch with EAT, but there are still...

Two former High Street agents say their new hybrid agency has enjoyed an impressive launch gathering 40 instructions in just four...

One of the world’s leading property technology analysts has compiled a major report on estate agents’ business models - an exercise...

Two UK online estate agencies have been named in a list of the world’s top 50 real estate start-ups to watch...

Agents and even the Labour Party have backed the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers’ purchases up to...

Crowdfunding is nothing new. As I pointed out in a previous Natter, it dates back centuries, playing a part in the...

With more news of PropTech investment, this time with Spotahome and Nested, one can’t help but wonder if this boom period is...

Innovative London agency Nested has raised an additional £36m in funding - brining the total behind the company to almost £50m. Nested,...

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

Nested, the chain-breaking estate agency that offers vendors a guaranteed sale of their property within 90 days, is to expand beyond...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

The chief executive of Purplebricks, often criticised by detractors for failing to reveal completion rates as opposed to listings, says his...

The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of additional properties has 'shattered' the property market, according to...

Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of...

A ‘disrupter’ estate agent says the English housing market operates in a way that is far less efficient than Scotland’s -...

Purplebricks' share price moved up over two per cent yesterday on the strength of its latest trading statement - but its...

A record number of over 300 agents have so far signed up for next week’s FUTURE: PropTech conference, the largest event...

It’s been revealed that next month’s Future: PropTech conference will feature a debate between ‘technologists’ and ‘traditionalists’ over the future of...

In a week that I am recovering from the exuberance of MIPIM, there are two big pieces of fundraising news that...

Nested, the chain-breaking estate agency that offers vendors a guaranteed sale of their property within 90 days, has secured a new...

A new London-based online estate agency called Nested says it has had a “superb start” to trading, using its unusual business...