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OnTheMarket has signed up one of the country’s biggest house builders, Taylor Wimpey. The builder - which has 24 offices and covers...

For a mixture of reasons, I now only write this column every two weeks. At first, I missed the weekly consideration...

A sentiment survey conducted amongst 585 estate agents by the OnTheMarket portal suggests fewer than half have witnessed price rises since...

Two City consultancies instructed by OnTheMarket have talked up the company’s fortunes after the appointment of its new chief executive.  Shore Capital, which in...

There’s been a surprise appointment as OnTheMarket chief executive. Instead of popular acting CEO Clive Beattie - who had made it known...

It must have been a close thing on Friday as to whose faces were looking the most glum - those at...

OnTheMarket has confirmed it is “considering” making redundancies - the second of the large portals to be in this position. Rumours have been...

A statement by OnTheMarket this morning reveals that as of the end of last month it had a record 14,000 advertisers...

OnTheMarket says almost 500 branches have signed up in recent months, entitling their business owners to ‘welcome shares’. Of those branches signing...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has set out strategy suggestions for independent agents facing steep portal bills. A 10-page document reveals...

OnTheMarket says it still aims to be the number one portal, but the acting chief executive has revealed a far more...

OnTheMarket says in a trading statement this morning that as of May 31 only some 9,000 branches were on paying contracts...

OnTheMarket is to issue its annual figures next Thursday, June 11. The report only covers the portal company’s financial year which ended...

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

The acting chief executive of OnTheMarket says the Coronavirus crisis could indirectly create a catalyst for change in the portals marketplace. Clive...

OnTheMarket’s share price dropped again yesterday, ending down 2.4 per cent. This was despite the portal announcing a share giveaway to encourage new agents...

OnTheMarket says it has another 32 million shares to give away to agents signing full fee contracts with the challenger portal...

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

OnTheMaket has this morning announced a raft of what it calls ‘mitigating measures’ to help it survive the Coronavirus crisis. These include...

Two agents have quit Rightmove and taken to social media to give their reasons. One is the 12-branch Andrew Craig agency which...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

Agent disenchantment with the major portals has continued as a torrid week nears its end. The spotlight has now shifted to Zoopla...

The current market crisis caused by Coronavirus should present OnTheMarket with an opportunity to pause its existing strategy, talk to agents...

OnTheMarket has signed auto another new homes builder, Miller Homes. "Miller Homes is the latest large homebuilder to join OnTheMarket and we look forward to introducing the...

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

Prominent agency industry analyst Anthony Codling is asking agents whether the board of OnTheMarket did the right thing by firing Ian...

OnTheMarket is not responding to requests to reveal details of any pay-off for its chief executive Ian Springett, who was sacked...

OnTheMarket has announced this morning that it has given notice to its chief executive, Ian Springett, with immediate effect. The troubled portal's...

Any bid by Zoopla and OnTheMarket to displace Rightmove as the number one portal in the UK is at best expensive...

Rupert Sebag-Montefiore has this morning been named as a non-executive director of OnTheMarket. He will also serve as chairman of the portal’s...

OnTheMarket claims its visitor total last month exceeded 30m, a new monthly record and an increase of some 28 per cent...

OnTheMarket will tomorrow issue over 400,000 shares to agents who have signed new long-term listing agreements with the portal. No details have...

An agent is defying attempts by a property portal to get him to pay subscriptions for two branches - because he...

The tussle for New Build listings between Zoopla and OnTheMarket has swung in favour of the former this morning with the...

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

The financial consultancy advising OnTheMarket says the portal company will be in profit by Easter next year. “We now expect OnTheMarket to...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced it has raised £3.4m through a placing of shares. It has placed 4,857,143 new ordinary shares at a...

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...

A high-profile investment advice service says as OnTheMarket nears two years listed on the stock market it “has yet to deliver...

OnTheMarket’s TV advert, promoting its ‘New & exclusive’ feature, will be back on screens from Boxing Day ahead of what it calls a...

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...

A prominent regional agent says the industry owes it to vendors to try competing marketing outlets for property, and not to...

A survey conducted by Estate Agent Today suggests there is huge anger from agencies against Rightmove in particular for its fees. On...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

The big question for the industry at the moment is the cost and future of portals.  This is especially key for agents...

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...

OnTheMarket will on Wednesday of this week issue over a million shares to agents who have signed new long-term listing agreements...

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...

Zoopla has unveiled new functionality that it claims will make searching for new homes easier for consumers - and resumes the...

This is stating the obvious to estate agents but the government has revealed that homes near parks, gardens, playing fields and...

OnTheMarket is delivering agents “a higher marketing yield than Rightmove” according to an investment consultancy which works with OTM. Investors appear to...

A trading statement from OnTheMarket reveals that fewer agents than anticipated have so far converted from free or discounted deals to...

A banking company used by OnTheMarket has issued a note to its investor clients claiming the portal “arguably beats its peers...

Barratt Developments’ three consumer brands - Barratt Homes, David Wilson Homes and Barratt London - are the first developers to list...

One of the country’s largest regional estate and lettings agencies has now fully rejoined Zoopla. Yorkshire-based Dacre, Son & Hartley brings its...

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...

OnTheMarket TV adverts return on Monday with what the portal calls “a refreshed version” giving more prominence to its ‘new and...

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...

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

A note sent out by OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has suggested that the way estate agents work may directly lead...

Shareholders at today’s annual general meeting of OnTheMarket will hear the latest conversion figures showing how many agents on free or...

Research from OnTheMarket shows that 40 per cent of London homes costing around £1m have only two bedrooms or fewer. And only...

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett says rival portals may want to “interfere” with his aim of converting agency members from free...

Figures released from OnTheMarket this morning suggest that its conversion programme for agents shifting from free deals to paid membership is...

OnTheMarket claims monthly visits to its website hit a record 25.4m in May - but the portal’s latest update gives no...

OnTheMarket has applied to the London Stock Exchange for the release of over 528,000 new shares to agents who have signed...

OnTheMarket says high take up for its alert service demonstrates that it’s closing the gap on Rightmove. The challenger portal says that...

Some branches of one of London’s largest agencies, Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, have returned to Zoopla after dropping it just over four...

OnTheMarket has applied to the London Stock Exchange for the release of shares to agents signing long term deals with the...

Many estate and letting agents are receiving more leads through OnTheMarket than through Rightmove, the challenger portal claims - and it...

In another bid to take on Rightmove, OnTheMarket is introducing a new range of advertising products which will enable agents to...

OnTheMarket has stepped up its attack on Rightmove with a stridently-worded email to agents explaining how a drop in leads from...

OnTheMarket will be “blanketing the commercial radio landscape” as well as engaging in sports and agency industry sponsorship programmes over 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...

New figures released this morning from OnTheMarket claim its listing inventory bis now over 80 per cent of the size of...

OnTheMarket is to continue its TV advertising campaign throughout February - and this time it’s ad is also going to be...

Property industry commentator and former online agency chief executive Russell Quirk has defended Rightmove’s charges to agents, saying that compared to...

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...

Shares in OnTheMarket hit another new low of 75.7p yesterday, dropping over nine per cent on the day and falling well...

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

There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

OnTheMarket had told its shareholders this morning that it now has over 12,000 branches listing and is offering share incentives to...

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

East Midlands estate and lettings agency Jackson Grundy has signed up to OnTheMarket. The firm, with its Northampton headquarters, has 10 sales...

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has told an agents’ conference of the strategy for his service - including a prediction that...

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...

One of the brokers working with OnTheMarket says the portal will not be profitable until 2021, but predicts that its target...

OnTheMarket’s trading figures for the six months to the end of July show, as predicted, losses while the company is building...

OnTheMarket plc, the company which operates the OTM portal, gives its first formal stock market figures tomorrow morning, for the six...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that it now has signed listing agreements with more than 11,000 estate agency offices - over...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that it’s signed up the north east of England regional agency Pattinson, which has 27 branches...

Two agency brands operated by Nick Dunning Associates, a company led by former Countrywide employees, have started listing on OnTheMarket. Townends, covering...

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

OnTheMarket has signed up an estate and lettings agency firm run by a family and with 11 offices across west Devon...

An OnTheMarket sales rep - who now no longer works for the company - wrote a critical review of an independent estate...

OnTheMarket has signed up 12-office regional agency Robert Oulsnam and Company.  The firm, which handles sales and lettings, has 12 offices in...

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

Another OnTheMarket founding estate agency - Strutt & Parker - has rejoined the Zoopla and PrimeLocation portals. Some months ago the London...

OnTheMarket has now signed listing agreements with UK estate and letting agents with a total of over 10,000 offices - but...

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

An article in Investors’ Chronicle says the dominance of Rightmove and ZPG in the portal market could be under threat from...

Another update from OnTheMarket this morning claims the portal is now listing over 550,000 UK residential property listings, in excess of...

So here’s the thing. It’s summer - not much going on, school holidays about to start, industry publications filling out space...

OnTheMarket’s first formal annual figures released since its flotation reveal losses in what it describes as its “transformational year” but also...

OnTheMarket has announced to the City and its shareholders that it’s to reveal its annual results tomorrow - the first such...

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

An online question-and-answer article with OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has suggested that its focus of criticism may be shifting from...

OnTheMarket has announced that industry software company Reapit is introducing a real time data feed for its clients to upload their properties...

Review service allAgents has relaunched its property portal, saying it may become an agent-owned service and pledging to turn it into...

Manning Stainton, one of the major estate agency chains operating across North Yorkshire, is to return to listing on ZPG. It will...

OnTheMarket has this morning issued a statement claiming that its portal traffic reached circa 12m visits during March - more than...

As noted in Estate Agent Today’s news pages, OnTheMarket’s (OTM) recent dire share performance (at time of writing the price is...

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

New figures released by ZPG suggest increasing numbers of agents are listing on three portals. Amongst the latest agencies to renew long...

In an unexpected trading statement this morning, OnTheMarket says it has signed 243 new listing agreements within its first 10 days...

OnTheMarket has told the City this morning that it has already signed up 81 new listing agreements by 5pm yesterday, completing...

OnTheMarket remains defiant despite the decision of Douglas & Gordon, one of its founder agencies, to list once again on Zoopla...

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,...

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

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

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

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...

So just a few days to go, and there are still more images from increasingly merry agents to show you all! Our...

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...

The new contract for firms joining or re-signing to OnTheMarket is reported to have a restriction on acquisitions. It is said to...

OnTheMarket is reported to be threatening an estate agency with legal action. Earlier this week Estate Agent Today reported that Henry Adams, a...

ZPG says that the number of estate agency branches that left to join OnTheMarket but have now returned has reached over...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

It appears that OnTheMarket member agents can, if they wish, opt out of the five year ‘lock in’ share agreement and...

It now appears that OnTheMarket agents do not require to sign up to the portal for five years in order to...

One of the world’s leading property technology experts, who at one time was head of strategy at a property portal, says investing...

One of the founding agents behind Agents’ Mutual and OnTheMarket and one of the current directors of Countrywide will be amongst...

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

Iain White, the ex-Romans managing director and former Countrywide director, has come out strongly against the demutualisation proposal from Agents’ Mutual...

The growing anger of some OnTheMarket member agents about the portal’s parent company proposal to float on the London Stock Exchange...

OnTheMarket is declining to comment after suggestions were floated that some debts by its member agents could be deferred, or in some...

The roadshow of presentations of Agents’ Mutual’s plans to float on the stock market have just passed the half-way mark. Remaining sessions...

Humberts, a member of Agents’ Mutual, is today launching an online-only option and claims it can list online-only properties on OnTheMarket. Such...

There’s a distinct sense of déjà vu over the debacle of OnTheMarket. I avoided joining two years ago because I couldn’t see...

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

  The first two meetings in a roadshow which OnTheMarket has organised for local member agents take place today - another 18...

The head of a regional portal in the north of England has welcomed the likely demise of the controversial One Other...

There has been a sceptical reception from City analysts to Agents’ Mutual’s decision to restructure and float on the stock market...

I hate to be the guy to say ‘I told you so’…but I told you so! It seems that my predictions...

Agents’ Mutual has confirmed that it proposes to form a new company, OnTheMarket plc, to list on the AIM market of...

OnTheMarket is this month holding 20 meetings for member agents to explain “progress and plans” for the portal.   The meetings - sometimes...

OnTheMarket is keeping its powder dry over the possible legal action against it by dissident agents who have formed an action...

The OnTheMarket Action Group of dissident agents has told Estate Agent Today it is now in a position to decide on...

Agents’ Mutual says it will be seeking to recover costs and compensation for losses incurred after what is widely seen as...

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has issued its judgement in the case between Agents’ Mutual and the Gascoigne Halman agency - and...

ZPG says the number of estate agency branches to have quit OnTheMarket and rejoined Zoopla over the past two years has...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

A new regional property portal aiming to sign up 80 per cent of agencies in Yorkshire says it is unconcerned about...

Whatever the weather, whatever the season, our industry excels itself at good work - and we are always delighted to publicise...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Zoopla Property Group says that in the last three months alone over 100 estate agency branches have returned to its portal...

The story of the week has been the first steps of a trade body to represent independent estate agents - as...

Zoopla says it delivered a record number of unique appraisal leads to its agent members in December, up 112 per cent...

OnTheMarket is to advertise across 40 channels this month, in the build up to its second anniversary at the end of January. The...

Zoopla and OnTheMarket have given their first reactions to Rightmove's portal juggling extension of its property re-listing deadline from two weeks to...

Carpe diem, seize the day – whatever you call it, it’s something all of us in the property industry should be looking...

OnTheMarket is now listing UK commercial properties to rent and for sale.  The portal says this is “closely aligned with its UK residential search...

It is with no pleasure and a touch of sadness that I took in the significance of OTM's recent performance in...

The Jeffries Group, an eight-branch Hampshire-based independent agency, says it is going to leave OnTheMarket.  Although the group’s website and email branding...

A new portal has launched listing off-market properties at the very highest end of the market, and says it does not...

OnTheMarket says it provided “a record number of leads” to its agent members in September - but is not disclosing how...

The OnTheMarket Action Group of rebel agents in a legal process against the portal has issued a set of questions following...

An eleven-branch estate agency has announced that it will stop listing with OnTheMarket and is returning to Zoopla Property Group (ZPG). Howard...

The OTM Action Group has released a statement claiming that Agents' Mutual has chosen not to address any of the concerns...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

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

  OnTheMarket says Andrew Milsom Estate Agents, a six branch agency in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, has joined the portal.   The website says the...

OnTheMarket has announced that it now has more than 6,400 estate and letting agency offices listing on its site - a...

It’s a headline from an Australian business journal this week but it has a familiar ring to it: “Estate agents’ attempts...

What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...

Paying too much every month for your website? Move your website to us and we guarantee to halve your monthly bill I want...

One of Britain’s foremost PropTech experts says OnTheMarket could still disrupt the portal landscape - but has trust issues following disputes...

A poll being taken by Property Portal Watch - an international website monitoring the real estate online sector - suggests that...

It has been revealed this morning that OnTheMarket has been ordered to pay £1m into court - three quarters of it...

Over 50 estate agents in the rebel OnTheMarket Action Group have released details of a letter sent to the portal’s parent...

Zoopla claims that it has delivered a 40 per cent increase in valuation leads to its agent members in the first six...

Zoopla chief executive Alex Chesterman has been revealed to be one of the business leaders behind a legal challenge regarding the Brexit...

With more house-hunters than ever now starting their search for a new home by typically looking online on one of the major...

As we have just passed the 6 month half way point of 2016 we thought it would be a good idea...

OnTheMarket has changed the claims it makes to prospective clients about its stock levels and market share compared to Zoopla, following...

Russell Quirk - whose online agency eMoov is banned from OnTheMarket - says the new portal has indirectly helped onliners rather...

The action group representing rebel OnTheMarket agents says it is considering legal action with a barrister named to lead any possible...

OnTheMarket says it now has the support of over 7,000 estate and letting agency offices. This includes those formally contracted now and...

Rebel agents unhappy with the beleaguered portal OnTheMarket have set up a website with plans of a meeting with legal representatives...

A London agent says he has quit OnTheMarket and Agents’ Mutual as a result of the intervention of the Competitions and Markets...

Beleaguered challenger portal OnTheMarket has recruited the 25-branch south of England agency Goadsby and says this takes its total of sales...

The Independent Network of Estate Agents has written to the Competition and Markets Authority, raising the issue of the NAEA’s managing...

By accident or design, the PR machine at OnTheMarket was beefed up last week.  Just as well. With the portal still reeling...

One of the directors of Agents’ Mutual, parent body of portal OnTheMarket, has told Estate Agent Today that his firm does...

After over a year of speculation, the Competition and Markets Authority has stepped into the row over OnTheMarket and its ‘one...

Agent members of OnTheMarket who contacted an action group set up following grievances about the portal have been invited to a...

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has sent an email to member agents following articles about alleged legal challenges to the portal...

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has sent an email to member agents following articles about alleged legal challenges to the portal...

Two City consultancies have been quick to interpret the rebellion by OnTheMarket member agents as an indication of dire changes - or...

The broad disgruntlement of some OnTheMarket estate agent members over claims of poor quality and low quantity of leads, and the...

The agency industry consultant who has volunteered to coordinate responses to OnTheMarket’s legal warnings to estate agents say he has been...

The agent who last year wrote a controversial ‘open letter’ about OnTheMarket has now received a letter demanding she pay alleged...

An industry consultant says he has been asked to form an action group OnTheMarket member agents who are disillusioned with the...

Some estate agents who received a letter from lawyers acting on behalf of Agents’ Mutual say they will still not upload...

A senior analyst at Credit Suisse has opened the debate about the possibility of unhappy agent members of OnTheMarket challenging their...

City analysts at UBS have downgraded Zoopla to a 'neutral' recommendation from 'buy' citing that it remains threatened by OnTheMarket. Against the...

In what some industry observers may see as a shrewd marketing move, OnTheMarket is believed to be considering a name change...

Zoopla Property Group says it has recorded a 61 per cent leap in appraisal leads in February compared to the same...

The Wikipedia entry for OnTheMarket has been restored to its original condition after changes were made querying its apparent independence. Wikipedia is an...

OnTheMarket is not going to uphold the controversial ‘one other portal’ rule for its new Overseas Channel, which it has launched...

Talks are ongoing about portal choices for Cheshire-based estate agency Gascoigne Halman - acquired by Connells last year - and no decision has...

It is reported this morning that OnTheMarket has lost one of its key early investors, the Gascoigne Halman agency which is...

Analysts at German-owned bank Berenberg have done an analysis of visitor numbers for OnTheMarket and Zoopla in January. In a report titled...

An OnTheMarket director says his portal can still challenge Rightmove - despite record figures from Rightmove itself. As we reported yesterday, Rightmove says...

Mystery surrounds exactly when a house used in some of OnTheMarket's TV advertisements actually went up for sale. Estate Agent Today had...

An online estate agent who a year ago predicted that OnTheMarket would not survive for 12 months has issued a statement...

Both Zoopla and OnTheMarket have ramped up their long-standing rivalry. As we reported yesterday afternoon, Zoopla has revealed what it calls a...

With the portal wars ratcheting up ahead of OnTheMarket’s first anniversary, Zoopla has revealed what it calls a “record number” of...

I'm sure most of you have seen, or at least heard of the Mad Max series of post-apocalyptic dystopian fantasies.  The latest...

The Nottingham and Harrison Murray estate agencies - both owned by the Nottingham Building Society - have announced they are to join...

And so it begins. The first anniversary of OnTheMarket’s launch was inevitably going to bring a further skirmish in the portal...

Let Mid West Displays get your window in shape! Never underestimate the power of high street presence. Image is everything, and what...

OnTheMarket says there is no delay with its plans to list member agents’ overseas properties for sale, but still cannot reveal...

OnTheMarket has issued testimonials from three agents advertising their properties on the portal, which marks its first anniversary later this month.  A...

The founder and co-owner of hybrid estate agency EweMove has written to the chief executive of the OnTheMarket portal, lavishly praising...

The directors of Agents’ Mutual say they have “every confidence” in OnTheMarket as the portal approaches its first anniversary on January...

Andy Clarke, who held a key product development role at OnTheMarket since before the challenger portal’s launch 11 months ago, has...

Right, so it’s one more week till Christmas and two more weeks until we head face first into 2016. Both these...

The director of a leading regional independent agency says the agency industry needs a thriving Zoopla to keep Rightmove in check,...

Some agents are being offered the opportunity to list with OnTheMarket for free now if they sign a Letter of Intent...

Zoopla, buoyed by its latest financial figures reported to the City yesterday, now claims that OnTheMarket lost 43 per cent of...

OnTheMarket - stung by recent lukewarm assessments of its track record - has repeated its faith in letters of intent from...

OnTheMartket (OTM) recently wrote to its membership saying how well its doing, how membership has increased beyond expectations and how it...

The Hamburg-based Berenberg Bank is the latest to send a briefing to investors on the so-called portal wars - and while...

At least one City analyst has given a frosty response to a statement from OnTheMarket claiming that the new portal’s membership...

Countrywide has yet to make a decision on whether its newly-acquired Welsh estate agency chain - John Francis - is to...

Rightmove has grabbed market share from OnTheMarket according to a report from City analysts Liberum and is now the ‘portal of...

OnTheMarket has written to a number of members of the Independent Network of Estate Agents, saying they should remove properties from...

After a week of criticism from some parts of the industry, OnTheMarket has released a series of testimonials from agents who say...

Fierce debate continues over an open letter sent by a top consultant to OnTheMarket at the end of last week, accusing...

One of the best known figures in estate agency consultancy, Richard Rawlings, has written to OnTheMarket urging it to drop the...

Estate agents using OnTheMarket have come out in defence of the new portal. “We’ve had nothing but positive experiences thus far with...

A central London estate agent is in dispute with OnTheMarket over its leads, number of agencies on board, and visits from...

Research commissioned by Zoopla claims it remains the property portal in the UK with the highest spontaneous national consumer brand awareness. The...

The managing director of a Home Counties estate agency has described how leads “fell off a cliff” when he signed up...

The estate agent who last week sent an open letter to OnTheMarket, saying it had lost her both business and money,...

Challenger portal OnTheMarket is “not attracting a meaningful audience or engaging with its users” and so is likely to fail according...

Zoopla says it will later this week give an update on the number of agents it now has as members -...

Over the past few years Rightmove and Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) have each been spending massive sums on marketing and product...

The consumer is King and to protect sellers and buyers' best interests estate and letting agents have to operate in the...

OnTheMarket has confirmed to Estate Agent Today that it will be listing overseas properties "in the coming weeks". Amongst the founding members...

The chief executive of OnTheMarket has hit out at what he calls "detractors" who allege four multi-office agencies have quit the...

A report by Barclays Bank based on a survey of the three major portals and interviews with estate agents shows that...

Multi-office agencies Stirling Ackroyd, Statons, Alex Neil and Cheffins are amongst those agents which have left OnTheMarket and returned to Zoopla...

Readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given an exclusive opportunity to pose questions to Zoopla Property Group...

The chief executive of Zoopla has pledged that there will be no financial or other penalty exerted on agents who return...

Readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given an exclusive opportunity to pose questions to Zoopla Property Group...

The war of words and statistics between rival portals continues apace as OnTheMarket says its visits hit a record last month according...

Time Inc, the owner and publisher of Country Life, has received a query from the founder of the Independent Network of...

OnTheMarket has made a defiant response to news that Zoopla is growing both its estate agent membership and its property listings...

Zoopla is back in business with its trading update to the City this morning revealing that it has a net growth...

There has long been the assumption and contention in the industry that portals are expensive. This, however, is not the case. Along...

OnTheMarket has achieved 5.2m visits in July – an increase of 18 per cent on the previous month and ahead of...

Analysis of Britain’s three rival property portals shows that Rightmove is strengthening its position, Zoopla’s loss of agents has stabilised, and...

An analysis of Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket by Swiss bank UBS claims that four of what it describes as the UK’s...

A riposte to Paul Smith's article 'Why Estate Agents Must Stand Up to the Power of the Portals' I just read an...

OnTheMarket is launching a ‘letter of intent’ for agents to sign which represents a commitment for them to join the new...

Estate Agent Today has seen a copy of an email sent by an OnTheMarket representative to an agent stating there may...

A London agent wants a change of emphasis at OnTheMarket, claiming the new portal damages estate agents’ reputations, is low profile...

The fact that Countrywide, LSL Property and Foxtons have remained loyal to both Rightmove and Zoopla “should mean that OnTheMarket will fail...

Agents’ Mutual says no decision has yet been taken on a replacement for regional estate agency chief Clive Rook, who has...

Two new reports add fuel to the continuing debate over portals. Firstly Rightmove claims to have had its busiest-ever May, with 115m...

Yesterday we heard about the letter from the CMA warning agents about anti-competitive behaviour. Today, in a scoop for Estate Agent...

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team (NTSEAT) is to meet with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to discuss complaints...

Zoopla remains unbowed by its loss of 23 per cent of its UK agents and says it has new statistics proving...

The ex-Savills and ex-Romans agent who heads the estate agency Capital & Coastal, Michael Riley has stepped into the row between...

In the latest exchange in the long-running war of words between Zoopla and OnTheMarket, ZPG claims that the new portal is...

OnTheMarket claims it has achieved 10 million visits to the site with 90 million page views in three months. The portal launched...