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Back in 2013 the posh head of PR of a posh estate agency took me to a London restaurant (yes, posh)...

OnTheMarket (OTM) chief executive Jason Tebb has declared “our time is now” after shareholders backed a takeover of the portal by...

By Simon Shinerock At the time of writing, Rightmove had a market capitalisation of just under £4 billion, down almost 15% on...

For the record, this isn’t my last Industry Views for Estate Agent Today, although by the time you read this I'll be...

A long-standing critic of OnTheMarket, who was once excluded from a presentation by the portal’s leadership, has spoken enthusiastically of 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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

A new portal called Housemap has launched and says it is free to agents. It’s a clean, attractive looking portal which already...

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

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

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

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

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

Before we go any further, assuming you are an Agents’ Mutual member, let me ask you a question. If you had...

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

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...

After my article last week predicting that Agents’ Mutual would likely seek to raise external capital, including possibly on the public markets,...

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...

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

Agents’ Mutual (oops, that name might need to change…read on) has been touting its recent legal victory and is about to...

The accounts for Agents’ Mutual, parent company of the OnTheMarket portal, show that revenue for the year ending January 31 was...

The controversial website Houser, which made waves when it launched in 2014, has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority to...

The Connells-owned agency Gascoigne Halman is to make a costs payment of £1.24m within 14 days to Agents’ Mutual - but...

The Connells-owned agency Gascoigne Halman is to make a costs payment of £1.24m within 14 days to Agents’ Mutual - but...

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...

Mark Goddard was the founder and CEO of The Property Software Group (PSG), a property software solutions firm established in 2007,...

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

The Competition Appeals Tribunal hearing between Agents’ Mutual and Connells-owned agency Gascoigne Halman is to be concluded on Monday - but...

The Competition Appeal Tribunal hearing involving Agents’ Mutual and Gascoigne Halman, set to start tomorrow, has had a last-minute twist with...

This week sees the start of the Competition Appeal Tribunal court case between Agents’ Mutual Ltd and Gascoigne Halman Ltd. The case...

When I read about the possible formation of yet another ‘mutual’ with the aim of furthering and protecting the interests of...

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

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

Agents' Mutual was last week ordered to make a further payment into court as part of its ongoing legal case against...

The Competition Appeals Tribunal which is to investigate a dispute between OnTheMarket and two agencies is scheduled to hold its first...

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

A fine of £735,000 imposed on an association of estate and letting agents and a local newspaper publisher has been described...

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

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

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

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

The deadline for action by some OnTheMarket member agents who received letters from lawyers on behalf of parent company Agents’ Mutual...

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...

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

A number of agencies that joined OnTheMarket but subsequently stopped listing properties on the portal have received letters from a legal...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

Zoopla says it has no comment to make on the decision of high-end London estate agency Chestertons to move from Zoopla...

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

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

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

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...

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

It seems like every day there’s a new article about On The Market. Usually it consists something Zoopla have said, followed...