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They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

Purplebricks is starting a new wave of TV advertisements today, continuing its theme from earlier this year as a sponsor of...

A personnel company wants agents to tell them how much they earn in another anonymous online survey. Rayner Personnel - which recently...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

As we adjust to a life post-Covid-19, letting agents, landlords, and tenants are thinking - ways to speed up the process...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have announced that they are extending their cut-price fees deals, introduced because of Coronavirus. This morning Rightmove says: "We have...

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - currently at the centre of a planning controversy - could be sacked in a September Cabinet reshuffle. The...

One in six home owners with a mortgage across the UK are now on some form of payment holiday with lenders...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

The phrase ‘game-changer’ has been hugely overused. But when applied to how Covid-19 is changing the way estate agents will work...

Most letting agents don’t set up a business to become accountants but losing control of client money poses serious risks for...

Video tours, heralded as the next big thing just a few weeks ago, are being abandoned by buyers and dismissed as...

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...

Tuesday mornings at 6am is usually my time to review all the latest PropTech news. This fires off ideas for my...

Purplebricks has instructed a new legal firm to support its sales and lettings activities. Business Insider reports that the commercial team at...

Online sector veterans Russell Quirk and Kenny Bruce have used social media to call for a temporary scrapping of all stamp...

A working party of property professionals is being set up to look at whether and how property logbooks could help speed...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

A 27 year old agent with a background working in London’s Canary Wharf has headed north to set up his own...

A new high end agency called The Country House Department is launching with an initial focus on Oxfordshire, Berkshire and The...

There’s been a strong rebound in demand for homes and an “unprecedented” bounce in new sales agreed according to Zoopla. The portal...

A survey of 2,750 buyers and tenants has revealed the aspects of online property listings which they find most annoying. The single...

Russell Jervis, who spent 33 years at Spicerhaart rising to managing director before quitting late last year, has re-emerged this morning...

National property auctioneer Pugh & Co is launching an initiative to partner with estate agents across the UK. Via a new network...

There’s no doubt we’re in a less-than-rosy phase of the property cycle. This, however, is not another doom and gloom piece:...

In a wide-ranging video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to former agent and founder of Viewber, Ed...

Now that it’s June it’s officially summer (as if we didn’t realise that from the sudden drop in temperatures). With good...

Lets Bid works in partnership with a variety of Estate Agents across the Uk from big franchise brands like Winkworth /...

Rightmove has contacted all member agents saying it has enhanced its automated online viewing feature first introduced in April. As part of...

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...

I was asked a question by a German journalist yesterday. What is the biggest lesson German and European PropTech founders can...

The man who has been Rightmove’s head of innovation for the past five years has joined an online agency. Hannes Buhrmann has...

A senior property lawyer is to set up a franchise agency which he describes as embracing the best of the High...

Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...

Dominic Cummings has been at worst a cause of huge anger to a nation that’s already extremely anxious. At best, he’s been...

Over the last few years, there have been a number of high-profile court cases in which renters took action against letting...

OnTheMarket has introduced a new filter that allows buyers to limit their searches to those properties with online viewing options. These can...

A digital ‘members-only club’ for property professionals around the world has slashed its prices nine months after launching. The Eighth Door is...

The Covid-19 crisis hasn’t caused the revolution it has been reported to have. Despite the challenges it has brought, fundamentally, the...

Many of the leading advocates of the self-employed estate agent business model have talked about why many want new recruits with...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

The Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into fake and misleading online reviews. The announcement from the watchdog does not...

It’s another Bank Holiday weekend and the first since lockdown was eased and the housing market returns - so perhaps a...

During March, the coronavirus pandemic put the brakes on the property market with an enforced period of shutdown. However, almost two...

I recently read the news about Settled closing its doors. As of 6.29am on Tuesday morning, the article had been read by 8,642...

A survey of agents’ attitudes which two weeks ago showed a big majority of agents wanting to work as self employed...

NetAnAgent, a website which offers consumers instant quotes from a selection of traditional and online agents, has changed some of its...

A daily monitor of mortgage market activity has reported “significant volumes” of business across the sector, even over the weekend. Mortgage technology...

It’s been revealed that the home moving advice service set up by Phil Spencer is entering a collaboration with awards and...

The biggest awards for the agency sector - The ESTAS - will now be a virtual event on Friday July 3,...

As you know, having professional images of your properties is the best (only?) way to get people wanting to step through...

There’s been a very significant increase in the number of listings carrying virtual viewings, accelerating during the period of the Coronavirus crisis and...

The online estate agency Settled appears to have ceased trading with its customers refunded. It was launched in 2014 by former Google...

Guidance issued by the government explicitly advises agents, buyers and sellers that more activity should be done online if possible. “The process...

Although few expect virtual viewings to continue their popularity now that lockdown restrictions have been eased, there’s news this morning that...

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

The UK operation of the US-led estate agency Keller Williams is to hold two free online sessions tomorrow aimed at explaining...

First details of the government’s programme to allow businesses to reopen have begun to emerge - with little comfort for estate...

Details being presented to Parliament today may include information on how agents can return to work in some sort of ‘new normal.’ A 50...

Three more property players have been in touch to share what they're doing to help their staff during lockdown - there...

An instant valuation service has launched a new tool aimed at helping agents prioritise leads through prospective vendors uploading photographs to...

In these unprecedented times, Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) aims to reassure letting agents, landlords and tenants on any legislative changes, relating...

The market share for all online agents fell sharply in the period up to the start of the pandemic according to new...

The demand for mortgages in April was scarcely a quarter of what it was in March - but the figures show...

Zoopla is launching a series of Skills Sessions to support agents through the Coronavirus crisis.  The sessions are free to join and...

Listings from an agent who ended his contract with Rightmove were not removed as he expected - instead, he is accusing...

The online agency network love2move has won a new agency client despite the Coronavirus lockdown. Pinkerton - which covers the North Down,...

A major consumer survey of existing home owners and potential movers has resulted in a plea to government to allow house...

The Mail Online is running a story on estate agents allegedly breaking the lockdown by conducting physical viewings in recent weeks...

We all know the world has gone digital—nothing new there. Every time you jump online, you’re one of 4.5 billion internet...

An online auction platform is offering agents full legal packs with no upfront cost in a bid to keep the housing...

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

It may seem a long time since normal trading took place but many agencies are now finding they are picking up...

Hello - yes it’s Friday in case you lost track, and that means it’s Agents Do Charity day: and once again...

If there are agents still uncertain as to whether their company or themselves as individuals are claiming the maximum business support,...

Today is the final day that agencies can register with the government scheme offering furlough pay on April 30. The furlough programme...

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...

Purplebricks chief financial officer James Davies has resigned. His place has been taken by Andrew Botha, who has joined from the online...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

Hunters has expanded its online offering to improve its service to both the sales and lettings sectors - and it’s even...

The last five years have seen unprecedented changes to the property market and agents and their clients have never faced such...

Allsop has staged its first principal residential auction entirely online, and has raised £28m. Some 76 per cent of all lots offered...

Floorplan and photography supplier FocalAgent is making a free offer to every agent in the UK during the virus crisis -...

As the impact of coronavirus unfolds, we are in constant conversations with customers to understand the challenges they’re facing and to...

An online estate agency which has described the Coronavirus pandemic as “a disrupter and game changer” for the agency industry says...

One of Britain’s leading agents says online viewing and interest in videos for homes on sale continues to be relatively strong...

What is thought to be the first survey of sellers since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak suggests that they anticipate...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...

Much like PropTech, Open Banking has been used as a buzzword in recent years. However, when it comes to the rental...

Based on our historical data over twenty years of nationwide operation and a survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, we estimate...

One of the industry’s leading automated valuation services says it’s running at approaching 1,000 leads a day for agents even during...

Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...

An online agency has offered to sell the homes of NHS frontline staff for free. Doorsteps, set up by high profile young...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

Former housing minister Alok Sharma has revealed new measures to allow agencies and other businesses to avoid insolvency during the virus...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

In response to the current coronavirus pandemic, which is having such an impact on all parts of life, including the property...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

A hybrid agency says the Coronavirus is a “disrupter and game changer” for the industry and is wanting agents keen to...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column . Before we get on with it, a reminder to...

Auction houses are the latest part of the residential sector to seek PropTech help to attract business during the Coronavirus crisis. For...

We all know how stressful buying a home is, whether it’s your very first step onto the ladder or your final...

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

Estate Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...

There’s been a huge change in the way estate agencies operate in recent years, with far more focus on marketing properties...

The three leading portals have rejected an appeal to give the industry a payment holiday to help firms through the Coronavirus...

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

A property portal is making the controversial claim that the Coronavirus has led to an increase in online interest in UK...

An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later...

Analysis by an online valuation and lead generation service shows that requests from prospective sellers and landlords are increasingly happening in...

It may be that we’re facing another year - make that yet another year - of disruption in the housing market. Coronavirus...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year - a significantly higher figure than 12...

Rightmove has seen one of the best returns on investment of any company in the FTSE indices according to an investment...

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

There’s a growing trend for estate agents to quit big-name corporates and either go independent or join US-style brokerages, a top...

A new hybrid set up by ex-Purplebricks territory owners says it wants to "redefine estate agency in the customer's favour." Knock Knock...

An estate agent who swindled a 69 year old woman out of £5,000 has escaped jail - and has been ordered...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

A woman claims she had no idea that her husband stole almost £1.5m from two high-profile employers - one of them...

We all use postcodes in our daily life but we rarely pay attention to them. It has become a regular part...

The property management industry is evolving at a rapid pace, thanks almost entirely to the rise in PropTech. Hundreds, if not thousands...

Buyers and sellers using online estate agencies could inadvertently sign contracts if they carelessly use email signature blocks. Blocks are the ‘auto-signatures’...

Both Countrywide and LSL Property Services have submitted early online paperwork to The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, an independent body...

There’s something of a conspiracy of silence over the problem of short lets. That is a stark claim but many siren voices...

Who are you? Jed Topping, Business Development Executive for Virgin Media How can sales and letting agents work with Virgin Media to earn extra revenue?...

A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has revealed that it has recruited over 50 agents in its first...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

An online valuation service says the number of leads it generated for agents in January was over double the figure in...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week - and it’s been a frantic seven days since the last...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

As residential sales and lettings professionals we are conditioned to adapt to change, it’s the nature of the profession. However, developments...

Zoopla has published a startling set of statistics to demonstrate what it calls “a record January with significant growth in delivery...

The head of SEO at Rightmove has defected to a rival portal, Residential People. Farhaad Saleh was responsible for all of Rightmove's...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

The war of words between estate agency review website allAgents and consumer review service Trustpilot continues apace. Trustpilot has hit back, describing allAgents’...

The ‘on-demand’ economy is reshaping our world. The way we order food, get around, and even access healthcare has changed irreversibly...

An online agency’s claim that it sells homes “for free” has been disputed by a High Street rival - but the...

The people behind an online valuation service is warning agents that having a widget on their website is not enough by...

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...

An analysis of the market share of online agents shows they are on 4.8 per cent - virtually unchanged from the...

For a very long time, it was one of the best ways – if not the best way – of generating...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

A leading property lawyer is urging sellers not to use online agents because to do so would be “a gamble”. Gillian Wright...

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its debut last year with teams from the property sector makes a welcome return...

Understanding the customer journey plays a huge role in the success of any estate agent. From that very first viewing right through...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

The average time it took a home to sell last year - measured from its first day listed on a portal...

A hub-style agency says it’s achieved what it calls a mega-sale - and claims it’s the largest ever by a hub...

Hello - if it’s Monday it’s PJT day, so welcome to the latest update on key moves within our industry. Let us...

Property portals generate revenue from estate agents regardless of the outcome of the transaction. This relationship has resulted in a fundamental...

The founder of an online agency has spoken publicly for the first time about how his near-death experience led him to...

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...

Purplebricks today launches its media campaign as ‘The Official Estate Agent of Team GB’ for this summer’s Olympic Games. Today’s PR onslaught...

A leasehold reform campaigner claims estate agents face “growing calls to be held accountable for mis-selling leasehold properties.” Louie Burns, managing director...

The ValPal Network claims its new product allows agents to gather the maximum amount of information from customers using its automated...

Another hub-based agency has launched in the capital, following in the footsteps of operations like Harding Green, Orchards and Keller Williams. Mariel...

Following on from the second half of the last decade, the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit mad...

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...

A leading analyst says Purplebricks has clearly plateaued and will not reach its own target of a 10 per cent market...

An online estate agent is awaiting sentence after being found guilty of a £5,000 fraud  Claire Ainsworth, who worked for the agency...

In six years of editing Estate Agent Today, some of my most dramatic moments have been covering the troubles - some...

The Law Commission has set out three ways to cut the cost that leaseholders have to pay to buy the freehold...

There have been two developments on the controversial subject of online reviews. One concerns the online agency Emoov, which three months ago...

A property portal says that it’s going to remain free to list for estate and letting agents - and that pledge...

First things first, a big happy New Year to everyone. Welcome to 2020! It looks set to be another interesting year...

A warning has been issued by a prominent industry figure that more bricks-and-mortar High Street agents will go under in 2020,...

Hello - HNY and all that from the team at Agents Do Charity. We’re delighted to be back with three great stories...

Barclays claims that property size and measurements are confusing home owners - and especially those considering going to the market this...

The number of residential sales rose 1.9 per cent to 102,050  in November compared to the same month last year, the...

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

A website has slammed the idea that there is a surge of interest in buying homes on Boxing Day, describing the...

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...

An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...

love2move, the digital platform that allows High Street agents to operate parallel online agencies alongside their traditional offerings, is holding a...

Here we go again with another brilliant Christmas pic - this time it’s from Under The Hammer, an online auction service...

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...

In the firmest sign yet that PropTech has entered the mainstream, Housing Minister Esther McVey recently launched an expert advisory council...

Outsourcing important business functions such as marketing, HR and IT to attract cost savings, leverage expertise and gain greater competitive advantage is...

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

Purplebricks says it’s put four different pricing strategies into the market with a view to testing them in 2020. In a trading...

Here’s the final part of our questioning of the three portals based on comments and queries from our readers - thanks...

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands.  The offer is...

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

Humberts has signed off in bizarre style leaving only false contact details on its website. The historic agency - which closed several...

The portals say they are ready and willing to play their part in changes approaching the industry, ranging from new agency...

The relaunched easyProperty hybrid agency is to rely exclusively on local marketing to drive awareness and customers, and not follow the...

Humberts' experiment rejecting branches and promoting a supposedly one-stop-shop for property related services has failed with reports that the firm is likely...

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

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

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

love2move, which offers High Street agents a white-labelled digital platform that allows them to offer online services to vendors, has revealed...

An online agency which is free to list for vendors says it wants prospective buyers to stay in the property they...

The dispute between controversial online estate agency Emoov and the Advertising Standards Authority is rumbling on.  In the first half of November...

The man who founded Zoopla is now a second hand car salesman - but with a digital difference. Alex Chesterman, who founded...

Property voyeurism and the festive season have long been bedfellows for many Brits. The heady combination of over-indulgence and regret, close proximity...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

A new portal has been launched aiming to take on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket in the retirement property sector - and...

A new digital ‘members-only club’ is being launched for property professionals around the world.  The Eighth Door is a web and app-based...

It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...

A Georgian mansion described as an oasis of seclusion and including a lake with 2,000 fish is being raffled by its...

A PropTech company says the majority of transactions now involve chains and that the issue is becoming more problematic for agents...

It normally costs estate or lettings agents £10,000 to buy a franchise for the online company called The Good Estate Agent...

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...

The head of a new property portal is urging agents to forget about spending money on For Sale and To Let...

A traditional property agent says critics of Purplebricks underestimate the beneficial impact the firm has had on the UK agency industry. And...

The Property Franchise Group has issued a trading statement that is upbeat on lettings but warns that the sales market has...

An online estate agency which last week claimed it had resolved a dispute over reviews it showed on its website is...

A PropTech firm has calculated the different delays that lead to transactions taking an average 120 days (and often much longer)...

A shock prediction from a property management firm suggests that around 10 estate agencies have gone bust every week in Britain...

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

A PropTech company that monitors search times for transactions says only just over two thirds of them are now completed in...

love2move, an online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has teamed up with the Mortgage...

You don’t need to go far to find news about the UK lettings market. From the banning of tenant fees to...

Fledgling online estate agency Emoov - now owned by PropTech firm Mashroom - has removed reviews and endorsements from its website...

An estate agency says it is now holding weekly online auctions in addition to its bi-monthly traditional ‘showroom’ auctions. Loveitts, which operates...

Mark Bentley, the immediate past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has become the highest profile agent yet to...

Hello, we hope you had a good weekend, and welcome to Monday - as ever, Property Jobs Today time, bringing you...

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...

House prices dipped a tiny 0.1 per cent in October - but this led to the annual rate coming in at...

Purplebricks has this morning released a brief and relatively downbeat trading statement to the City and its shareholders. The statement applies to the...

An online agent claims to have the answer to why fewer people are buying and selling these days. It’s not Brexit, stamp...

You’ve probably heard about unified communications (UC) before. But why are your competitors and other organisations moving towards centralised comms platforms? What are...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Jason Wilson, mio Account Manager What is mio and what does...

Relocation Agent Network has revealed a new competition in which member agents can win tip to £5,000. RAN currently offers four customer...

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...

The phrase ‘death of the high street’ can be found in nearly any publication in any given week. And for fair...

Being a market leader means staying on top of industry trends. The more aware you are of what's happening in the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Milton Rodosthenous, Director of Equity and Capital & LetsBid Property.  What...

Countrywide’s ever-patient investors appear to have been unfazed by the company’s latest compliance issue, which has led to a £100,000 fine...

Almost inevitably on Halloween, there’s a report today on the horror stories that deter buyers - but it may well be...

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...

A small online agency which in six months of trading has secured around 140 sales says it’s on course to be...

Troubled online agency Yopa has launched an in-house subsidiary to sell mortgages and other financial services - and not just to Yopa...

A new league table of High Street agents’ charges published over the weekend reveals the locations where agents charge an average...

A controversial estate agent and former head of an online agency is urging agents to knock on the doors of vendors...

Housing minister Esther McVey says Compulsory Purchase Orders and brownfield land registers are to be made digitally transparent.  This will allow CPO...

A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has told Estate Agent Today that its recruitment schedule is running “well...

Controversy and Purplebricks have gone hand in hand since the agency was first launched in 2012, through its float on the...

A service has launched for estate and letting agents to copy and paste a widget into online advertisements free of charge. It...

News broke last weekend of a further online estate agency casualty as letting agent Upad announced on its website that it...

There has been a real wind of change in estate agency and over the last 18 months we have seen the...

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

Upad, the national online letting agent set up by entrepreneur James Davis has announced that it is “closed to new business”...

There has been a surprise, but small, increase in the market share of online estate agents according to the latest survey. Business...

A relatively new company which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents says it...

A leading agent and property management expert says the shock closure of online agency Upad is a sign that technology alone...

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

A new online auction service has launched this week, pledging a fairer service for agent partners, as well as buyers and...

The ValPal Network, which consists of over 800 agency brands with more than 4,000 offices, has launched a new product which...

In a revival of the Natter’s day in the life of series, I catch up with Rajeev Nayyar, managing director of...

It may only be October 4, but temperatures have already started to drop this week as preparations for winter begin. As we...

It never rains but it pours. And that’s certainly been the case for the online estate agency sector in the last...

Hybrid agency Yopa has announced that its chief executive, Ben Poynter, will be standing down at the end of October to...

A company that treats Japanese Knotweed has made startling claims about the extent of the problem across the UK. Environet claims that...

The German-based Alex Springer publishing company, which is already the largest single investor in Purplebricks, has acquired a prominent online estate...

There’s a clear change of mood music in the country now regarding environmental issues. You don’t need to be old to remember...

How can estate and letting agents nurture leads who aren't ready to sell or let a property instantly? It's a question many...

In an increasingly aggressive UK right now, it’s worth remembering that most people just want to get along and do good...

As an agent, it’s part of your role to protect and advise your clients throughout the buying and selling process. Mortgages are...

The tech publication WIRED has conducted an in-depth analysis of Purplebricks’ reviews on the Trustpilot site and suggests the agency may...

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

A high profile estate agency selling some of the most expensive homes in the west of England has shut two of...

The collapse of Thomas Cook, widely seen as failing modernise with the expectations of modern shoppers, is a clear lesson for...

The niche agency Singer Veille has set up its own PropTech consultancy and application development service for the property industry. Singer Veille...

A well known regional agent has closed one of its offices saying “the old shop window of an estate agency is...

A sales and lettings agency which has entered insolvency is reported by a local newspaper to have offered vendors cut-price fees...

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that the original Emoov online agency has been fined for breaches of money laundering regulations. HMRC...

All eyes will be on Purplebricks today to see if there is further development in what some believe is a long-term...

The first speakers have been announced for the 2020 conference of the National Association of Estate Agents, to be held on...

A property MOT being launched by Countrywide and described as “game changing” for the house buying process will include survey and...

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Simon Trippett – Partner at The Property Centre. What services...

There are those who say that PropTech is at risk of becoming a bubble market, and others who say bubbles don’t...

A PropTech start-up says its service allows investors from anywhere in the world to buy property in the UK which can...

Former Purplebricks chief executive Lee Wainwright says the problem for estate agents maintaining a strong level of fees isn’t competition from...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

A comprehensive report into the changing complexion of the High Street suggests that some 143 estate agents’ offices closed in the...

Purplebricks has spent £26.7m on marketing in the past year - that represents £382 per instruction.  The figures, revealed in the agency’s...