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It was a quiet first quarter this year for sanctions at The Property Ombudsman (TPO). The redress scheme has revealed that just...

Media reports from the US state of Virginia say an 84-year-old man killed his estate agent after buying a property ‘sight...

The UK’s biggest property auctioneer is considering whether to bring its sales back into the auction room in the near future. Managing...

Fledgling portal Boomin is launching what it claims to be the most interactive and accurate online valuation tool on the market.  It...

Property auctioneer Auction House has recorded its best first half results in its 14-year history, and says it’s going to continue...

Last year saw a monumental shift in almost every aspect of our lives: not least the way we work, socialise and...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Franchising What is Meyers and what...

One of the country’s top auctioneers is not going to stage any ballroom auctions this year - and it’s keeping its 2022...

If your house is anything like mine, the postman has a path beaten to your door over the last nine months. In...

Online network love2move - which gives partner High Street agents an option to offer vendors an online sales service - is...

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

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,...

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

An online auction platform has launched a new instant property purchase feature as part of its expansion plans. Under The Hammer, a...

In a world where people want instant gratification, it’s important to find ways to connect and engage with customers when they...

A millionaire who has not previously invested in the property industry has taken the plunge by funding an online agency network. The...

Four high-profile industry figures have sent an open letter urging agents to think about what they call “smarter marketing” in a...

The online estate agency platform Love2Move has scrapped its bid for investment via a controversial crowdfunding platform. The platform - which allows...

Online agency platform Love2move insists that its current bid to attract investors will not be damaged by the adverse publicity surrounding...

The first major estate agency business to launch a crowdfunding bid since the controversial collapse of Emoov has emphasised its “realistic”...

The online sales and lettings platform TheHouseShop has scrapped its £500,000 crowdfunding pitch - and it’s blaming the collapse of online...

A bid by online property platform TheHouseShop to raise £500,000 investment via crowdfunding appears to be flatlining. TheHouseShop - until 2015 known...

The ValPal Network, an automated valuation system, has for the first time provided over 100,000 leads to agents in just one...

Almost one in five online sales valuations generated by The ValPal Network over a two-year period resulted in a completion with...

Traditional estate agencies should make their work appear more of a luxury and even showcase the prices of individual elements that...

Countrywide’s Group Operations Director Paul Creffield - one of three figures now at the top of the organisation - says he...

A network of agents representing over 800 brands with over 4,000 branches has announced the launch of a host of new...

Another member of Countrywide's top table is leaving the company. Kate Brown, Countrywide’s human resources chief with the responsibility for implementing what...

Andrews & Robertson, one of the UK’s highest profile auction houses, has been taken over by Ireland’s BidX1 and is set...

International property analyst Mike DelPrete has queried the suggestion that Countrywide's online sales option is drawing in additional business to those...

Six more High Street estate agencies have signed up to an online platform that allows them to offer customers a fixed-fee...

The founder of a new online sales assistance service says agents are often unfairly blamed by the public for failings in...

An online estate agency with a website claiming “a saving of 50 per cent” on local agents, is seeking £100,000 to £250,000...

Humberts, which yesterday launched an online-only option for landlord clients, says it is “not closing the door” on expanding the idea...

Adam Day, the founder of Connells-owned online estate agency Hatched, has been announced as head of operations at easyProperty.    In a statement...

Countrywide says the roll out of its online sales and lettings service is on schedule to reach 50 per cent of...

A traditional estate agency has launched a new online package to give vendors the opportunity “to save thousands.” FranKeys in Lincoln has...

Two leading property analysts have written a fiercely critical assessment of the merger between easyProperty and the Guild of Property Professionals.   The...

GPEA Ltd - the parent company of the Guild of Property Professionals and Fine & Country - has announced it has...

Countrywide’s Bairstow Eves brand has launched a series of video guides for customers using their £995 online agency service and for...

Countrywide’s controversial hybrid estate agency business has produced “fantastic results” according to Sam Tyrer, the group’s Managing Director, Retail & London. In...

Auction house Clive Emson has launched a digital service through which vendors can sell land and property via an online auction. Clive...

Countrywide has given Estate Agent Today some early details of how its mix of online and traditional agency services will roll-out...

There has been a muted response from the City to the announcement just before the weekend that high-end estate agency Savills...

Settled, the online property sales site which launched last year, is now looking for an additional £1m in investment from funds...

Estate agents with a difference, a twist, a unique selling point, whatever you want to call it, seem to be becoming...

Miller Metcalfe Surveyors is a centre of excellence, with accreditation from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for residential surveys and...

An agency that offers both traditional and online sales and lettings services to clients has opened a new office - in...

easyProperty today launches a TV and multi-media advertising campaign “costing very much into seven figures” as it attempts to boost its...

Franchise giant Martin & Co says there has been “very limited take-up” of a no frills estate agency service that it...

With just a few days to go before the formal start of the new football season, the much-publicisied possible easyProperty sponsorship...

Over 28,000 people visited websites connected with the first ever online-only auction for new build properties, according to the event’s organisers,...