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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

The parent company of franchised hybrid estate agency EweMove says that experienced estate agents outperform inexperienced franchisees - but only for...

Former Purplebricks US chief executive officer Eric Eckardt is seeking some £6m in funding from across the world for his latest...

The head of online agency Housesimple has made another strident attack on the integrity of High Street agents by saying some...

Purplebricks has revealed it is considering changes to its pricing structure to correct “mistakes” of the past. Chief executive Vic Darvey has...

Online estate agency Housesimple has appointed a company to handle its public relations and social media as it rolls it its...

Akshay Ruparelia, the 21 year old who founded the online agency Doorsteps while he was still in sixth form, has called for...

The Advertising Standards Authority has issued a guidance note warning online estate agents, after complaints about them have “grown dramatically”. “Property is big...

Online estate agency EasyProperty has been acquired by a firm with the backing of Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. easyProperty has been sold by the eProp...

The chief executive of Hunters franchise operation, Glynis Frew, says online estate agencies have given the industry two ‘positives’ - but...

An online agency which last autumn said it wanted to have as much as a three per cent market share of...

There’s more bad news for online estate agencies this morning as a survey reveals that they have only a seven per cent...

Estate Agent Today has been contacted by an individual who says he is one of three former Emoov customers intending to...

A firm that offers a white-labelled online agency platform to traditional High Street agents has signed up a new customer. love2move was...

A member of a legal information and networking organisation says an online estate agency expects him to do some work in...

A veteran of three online estate agencies has been named as the first UK head of a US real estate operation...

Purplebricks’ most influential investor says there is “opportunity aplenty” for the company but says it would back the closure of the US...

Traditional High Street estate agents have been given the thumbs up by sellers in a new survey of over 5,000 vendors...

Countrywide’s shares took another battering yesterday as they plummeted below the psychologically-painful 5p mark - reflecting a 95 per cent loss of...

Ultra slow broadband speeds could knock a quarter off the value of a property according to research undertaken by online agency...

Purplebricks’ share price yesterday plunged to 90.5p at one point - well below the 100p level at which the company originally...

New data from property consultancy The Advisory shows that the top 10 online estate agents now have a combined market share...

An expert who has invested in an online agency in the past has slammed Purplebricks’ business model. James Max, who presents the...

It’s clear that some agents are not fans of Trading Standards officers, described in the comments sections of the trade press...

The head of the new Trading Standards authority regulating estate agents says Online firms are treated exactly the same as High...

A PropTech analyst insists that the tumbling share price of Purplebricks on the London Stock Exchange does not indicate that the...

A new snapshot of market share claims that online agents accounted for 7.0 per cent of all exchanges in the first...

The failure of online agencies to significantly disrupt the industry is down to their being too cheap and creating a perception...

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

There’s more bad news for Purplebricks: after a shock 80 per cent downgrading of its stock value by a bank on...

A controversial online estate agency has gone into liquidation two years after describing High Street agents as “smug, suited slime-balls.” BetterMove, registered...

An online estate agency insists the online/hybrid sector will take a 50 per cent market share in the future - despite...

The easyProperty online agency has abandoned an across-the-board fee structure, allowing its licensee agents to charge what they like. “Each local market is unique...

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

The latest analysis of new listings in the two weeks to last Friday show that online estate agencies continue to have...

Savills has declined to comment on whether it will follow in the footsteps of LSL Property Services and write down its...

A slew of bad news stories about online estate agencies may have taken the lustre off the sector in recent weeks,...

Here’s an unusual story, describing the work of one of Purplebricks’ Local Property Experts who was with the company for around...

House Network, one of the first ever online estate agencies, is alleged to be considering calling in administrators. Two reliable sources close...

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

Latest figures show that the top 10 online estate agencies have once again failed to exceed five per cent market share,...

The latest analysis of the performance of the top 10 online estate agencies shows that their market share of new listings...

The former chief executive of Emoov says he has the answer to Foxtons’ current downbeat performance - it should exploit its...

The former chief executive of Emoov says online estate agencies charge too little, so risk appearing cheap and ineffective to potential...

A top PropTech analyst says Purplebricks is as much an advertising firm as an estate agency but is nonetheless a huge success...

Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause of genuine sadness when people lose their jobs - close proximity...

Countrywide’s share price fell to its lowest-ever level yesterday - evidence that it’s not just online estate agencies that are having...

The future of online agency Emoov remains in the balance this weekend with talks continuing between the management and possible buyers. On...

Time appears to be running short for the sale of troubled online agency Emoov. An Emoov insider has told Estate Agent Today...

Online agency Doorsteps is slashing its flat fee to just £1 with no commission charge - but for only 48 hours. The...

An estate agency analyst has shared with Estate Agent Today his findings on the current and recent conversion rates of online...

An online agency launched by a traditional high street agent to ward off competition says the online business model might have...

As scary Halloweens go, yesterday was quite a shocker for Britain’s online estate agency sector - and not in a good...

A mortgage platform is making a pitch for online estate agencies to link with it and offer their customers “a customised...

A new online agency says it is currently focussing on one large city but will expand to cover the whole of...

Akshay Ruparelia, the young founder and head of the online agency Doorsteps, has been shortlisted for one of the most prestigious...

The latest figures from Purplebricks, contained within the agency’s annual report released this week, claim that 81 per cent of its...

Another eight EweMove franchisees have been appointed in just one month - but controversially, some of them have no estate agency...

Yopa - the online agency enjoying large-scale financial backing from Savills and LSL Property Services, the owner of Your Move -...

The online agency acquired by Purplebricks in Canada has started facing the same criticisms that its parent company have faced in...

The chief executive of the newly-expanded Emoov group has been giving details of the merger with Tepilo and the possibility of...

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

The Advertising Standards Authority has today issued a three-point guidance note for estate agents, including controversial interpretations of what constitutes a...

Over 15,000 households have exchanged after listing with an online agent in the second quarter of 2018 - that’s eight per...

  Purplebricks says it enjoyed an 81 per cent growth in revenue in the UK the year to the end of April and...

A new online agency has started charging only 0.75 per cent commission, payable only on completion, with no VAT and no...

Purplebricks is expanding its US activities by entering the markets of Las Vegas, Nevada and Phoenix, in the state of Arizona. A...

Whisper it quietly, but it may be that some bosses of online agencies used traditional High Street companies to sell their...

One of the country’s best known regional traditional agencies, Pygott and Crone, has used a promotion in local news outlets to...

The online agency shake-out and consolidation continues apace. Former YOPA director Russell Humphrey has been named as the managing director of estate...

TV property expert Sarah Beeny says she expects online agencies to take 70 per cent market share in the future -...

Century 21 UK is slashing the cost of becoming a franchisee for a six week period, cutting the price from £23,500...

Akshay Ruparelia, the teenager who set up the Doorsteps online estate agency only 18 months ago, is now reported to be...

Online estate agencies are the centre of attention right now - but one of them seems to be seeking publicity in...

One of the world’s leading agency and PropTech analysts says the race is on for who comes second in the UK’s...

Online estate agency House Network claims that “the percentage of houses sold at the original valuation price is 98 per cent”.  The...

Stubbornly high house prices and concerns over leasehold-related charges top the list of worries amongst the public about the housing market. That’s...

Online agency HouseSimple has become a completely No Sale No Fee agency - and is thought to be the only online...

  An assessment of nine online agencies undertaken by a property website has seen Emoov come out on top after being analysed...

New research appears to show that Purplebricks, HouseSimple, Yopa and other prominent online agencies are most popular with vendors selling in...

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

The operation of ‘online estate agencies’ has changed substantially in the relatively short few years of their existence: I have spotted...

A mergers and acquisitions specialist says traditional agencies have been pushed into becoming more innovative by the rise of portals and...

One of the country’s leading PropTech entrepreneurs has responded to recent criticism of online estate agencies and their allegedly-poor record of...

A new report by the residential property team of a legal firm has found widespread criticism of online agents’ over their...

A lengthy analysis of the online agency sector, based on material supplied by an online agent, suggests that its market share...

Yopa, the online agency with financial backing from Savills and LSL Property Services, is the latest online firm to launch a...

House Network, which describes itself as the UK’s first online estate agency, is using TV advertising to promote a new "20-point...

Leading independent property expert Kate Faulkner says the current row regarding the accuracy of Purplebricks’ sales figures should be the trigger...

Pressure continues to mount on Purplebricks to reveal its sales data after a weekend during which claims about its effectiveness continued...

The BBC says it is to broadcast a special one-hour radio documentary this weekend investigating online estate agencies. The show will go...

The housing market has returned to stability with exchanges up one per cent year on year and the average house price...

A former director at London agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has taken a swipe at agencies that have made knee-jerk changes...

US bank J P Morgan has predicted that Purplebricks, which it says now has around six per cent of advertised homes...

An estate agency that is moving from a high street to a business centre says it is relocation because footfall has...

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

Arun Estates has launched what it describes as “a major new departure” - a fully-staffed High Street office but covering a...

A senior figure in another regional estate agency group has expressed scepticism about the popularity of online choices for vendors. Last week...

Online estate agency Tepilo has denied industry speculation that it is to change its fee structure now that it is under...

HouseSimple is reported to have secured £20m in growth capital which it says will help it “challenge Purplebricks as the UK’s...

Outspoken estate agent Chris Wood has criticised the Advertising Standards Authority for its succession of ‘informally resolved’ judgements on complaints against...

The Advertising Standards Authority has intervened following a complaint about a mailshot from the high profile online agency Yopa. The ASA says...

Online property platform Settled, which claims its customers receive their first offer in an average of 17 days, has announced two...

Online agency Settled is introducing a deposit scheme which it claims will assist sellers and buyers reach completion faster - and...

Online agency Elopa has dropped a claim on its website that its Open House method of selling properties achieved the best...

An online agency which claims to be the first in the world to be dedicated to sealed bid property sales, is...

Estate Agent Today understands that a high-profile online estate agency in the UK has approached Facebook with a view to operating...

A firm which offers a white-labelled online estate agency platform which can be used by otherwise-traditional agencies to provide a Purplebricks-style...

Online agency EweMove - part of The Property Franchise Group, which recently failed to agree merger terms with Belvoir - claims...

A new website which completely by-passes all kinds of estate agents and allows vendors to upload details of their own properties...

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

The consumer affairs correspondent of The Times has savaged High Street estate agents because of the commission they charge when compared...

The Savills-backed online estate agency YOPA has found itself in glittering company amongst 25 firms listed by business media site LinkedIn...

The man seeking to establish the Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents says he is hopeful that the fledgling trade...

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

A long-standing traditional agent says the real success of online agencies is not their share of the market but that they...

The 19 year old boss of online agency Doorsteps claims that his website has sold £100m worth of homes, currently lists...

The long-running saga of whether independent agents’ group CIELA is ever going to launch appears to be nearing its end game...

The vast majority of sellers surveyed by a consumer group say rapport with branch staff in a locally-based office is important...

Hunters says it will not be following other traditional-style estate agencies by offering online-only services to sellers - but it will...

Peel Hunt, the City investment broker that has worked closely with Purplebricks, has issued an investment note to clients with a...

There is growing concern that online agents who do not chase-up on behalf of clients are leading to delays and fall-throughs...

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

A PropTech start-up says its booking, valuation and communication tools will be available free of charge to any agency with fewer...

One of the more puzzling questions in London's estate agency industry has been resolved - how a company which appears to...

Estate agency James Pendleton says it wants to give its clients more digital advantages without becoming an online operation itself -...

An online platform that allows the public to compare the services and fees of traditional estate agents in their areas has...

Sky News says the online estate agent eMoov is drawing up plans to float on the stock market.  Sky has been well-informed...

eMoov, the online agency which last month secured an additional £9m funding from investors, has launched a recruitment drive for what...

Online agency HouseSimple has once again been the subject of a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. Earlier this month a HouseSimple advertisement...

A major regional agency with offices in Kent, Surrey and Sussex says its new online service - Howard Cundey LIVE -...

Research in the United States shows that traditional full-service estate agencies achieve better sale prices than the biggest alternative in that...

For the second successive week the Advertising Standards Authority has banned an online estate agency’s advertisement.  Last week it was HouseSimple and...

An estate agency that has just launched in south Devon says it is giving its customers the advantages of a 24-hour...

The chief executive of online estate agency eMoov - which has raised £9m in its latest investment round - says “more...

Experts in Property - the network of independent estate agencies across Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Bristol - has revealed two...

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

Speculation is growing that one of the most senior executives in the Countrywide management team may be leaving the organisation. Countrywide and...

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

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned online agency HouseSimple from claiming that High Street agents charge “1.5% to 4% (plus 20%...

One of the founding figures behind OnTheMarket, which currently bans listings from online agencies, now says bricks and mortar agencies that...

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

Some 19 per cent of estate agents in the UK currently show warning signs that indicate they are at risk of going...

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...

The on-off-on saga of the fledgling trade group for independent agents has taken another twist. The founder of the organisation suggests that...

A third of ‘quick sale’ companies - those that buy homes in bulk at discounted prices - say the rise of...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement which suggested that the firm behind it had “a physical office ... in...

The first ever home to have a viewing staged over Facebook Live has sold after it received three offers as a...

A new report reveals how clients’ reviews and star ratings - used by many online estate agents in particular - are...

It’s not happening here (yet) but several articles on US websites have started talking up the possibility of Amazon going into...

PropTech start-up OneDome - which describes its products as allowing traditional estate agents to challenge Purplebricks and other online rivals -...

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

The troubled trade group Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents - which has suggested it may not have enough support...

New figures released this morning from Purplebricks shows the onward march of the hybrid agency and its Local Property Experts. For the...

Online estate agency Housesimple says it is aiming to sell the first home in the UK via a viewing on Facebook...

TV property expert and online agency owner Sarah Beeny says there will always be some sellers who prefer to use traditional...

Two leading voices in the PropTech sector suggest a radical overhaul of agents’ fee structures, saying that neither traditional full service nor online...

A study described as the biggest of its type seeks to explain why vendors choose - or avoid - online agents. The...

A consumer group which has consistently promoted online agencies says they achieve closer to sellers’ original asking price than the national...

Zoopla has been reported as saying hybrid estate agencies will not reach their professed targets of achieving 10 per cent of...

The founder of the trade group seeking to represent independent agencies says he hopes the National Association of Estate Agents considers...

Estate Agent Today understands that the fledgling trade group CIELA - the Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents - has...

The comparison service Get Agent has released the full details of its analysis of the performance of four different online estate...

A company which last month launched a service which it claims allows High Street estate agents to compete with online and...

EasyProperty has removed from its advertising any reference to clients getting ‘an offier in 20 weeks’ after an intervention by the...

EweMove, the online brand owned by the Property Franchise Group, now has 108 franchisees - 97 are fully operational and 11...

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

The new chief executive of the Guild of Property Professionals has accused some online agents of carrying out “aggressive” marketing campaigns...

A firm is claiming to be allow high street agents to offer vendors an online sale services as well, without the...

The new chief marketing officer of online estate agency YOPA is a figure with over 20 years experience with brands such as...

The first meeting of fledgling trade group CIELA has ended with a pledge to expose what it calls ‘fake agents’ which...

A debate on customer service in the agency industry has been arranged for later this month between leading lights from both...

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

HomeXperts, the network of franchise agents operating from their homes and covering sales and lettings, has announced three new franchisees. They are...

Countrywide’s share price, which just over three years ago was riding high at just above 685p, has hit a new low...

An analysis by a leading PropTech entrepreneur has attempted to throw light on the startling losses reported last week by online...

The chief executive of online easyProperty says the company’s investors “have full confidence” in the firm despite it announcing an operating...

Figures lodged at Companies House by online agency easyProperty suggest parent company EProp Services will seek additional funding this year. A strategic...

An online estate agency which says it could be the next Purplebricks says prejudice against internet property transactions is waning  “With Neil...

Swiss bank UBS has downgraded Countrywide’s status to ‘sell’ in a move which has prompted the troubled estate agency’s share price...

Purplebricks' entry into selective areas of the US market comes just as new evidence suggests the use of estate agencies by...

The man behind YOPA - the online agency that last year secured investment from high end traditional company Savills - says...

OnTheMarket has swatted away the latest criticism from a long-term critic, online estate agency head Russell Quirk - although it has...

The new group for independent owner-managed estate and letting agencies, to be formally inaugurated this week, has stepped up its campaign...

Harry Hill - former chief executive of Countrywide and the founder of Rightmove, and one of the most respected figures in the...

Online agency HouseSimple has been told that by the Advertising Standards Authority that its TV advertisement including the claim ‘sell your...

A high street agency has turned the online sector’s advertising technique on its head. Instead of a seller revealing ‘saved’ fees by...

One of the founders of hybrid agency Purplebricks says sellers in the UK may never accept the sale of their property...

One of the earliest entrepreneurs to found a website to allow for-sale-by-owner property listings back in 2000, predicts current online agents...

New research suggests there has been a slight increase in the total number of estate agency offices in Greater London this...

Hatched, the online agency snapped up just over a year ago by Connells in what was described as an ‘industry defining’...

An estate agency described as operating a ‘pay as you go’ business model says it wants to “disrupt the disruptors” operating...

Prominent buying agent, TV housing market commentator and hard-core tweeter Henry Pryor has accused traditional estate agents of becoming “fat and...

Tepilo, Sarah Beeny’s online estate agency, has opened a new headquarters in central London after doubling its turnover in the past...

The award-winning online agency HouseSimple has had one of its advertisements banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The advert was a poster for...

A debate discussing how online and traditional estate agency would develop in the future, organised by City investment consultancy Jefferies, has...

Countrywide's second most senior management figure - Head of Retail Sam Tyrer - is to speak before an industry audience next...

An online agency called DoorStepAgents.com claims to have set up a service which is both the cheapest and ‘best value’ sales...

Despite the much-publicised 'threat' of online estate agency there were more high street offices opened in the first half of this year...

YOPA, the online agency that recently had an extensive TV campaign, has amended the content of its website following a complaint to...

One of the world’s leading property portal and online consultants says Purplebricks, which is now operating in Australia and the UK,...

An online estate agency delisted by Rightmove for apparently breaching its terms and conditions has accused the portal of “gross abuse”...

In the first half of this year, vendors in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, could have saved over £1.87 billion in...

Countrywide’s former senior management rejected an invitation to buy 10 per cent of eMoov for £100,000 five years ago, according to the...

A firm called Proper Local has launched, insisting it is offering “a new model” for estate agency, somewhere between a traditional...

Ed Mead, one of the most high profile estate agents in the industry, is leaving London agency Douglas and Gordon to...

The bank Credit Suisse has launched a new monthly survey of online estate agents, using a simple eight-element questionnaire. The bank -...

YOPA, the online agency which now has financial investment from Savills, says its instructions have risen five-fold since February. It also says...

An estate agency owned by Countrywide has relaunched with what it calls “an innovative, premises-free business model that seeks to redefine...

Zoopla is to offer its members a range of options which effectively mean that those agents who wish to can offer...

Settled, which was set up in 2015 and earlier this year announced it was hunting for an additional £1m in funding,...

Swiss bank UBS has given an upbeat assessment of online estate agencies in the changing housing market - but it warns...

The chief executive of Savills says “the sale of homes will move more and more online” - justifying the recent investment...

Online agency Settled has been described by a major national newspaper as having “halved the time it takes to sell a...

For the second time this month, the Advertising Standards Authority has had to intervene over the wording of an ad from...

The agency which describes itself as the UK’s first hybrid - EweMove - is claiming a record quarter of property sales...

Sarah Beeny’s Tepilo agency says it intends to more than double its size in the next six months and cites Purplebricks...

The influential consumer property body HomeOwners Alliance says Purplebricks-style hybrid estate agencies may be “the future”. In a blog on the HOA website,...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an ad by online agency emoov after a complaint disputing the duration of a fee...

Another Countrywide executive has left the company - the latest departure is Eyal Malinger, the director of corporate development. Harvard-educated Malinger had...

Online agency HouseSimple Award claims a new £13m investment package will allow it to “challenge PurpleBricks as the UK’s leading online...

Countrywide is to offer vendors and buyers a choice of using an online service, a traditional high street branch or a...

Countrywide's retail chief says the group's new hybrid joint online and traditional project has involved training agents to change the way...

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

An online agency claims that for the second year running London’s traditional estate agents have charged well over £1 billion in...

One of the founders of online agency Purplebricks says his aim is for the firm to become the "first choice" for...

Two estate agencies have looked to a crowdfunding platform to try to raise investment. Online agency HouseSpotters wants £150,000 to “ensure the...

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

This website recently published a piece ahead of the nationwide launch of our new property platform, Be Street Smart.  It explained how...

Countrywide is going to announce “in the very near future” that it is taking a stake in two tech start-up companies...

This week, SearchFlow launches it new brand. Group Marketing and Communications Director, Maud Rousseau discusses the ethos behind the new brand...

Purplebricks, the online agency that floated a month ago at 100p per share, was yesterday down to 75.0 at one point...

A survey of 1,000 members of the public suggests that 60 per cent of people would prefer to buy or sell a...

Tepilo is the latest online estate agency to introduce an option for sellers to pay after a sale is completed, instead...

In the week that Purplebricks floats on the stock market, rival agency easyProperty says it will not list for two years...

A large survey of home movers reveals that over one in five of them considered using only an online-only estate agent...

Sarah Beeny says Tepilo has seen a 400 per cent increase in turnover and aims to exceed £10m in turnover next...

easyProperty is reported to be in talks to raise around £5m to expand its services. Reports over the weekend, including one on...

A so-called ‘brand incubator’ has invested in online estate agency Settled. Settled launched in January 2015 but has had negligible impact even...

Connells Group says it is still on the prowl for traditional estate agencies to acquire after its announcement that it has...

An online estate agency has taken on the established high-end agents by marketing a home in prime central London for £19.5m...

Controversial online agency chief Russell Quirk has described aspects of Countrywide’s newly-revealed digital ambitions as “cursory” and showing “arrogance.” Yesterday Estate Agent...

The future estate agency model is going to be neither the traditional High Street office nor the online-only alternative - instead...

The big online estate agencies appear to have come of age. No, no - I'm not saying they're good, bad, better or...

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

eMoov, arguably Britain’s highest-profile online estate agency, says it is “inevitable” that it will enter the US sales market in the...

The controversial description of online agency eMoov as being valued at £20m - even though it currently does not even make...

Another online estate agency has launched, claiming to save vendors thousands of pounds by “getting rid of all the unnecessary stuff...

It’s always interesting when Which? produces a report that includes estate agency. It asked 1,990 people their views on buying and selling...

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

Online estate agent HouseSimple has launched what it calls a “weekly pay-as-you-go estate agent service” which asks sellers to pay from...

One of the country’s most prominent online estate agencies is trying to confound critics by offering a no sale-no fee model,...