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![Hybrid agent easyProperty set for new owner](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/HandshakeSuit-400x310.jpg)
Former Evolve staff are being offered £2,000 ex-gratia payments by the easyGroup after its ownership of easyProperty ended. Jason Bull, national sales...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why Meyers Home Based Agency is Attracting the Biggest & the Best](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/360x280%20Mark%20Meyer.jpg)
Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Estate Agents: “We’re on a mission to revolutionise the traditional concept of estate agency. We don’t have...
03 December 2021
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![Peter Everett, Commercial Director for Yopa](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/Yopa/400x310%20Peter%20Everett%20Picture%20for%2060%20Sec%20Interview%20(002).jpg)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I can’t remember the last time I had a business...
03 December 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Want an online agency franchise? Then make me an offer, says boss](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-NEW-400x310.jpg)
The Good Estate Agent, set up in 2010, is slashing its franchise fee - it claims the reductions are for Black...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks share price crashes after huge business slump](/upload/images/library/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
Purplebricks' share price tumbled a remarkable 34 per cent this morning when trading opened on the London Stock Exchange. The price crashed...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Will online agencies take over, or do we still need face-to-face contact?](/upload/images/library/Millennials-Handshake-400x310.jpg)
Like most industries, estate agency is changing. A general trend to a more hybrid model, accelerated by the pandemic has resulted...
06 October 2021
From: Features
![Online company launches “innovative” Agency In A Box concept](/img/default/eat.png)
An online estate agency is launching a quasi franchise operation it calls Agency In A Box and claims applicants will “effectively”...
14 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Channel 4 and finance chief sink millions into online agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Channel 4 Ventures is one of a number of investors who have collectively put the equivalent of £11m into the online...
09 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Online agency’s surprise claim that it’s made industry ‘more trusted’](/img/default/eat.png)
An online agency has issued an outlandish statement that it, and other online agencies, have made the profession more trusted amongst...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Online agency and auction house links with Mortgage Advice Bureau](/img/default/eat.png)
99Home, the agency that describes itself as the country’s fifth largest hybrid, has teamed up with the Mortgage Advice Bureau. MAB will...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Online agents and bucketshop conveyancers ‘causing transaction delays’](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s top buying agents is advising purchasers and vendors to avoid online agencies and 'bucketshop' conveyancers. Edward Heaton - founder...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![New Purplebricks fees structure likely to be revealed next month](/img/default/eat.png)
It is widely expected that Purplebricks will shortly reveal the result of an experiment with a number of different pricing strategies. The...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks’ biggest critic warns over housing market uncertainty](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Don’t use an online agent! Lawyer makes warning to sellers](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading property lawyer is urging sellers not to use online agents because to do so would be “a gamble”. Gillian Wright...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Each Purplebricks customer costs £375 for agency to acquire](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading analyst says Purplebricks has clearly plateaued and will not reach its own target of a 10 per cent market...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Guilty: online agent awaits sentence after stealing thousands](/img/default/eat.png)
An online estate agent is awaiting sentence after being found guilty of a £5,000 fraud Claire Ainsworth, who worked for the agency...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![More High Street agents will go under this year - shock warning](/img/default/eat.png)
A warning has been issued by a prominent industry figure that more bricks-and-mortar High Street agents will go under in 2020,...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Online agent slashes franchise fee and says: ‘Make me an offer’](/img/default/eat.png)
It normally costs estate or lettings agents £10,000 to buy a franchise for the online company called The Good Estate Agent...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![‘I want to be a founder’ - Be careful what you wish for](/img/default/eat.png)
News broke last weekend of a further online estate agency casualty as letting agent Upad announced on its website that it...
17 October 2019
From: Features
![Boost for Purplebricks and co as online market share rises](/img/default/eat.png)
There has been a surprise, but small, increase in the market share of online estate agents according to the latest survey. Business...
15 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online estate agents and digital malfunction](/img/default/eat.png)
It never rains but it pours. And that’s certainly been the case for the online estate agency sector in the last...
03 October 2019
From: Features
![Yopa on the hunt for new CEO as Ben Poynter stands down](/img/default/eat.png)
Hybrid agency Yopa has announced that its chief executive, Ben Poynter, will be standing down at the end of October to...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Dodgy survey boosts online agents - including one that doesn’t exist](/img/default/eat.png)
A survey claims that millions of potential sellers would use online estate agents - and bizarrely, this includes an online agency...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Your new shop window is not a shop window](/img/default/eat.png)
In the old days an agent would procure clients based upon their position in the high street, the size of the...
04 September 2019
From: Features
![Housesimple boss renews his attacks on High Street agents](/img/default/eat.png)
The head of online agency Housesimple has made another strident attack on the integrity of High Street agents by saying some...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Speculation grows about Yopa’s future as LSL chief quits board](/img/default/eat.png)
Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agents undervalued, underpaid and 'not really self-employed' - guru](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the most experienced and high profile figures in the industry says individual agents working for online companies are typically...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agents face new guidelines as advertising complaints rocket](/img/default/eat.png)
The Advertising Standards Authority has issued a guidance note warning online estate agents, after complaints about them have “grown dramatically”. “Property is big...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agencies in the doldrums as market share stalls](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s more bad news for online estate agencies this morning as a survey reveals that they have only a seven per cent...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Give All Your £ to Google](/img/default/eat.png)
In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...
03 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Market Share: High Street estate agents crush online firms](/img/default/eat.png)
New figures released show High Street estate agents taking an increasingly large market share as online operators continue to crumble. According to the...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Do online agents expect conveyancers to do their work for them?](/img/default/eat.png)
A member of a legal information and networking organisation says an online estate agency expects him to do some work in...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks market share falls as online sector becomes still weaker](/img/default/eat.png)
New data from property consultancy The Advisory shows that the top 10 online estate agents now have a combined market share...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: has Purplebricks' bubble now officially burst?](/img/default/eat.png)
Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...
18 May 2019
From: Features
![Another online agency launches no sale, no fee package](/img/default/eat.png)
99home is the latest online agency to launch a no sale, no fee option for its vendors. The firm, which was launched...
13 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agents hit out at High Street rivals about ‘over-valuations’](/img/default/eat.png)
Online estate agents have seized on the recent national newspaper article accusing estate agents of over-valuing properties to earn higher fees. The...
09 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![UK agents 'charge lowest commission anywhere in EU' says new research](/img/default/eat.png)
UK estate agents charge the lowest commission in the European Union according to new research from a comparison website. Despite high levels...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – is 9 till 6 still the way to make a living?](/img/default/eat.png)
For many years, the majority of agents have stuck to the tried-and-tested 9am-6pm opening hours framework. But is this now changing,...
16 March 2019
From: Features
13 March 2019
From: Features
![Online market share still very low as Purplebricks and Yopa both dip](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest analysis of new listings in the two weeks to last Friday show that online estate agencies continue to have...
11 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks’ problems won’t deter investors, insists rival online agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Online agency platform Love2move insists that its current bid to attract investors will not be damaged by the adverse publicity surrounding...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agencies: the final curtain call?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of defections and duplicity worthy of Shakespeare. Yet the estate agency world has...
23 February 2019
From: Features
![Online agency looks to private sales because of Purplebricks and others](/img/default/eat.png)
The regional agency MoveSelf, which set up in 2017 as an online estate agent, is shifting emphasis towards For Sale By...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks increases listings by 44% in the past two weeks](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks has increased its listings by an eye-opening 44 per cent in the past two weeks according to an updated analysis...
24 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agents’ weak spots: they don’t appeal to high value sellers in key regions](/img/default/eat.png)
The share of the market taken by online agencies in the final quarter of 2018 slipped from last summer’s high of...
18 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online love-in: Purplebricks founder heaps praise on Emoov boss Quirk](/img/default/eat.png)
Kenny Bruce, one of the founders of sector-leading online agency Purplebricks, has sent his good wishes to Russell Quirk, who founded...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Newspapers are in freefall - what does it mean for agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been an interesting week of contrasts when it comes to online replacing ‘the old school’. Data from that clever consultancy The...
12 January 2019
From: Features
![Six things to watch for in 2019](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to 2019. These are less predictions and more expectations - developments following on from what’s happened in the past...
31 December 2018
From: Features
![Purplebricks shares sink and Emoov dies: game over for online agencies?](/img/default/eat.png)
Has the bell finally tolled for online agencies? Emoov’s collapse and an investor revolt over crowdfunding have left a large question...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Emoov administrators ‘want £100,000 for remaining vendor listings’](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate Agent Today has been given details of responses made by administrators to an enquiry about the possible acquisition of some...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Emoov’s humiliation - the fallout for the industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause of genuine sadness when people lose their jobs - close proximity...
08 December 2018
From: Features
![Emoov boss and portal head in vicious Twitter spat before firm folds](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of Emoov and the founder of the new portal Rummage4Property had a dramatic spat on Twitter just hours...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Are online agencies in trouble? Investors will decide](/img/default/eat.png)
However mild the weather may have been for most of us, it’s a cold autumn for the online estate agency market...
10 November 2018
From: Features
![Fees Shock: Sole agency commission plunges 34% since 2011](/img/default/eat.png)
New research by TheAdvisory consultancy, shared exclusively with Estate Agent Today, reveals exactly how fees have fallen for traditional agents in...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Online agents have under 1% share in prime central London - LonRes](/img/default/eat.png)
The chairman of LonRes says online estate agents have only a one per cent share of the market in prime central...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tale of our times: flat sells after 575 days at £111,500 below asking price](/img/default/eat.png)
The Money editor of The Mirror newspaper has finally sold a home he first put on the market in late 2016...
21 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![It’s happening in the US too - a new portal and industry consolidation](/img/default/eat.png)
A recent holiday in the US gave me an opportunity to catch up with property news over there - and surprisingly,...
02 June 2018
From: Features
![High street agents come out fighting against online threat](/img/default/eat.png)
Two high street estate agents have used the medium of the local press to come out fighting against the threat of...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![A revolution: 'Local agents may not survive much into next decade'](/img/default/eat.png)
The prospect of technology transforming the selling and buying process, including more power for portals and especially online agents, dominated parts...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Channel 4 link to possible Emoov and Tepilo merger](/img/default/eat.png)
Sky News says online estate agents Emoov and Tepilo are in talks about a merger - and if it happens the...
10 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![HouseSimple becomes first online agency to completely scrap upfront fees](/img/default/eat.png)
Online agency HouseSimple has become a completely No Sale No Fee agency - and is thought to be the only online...
17 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Emoov well ahead of Purplebricks in new assessment of online agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
An assessment of nine online agencies undertaken by a property website has seen Emoov come out on top after being analysed...
26 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Online agents will have to employ sales progression teams](/img/default/eat.png)
The operation of ‘online estate agencies’ has changed substantially in the relatively short few years of their existence: I have spotted...
03 March 2018
From: Features
![Online agencies' market share has increased 58% in one year - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A lengthy analysis of the online agency sector, based on material supplied by an online agent, suggests that its market share...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Online agency platform claims it gets an average 98.6% of asking price](/img/default/eat.png)
An online estate agency brand launched a year ago by a traditional high street agent to ward off competition has exceeded...
15 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Henry Pryor gives High Street agents 10-point guide to raise their game](/img/default/eat.png)
Outspoken buying agent Henry Pryor has set out 10 points that he claims many traditional agents overlook when they debate the...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![BBC programme to investigate sales and advertising by online agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
The BBC says it is to broadcast a special one-hour radio documentary this weekend investigating online estate agencies. The show will go...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: 14 industry leaders give their 2018 predictions](/img/default/eat.png)
Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...
03 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Will eMoov’s no-sell-no-fee inspire others?](/img/default/eat.png)
Online estate agent eMoov recently set itself apart by directly addressing the issues of openness and transparency that have long dogged the online business...
15 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![New 'For Sale By Owner' site by-passes agents and charges £65](/img/default/eat.png)
A new website which completely by-passes all kinds of estate agents and allows vendors to upload details of their own properties...
09 November 2017
From: Breaking News
!['Downward pressure on fees' blamed for estate agency closure](/img/default/eat.png)
Ten jobs have been lost with the closure of a long-standing north of England estate agency - with the downward pressure...
25 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agency earns £350,000 in commission from 'disgruntled' online sellers](/img/default/eat.png)
Arun Estates reports that it has netted an additional £350,000 in fees thanks to a scheme designed to woo vendors using online...
06 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Be wary of online agents' claims, consumer group tells public](/img/default/eat.png)
Consumer group Which? says the public should be wary of claims made by online estate agents. This follows a series of complaints about...
29 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Banned! Online firm claimed High Street agents charge 1.5% to 4%](/img/default/eat.png)
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned online agency HouseSimple from claiming that High Street agents charge “1.5% to 4% (plus 20%...
16 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Wake up and smell the coffee – the bookshops have!](/img/default/eat.png)
Once upon a time there were estate agents. That was it. Nice and simple. If you marketed and sold residential property,...
12 August 2017
From: Features
![Distinctive office design with a 10% discount](/img/default/eat.png)
MPL Interiors has not one but two brilliant things to give away this summer. We want to encourage as many estate...
03 August 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Online reviews: New report sheds light on how they drive leads](/img/default/eat.png)
A new report reveals how clients’ reviews and star ratings - used by many online estate agents in particular - are...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Savvy Sellers - traditional city agency launches online option](/img/default/eat.png)
A traditional estate agency has launched a new online package to give vendors the opportunity “to save thousands.” FranKeys in Lincoln has...
10 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Online estate agent secures another £1.2 million in funding](/img/default/eat.png)
Online estate agency Settled has raised £1.2 million in funding to further develop its product. Settled describes itself as a 'powerful digital...
16 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Online estate agency to sell vendors' homes for just £25](/img/default/eat.png)
A new online estate agency is offering vendors a sales package for just £24.99. MoveSelf, which is based in Manchester, allows vendors to...
15 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![High street agency latest to launch online service alongside traditional brand](/img/default/eat.png)
A one branch independent estate agency has this week launched a fixed-fee sales option alongside its traditional commission-based service. WH Breading, which...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: Q & A with Charlie Wright, CIELA](/img/default/eat.png)
To give you a nice distraction from the post-election madness, here’s an interview with Charlie Wright, founder of CIELA (or The...
10 June 2017
From: Features
![Guild parent company announces merger with easyProperty](/img/default/eat.png)
GPEA Ltd - the parent company of the Guild of Property Professionals and Fine & Country - has announced it has...
08 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Trade group claims ad watchdog is probing Purplebricks complaints](/img/default/eat.png)
Fledgling trade group CIELA says two aspects of its complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority are the subject of ‘further investigation’...
04 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![PropTech group gets barrister's opinion over online agents' duties](/img/default/eat.png)
As debate continues over the merits of upfront fees against post-sale commission for agents and consumers, the fledgling UK ProperTech Association...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![New agents group seeks 'pre-launch' members - and says it may float](/img/default/eat.png)
The Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents has started its ‘pre-launch’ membership drive - and says it ultimately want to...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agency insists there's space for digital and traditional operators](/img/default/eat.png)
A firm that offers online, hybrid and traditional estate and lettings agency services says the digital side of its business is...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Franchise firm claims home-based agents could earn £25k pcm](/img/default/eat.png)
A new recruitment push by franchise agency operation HomeXperts says its agents - who work from home - earn invoiced commissions...
24 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Survey shows website reviews are key for driving online agent leads](/img/default/eat.png)
A survey of over 2,000 sellers who used online agency eMoov reveals that review websites were the overwhelmingly largest driver of...
20 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Only 11% of sellers think face-to-face contact with an agent is key](/img/default/eat.png)
Only one in nine customers of estate agents regard face-to-face contact as the most important element of the process to determine...
13 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Kevin Ward, Agent Locator](/img/default/eat.png)
1) Who are you? Kevin Ward – Director and founder of Agentlocator.co.uk 2) For those not familiar with Agent Locator, can you explain...
16 February 2017
From: 60 Second Interview
![A new site that supports and promotes high street agents](/img/default/eat.png)
A new website supporting high street estate agents has recently launched. Agent Locator provides an online platform for high street estate agents to showcase...
16 February 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Independent agents' group founder warns against online agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
A founder of the new organisation seeking to be a trade body for independent estate and letting agents is warning that...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![eMoov amends website wording after ASA complaint](/img/default/eat.png)
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has informally resolved a complaint made against online estate agency eMoov. The complaint challenged whether two statements...
25 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![CIELA formation continues as it begins recruitment drive](/img/default/eat.png)
The fledgling group aiming to represent independent estate and letting agents is recruiting for a number of unspecified roles to help...
24 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![New agency comparison website bans online and hybrid agents](/img/default/eat.png)
A new website that will allow vendors and landlords to compare the expertise and fees of estate and letting agents has banned online...
19 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Online agents accused of being 'callous exploiters' by founder of new group](/img/default/eat.png)
Online estate agents have been accused to “the callous exploitation of naive sellers” by the software executive behind the idea to...
18 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Local Property Experts 'are more proud than traditional agents'](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks chief executive Michael Bruce has suggested that calling his area representatives ‘Local Property Experts’ means they can be more proud...