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The Money editor of The Mirror newspaper has finally sold a home he first put on the market in late 2016...

A recent holiday in the US gave me an opportunity to catch up with property news over there - and surprisingly,...

Two high street estate agents have used the medium of the local press to come out fighting against the threat of...

The prospect of technology transforming the selling and buying process, including more power for portals and especially online agents, dominated parts...

Sky News says online estate agents Emoov and Tepilo are in talks about a ‎merger - and if it happens the...

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...

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

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

An online estate agency brand launched a year ago by a traditional high street agent to ward off competition has exceeded...

Outspoken buying agent Henry Pryor has set out 10 points that he claims many traditional agents overlook when they debate the...

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

Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...

Online estate agent eMoov recently set itself apart by directly addressing the issues of openness and transparency that have long dogged the online business...

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

Ten jobs have been lost with the closure of a long-standing north of England estate agency - with the downward pressure...

Arun Estates reports that it has netted an additional £350,000 in fees thanks to a scheme designed to woo vendors using online...

Consumer group Which? says the public should be wary of claims made by online estate agents. This follows a series of complaints about...

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

Once upon a time there were estate agents. That was it. Nice and simple. If you marketed and sold residential property,...

MPL Interiors has not one but two brilliant things to give away this summer. We want to encourage as many estate...

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

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

Online estate agency Settled has raised £1.2 million in funding to further develop its product. Settled describes itself as a 'powerful digital...

A new online estate agency is offering vendors a sales package for just £24.99. MoveSelf, which is based in Manchester, allows vendors to...

A one branch independent estate agency has this week launched a fixed-fee sales option alongside its traditional commission-based service. WH Breading, which...

To give you a nice distraction from the post-election madness, here’s an interview with Charlie Wright, founder of CIELA (or The...

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

Fledgling trade group CIELA says two aspects of its complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority are the subject of ‘further investigation’...

As debate continues over the merits of upfront fees against post-sale commission for agents and consumers, the fledgling UK ProperTech Association...

The Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents has started its ‘pre-launch’ membership drive - and says it ultimately want to...

A firm that offers online, hybrid and traditional estate and lettings agency services says the digital side of its business is...

A new recruitment push by franchise agency operation HomeXperts says its agents - who work from home - earn invoiced commissions...

A survey of over 2,000 sellers who used online agency eMoov reveals that review websites were the overwhelmingly largest driver of...

Only one in nine customers of estate agents regard face-to-face contact as the most important element of the process to determine...

1) Who are you? Kevin Ward – Director and founder of Agentlocator.co.uk 2) For those not familiar with Agent Locator, can you explain...

A new website supporting high street estate agents has recently launched. Agent Locator provides an online platform for high street estate agents to showcase...

A founder of the new organisation seeking to be a trade body for independent estate and letting agents is warning that...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has informally resolved a complaint made against online estate agency eMoov.  The complaint challenged whether two statements...

The fledgling group aiming to represent independent estate and letting agents is recruiting for a number of unspecified roles to help...

A new website that will allow vendors and landlords to compare the expertise and fees of estate and letting agents has banned online...

Online estate agents have been accused to “the callous exploitation of naive sellers” by the software executive behind the idea to...

Purplebricks chief executive Michael Bruce has suggested that calling his area representatives ‘Local Property Experts’ means they can be more proud...

The online agency Hatched has agreed to withdraw marketing letters following a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The ASA says a...

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and answer sessions with some of the key figures in the property...

Barely a week goes by without an announcement relating to the latest player entering the online agency world and when they...

easyProperty has exchanged contracts on a £35 million property portfolio, which it claims to be the largest deal carried out by...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has informally resolved a complaint made against online estate agency eMoov.  A media sales adviser for a...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

I can’t remember a time when there were so many changes in the property industry. Forget Brexit and interest rates, the...

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

Online agency YOPA has launched a recruitment campaign via social media. Tweets began appearing over the weekend and the latest, posted yesterday,...

It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. When the idea behind the world wide...

Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...

nu-move online estate agents -The Future of Property Nu-move is an online venture that has been created to meet the demand...

One of the original online estate agents, Hatched, is marking its tenth anniversary with a series of announcements.  The firm, which began...

The only way Purplebricks' dominance of the online agency sector can be challenged is via a merger between competitors or another stock...

eMoov has announced that it has secured a loan of £500,000 to help it expand into lettings, international transactions and license...

A dispute over claims made on online estate agency HouseSimple's website has been 'informally resolved' via the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). Competitor eMoov challenged...

The main debate at this year’s FUTURE: PropTech conference - the industry’s leading technology forum, held yesterday in London - saw...

Russell Quirk - whose online agency eMoov is banned from OnTheMarket - says the new portal has indirectly helped onliners rather...

I have spent the last 20 years working within the conveyancing business, alongside estate agents and I can’t help feeling a...

A survey of over 2,000 people suggests that online estate agents lose out to their traditional counterparts in terms of public...

In 2014 there were 19,000 estate agent branches in the UK. Of which 18,000 were registered to list properties on the...

Online agent House Network has accused unspecified numbers of traditional estate agents of hiding their VAT fees.  A statement from the agency...

An executive director at hybrid estate agency EweMove has hit out at the government’s apparent support for innovation in the house...

Online estate agency easyProperty is believed to have parted company with its PR firm The Red Brick Road after less than...

An estate agency display specialist is strongly refuting comments made by a digital marketing company that agents are doing too little...

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

Estate agents have been urged to follow the example of the travel agency industry and make high street offices more stimulating...

Controversial online estate agent and industry commentator Russell Quirk has hit out at the fee structure of traditional agents, claiming it...

As any marketer will tell you, the marketing mix in its most basic form is made up of 4 P’s: Price,...

The never-knowingly-underquoted online agency eMoov has renewed its attack on traditional estate agents’ fees, claiming they are as much as £922...

It’s certainly been a rollercoaster ride but the latest closing share value of Purplebricks, which floated in mid December, is now...

The website of the consumer group Which? is asking for readers’ experiences as to which is the better choice - using...

The City consultancy which advises Purplebricks says the online agency will break even in terms of its month-to-month activities by the...

Online agency HouseSimple is introducing a High Street agency style No Sale-No Fee option for vendors, with a reduced fee if they...

Forget eMoov, easyProperty, Tepilo or Purplebricks. It appears the less well-known My Online Estate Agent has taken the honours for having the...

The co-founder of hybrid estate agency EweMove says if the newly-floated Purplebricks fails "the online agency game could be up." Glenn Ackroyd,...

Purplebricks chief executive Michael Bruce is to speak alongside eMoov founder Russell Quirk in a debate to be held at the...

An international portal consultancy not previously known for its outspoken comments has sharply criticised OnTheMarket for its “protection of the status...

Publicity-conscious online estate agency eMoov claims vendors in London have spent £861.5m on traditional estate agents’ fees in 2015.  eMoov accuses agents...

There’s been plenty of forecasting in recent weeks - banks, consultancies and high-end estate agents have predicted house prices in the...

Star fund manager Neil Woodford - whose investment judgements have made him something of a celebrity in the world of high...

eMoov founder and managing director Russell Quirk has taken to print to explain why he believes 2016 will be the year...

Andy Clarke, who held a key product development role at OnTheMarket since before the challenger portal’s launch 11 months ago, has...

Purplebricks is very easily the most recognisable online estate agency, according to a survey of 1,300 home owners by respected polling...

The first online agency to list on the UK stock market - Purplebricks - has enjoyed a volatile first day of trading. The...

With Purplebricks floating next week and at least one other agent believed to be announcing the appointment of a senior staff...

I’m sure I’m not the only estate agent confused by the Government’s approach to residential property ownership. Many of the current ministerial...

Hybrid online estate agency Purplebricks is expected to start trading on the Stock Exchange on December 17. It has already raised £58.1m...

easyProperty has become the first online estate agency in the UK to link with an online platform that permits the exchange...

An online estate agency claims it has evidence traditional agents have attention spans “not that much longer” than goldfish when it...

The private sale website EMOH has announced that it's to have a "hard hitting marketing campaign" in the New Year in...

Only four per cent of people in the UK who have sold a home have used an online agent claims bricks...

Estate agency EweMove claims that online operator PurpleBricks has copied a property description of a house “word for word” from one...

It’s rare for an incumbent to pivot to a disruptive business model, even in the face of compelling logic that they...

The Property Ombudsman, the largest and longest-established of three official redress schemes for agents, has recorded a significant rise in membership...

Online estate agent SellMyHome is teaming up with local-area research information provider Property Detective to offer what it calls a “hybrid”...

Over the past few years Rightmove and Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) have each been spending massive sums on marketing and product...

A couple behind a new online estate agency want to establish what they describe as a US or Australian-style franchise system...

It’s interesting to read of plans to debate which business plan really is best for the customer, online or traditional estate...

An entrepreneurial website has revealed the investors behind this month's crowdfunding success by online agency eMoov. Episode 1 Ventures and Maxfield Capital...

One of the industry debates of the year will be held next week when the inaugural FUTURE : Property Tech conference...

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

Savills, the high end estate agency, has parted ways with public relations company The Red Brick Road as a result of...

Ex-England, Surrey and Hampshire cricketer Chris Tremlett, who recently retired from the sport because of injury, has joined Berkshire-based agency The...

We've caught the apparent death of the high street estate agent on video - or at least that's what online estate...

There's good news for online estate agency easyProperty - although it has nothing to do with selling or letting homes, upfront...

eMoov has far exceeded its original target of raising £1m in its latest crowdfunding pitch and, with two days to go,...

easyProperty says it is looking at the prospect of exporting its online agency business model to other countries. Chief executive Rob Ellice...

Controversial online estate agency eMoov is on the verge of successfully raising £1m through crowdfunding - and may even hit the...

Online agents may soon sell and let across national boundaries as company websites and property portals operate on an increasingly global...

Online estate agency HouseSimple has changed the wording of one of its adverts after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received a...

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

There is a very interesting but easily-overlooked piece of information at the end of the National Trading Standards Estate Agent Team’s...

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

The chief executive of online agency easyProperty says the money laundering scandal exposed in Channel 4’s ‘From Russia With Cash’ would...

The annual RESI conference, usually dominated by developers and debates over housebuilding totals, is this year to include a discussion on...

The internet and rapidly evolving digital landscape has revolutionised the way people buy and sell properties. With some reports suggesting 95 per...

Online agency and DIY sales platform Settled claims on its website that traditional agents charge commission of up to 3.5% +...

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

Another week, another online estate agency launches - but the latest, called YOPA, claims not to charge any upfront fee to...

Stacks Property Search, one of Britain’s largest buying agencies, has entered the debates over portals and the use of DIY house...

Celebrity property expert Sarah Beeny has firmly dismissed speculation that there was any uncertainty over the future of her online estate agency...

Online estate agency Purplebricks is expanding its reach by launching in Northern Ireland.  The agency – which has ‘local property experts’ working...

The managing director of Hatched online agency is accusing Purplebricks, eMoov, Tepilo and House Network of advertising their rates exclusive of...

Online agency EweMove says it is seething about a complaint made to the Advertising Standards Authority by a high street estate...

Online estate agency Purplebricks says it is likely to make an Initial Public Offering in the second quarter of 2016 ahead...

A Yorkshire-based online estate agency has launched a crowdfunding campaign to pay for its new marketing plans.  MyHouseAdvert.co.uk, formed in 2011, says...

Traditional estate agents are not actually needed to sell a home but merely serve as “reputational insurance” to reassure a buyer...

The presupposed notion still exists that new online agents are ‘tech savvy’ whilst the seemingly old fashioned high street agents are...