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A former chairman of challenger bank Monzo has joined OneDome’s board. Tim Brooke Thom has been appointed as non-executive director of the challenger...

Agents using Boomin have managed to convert more than 20% of SmartVal valuation requests into instructions. The challenger portal and lead generation...

Average asking prices have hit new highs but there are signs of the market easing, Rightmove claims. The portal’s latest listings data...

It is no longer significantly cheaper to rent compared with making monthly mortgage payments, Rightmove claims, but raising a deposit remains...

Google rather than the portals is the starting point for sellers finding an estate agent, a survey claims. A survey among 2,000...

There are signs that properties are starting to take longer to sell. A lack of stock in recent months has meant agents...

Buyers are being urged to ditch their laptops and hit the streets to find a property. The property market is currently hampered...

After years of delays and upheaval, the Renters' Reform Bill finally appears to be back on the agenda, in an effort...

Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...

The outgoing chief executive of Rightmove has claimed he has a good relationship with the portal’s customers. It was announced this week...

Speedy property sales may not be as good as they seem, an industry figure has warned. Recent figures released by Rightmove indicate...

Rightmove’s share price hit its lowest level for two years yesterday after it was announced that its chief executive is stepping...

There seems a consensus amongst agents, analysts and amateur pundits alike that the market will stay relatively strong for some months,...

Agency trade bodies have backed the “clarity” provided by Trading Standards after it deemed “price on application” listings unlawful. It comes as...

Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) deemed yesterday that the use of POA or “price on application”...

A ‘frightening’ number of respondents to a Rightmove online poll appear to be unaware of their anti-money laundering reporting requirements. The portal...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has deemed that the use of POA or “price on application”...

The property supply shortage may be easing but Zoopla has warned it will still take some time for stock to be...

OnTheMarket is seeking shareholder approval for a proposed cancellation of capital.  The portal said in a stockmarket update this morning that this...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

April looks set to go down as the busiest month for house sales of the year.  And with record numbers of properties predicted...

Property portals are preparing to support agents in complying with a new era of upfront material information. From the end of May,...

Our inbox is regularly stuffed with exciting new industry developments and tools to help agents work better.  Here are some of the...

Agency franchisees with brands such as Hunters, Martin & Co, Belvoir and EasyProperty are being given the chance to sign up...

Zoopla has launched a new tool that promises to speed up and improve how agents receive leads. The portal previously sent leads...

Properties are selling faster than ever either at or above asking price, Rightmove claims. It comes as the portal revealed that the...

The trend for remote working could continue to influence the property market into next year, Rightmove claims. The portal’s data shows there...

A leading figure in the Say No To Rightmove (STNR) campaign says the attempts to get agents to ditch Rightmove have...

Agency stock is shifting faster and buyers who hesitated last year are now finding it harder to afford similar priced properties,...

Boomin has unveiled its latest round of paying agents. The challenger portal, launched by former Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce, has revealed 10...

A property analyst has warned against comparing the number of branches on Boomin to Rightmove. Challenger portal Boomin revealed its first batch...

The Ukraine conflict and cost of living crisis is likely to but a dent in the spring market for agents, an...

Foxtons, Chancellors and Douglas & Gordon have been named among the first paid-up agency brands on Boomin. The challenger portal, launched by...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said it may consider complaints about ‘misleading SSTC listings’ on portals but suggests it may...

Zoopla has unveiled a Sales Advisory Board in an attempt to give agents a greater say in how the portal is...

In this piece, the team at Iceberg Digital look at whether the first cracks are appearing in the portals. For the last...

Trading Standards has advised agents to update listings once they reach the "sold subject to contract" (SSTC) stage. It comes after legal...

Agents will be able to grill Rightmove’s legal and compliance director David Cox this morning as part of the portal’s webinar...

A former UK national sales director at Purplebricks has been reunited with the online agent’s founder Michael Bruce at Boomin. Paul Vickerstaff,...

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...

For the record, this isn’t my last Industry Views for Estate Agent Today, although by the time you read this I'll be...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

In July 2020, two leading lettings technology disruptors - Vouch and Goodlord - announced that they were going into partnership. Now,...

Sky News is reporting that Boomin, the portal founded by Purplebricks creator Michael Bruce, is close to finalising a new round...

New portal Boomin suggests it has “thousands” of agents who have signed up on a paid basis. The portal - which launched almost...

Challenger portal group OneDome has linked with a chain repair service to provide what it calls an end-to-end property offering. The OneDome...

Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce has for the first time given some figures on the usage of some of the key...

With Boomin nearly turning one, I decided to catch up with Michael Bruce, the co-founder of the property website and more...

Agents are being advised to revise their processes now to accommodate changes to the information required on property details, which begin...

A prominent industry supplier has produced startling statistics about the numbers of fall throughs in just the first 10 weeks or...

Boomin claims that one of the online influencers it has commissioned to create YouTube content has won has many viewers as...

Michael and Kenny Bruce have for the first time given their views on what went wrong for Purplebricks during their time...

There’s been a remarkable 1.7 per cent increase in the average asking price of homes coming to the market in just...

In this exclusive for Estate Agent Today readers, video supremo and property expert Chris Watkin conducts an interview with the Bruce...

Rising inflation may soon overtake house price growth even in the most buoyant areas of the UK, a property market analysis...

Propertymark is urging agents to respond to a consultation exercise being conducted by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents...

The chief executive of Boomin says agents have asked him to do something about rival portals “pocketing income from mortgage referral...

Despite a backdrop of the Ukraine crisis, soaring fuel bills, rising interest rates and high inflation, buyer sentiment remains strong according...

The OneDome group websites - OneDome itself and nethouseprices - are launching their largest ever advertising campaign. It will target buyers and...

A row has broken out over a company which has made allegations about Trustpilot reviews of OnTheMarket. A company called KwikChex says...

PropTech supplier nurtur.group - which owns Fine & Country and the Guild of Property Professionals - has acquired Brief Your Market,...

The market’s likely to slow this year as the rising cost of living saps some buyer confidence, so agents are understandably...

A new housing market snapshot from Zoopla suggests that in the supply of homes coming to the market has triggered a...

The founder of fledgling portal Boomin says the latest Nationwide house price index findings demonstrate that there’s no sign yet of...

We know that agents rely heavily on property software solutions to run their agency, particularly to ease the burden of administrative...

OnTheMarket’s transformation into a “tech-enables property business across the broader property eco-system” is gathering pace according to the portal’s chief executive. In...

Housing market analyst and PropTech entrepreneur Anthony Codling says that the next few weeks will determine whether Boomin is the portal...

A webinar this week is set to see the release of more details of changes to property listings being demanded by...

There’s been another large rise in fee earnings for Rightmove this morning, as the portal softens the blow by announcing a...

A PropTech supplier has been quick off the mark to launch a tool which it says will help agents satisfy new...

The industry big hitter who joined Connells on a temporary basis to support its acquisition of Countrywide has now become its commercial director and a...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team has released background information on how it came to make changes to...

Industry figures have come out in favour of the long-term programme of new compulsory information to be contained on property listings. From...

Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...

Analysts are gearing up for the full year figures to be revealed by Rightmove to its shareholders at the end of...

The number one portal is making a big marketing and research push to get reluctant owners to put up the For...

OnTheMarket says buyer and seller confidence has not been adversely affected by the first base rate rise in more than three...

With the new year in full swing, agents around the UK are likely to be making changes to the way they...

Rightmove says the level of business owners enquiring about leasing office space has now surpassed even pre-pandemic levels in January. Demand is...

Rightmove has revealed a major rise in visits to its site and app as the housing market boom shows no sign...

Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that claims it can radically simplify home purchasing, has revealed that PropTech...

Rightmove has rolled out a new feature within MyRightmove that allows home-hunters organise saved properties into various property lists. The portal says...

A free to list portal has launched a tool which it claims will predict a seller’s propensity to switch agents.  Residential People...

Two of the country’s highest profile agencies have signed up to a fledgling website which allows users to find, research, buy or...

Historic estate agency group Humberts - which was at risk of disappearing entirely just over two years ago - has opened...

OnTheMarket has signed a deal with Brickflow, a new comparison site for development finance.   The portal says the partnership will provide member...

A former chief executive of OnTheMarket is now able to cash in shares worth some £92,000 in the latest part of...

Hunters has tweaked its earlier version of hybrid franchising in a bid to attract self-employed agents. Hunters Personal was launched with a...

Will he stay or will he go? You don’t need me to say who ‘he’ is - it’s the only story...

In this guest feature, James Dilgul, Head of Marketing at Fixflo, the market-leading repairs and maintenance management software provider, looks at how...

With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...

Purplebricks is reported to have removed a property listing from its website when it discovered the vendors - a Christian couple...

OnTheMarket has this morning told shareholders that its performance is ahead of expectations and it's on course to make improved profits...

Boomin has issued research done on its behalf into the value of spare rooms - and it’s made some eccentric comparisons...

The Bruce brothers’ new portal Boomin has given its first statistics regarding usage following the launch of a new marketing campaign...

OnTheMarket chief executive Jason Tebb is warning that we might be near the top of the market. His portal’s latest sentiment index...

Rightmove’s first housing market report of 2022 starts when last year’s ended - on a high.  The average price of property coming...

Do you have an 'open API'? We use 'X' who have an 'open API' so we would need you to integrate with...

Boomin co-founder and chief executive Michael Bruce has returned to the attack on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket with an open letter,...

A new agency service has been launched seeking to attract vendors of second-hand residential park homes.  Quickmove Properties has partnered with park industry...

The last two years have been dramatic and decisive for many people and many businesses. Both have reassessed their work approaches...

Rightmove claims its visits over the Christmas period were its busiest ever with what it calls ‘buyer demand’ up 23 per...

Zoopla’s chief operating officer says the portal has made progress for agents in 2021 but recognises there’s more to do next...

The chair of the strategic board of fledgling Boomin says most existing portals are merely operating like digital newspapers with listings,...

Boomin is launching a new ad campaign from Boxing Day, December 26 - the date previously associated with record visits to...

Rightmove has revealed the UK’s property hotspot of 2021 - where prices have risen 31 per cent in just a year. The...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...

MRI Software’s newest Agency Solutions expert, Michael Connolly, made the leap from working on the front line of an estate agent...

A massive multi-million pound marketing blitz by Zoopla starts on Monday. The portal says the campaign will capitalise on what it says...

Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...

An England football manager who resigned after a newspaper sting is in a podcast series launched by Boomin and Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny...

OnTheMarket has revamped its website in a bid to shed the final connections with the portal’s failed leadership and strategy of...

Rightmove is to try to help potential buyers get their finances in order much earlier in the transaction process, to reduce...

A survey of sellers shows that 61 per cent of them visit the agent’s website before instructing them. According to respondents the...

In a first for the Natter, this week's interview is a video affair, with me posing the questions to Stephen Brown,...

Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Estate Agents: “We’re on a mission to revolutionise the traditional concept of estate agency.   We don’t have...

Tomorrow sees the Relocation Agent Network’s first in-person conference since 2019.   The event, at the Metropole Hilton in Birmingham, will focus...

House prices will rise next year says Rightmove - but it warns that tax hikes will curb price rises, particularly later in...

By the end of 2021, one in 16 homes will have changed hands, making it the busiest property market since 2007...

Well it’s about time isn’t it? We mean winter - it’s here at last, with white, wintry weather that gets us...

Data released by Zoopla suggests that demand for new builds outside London remains above the five year average, but has failed...

Boomin has revealed an upgrade to its SmartVal feature, which tries to blend real-time online valuations with local expertise from member...

Increasingly rigorous Money Laundering Directives have made regulations in the property industry more stringent than ever, and Estate Agents have a...

Boomin has launched a new tool - Chainmaker - which it claims cuts fall throughs and introduces agents to ‘hot buyers’. The software...

A new membership scheme aiming to increase the industry’s energy efficiency credentials is being launched next year by allAgents. The Sustainable Agent...

The average asking price of homes coming to the market has dropped by over £2,000 in the past month - the...

PropTech has seen a surge in uptake over the last few years for several reasons – be it the Covid-19 pandemic...

Rightmove will launch its latest outdoor campaign on Monday, with advertisements in over 1,000 roadside and rail locations remaining in place...

HM Land Registry will accept only digital register update applications from November 2022. Most applications received currently are submitted as PDFs or...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Ruddock – Partner and Head of Residential Sales Operations...

OnTheMarket says it delivered a record number of instant valuation enquiries last month, beating its previous best period in June of...

PropertyHeads, a platform describing itself as a social network for house buyers and sellers, has a new PropTech partnership. It’s linked with...

Rightmove has revealed the strongest markets for sellers and buyers this autumn.  Grays in Essex has topped the list of the strongest...

A torrid period for Purplebricks' share value means it opens stock market trading today with a price of just 33p.  This is less...

Fledgling portal Boomin has published figures - but not the long-awaited ones about its users or agents.   Instead, it’s released data...

A few weeks ago the ESTAS took place at the Grosvenor House hotel in London - the first chance for many...

There’s been a huge rise in references to electric car charging within property listings submitted to Rightmove. The number of homes listed...

Zoopla says its new In-Search ads have secured over 38m impressions since their launch.  ‘In-Search’ ads are hosted on Zoopla’s listings search...

OnTheMarket has announced that it’s reducing the amount it’s paying for PropTech supplier Glanty. Glanty is best known for its lettings platform teclet,...

There’s been some cynicism amongst the industry in response to new homes promises made by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in yesterday’s Budget. Sunak...

PropTech is booming, and its rise was only accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the real estate industry – as...

The housing market is on track to record its strongest year since 2007 for transactions and house price inflation says Zoopla.  The...

With soaring property prices, supply continuing to be outstripped by demand and overworked and overtired industry professionals; we’re seeing the sector...

There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive. As real estate agents you are responsible for administering and addressing...

If there is one thing that modern consumers have come to expect, it’s convenience. As a nation, we’re driven by on-demand...

A small property portal has accused Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket of listing properties with asking prices far in excess of market...

Rightmove is warning that it’s “highly likely” interest rates will rise in the near future. The portal believes this now seems inevitable...

A portal says many buyers feel disappointed when viewing a property becuase it is typically smaller than agents’ photographs suggest.  MoveStreets claims...

2021 redefined what it meant to offer exceptional customer experiences for consumers across multiple industries, but particularly for the residential property...

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...

OnTheMarket figures for the first half of this year show stronger revenue and improved profits. Agency numbers have increased modestly since January...

It’s been revealed that HM Revenue & Customs scours the listings on both Rightmove and Zoopla to assess whether property investors...

More than 10,000 certificates have been awarded to agents who have taken Rightmove’s first modular training. This is an accredited GDPR course...

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...

PropTech industry giant epropservices has acquired Property Technology Ltd, better known to agents as marketing platform LeadPro. epropservices is the parent company of...

Fledgling portal Boomin says its new SmartVal tool has received over 10,000 requests since launching in early September. SmartVal is powered in part by...

It’s a truism that most property enquiries from buyers these days come through portals but there are several reasons why agents...

Rightmove is at the centre of a revolutionary advertising initiative involving Channel 4’s Location, Location, Location. Using Artificial Intelligence technology, a digital...

Rightmove has estimated how many people benefitted from the holiday and the estimated total saving in England. It says some one million...

Hunters, now part of The Property Franchise Group, has announced its first so-called ‘Personal Agent’ signing - and says it’s ideal...

One of the west of England’s largest independent agencies has signed a two year deal with Zoopla, running across portal listings...

As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...

Zoopla has calculated how much the average house price has risen every single day since the start of the pandemic in...

As we motor towards the next major global climate change conference – the UN’s COP26 being held in Glasgow from 31...

Photography has become an increasingly important weapon in an agent’s armoury in recent years as listings compete for space on portals,...

Buyer demand per property for sale is more than double that of pre-pandemic levels, Rightmove claims. The property portal’s latest House Price...

Rightmove claims to have identified the dream home for buyers. A survey of more than 2,000 visitors to the portal’s website has...

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...

Agents are always on the lookout to save time and money wherever they can, to improve, streamline and enhance their business. And...

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...

Business intelligence is paramount to companies looking to gain a competitive edge, particularly in saturated markets like estate agency. Each client...

A TV advertising campaign begins today to promote SmartVal, its real-time valuation tool available on the Boomin portal. The advertisements will start...

Parts of Britain are so short of homes for sale they have only half the number of listings to be expected...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

PropTech platform Agent Response has just released its latest league table for conversion stats relating to the first two weeks of...

A career in property can be fun and rewarding, but it’s a busy world to live and work in. As we...

The very strong housing market seen throughout this year is set to extend into 2022 as a stock shortage is forecast...

A long-standing critic of OnTheMarket, who was once excluded from a presentation by the portal’s leadership, has spoken enthusiastically of the...

I’m sorry to break this to you but in 10 days’ time it will be autumn - and we will have...

Things can change. For those who remember, it’s no secret that I became one of the industry's strongest critics of OnTheMarket (OTM). My reasons...

Sinclair Taylor, the first company to offer debt solutions to estate agencies, has been acquired by The Broadriver Group, a diverse...

The average asking price, as recorded by Rightmove, has fallen for the first time this year. In another sign that the market...

Representatives of Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket, Boomin and OneDome portals are to be quizzed in an industry Question Time session next month. Russell...

Rightmove data released this morning shows that the average asking price of a detached house has risen literally 10 times the...

Guided by our philosophy of being open and connected, at MRI we are constantly evolving and developing relationships and partnerships with...

Viewings are in the news right now and with good reason.  As the impact of the stamp duty holiday fades, and transaction...

Even at the height of summer (or the British wet season, as some call it) there are substantial numbers of job...

Zoopla has revealed that some 200 agents have joined its new Product Research Panel, testing new innovations introduced by the portal. First...

A deep dive into Rightmove’s data by the portal itself has discovered that there’s one sector where homes sell 20 days...

Trust the process: subscribe your landlords and tenants to Task Plans and receive automated prompts when it’s the right time to...

Zoopla has issued a data-heavy statement on its services for agents - just days after Boomin criticised it for being over...

A bank which a year ago told investors to sell Rightmove shares has now changed its tune - radically. In August 2020...

Boomin has revealed to Estate Agent Today the latest figures on agency branches signed up to its fledgling portal. It says it...

The head of Boomin has attacked Rightmove for the fees it currently charges agents, the likelihood of higher fees to come,...

Kevin Thomas, the long time director at Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings, is retiring from the industry after more than 40...

A much higher than usual proportion of homes on sale in the current market have successfully found a buyer, according to...

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has proven to be the answer for many problems faced by sectors across...

Rightmove has reported a dramatic bounce back in its fortunes - and it’s making more money from agents even than before...

Boomin has announced the appointment of six agents, described as independent representatives, who are now on the new portal’s strategic board. The...

Boomin has given its member agents more details of its new valuation tool being launched next month. Called SmartVal, it is described...

OnTheMarket, which is holding its shareholders’ annual general meeting today, says early figures show the success of initiatives introduced by chief...

Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...

New research from Zoopla appears to show that buyers typically move further away for larger homes rather than smaller or same-size...

It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change what they have always done, particularly if their results have proven...

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

The busiest first half of a year ever recorded by Rightmove has led to a raft of new records for the...

Initiatives by property portal Residential People and mortgage lenders Paragon Bank and Foundation Home Loans help people to find, buy or...

Over a fifth of properties have risen in value by more than the average salary according to a calculation made by...

An online estate agency is launching a quasi franchise operation it calls Agency In A Box and claims applicants will “effectively”...

OnTheMarket, which until now has lagged behind the leading two portals in terms of consumer-facing housing market information, has today launched...

Is print dead as an advertising medium for estate agents? Many have suggested it is, thanks to the rise and rise of...

Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...

Free to list portal Residential People has launched a filter allowing users to sort properties by EPC rating.  The new ‘Energy Efficiency...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Jamie Cooke, Co-Founder and Managing Director of iamsold, part...

Zoopla has launched a new advertising innovation which it says will help both agents and housebuilders as they seek to capitalise...

Purplebricks will this week reveal the result of almost two years of trials into a new pricing structure.  The details will come...

In the world of football – very topical at the moment, as we all enjoy the Euros – there is an...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

Back in April, leading portal Zoopla launched a new multi-million-pound marketing campaign, its biggest ever, to help agents capitalise on the...

Property portal app MoveStreets says the latest upgrade to its app sends leads to agents’ inboxes and allows users to instantly arrange...

For many, paying money to use an estate agent is primarily because that company has a database of buyers or tenants....

I recently saw a fly-through video for a home on sale for well over £2m. The imagery was good (made better by...

There’s been a dramatic slump in instructions for online agencies, particularly Purplebricks, according to data produced by one online firm itself. 99Home...

Iain McKenzie, chief executive of the Guild of Property Professionals, has given Estate Agent Today readers four exclusive marketing tips. In a...

A self employed franchise estate agent business model has been launched by one of the brands in The Property Franchise Group. Hunters...

The intense rivalry between portals continues today with Zoopla announcing one of its longest-standing agent customers has renewed for five more...

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

The frantic growth in house prices is showing its first sign of slowing down, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly market snapshot,...

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

The finance arm of a leading estate agency has taken the unusual step of warning about delays in the conveyancing process. “The...

OnTheMarket, which a few days ago indicated it was in profit for the first time, is to woo potential new investors...

A former commercial director of Zoopla, who worked at the portal for 12 years, has been named as managing director of...

Rightmove have been given a strong endorsement by an influential stock market tipster service, Investing.com.  “Rightmove has built a strong brand, delivered...

Boomin says it’s added over 600 new agency branches during May, with the latest signing being the large Pattinson independent with...

Zoopla has unveiled new features which it says will deliver more value to agents. In-Search Ads gives agents and housebuilders the option...

Despite the vast amount of publicity given to the concept of virtual viewing, a survey suggests relatively few properties on sale...

There are over 700,000 homes marked Sold Subject to Contract and going through conveyancing right now, according to a new Rightmove...

OnTheMarket’s new chief executive has posted his first full year’s trading figures - and they suggest the portal is making progress...

Boomin says it’s going to “reinvent the YouTube channel for property.” The portal’s new YouTube channel has gone live with five unique...

OnTheMarket has announced new functionality in a direct bid to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. The functionality, to go live within the...

Zoopla says just over half of current home owners say they are stuck in a property that’s unsuitable for their needs...

A new home buying platform being set up by a challenger portal has revealed details of its mortgage offer to users. OneDome...

Banking has gone through radical changes in the past few years, in step with technology and the sheer amount we can...

Before you read on, ask yourself, how many times did you hear “we want to move, but just we can’t find...

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...

The number of transactions is scheduled to reach 1.52 million this year - way above the norm of between 1.0 and...

The free to list portal Residential People has launched what it claims to be a new Map View feature which “goes...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

OnTheMarket has signed a new deal with a PropTech partner - the second in successive weeks. This latest one is a 12...

One of the industry’s key marketing suppliers has given four tips for agent readers of Estate Agent Today. Graeme Edwards, managing director...

Free to list portal Residential People has launched a market intelligence platform called Prospr. This has been developed with the aim of...

Sarah Edmundson, the chief executive of the Agents Together charity - set up by the Bruce brothers, Michael and Kenny -...

The Federation of Independent Agents is forming a partnership with the new portal lead management platform Agent Response. Agent Response is led...

An analysis of over 1.6m listings by Rightmove shows a big return to normality - demand for smaller city centre properties...

In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...

Three of the leading portals have made major announcements as the fierce rivalry between the big players continues apace.  Firstly Zoopla claims its latest...

One of the men behind the defunct Emoov online estate agency has re-emerged as the head of a marketing service. The service...

The man behind the free-to-list portal Residential People says security across all portals should be tightened, with so-called Two Factor Authentication...

The controversial demands of Trading Standards for more “material information” to be provided upfront in property details have been criticised by...

The asking price of a typical home in the UK has hit a third of a million pounds for the first...

A leading industry trade body is warning that remote-working agents and smaller independent agencies are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

Zoopla has issued a statement saying it’s entering into a long-term partnership with the Leacders Romans Group, which will be “curated...

The number of properties coming on the market is still not meeting the huge demand from buyers, but the level of...

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

A new home buying platform set up by a challenger portal will donate £100 to charity for every transaction it fails...

A series offering “insight and advice” to agents is being launched by Zoopla’s cloud-based software brand, Alto, which was acquired by...

Rightmove is to roll-out two-factor authentication within Rightmove Plus to try to protect agents against attempts by fraudsters to steal leads and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Mark Armstrong, and my business card says...

Changes to the way the property market operates over the last year - with increased flexibility and remote interactions - has...

Boomin founder Michael Bruce says his new site has enjoyed a stronger start than any other portal in terms of visits, viewings,...

A leading industry supplier says there’s been a jaw-dropping 495 per cent year-on-year increase in digital spend from agents - and that...

Zoopla says house builders “are at the heart of everything we do” and it is revamping its New Homes marketing offer...

Whilst it was once seen as a way to sell niche or run-down properties, auction is now a mainstream method of...

Parts of the UK property market face a supply shortage with a quarter fewer properties listed for sale in England and...

One of the world’s leading analysts of portals has warned Boomin, OnTheMarket and others challenging Rightmove - millions have been spent...

Century 21 UK is the first agency in the country to white label an app which covers transaction components from property...

This time last year the industry was awaiting the launch of a new portal - the free to list public site...

It’s hard to remember a time at any point in the last 20 years when agents have been looking for a...

New figures from Zoopla today emphasise just how frenzied the housing market remains. Here are the figures: - so far in the first...

Rightmove and Zoopla have both made PropTech announcements as the scramble to retain and win agents continues. Rightmove’s draw-a-search tool has been...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

Free-to-list portal OneDome has signed up the 55 branch agency network Chancellors. The agency will consequently list all of its residential sales...

Two leading agencies and an agent network have signed up to the UK’s first dedicated portal for those finding, researching, buying...

As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...