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Agents using Boomin have managed to convert more than 20% of SmartVal valuation requests into instructions. The challenger portal and lead generation...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Average asking prices have hit new highs but there are signs of the market easing, Rightmove claims. The portal’s latest listings data...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News

It is no longer significantly cheaper to rent compared with making monthly mortgage payments, Rightmove claims, but raising a deposit remains...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Google rather than the portals is the starting point for sellers finding an estate agent, a survey claims. A survey among 2,000...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

There are signs that properties are starting to take longer to sell. A lack of stock in recent months has meant agents...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Buyers are being urged to ditch their laptops and hit the streets to find a property. The property market is currently hampered...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
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After years of delays and upheaval, the Renters' Reform Bill finally appears to be back on the agenda, in an effort...
14 May 2022
From: Features

Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...
11 May 2022
From: Features

The outgoing chief executive of Rightmove has claimed he has a good relationship with the portal’s customers. It was announced this week...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Speedy property sales may not be as good as they seem, an industry figure has warned. Recent figures released by Rightmove indicate...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s share price hit its lowest level for two years yesterday after it was announced that its chief executive is stepping...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News

There seems a consensus amongst agents, analysts and amateur pundits alike that the market will stay relatively strong for some months,...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Agency trade bodies have backed the “clarity” provided by Trading Standards after it deemed “price on application” listings unlawful. It comes as...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) deemed yesterday that the use of POA or “price on application”...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A ‘frightening’ number of respondents to a Rightmove online poll appear to be unaware of their anti-money laundering reporting requirements. The portal...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has deemed that the use of POA or “price on application”...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The property supply shortage may be easing but Zoopla has warned it will still take some time for stock to be...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket is seeking shareholder approval for a proposed cancellation of capital. The portal said in a stockmarket update this morning that this...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features

April looks set to go down as the busiest month for house sales of the year. And with record numbers of properties predicted...
30 April 2022
From: Features

Property portals are preparing to support agents in complying with a new era of upfront material information. From the end of May,...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Our inbox is regularly stuffed with exciting new industry developments and tools to help agents work better. Here are some of the...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Agency franchisees with brands such as Hunters, Martin & Co, Belvoir and EasyProperty are being given the chance to sign up...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has launched a new tool that promises to speed up and improve how agents receive leads. The portal previously sent leads...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Properties are selling faster than ever either at or above asking price, Rightmove claims. It comes as the portal revealed that the...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The trend for remote working could continue to influence the property market into next year, Rightmove claims. The portal’s data shows there...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading figure in the Say No To Rightmove (STNR) campaign says the attempts to get agents to ditch Rightmove have...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Agency stock is shifting faster and buyers who hesitated last year are now finding it harder to afford similar priced properties,...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Boomin has unveiled its latest round of paying agents. The challenger portal, launched by former Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce, has revealed 10...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A property analyst has warned against comparing the number of branches on Boomin to Rightmove. Challenger portal Boomin revealed its first batch...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The Ukraine conflict and cost of living crisis is likely to but a dent in the spring market for agents, an...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Foxtons, Chancellors and Douglas & Gordon have been named among the first paid-up agency brands on Boomin. The challenger portal, launched by...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said it may consider complaints about ‘misleading SSTC listings’ on portals but suggests it may...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has unveiled a Sales Advisory Board in an attempt to give agents a greater say in how the portal is...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News

In this piece, the team at Iceberg Digital look at whether the first cracks are appearing in the portals. For the last...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Trading Standards has advised agents to update listings once they reach the "sold subject to contract" (SSTC) stage. It comes after legal...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents will be able to grill Rightmove’s legal and compliance director David Cox this morning as part of the portal’s webinar...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A former UK national sales director at Purplebricks has been reunited with the online agent’s founder Michael Bruce at Boomin. Paul Vickerstaff,...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News

For the record, this isn’t my last Industry Views for Estate Agent Today, although by the time you read this I'll be...
02 April 2022
From: Features

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...
02 April 2022
From: Features

In July 2020, two leading lettings technology disruptors - Vouch and Goodlord - announced that they were going into partnership. Now,...
02 April 2022
From: Features

Sky News is reporting that Boomin, the portal founded by Purplebricks creator Michael Bruce, is close to finalising a new round...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News

New portal Boomin suggests it has “thousands” of agents who have signed up on a paid basis. The portal - which launched almost...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Challenger portal group OneDome has linked with a chain repair service to provide what it calls an end-to-end property offering. The OneDome...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce has for the first time given some figures on the usage of some of the key...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News

With Boomin nearly turning one, I decided to catch up with Michael Bruce, the co-founder of the property website and more...
26 March 2022
From: Features

Agents are being advised to revise their processes now to accommodate changes to the information required on property details, which begin...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent industry supplier has produced startling statistics about the numbers of fall throughs in just the first 10 weeks or...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Boomin claims that one of the online influencers it has commissioned to create YouTube content has won has many viewers as...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Michael and Kenny Bruce have for the first time given their views on what went wrong for Purplebricks during their time...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s been a remarkable 1.7 per cent increase in the average asking price of homes coming to the market in just...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News

In this exclusive for Estate Agent Today readers, video supremo and property expert Chris Watkin conducts an interview with the Bruce...
19 March 2022
From: Features

Rising inflation may soon overtake house price growth even in the most buoyant areas of the UK, a property market analysis...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark is urging agents to respond to a consultation exercise being conducted by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of Boomin says agents have asked him to do something about rival portals “pocketing income from mortgage referral...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Despite a backdrop of the Ukraine crisis, soaring fuel bills, rising interest rates and high inflation, buyer sentiment remains strong according...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The OneDome group websites - OneDome itself and nethouseprices - are launching their largest ever advertising campaign. It will target buyers and...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A row has broken out over a company which has made allegations about Trustpilot reviews of OnTheMarket. A company called KwikChex says...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News

PropTech supplier nurtur.group - which owns Fine & Country and the Guild of Property Professionals - has acquired Brief Your Market,...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The market’s likely to slow this year as the rising cost of living saps some buyer confidence, so agents are understandably...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A new housing market snapshot from Zoopla suggests that in the supply of homes coming to the market has triggered a...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The founder of fledgling portal Boomin says the latest Nationwide house price index findings demonstrate that there’s no sign yet of...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News

We know that agents rely heavily on property software solutions to run their agency, particularly to ease the burden of administrative...
01 March 2022
From: Sponsored Content

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...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Housing market analyst and PropTech entrepreneur Anthony Codling says that the next few weeks will determine whether Boomin is the portal...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A webinar this week is set to see the release of more details of changes to property listings being demanded by...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s been another large rise in fee earnings for Rightmove this morning, as the portal softens the blow by announcing a...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A PropTech supplier has been quick off the mark to launch a tool which it says will help agents satisfy new...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

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...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team has released background information on how it came to make changes to...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Industry figures have come out in favour of the long-term programme of new compulsory information to be contained on property listings. From...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Analysts are gearing up for the full year figures to be revealed by Rightmove to its shareholders at the end of...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The number one portal is making a big marketing and research push to get reluctant owners to put up the For...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket says buyer and seller confidence has not been adversely affected by the first base rate rise in more than three...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News

With the new year in full swing, agents around the UK are likely to be making changes to the way they...
12 February 2022
From: Features

Rightmove says the level of business owners enquiring about leasing office space has now surpassed even pre-pandemic levels in January. Demand is...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has revealed a major rise in visits to its site and app as the housing market boom shows no sign...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that claims it can radically simplify home purchasing, has revealed that PropTech...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has rolled out a new feature within MyRightmove that allows home-hunters organise saved properties into various property lists. The portal says...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A free to list portal has launched a tool which it claims will predict a seller’s propensity to switch agents. Residential People...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Two of the country’s highest profile agencies have signed up to a fledgling website which allows users to find, research, buy or...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Historic estate agency group Humberts - which was at risk of disappearing entirely just over two years ago - has opened...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has signed a deal with Brickflow, a new comparison site for development finance. The portal says the partnership will provide member...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A former chief executive of OnTheMarket is now able to cash in shares worth some £92,000 in the latest part of...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Hunters has tweaked its earlier version of hybrid franchising in a bid to attract self-employed agents. Hunters Personal was launched with a...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
22 January 2022
From: Features

In this guest feature, James Dilgul, Head of Marketing at Fixflo, the market-leading repairs and maintenance management software provider, looks at how...
22 January 2022
From: Features

With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...
22 January 2022
From: Features

Purplebricks is reported to have removed a property listing from its website when it discovered the vendors - a Christian couple...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has this morning told shareholders that its performance is ahead of expectations and it's on course to make improved profits...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Boomin has issued research done on its behalf into the value of spare rooms - and it’s made some eccentric comparisons...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The Bruce brothers’ new portal Boomin has given its first statistics regarding usage following the launch of a new marketing campaign...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket chief executive Jason Tebb is warning that we might be near the top of the market. His portal’s latest sentiment index...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News

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

Do you have an 'open API'? We use 'X' who have an 'open API' so we would need you to integrate with...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Boomin co-founder and chief executive Michael Bruce has returned to the attack on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket with an open letter,...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A new agency service has been launched seeking to attract vendors of second-hand residential park homes. Quickmove Properties has partnered with park industry...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The last two years have been dramatic and decisive for many people and many businesses. Both have reassessed their work approaches...
08 January 2022
From: Features

Rightmove claims its visits over the Christmas period were its busiest ever with what it calls ‘buyer demand’ up 23 per...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News

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

The chair of the strategic board of fledgling Boomin says most existing portals are merely operating like digital newspapers with listings,...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Boomin is launching a new ad campaign from Boxing Day, December 26 - the date previously associated with record visits to...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News

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

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...
18 December 2021
From: Features

Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...
18 December 2021
From: Features

MRI Software’s newest Agency Solutions expert, Michael Connolly, made the leap from working on the front line of an estate agent...
15 December 2021
From: Features

A massive multi-million pound marketing blitz by Zoopla starts on Monday. The portal says the campaign will capitalise on what it says...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News

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

An England football manager who resigned after a newspaper sting is in a podcast series launched by Boomin and Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has revamped its website in a bid to shed the final connections with the portal’s failed leadership and strategy of...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is to try to help potential buyers get their finances in order much earlier in the transaction process, to reduce...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A survey of sellers shows that 61 per cent of them visit the agent’s website before instructing them. According to respondents the...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News

In a first for the Natter, this week's interview is a video affair, with me posing the questions to Stephen Brown,...
04 December 2021
From: Features

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
From: Sponsored Content

Tomorrow sees the Relocation Agent Network’s first in-person conference since 2019. The event, at the Metropole Hilton in Birmingham, will focus...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News

House prices will rise next year says Rightmove - but it warns that tax hikes will curb price rises, particularly later in...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News

By the end of 2021, one in 16 homes will have changed hands, making it the busiest property market since 2007...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Well it’s about time isn’t it? We mean winter - it’s here at last, with white, wintry weather that gets us...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Data released by Zoopla suggests that demand for new builds outside London remains above the five year average, but has failed...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Boomin has revealed an upgrade to its SmartVal feature, which tries to blend real-time online valuations with local expertise from member...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Increasingly rigorous Money Laundering Directives have made regulations in the property industry more stringent than ever, and Estate Agents have a...
22 November 2021
From: Legislation & Compliance

Boomin has launched a new tool - Chainmaker - which it claims cuts fall throughs and introduces agents to ‘hot buyers’. The software...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A new membership scheme aiming to increase the industry’s energy efficiency credentials is being launched next year by allAgents. The Sustainable Agent...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The average asking price of homes coming to the market has dropped by over £2,000 in the past month - the...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News

PropTech has seen a surge in uptake over the last few years for several reasons – be it the Covid-19 pandemic...
13 November 2021
From: Features

Rightmove will launch its latest outdoor campaign on Monday, with advertisements in over 1,000 roadside and rail locations remaining in place...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News

HM Land Registry will accept only digital register update applications from November 2022. Most applications received currently are submitted as PDFs or...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Ruddock – Partner and Head of Residential Sales Operations...
10 November 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

OnTheMarket says it delivered a record number of instant valuation enquiries last month, beating its previous best period in June of...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News

PropertyHeads, a platform describing itself as a social network for house buyers and sellers, has a new PropTech partnership. It’s linked with...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has revealed the strongest markets for sellers and buyers this autumn. Grays in Essex has topped the list of the strongest...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A torrid period for Purplebricks' share value means it opens stock market trading today with a price of just 33p. This is less...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Fledgling portal Boomin has published figures - but not the long-awaited ones about its users or agents. Instead, it’s released data...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A few weeks ago the ESTAS took place at the Grosvenor House hotel in London - the first chance for many...
06 November 2021
From: Features

There’s been a huge rise in references to electric car charging within property listings submitted to Rightmove. The number of homes listed...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News

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,...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News
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There’s been some cynicism amongst the industry in response to new homes promises made by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in yesterday’s Budget. Sunak...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News

PropTech is booming, and its rise was only accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the real estate industry – as...
26 October 2021
From: Sponsored Content

The housing market is on track to record its strongest year since 2007 for transactions and house price inflation says Zoopla. The...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News

With soaring property prices, supply continuing to be outstripped by demand and overworked and overtired industry professionals; we’re seeing the sector...
23 October 2021
From: Features

There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive. As real estate agents you are responsible for administering and addressing...
20 October 2021
From: Features

If there is one thing that modern consumers have come to expect, it’s convenience. As a nation, we’re driven by on-demand...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A small property portal has accused Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket of listing properties with asking prices far in excess of market...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is warning that it’s “highly likely” interest rates will rise in the near future. The portal believes this now seems inevitable...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A portal says many buyers feel disappointed when viewing a property becuase it is typically smaller than agents’ photographs suggest. MoveStreets claims...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News

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

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...
13 October 2021
From: Features

OnTheMarket figures for the first half of this year show stronger revenue and improved profits. Agency numbers have increased modestly since January...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that HM Revenue & Customs scours the listings on both Rightmove and Zoopla to assess whether property investors...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News

More than 10,000 certificates have been awarded to agents who have taken Rightmove’s first modular training. This is an accredited GDPR course...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...
09 October 2021
From: Features

PropTech industry giant epropservices has acquired Property Technology Ltd, better known to agents as marketing platform LeadPro. epropservices is the parent company of...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s a truism that most property enquiries from buyers these days come through portals but there are several reasons why agents...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is at the centre of a revolutionary advertising initiative involving Channel 4’s Location, Location, Location. Using Artificial Intelligence technology, a digital...
04 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has estimated how many people benefitted from the holiday and the estimated total saving in England. It says some one million...
04 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Hunters, now part of The Property Franchise Group, has announced its first so-called ‘Personal Agent’ signing - and says it’s ideal...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the west of England’s largest independent agencies has signed a two year deal with Zoopla, running across portal listings...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News

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

Zoopla has calculated how much the average house price has risen every single day since the start of the pandemic in...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News

As we motor towards the next major global climate change conference – the UN’s COP26 being held in Glasgow from 31...
25 September 2021
From: Features

Photography has become an increasingly important weapon in an agent’s armoury in recent years as listings compete for space on portals,...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Buyer demand per property for sale is more than double that of pre-pandemic levels, Rightmove claims. The property portal’s latest House Price...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove claims to have identified the dream home for buyers. A survey of more than 2,000 visitors to the portal’s website has...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...
11 September 2021
From: Features

Agents are always on the lookout to save time and money wherever they can, to improve, streamline and enhance their business. And...
11 September 2021
From: Features

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...
09 September 2021
From: Marketing & Social Media

Business intelligence is paramount to companies looking to gain a competitive edge, particularly in saturated markets like estate agency. Each client...
08 September 2021
From: Sponsored Content

A TV advertising campaign begins today to promote SmartVal, its real-time valuation tool available on the Boomin portal. The advertisements will start...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Parts of Britain are so short of homes for sale they have only half the number of listings to be expected...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...
28 August 2021
From: Features

PropTech platform Agent Response has just released its latest league table for conversion stats relating to the first two weeks of...
27 August 2021
From: Breaking News
26 August 2021
From: Sponsored Content

The very strong housing market seen throughout this year is set to extend into 2022 as a stock shortage is forecast...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A long-standing critic of OnTheMarket, who was once excluded from a presentation by the portal’s leadership, has spoken enthusiastically of the...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
21 August 2021
From: Features

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...
21 August 2021
From: Features

Sinclair Taylor, the first company to offer debt solutions to estate agencies, has been acquired by The Broadriver Group, a diverse...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The average asking price, as recorded by Rightmove, has fallen for the first time this year. In another sign that the market...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Representatives of Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket, Boomin and OneDome portals are to be quizzed in an industry Question Time session next month. Russell...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove data released this morning shows that the average asking price of a detached house has risen literally 10 times the...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Guided by our philosophy of being open and connected, at MRI we are constantly evolving and developing relationships and partnerships with...
11 August 2021
From: Features

Viewings are in the news right now and with good reason. As the impact of the stamp duty holiday fades, and transaction...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Even at the height of summer (or the British wet season, as some call it) there are substantial numbers of job...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has revealed that some 200 agents have joined its new Product Research Panel, testing new innovations introduced by the portal. First...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A deep dive into Rightmove’s data by the portal itself has discovered that there’s one sector where homes sell 20 days...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Trust the process: subscribe your landlords and tenants to Task Plans and receive automated prompts when it’s the right time to...
05 August 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Zoopla has issued a data-heavy statement on its services for agents - just days after Boomin criticised it for being over...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A bank which a year ago told investors to sell Rightmove shares has now changed its tune - radically. In August 2020...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Boomin has revealed to Estate Agent Today the latest figures on agency branches signed up to its fledgling portal. It says it...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The head of Boomin has attacked Rightmove for the fees it currently charges agents, the likelihood of higher fees to come,...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Kevin Thomas, the long time director at Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings, is retiring from the industry after more than 40...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A much higher than usual proportion of homes on sale in the current market have successfully found a buyer, according to...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...
31 July 2021
From: Features

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has proven to be the answer for many problems faced by sectors across...
30 July 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Rightmove has reported a dramatic bounce back in its fortunes - and it’s making more money from agents even than before...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Boomin has announced the appointment of six agents, described as independent representatives, who are now on the new portal’s strategic board. The...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Boomin has given its member agents more details of its new valuation tool being launched next month. Called SmartVal, it is described...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket, which is holding its shareholders’ annual general meeting today, says early figures show the success of initiatives introduced by chief...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...
24 July 2021
From: Features

New research from Zoopla appears to show that buyers typically move further away for larger homes rather than smaller or same-size...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change what they have always done, particularly if their results have proven...
21 July 2021
From: Features

Fledgling portal Boomin is launching what it claims to be the most interactive and accurate online valuation tool on the market. It...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The busiest first half of a year ever recorded by Rightmove has led to a raft of new records for the...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Initiatives by property portal Residential People and mortgage lenders Paragon Bank and Foundation Home Loans help people to find, buy or...
16 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Over a fifth of properties have risen in value by more than the average salary according to a calculation made by...
16 July 2021
From: Breaking News

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

OnTheMarket, which until now has lagged behind the leading two portals in terms of consumer-facing housing market information, has today launched...
13 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Is print dead as an advertising medium for estate agents? Many have suggested it is, thanks to the rise and rise of...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...
10 July 2021
From: Features

Free to list portal Residential People has launched a filter allowing users to sort properties by EPC rating. The new ‘Energy Efficiency...
09 July 2021
From: Breaking News
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Jamie Cooke, Co-Founder and Managing Director of iamsold, part...
06 July 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

Zoopla has launched a new advertising innovation which it says will help both agents and housebuilders as they seek to capitalise...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks will this week reveal the result of almost two years of trials into a new pricing structure. The details will come...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
03 July 2021
From: Features

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...
01 July 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Back in April, leading portal Zoopla launched a new multi-million-pound marketing campaign, its biggest ever, to help agents capitalise on the...
30 June 2021
From: Features

Property portal app MoveStreets says the latest upgrade to its app sends leads to agents’ inboxes and allows users to instantly arrange...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News

For many, paying money to use an estate agent is primarily because that company has a database of buyers or tenants....
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News

I recently saw a fly-through video for a home on sale for well over £2m. The imagery was good (made better by...
26 June 2021
From: Features

There’s been a dramatic slump in instructions for online agencies, particularly Purplebricks, according to data produced by one online firm itself. 99Home...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Iain McKenzie, chief executive of the Guild of Property Professionals, has given Estate Agent Today readers four exclusive marketing tips. In a...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A self employed franchise estate agent business model has been launched by one of the brands in The Property Franchise Group. Hunters...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The intense rivalry between portals continues today with Zoopla announcing one of its longest-standing agent customers has renewed for five more...
22 June 2021
From: Breaking News

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The frantic growth in house prices is showing its first sign of slowing down, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly market snapshot,...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The finance arm of a leading estate agency has taken the unusual step of warning about delays in the conveyancing process. “The...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket, which a few days ago indicated it was in profit for the first time, is to woo potential new investors...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A former commercial director of Zoopla, who worked at the portal for 12 years, has been named as managing director of...
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove have been given a strong endorsement by an influential stock market tipster service, Investing.com. “Rightmove has built a strong brand, delivered...
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Boomin says it’s added over 600 new agency branches during May, with the latest signing being the large Pattinson independent with...
10 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has unveiled new features which it says will deliver more value to agents. In-Search Ads gives agents and housebuilders the option...
10 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Despite the vast amount of publicity given to the concept of virtual viewing, a survey suggests relatively few properties on sale...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News

There are over 700,000 homes marked Sold Subject to Contract and going through conveyancing right now, according to a new Rightmove...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket’s new chief executive has posted his first full year’s trading figures - and they suggest the portal is making progress...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Boomin says it’s going to “reinvent the YouTube channel for property.” The portal’s new YouTube channel has gone live with five unique...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has announced new functionality in a direct bid to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. The functionality, to go live within the...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla says just over half of current home owners say they are stuck in a property that’s unsuitable for their needs...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A new home buying platform being set up by a challenger portal has revealed details of its mortgage offer to users. OneDome...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Banking has gone through radical changes in the past few years, in step with technology and the sheer amount we can...
29 May 2021
From: Features

Before you read on, ask yourself, how many times did you hear “we want to move, but just we can’t find...
26 May 2021
From: Features

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The number of transactions is scheduled to reach 1.52 million this year - way above the norm of between 1.0 and...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The free to list portal Residential People has launched what it claims to be a new Map View feature which “goes...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has signed a new deal with a PropTech partner - the second in successive weeks. This latest one is a 12...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the industry’s key marketing suppliers has given four tips for agent readers of Estate Agent Today. Graeme Edwards, managing director...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Free to list portal Residential People has launched a market intelligence platform called Prospr. This has been developed with the aim of...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Sarah Edmundson, the chief executive of the Agents Together charity - set up by the Bruce brothers, Michael and Kenny -...
23 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The Federation of Independent Agents is forming a partnership with the new portal lead management platform Agent Response. Agent Response is led...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News

An analysis of over 1.6m listings by Rightmove shows a big return to normality - demand for smaller city centre properties...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News

In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...
19 May 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Three of the leading portals have made major announcements as the fierce rivalry between the big players continues apace. Firstly Zoopla claims its latest...
19 May 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the men behind the defunct Emoov online estate agency has re-emerged as the head of a marketing service. The service...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The man behind the free-to-list portal Residential People says security across all portals should be tightened, with so-called Two Factor Authentication...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The controversial demands of Trading Standards for more “material information” to be provided upfront in property details have been criticised by...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading industry trade body is warning that remote-working agents and smaller independent agencies are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has issued a statement saying it’s entering into a long-term partnership with the Leacders Romans Group, which will be “curated...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The number of properties coming on the market is still not meeting the huge demand from buyers, but the level of...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
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We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...
13 May 2021
From: PropTech & Innovation
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...
13 May 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

A new home buying platform set up by a challenger portal will donate £100 to charity for every transaction it fails...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A series offering “insight and advice” to agents is being launched by Zoopla’s cloud-based software brand, Alto, which was acquired by...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is to roll-out two-factor authentication within Rightmove Plus to try to protect agents against attempts by fraudsters to steal leads and...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Mark Armstrong, and my business card says...
10 May 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

Changes to the way the property market operates over the last year - with increased flexibility and remote interactions - has...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Boomin founder Michael Bruce says his new site has enjoyed a stronger start than any other portal in terms of visits, viewings,...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla says house builders “are at the heart of everything we do” and it is revamping its New Homes marketing offer...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Whilst it was once seen as a way to sell niche or run-down properties, auction is now a mainstream method of...
05 May 2021
From: Features

Parts of the UK property market face a supply shortage with a quarter fewer properties listed for sale in England and...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the world’s leading analysts of portals has warned Boomin, OnTheMarket and others challenging Rightmove - millions have been spent...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Century 21 UK is the first agency in the country to white label an app which covers transaction components from property...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News

This time last year the industry was awaiting the launch of a new portal - the free to list public site...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s hard to remember a time at any point in the last 20 years when agents have been looking for a...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News

New figures from Zoopla today emphasise just how frenzied the housing market remains. Here are the figures: - so far in the first...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...
24 April 2021
From: Features

Free-to-list portal OneDome has signed up the 55 branch agency network Chancellors. The agency will consequently list all of its residential sales...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Two leading agencies and an agent network have signed up to the UK’s first dedicated portal for those finding, researching, buying...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News

As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...
21 April 2021
From: Features

Momentum is building for agents to provide more information on property details and portals - not wait until a prospective buyer...
21 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Some 45 per cent of people who had their home valued by an agent or sold it in the past three years discovered it...
21 April 2021
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket is to release its full year performance figures to shareholders on June 8. This will be for its trading year to January...
21 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Iamsold, the company best known for its Modern Method of Auction online platform, has won top spot in an auction league...
21 April 2021
From: Breaking News

National Trading Standards wants agents, portals and industry groups to come up with ways to provide basic essential material information ‘upfront’. The National...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading agent says that for every house he puts on the market, he has over 40 requests for viewings -...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla today begins a new marketing drive - the latest move in the fierce battle between Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket and Boomin. Zoopla is...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Another week begins, another record tumbles - Rightmove this morning reports a monthly price surge of 2.1 per cent has propelled...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Jason Tebb, the ex-Foxtons agent who is now chief executive of OnTheMarket, has given his first in depth public interview since...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s new Modern Method of Auction service launches on Monday. The service - which Rightmove calls Online Conditional Auctions - will involve...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News

New research shared with Estate Agent Today suggest that in areas of the country almost four in 10 homes for sale...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...
15 April 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Zoopla has unveiled a subtle rebranding plus new features and functionality - and says it wants to be number one, not...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Michael Bruce has been promoted from the role of executive chairman of Boomin to group chief executive officer. This is within two...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News

An agent in part of the UK with the strongest seller’s market claims the stock shortage is the worst he’s seen...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has so far this year recorded 20 of its busiest ever days for visits to the site as the current...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A survey of 5,000 agents suggests the slow house selling and buying process is one of the biggest challenges facing the...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Sky News is reporting that new portal Boomin is to announce the former chief executive of Sir Richard Branson’s business empire...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News

With increasing numbers of portals battling for membership and revenue, Zoopla has revealed that all Carter Jonas’ residential branches will list until...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A portal says it’s the most significant challenger to the Big Three of Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket. OneDome says it bases this on...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents have contacted Estate Agent Today to say they fear the new MatchMaker service on the Boomin portal could be used...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...
03 April 2021
From: Features

First off, happy Good Friday to all our readers. Here’s to a great, if still slightly different, long Easter bank holiday...
02 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla employees have held a 'March for March' challenge to raise funds for The Captain Tom Foundation. This is a fine cause...
02 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has signed a big media deal with the UK’s largest news publisher. The deal is with Reach, which owns nine national...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Here are the first three TV adverts for Boomin, the new property portal which launches on Friday.The new website launches early...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News

With just days before the launch of new portal Boomin, Rightmove says it’s hit a record 9.1m visits in a 24...
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News

We recently launched our state of the property nation survey – a two-minute poll designed to give estate and letting agents...
27 March 2021
From: Features

Data from Rightmove suggests a sharp increase in the number of chain-free properties on the market because sellers are increasingly willing...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News

On Monday, we launched our state of the property nation survey – a 14-question poll designed to give estate and letting...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has crunched the numbers for the continuing stamp duty holiday in England and Northern Ireland, calculating 500,000 buyers will have...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Will Rightmove still be the dominant portal by 2030? Will Boomin really shake up the industry as Purplebricks did before it?...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News

One year on from the UK’s first stay-at-home order, London has been overtaken as the most searched-for location on Rightmove, according...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks is now part of the mainstream landscape of British estate agency. There - I said it. An agency whose whispered name...
20 March 2021
From: Features

It now takes 43 days longer to sell a home than it did a year ago. Comparison site GetAgent, which makes the...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The UK is only the eighth most popular country for Asian investment buyers, and accounts for just three per cent of...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...
13 March 2021
From: Features

Last year saw a monumental shift in almost every aspect of our lives: not least the way we work, socialise and...
13 March 2021
From: Features

Rightmove has promised to keep its restrictions on access to Rightmove Plus under review - and says it’s aiming to help...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents are up in arms at a Rightmove restriction temporarily preventing access to parts of its listing back-end. Agents received an email...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Recently I heard the stat that over 50% of property is sold with the second agent, which was backed up by...
10 March 2021
From: Features

The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...
10 March 2021
From: Features

Every estate agency can now sign up for the government’s free Coronavirus workplace testing programme - the deadline is March 31. The...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Automatically changing the main marketing photo on a portal listing can attract up to 40 per cent more traffic, it has...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Boomin has revealed its launch date after months of high-profile publicity. It’s to be three and a half weeks from now on...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents in England are told that sellers should market their homes by March 23 - only 18 days from now - if...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has hit out at a newspaper claim that it is just “limping along.” Patrick Hosking, a prominent financial columnist at The...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Fundamental changes to the way in which agents can work were shown at the online launch of Lifesycle 2 by Iceberg...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News

When I joined Zoopla, I took the same approach that I always take whenever I enter a new sector: I was...
03 March 2021
From: Features

Challenger portal OneDome has signed up one of the larger UK agencies, the Leaders Romans Group. LRG will list all its residential sales...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Franchising What is Meyers and what...
01 March 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

The Countrywide name is set to disappear from the stock market in a week’s time - and may soon be gone...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...
27 February 2021
From: Features

Rightmove has revealed its figures for the full year 2020 - down in terms of profit and revenue because of the impact...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News

An open letter from Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce shows how fierce the competition is going to be in the portal field...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla says over 250 agents have now signed up to its partnership deal with PropTech firm FocalAgent, set up by former...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...
24 February 2021
From: Features

Zoopla says it has so far delivered almost £80,000 in agent fees through its access to the Modern Method of Auction. MMA...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The Bruce brothers’ latest project, Boomin, is “ready to launch” some two months after it was expected to see the light...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket says it’s going to increase investment in new products and services, and invest further in ‘internal website development resources’. In a...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A report drawn up by a software firm analyses sales, lettings and valuation leads from agents listing on Rightmove, Zoopla and...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

OneDome says it’s seen a surge in consumer activity in 2021, culminating in its two websites growing to a combined visitor...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Former Reapit chief Gary Barker is to join Connells Group, just as the company is taking over Countrywide. Barker - who last...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A survey of portal usage shows a low level of trust and customer satisfaction from agents, and a majority of agencies saying they...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A new forecast suggests 70,000 buyers will miss the March 31 stamp duty holiday deadline. Zoopla has undertaken a new analysis to...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents and conveyancers are expressing doubt over whether a possible six week extension to the stamp duty holiday will be enough...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is the latest portal to forge a link with the controversial Modern Method of Auction service being offered to agents. A...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The rise and rise of portal listings and changing consumer habits during the pandemic may mean the death of the High...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Let’s address the elephant in the room first - the property sector and how we market properties is changing. Gone are the...
10 February 2021
From: Features

Property porn as a popular pastime is as big in the US as it is here, as fans of shows like Netflix’s...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Boomin, created by Michael and Kenny Bruce, promises “highly memorable and engaging” TV and radio ads at its launch in the near...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate agency says 10 per cent of its sellers have already dropped their asking prices to keep buyers on board,...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News

After high levels of publicity for Zoopla and Boomin in recent weeks, Rightmove has struck back with figures suggesting it’s enjoyed...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News

We’re now in Lockdown 3.0 and most of us have become used to juggling home-working, home schooling and a million and...
03 February 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Property portals remain an essential marketing tool for estate agents and their value is clearly appreciated by consumers. However, with a...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Connells Group, now on the threshold of taking the ailing Countrywide empire under its wings, has signed a five year partnership...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...
30 January 2021
From: Features

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we evaluate our lives and, looking more specifically at the property market, it...
30 January 2021
From: Features

Boomin has denied that it will ever allow direct property sales, cutting out estate agents. Founder Michael Bruce says the new service...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has revealed a multi-million-pound programme of future developments which have taken 18 months to finalise. Chief executive Charlie Bryant has told...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s been some time since online agencies have ventured into crowdfunding to raise investment, but easyProperty has now done so -...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla's latest figures suggest 70,000 transactions are likely to miss the stamp duty holiday deadline of March 31. And the portal says: “The...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...
23 January 2021
From: Features

The last few months have seen property agents work hard to continue delivering quality client communications and maintain an increasingly digital...
23 January 2021
From: Features

Free-to-list portal One Dome has launched a dedicated New Homes section - in line with the longer-established paid-for portals - and...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Another group of independent estate agents have launched a portal - a rival to a similar project launched by other agencies...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News
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The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...
20 January 2021
From: Features

Both Rightmove and Zoopla have issued new data showing how the market is changing as buyers’ aspirations alter. Zoopla has looked at where...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Will Thompson, Associate Director at Pugh & Co Auctions. I...
19 January 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

The latest Rightmove analysis shows it now takes 126 days from the time an offer is accepted until legal completion -...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

While the property industry has suffered far less than other sectors during the past year, it would be short of the...
16 January 2021
From: Features

Property auctioneer Pugh, which has 11 offices across the UK, has unveiled bespoke new technology to support its work with estate...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The Federation of Independent Agents says a survey of member agencies suggests only around a fifth per cent would definitely be listing...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Boomin has announced another 15 independents as members of the site, which is expected to launch in the near future. “The latest...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Independent agents inspired by the Say No To Rightmove campaign are to launch a rival portal next month. Wearethemarket is a portal...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says it’s recorded the busiest ever start to a New Year in its two decade history with visits to the...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...
06 January 2021
From: PropTech & Innovation

An estate agency group has launched new franchise business models to help those in the industry impacted by Covid-19. Century 21 UK...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...
02 January 2021
From: Features

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...
02 January 2021
From: Features

ZPG, parent company of Zoopla, is to buy another comparison website business, in addition to running its existing Uswitch service. Insurance group...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

He’s gone from Downing Street but the legacy of Dominic Cummings lives on in Rightmove’s top searches of 2020. Barnard Castle -...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla saw a record 70.5 per cent increase in traffic on Boxing Day as signs suggest the pre-Christmas boom is set...
29 December 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the founder agencies of the new Boomin portal, scheduled to launch in the New Year, has also rejoined Zoopla. Farrell...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Free to list portal Residential People is launching a new cloud-based platform which it says will help agents use Amazon-style technology...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Figures from Zoopla suggest there’s a Christmas present being unwrapped by agents across the country - a far busier housing market tha this...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...
19 December 2020
From: Features

The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...
19 December 2020
From: Features

A 10 week marketing campaign is being launched by Zoopla - and the portal urges agents to stay open as much...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The Bruce brothers’ portal Boomin has signed two high profile regional agencies from the north of England. Manning Stainton and Farrell Heyworth...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Douglas & Gordon, one of the highest profile London agency networks, is the latest signing for the yet-to-launch Boomin portal. The agency...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket is to undergo a revamp under its new chief executive, former Foxtons agent Jason Tebb - who has been given...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

If you fear the market will slow after Christmas, think again - Rightmove is expecting several months of frenzied transactions to...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The launch of much-hyped new portal Boomin, originally scheduled for this month, has now been pushed back until early next year. A lengthy letter sent...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A series of PropTech announcements over recent days suggest the sector is still buoyant with innovation. Firstly it’s been revealed that agents...