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While the property industry has suffered far less than other sectors during the past year, it would be short of the...

Property auctioneer Pugh, which has 11 offices across the UK, has unveiled bespoke new technology to support its work with estate...

The Federation of Independent Agents says a survey of member agencies suggests only around a fifth per cent would definitely be listing...

Boomin has announced another 15 independents as members of the site, which is expected to launch in the near future. “The latest...

Independent agents inspired by the Say No To Rightmove campaign are to launch a rival portal next month. Wearethemarket is a portal...

Rightmove says it’s recorded the busiest ever start to a New Year in its two decade history with visits to the...

To kick off 2021, we have a Q&A with one of the most high-profile – and, it has to be said,...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

An estate agency group has launched new franchise business models to help those in the industry impacted by Covid-19. Century 21 UK...

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

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

ZPG, parent company of Zoopla, is to buy another comparison website business, in addition to running its existing Uswitch service. Insurance group...

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

Zoopla saw a record 70.5 per cent increase in traffic on Boxing Day as signs suggest the pre-Christmas boom is set...

One of the founder agencies of the new Boomin portal, scheduled to launch in the New Year, has also rejoined Zoopla. Farrell...

Free to list portal Residential People is launching a new cloud-based platform which it says will help agents use Amazon-style technology...

Figures from Zoopla suggest there’s a Christmas present being unwrapped by agents across the country - a far busier housing market tha this...

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...

The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...

A 10 week marketing campaign is being launched by Zoopla - and the portal urges agents to stay open as much...

The Bruce brothers’ portal Boomin has signed two high profile regional agencies from the north of England. Manning Stainton and Farrell Heyworth...

Douglas & Gordon, one of the highest profile London agency networks, is the latest signing for the yet-to-launch Boomin portal. The agency...

It is the end of my column for another year, my 4th if I am not mistaken.  This year has seen a...

OnTheMarket is to undergo a revamp under its new chief executive, former Foxtons agent Jason Tebb - who has been given...

If you fear the market will slow after Christmas, think again - Rightmove is expecting several months of frenzied transactions to...

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...

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

Who are you? Hi, I’m Richard Price, Managing Director at Dezrez. Who are Dezrez and what EACRM do you provide? At Dezrez we’re on...

Zoopla has added over 1,000 branches since lockdown began in March, taking total membership of offices and new homes to a...

As we approach the most unusual of festive periods, many property professionals will already be thinking about the January market and...

Software provider Dezrez has entered into an integration partnership with Boomin - the fledgling portal’s first PropTech deal.  The agreement ensures that...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

If this year has taught us anything, it's that estate agents need their software provider and specifically their CRM, to help...

Hello, and if it’s Friday it can only mean Charity day as we celebrate the industry’s continuing fund-raising despite challenges from...

It now takes an average 12 days longer to complete a sale in Britain compared to a year ago - but...

Belvoir has become the latest major agency group to sign up to Boomin as a founder agent.  The properties of all four...

One of the oldest portals in the UK, Mouseprice, has been bought by a service which describes itself as the country’s...

Over 100 Zoopla member branches have signed up to the Modern Method of Auction system offered via the portal. Over the summer Zoopla...

Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce has batted away a stinging attack on him made by allAgents, a review website. allAgents has set up...

Upcoming portal Boomin has written to its founder agents inviting one of them to take up a seat on the main...

After you. No, after you. That is often how innovation seems amongst the real estate elite. And this week I see it...

Free-to-list portal group OneDome claims 425 estate agency branches joined its listing services last month,  OneDome Group operates two portals, OneDome and...

The agency industry may look back on this year and say: “Well...to be honest we didn’t really see it coming.” No, no,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Vicky Quinn-Campbell – Sales and Marketing Director What is ‘company name’...

One of the highest profile figures in the agency industry - and a past critic of Purplebricks - has come out as a vociferous...

So, we’re back to where we were in the spring, more or less. England is in a national lockdown again to...

The soon-to-launch Boomin portal has signed up a national firm and now claims to have recruited 40 per cent of the...

Zoopla’s research team is anticipating the first quarter of next year will see the current boom continue as 100,000 additional sales...

What’s the happiest place in Britain? Rightmove has the answer. In a new ‘Happy At Home’ index calculated by the portal and...

Two prominent suppliers have teamed up to offer customers instant visibility of chain lengths, details of agents connected to properties being...

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...

Newspapers are pushed through the door, whereas websites have to pull in visitors - it’s a simple but fundamental difference with vast implications...

The Boomin portal, which incentivises agents to cross-sell and benefit from referral fees, is to receive advice on fee disclosure from...

The founder of OneDome says a likely housing market slowdown is the perfect time for agents to optimise revenue by investing in PropTech. Babek Ismayil believes...

The new property portal Boomin has revealed its fees structure for agents. Tapping into the industry debate over portal fees, Boomin describes...

A TV advert for Rightmove first screened in 2018 has been cleared of gender stereotyping. A complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority...

The soon-to-launch portal Boomin - set up by the people who founded Purplebricks- has signed another 10 independent agents. They are all...

Zoopla is the first UK property company to launch advertising on Pinterest, the lifestyle picture-centric social media platform. A statement from Zoopla...

Asking prices are down for the first time in many months. It’s a small drop - an average of 0.5 per cent...

According to the annual Property Week PropTech survey, almost 48% of property businesses had tested new technology because of the COVID-19...

Residential People, one of many free-to-list platforms in the hectic portal marketplace, is set to launch which it calls its “AI...

Many agents are brilliant at giving a personal touch and are professional in the way they treat customers, but I would...

The six brands that make up The Property Franchise Group are the latest signings for yet-to-launch portal Boomin. TPFG’s brands are national...

Firstly, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Lockdown 2, as it’s being known, is now with us, but fortunately...

What are the best ways for a letting agency to generate additional revenue and stay ahead of the competition? Management fees are...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has extended the furlough scheme until the end of March. It will continue under the current rules, with the...

Fledgling portal Boomin - launching later this month - has announced another 10 independent regional agencies as founder members. This includes its...

Boomin is to levy a traditional monthly fee for estate and letting agents listing on the site, in line with other...

An online agency says its virtual auction service can be used even by its rivals between now and the end of...

Advanced information released today about Boomin suggests it will seek a much closer relationship with agents than existing portals, with lifetime...

The ESTAS awards service and the Agents Together foundation are entering into a partnership. That means all ESTAS customer agents will be...

OnTheMarket has handed out more shares to agencies signing long-term agreements with the portal. It was almost three years ago that OTM, then...

David Cox is joining Rightmove next week in a dramatic return to the industry. Cox left the ARLA Propertymark in late July after...

There are 140,000 more buyers waiting to complete on their properties right now than there were this time last year. The claim, by...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

A new property portal that operates a Tinder-style ‘swipe’ app is offering agents 12 months free listings. MoveStreets operates like the dating...

Yet-to-launch portal Boomin has secured the support of 10 more estate agencies, one of them the national chain Humberts. In its third...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the way every industry operates and the property sector is no exception. Following an enforced seven-week...

One of the latest 10 agents joining the still-to-launch Boomin portal says it could be the go-to website for all property...

A new analysis of searches and leads to agents by Rightmove suggests buyers in London are deserting central locations in favour of...

Boomin, the still-to-launch portal created by the founders of Purplebricks, has named another 10 founding member agencies. Like the initial 10 they...

Another new property portal has been launched, this one - Mutual - describing itself as the ‘Pre-Portal Property Platform for estate...

The senior management from four of the agencies announced as founding members of Boomin have spoken out in favour of the...

The latest Rightmove asking price index shows the extraordinary market and amazing times we are living through. The average price of property coming...

Lawyers, politicians, bankers, insurance sellers – no matter where you go, there are some professions that are just always going to...

The new Boomin portal being launched shortly has named 10 high profile agency chains as founding members. The 10 give the new portal...

Zoopla has linked with a PropTech company led by the former boss of Purplebricks to offer agents free virtual viewings services. The...

Agents Together, the wellbeing and mentorship service which came into existence earlier this year, is launching what it calls a Redundancy...

We all know that people can’t move to a new house without going through the Conveyancing process. However, with that said,...

OnTheMarket’s acting chief executive says the portal will embrace more social media and innovative marketing strategies in the coming period. Yesterday the...

OnTheMarket’s latest trading update shows a significant rise in revenue but agency branch membership numbers stalling. Revenue was up 28 per cent...

A new portal-style PropTech product has launched and wants to recruit estate agents to its fold - despite describing the way...

A PropTech platform wants to find out agents’ views on a range of industry issues - and that includes whether they...

One of the founders of Purplebricks, and now a founder of the portal Boomin, has been awarded an MBE in today’s...

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...

The latest review by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team into referral fees places the outdated practice of...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has admitted that getting the number one portal to change its fee structure “may take...

OnTheMarket says it’s going to issue its next trading statement one week today on October 13. This will cover the first six...

The so-called ‘trade up gap’ for people buying for the second time has grown to a record £67,761 according to Rightmove. The...

The agency leading the Say No To Rightmove campaign has returned all of its offices and brands to Zoopla. The Acorn Group,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Lee Rix - Head of Business Development What is ‘company name’...

Are agents swimming upstream against the Electrical Safety Regulations? 3 months on from the introduction of the ‘Electrical Safety Standards in the...

Property technology company OneDome, which operates two portals - OneDome and Nethouseprices - has raised another £5m in funding.  It says it...

A new PropTech product claims to help agents generate and nurture leads - even while they sleep. MovePal generates leads through Facebook...

Boomin, the new portal being set up by the founders of Purplebricks, is holding a series of confidential webinars next week...

One of the many new portals recently launched has made a pitch for agents to join because of its referral fees...

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

One of the growing number of free to list property portals, Residential People, claims a record-breaking number of sales and letting...

Two agencies have entered the debate on whether the current frenzied housing market is seeing delays in completions. Yesterday EAT reported that...

Share prices for many quoted estate agencies and property portals fell in trading as fears grew about Coronavirus. London-focussed agency Foxtons was one...

Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...

Another regional agency group has returned to Zoopla, attributing the move to the portal's “receptive audiences” amongst the house buying and renting...

Property sellers are twice as likely to find a buyer for their property if the original asking price does not change,...

Hello and welcome to the new working week. Here’s the latest information on key hires across our industry: if you have similar...

PropertyHeads, a portal which describes itself as the industry’s social network, has sold a three per cent stake partly to raise funds...

OnTheMarket has signed up one of the country’s biggest house builders, Taylor Wimpey. The builder - which has 24 offices and covers...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

Rightmove, which recently posted a 37 per cent drop in revenue for the first six months of 2020, has lost almost...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced record leads during August, beating July’s previous record. The portal generated over two million leads in August, an...

The portal  set up by Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny Bruce has revealed it's recruited Rightmove and Zoopla personnel and intends...

For a mixture of reasons, I now only write this column every two weeks. At first, I missed the weekly consideration...

A sentiment survey conducted amongst 585 estate agents by the OnTheMarket portal suggests fewer than half have witnessed price rises since...

It’s no surprise the mainstream news remains dominated by coronavirus - not so much the actual effect of it right now,...

Property portal Boomin has been "courted by a range of potential backers" according to Sky News. The news service - which has...

Rightmove is warning of a conveyancing log-jam that may delay sales, despite the ongoing frenzy of activity and faster transactions for...

Estate agents are increasingly using low-key ‘grey’ marketing to avoid too many prospective buyers swamping them when homes go on sale. That’s...

The battle between portals is hotting up again with Zoopla repeating its offer of free listings until January for agents committing...

Two City consultancies instructed by OnTheMarket have talked up the company’s fortunes after the appointment of its new chief executive.  Shore Capital, which in...

There’s been a surprise appointment as OnTheMarket chief executive. Instead of popular acting CEO Clive Beattie - who had made it known...

One of the most experienced British estate agents says the new portal Boomin - expected to launch next month, October -...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has given a thumbs up to the new Boomin listings service created by the brothers...

OneDome, which operates two free-to-list property listing sites, says it’s had a record month as it strives to build an alternative...

Figures from Zoopla quantify how Coronavirus is changing the market, with houses selling significantly faster than flats. The latest market report from...

Data from Rightmove shows that demand is up 61 per cent compared to the same period last year - and the...

Some 275,000 subscribers have signed up for the latest Zoopla email education programme under the Zooploma banner. This one is aimed at...

A new portal launches today with 100,000 listings and a pledge to target buyers largely ignored by established websites - investors. It’s...

Zoopla has been awarded £50,000 of premium ad space with the Telegraph Media Group in recognition of a campaign to help the UK...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

A new agency called Eazy Agent has launched - it’s another online operation, this time with a starting price of £249. For...

A digital resource hub for estate agents claims to shorten transaction times. Sort Move, which has been operating since late 2019,...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

Zoopla says it wants to know what agents think of its new TV advert which airs from tomorrow but can be...

HM Land Registry customers - including agents and conveyancers - can now manage all of their applications and correspondence including notices,...

It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...

The Federation of Independent Agents has announced its latest partnership - this time with a live-streaming viewing service called Gavl. The platform...

It must have been a close thing on Friday as to whose faces were looking the most glum - those at...

Almost all estate agents are still saying Yes to Rightmove, according to figures produced by the portal this morning. Membership numbers for...

Zoopla has revealed details of its biggest ever marketing campaign in a bid to cash in on agents’ growing dissatisfaction with...

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have revealed their latest bids to keep agent support. Rightmove is launching an extensive redesign of property details pages, after...

Rightmove’s new chief financial officer has a basic salary of £390,000 plus bonus options coming to a potential total of £1.75m. Alison Dolan has...

A law practice says HM Revenue & Customs is launching a probe into companies that have allegedly abused the Coronavirus furlough...

The new portal OpenBrix, which is powered by Blockchain, has revealed its fee structure ahead of its formal launch on September...

OnTheMarket has confirmed it is “considering” making redundancies - the second of the large portals to be in this position. Rumours have been...

The Nationwide says annual house price growth has recovered to 1.5 per cent. Its July house price index says the fall in...

A statement by OnTheMarket this morning reveals that as of the end of last month it had a record 14,000 advertisers...

OneDome has released a list of High Street agencies that have signed up to its free-to-list portal and sister website Nethouseprices  -...

Steve, his name was. Steve, the board man. A rather frightening man, if truth be told. When I started at Foxtons, he used...

Rightmove says a study of some 400,000 homes on its portal has revealed that those with a coveted south-facing garden have...

A new analysis of corporate estate agencies’ social media followings and websites shows the big winners to be Savills, Foxtons and...

A trading statement from Foxtons this morning reveals that 85 per cent of staff are now off furlough, and that the...

Zoopla says while there may be speculation about people fleeing London and big urban areas for the countryside, the evidence suggests...

A founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, suggests there was nothing wrong with the controversial Commisery TV ads that contributed to making...

An agent in Hertfordshire says he routinely secures 5,000 visits to ‘live open houses’ on Facebook Live, and have on one...

Zoopla says its sale and vendor leads have reached a 2020 high, beating volumes delivered even during the strong start to the...

A new property website relying heavily on Artificial Intelligence allows sellers to by-pass estate agents and instead list directly for £14.99...

It is widely expected that Purplebricks will shortly reveal the result of an experiment with a number of different pricing strategies. The...

Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny Bruce have revealed the name of their new property venture.  It’s to be called Boomin. There are still few specific...

The mortgage arm of a regional property portal has launched pre-approval software which it claims will significantly speed up the initial...

Rightmove says it’s going to reject over £150,000 in payouts from the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The portal furloughed 160 employees...

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom that was existing even before the stamp duty holiday - enough to propel average asking prices...

Purplebricks’ sale of its Canadian operation for some £35m begs the question - where can it now recoup some of its losses...

Zoopla has entered into a partnership with an online platform to promote the so-called Modern Method of Auction option to estate...

The founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, has this morning revealed his new project to be called Launch B - and he...

Britain’s second largest lender is to offer 90 per cent loan to value mortgages once again from next Monday - a...

The investment bank UBS says it’s forecasting that Rightmove revenues will be down £53m in the first half of this year. “The...

The Federation of Independent Agents has announced its latest partnership offering exclusive services for members - it property recruitment firm The...

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...

Evidence is pouring in that the stamp duty holiday introduced 48 hours ago has already produced huge levels of interest from...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak - and the agency industry - will no doubt be delighted to know that visits to Rightmove soared...

One of the many free-to-list portals now vying for attention is offering agents six months free access to a platform boasting...

Have you ever wondered how industry-specific software and property portals have influenced the typical estate agency of today? A new book, which...

One of the possible stamp duty options floated by Chancellor Rishi Sunak could mean 89 per cent of sales would be...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

A survey of 2,000 prospective movers by Zoopla shows the vast majority still intent on buying - but younger purchasers’ plans...

OnTheMarket says almost 500 branches have signed up in recent months, entitling their business owners to ‘welcome shares’. Of those branches signing...

The estate agency group spearheading the Say No To Rightmove campaign has signed its 36 branches up to new portal Homesearch. The...

Homesearch, the long-awaited new free-to-list portal, launches today with a string of testimonials from supportive estate agents. The new portal announced at...

"New property website launches. Not immediately sure what it does differently, what its USP is or who will use it, but...

Buyer demand for new-build property has bounced back 66 per cent in the six weeks since the resumption of the housing...

A former City analyst best known for his scathing criticisms of Purplebricks has launched a PropTech platform that he describes as...

The challenger portal scheduled to launch in less than a week’s time on July 1 has secured the support of 10,000...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign says the portal has merely kicked the fees can down the road, deferring a long-term...

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...

In the latest of a recent flurry of consumer-facing research exercises by Rightmove, a league table of the most popular seaside...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have announced that they are extending their cut-price fees deals, introduced because of Coronavirus. This morning Rightmove says: "We have...

The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign has revealed to Estate Agent Today that he has lobbied the portal...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

Video tours, heralded as the next big thing just a few weeks ago, are being abandoned by buyers and dismissed as...

The former commercial director of Rightmove has made a strong defence of much of the company’s activities, including the charges it...

One of the leading ‘new breed’ of hybrids relying on self-employed agents is opening a share offer to investors in a...

Rightmove has given a regional breakdown in where  buyer demand is strongest in the past two weeks. It’s perhaps no surprise that...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has set out strategy suggestions for independent agents facing steep portal bills. A 10-page document reveals...

A free webinar is taking place this week to show how agents can list properties on Facebook Marketplace. The event, hosted by...

Estate agents are likely to get through the next five to six months even if the market falls away - but...

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...

A working party of property professionals is being set up to look at whether and how property logbooks could help speed...

OnTheMarket says it still aims to be the number one portal, but the acting chief executive has revealed a far more...

Zoopla has upped the stakes in the war between rival websites with two major claims which implicitly challenge both Rightmove and...

OnTheMarket says in a trading statement this morning that as of May 31 only some 9,000 branches were on paying contracts...

Virtual viewings could transform estate agency so fundamentally that they might mean the work of five negotiators could in future be...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

There’s been a strong rebound in demand for homes and an “unprecedented” bounce in new sales agreed according to Zoopla. The portal...

The latest in the recent surge of consumer information publicised by Rightmove suggests that demand for flats has fallen significantly as...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

There’s no doubt we’re in a less-than-rosy phase of the property cycle. This, however, is not another doom and gloom piece:...

OnTheMarket is to issue its annual figures next Thursday, June 11. The report only covers the portal company’s financial year which ended...

An overwhelming 98 per cent of vendors questioned by Zoopla say they remain anxious about the Coronavirus and would prefer to...

Rightmove has contacted all member agents saying it has enhanced its automated online viewing feature first introduced in April. As part of...

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...

There has been a huge surge in demand in some regions of the UK according to new data from Rightmove.  The portal...

Over the last few years, there have been a number of high-profile court cases in which renters took action against letting...

Rightmove has enjoyed over six million visits to its portal in one day, for the first time ever. Three days ago -...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign is to release a set of options for member agents to consider if the portal...

OnTheMarket has introduced a new filter that allows buyers to limit their searches to those properties with online viewing options. These can...

Research from Zoopla suggests that demand from buyers across England surged 88 per cent shortly after the housing market reopened -...

Letting agents up and down the country have undoubtedly felt the financial strain added by the outbreak of COVID19. Whilst this will continue,...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

The fast-growing trade group for independent estate agents has launched a partnership with the soon-to-launch Homesearch portal. Of the various free-to-list portals...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign is to hold a seminar for agents who have already left the portal or are...

Rightmove says it enjoyed 5.3m visits on Tuesday of this week - up four per cent on the comparable day of...

Rightmove has confirmed that its group finance director is to step down at the end of next month. Robyn Perriss is retiring...

The founder of OnTheMarket has revealed why the portal floated on the stock market and why Ian Springett was the right...

The number of full property details viewed on Rightmove - a key indicator of market health - is already stronger than...

The surge in consumer activity encouraged by the government's decision to reopen the property market last week led to two portals...

A free to list portal has blasted Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for using agents' data to boost their profits.  Christopher May, chief...

Rightmove has suggested there may be massive changes underway in buyers’ priorities as the housing market resumes and the country begins...

Rightmove has taken the unusual step this weekend of issuing its usual monthly asking price index on a Saturday instead of...

Homesearch - the new property portal which describes itself as “the future of the property industry” - has delayed its launch. It was scheduled...

There’s been a very significant increase in the number of listings carrying virtual viewings, accelerating during the period of the Coronavirus crisis and...

There’s been a huge surge of public interest in the housing market again, just hours after the industry lockdown came to...

It’s back to work today for England’s estate agents and the housing market - but it’s the start of a new...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has taken the unusual step of thanking the other rival portals - Zoopla, OnTheMarket and...

The acting chief executive of OnTheMarket says the Coronavirus crisis could indirectly create a catalyst for change in the portals marketplace. Clive...

There’s been an explosion of anger about Rightmove’s pledge to undertake its biggest-ever marketing campaign - while at the same time...

Rightmove says it’s to launch its biggest ever national marketing campaign in a bid to kick-start the market once lockdown eases. The...

A third of agencies say at least some of their staff will be working from home permanently when the Coronavirus pandemic...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has launched a countdown clock on its website to galvanise agents into remembering only 85...

The market share for all online agents fell sharply in the period up to the start of the pandemic according to new...

Rightmove’s shareholders appear to have been generally unmoved by the string of protests against the portal in recent weeks. At the portal’s...

Virtual viewings are here to stay and will continue long after lockdown eases according to the head of a PropTech group. Babek...

Zoopla is launching a series of Skills Sessions to support agents through the Coronavirus crisis.  The sessions are free to join and...

Countrywide has added its weight to the campaign asking the government to allow agents to get back to work - and...

Listings from an agent who ended his contract with Rightmove were not removed as he expected - instead, he is accusing...

A study by Rightmove suggests that 94 per cent of buyers and sellers currently in the market are determined to go...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Sam Hunter, director of Homesearch. Alongside asking Hunter...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has started buying social media advertising space in a bid to recruit agents. In a ‘promoted’...

The Haart estate agency chain has launched a portal called Off Market which it describes to sellers as being “a unique...

We all know the world has gone digital—nothing new there. Every time you jump online, you’re one of 4.5 billion internet...

Rightmove, Zoopla and even OnTheMarket could make money even if they did not charge agents anything at all to list properties....

Rightmove has announced that it’s eligible to access the government’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility - the major loan facility made available to some...

OnTheMarket’s share price dropped again yesterday, ending down 2.4 per cent. This was despite the portal announcing a share giveaway to encourage new agents...

OnTheMarket says it has another 32 million shares to give away to agents signing full fee contracts with the challenger portal...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - our first for some weeks as the coverage has previously been dominated by...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign, which expects to have some 3,000 offices signed up by the end of the month,...

The Property Ombudsman’s office is still receiving 40 to 50 calls a day from the public, even though most transactions with...

An industry stalwart has urged critics of Rightmove to fight for the portal to offer agents a fairer pricing system, not...

Today is the final day that agencies can register with the government scheme offering furlough pay on April 30. The furlough programme...

A new analysis of the simmering Rightmove crisis says there is now “no clear downside” stopping agents leaving. The Financial Times says that Rightmove’s...

The OneDome and Nethouseprices websites claim to have seen a surge in agents joining in recent weeks as an alternative to...

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...

The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign says that agents are demanding that there is “no return to full...

Investment bank RBC Capital has downgraded its rating of Rightmove and is warning that the property market is entering a prolonged...

Hunters has expanded its online offering to improve its service to both the sales and lettings sectors - and it’s even...

OnTheMaket has this morning announced a raft of what it calls ‘mitigating measures’ to help it survive the Coronavirus crisis. These include...

Only half of the branches signed up to Zoopla have taken advantage of one or other of the discount offers made...

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Christopher May, director of free-to-list portal Residential...

One of the first analyses of portal listings since the start of the Coronavirus crisis shows that new listings have plummeted...

As the impact of coronavirus unfolds, we are in constant conversations with customers to understand the challenges they’re facing and to...

Zoopla has confirmed that it’s to extend its ‘three months free’ plan to five months of free portal usage for agents...

Two agents have quit Rightmove and taken to social media to give their reasons. One is the 12-branch Andrew Craig agency which...

On April 4, EAT published a piece titled: ‘It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post corona-virus’. To me, this...

Some 2,500 estate agency branches have expressed an interest in a new portal, Homesearch, launching next month.  Although the Homesearch website lists...

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...