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As promised a few weeks ago, this week’s Natter concentrates on the importance of content, design and social media, three easily...

A study of estate agencies and portals floated on the London Stock Exchange suggests that digital companies have shown much better...

Gone are the days of having to rush back to your office every time you win an instruction to market the...

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

ZPG shares have rocketed up in value by 30 per cent this morning on the back of a £2.2 billion bid...

An online question-and-answer article with OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has suggested that its focus of criticism may be shifting from...

Ever wondered what it’s like to be on the frontline of property journalism? Well, wonder no more, as our very own...

OnTheMarket has announced that industry software company Reapit is introducing a real time data feed for its clients to upload their properties...

Review service allAgents has relaunched its property portal, saying it may become an agent-owned service and pledging to turn it into...

OnTheMarket says it has now struck listing agreements with 7,500 agency branches, adding over 2,000 branches since floating on the London stock...

ZPG has sold the Australian arm of housing data company Hometrack to REA Group, a multinational digital firm specialising in portals and...

I have total transparency. I love that.  I know how the portals are doing, I know how many people are clicking on...

I’m writing this a week into my instruction decision. It has been a fascinating journey to date. As I discussed last week,...

Manning Stainton, one of the major estate agency chains operating across North Yorkshire, is to return to listing on ZPG. It will...

Prices of new-to-the-market property rose by a modest 0.4 per cent over the past month says Rightmove - but that’s enough...

Foxtons says its long-term branch expansion programme is now “largely complete” and it is shifting its attention to using technology to...

OnTheMarket has this morning issued a statement claiming that its portal traffic reached circa 12m visits during March - more than...

As always seems to be the case with Purplebricks, the hybrid agency has had a good week...and a bad one. Undeniably impressive...

As noted in Estate Agent Today’s news pages, OnTheMarket’s (OTM) recent dire share performance (at time of writing the price is...

A property technology analyst has floated the idea that portals could become eclipsed by powerful alternatives such as Google, triggered by...

One of the leading PropTech analysts says Rightmove’s huge success means that it has two difficult choices ahead if it is...

OnTheMarket says estate agencies with some 1,000 offices have joined the portal in the five weeks since it floated on the...

A PropTech firm claims its new tool gives people the option of running an entire agency...from a phone.  BestAgent, which has built...

A major revamp of Northern Ireland’s Propertynews portal has been unveiled with one of the targets being to enhance the visability...

Investment consultancy London Central Portfolio has launched a new index which it claims uses “the most comprehensive data available” to assess...

Franchise giant Hunters is the latest agency to list its sales and lettings properties on three portals, rather than two. The chain...

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

A mergers and acquisitions specialist says traditional agencies have been pushed into becoming more innovative by the rise of portals and...

New figures released by ZPG suggest increasing numbers of agents are listing on three portals. Amongst the latest agencies to renew long...

London agency Portico has been warned that if there is a repeat of issues concerning its listings on portals, it may...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today. If you haven’t caught this feature before, it’s a regular Monday opportunity...

Rightmove says its commercial property side is “continuing to gain momentum” with 650,000 leads generated for customers in 2017. Perhaps with an...

In an unexpected trading statement this morning, OnTheMarket says it has signed 243 new listing agreements within its first 10 days...

Rightmove has reported another very large leap in revenue in 2017 and a modest rise in agency and new home customers...

The managing director of property data consultancy Hometrack, Charlie Bryant, is to lead a reorganised property marketing, software and data division...

A new PropTech platform is providing a service to help agents market their new listings instantly across portals and social media. BestAgent...

Scottish portal s1homes.com has reported that the average property in Scotland sold for £10,000 higher than its asking price during the...

Rightmove says it has enjoyed its highest ever monthly number of visitors - 141 million in January. They spent a total of...

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, our round-up each Monday of key job moves within estate and letting...

OnTheMarket has told the City this morning that it has already signed up 81 new listing agreements by 5pm yesterday, completing...

OnTheMarket remains defiant despite the decision of Douglas & Gordon, one of its founder agencies, to list once again on Zoopla...

OnTheMarket’s share price fell just over five per cent yesterday, continuing its troubled launch on to the London stock exchange. It...

The bank Morgan Stanley says OnTheMarket’s listings have fallen 19 per cent in the past year. In a note to investors issued...

ZPG has revealed that it had 58m visits to its property websites, Zoopla and Primelocation, last month. This is 10 per cent up...

Most listed agencies and portals suffered share price falls yesterday, creating a challenging landscape for Agents’ Mutual which launches on the London stock exchange...

I had an interesting meeting last week with a VR company called Garou. Based in New York, they claim to have...

The printing industry is in the midst of a decline as digital products and services displace printed materials, which is why...

ZPG says it anticipates a strong 2018 according to a trading statement ahead of the company’s annual general meeting today. The firm...

Whatever else you say about OnTheMarket, you can’t say it’s not consistent, consistent in treating its core membership shabbily.  We already know...

Hello and welcome to our first Property Jobs Today, a weekly round-up of key job moves within estate and letting agencies...

Agents’ Mutual has released more details of its float on the stock market, which begins on February 9 with a placing priced...

Here’s how the LetsBid Property team is helping them do it. A new property platform called LetsBid has launched in the...

US bank J P Morgan has predicted that Purplebricks, which it says now has around six per cent of advertised homes...

A new property portal called Linktosale aims to launch in the UK at the start of March following what appears to...

A senior figure in another regional estate agency group has expressed scepticism about the popularity of online choices for vendors. Last week...

A website called Roofoveryourhead has launched which threatens to bypass estate agents and allow vendors to sell for free. The site uses language similar...

An online intermediary platform called OpenMoov has been set up which instructs agents on behalf of sellers and tenants - and...

One of the world’s leading property technology analysts says Purplebricks-style disruptive agencies will be a trend to look out for in...

The operators of a new website which earlier today claimed to have 500,000 property listings appear to have now removed the...

A new portal called Housemap has launched and says it is free to agents. It’s a clean, attractive looking portal which already...

Who says things slow down before Christmas? The opposite appears to be the case, at least when it comes to the...

Both Purplebricks and OnTheMarket are keeping their powder dry on speculation that that hybrid agency is going to list on the...

The man behind a PropTech company has blasted Rightmove and Zoopla for failing to emphasise 360-degree virtual tours - the feature recently...

A company supplying the conveyancing industry claims that new research reveals 55 per cent of home-movers are frustrated by a lack...

Rightmove has been accused of ignoring instances where agents have allegedly re-listed properties that have been sold in a bid to...

Chancellors Group has signed a five year deal to list its sales and lettings properties with the OnTheMarket portal. The group has...

ZPG has revealed its 2017 annual report this morning with a stream of records - 648 million visits to portals, revenue...

News agency Reuters says a top five shareholder in price comparison service GoCompare says the firm should respond “positively” if ZPG...

OnTheMarket is reported to be threatening an estate agency with legal action. Earlier this week Estate Agent Today reported that Henry Adams, a...

ZPG says that the number of estate agency branches that left to join OnTheMarket but have now returned has reached over...

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

The ZPG app for mobile users of the Zoopla and Primelocation websites has now been downloaded more than 10m times. ZPG launched...

A new portal has been launched aimed at marketing ex-council properties for sale or to let through agencies.  Ex-Council.com says it is...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

The head of marketing at Rightmove has been named as one of London’s most influential people - a sign of the...

So at last someone has woken up to the fact that Purplebricks needs to be clearer about how it charges for...

ZPG has announced that Connells is the latest major agency chain to sign a long-term deal with its portals Zoopla and...

Asking prices have risen by an average of 1.1 per cent or £3,432 in the past month according to Rightmove.  This is...

Leamington Spa in Warwickshire has been named as the happiest place to live in Great Britain in Rightmove’s 2017 Happy at...

ZPG says it has reached the milestone of delivering over £1m in referrals to its agents via its new MoveIt tool.  This provides agents with the...

As those of us in the industry know, there is a fine balance to strike between disruptive technology – and the...

One of the most thorough analyses of property portals ever undertaken shows that Rightmove is the world’s most profitable portal company...

A mystery online petition is urging Rightmove to filter its advertisements “in a bid to curb down inflationary / speculative / fake...

It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...

It now appears that OnTheMarket agents do not require to sign up to the portal for five years in order to...

It looks likely that Facebook will soon be able to list homes for sale in the US, in the style of...

Regional property portal MoviNorth says it plans to secure additional investment to expand its coverage by the end of 2017. The portal...

One of the world’s leading property technology experts, who at one time was head of strategy at a property portal, says investing...

I’ve been in France for the past few days and depending on your viewpoint, I made a spectacularly good or singularly...

Let’s be honest - few people saw this coming. The 89 to 11 per cent majority amongst Agents’ Mutual members for...

Hunters’ figures for the six months to the end of June show small rises in income and turnover but a substantial...

The industry today awaits the result of Agents’ Mutual’s formal Members’ Court in which agents will vote on the organisation’s proposed demutualisation and...

An estate agent who is campaigning for boards to be banned in his local area says they should be 'confined to...

Iain White, the ex-Romans managing director and former Countrywide director, has come out strongly against the demutualisation proposal from Agents’ Mutual...

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

OnTheMarket is declining to comment after suggestions were floated that some debts by its member agents could be deferred, or in some...

OneDome has launched a new online tool that allows users to scour Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket by setting up lifestyle criteria,...

Humberts, a member of Agents’ Mutual, is today launching an online-only option and claims it can list online-only properties on OnTheMarket. Such...

There’s a distinct sense of déjà vu over the debacle of OnTheMarket. I avoided joining two years ago because I couldn’t see...

Agents’ Mutual has confirmed that it requires 75 per cent of the votes of member agencies to pass its proposals to...

ZPG has stepped into the escalating dispute between portals by revealing record figures on new leads - two hours before the first...

  The first two meetings in a roadshow which OnTheMarket has organised for local member agents take place today - another 18...

The head of a regional portal in the north of England has welcomed the likely demise of the controversial One Other...

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...

Agents’ Mutual has confirmed that it proposes to form a new company, OnTheMarket plc, to list on the AIM market of...

Sky News is reporting that OnTheMarket is to demutualise and list on the Stock Exchange.    The portal made much of its mutual...

Agents’ Mutual (oops, that name might need to change…read on) has been touting its recent legal victory and is about to...

A data analytics firm that has studied over 2.7m visits to UK property company websites claims that once a visitor arrives...

The accounts for Agents’ Mutual, parent company of the OnTheMarket portal, show that revenue for the year ending January 31 was...

OnTheMarket is this month holding 20 meetings for member agents to explain “progress and plans” for the portal.   The meetings - sometimes...

House hunters in the UK are the global leaders in online property research according to a new study from HSBC.    The bank...

A City analyst has fuelled speculation that Rightmove has a goal to increase its monthly average revenue from each agency from...

In its latest report to shareholders, Rightmove has revealed yet more growth in agent numbers, traffic to its website, revenue per...

I would argue the property industry is fundamentally inefficient. Much of that inefficiency is now being handled by PropTech companies and...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in after receiving a complaint about two ads for properties listed on Rightmove. The homes were...

The Competition and Markets Authority has released the full wording on its decision to give the go-ahead to ZPG’s acquisition of Expert...

As discussed in our previous article, it’s all about the first impression. Once your team have handled that initial phone call...

The controversial website Houser, which made waves when it launched in 2014, has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority to...

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...

The UK property market has entered a period of stagflation where house price growth is consistently lower than the rate of...

How many property professionals are truly happy with their revenue? High levels of competition from new market entrants is a significant...

The OnTheMarket Action Group of dissident agents has told Estate Agent Today it is now in a position to decide on...

Agents’ Mutual says it will be seeking to recover costs and compensation for losses incurred after what is widely seen as...

Major westcountry agency Wilkinson Grant has told the Advertising Standards Authority it will not re-use wording following a complaint from a...

The managing director of ZPG Property Services says his firm will never ‘go around’ an agent in order to directly work...

One of the country’s leading buying agents says over six million people are living in the wrong property because they are...

Another senior industry analyst says the time is fast approaching for Rightmove to either shift its focus to take account of...

Mark Goddard was the founder and CEO of The Property Software Group (PSG), a property software solutions firm established in 2007,...

ZPG, owner of digital platforms including Zoopla, uSwitch, PrimeLocation, Hometrack and Property Software Group, has been cleared by the Competition and...

High profile estate agency Cluttons has returned to marketing with Zoopla Property Group (ZPG).  The firm rejoined the portal at the end...

Estate and letting agents' property descriptions are becoming increasingly likely to appear in keyword searches, according to a web marketing expert. Director...

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

Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of...

The industry’s three government-approved redress schemes have this week issued an updated version of their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU is...

Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has announced it has become a 1% shareholder in international property portal business Propertyfinder Group (PFG). The organisation,...

ZPG says the number of estate agency branches to have quit OnTheMarket and rejoined Zoopla over the past two years has...

An estate agency is offering to radically extend its marketing approach for each of its vendors’ properties to include a high...

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...

ZPG has published its half-year figures this morning showing a six per cent rise in the number of agents and a...

An internet monitoring service operated by international financial services giant Morgan Stanley says OnTheMarket is continuing to lose both its share...

Two of the most influential figures behind the PropTech sector have run a microscope over Rightmove’s business model and technology -...

Trinity Mirror is aiming to secure more of agents' marketing spend after launching what it is describing as a 'fightback' against...

Property portal Rightmove has appointed easyJet's chief financial officer to its board. Andrew Findlay will join Rightmove as a non-executive director...

Given that around 95% of property searches now start online, it is more important than ever that an agent has an...

Badger Holdings, owner of 26 agency branches operating under the Townends and Regents Estate Agent brands, has signed a multi-year deal...

What does it say on your business card? Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman, The World Property Network, www.twpn.com  and TheWorldPropertyNetwork.com                                  What is The World Property Network...

The first meeting of fledgling trade group CIELA has ended with a pledge to expose what it calls ‘fake agents’ which...

Zoopla has launched a new advertising campaign to promote its usefulness to house movers as told through the eyes of hermit...

This actually happened - the names of the guilty have been withheld to protect the innocent. I live in Spain, Marbella actually,...

A controversial new search engine claiming to be in the later stages of development is seeking investment from estate agents, corporates...

Purplebricks’ advertising is very negative and critical of the competition. They talk about 'commisery', trying to make potential sellers feel ripped...

It’s easy to be dismissive of the value of local newspapers for advertising residential property but things are never as straightforward...

Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...

For my latest Property Natter I have sought the opinions of two well-known property consultants - Michael Day, managing director of...

City investment consultancy Jefferies has suggested that Rightmove ‘may go easy’ on increasing its charges to agent customers, because of the...

Agents should remember to target overseas buyers and tenants according to the head of a business management system aimed at maximising international...

A City consultancy has noted every property advertised on Rightmove in recent months and will track them throughout 2017 in a...

New research conducted for ZPG claims that Zoopla’s ‘national spontaneous brand awareness’ is at an all-time high - with the gap...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

Which Money? - part of the Which? consumer organisation - says its analysis of thousands of properties for sale suggests that...

Business consultancy Jefferies has given a strong endorsement to the digital agency policy set out by LSL Property Services earlier this...

I had a very interesting chat with the man behind a new portal the other day. He was John Dixon, the portal...

Over 60% of UK consumers think that Estate Agents’ Photos Are Very Poor To Average A recent survey* by dedicated property photo...

The World Property Network, a global property portal, has launched a show on Sky Property TV - the first portal in...

Slow broadband speed at peak-times has been cited as the number one unexpected home-mover bugbear according to a survey of 3,000...

Rightmove has released its figures for 2016 and as predicted they show the portal streaking ahead of all rivals. It reports record...

A competition organised by Real Hot Property - which says it “aims to be Europe’s largest property portal” - has been...

A new regional property portal aiming to sign up 80 per cent of agencies in Yorkshire says it is unconcerned about...

Rightmove secured over 131m visits last month, an all-time high for January. The 131m total was some three per cent above January...

The Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents, which is to be set up formally from next week, has set out...

We’re used to stories on how the buying and renting of ‘formal’ accommodation - flats and houses - has become increasingly...

Rightmove has reminded agents of its new 14-week re-listing timescale, first announced just before Christmas as part of its crackdown on...

Spicerhaart has signed what it describes as one of the world’s top estate agency mentors to work with its teams across...

Estate Agent Today has been told that a deal between the Property Franchise Group and ZPG - the new name for...

James Dearsley, founder of The Digital Marketing Bureau and arguably the best known figure in the fast-emerging property technology sector, is...

It’s over. Done. The only ones interested are those with too much time on their hands. For God’s sake - behind...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Zoopla Property Group’s £120m purchase of Hometrack, announced yesterday evening, is part of its aim to create “the UK’s most valuable...

Purplebricks has issued its second statement to the City on successive trading days - and its share price has risen by...

The stock market appears to be continuing its love affair with Purplebricks, as the hybrid agency share price rose once again...

Zoopla Property Group says that in the last three months alone over 100 estate agency branches have returned to its portal...

The story of the week has been the first steps of a trade body to represent independent estate agents - as...

When I read about the possible formation of yet another ‘mutual’ with the aim of furthering and protecting the interests of...

Property Service Holdings - parent company of the 150 branches trading under the Romans and Leaders names - has signed up...

The go-ahead has been given to create a group aiming to unite independent estate and letting agents into a single powerful...

An American investment analyst has used the Motley Fool online city column to give a glowing endorsement to one of the...

1.For those who are not familiar with Properstar yet, how would you summarise your services? Properstar is an online portal that helps...

Rightmove’s web traffic between Boxing Day and the end of last week is up five per cent on the same period...

Zoopla says it delivered a record number of unique appraisal leads to its agent members in December, up 112 per cent...

I have a confession to make. In 1988 I became a Seekers franchisee. For those of you who don't know who...

OnTheMarket is to advertise across 40 channels this month, in the build up to its second anniversary at the end of January. The...

There’s been a fall in the typical asking price of a home on sale of 2.1 per cent according to Rightmove...

A new property portal is to launch in April, and has this week started recruiting estate and letting agency members while...

A single-branch agency operating around Blackpool is offering vendors ultra-low fees if they register their homes for sale online on Boxing...

OnTheMarket is now listing UK commercial properties to rent and for sale.  The portal says this is “closely aligned with its UK residential search...

Zoopla Property Group's estate agency membership grew five per cent and its property listing inventory was up 10 per cent in...

As circus performers, most estate agents would fail. Some of you might find that difficult to comprehend. After all, many uninformed members...

An estate agency described as operating a ‘pay as you go’ business model says it wants to “disrupt the disruptors” operating...

Auction House London claims it has sold a £1m property for its full asking price within seven hours of receiving the...

The asking price of properties newly launched on the market has dipped by 1.1 per cent in the past month says...

Portal juggling has been defined as one of a number of "emerging threats" aimed at deceiving consumers through the manipulation of...

A leading PropTech analyst has compared the finances of many of the world's leading property portals and says Rightmove is earning...

Countrywide's second most senior management figure - Head of Retail Sam Tyrer - is to speak before an industry audience next...

All estate and letting agents now have a website – but just how effective is yours? Your 'virtual shop window' is now...

It is with no pleasure and a touch of sadness that I took in the significance of OTM's recent performance in...

One of Britain’s most respected veteran estate agents, Hugh Dunsmore-Hardy, is urging new recruits to the industry to join what he...

Rightmove has a new board member from the end of this year - Jacqueline de Rojas, the winner of the 2015...

Zoopla Property Group claims that in the past two weeks, over 40 agency branches have returned to listing on Zoopla and...

An online estate agency delisted by Rightmove for apparently breaching its terms and conditions has accused the portal of “gross abuse”...

Data from Your Move suggests annual house price movements in London boroughs range massively from +16.4 per cent to -16.5 per...

A technology business adviser who has surveyed property portals across the world has praised Rightmove for its determination to become the...

Investment group Shore Capital says the future expansion of digital property advertising means Zoopla shares - despite recent growth - are...

A new portal has launched listing off-market properties at the very highest end of the market, and says it does not...

Zoopla Property Group says there were over 53m visits to its Zoopla and PrimeLocation websites in September, up 13 per cent...

OnTheMarket says it provided “a record number of leads” to its agent members in September - but is not disclosing how...

The National Association of Estate Agents report has batted away an idea which has been resuscitated by the insurance industry, suggesting...

Some of London’s ailing new homes schemes may have been thrown a lifeline by the decision of technology giant Apple to occupy...

The Property Ombudsman scheme (TPO) has announced that it will be issuing updated versions of all its Codes of Practice on...

Property portal Rightmove has revealed its new logo to estate and letting agents ahead of its official launch in December. The portal...

Agents' Mutual was last week ordered to make a further payment into court as part of its ongoing legal case against...

The OTM Action Group has released a statement claiming that Agents' Mutual has chosen not to address any of the concerns...

A long-standing analyst of property portals and websites worldwide has included Rightmove, Purplebricks and easyProperty in a list of 10 sites...

Zoopla Property Group is organising a series of seminars for agent members next month, aimed at promoting products offered by its...

Rightmove has launched its autumn TV advertising offensive, the latest to follow the Find Your Happy theme.   The new ad -...

  OnTheMarket says Andrew Milsom Estate Agents, a six branch agency in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, has joined the portal.   The website says the...

OnTheMarket has announced that it now has more than 6,400 estate and letting agency offices listing on its site - a...

Purplebricks says it will have a marketing budget of AUS$17.2m - that's over £9.9m - to spend on marketing for its...

The Guild of Professional Estate Agents has launched a new tool to analyse members’ own performance by analysing data from the...

It’s a headline from an Australian business journal this week but it has a familiar ring to it: “Estate agents’ attempts...

Agents take an average of seven working hours and 11 minutes to respond to email leads - and just over a...

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

Mystery surrounds the fate of Fresh Chilli, a north of England-based hybrid estate agency that launched with a fanfare last autumn,...

A data consultancy says it will shortly release the findings of an online survey on estate agents’ concerns over how their...

Square foot prices at one of central London’s most controversial new developments - Nine Elms - are down eight per cent...

What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...

PropTech firm Plentific has teamed up with the HomeOwners Alliance to give another platform for its ‘Find a Pro’ service highlighting...

An agent at the centre of the campaign to expose and stop portal juggling wants to know whether the National Trading...

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is warning agents not to engage in portal juggling - an activity it describes...

Summer finally arrived, the transport system (as always) went into meltdown, everyone complained that it was too hot and the sun...

Whether you work from a traditional office, a coffee shop or a bedroom, one thing's for sure is that these days...

One of Britain’s foremost PropTech experts says OnTheMarket could still disrupt the portal landscape - but has trust issues following disputes...

Rightmove has reported its half-year figures to the City and its investors with the stand-out claim being that it now says...

A poll being taken by Property Portal Watch - an international website monitoring the real estate online sector - suggests that...

The Competition Appeals Tribunal which is to investigate a dispute between OnTheMarket and two agencies is scheduled to hold its first...

Zoopla is to offer its members a range of options which effectively mean that those agents who wish to can offer...

A conveyancing portal claims it allows estate agents and other parties access to a property transaction to see conveyancing progress across...

Plentific - a proptech startup that operates a ‘find a professional’ service - has secured £2m in funding.  The service, which lists...

An online search engine claims it will allow estate agents to “make significant cost savings in advertising portal fees” with the...

Zoopla claims that it has delivered a 40 per cent increase in valuation leads to its agent members in the first six...

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

Zoopla chief executive Alex Chesterman has been revealed to be one of the business leaders behind a legal challenge regarding the Brexit...

Zoopla is beefing up its TV and bus advertising this week to consolidate its claim to be the property portal with...

Agency and other property shares that have been buffetted in the past two trading days have now stabilised - in most...

As post-Brexit referendum vote shockwaves continue to reverberate around stock markets and currency exchanges, many publicly-quoted property companies took a hit...

It’s official; the estate agency business is tougher than ever. Contrary to perceptions that may exist amongst observers and even clients, the...

‘Digital technology in the property industry is here to stay’ was very much the opinion drawn from the recent FUTURE: PropTech...

With more house-hunters than ever now starting their search for a new home by typically looking online on one of the major...

Solicitors’ company Tollers says more than 50 estate agents have now formally instructed it in relation to claims against Agents’ Mutual,...

It's great to hear how new proptech is being embraced by a number of front line agents in order to network...

There is a growing potential for property portals to take over the role of estate agents thanks to the vast amount...

Property portal OnTheMarket has announced that it has signed up five branch estate agency Meller Braggins.  The firm, which is based in...

The MP who pledged his support to a campaign against portal juggling has now submitted an application for a Westminster Hall...

Several stock market analysts have published reports on Zoopla's half-year trading statement released yesterday. Anthony Codling of Jefferies – the firm which...

An agent has expressed his anger and frustration at being the subject of an apparent cyber-attack which involved his office telephone...

Last time out I spoke about the beginnings of a PropTech revolution, with two major London-based events in the offing over...

Over 40 separate estate agencies have agreed to join forces to fund litigation against Agents’ Mutual, parent company of OnTheMarket. The firms represent...

Zoopla says its latest research shows it has now achieved a record level of national brand awareness and leads UK property...

The action group representing rebel OnTheMarket agents says it is considering legal action with a barrister named to lead any possible...

I wish it were otherwise, but there’s a crisis just beginning to sweep over newspapers – with, a bit beneath the...

The Motley Fool, a widely-read City investment column, says a Leave vote could result in a fall in housing market transaction...

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team has over the weekend repeated its intention to investigate allegations of so-called portal juggling...

Rebel agents unhappy with the beleaguered portal OnTheMarket have set up a website with plans of a meeting with legal representatives...

A Conservative MP is to raise the portal juggling controversy in the House of Commons. Derek Thomas, MP for St Ives in...

A London agent says he has quit OnTheMarket and Agents’ Mutual as a result of the intervention of the Competitions and Markets...

Beleaguered challenger portal OnTheMarket has recruited the 25-branch south of England agency Goadsby and says this takes its total of sales...

A digital marketing agency says it has identified ‘top key phrases’ used by would-be buyers when they begin their property searches...

Research by data company Propcision claims that portal juggling - the listing and re-listing of the same properties - risks inflating...

The Independent Network of Estate Agents has written to the Competition and Markets Authority, raising the issue of the NAEA’s managing...

The developer of Battersea Power Station is holding back around 150 apartments in phase three of the landmark scheme. In an interview...

By accident or design, the PR machine at OnTheMarket was beefed up last week.  Just as well. With the portal still reeling...

One of the directors of Agents’ Mutual, parent body of portal OnTheMarket, has told Estate Agent Today that his firm does...

Agency software company Dezrez says the jury is out on whether Zoopla’s acquisition of the Property Software Group will be considered...

A City analyst says Zoopla Property Group’s conditional acquisition of the UK's largest supplier of estate agency software for £75m may...

Agent members of OnTheMarket who contacted an action group set up following grievances about the portal have been invited to a...

The deadline for action by some OnTheMarket member agents who received letters from lawyers on behalf of parent company Agents’ Mutual...

The broad disgruntlement of some OnTheMarket estate agent members over claims of poor quality and low quantity of leads, and the...

There was a significant drop in interest in purchasing buy to let properties in March as the April 1 stamp duty surcharge...

The agency industry consultant who has volunteered to coordinate responses to OnTheMarket’s legal warnings to estate agents say he has been...

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

An industry consultant says he has been asked to form an action group OnTheMarket member agents who are disillusioned with the...

One of the leading financial advice websites in the country has said that Rightmove’s “significant market share” and “insanely high margins”...